Hazard Evaluation and Technical Assistance Report TA 78-12: Oregon State University: Corvallis, Oregon

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A hazard evaluation and technical assistance survey of the biology- botany science building (SIC-8071) at the University of Oregon, Corvallis Campus to determine a possible etiologic agent responsible for nervous system complaints among employees has been conducted. Upon occupation of the new building formerly healthy plants transplanted to the new laboratories died. Since that time, a plant pathologist died of a neurological disease and three other professors contracted a similar progressive neurological disease. The ventilation system of the building was studied. Fume hood rates were measured and air inlet filters were analyzed. In addition, medical interviews of employees were conducted, medical histories obtained, and consultations with their physicians held. If there is a single process endemic among the present staff, it could not be identified, although there are definitely similarities in complaints. No pathophysiological link between the fatal neurological diseases and current complaints among the staff was found. No clear cut etiologic relationship between the work environment and symptoms was apparent. Continuing periodic medical evaluation conducted by the institution was recommended. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  Authorship is not listed on the document. The authors listed in the original metadata are:
  
  Apol, Arvin G.
  
  Milby, Thomas H.
  
  Whorton, Donald
  
  
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Ergonomics Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Laboratories Nervous System Nervous System Diseases Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Environmental-engineering Etiology Exhaust-ventilation Exhausts Hazard-Unconfirmed Industrial-hygiene Laboratory-surveys Medical Monitoring Nerves Nervous-system Neurological Disorders NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 10 Scientific-personnel TA-78-12 Ventilation-ducts Ventilation-equipment Vents

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Oregon ; Corvallis (OR) ; 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:
  12 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00080924
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB89-137509
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, TA 78-12, 1978 May ; :1-13
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8071 - Medical laboratories - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9765dbeca9d9eba93a78a921d0cedc39996835fdf667f2b6c41294cb5880662eb2e5ea69b616fae509c2235b5eaab0aece5bef17a5fcf9c41022e6643909849a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173803/cdc_173803_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 480.49 KB ]