U.S.P.H.S. survey at Johns-Manville, Asbestos Textile Plant, Manville, New Jersey.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Worker exposures to asbestos (1332214) were surveyed at the Johns- Manville Asbestos Textile Facility (SIC-2661) in Manville, New Jersey, during January, 1965. All samples were collected with a membrane filter. Samples with fiber sizes greater than 5 microns in length ranged from 1.6 to 23.5 fibers per cubic centimeter (f/cc) for carding operations; 4.8 to 10.6f/cc for spinning operations; unmeasureable to 22.4f/cc for twisting work; unmeasureable to 22.6f/cc for the weaving work area; and from 3.9 to 10.1f/cc for fiber preparation operations.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-sampling Field-Study Industrial-processes IWS-32-22b Mineral-dusts NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Region-2 Sampling-methods Textile-workers Workplace-studies

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:00106043
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1965 Jan; :1-3
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1965
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2661 - Building Paper and Board Mills - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:73c17713c4af1e20a54f6cf94937ebb6504b0ff87b31a1f49820e6391683390f70fb30e8da2674555fce1751ccf4c628b0a896800f45f4e8ffbddca7f04a4977
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179025/cdc_179025_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 153.79 KB ]