Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-91-176-2168: Garfield County Courthouse; Glenwood Springs, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  McCammon, Charles S.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the Administrator of Garfield County, Colorado, a study was undertaken of possible hazardous working conditions at the County Courthouse (SIC-9222). Employees at the building had complained of itchy watery eyes, stuffy and/or runny nose, headaches, sore throats, and other problems since the building had been expanded in 1984. The building was four stories and the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system consisted of a central variable air volume system with hot water reheat on the exterior terminal units. Cooling was provided by an indirect chilled water coil and a direct evaporative cooling section. Temperature ranged from 71 to 76 degrees-F and humidity from 36 to 42%. Carbon-monoxide (630080) levels were less than 2 parts per million. Air samples for aldehydes were all below the limits of quantitation. Air samples for dusts resulted in only low levels of common, low toxicity materials. The author concludes that no airborne contaminant was identified which could constitute a health hazard. The author recommends measures to help alleviate the employee complaints.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Health Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-control Air-quality-monitoring Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-91-176-2168 IAQ Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality Indoor Air Pollution Indoor Air Quality Legal Counsel And Prosecution NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Office-workers OSHA Region 8

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA911762168
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• 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:
  15 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00205028
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB92-164557
• 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 91-176-2168, 1991 Dec ; :1-17
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9222 - Legal counsel and prosecution - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:077cbd9444724aab8c4f81e1338003fad2039f5e6e40ae1c2d7b008aeea950aee5d9525a0954a9d574e4ac3ae5e275c3ff8f92017a428abc39201382720b1749
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171618/cdc_171618_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 197.95 KB ]