Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-81-108-883: Tri Valley Federal Credit Union; East Helena, Montana

Details

• Personal Author:
  Gunter, Bobby J. ; Thoburn, Theodore W.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental air samples were analyzed for formaldehyde (50000) and medical interviews were conducted at the Tri Valley Federal Credit Union (SIC-6142) in East Helena, Montana on March 10, 1981. An unidentified individual requested the evaluation on behalf of the four employees, all of whom reported respiratory symptoms and burning of the eyes. All air samples for formaldehyde were below the laboratory limit of detection of 8 micrograms per sample. Trace quantities less than 0.1 part per million (ppm) were detected using direct reading tubes. The NIOSH permissible exposure limit for formaldehyde is 1 ppm. The authors conclude that the reported symptoms were probably caused by exposure to trace quantities of formaldehyde and that workers may have become sensitized to formaldehyde when the building was originally insulated with urea formaldehyde foam. They recommended that the employees be informed of the potential hazards of formaldehyde exposure, and that employees only smoke in a designated, well ventilated area.
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA81108883
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Montana ; OSHA Region 8
• 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:
  9 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00115565
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-162199
• 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 81-108-883, 1981 May ; 1-9
• CAS Registry Number:
  Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0)
• Editor(s):
  Schulenberg, Marilyn K.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  6142 - Federal Credit Unions - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e184a3ab5cec63f750a3ec6c155cc3df7f4a160b2b7c683614cf8b7a66daccf5c0641159d0ddf1c930498a7e99abdb3708b7c794f50ebb1bd444d88280a2ac8c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173371/cdc_173371_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.29 MB ]