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Analysis of Personal Samples at Certain-Teed, Santa Clara, California.

Weidner RB

NIOSH 1971 Jun:3 pages

00105991

Worker exposures to asbestos (1332214) were surveyed in June, 1970, at Certain-Teed Products Corporation (SIC-3292) in Santa Clara, California. Asbestos concentrations in the warehousing and mixing, pipe forming, curing, pipe finishing, coupling finishing, epoxy, packing, and miscellaneous areas were 1.0 to 3.5, 1.4 to 2.5, 0.1 to fibers greater than 5 microns per cubic centimeters (f/cc). Three of the 49 samples exceeded the 1970 threshold limit value for asbestos of 5.0f/cc.

NIOSH-Author; NIOSH-Survey; Field-Study; IWS-32-42b; Region-9; Insulation-workers; Insulation-industry; Asbestos-dust; Dust-exposure; Standards; Dust-analysis; Industrial-hygiene;

1332-21-4;

19710601

1971

PB81-230831

A01

IWS-32-42b

DFSCI;

3292;

NIOSH, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, Industry-Wide Studies Branch, U.S. Department of HEW, Cincinnati, Ohio, 3 pages

CA; OH;