Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-93-1134-2400: Sterling Van Dyke Credit Union; Sterling Heights, Michigan

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• Personal Author:
  Klein, Matthew K.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a confidential request from employees, an investigation was undertaken of possible hazardous working conditions at the Sterling Van Dyke Credit Union (SIC-6062), Sterling Heights, Michigan. Recurring illnesses were reported among the staff. Employees had reported headaches, backaches, breathing difficulty, purple fingernail beds, disrupted menstrual cycles, asthma, and bronchitis. Two counter flow air handling units serviced the building. Air quality measurements were taken inside and outside the building, and questionnaires dealing with health concerns were distributed to the employees. Contaminants such as environmental tobacco smoke, bioaerosols, and sewer gases were identified as possible causes of employee symptoms. Dry bulb temperatures averaged 75 degrees-F throughout the day with relative humidity levels ranging from 44% to 51%. A peak of 1,800 parts per million was recorded for carbon-dioxide (124389) measured at one location in the early afternoon. The author concludes that deficiencies in the heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system may have caused worker complaints. The author recommends that tobacco use be eliminated and improvements be made in the HVAC system.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Health Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety Smoke Tobacco Products Ventilation
• Keywords:
  AHUs Air-quality-monitoring Air Handling Units Bioaerosols Carbon Dioxide Credit Unions, Not Federally Chartered Dry Bulb Temperature Environmental Tobacco Smoke ETS Hazard-Confirmed HETA-93-1134-2400 Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality Indoor Environmental Quality Maintenance NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Office-workers OSHA Region 5 Relative Humidity Thermal Comfort Tobacco-smoke Ventilation Ventilation-systems

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA9311342400
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; 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:
  31 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Wilcox, Thomas G. ; Crandall, Michael S.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00220128
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB94-194297
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: 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 93-1134-2400, 1994 Mar ; :1-40
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  6062 - State credit unions - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2074bcb930147597b821a5a87796f097eb7673d700ddbcd19b6fa8ca7925eadf403505a47455c71ad4ea07236e1f3e12b29a04166fa4e2cbea589c8116957a13
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171369/cdc_171369_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 233.45 KB ]