Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-89-068-L2039: Wichita County Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services; Wichita, Kansas

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• Alternative Title:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-89-068-L2039: Wichita County SRS, Wichita, Kansas
• Personal Author:
  Daniels, William J. ; Hales, Thomas R.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request, an investigation was undertaken of possible health hazards at the Wichita County Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services Building (SIC-9441). The request was prompted by several complaints of headache, head congestion, pneumonia, blurred vision, allergies, and asthma among the employees. The building consists of two sections: a seven-story tower section and a four-story core section. It was built in 1940 and underwent major structural renovation in 1985. The interior renovation consisted of wall construction, painting, carpet installation, woodwork refinishing, and repair of the boiler room. It was occupied in the fall of 1985 and complaints about odors began in January of 1986. Carbon-monoxide (630080) (CO) testing found CO levels of 4 to 5 parts per million on floors 1 to 4 and no detectable CO on floors 4 to 7. The authors conclude that the air quality detected was not likely to be causing the symptoms reported. The authors recommend measures concerning humidity and air temperature levels in the offices and the rearrangement of office layouts to ensure that adequate air flow is provided.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Environmental Health Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Closed-building-syndrome Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-89-068-L2039 Indoor-air-pollution Indoor-environmental-quality NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Office-workers OSHA Region 7 Ventilation-systems

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA89068L2039
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kansas ; OSHA Region 7
• 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:00194761
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91-116582
• 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 89-068-L2039, 1990 Apr ; :1-14
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9441 - Administration of social & manpower programs - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:396cead65967f8e6b3663453080b056bab5052787aed9fb628956d1f0797303d85718cbb5baf0aa36ae2860d5935c9929ee5bf7dc108c68378ffc0c32df7ccec
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/171740/cdc_171740_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 495.69 KB ]