Results of Air Samples: H.K. Porter: Huntington, Indiana

Details

• Personal Author:
  Oster, Clinton V. Jr.
• Description:
  Air sampling for asbestos (1332214) dust was performed at the H.K. Porter Company (SIC-3292) in Huntington, Indiana, on September 30 and October 1, 1969. General air samples collected with an impinger contained 0.11 to 2.00 million particles per cubic foot (mppcf) of asbestos dust at the cutting and drilling area. Impinger breathing zone samples ranged from 0.20 to 0.91mppcf. General air samples collected with a membrane filter contained 0.13 to 0.48 fibers greater than 5 microns in length per cubic centimeter (f/cc), while membrane filter samples for personal breathing areas ranged from 0.03 to 0.72f/cc. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Dust Environmental Monitoring Inorganic Chemicals Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Asbestos-dust Asbestos-products Field-Study IWS-32-37d NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Region-5 Workplace-studies
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  Bureau of Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Indiana ; 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:
  3 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00105229
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-100080
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Consumer Protection and Environmental Health Service, Environmental Control Administration, Bureau of Occupational Safety and Health, 1969 Dec; :1-3
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1970
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3292 - Asbestos products - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  Bureau of Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:afb2319a12e0e49741cd89285f105e48e974ef6d63732d2925bd6ee0e511852ecd841a12e5e0af74fe75cfb2ae06f83b5229a7d46956c2f4425fcc384500ec31
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/182885/cdc_182885_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 67.96 KB ]