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Health Hazard Evaluation Report Number HETA-82-114-1097, Fire Department, Houston, Texas
On January 16, 1982 a fire occurred in a warehouse belonging to the Polyscience Corporation in Houston, Texas. The warehouse contained several thousand pounds of polyvinyl chloride in the form of pellets. NIOSH was requested to document the prevalence and severity of health effects that had occurred in fire fighters exposed at the fire and determine whether the fire had led to lasting adverse health effects. The results of this survey show that a large proportion of the fire fighters suffered acute effects due to exposure to smoke and fumes. The persisting respiratory symptoms that some of the fire fighters were experiencing at the time of the survey may also have been due to this exposure. However, these symptoms are more likely related to the accumulated effects of several years repeated exposure to high levels of smoke and fumes and to a certain extent perhaps attributable to the overall demanding nature of the job.
Health Hazard Evaluation Report Number HETA-82-114-1097, Fire Department, Houston, Texas
On January 16, 1982 a fire occurred in a warehouse belonging to the Polyscience Corporation in Houston, Texas. The warehouse contained several thousand pounds of polyvinyl chloride in the form of pellets. NIOSH was requested to document the prevalence and severity of health effects that had occurred in fire fighters exposed at the fire and determine whether the fire had led to lasting adverse health effects. The results of this survey show that a large proportion of the fire fighters suffered acute effects due to exposure to smoke and fumes. The persisting respiratory symptoms that some of the fire fighters were experiencing at the time of the survey may also have been due to this exposure. However, these symptoms are more likely related to the accumulated effects of several years repeated exposure to high levels of smoke and fumes and to a certain extent perhaps attributable to the overall demanding nature of the job.
Health Hazard Evaluation Report Number HETA-82-114-1097, Fire Department, Houston, Texas
E. Jannerfeldt (author)
1982
18 pages
Report
No indication
English
Public Health & Industrial Medicine , Toxicology , Job Environment , Environmental Health & Safety , Environmental surveys , Industrial medicine , Warehouses , Fire fighting , Polyvinyl chloride , Exposure , Toxicity , Inspection , Hazardous materials , Indoor air pollution , Toxic substances , Occupational safety and health