Technical Assistance Report No. TA-80-14: Federal Government Park Building: Rockville, Maryland

Details

• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Lee, Stephen A.
• Description:
  A walk through survey of the third floor, laboratories, and roof of the Federal Government Park Building (SIC-8922) in Rockville, Maryland was conducted on November 30, 1979, to investigate the cause of complaints of headaches, nausea, sore throats, and eye irritations among employees of the Office of Health Maintenance Organizations (OHMO). The survey was requested by the Office of Resource Management. The OHMO was located on the floor below the laboratories, and complaints of unpleasant odors often coincided with the operation of the laboratory autoclaves. The health complaints sometimes occurred when the odors were not present. OHMO temperature control was erratic, and air movement was insufficient in some offices. Inspection of the building roof revealed an inoperative exhaust fan, which may have been connected to the laboratory autoclaves. A wide variety of toxic substances were used in the laboratories, and there was a substantial exposure potential. The authors conclude that a safety and health surveillance program is needed at this facility. Interlaboratory cooperation is required to establish clear lines of health and safety responsibility for the entire laboratory area. The building ventilation system should be redesigned to provide adequate supply and exhaust air. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollution Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Occupational Health Safety Vehicle Emissions Ventilation Workplace
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report; TA-80-14; Medical-research; Hazards-Confirmed; Environmental-control-equipment; Work-environment; Air-pollution; Ventilation-systems; Exhaust-fumes; Toxic-substances; Office-workers; Scientific-personnel; Region-3
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, TA 80-14, 1980 Jan; :1-5
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Technical Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00093756
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB80-169840
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, TA 80-14, 1980 Jan; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  8922 - Noncommercial Research Organizations - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173707/cdc_173707_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]