Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-82-242-1234: Olympic Peninsula Kidney Center; Bremerton, Washington

Details

• Personal Author:
  Apol, Arvin G.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to formaldehyde (50000) were surveyed on June 30 and July 21, 1982, at Olympic Peninsula Kidney Center (SIC-8071) in Bremerton, Washington. The company management requested the investigation on behalf of seven employees. Breathing zone and general area air samples were analyzed. Employees were also questioned about medical complaints. Formaldehyde exposures generally ranged from 0.04 to 0.12 parts per million (ppm)
  
  however, for the employee responsible for flushing the artificial kidney, formaldehyde exposures were as high as 1.75ppm. NIOSH recommends that exposure be kept to the lowest feasible limit. The artificial kidney worker reported eye and nose irritation when refilling the 20-liter carboy with formaldehyde. The author concludes that a formaldehyde hazard exists at this laboratory. He recommends improved engineering controls and worker education about formaldehyde exposure.
• Subjects:
  • Carcinogens
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA822421234
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Washington ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  10 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00127121
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-172808
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 82-242-1234, 1982 November ; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  • Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8071 - Medical laboratories - (SIC)
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173146/cdc_173146_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.57 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b14600aaf59d82d77b40227397032caf2dc1d3a946cba23583ea88cd90d682aa846f21ad8e5ac06238031e691059370addf6db0a84b8efd03819ca064adae33e