Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA-83-035-1317: Boone County Public Administration Building; Burlington, Kentucky

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• Personal Author:
  McAuley, David B. ; Wallingford, Kenneth M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental and breathing zone samples were analyzed for carbon- monoxide (630080), carbon-dioxide (124389), formaldehyde (50000), nitrogen-dioxide (10102440), ozone (10028156), and hydrocarbon vapors in the Sheriff's Department (SIC-9221) of the Boone County Administrative Offices in Burlington, Kentucky on November 3, 1982. The request for an evaluation was made by a representative of the Boone County government on suspicion of toxic gases or vapors being present in the sheriff's offices. Breathing zone samples showed that toxic concentrations of gases or vapors were not present. Medical interviews were conducted with 11 employees who worked in the department. They reported headaches, dizziness, nausea, eye irritation, sore throats, and allergy symptoms. A follow-up survey and ventilation measurements were made on November 18, 1982. The air handling system was not providing sufficient, fresh, outside air. The current American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers standard for air flow in office environments where smoking is allowed is 20 cubic feet per minute per person. The authors conclude that the employees' symptoms were the result of poor ventilation. Improved ventilation is recommended.
• Subjects:
  Dust Hazardous Substances Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Employee-exposure Hazard-Confirmed HETA-83-035-1317 Indoor Air Pollution Industrial-ventilation NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Office Buildings OSHA Region 4 Sheriff's Offices Tight Building Syndrome Toxic-effects

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA830351317
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• 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
• Contributor:
  O'Brien, Dennis M. ; Caplan, Paul E.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00134180
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-209998
• 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 83-035-1317, 1983 May ; :1-11
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9) ; Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; Nitrogen dioxide (CAS RN 10102-44-0) ; Ozone (CAS RN 10028-15-6)
• Editor(s):
  Grass, Jacqueline G.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9221 - Police protection - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2ef68d4bfe576f3100809969419f4085d62532cdedc30d987c2012e13d583d8bf2576beda74adf88583dd9f1e7f32e75c52baf0c5dca10d41da092521f3538d2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172886/cdc_172886_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.47 MB ]