Ruth Adams BuildingRuth Adams Building

Dead birdDead bird

...not OSHA approved...not OSHA approved

Aid Aid Conditioner Conditioner

(held up by a (held up by a plank of plank of

wood wood outside), outside),

surrounded surrounded by paper, by paper,

with its cord with its cord dangling dangling behind a behind a running running radiator radiator

1910.334(a)(1)Handling. Portable equipment shall be handled in a manner which will not cause damage. Flexible electric cords connected to equipment may not be used for raising or lowering the equipment. Flexible cords may not be fastened with staples or otherwise hung in such a fashion as could damage the outer jacket or insulation.

Indoor Air Quality IssuesIndoor Air Quality Issues

Sick Building SyndromeSick Building Syndrome

These concerns are not just relevant to office These concerns are not just relevant to office workers but also to maintenance and other workers but also to maintenance and other nonindustrial workers that work in indoor nonindustrial workers that work in indoor

environments. For example, comment 3-347 environments. For example, comment 3-347 responded that "[i]n our closed, indoor work responded that "[i]n our closed, indoor work

environments, air quality is a very real health environments, air quality is a very real health and safety concern to professional painters. I and safety concern to professional painters. I have seen firsthand otherwise healthy men have seen firsthand otherwise healthy men and women pass out or get violently ill as a and women pass out or get violently ill as a

result of being exposed to indoor air result of being exposed to indoor air contaminants." Comment 3-412 responded contaminants." Comment 3-412 responded "[o]ur locals have encountered air-pollution "[o]ur locals have encountered air-pollution

problems ranging from ink mist and problems ranging from ink mist and photocopier emissions to asbestos and photocopier emissions to asbestos and

microbial disease.microbial disease.

1910.37(a)(3)Exit routes must be free Exit routes must be free and unobstructed. No and unobstructed. No materials or equipment materials or equipment may be placed, either may be placed, either permanently or permanently or temporarily, within the temporarily, within the exit route. The exit exit route. The exit access must not go access must not go through a room that can through a room that can be locked, such as a be locked, such as a bathroom, to reach an bathroom, to reach an exit or exit discharge, exit or exit discharge, nor may it lead into a nor may it lead into a dead-end corridor. Stairs dead-end corridor. Stairs or a ramp must be or a ramp must be provided where the exit provided where the exit route is not substantially route is not substantially level.level.

Security, please do not lock room Security, please do not lock room

1910.22(a)(3)

To facilitate cleaning, every floor, working place, and passageway shall be kept free from protruding nails, splinters, holes, or loose boards

1910.22(a)(3)

To facilitate cleaning, every floor, working place, and passageway shall be kept free from protruding nails, splinters, holes, or loose boards

water leakage on furnishings or within building components can result in the proliferation of microorganisms that can release acutely irritating substances into the air. Typically, where microorganisms are allowed to grow, a moldy smell develops. This moldy smell is often associated with microbial contamination and is a result of VOCs released during microbial growth on environmental substrates [Ex. 4-41]

1910.141(a)(4)(ii)All sweepings, solid or liquid wastes, refuse, and garbage shall be removed in such a manner as to avoid creating a menace to health and as often as necessary or appropriate to maintain the place of employment in a sanitary condition.

1910.141(c)(1)(iii)The sewage disposal method shall not endanger the health of employees.

1910.36(a)(3)Openings into an exit must be limited. An exit is permitted to have only those openings necessary to allow access to the exit from occupied areas of the workplace, or to the exit discharge. An opening into an exit must be protected by a self-closing fire door that remains closed or automatically closes in an emergency upon the sounding of a fire alarm or employee alarm system. Each fire door, including its frame and hardware, must be listed or approved by a nationally recognized testing laboratory. Section 1910.155(c)(3)(iv)(A) of this part defines "listed" and § 1910.7 of this part defines a "nationally recognized testing laboratory."