Walk through survey of Avon Products, Inc., Springdale, Ohio.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Dement, John M. ; Johnson W
• Description:
  A report of a walk through survey of Avon Products, Inc. (SIC-2844), to analyze talc (14807966) samples for free silica (7631869) and asbestos (1332214). Results revealed that asbestos and free silica content are quite low. It was recommended that the two asbestos containing talcs be replaced with those containing less asbestos and that a pre-employment and routine chest X-ray program for workers be initiated.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Behavior Demography Environmental Exposure Occupational Health Public Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Cosmetics Cosmetics-industry Field-Study IWS-36-10 Medical-examinations NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Preventive-medicine Region-5 Silicates
• Document Type:
  Text
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSCI - Division of Field Studies and Clinical Investigations
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00051172
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1972 Oct; :1-5
• CAS Registry Number:
  Talc (Mg3H2(SiO3)4) (CAS RN 14807-96-6) ; Silica (CAS RN 7631-86-9) ; Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1973
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2844 - Toilet preparations - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1566530499f3a70fc264e0226e68bb022ed3939abfcb7672fe3758889c12a852857a3d07527c5f98fe775b709cec440c8dc15538bed9fb53554ad7733ed0b7e1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178695/cdc_178695_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 199.21 KB ]