Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. HHE 79-77-605: Town Center Associates Building: Rockville, Maryland

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• Personal Author:
  Chrostek, Walter J. ; Chrostek, Walter J.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental samples were collected and one employee completed a nondirected medical questionnaire on May 23, 1979 at the second floor of the Town Center Associates Building (SIC-6022) in Rockville, Maryland. The evaluation was prompted by a request from an authorized representative of approximately 35 employees to investigate a complaint of irritations from exposure to what was described as gray fuzz from the heating and cooling vents. Air samples were analyzed for total and respirable particulates, and fibrous-glass (14808607) content. Concentrations of total dust (0.05 milligrams per cubic meter of air (mg/cu M)), respirable dust (0.03 mg/cu m), and fibrous glass (not detectable) were all below OSHA limits (15 mg/cu m, 5 mg/cu m, and 0.01 fibers per cubic centimeter of air, respectively). It is concluded that there was no health hazard present and that the worker who completed the questionnaire had experienced an individual sensitivity to the gray fuzz. Observations are presented concerning potential worker discomfort due to fibrous-glass exposure. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution, Indoor Dermatitis Environmental Monitoring Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Skin Ventilation
• Keywords:
  "gray Fuzz" Air-sampling Banking Fibrous Glass Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-79-77-605 IEQ Indoor Environmental Quality Medical-screening NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Occupational-exposure OSHA Region 3

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)   ; Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)  
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE7977605
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Rockville (MD) ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Flesch, Jerome P. ; DiCostanza, Michelle ; Schwartz, Eugene
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00091565
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB80-147168
• 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, HHE 79-77-605, 1979 Jul ; :1-6
• CAS Registry Number:
  Silica, Crystalline (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Silica, Crystalline (CAS RN 14808-60-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  6022 - State commercial banks - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1d06deb86002218d0ef57c9d31b2db00ae5ce1aea1c322bee0b06926ca9c31718483c4058b114a16862a6b69c78259e912642900704de1f5d3f2bafa96f1183e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/173768/cdc_173768_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1000.41 KB ]