Results of Air Samples: Pittsburgh Corning Company: Tyler, Texas

Details

• Personal Author:
  Oster, Clinton V. Jr.
• Description:
  Air sampling for asbestos (1332214) was conducted at the Pittsburgh Corning Company (SIC-3631) in Tyler, Texas on January 14 and 15, 1970. All sampling was performed with a membrane filter. Samples contained 33.8 to 37.5 fibers greater than 5 microns in length per cubic centimeter (f/cc) in the mixing area, 21.1 to 34.2f/cc in forming operations, 31.0f/cc in the curing area; 25.0 to 52.6f/cc in the finishing work area, 0.2 to 17.1f/cc in inspection and packing operations, and 13.1 to 14.5f/cc in miscellaneous work areas. Most samples exceeded the 1969 Threshold Limit Value of 12.0f/cc. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Dust Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-sampling Analytical-methods Asbestos-dust Field-Study IWS-32-40b Membrane-filters NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Region-6 Standards Threshold-limit-values Worksites

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• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Publisher:
  Bureau of Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• 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:00106146
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB83-106377
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Bureau of Occupational Safety and Health, IWS 32-40b, 1970 Apr; :1-2
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1970
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3631 - Household cooking equipment - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  Bureau of Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0c14c551bf8c244120d2a147f30871dbfb310ebd1fb0a5f8a1c24387adb88dfd85ab98bc853fbf065774872b9acdffd51fef2ea07fcec0c3b83fa2b30a0bfe4e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/182890/cdc_182890_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 988.62 KB ]