Results of sampling at American Asbestos Textile Company, Meredith, New Hampshire.

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• Personal Author:
  Oster CV ; Oster CV
• Description:
  Worker exposures to asbestos (1332214) were surveyed at American Asbestos Textile Company (SIC-3292) in Meredith, New Hampshire, during October 1970. Sixty three out of the 75 samples analyzed exceeded the threshold limit value of 5 fibers per milliliter greater than 5 microns in length. The range of asbestos fiber concentrations in the fiber preparation, carding, spinning, twisting, winding, weaving, and rope, wick, braid and cord areas were 7.4 to 40.9, 7.0 to 35.0, 3.7 to 21.6, 5.3 to 31.1, 1.6 to 17.7, 1.8 to 31.1 and 1.4 to 5.4 fiber per cubic centimeter greater than 5 microns (f/cc), respectively. In miscellaneous areas of the facility, concentrations ranged from 22.7 to 37.0f/cc.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Fatigue Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Mental Disorders Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Asbestos-dust Dust-analysis Dust-exposure Field-Study Health-survey IWS-32-15c NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Region-1 Standards Textiles Worker-health

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide ; Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  New Hampshire ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSCI - Division of Field Studies and Clinical Investigations ; DFSCI - Division of Field Studies and Clinical Investigations
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00105833
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1971 Jun; :1-4
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4) ; Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1971
• 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-512:88eca3cb939b95724ca69d2c6b9350c8344793ae1ebb8502a45477bf9e98dbecc7bf29ec285447c465a4144faa799f50d56ffe1ec3a1768597fc2069f351a5f2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179006/cdc_179006_DS1.pdf
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