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AMERICAN MUTUAL LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY
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REPORT OF INVESTIGATION
Quin-T Corporation Tilton, New Hampshire
By
Leon D. Horowitz
.InCahuisetfri.aIniTdTuysgtireiaml sHt ygiene Section
(Laboratory Director)
American Mutual Laboratories
Accredited by A.I.H.A.
February 26, 1980
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
* LABORATORY REPORT
ASBESTOS TIBER COUKT RESULTS
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The six (g)
samples obtained by your personnel have boon analysed and
, "counted la our laboratory* Tba result* ara shown on tha attached Air
Analysis Tablet*
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METHOD OP AKALYSIS
Airborne concentration* of atbeato* fiber* vert made by neabrao* filter nsthod at 400 times signification with phase contrast illumination a* required by the Occupational Safety and Health Standard (OSHA) 1910.93a (Federal Register Vol. 37 Ho. 110 - Wednesday June 7, 1972),
PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE TO AIRBORHE COjEENTBATIOWS Of ASBESTOS FIBERS (OSHA Std. 1910.93a)
The eight hour tiM veighted average airborne concentration* of asbesto* ' fiber* to which any esiployee nay be exposed shall not exceed 2 fiber* (longer than 5 micrometers) per cubic centlaeter of air* (Effective Septenber 30,1975)
The permissible celling concentrations 10 fiber* per c*c*
MOTE: Proposed OSHA Standard Section 1910*1001-(Federal `Register Vol. 30 May 1977 Thursday, October 9, 1975) recommend* a lovering of permissible exposure to an eight hour time veighted average not to exceed 0.5 fiber* per c.c* and a Celling Concentration of 5 fibers per c.c*
LIM1TATI0HS
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The attached results are on-the samples as ^received. The results can"be no eore accurate or informative than the accuracy ~and .care taken in collecting the samples.
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DATE
February 26.
PLANT -Puin-T Corp
LOCATION
AIR ANALYSIS TABLE
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Threshold limif Volue A--Milligrams per Cubic Meier B---Parti per Million C--`Million Particle* per Cubic Poet D--Microjroms per Cubic Meier
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