Technical Assistance Report No. TA-80-67-754: Congressman Cavanaugh's Office: Washington, D.C.

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• Personal Author:
  Gorman, Richard W.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Exposure to harmful emissions from an office recorder were investigated on July 16 and 17 in a Congressman's office in Washington, D.C. The Congressman requested technical assistance for the evaluation. The office staff consisted of four females and two males who reported respiratory discomfort, eye irritation, and the presence of disagreeable odors. Air samples were collected from the locations near the operating recorder. The ventilation system was evaluated, and the personnel were interviewed. Ventilation around the equipment was inadequate. The odor was caused by approximately a 0.4 parts per million of n-butyl-methacrylate (97881). No carcinogens were identified and carbon-monoxide (630080) concentrations were stable. The authors conclude that poor ventilation was responsible for the irritations reported by the office employees. They recommended relocation of the equipment and placement of a suitable health warning in the recorder paper supply boxes. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Ventilation Workplace
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Control-methods Hazards-Confirmed Health-surveys Industrial-processes NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report OSHA Region 3 TA-80-67-754 Ventilation-systems Warning-systems Workplace-studies

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Washington (DC) ; 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:
  16 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Woodruff, Jackie
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00108710
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82-112152
• 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, TA 80-67-754, 1980 Oct ; :1-12
• CAS Registry Number:
  Butyl methacrylate (CAS RN 97-88-1) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9121 - Legislative bodies - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e4773e51ba14e00500e69fa7995706c7b86919f2669637f5f284eaf61136f0b0b5058308dbf4c500fa883ed8c353b2615a651a685b0aac0b1b5dae9dd3866294
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173488/cdc_173488_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 623.19 KB ]