Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-89-335-2041: Sheffield Lake Service Department; Sheffield Lake, Ohio

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• Personal Author:
  Sussell, Aaron L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from a representative of Sheffield Lake Service Department (SIC-1611), Sheffield Lake, Ohio, a study was made of possible hazardous working conditions at the site. The facility services municipal vehicles: three to 11 workers were employed in the office area. The request stated that diesel exhaust from vehicle start up in the service garage permeates the office area of the building, causing clerks and customers to become nauseated. Long term area samples were collected at three indoor and one outdoor location. Total particulates, submicron particulates, benzene soluble particulates, formaldehyde (50000) and nitrogen-dioxide (10102440) were monitored. Short term samples were also collected. The office area was found to be under ventilated. The author concludes that a potential health hazard existed in the maintenance shop and parking bay areas due to exposure to diesel exhausts. A lack of ventilation in these areas was identified as the problem. The author recommends measures to improve ventilation in the office area and to reduce exposures to diesel exhaust in the bay and maintenance shop areas.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Automobiles Environmental Health Occupational Health Safety Vehicle Emissions
• Keywords:
  Automobile-repair-shops Diesel-emissions Diesel Exhaust Hazard-Confirmed HETA-89-335-2041 Highway And Street Construction Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality Indoor Air Quality Maintenance Shops NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Office-workers OSHA Region 5

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA893352041
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; 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:
  13 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Blade, Leo M.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00194787
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91-116608
• 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 89-335-2041, 1990 May ; :1-13
• CAS Registry Number:
  Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; Nitrogen dioxide (CAS RN 10102-44-0)
• Editor(s):
  Jenkins, Sharon
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1611 - Highway and street construction - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:115bff69bcb27b1485d559e7d05f959196ee045b0d44aadb9bfbf937ab63f75b8e23e50fac5a75e0b51b788a39016f83dd1c48dbff3249155dd9e4d2ec690e3f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171730/cdc_171730_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 250.77 KB ]