Results of U.S.P.H.S. survey at Raybestos Manhattan, Incorporated, Manheim, Pennsylvania.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Personal air sampling for asbestos (1332214) exposure was conducted by the United States Public Health Service at Raybestos Manhattan, Incorporated (SIC-3292), at Manheim, Pennsylvania during August, 1967. Only sampled fiber sizes greater than 5 microns in length were reported. Atmospheric fiber concentrations produced during textile operations ranged from 0.1 fibers per milliliter (f/ml) near one tape weaver to 16.8f/ml wear a card operator. Samples taken during friction operations ranged from none detected to 12.3f/ml near one edge grinder operator. Packing operations produced air fiber concentrations ranging from 0.6f/ml near a mixer and an edge trimmer to 12.8f/ml near the braider.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-sampling Asbestos-dust Asbestos-products Field-Study Industrial-processes IWS-32-21a NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Region-3 Workplace-studies

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• 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:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00105225
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1967 Aug; :1-4
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1967
• 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:e5dba249ac6a6c657b23c54e31628928e7c2c778f0ab87179b26ba24e13e88d49803a17dc72634fb7a7c3deaed91765b8e19009dc2c22bc540f4598a83250cf9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178982/cdc_178982_DS1.pdf
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