Trash analysis in the cotton garnetting industry: terminal progress report for the period June 1, 1977 through May 31, 1979.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Morey, Philip R.
• Description:
  The content of gross botanical trash components in garnetting raw materials and the potential for grinding these materials into 10 micron sizes during mechanical processing were studied. Gross botanical trash estimates and abrasive tests were completed, percentage weight was converted into respirable dust size (less than 10 microns in diameter), and trash, fibrous, and nonfibrous dust ingredients were determined. The author concludes that all types of garnetting dusts contained a lower percentage of respirable leaflike material particulates than similar size raw cotton dust; leaflike trash was the one component of six types of botanical trash most easily pulverized into respirable size; the content of toxic trash components in respirable garnetting and raw cotton dusts was significantly diluted by less than 10 micron cellulosic fragments of lint, linters, and polyester; and the low prevalence of byssinosis in the garnetting industry can be explained partly by the low content of leaflike trash in the linter, the reduced friability of leaflike trash in gin motes and soft cotton mill wastes, and the relatively low percentage of leaflike particulates predicted to occur in respirable garnetting dusts. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Gossypium Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Textile Industry
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Grant; Control-technology; Cotton-dust; Cotton-mill-workers; Textiles-industry; Respirable-dust; Microscopy; Textiles-processing; Textile-workers
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• 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:
  1-32
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00091795
• 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-000667, 1979 Jan; :1-32
• Contact Point Address:
  Biological Sciences Texas Tech University Post Office Box 4149 Lubbock, Ten 79409
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Control Technology and Personal Protective Equipment
• Performing Organization:
  Texas Tech University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19770601
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  19790531
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/246026/cdc_246026_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]