Results of Air Samples: Certain-Teed Products, Santa Clara, California

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• Journal Article:
  NIOSH Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, Industry-Wide Studies Branch, Department of HEW, Cincinnati, Ohio, 5 pages
• Personal Author:
  Lynch, Jeremiah R.
• Description:
  Worker exposures to asbestos (1332214) were surveyed in June, 1967, at Certain-Teed Products (SIC-3292) in Santa Clara, California. Impinger samples from the mixing, forming, curving, pipe finishing, coupling finishing, and epoxy areas contained 0.2 to 2.4, 1.0 to 2.8, 0.8 to 2.7, 1.2 to 3.8, 1.3 to 23.7, and 2.0 million particles per cubic foot (mppcf), respectively. Several samples from the finishing area exceeded the threshold limit value of 5mppcf. Corresponding asbestos concentrations determined by the membrane filter method were 0.8 to 19.6, 0.3 to 8.7, 0.6 to 3.1, 2.1 to 11.5, 2.3 to 33.4 and 1.8 to 3.5 fibers greater than 5 microns per cubic centimeter (f/cc). In the packing area, membrane filter samples indicated asbestos concentrations of 0.1 to 8.6f/cc. No standards existed for evaluating membrane filter samples, however, concentrations greater than 10.0f/cc over a 3 month period were considered high. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Dust Environmental Monitoring Inorganic Chemicals Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; IWS-32-42a; Region-9; Asbestos-dust; Air-sampling; Dust-exposure; Worker-health; Industrial-hygiene; Dust-analysis; Industrial-processes; Insulation-industry; Insulation-workers
• Source:
  NIOSH 1968 May; :1-5
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSCI - Division fo Field Studies and Clinical Investigations
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  16 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00105989
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB88-250444
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1968
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3292 - Asbestos products - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0899534dc532cda6a85179b732496efedceb40b94d6c978448d7e534c7176f0e957bc3d9c4a76d4eeca5cdc836f56daa0f442947c8d256d95be173dfb472fd84
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/120380/cdc_120380_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 314.87 KB ]