Results of USPHS (United States Public Health Service) survey at Raybestos-Manhattan Asbestos Textile Plant, Charleston, South Carolina, January 1971

Technical Report · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1971

OSTI ID:6606774

Weidner, R

Air sampling for asbestos dust was conducted by the United States Public Health Service at the Raybestos Manhattan Asbestos Textile Company in Charleston, South Carolina, during January 1971. Airborne concentrations of fibers greater than 5 microns in length per cubic centimeter (f/cc) ranged from 0.1 to 40.9 f/cc. Average exposure in the mule-spinning, ring-spinning, spin-doffing, dry-twisting, winding, spool-winding, winder-fixing, and tape-weaving areas exceeded the emergency temporary standard for asbestos dust of 5 fibers per milliliter greater than 5 microns in length for an 8-hour time-weighted exposure. Forty-five samples exceeded the 15-minute concentration limit of 10 fibers per milliliter.

• Research Organization: National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6606774
• Report Number(s): PB-89-122949/XAB; IWS-032.24C
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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