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FILE NAME: Westinghouse Pennsylvania Archives (WHPA) DATE: 1969 DOC#: WHPA003 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: WH Research Documenting Insulating Materials as Asbestos Hazard Westinghouse Research 1969 field report with Operation/Hazard/Control Measure matrix, asbestos Transite used on nose cones of products and as backstop for laser. Insulating materials documented as asbestos hazard h i m - 19003 REV. 12*67 REGION - V PROD. M fG . OR SERVICE 9 D ATE OF A C T IV IT Y .T a n . 2 1 , 19^9 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH O OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH FIELD ACTIVITY REPORT EMPLOYEES MALE fem ale TOTAI COUNTY 02 INO. CODE . , 38 ADORESS v Church5.11 Boro. Pittsburgh, Pa. PERSON INTERVIEWED Kenneth Stoinbrueggo ZIP PHONE 15235 02-256-7265 TITLE Research Engineer SPECIFIC H A ZAR D OR CONDITION WORKERS EXPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS WRITTEN V E R B A L YES ACCOMPLISHED NO IN PR O G . TOTAL D E T E R M . M A D E _________________________________________________________________________________ _ ______________ T O T A L (NO. KINO) . . . . M E D I C A L - O.O. R E P O R T E D , NO. A K I N D _____ PUNCH CARD YES| | FOLDER REMARKS: Tho conference with Mr, tcinbruogge rovealed the following information concerning lasers: 1. Flashtubes have a casing of quartz instead of g lass, because of i t s hig h er'resistan ce to breakage. Flashtubes may contain xenon or krypton fo r pulsed la se rs , and llg, N'a, or K in C. W. laso rs, 2. UV f i l t e r s are somotimos employed between the flashtubo and media fo r b e tto r efficien cy , 3. Solid stato efficiency nay bo 3 CO2 lasors may bo 2,0# e ffic ie n t, /,. Tho la rg e st CCU laser is 190 f t , long with a mountain as a backstop. This one is owned by tho Fodoral Government. 5. T ransits i3 a m aterial usod on nose cones of rockets because of i t s very high resistance to heat, is used ns a backstop fo r the CC^ la se r, 6. Whon titanium or 7-ig is cut, argon gas io jo tte d onto those m aterials, R3they are highly explosive, . 7. A now orbiiun dopod c ry sta l is being developed as a la se r media th a t would emit a wnvclerith of 1,5 microns. Thi3 wavelength is loss hazardous fo r tho eye, etntos tho plant engineor, since the energy is absorbed in tho humer|ira of the eye f i r s t . 8. This plant te3t3 one of a new supply of goggles bought fo r use with a p a rtic u la r la s e r, Tho boar, is passed through tho goggles. I f energy i3 transm itted through tho goggles, i t is noted on the b a llis tic thermopile. This data along with spectroscopic measurements determines whether the goggles are returned or not. PA v> 350 Not (over) M Choby 6 ~ in d u s tria l hygien is t WINS. 2 .0 Also microwave and radio wnvo stim ulating mochanisma are used in probing technique and w ill not be sold to industry as they are more complicated and present more hazards, Koiso problems may e x ist when a beam is shot a t a hard object (in O-switching) the noise is sim ilar to th a t of a gun shot blast* Coolants may be tra n sisto riz e d in th a t one-half of the tra n s is to r m aterial is cold and the other, hot. bee* i l he heat energy goes from cold side to the hot, whore i t is given off teSttSIBE Westinghouse Electric Pittsburg 15235 \ battery laboratory sodium hydroxide sulfuric acid & other chemical reagents hoods; gloves; goggles plastic shields specialty coating laboratory paint spray booth environmental exposure room electric furnaces stockroom plating room epoxys; methyl ethyl ketone methanol ; . ; *,Vr lVti-., , chemical reagents; solvents & varnishes . cyanide baths; nickel/ gold, s ilv e r, cadmium & rhodium plating sulfuric acid; n itric acid hoods; goggles; safety can isolation isolation . - -- 'vyr' ;Ui'is slo t ventilation (exhaust) aprons, gloves; goggles cyanide k its water purification apparatus corrosion technology laboratory lubrication laboratory potentiometers none high temperature corrosion heat; . tungsten cellanide argon cylinders; te stin g of lubrication of bearings in hot sodium hydroxide sulfur hexafluoride noise none isolation & insulation hoods; exh. v en tilatio n ear muffs; hearing te s ts Westinghouse Kloctric Corp. Pittsburgh gas laboratory shooting electrons through Gases . - ' Machine Shop lathes, d rills, presses, etc. gas cylinders m cutting o il, noise oil mist shields, film badges, etc. posters - a ll radiation ' -'.vr ' ' aprons, gloves, ear muffs, e tc. hoods, exhaust v en tilatio n physics of insulation insulating materials rubber, asbestos, fibergla; making in su latio n f o r j - ^ Capacitors hoods, exhaust ventilatio n gloves, protective clothing, etc Hi voltage te s t lab testing contacts e le c tric shock oils-halogenated o il insulation, exhaust ventilation polishing crystals fuel cell lab electric catalysis various reagents carbon monoxide vanadium acid mists organic solvents hoods, exhaust ventilation hood3, exhaust v en tila tio n hoods, exhaust ventilation