Results of U.S.P.H.S. survey at American Brake Shoe, Winchester, Virginia.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Air sampling for asbestos (1332214) dust was conducted by the United States Public Health Service at the American Brake Shoe Company (SIC- 3292) in Winchester, Virginia, during May, 1971. The concentration of fibers greater than 5 microns in length per cubic centimeter (f/cc) ranged from unmeasurable to 8.4f/cc for the mixing, coating, and extruding area; up to 5.2f/cc for the forming area; 0.1 to 7.0f/cc for hot pressing operations; 0.3 to 2.1f/cc for the baking area; 0.2 to 17.5f/cc for grinding and sanding operations; up to 5.4f/cc for the cutting and drilling work area; 0.3 to 5.7f/cc for bonding and riveting operations; unmeasurable to 4.6f/cc for the inspection and packing zone; and 0.3 to 1.7f/cc for miscellaneous operations.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Circadian Rhythm Men Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders Temperature Women
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Asbestos-dust Dust-analysis Dust-exposure Fibrous-bodies Field-Study Health-survey Industrial-hygiene IWS-32-25c NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Physical-properties Region-3

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Virginia
• 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:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00105339
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Services and Mental Health Administration, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, IWS 32-25c, 1971 May; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1971
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3292 - Asbestos products - (SIC) ; 3714 - Motor vehicle parts and accessories - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:03fdeb10aee86db82b7c4200ebb57fa2bfc02aef31f45510e961eb97aeae992ea48bfeb06531ac586b1fd08b5208ea691b060c2f4f8d8ca49037149c3b3e4ddf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178984/cdc_178984_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 184.43 KB ]