Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-84-513-1572: Hawaii News Agency; Honolulu, Hawaii

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• Personal Author:
  Okawa, Melvin T.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Area air samples were analyzed for carbon-dioxide (124389) and carbon-monoxide (630080) at the Hawaii News Agency (SIC-5199) building, Honolulu, Hawaii in October 1984. The survey was requested by an agency representative because of the continuing incidence of colds, flu, and sore throats among employees of the newspaper. Questionnaires were administered to employees and the ventilation system was inspected. Carbon-dioxide and carbon- monoxide concentrations were well below their relevant standards, although carbon-dioxide concentrations were slightly above those of normal outdoor air. Employees felt that the air in the building was stuffy. Analysis of the questionnaire results showed that employees at the agency were more likely to have a history of allergy and upper respiratory complaints than employees of another agency located on the other side of the building. The return air registries did not appear to be exhausting sufficient volumes of air. The author concludes that the ventilation system on one side of the building is providing less than optimal air circulation. Employee symptoms might abate with improved air circulation. Recommendations include evaluating the ventilation system further and having the existing system properly serviced.
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Lung Lung Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Temperature
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Air Flow Carbon Dioxide Carbon Monoxide Hazards-Confirmed HETA-84-513-1572 Indoor Air Quality Newspaper Company Newspapers NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Nondurable Goods, Not Elsewhere Classified OSHA Region 9 Pulmonary-disorders Respiration

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA845131572
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Hawaii ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  Thoburn, Theodore W.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00153408
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB86-141249
• 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 84-513-1572, 1985 Apr ; :1-12
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  5199 - Nondurable goods, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f88708d89e044ddcc5fb3c9243ed493cf5e4d459a8dac39f9de9f509c916f5a6ee747d5228e649f173fa3f29d3bb2300bdd804a42005887e47f310923857a236
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172273/cdc_172273_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.43 MB ]