Technical Assistance Report No.TA-80-008-822: Spa Lady: Springdale, Ohio

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Tharr, Dawn G. ; Frederick, Linda J.
• Description:
  Exposures to chlorine (7782505) and bromine (7726956) from the whirlpool bath at Spa Lady health club (SIC-7299) in Springdale, Ohio were surveyed on July 14, 1980. The evaluation was requested by the City of Springdale to investigate reports of eye and mucous membrane irritation and respiratory symptoms related to exposure to the whirlpool bath. Direct evaluation of conditions existing at the time the symptoms were reported was not possible since the bath had been drained the following day. Since bromine was used as the sanitizer and hydrochloric-acid was used for pH adjustments, water samples were tested in the laboratory for bromine and chlorine release following pH adjustment. Chlorine was found in all samples, and bromine was found in samples treated with bromide. Proper whirlpool monitoring and treatment procedures were not consistently obeyed. The authors conclude that both bromine and chlorine could have been released when the acid was added to the heated whirlpool. They recommend that water testing and treatment be the responsibility of one individual per shift, complete water testing materials be available at all times, a routine testing schedule be established, and that Spa members be permitted in the whirlpool only after added chemicals have stabilized and the composition of the water is known. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Environmental Monitoring Eye Foreign Bodies Halogens Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report; TA-80-008-822; Region-5; Hazards-Unconfirmed; Halogens; Gases; Air-sampling; Eye-irritants
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, TA 80-008-822, 1981 Jan; :1-5
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Technical Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00114010
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-188350
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, TA 80-008-822, 1981 Jan; :1-5
• CAS Registry Number:
  Bromine (CAS RN 7726-95-6) ; Chlorine (CAS RN 7782-50-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  7299 - Miscellaneous personal services, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173445/cdc_173445_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]