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NIOSH Comments to the Coast Guard on the Coast Guard Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Controlling the Marine Asbestos Hazard by R. W. Niemeier, February 4, 1993.

PB93215127

Publication Date	1993
Page Count	12
Abstract	The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has reviewed the advance notice of proposed rulemaking and supports the proposed changes to the Coast Guard Naval and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) 6-87 for the control and reduction of asbestos exposure to industrial maritime employees working aboard marine vessels and shore installations. The authors have provided suggestions for your consideration on the proposed plan to reduce maritime exposure to airborne asbestos fibers (AAF). The current NIOSH recommended exposure limit (REL) is 0.1 f/cc. However, even at this concentration, OSHA has estimated that the mortality risk would be 3.4 deaths per 1000 workers for a lifetime of exposure to asbestos. Therefore, NIOSH has urged that the goal be to eliminate exposures to asbestos fibers or, where they cannot be eliminated, to limit them to the lowest feasible concentration.
Keywords	Asbestos Occupational safety and health Air pollution control Occupational exposure Air pollution standards Ships Fibers Air pollution monitoring Respiratory diseases Industrial medicine Industrial maritime employees Marine workers
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 94D - Job Environment 68A - Air Pollution & Control 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 47A - Marine Engineering
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199320

NIOSH Comments to the Coast Guard on the Coast Guard Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Controlling the Marine Asbestos Hazard by R. W. Niemeier, February 4, 1993.

NIOSH Comments to the Coast Guard on the Coast Guard Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Controlling the Marine Asbestos Hazard by R. W. Niemeier, February 4, 1993.
PB93215127

Publication Date	1993
Page Count	12
Abstract	The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has reviewed the advance notice of proposed rulemaking and supports the proposed changes to the Coast Guard Naval and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) 6-87 for the control and reduction of asbestos exposure to industrial maritime employees working aboard marine vessels and shore installations. The authors have provided suggestions for your consideration on the proposed plan to reduce maritime exposure to airborne asbestos fibers (AAF). The current NIOSH recommended exposure limit (REL) is 0.1 f/cc. However, even at this concentration, OSHA has estimated that the mortality risk would be 3.4 deaths per 1000 workers for a lifetime of exposure to asbestos. Therefore, NIOSH has urged that the goal be to eliminate exposures to asbestos fibers or, where they cannot be eliminated, to limit them to the lowest feasible concentration.
Keywords	Asbestos Occupational safety and health Air pollution control Occupational exposure Air pollution standards Ships Fibers Air pollution monitoring Respiratory diseases Industrial medicine Industrial maritime employees Marine workers
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 94D - Job Environment 68A - Air Pollution & Control 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 47A - Marine Engineering
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199320