Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-91-378-2242: New York State Department of Taxation and Finance; Albany, New York

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• Personal Author:
  Burr, Gregory A. ; Malkin, Robert
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from employees working at Building 8 of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (SIC-9311), Albany, New York, an investigation was begun into possible hazardous working conditions at that site. There were 2940 permanent employees and 450 temporary employees working in Building 8. The employees reported headaches, fatigue, eye irritation, sinus problems, dizziness, tightness in the chest, nausea, and sore throat. Eleven reported neurologic symptoms. Due to outbreaks of illness, parts of the building had been evacuated at different times. The authors conclude that neither an environmental review nor a medical evaluation could identify any specific agent responsible for the reported symptoms. Working conditions which may have contributed to health complaints included poor temperature control, open plan office design, lack of attention to ergonomics, overcrowding, and lack of cleanliness. The building in the past had been extensively sprayed for insects and there was also in the history a boiler water leak containing 2-diethylaminoethanol (100378) which had resulted in several employees being treated in local emergency rooms. The authors recommend that office working conditions be improved, and that specific problems be addressed.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Health Insecticides Irritants Nervous System Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-control Bell's Palsy Carbon Dioxide Chlorpyrifos DEAE Diethylaminoethanol Hazard-Confirmed HETA-91-378-2242 Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality Indoor Environmental Quality Nervous-system-disorders NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Office-workers OSHA Region 2 Pesticides Public Finance, Taxation And Monetary Policy Relative Humidity Temperature Ventilation

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA913782242
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• 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:00210219
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB93-119352
• 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 91-378-2242, 1992 Aug ; :1-27
• CAS Registry Number:
  2-Diethylaminoethanol (CAS RN 100-37-8)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• 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-512:6d5410109908a4c95cd3aa226ddb10efedd0ac95af27e8ea0190635f21fbe067b22afb7d59f7a65bc1a6ec83c8e2e2003675276f8af6c062ffa40d9e819bf71a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171545/cdc_171545_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 213.92 KB ]