Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-89-175-2045: Revised, Planning Research Corporation; Virginia Beach, Virginia

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• Personal Author:
  Crandall, Michael S.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from employees of the Planning Research Corporation (SIC-7371), Virginia Beach, Virginia, an investigation was undertaken of possible hazardous conditions existing at that site. The employees reported headaches, nausea, eye irritation, sore throat, unusual fatigue or sleepiness, nasal discharge or sinus congestion. These were experienced by 10 to 20% of the workforce. The average environmental carbon-dioxide (124389) (CO2) concentrations ranged from a low of 1625 parts per million (ppm) to a high of 2400ppm. Temperature and relative humidity measurements were usually within the comfort zone. Efforts were underway to create a smoke free environment at this site. The ventilation system was inadequate to the task. Employee complaints suggested that there were problems with ventilation and air movement, and this was confirmed by environmental measurements. The author recommends improving the air quality through improvements to the air conditioning, heating and ventilation systems.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Health Occupational Health Safety Smokers Tobacco Products
• Keywords:
  Carbon Dioxide Cigarette-smoking Closed-building-syndrome Computer Programming Services Hazard-Confirmed HETA-89-175-2045 Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality Indoor Air Quality NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Office-workers OSHA Region 3 Relative Humidity Sick-building Syndrome Temperature

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA891752045(revised)
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Virginia ; 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:
  16 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Wilcox, Thomas G.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00194773
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91-119032
• 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 89-175-2045(revised), 1990 Aug ; :1-15
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9)
• Editor(s):
  Jenkins, Sharon
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  7371 - Computer programming services - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d5d7112c211bf4c57828948224ecd430248e02e4d0ad1c426a243609288bfd16d827d0e120c0f2249897cd48cfb4f3644702eb5f26d9630a1a183cb3b50526ab
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171733/cdc_171733_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 203.33 KB ]