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FILE NAME: Raybestos-Manhattan (RBM) DATE: 0000 DOC#: RBM019 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: PA Dept of Health Report - Study of Asbestos Hazard *N r ca*t::ri:rAAT.rn o ? - ' ftsstva; : a -CE?."ST ' U. r p h* ALTT. 2CPi:AV o:- INDUSTRIAL ITGIEE wrnp.T np PK5I.r-*SainG STUDY OF ASBESTOS HAZARD . 5. Asbestos D ivision Raybe3tos-anhattan Incorporated Kanheim, Pennsylvania At the- re q u e st o f i<*r, Jo h n H. r e r k e s , C c ie f o f the I n d u s t r ia l H e a lth end S . f c t y Soc tie n o f the War P rod u ction " c a r d , a su rv e y vos conducted is the .le n t o f the .S .Asbestos D iv isio n o f the Raybestos Incorporated to determ ine the e x ta n t o f toe a sb e sto s hazard p r e s e n t. The su rv e y -as ssd s d u rin g November, 1S44 by members o f the p erson nel o f the P h i la d e lp h ia D is t r ic t Lab o ratory, Bureau o f In d u s tr ia l H ygiene. The p la n t is engaged in the m anufacture o f a sb e sto s c lo t h and tape and th operations o f c a r d ia c ,w e a v in g ,tw istin g ,e tc , are a l l ty p ic a l o f the in d u stry , C armline methods Samples fo r the determ ination o f dust co n cen tratio n s were c o lle c t e d with a G re e n b u rg -Sn ith ic p in g e r , u s in g 55 p er ca n t a l cohol s o lu tio n as the c o l l e c t i n g medium. Dut counts were made by the lig ^ t fie ld technique. D iscu ssio n --The accompanying ta b le sh>' v s the co n c e n tra tio n o f a sb e ste s dust at various lo ca tio n s in the plan t.T o a rrive at those concentra tio n s i t has been assumed th a t the d u st cre a te d by an o p eratio n is a o crcx in '-tta ly the sane c o n o o sitio n as th a t o f the p a re n t m a t e r ia l. The t o t a l dust co n cen tratio n s have been converted to asb estos dust concen t r a t io n s by n u it in ly in g '.hem by the percentage o f a sb e sto s p rese n t in the parent sut e n s i . Whan the r e s u lt s are compared wit. the toxic l i c i t for as o stos dust o f o m illio n ' a r t i c l e s Per cubic fo o t of a i r ,a s sug- c te s te d by the United S ta te s ?u blic ralth S e r v ic e , the conclusion car be -nde th a t the bnourd in this plant at the t ir e of oair-ilinp is en- 3 '< s 0 ' , 2 3 3 ,, :i it \ tir e ly negative. 2 The c o n c e n tr a tio n s tza.7 v a r - ir o n t in s to t i n s , t u t i t i s b e lie v e d th st r i t h the p r o te c tiv e s e a s u r e s tal^sn b y tha eoapany they nTs t * r s c t l7 exceed the l i r i t . T h is coecan.7 i s v e i l a v a re o f th e h azardous n a tu re o f th e d u st and has taken re ra rk a b le so asu res fo r the c o r r e c tio n o f d u sty o p e ra tio n s. Ther a re c o n t in u a lly i- p r o v in z upon th e p r e s e n t exh au st S 7?te^ and keep t h e p la n t in a v e r y c le a n c o n d itio n . Ko re c o n r e n d a tic n s can be sada fo r th is plan t sin ce the re s u lts o f ths cu st survey in d ica te t h a t the co cu acy tics dono e v e r y th in g p o s s i b l e . oc93 4-