Health-hazard evaluation report HETA 85-289-1738, Page Belcher Federal Building, Tulsa, Oklahoma. [PCBs]

Technical Report · Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:6334375

Kominsky, J R

A request was made by the United States Postal Service to assess potential contaminationn from a soot-producing electrical transformer malfunction at the Page Belcher Federal Building, located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The building has 27 separate air handling units and 77 interior air supply zones, plus one to three perimeter air supply zones for each of the four floors and two mezzanines. One air-handling unit may serve from one to nine distribution zones. Low levels of airborne polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were found throughout the building. There appeared to be no specific location within the building for a concentration of these chemicals. The vapor phase of the contaminant was enriched with lower-chlorinated isomers relative to a source mixture on surfaces. Recommendations are offered for decontaminating the building and its ventilation system and for instituting a medical-surveillance program.

• Research Organization: National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6334375
• Report Number(s): PB-87-183521/XAB; HETA-85-289-1738
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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