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HHE Search Results

474 HHE reports were found based on your search terms. Reports are listed in order of year published with the most recently published reports listed first.


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(2006) United States Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park Durham, North Carolina. (Click to open report)
From September 6 through September 9, 2005, investigators from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, performed a site visit at the Environmental Protection Agency facility at Research Triangle Park in Durham, North Carolina. This evaluation was conducted in response to a request from EPA management for a NIOSH health hazard evaluation regarding a history of particulate exposure and staff health effects in the laboratory areas ... (Click to show more)

(2005) Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, Hagerstown, Maryland. (Click to open report)
On March 2, 2004, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request for a Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) from the United Steelworkers of America, Local 9386, in Hagerstown, Maryland. The HHE request indicated that workers at Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream (GHB) were concerned with a variety of health and safety issues, including awkward and unadjustable equipment located in the hand packing areas and the use of potentially irritating chemicals such as food grade ... (Click to show more)

(2005) Ikens Hardwood Floor Services, Madison, Wisconsin. (Click to open report)
In May 2000, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health received a health hazard evaluation (HHE) request from management at Ikens Hardwood Floor Services, Madison, Wisconsin. The request concerned potential lead and wood dust exposures during wood floor refinishing. The floor service company had previously evaluated 41various floor finishes for lead content; among these, 15% exceeded the federal action level for lead-based paint (0.5% lead by weight). NIOSH investigators conducte... (Click to show more)

(2005) Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), National Firearms Unit (NFU), Altoona, Pennsylvania. (Click to open report)
On March 17, 2000, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a management request for a health hazard evaluation (HHE) at the US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) National Firearms Unit (NFU) in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The request resulted in several site visits over the course of more than 2 years to conduct lead and noise exposure assessments during training and qualification rounds at the facility. During these surveys, NIOSH investigators sampled fo... (Click to show more)

(2005) Indian River Memorial Hospital, Center for Emotional and Behavioral Health, Vero Beach, Florida. (Click to open report)
On April 26 and 27, 2005, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducted a site visit at the Indian River Memorial Hospital's Center for Emotional and Behavioral Health (CEBH). This visit was conducted as part of a health hazard evaluation requested by Teamsters Local Union 769 on behalf of its members who work at CEBH. This was the second request for an evaluation since February 2004. The first request concerned respiratory symptoms and illnesses, including asthma... (Click to show more)

(2005) Liberty Central School District, Liberty, New York. (Click to open report)
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received Health Hazard Evaluation requests for the Elementary, Middle, and High Schools in Liberty, New York. The request from the Liberty Faculty Association for the Elementary School listed teacher health concerns including allergy, sinus problems, asthma, respiratory problems, rashes, numbness, and headaches. The exposure concern was "poor air quality" with mold and paint odors listed as specific concerns. The request for the M... (Click to show more)

(2005) OmniSource Corporation, Lima, Ohio. (Click to open report)
On September 8, 2003, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request from the Corporate Director of Safety of the OmniSource Corporation (OmniSource) to conduct a Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) at that company's scrap metal (scrap) recycling facility in Lima, Ohio. The request asked NIOSH investigators to assist OmniSource management representatives in determining the need for installing showers for employees whose lead exposures exceeded the Occupational Sa... (Click to show more)

(2005) Vermont Housing & Conservation Board, Montpelier, Vermont. (Click to open report)
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request in 1998 from the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board (VHCB) to evaluate worker exposures to lead-contaminated dust and the dispersion of dust to surroundings associated with exterior paint removal and surface preparation. The VHCB arranged a demonstration project that included three paint removal/surface preparation methods performed by a Vermont licensed lead abatement contractor. The objective was to determ... (Click to show more)

(2005) West Virginia University, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, West Virginia. (Click to open report)
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request from the Health and Safety Manager at West Virginia University, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center in Morgantown, West Virginia, to conduct an indoor air quality investigation in the Student Health Services employee office area. Employees had expressed concerns about the air quality including the possibility that exposure to photographic chemicals leaking into the office space from the area above might have ... (Click to show more)

(2004) Alameda County Public Authority for In-Home Support Services, Alameda, California. (Click to open report)
On January 19, 2001, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request from the Alameda County Public Authority (PA) for In-Home Supportive Services and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) local 616 to evaluate working conditions and make recommendations regarding the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders and other safety and health problems among the approximately 10,000 publicly funded homecare workers (HCWs) in Alameda County, California who a... (Click to show more)


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