Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-150-994: U.S. Forest Service; St. Maries, Idaho

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• Personal Author:
  Apol, Arvin G. ; Gunter, Bobby J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental air samples were analyzed for polar and nonpolar vapors and gases, metals, and for 68 specific compounds at the United States Forest Service (SIC-9199), in Saint Maries, Idaho, on February 18 to 20, 1981. A representative of the United States Department of Agriculture, Office of Safety and Health Management, requested the evaluation on behalf of several workers who reported symptoms of headaches, stomach cramps, diarrhea, dizziness, dry throat, eye irritation, irritability or depression, and a metallic taste. Environmental sampling and analysis indicated that there were no inorganic, organic, or biological substances detected at concentrations that would cause the reported symptoms. Analysis of the ventilation system revealed a lack of fresh makeup air and the potential for recirculation of the restroom exhaust air and vent pipe air. The authors conclude that the probable cause of the adverse health problems was the lack of fresh air and the nonuse of all the forced air circulation units. They recommend a minimum of 10 to 15 percent fresh air makeup through the building, the operation of all four ventilation units, modification of the heating and air conditioning units to comply with the engineers recommendations, pressure testing the combustion chambers of the four furnaces, and extention of the bathroom exhaust vents and the sewer vents.
• Subjects:
  Dust Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA81150994
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Idaho ; 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:
  20 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00122597
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-189028
• 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 81-150-994, 1981 November ; 1-20
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9199 - General government, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:14bd1cf60e1072f0a5885f67ebd03785f5c88dc14a5635e254dec42a28f353dff1b55b85d5dd58b0cda62c0a17434db342f90915e458490e9babdbdcc6d79282
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173213/cdc_173213_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 608.70 KB ]