U.S.P.H.S. survey at Abex Corporation, American Brakeblok Division, Winchester, Virginia.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to asbestos (1332214) were surveyed at the Abex Corporation, American Brakeblok Division (SIC-3714) in Winchester, Virginia, from February 7 to 11, 1972. The mean number of fibers greater than 5 microns per field (f/f) ranged from 0.30 to 3.75f/f. The mean concentration of fibers greater than 5 microns in length per milliliter (f/ml) ranged from 0.45 to 3.73f/ml. The difference between left and right paired samples in mean number of fibers greater than 5 microns per field ranged from 0 to 120 percent.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality Air-sampling Airborne-fibers Analytical-methods Field-Study IWS-32-25e NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Region-3 Workplace-studies

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Virginia
• 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:
  1-3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00106042
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1972 Feb; :1-3
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1972
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3714 - Motor vehicle parts and accessories - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:212a78fb16dc814abe9a2f9f9b7a41d8b4c2a62d992bc8ed5d63b5d6cfae6903ba00f967e7604e0cd6a98e5389617ab3e012005890089a3ddf6584be9c4662fc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179024/cdc_179024_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 143.91 KB ]