Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-83-129-1296: American Enterprise Institute; Washington, D.C.

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• Personal Author:
  Lee, Stephen A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to carbon-monoxide (630080) (CO) were surveyed on February 24, 1983, at American Enterprise Institute (SIC-7392) in Washington, DC. The evaluation was requested by the employees on behalf of 20 workers concerned about CO fumes from an enclosed parking garage located beneath their offices. Short- and long-term air samples were collected in and around the offices and the garage for CO, formaldehyde (50000), ozone (10028156), sulfur-dioxide (7446095), and nitrogen oxides. Inside the offices, CO concentrations were below 5 parts per million (ppm) most of the day but increased to a maximum of 10ppm in the early to middle afternoon. CO concentrations at the street corner and inside the garage peaked at 15 and 30ppm, respectively, by the later afternoon hours. Concentrations of the other four contaminants were below the limit of detection. The workers complained of eye irritation, headache, fatigue, sinus congestion, and increased frequency of colds, and several said that their symptoms were worse at the end of the day or week. The author concludes that no hazard exists from CO or other contaminants at this office and suggests that the building managers check to make sure that adequate quantities of air are being supplied and circulated in the offices, and that no smoking offices be available for workers upon request.
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Aldehydes Automobiles Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Formaldehyde Nitrogen Oxides Occupational Health Safety Sulfur Compounds Vehicle Emissions

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Automotive-exhausts Building Ventilation Carbon Monoxide Environmental-pollution Hazards-Unconfirmed HETA-83-129-1296 Indoor Parking Garage NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Nitrogen-oxides Office-workers Office Air Quality Office Building Opinion Research OSHA Region 3 Sulfur-oxides

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA831291296
• 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:
  15 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00139368
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB85-184273
• 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 83-129-1296, 1984 May ; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; Ozone (CAS RN 10028-15-6) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5)
• Editor(s):
  Grass, Jacqueline G.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1984
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  7392 - Management and Public Relations - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d3f9cf1f4db552b4a317b0d136f474a843f15929826c7fd577343be2a2d6d048605a3ec3904a977f874f344689e9d785011d866454a37c2c40f7c4971d3cd08e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172795/cdc_172795_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.74 MB ]