Results of air samples at American Asbestos Textile Corporation, Meredith, New Hampshire.

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• Personal Author:
  Lynch, Jeremiah R.
• Description:
  Worker exposures to asbestos (1332214) were surveyed at the American Asbestos Textile Corporation (SIC-3292) in Meredith, New Hampshire, on June 21, 1966. Asbestos fiber concentrations in the fiber preparation, carding, spinning, twisting, winding, weaving, finishing, and rope, wick, braid and cord areas were 6.0 to 17.1, 14.8 to 118.6, 7.4 to 26.2, 5.6 to 15.1, 4.3 to 27.0, 5.8 to 35.9, 7.5, and 6.3 to 7.4 fibers greater than 5 microns per cubic centimeter, respectively.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Epidemiology Hunting Morbidity Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Asbestos-dust Dust-exposure Fibrous-bodies Field-Study Health-survey Industrial-hygiene IWS-32-15b NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Region-1 Textiles Worker-health

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Place as Subject:
  New Hampshire ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; 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
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00105827
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1966 Jun; :0
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1966
• 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-512:4e65f584939adbd6971f9478443aea1ec2ced4a1cd8b1efec2307c41c81111c83be5cb66484ec1c6787789ebf6f3c46a07a3fb9b332eee4a9e51d612bf9b3fbd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179003/cdc_179003_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 135.72 KB ]