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FILE NAME: Asten Hill (AH) DATE: 1959 DOC#: AH029 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: PA Dept of Health Report
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Commonwealth o f P e n n sy lv a n ia
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Department of H ealth
D I V I S I O N OF O C C U P A T I O N A L
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Report o f Survey
A s te n - H ill M an u factu rin g Company R oberts & Henry Avenues
P h ilad elp h ia 29, Pennsylvania
At th e r e q u e s t o f Mr. Donald R. Holmes, s u p e r in te n d e n t, a su rv e y was made t o
d eterm in e th e e x te n t o f th e a s b e s to s d u s t h aza rd in th e p la n t. The survey was p e r
form ed d u rin g th e summer o f 1959 w ith th e c o o p e ra tio n o f p e rs o n n e l o f th e p l a n t .
RSCOM-GJDATIONS
Based on th e f in d in g s o f t h i s s u rv e y , no recom m endations a r e n e c e s s a r y .
DETAILED FINDINGS
The company was engaged in th e m a n u fa c tu re o f a s b e s to s t e x t i l e p r o d u c ts . As -
such th e re ex isted a p o te n tia l asbestos d ust exposure a t the v ario u s operations
involved such as th e p ic k e r, card in g m achines, tw is te r s , w inders, and weaving loom s.
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A tm ospheric sam ples w ere c o l l e c t e d w ith t h e G reenburg-S m ith im p in g er 2nd d u s t cotants
were perform ed by means o f th e l i g h t - f i e l d te c h n iq u e . Table 1 giv es th e d u st con
c e n tra tio n s as found a t th e tim e of th e survey. These co n cen tratio n s in d ic a te
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th e measures u ti l i z e d to c o n tro l th e d u st were fu n c tio n in g s a ti s f a c to r il y , and
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compared fa v o ra b ly w ith c o n c e n tra tio n s found in p rev io u s surveys in th e p la n t.
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company i s engaged i n th e p la n n in g o f p ro c e s s m o d ific a tio n s w hich may reduce a i r borne dust to even low er le v e ls .
P a rtic le s iz e measurements o f th e d u st given in Table 2 in d ic a te th a t the dust i s capable of e n te rin g th e lu n g s and bein g r e ta in e d . Since even w ith low con
c e n t r a t i o n s o f a s b e s to s d u s t , c a s e s o f a s b e s t o s i s may o c c u r i n ex p o sed w o rk e rs, i t i s n ecessary th a t th e p la n t continue w ith i t s m edical program in c lu d in g the p erio d ic
ch est X -ray of exposed perso n n el.
AHD 0 0 0 0 6 3 9
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Department of H ealth DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL.HEALTH
Table 1
Dust C oncentrations
S am pling lo c a tio n
Condenser
P ic k e r
A s te n - H ill M an u fa c tu rin g Company Roberts & Henry Avenues
P hiladelphia 29, Pennsylvania
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Dust
(m illio n s o f n a r ti c le s Der cubic fo o t of a i r )
Sample
Average
2 .8
3 .0
3-1
2 .8
3 .3
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1 .6
2.7
2 .6
3 .8
Card, j/6, t a k e o ff end
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Card #2, ta k e o ff end
3 .2
3 .1
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2 .5
3 .5
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2 .6
3 .1
2 .2
4 .4
Card #4, ta k e -
o ff end
1 .6 2 .2
2.1
4
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2 .4
G eneral atmosphere
1 .7
Feed end, card s 1 and 2
2 .4
3 .8
2.6
3
Between card s #5 and 6
2 .9
2 .6
2.8
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A isle , n ear tw is te r #2
0.96
1 .5
2 .1
Between #L and 2 tw iste r s
2.3
3.1
3 .3
2.9
AHD 0 0 0 0 6 4 0
Table 1 , continued S am pling lo c a tio n
Ceneral atmosphere Between #8 and 9 tw is te r s
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Between #4 and 5 tw is te r s
Between #7 and 8 tw is te r s -
U niversal w inders #3 and 4
#7 and 8 w inders
#7 winder
#6 w inder
Between looms #13 and 23 *
Loom #14
Loom #25
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D ust*
(m illio n s of p a rtic le s per cubic foot of a ir)
Sample
Average
3 .6
4.4
2 -3 ^
5.2
2 .3
3.6
5.6
a. <a.
3 .1
3 .3 2 .5 2. . o '"/
1 .7
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I O 2 .8
3.6
5 .6
3 .1
-1 ' 3 .0
2.7
1 .6
.1
3 .7
4.1
3.8
2. / 0
4 .1
3 .3
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4.1
3 .5
2. o
3 .9
2 .6
3 .6 0 .6 1 .5
0,83 .2 4.6
1.9
2.9
1*^
0 .5 4 .0
2 .2
3-1
AHD 0 0 0 0 6 4 1
Table'1 , continued
S am pling lo c a tio n
Loom 19
Dust
(m illio n s of p a rtic le s Der cubic foot of a ir)
Sample
Average
IU 7
1 .4 1.6 1 -0
1 .9 1 .6
Loom #3 Loom #5
1 .0
2.5
1 I
3 .3
1 *
3 .3
2.7
. 2.6
3 -I
2 .2
2.8
Loom #22
3 .1
3 .0
Loom #33
3.2
3 .0
3 .7
F ro n t o f loom #L4
2.2
1 .2
2 .2
Loom #28
3 .5
3 .0
1 1.-3 .
3.3
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1.9
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3, z
Loom #1
4.1
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G eneral atm osphere,
2 .2
weave room and w inding
0 .6
room
1#6
1 .5
^Maximum a llo w a b le c o n c e n tr a tio n f o r a s b e s to s d u s t : 5 a i l l i o r . p a r t i c l e s p e r
c u b ic f o o t o f a i r , b ased on an 8 -h o u r w orking day
AHD 0 0 0 0 6 4 2
Table 2
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DIVISION OF, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
P a r t i c l e Size M easurements
A s te n - H ill M anufacturing Company R oberts &Henry Avenues
P hiladelphia 29, Pennsylvania
S am pling lo c a tio n P ic k e r Loom #22 Card #4, ta k e - o f f end Card #4, feed end Between tw is te rs #1 and 2
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February 24, I960 PCH:gu
Median p a r t i c l e size (m icrons) 1 .0 5
1.06
1 .0 3 1.06 1 .0 7
S ta n d a rd d e v ia tio n
1 .9 1 .7 4 1 .7 5 1.75 1 .8 2
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Survey b y -
W alter L. G rice
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In d u s tria l H ygienist
W illiam H. T ay lo r
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In d u s tria l H ygienist
AHD 0 0 0 0 6 4 3