Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-84-299-1524: Aspen Ice Rink; Aspen, Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Gunter, Bobby J. ; Thoburn, Theodore W.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and breathing zone samples were analyzed for carbon- monoxide (630080) at Aspen Ice Garden (SIC-7999), Aspen, Colorado in June, 1984. The survey was requested by the Pitkin County Health Department to evaluate carbon-monoxide exposures produced by gasoline powered ice resurfacing machines. Eight employees were monitored for exhaled carbon-monoxide. Maximum carbon-monoxide concentrations at the edge of the rink were 55 to 65 parts per million (ppm) when a new ice resurfacer was operated and 90ppm when an older resurfacer was used. The new and old resurfacers produced average concentrations of 140 to 175 and 200ppm, respectively. The OSHA standard for carbon-monoxide is 50ppm. Carbon-monoxide concentrations in a downstairs and upstairs office averaged 12ppm and 10 to 13ppm, respectively. Carbon-monoxide concentrations in the downstairs office decreased when an outside door was opened. Average individual concentrations of exhaled carbon-monoxide increased from 12.1 to 26.3ppm by the end of the day. The authors note that the offices get almost no fresh air unless an outside door is open. They conclude that a potential hazard due to carbon- monoxide exists at the facility. Recommendations include properly maintaining the resurfacing machines and improving ventilation in the offices and rink by forcing in fresh air.
• Subjects:
  Cold Temperature Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Fatigue Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Amusement And Recreation Services, Not Elsewhere Classified Carbon Monoxide Cold-environments Environmental-contamination Environmental-exposure Hazardous-materials Hazards-Confirmed HETA-84-299-1524 High Altitude Ice Rink NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 8 Zamboni

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA842991524
• 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:
  14 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00144925
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB85-208213
• 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 84-299-1524, 1984 Nov ; :1-12
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0)
• Editor(s):
  Emerson, Loraine L.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  7999 - Amusement and recreation, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8514312b4ff4059b306ff6dbd6199835e7f0e7adc7822f185b1d6b2bebbc08f74d3b3bdf5e1c4538619f20a856eeb87d49e3558194a6edd62bd449273909281b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172742/cdc_172742_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.10 MB ]