Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-90-264-2263: AMP Incorporated; Berwyn, Pennsylvania

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• Personal Author:
  Blade, Leo M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from employees of AMP Incorporated (SIC- 5063), Berwyn, Pennsylvania, an investigation was begun into indoor air quality. Concern was expressed over excessive headaches, runny noses, coughing, lost voices, and bronchial symptoms experienced by the employees. There were also complaints about the comfort of the working conditions as far as temperature levels and air circulation were concerned. The facility included a Sales/Service office area and cafeteria, offices, a computer room, and a few other ancillary rooms in the northern portion of the one-story building. The rest of the building was occupied by a large warehouse and some additional offices. The heating, ventilation and air conditioning system was found to have inadequate ventilation effectiveness. Air temperatures were above recommended comfort ranges. The cafeteria was a designated smoking area. The author concludes that it was not possible to determine whether these factors caused the problems experienced by the workers. The presence of environmental tobacco smoke in the cafeteria did constitute a potential health hazard. The author recommends the establishment of a separate smoking lounge, a readjustment of the ventilation system, and checking the performance of the various parts of the system with some degree of frequency.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Health Occupational Health Safety Smoke Tobacco Products Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air Temperature Carbon Dioxide Closed-building-syndrome Electrical Products -- Wholesale Trade Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-90-264-2263 Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality Indoor Environmental Quality NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 3 Tobacco-smoke Tobacco Smoke Ventilation Ventilation-equipment

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA902642263
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; OSHA Region 3
• 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:
  25 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Kelly, John E.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00213728
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB93-214286
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, Ohio: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 90-264-2263, 1992 Oct ; :1-24
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  5063 - Electrical apparatus and equipment - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:953f1fbba62fd22e60c071894e92f086229368c0860c0c40e8ad02ecb30900902045e40dc1542a171bfb8d0017e841d981072b48d62eedb72a2a832a950a7cce
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171506/cdc_171506_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.22 MB ]