Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-90-047-2237: Jags Beauty Salon; Norman, Oklahoma

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• Personal Author:
  Almaguer, Daniel ; Blade, Leo M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the owner/operator of Jags Beauty Salon (SIC-7231), Norman, Oklahoma, an investigation was begun of the potential for chemical exposures, which may result from working with hair care products. The hair styling and hair cutting salon employed one full time and one part time cosmetologist. Samples were collected to determine the concentrations of various volatile organic compounds in the general workroom air. Long-term and short-term air samples were collected specifically for ammonia (7664417), formaldehyde (50000), alcohols, and carbon-dioxide (124389) concentrations. Also evaluated were the temperature and relative humidity of the workroom and the working of the ventilation system. An inspection of the ventilation system revealed that there had been no provision made for the intake of outside air into the building. Some of the carbon-dioxide concentrations exceeded the ASHRAE recommended limit of 1000 parts per million. Temperature and relative humidity readings were within the comfort zone. The authors conclude that no exposures occurred that were higher than existing industrial evaluation criteria. The authors recommend that an outside air supply duct should be added to the heating and cooling system to provide mechanical ventilation for the salon.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Ammonia Environmental Health Occupational Health Safety Solvents Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Ammonia Beauty Salons Beauty Shops Closed-building-syndrome Cosmetologists Cosmetology Hair-sprays Hairdressers Hairsprays Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-90-047-2237 Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Organic-vapors OSHA Region 6 Permanent Wave Products Solvent-vapors 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/NIOSHHETA900472237
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Oklahoma ; OSHA Region 6
• 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
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00210214
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB93-119386
• 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 90-047-2237, 1992 Jul ; :1-22
• CAS Registry Number:
  Ammonia (CAS RN 7664-41-7 ; Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9)
• Editor(s):
  Humphries, Donna M.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  7231 - Beauty shops - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:58e25ee1011f8733a793372483ac29f7e2c0c35260be490e2b814e8ec5ef682cf8158bd332c32cdb8e45aecbfc13c30717446bee9c5938fb1915756124a17721
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171550/cdc_171550_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 176.25 KB ]