Results of air samples at Raybestos Manhattan Friction Products, Manheim, Pennsylvania.

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Air sampling for asbestos (1332214) was conducted at Raybestos- Manhattan, Friction products (SIC-3292) in Manheim, Pennsylvania, August, 1964. Sampling was performed with an impinger and a membrane filter. Breathing zone impinger samples ranged from unmeasurable at one worksite to 2.6 million particles per cubic foot near one grinder. Breathing zone membrane filter samples ranged from unmeasurable at several work sites to 21.1 fibers greater than 10 microns in length per cubic centimeter (f/cc) around a sander. Personal membrane filter air samples ranged from unmeasurable at several worksites to 38.8f/cc at the grinding and sanding operations area.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Asbestos-dust Breathing-atmospheres Dusts IWS-32-21d Membrane-filters NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Region-3 Work-operations Workplace-studies

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• 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:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00106150
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1964 Aug; :1-5
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1964
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3292 - Asbestos products - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a1bb7d9a28d79102bf7f9207938cf7b8cf353a776f4b3e36b6ebc941e6b5eaa1fa3f6d35d26b04305f60d586b6791583baa693b7d35864b8f64ba3fc0d2dda5b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179037/cdc_179037_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 174.35 KB ]