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Industrial Hygiene Survey Report, Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc. Aurora, Illinois.

PB83105619

Publication Date	1978
Personal Author	Fowler, D. P.
Page Count	75
Abstract	Worker exposures to airborne mineral wool fibers, total particulate material and respirable particulate material were determined at Forty-Eight Insulation, Inc., (SIC-3296) at Aurora, Illinois, on June 1 to 3, 1977. The facility employed approximately 100 workers, 70 of which were potentially exposed to mineral wool. The company maintained a medical program and medical services were furnished by a local clinic. Fiber counts, determined by optical microscopy, ranged from less than 0.002 fibers per cubic centimeter (f/cc) to 0.643f/cc. Total airborne material concentrations ranged from 0.0105 to 4.972 milligrams per cubic meter. No exposures to fibrous airborne particles above the recommended NIOSH standard of 3f/cc were found. The author recommends that a full industrial hygiene and safety engineering survey be performed and that the extent of past exposure to asbestos and mineral wool fibers be determined.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Mineral wool Fibers Exposure Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Air pollution Monitoring Dust Toxic substances Occupational safety and health SIC 3296 Particulates
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57V - Radiobiology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	SRI International, Menlo Park, CA. Center for Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Industry-wide survey rept.
NTIS Issue Number	198301

Industrial Hygiene Survey Report, Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc. Aurora, Illinois.

Industrial Hygiene Survey Report, Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc. Aurora, Illinois.
PB83105619

Publication Date	1978
Personal Author	Fowler, D. P.
Page Count	75
Abstract	Worker exposures to airborne mineral wool fibers, total particulate material and respirable particulate material were determined at Forty-Eight Insulation, Inc., (SIC-3296) at Aurora, Illinois, on June 1 to 3, 1977. The facility employed approximately 100 workers, 70 of which were potentially exposed to mineral wool. The company maintained a medical program and medical services were furnished by a local clinic. Fiber counts, determined by optical microscopy, ranged from less than 0.002 fibers per cubic centimeter (f/cc) to 0.643f/cc. Total airborne material concentrations ranged from 0.0105 to 4.972 milligrams per cubic meter. No exposures to fibrous airborne particles above the recommended NIOSH standard of 3f/cc were found. The author recommends that a full industrial hygiene and safety engineering survey be performed and that the extent of past exposure to asbestos and mineral wool fibers be determined.
Keywords	Environmental surveys Industrial medicine Mineral wool Fibers Exposure Toxicity Inspection Hazardous materials Air pollution Monitoring Dust Toxic substances Occupational safety and health SIC 3296 Particulates
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57V - Radiobiology 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	SRI International, Menlo Park, CA. Center for Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Industry-wide survey rept.
NTIS Issue Number	198301