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FRICTION MATERIALS STANDARDS' INSTITUTE, INC., -210 ROUTE #4, PARAMUS, N. J. 07652 BULLET I N NO. 4 4 6 July 11, 1972 TO: ALL MEMBERS C SUBJECT: GU IPMENT/TRAINING FCFT ASBESTOS IEASUREMENTS At the recent Annual Membership Meeting it was.brought to my at tention that many members had not received information on equipment for measuring airborne asbestos in the work place. Most of the following information is a re-hash of earlier information - .jarticularly Bulletin ;f428 of February 18, 1972. 0S-1A/STANEADST~OTHER PAPERS~REC*TrVF TO ASBESTOS IN THE CTfC PLAC~ * 1. Occupational Safety L Health Administration (OSHA) Standards per Williams - Steiger OSHA Act of 1970. -Federal Register, May 29, 1971 2. OSHA Standards for Exposure to Asbestos Dust, Federal Register, June 7, 1972 3. "Measurement of Airborne Asbestos Fiber by the - Membrane Filter Method". Asbestos Textile Institute P.0. Box 239 Pompton Lakes, New Jersey 07442 (Price^Sl.OO/copy) -- The Institute distributed copies of these to the members during the past year. The most pertinent are Item 2 (OSHA Standards for Asbestos) and Item 3 (Measurement of Airborne Asbestos..."). GENERAL METHOD (MEMBRANE FILTER METHOD) A pick-up is worn by a worker in the area to be measured. A battery operated vacuum pump draws in air over a specified period--say 60 minutes, 90 minutes or four hours. Asbestos fiber is trapped by the filter and then sealed and sent to the laboratory. The sample is examined using an optical microscope where asbestos fibers are counted. Details on the optical count are given in the book "Measurement of Airborne Asbestos Fiber by the Membrane Filter Method". Bulletin C-LLb 2- - July VI, 1972 ecuipmsht & supplies Depending on tl <? size of operation, at least two oumos costing about $150 each are required: (a) Wine Safety Appliance Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15208 (b) Willson Products Div., Reading, Pa. 19603 (c) Unico Environmental Instruments, Fall River, Mass. 02720 A battery charger (one for each 2 pumps) is suggested. The charger would cost about $50. Fad and filter inserted run about 70 a piece, and are available from the Willipore Corporation, Bedford, Mass., 01730. A binocular microscope with phase contrast illumination set for ____ 400/A30X magnification is required. While a Bausch & Lonb microscope costing $1,200/l,500 is basic, binocular, microcopes with additional fix^.__ _ tures should be worth the additional-cost. (Seek professional advice this.) -- ------ -............. ......... --------------- * ------------ Most of the above information is verbatim from the book "Measurement of Airborne Asbestos Fiber by the Membrane Filter Method." OUTSIDE SERVICES AND TRAINING It may be feasible to have outsiders do the full job - from sampling through examination and reporting. Others will do the analysis work only where the samples are mailed to the laboratories. Tracerlabs in California will do analysis work for about $50.-60. per analysis. -- Johns--'Danville will do the full'job for a fee (Contact Mrr ff. Reitze;-- Manager Industrial Hygiene Engineering Service, Johns-Manville Corporation, P.0, cox j"5108, Denver, Colorado ni30217) George Clayton Labs, Southfield, Michigan will do the full job for ~a fee. ' There are other labs that may do the entire package or the analysis work cnly. Johns-V.anville indicated it would be willing to train personnel in the technique in a two day period. They would take one trainee or at most two trainees, to one instructor for $200. a day. These sessions would be at Phindern (Somerville) New Jersey or IVaukhegan, Illinois. Again, the contact would be with Mr. Reitze in Denver. It is cost important that those concerned with the OSHA Standards enforceTent- receive this basic information. Should additional informa- " tion be required, please advise. E. 17. Drislane Executive Director 3- 5