Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-88-364-2102: Library of Congress, Madison Building, Vol. I; Results of Employee Survey, Washington, D.C.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A systematic study was designed to assess the nature and spatial distribution of employee health symptoms and comfort concerns in the Madison Building of the Library of Congress (LOC), Washington, DC. This report documented the design of the study and the results of a detailed questionnaire survey of all Madison Building employees conducted in February of 1989. The questionnaire included questions on health symptoms, comfort concerns, background health data, and demographic characteristics. The overall response rate to the survey was 90% with 2845 of 3176 employees participating. More than 1200 employees also took the opportunity to make additional comments in the comments section at the end of the survey. The predominant type of symptoms reported among these employees were those that may be associated with poor indoor air quality. Almost half the respondents reported that a symptom or symptoms reduced their ability to work at least some of the time. Almost half reported more frequent infections since beginning work in the building. Approximately two thirds reported satisfaction with their physical workstations. They did report that the air was often too dry with too little movement.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Health Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-88-364-2102 Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Office-workers OSHA Region 3 Ventilation-systems Worker-health

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA883642102
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; 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:
  139 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Fine, Lawrence ; Teichman, Kevin ; Fidler, Anne ; Wilcox, Thomas ; Hurrell, Joseph ; Hornung, Richard ; Kollander, Mel ; Wallace, Lance ; Brenner, F. Cecil ; Clickner, Robert ; Dietz, Stephen ; Leaderer, Brian P. ; Selfridge, Oliver John ; Gorman, Richard ; Crandall, Michael ; Stanevich, Rebecca ; Burroughs, G. E. ; Burr, Gregory A. ; Seitz, Teresa ; Klein, Matthew K. ; Persily, Andrew ; Highsmith, Ross ; Purdue, Larry ; Nelson, C. J. ; Langer, Gilah
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00200827
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB92-103175
• 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 88-364-2102, 1991 Jan ; :1-108
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8231 - Libraries - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:838a4173fce90c2f5a0a873d3325d9dca0bd17e5a0d3e38e2a1e439dd0c3da36af754e4698515fd11bf81c5f5845e5ac9d2118b4568737826c6aec3a60c00556
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171658/cdc_171658_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.41 MB ]