Health Hazard Evaluation Report 72-24: Filtering Materials Corporation: Richmond, California

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• Alternative Title:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Report 72-24-12: Filtering Materials Corporation: Richmond, California
• Personal Author:
  Okawa, Melvin T.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Environmental survey of asbestos (1332214) dust levels reveals levels of 0.04 to 3.78 fibers per cubic centimeter, within the standard of 5.0 fibers per cubic centimeter. Recommendations to insure maintenance of a safe environment include use of respirators and improved housekeeping in areas where diatomaceous earth is handled, confinement of fiberizer operation to one area with local exhaust ventilation, use of respirators and protective clothing in fiberizer area, institution of a medical surveillance program, improved housekeeping, and installation of vacuums for cleaning workers clothes before leaving the plant. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  Original title is missing part of the report number – full number is shown in alternate title
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Dust Environmental Pollution Inorganic Chemicals Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Asbestos Dust Dust-control Environmental-contaminants Fibrous-dusts Hazard-Unconfirmed HHE-72-24-12 Industrial-hygiene NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Publication OSHA Region 9 Personal-protective-equipment

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Subseries:
  Health Evaluation and Technical Assistance (HETA)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE722412
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Richmond (CA) ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DTS - Division of Technical Services
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00027222
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-229155
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 72-24-12, 1972 Jun ; :1-5
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1972
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ebd7990b4b4153a390f8d21685ce6cd9d14d0bdc844520f2a331c37f152e8bf142d20f11fe4dc522d2f207aaa7c353bf464d225aeffeacf9a78cef5ec1705d4d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174223/cdc_174223_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.36 MB ]