Asbestos-burlap bags.

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• Personal Author:
  Fleming R
• Description:
  Asbestos (1332214) exposure to workers handling burlap bags was used to wrap rose bushes (SIC-0181) was investigated. A commercially produced burlap bag was shaken for 60 seconds in a small, unventilated room, and was then used to wrap the base of a rose bush. Asbestos concentrations were measured in the breathing zone of the worker performing the test, and at room heights of 6, 33 and 60 inches at a distance of 2 feet from the worker. The sampling period lasted for 4 minutes. The average breathing zone asbestos concentration was 490 fibers greater than 5 microns in length per milliliter (f/ml). At 6, 33 and 60 inches, asbestos concentrations were 500, 350 and 470f/ml, respectively. The author recommends field surveys to determine actual worker exposure to asbestos.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Airborne-fibers Field-Study Health-services Health-surveys Industrial-processes IWS-32-3 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Occupational-health-programs Region-5 Work-practices Workplace-studies

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Studies ; Industry Wide
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; 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:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00107103
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1972 Jan; :1-5
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1972
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f521d066e196ce8d3bc5bc56083551c5bbc0d88eb2a5799106cf76463e46ca27b5a7b3794cf40bbd9d00a8d168afc28ea21089a59d24c8871b0adada94e8c916
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/179071/cdc_179071_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.01 MB ]