Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-82-332-1177: One Hour Optical; Lakewood, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Gunter, Bobby J. ; Reno, Stanley J. ; Thoburn, Theodore W.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the management of One Hour Optical (SIC-8042), Lakewood, Colorado, an evaluation was made of potential health hazards existing at this workplace. This shop provided optical services, and occupied space in a newly constructed shopping center. Shops were built adjacent to one another, each with its own air conditioning system. New wall to wall carpeting had been installed. Air samples were taken, and no detectable readings were obtained for carbon-dioxide (124389), carbon-monoxide (630080), hydrocarbons, and ozone (10028156). Two workers who had become ill on a given day were interviewed. The headache and nausea they reported may have been caused by lubricants and coatings in the air conditioning unit. These substances became hot and possible off/gassing occurred as this was the first day on which the air conditioning system had been used. The authors conclude that a hazardous situation did not exist at the time of the survey. The authors recommend that at the start of the heating or cooling seasons the doors of the shop be opened so that any lubricant odors would be ventilated as rapidly as possible.
• Subjects:
  Air Conditioning Air Pollutants, Occupational Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-conditioning-equipment Air-quality-measurement Freon Hazard-Unconfirmed Heating-systems HETA-82-332-1177 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Office Environment Offices Of Optometrists Organic-vapors 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/NIOSHHETA823321177
• 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:
  7 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Schulenberg, Marilyn K.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00178926
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-152776
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HETA 82-332-1177, 1982 Sep ; :1-4
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Ozone (CAS RN 10028-15-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8042 - Offices and clinics of optometrists - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d6a6359f0d9e108a90138051a327154fa317fdda784cba47cae838280cc1c33364fc10998bdb5c0349462aa10c004b073d184cb6cecb885b07279ba88ad2c628
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172012/cdc_172012_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 742.58 KB ]