Health Hazard Evaluation Report No. HHE-71-049: Asbestos Study, Chemical Sealing Corporation: Kansas City, Missouri

Details

• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  LaPallo, F. J. ; Froehlich, Phillip A. ; Lewis, R. J. Sr.
• Description:
  A survey was conducted to determine environmental asbestos (1332214) exposures at Chemical Sealing Corporation (SIC-2891), Kansas City, Missouri, in March 1972. The survey was requested by a manager on behalf of 40 workers. Thirty five breathing zone samples of atmospheric dust were collected on Millipore filters. The Department of Labor emergency standard for asbestos dust exposure was 5 fibers per milliliter no more than 5 microns in length for an 8 hour time weighted exposure. One batch mixer was exposed to an asbestos concentration higher than the standard; he wore an approved respirator when loading the mixers. A vacuum cleaner was not available for dust removal. Employees provided and maintained their own work clothes. The lunch room was too close to the work area, and served as an entry to the locker areas. The authors recommend confinement of asbestos mixing using a slurry instead of dry asbestos. Floors and equipment should be vacuumed and vacuums should be available for removing dust from clothing. Coveralls should be provided and maintained by management. A separate entrance should be provided for wash rooms and locker rooms, and the lunch room should be located away from the dust producing areas. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Dust Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation; Chemical-industry-workers; Hazards-Confirmed; Region-7; Employee-exposure; Occupational-exposure; Dust-exposure
• Source:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Services and Mental Health Administration, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE-71-049, 1972 Jun; :1-8
• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7
• 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:
  12 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00134921
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-243070
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Services and Mental Health Administration, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE-71-049, 1972 Jun; :1-8
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1972
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2891 - Adhesives and sealants - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6422994588609364e5e0de6dbc74db941b09acde37c572394c45b16f5e49c2955d22cd725cbabb8a78e823a53e080790cbf139a9cbab8ca693fc7bc9038c72cc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/172838/cdc_172838_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 315.15 KB ]