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Walk-Through Survey of the C. H. Dexter Division of the Dexter Corporation, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, July 16, 1973.

PB81224685

Publication Date	1973
Personal Author	Dement, J. M.; Bierbaum, P. J.
Page Count	26
Abstract	Worker exposures to glass fibers were surveyed at C. H. Dexter Division of the Dexter Corporation (SIC-2621) in Windsor Locks, Connecticut on July 16, 1973. About 565 persons were employed, of which 350 were production workers. Three shifts operated 5 days a week. The factory had no medical facilities. A medical consultant was retained to attend to emergencies and perform examinations. Each worker was given a pre-employment examination and asbestos workers were given chest X-rays and pulmonary function tests. Audiometric tests were also given. The factory had a safety program and committee. Respirators, safety glasses and hearing protection devices were available. One area and three personal samples were collected on membrane filters to determine airborne fibrous glass fiber exposures. Personal samples ranged from 10.6 to 44.1 fibers per milliliter (fibers/ml). The single area sample concentration was 8.9 fibers/ml. The authors conclude that a potential respirable glass fiber health hazard existed and recommend engineering controls, good work practices and implementation of respiratory protection and medical surveillance programs for workers in the fibrous glass operations.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Glass fibers Industrial hygiene Air pollution Exposure Dust Sampling Concentration(Composition) Contaminants Environments Paper mills Minerals Occupational safety and health SIC 2621 Air pollution control Occupational health services
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. Div. of Field Studies and Clinical Investigations.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Industrywide study.
NTIS Issue Number	198123

Walk-Through Survey of the C. H. Dexter Division of the Dexter Corporation, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, July 16, 1973.

Walk-Through Survey of the C. H. Dexter Division of the Dexter Corporation, Windsor Locks, Connecticut, July 16, 1973.
PB81224685

Publication Date	1973
Personal Author	Dement, J. M.; Bierbaum, P. J.
Page Count	26
Abstract	Worker exposures to glass fibers were surveyed at C. H. Dexter Division of the Dexter Corporation (SIC-2621) in Windsor Locks, Connecticut on July 16, 1973. About 565 persons were employed, of which 350 were production workers. Three shifts operated 5 days a week. The factory had no medical facilities. A medical consultant was retained to attend to emergencies and perform examinations. Each worker was given a pre-employment examination and asbestos workers were given chest X-rays and pulmonary function tests. Audiometric tests were also given. The factory had a safety program and committee. Respirators, safety glasses and hearing protection devices were available. One area and three personal samples were collected on membrane filters to determine airborne fibrous glass fiber exposures. Personal samples ranged from 10.6 to 44.1 fibers per milliliter (fibers/ml). The single area sample concentration was 8.9 fibers/ml. The authors conclude that a potential respirable glass fiber health hazard existed and recommend engineering controls, good work practices and implementation of respiratory protection and medical surveillance programs for workers in the fibrous glass operations.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Glass fibers Industrial hygiene Air pollution Exposure Dust Sampling Concentration(Composition) Contaminants Environments Paper mills Minerals Occupational safety and health SIC 2621 Air pollution control Occupational health services
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. Div. of Field Studies and Clinical Investigations.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Industrywide study.
NTIS Issue Number	198123