Analysis of personal samples at Johns-Manville, Long Beach, California.

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• Personal Author:
  Weidner RB
• Description:
  Worker exposures to asbestos (1332214) were surveyed in May and June, 1970, at Johns-Manville Corporation (SIC-3292) in Long Beach, California. In the asbestos cement pipe facility, asbestos concentrations in personal air samples ranged from 0.0 to 2.1 fibers greater than 5 microns per cubic centimeter (f/cc). Asbestos concentrations in personal air samples from the insulation area ranged from 0.1 to 1.9f/cc. All samples were below the 1970 threshold limit value of 5 fibers greater than 5 microns in length per milliliter.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Carcinogens Epidemiology Metal Workers Neoplasms Occupational Health Safety Solvents Vehicle Emissions
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Asbestos-dust Dust-analysis Dust-exposure Field-Study Health-survey Insulation-workers IWS-32-44 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Region-9 Standards Worker-health

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:00105996
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1971 Jun; :1-4
• CAS Registry Number:
  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-512:06f2c2a140eb0dcdcaa9f72d1f25503aa762df5eb7cf561b68640aeb28448bdcf25a632036dddc511f0600a8a77b62193af5e6864c73d563d528a6ad2f0125ee
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179013/cdc_179013_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 172.05 KB ]