Health Hazard Evaluation Program: Evaluation of Indoor Dampness, Mold, and Ventilation at a College [HHE-2022-0077-3422]

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Evaluation of Indoor Dampness, Mold, and Ventilation at a College
• Personal Author:
  Fortner, Alyson R. ; Fechter-Leggett, Ethan D. ; Martin, Stephen B. Jr. ; Burns, Dru A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In June 2022, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a Health Hazard Evaluation request from union representatives and confidential employees regarding concerns about indoor dampness, mold, and ventilation system maintenance in multiple buildings located on a college campus. The college campus included 14 buildings located on approximately 100 acres. Buildings were used as residence halls, dining rooms, lecture halls, laboratories, study rooms, auditoriums, student and recreational services, library, museum, guest housing, and facilities/maintenance. The college had approximately 420 employees, and approximately 1,100 students lived and learned on the campus. Employee concerns about indoor dampness and mold had especially been noted after a new campuswide water chiller system was completed in 2018. Multiple employees reported a wide range of health concerns, many with work-related patterns that involved multiple body systems and were severe enough to necessitate approved or requested full-time virtual work.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Fungi Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Dampness Indoor Environmental Quality Mold Respiratory Symptoms
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Case Report
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  44 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20070973
• NTIS Accession Number:
  and Professional Schools - (NAICS)
• Citation:
  NIOSH [2025]. Evaluation of indoor dampness, mold, and ventilation at a college. By Fortner AR, Fechter-Leggett ED, Martin SB, Burns DA. Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Health Hazard Evaluation Report 2022-0077-3422, https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe/reports/pdfs/2022-0077-3422.pdf.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  611310 - Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools - (NAICS)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b1f58d5a53c05becb100241a65b121af0720d53ef8a66d0db9f48b32d721efe34e623a6e001f4bb645002b9899b7846b15e8f2ff9462e0c79f58e615c31e8756
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/232217/cdc_232217_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 772.01 KB ]