Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-92-269-2330: Celebrezze Federal Building; Cleveland, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Malkin, Robert ; Zimmer, Anthony T.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from an authorized representative of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), an investigation was made into indoor environmental quality at the Celebrezze Federal Building, Cleveland, Ohio. Internal Revenue Service (SIC-9311) employees on floors 2 through 6 of the building had complained of stuffed nose, dry throat, headaches, eye irritation, and general discomfort. The building was a 31-floor rectangular office building with a loading dock located on the south side in the sub-basement level. Several perimeter ventilators had excess particulate buildup and one had a water leak. The doors to all smoking areas were left open to the hallway and odors were evident. No biological growth was visible in the four heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, although standing water was noted in one. Temperature and humidity measurements were within the standard guidelines. Fatigue, strained eyes, stuffed nose, irritated eyes, dry throat, and headache were reported by 57, 50, 43, 41, 37 and 34%, respectively, of 127 employees who completed questionnaires. The authors conclude that no exposure or conditions were found to explain reported symptoms. The authors recommend that efforts be made to improve the indoor environment.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Health Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-92-269-2330 Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality Indoor Air Quality Indoor Environmental Quality NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Office-workers OSHA Region 5 Public Finance, Taxation, And Monetary Policy 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/NIOSHHETA922692330
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; 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:
  24 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00215677
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB94-110459
• 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 92-269-2330, 1993 Jul ; :1-25
• Editor(s):
  Pfirman, Donna M.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9311 - Finance, taxation, & monetary policy - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:21b7660d07a6a512c100195de8939fe2052e86d7720b8738365a012e9cc49674512c824ade3154bb5bbcd640ac6b8a5e026cafdf908e79da2b0842a7745c83a4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171483/cdc_171483_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.30 MB ]