Industrial hygiene study of the Gouverneur Talc Company, number one mine and mill at Balmat, New York, volume II: talc bulk sample analyses.

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• Personal Author:
  Dement, John M. ; Zumwalde, Ralph D.
• Description:
  Samples of bulk talc (14807966) produced by the R. T. Vanderbilt Gouverneur Talc Company (SIC-1496) number one mine in Balmat, New York, were collected and analyzed for asbestos (1332214) content on December 12, 1975. Ten milligrams of each sample from seven talc suppliers were prepared and analyzed by transmission electron microscopy. Asbestiform anthophyllite (1332214) and fibrous tremolite (1332214) comprised 67 to 88 and 4 to 12 percent of the fibers present in the samples, respectively. Chrysotile (1332214) was found in trace amounts in two of the seven samples analyzed. Recommendations were made to apply asbestos warning labels to the seven bulk talcs.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Epidemiology Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Analytical-methods Asbestos-dusts Dust-analysis Fibrous-bodies Field-Study Health-survey IWS-36-12b Mineral-dusts Mining-industry NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Region-2 Sampling

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  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)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-33
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00106057
• 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 36-12b, 1976 Oct; :1-33
• CAS Registry Number:
  Talc (Mg3H2(SiO3)4) (CAS RN 14807-96-6) ; Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  1496 - Talc, Soapstone, and Pyrophyllite - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:29487f030112015c1be568f1f267beed1d804e7540bdb47478f820403e6c68a1af7894781dd919eddec461faffe7aa4d93df48ee3c576765e75fe097e482adf9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179030/cdc_179030_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.40 MB ]