Dust sampling results at a sandblasting yard using Stan-Blast in the New Orleans region: a preliminary report.

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• Personal Author:
  Samimi B ; Weill H ; Ziskind M
• Description:
  A preliminary report is presented of a survey carried out at a sandblasting yard in the New Orleans region on November 13, 1973. Of the four sandblasters working in the yard blasting the exterior of a large boat, two wore regular non-air-supplied hoods, but nine wore a respirator under the hood. Concentration of stan-blast dust in the air in various hood conditions and also in ambient air of blasting site is given as are also mass and concentration of various size categories of stan-blast dust collected by Andersen Multistage Non-Viable Samplers at the blasting area. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Lung Diseases Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Grant; Abrasive-blasting; Dust-control; Personal-protective-equipment; Lung-disorders; Sampling-methods; Dust-sampling; Respiratory-protection; Safety-measures
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Louisiana ; OSHA Region 6
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00036278
• Citation:
  Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, R01-OH-000387, 1975; :1-11
• Contact Point Address:
  Medicine Tulane University 1430 Tulane Avenue New Orleans, LA 70112
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• NORA Priority Area:
  Pulmonary System Disorders
• Performing Organization:
  Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19710601
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  19740831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/245966/cdc_245966_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]