Industrial hygiene report asbestos at Jaquays Mining Corporation 1219 South 19th Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona.

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• Personal Author:
  Roberts DR
• Description:
  Worker exposures to asbestos (1332214) were surveyed on January 16, 1980, at Jaquays Mining Corporation (SIC-1499) mill in Globe, Arizona. The company employed about seven workers, and mined chrysotile asbestos. Respirators were provided for workers, but no formal respiratory protection program existed. Personal asbestos exposures ranged from 1.7 to 2.9 fibers greater than 5 microns per cubic centimeter (f/cc), and general area asbestos concentrations ranged from 0.7 to 2.9f/cc. All samples exceeded the proposed OSHA time weighted average standard of 0.5f/cc. The authors recommend that all workers wear respirators while in the mill or warehouse, and that a respiratory protection program be established. Workers should shower and change their clothing before leaving work.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Carcinogens Environmental Health Epidemiology Neoplasms Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Airborne-dusts Control-methods Field-Study Industrial-hygiene Industrial-processes NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Protective-equipment Region-9 Standards Workplace-studies

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00106006
• 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 32-72, 1980 Jan; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1499 - Miscellaneous nonmetallic minerals - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d24656901d0c838397c4cf6e3b2d3d5af5bb051ba12270d6ce853aee752e0cab964b4242a00ab62dae24f158257fe84cf54d890648e0cd37bf2f990d8f824286
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179020/cdc_179020_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 408.95 KB ]