Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-89-220-2191: Hertz Car Rental; Chicago, Illinois

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• Personal Author:
  Bryant, Jeffrey C. ; Klein, Matthew K.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from employees at a Hertz Car Corporation (SIC-4119) building near Chicago's O'Hara International Airport, an investigation was undertaken of possible hazardous working conditions at the site. The Hertz building was a single-story concrete, block, and glass construction. Indoor temperature measurements ranged from 72 to 75 degrees-F. Indoor humidity measurements averaged 47 to 52%. Most of the indoor carbon-dioxide (124389) (CO2) measurements on the day of the survey were 600 parts per million (ppm). A study of the ventilation system in place at the company suggested that it could have resulted in some of the complaints. Several possible bioaerosol sources were found in the outside air duct, supply duct lining, and a computer room cooling unit and furnishings. The authors conclude that complaints appear to be due to thermal comfort and bioaerosol problems. The authors recommend measures to improve conditions in the facility.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Health Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety Temperature Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-monitoring Automobile Rental With Drivers Carbon Dioxide Environmental Tobacco Smoke Hazard-Confirmed HETA-89-220-2191 Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality Indoor Air Quality NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Office-workers Office Buildings OSHA Region 5 Relative Humidity

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA892202191
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; 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:
  18 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00206947
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB92-193895
• 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 89-220-2191, 1992 Mar ; :1-24
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9)
• Editor(s):
  Humphries, Donna M.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  4119 - Local passenger transportation, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6b3c4fad7d3fbbc3891368e02d624c25953022ffdb64510197bfe4720b1e1cf20bd651f5e35dff5b56ff5ee0bb0bf3ba533a0ee8125aa49754c382e5006e5799
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171589/cdc_171589_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 172.76 KB ]