Industrial hygiene survey report of the New York City Sanitation, Traffic, and Police Brake Servicing Facilities, Queens, New York.

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• Personal Author:
  Robert DR ; Robert DR
• Description:
  Worker exposures to asbestos (1332214) were surveyed on January 9 to 11, 1979, at New York City Sanitation Traffic and Police Brake Servicing facilities (SIC-7539) in Queens, New York. The number of workers was not reported. In the sanitation vehicle repair station, personal and general area asbestos concentrations were 0.12 to 0.54 and 0.05 to 0.06 fibers greater than 5 microns per cubic centimeter (f/cc), respectively. Personal exposures in the traffic vehicle repair station were 0.15 to 2.62f/cc, and general area concentrations were 0.06 to 0.07f/cc. In the police vehicle repair station, personal exposures ranged from 0.03 to 0.81f/cc, and general area concentrations were 0.03 to 0.07f/cc. The author notes that asbestos exposures will vary depending on work practices, and the amount of time spent in actual brake servicing or the service area. Significant concentrations may be generated during cleaning of the brake shoes and brake housing backing plate. Recommendations include the use of respirators and implementation of a vacuum or wet cleaning system to remove dust from the brake housing.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Solvents Urine
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-sampling Airborne-dusts Automobile-repair-shops Control-methods Field-Study NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Region-2 Work-practices Workplace-studies

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide ; Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-20
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00106001
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, IWS 32-64, 1979 Jan; :1-20
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4) ; Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  7539 - Automotive repair shops, not elsewhere classified - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:41409a27db40ac0ced5c0f58f3eb73d2099e1ca8dee5ca9f60818ca5c45365f260072db237097c97bbccf2a23c5331dae97aa6dcde15cf99ac98194a2ce0ec09
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179017/cdc_179017_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.46 MB ]