Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-85-002-1551: Salomon Brothers; New York, New York

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• Personal Author:
  Fannick, Nicholas L.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Carbon-monoxide (630080) and carbon-dioxide (124389) concentrations were measured at Salomon Brothers, Incorporated (SIC-6711), New York, New York, in September and October 1984. The evaluation was requested by the firm's medical department because of complaints of headache and eye, nose, and sinus irritation among employees who worked on the 40th floor, trading center. Ventilation surveys were also performed. Carbon-monoxide concentrations were 3 to 5 parts per million (ppm) and carbon-dioxide concentrations averaged about 1,500ppm. A preliminary ventilation survey in September indicated that the amount of fresh air supplied to the trading floor was less than the 20 cubic feet per minute recommended by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). After additional ventilation equipment was installed, a second survey found that the outdoor air supplied exceeded the ASHRAE recommendations. Following installation of the supplemental ventilation equipment, the employees' complaints abated. The author concludes that in the preliminary survey, a potential health hazard existed due to an inadequate supply of fresh air. Installation of additional ventilation equipment removed the potential hazard.
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Carbon Dioxide Carbon Monoxide Closed Building Syndrome Control-methods Hazards-Confirmed HETA-85-002-1551 Investment Firm, General Brokers NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Office-workers OSHA Region 2 Toxic-gases Ventilation-equipment

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA850021551
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• 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:
  10 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00150625
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB86-105558
• 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 85-002-1551, 1985 Jan ; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  6711 - Holding Offices - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4f2dd70c8acb047f3350fe0e8112959858db3e4e7af4b3dfdbb780f0c6e8e8074be09c493b113e500489fb324a4eccf1089a03f522c56a1833af2a8bf95ab062
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172648/cdc_172648_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.99 MB ]