Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-83-320-1432: National Endowment for the Arts; Washington, D.C.

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• Personal Author:
  Crandall, Michael S. ; Wallingford, Kenneth M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and breathing zone samples were analyzed for total and respirable particulates, hydrocarbons, formaldehyde (50000), carbon- monoxide (630080), carbon-dioxide (124389), nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide (7446095) at the National Endowment for the Arts (SIC- 9199), Washington, DC, in July 1983. The evaluation was requested due to irritative symptoms experienced by several employees. Complaints originated mostly from four employees on one floor of the building. Ventilation, temperature, and relative humidity measurements were made. The concentrations of all compounds and particulates were well within established limits. Employee complaints included throat irritation, burning eyes, a metallic taste, and increased allergy symptoms. Ventilation, temperature, and humidity data indicated the ventilation systems were not balanced or controlled to provide uniform comfort in the building. The authors conclude that the complaints originated from ventilation system imbalance or poor control. Recommendations include balancing the air handling system with respect to air circulation and temperature, inspection of the system to ensure the integrity and proper functioning of the air filtration systems, and relocation of the thermostats for better control.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Eye Foreign Bodies Irritants Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Eye-irritants General Government, Not Elsewhere Classified General Government Office Buildings Hazards-Confirmed HETA-83-320-1432 Indoor Air Pollution NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Office-workers OSHA Region 3 Respiratory-irritants Tight Building Syndrome 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/NIOSHHETA833201432
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; 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:
  21 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00150034
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB85-179760
• 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 83-320-1432, 1984 Mar ; :1-19
• CAS Registry Number:
  Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5)
• Editor(s):
  Kidd, Connie L.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1984
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9199 - General government, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:966618d90006c98737dc6bf6c6e1b3d391e08a4b0ee7d2d0c2f72b50b1c2717f935b73ec6e1a234e2133311545ad1d528111b88958fe4a05576d8fee00bc1a4f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172657/cdc_172657_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.73 MB ]