Details:

• Personal Author:
  Kominsky, John R.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  In response to a request from the State of New Mexico Occupational Health and Safety Bureau, a 1 year follow up test was conducted at the New Mexico State Highway Department General Office Building and Annex (SIC-9199) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which had been contaminated with polychlorinated-biphenyls (1336363) (PCBs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins during a transformer fire. After substantial work, the building had been declared safe for reoccupancy. The investigation was intended to determine whether significant changes had occurred since the building was reopened. Two air samples were collected in the intake vents for the building and showed no evidence of PCB contamination from the outside air. Of the 23 samples collected inside the building in the various workspaces, three from the basement of the building showed detectable concentrations of PCBs ranging from 0.028 to 0.15 micrograms/cubic meter (microg/m3). During the sampling period, all the building's heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems were operating under normal occupancy conditions. All the concentrations were therefore significantly below the reoccupancy criteria of 0.4microg/m3. The author concludes that the buildings are safe for occupancy, and further environmental testing will not be necessary.
• Subjects:
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  Dioxins Environmental Monitoring Hydrocarbons Occupational Health Polychlorinated Biphenyls Safety
• Keywords:
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  Air Air-monitoring Air-quality-monitoring Air-sampling Chlorinated-hydrocarbons Hazard-Unconfirmed HETA-87-222-1849 Indoor Air NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation NIOSH-Technical-Assistance-Report Office Building OSHA Region 6 PCBs Polychlorinated Biphenyls
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHETA872221849
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Mexico ; OSHA Region 6

  New Mexico ; OSHA Region 6 Less -
• 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:
  7 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Slade, Warren T.;Medina, Joe;
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00178055
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB88-203765
• 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, HETA 87-222-1849, 1987 Nov;:1-8;
• CAS Registry Number:
  Polychlorinated biphenyl(s)-PCB(s) (CAS RN 1336-36-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1988
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  9199 - General government, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172041/cdc_172041_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF-139.68 KB]