Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA 96–0188–2605: Greater Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton, Illinois

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• Personal Author:
  Burr, Gregory A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the manager of the Greater Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (GWCC), an investigation was begun into possible hazardous working conditions at the GWCC offices (SIC-8611). Workers had complained of headaches, dizziness, nausea, sore throats, lethargy, and hematuria. The workers expressed concern about possible exposure to solvents which had been discovered in a floor drain in a garage/warehouse adjacent to their building. At the time of the study, the heating system had been turned on to accelerate the off gassing of any volatile organic compounds. Air samples were collected during and after this bake out. Concentrations of toluene (108883), xylene (1330207), 1,1,1- trichloroethane (71556), and perchloroethylene (127184) were very low, ranging from trace amounts to 0.046 part per million (ppm). Concentrations of total volatile organic compounds ranged from 1.4 to 3.2mg/m3. No odors detected in the offices. No evidence was found for any exposures which would account for hematuria among these workers. A newly installed ventilation system was supplying about 100 cubic feet per minute of outside air to the office.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Health Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety Solvents Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-monitoring Chamber Of Commerce Hazard-Unconfirmed Hematuria HETA-96-0188-2605 IEQ Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality Indoor Air Quality Indoor Environmental Quality NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Organic-compounds Organic-solvents OSHA Region 5 Solvents Toluene TVOC Ventilation Ventilation-systems Volatile Organic Compounds Volatiles Xylene

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9601882605
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; 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:
  17 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Blythe, Ellen E.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00235363
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB97-156632
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 96-0188-2605, 1996 Oct ; :1-13
• CAS Registry Number:
  Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Xylene (CAS RN 1330-20-7) ; 1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CAS RN 71-55-6) ; Perchloroethylene (CAS RN 127-18-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8611 - Business associations - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b5b688b04560721faada8c45a0366fd1b37e242fcd9f0baddc61bd82965b1cafc3e41131b784cb1c2d2de7881f475028950396ab3075aebbf41e9eebb59892c9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171161/cdc_171161_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 248.42 KB ]