Technical assistance report no. TA-78-41, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Price, James H.
• Description:
  Environmental samples were analyzed and smoke bomb tests were performed at the University of Connecticut Health Center (SIC-8011) Farmington, Connecticut on June 19 to 21, 1978, to determine the source of an odor problem and employee exposure to toxic concentrations of airborne contaminants. The evaluation was requested by the management on behalf of an unspecified number of employees. Atmospheric samples for metals were collected on membrane filters, and nickel-carbonyl (13463393) samples were collected through activated charcoal. Atmospheric samples for amines, mercury (7439976) and organics were collected through silica gel tubes, iodine impregnated charcoal and activated charcoal, respectively. Airborne contaminant concentrations all were well below OSHA standards of 1.0 milligram per cubic meter (mg/Cu m) for copper (7440508) dust and 0.1mg/Cu m for copper fumes, 0.01mg/Cu m for mercury, 0.007mg/Cu m for nickel-carbonyl, 750mg/Cu m for toluene (108883), and 435mg/Cu m for xylene (1330207). Fourteen different metals were found on used air conditioning filters. One of two brands of paint used to paint walls shortly before the survey contained mercury. Smoke bomb tests showed that contaminated air from roof exhaust outlets could reenter the facility. The investigators conclude that employees are not exposed to toxic concentrations of airborne contaminants and the odor problems probably are caused by contaminant reentry into the center. They recommend a comprehensive ventilation study, and monitoring and use of ventilation when toxic materials are handled. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Ventilation
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report; TA-78-41; Region-1; Hazards-Unconfirmed; Air-sampling; Health-surveys; Ventilation-systems; Health-care-facilities
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Technical Assistance Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Technical Report
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; 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:
  1-13
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00114538
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82190042
• 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 78-41, 1979 Jan; :1-13
• CAS Registry Number:
  Copper (CAS RN 7440-50-8) ; Mercury (CAS RN 7439-97-6) ; Nickel tetracarbonyl (CAS RN 13463-39-3) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8011 - Offices & clinics of medical doctors - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/232734/cdc_232734_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]