U.S.P.H.S. survey at National Gypsum Company, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Weidner RB
• Description:
  Personal air sampling for asbestos (1332214) dust was conducted by the United States Public Health Service at the National Gypsum Company (SIC-3275) in New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 19 and 20, 1970. Samples contained up to 7.6 fibers greater than 5 microns length per milliliter near one asbestos mixing operation. The author recommends additional sampling in the mixing operations area to determine if corrective industrial hygiene measures are warranted. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asbestos Dust Environmental Monitoring Health Surveys Occupational Health Particulate Matter Preceptorship Safety Safety Management Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; IWS-32-39b; Region-6; Air-sampling; Asbestos-dust; Fibrous-bodies; Dust-exposure; Health-survey; Industrial-hygiene; Safety-measures; Dust-analysis
• Series:
  Industry Wide Field Studies
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Louisiana ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6
• 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:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00105338
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1972 Mar; :1-4
• CAS Registry Number:
  Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1972
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  3275 - Gypsum products - (SIC)
• Source Full Name:
  Industrial Hygiene Section, Industry-wide Studies Branch, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, NIOSH, Cincinnati, Ohio, 4 pages
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/233616/cdc_233616_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]