Technical assistance report, No. TA-80-39, Brookhaven IRS Service Center, Holtzville, New York.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Hartle, Richard W. ; Keenlyside, Richard A.
• Description:
  Worker exposures to various chemicals were surveyed on February 27 and June 18 to 20, 1980 at the Brookhaven Internal Revenue Service Center (SIC-9311) in Holtzville, New York. The evaluation was requested by a representative of the General Services Administration to determine the cause of worker health complaints. Workers were interviewed and air samples were collected and analyzed for nitrous- oxides, sulfur-dioxide (7446095), formaldehyde (50000), carbon- monoxide (630080), dust, and total organics. Workers reported symptoms of burning eyes, sore throat, sinus irritation, nausea, dizziness, metallic taste, and headaches, and complained of uncomfortable workroom temperatures, poor ventilation, and lack of fresh air. Exposures to nitrous-oxide (10024972), nitrogen-dioxide (10102440), sulfur-dioxide, carbon-monoxide, formaldehyde, mineral spirits total nuisance dust, and respirable nuisance dust were below respective OSHA standards of 25 parts per million (ppm), 5ppm, 50ppm, 50ppm, 3ppm, 500ppm, 15 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3), and 5mg/m3. Stack emissions were suggested as the source of the workers' complaints. The authors recommend increasing the stack height and installing gas trapping devices in roof drains to prevent vapor backflow. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report; TA-80-39; Hazards-Unconfirmed; Region-2; Health-surveys; Air-sampling; Industrial-emissions
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Technical Assistance Field Studies
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Technical Report
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; 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:
  1-10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00117364
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB82216573
• 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 80-39, 1980 Sep; :1-10
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Formaldehyde (CAS RN 50-00-0) ; Nitrogen dioxide (CAS RN 10102-44-0) ; Nitrous oxide (CAS RN 10024-97-2) ; Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9311 - Finance, taxation, & monetary policy - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/232685/cdc_232685_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]