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Asbestos Exposures During Routine Floor Tile Maintenance. Part 1: Spray-Buffing and Wet-Stripping
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This study was conducted to evaluate airborne asbestos concentrations during spray-buffing and wet-stripping of asbestos-containing resilient floor tile under three levels of floor condition (poor, medium, and good). Airborne asbestos concentrations were measured by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) before and during each floor care maintenance procedure in the breathing zone of the custodial personnel. Airborne total fiber concentrations were also measured by phase contrast microscopy (PCM) for comparison with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 0.1 f/cm3, 8-hour time-weighted average. This study demonstrates that routine spray-buffing and wet-stripping of asbestos-containing resilient floor tile can result in elevated levels of airborne asbestos. Greater releases of airborne asbestos were observed during wet-stripping than during spray-buffing. The results of this study further suggest that multiple layers of sealant applied to the floor prior to the application of the floor finish can reduce the release of asbestos fibers during removal of the finish. Approximately 98.6 percent of the asbestos structures measured were < 5 μm in length and would not be detected or counted by PCM analysis. The PCM results suggest that the OSHA PEL would not be reached during typical floor care maintenance operations, but the TEM analyses clearly show that elevated levels of airborne asbestos are present in the breathing zones of c…
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“The sector of activity corresponding to the removal of floor tiles stands a priori by the very low level or absence of LAF [10,13,14].”
From Quantification of short and long asbestos fibers to assess asbestos exposure: A review of fiber size toxicity (2014) · cites this paper as [13]
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“Analysis of asbestos size categories according to sectors of activity and the concentration levels found in the literature [10-18] highlight a number of sectors with higher prevalence of SAF, including in particular asbestos cement production, friction materials production, brake systems repair and mining.”
From Quantification of short and long asbestos fibers to assess asbestos exposure: A review of fiber size toxicity (2014) · cites this paper as [13]
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“In these studies the non-regulated fibers, SAF, and LAF with a diameter < 0.2 μm, represented between 50 and 100% of the total fibers, with the majority of samples between 80 and 100% respectively.”
From Quantification of short and long asbestos fibers to assess asbestos exposure: A review of fiber size toxicity (2014) · cites this paper as [13]
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- Kominsky, J. R., Freyberg, R. W., Clark, P. J., Edwards, A., Wilmoth, R. C., & Brackett, K. A.
- Venue
- Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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- Informa UK Limited
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- 1998-02
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 101-106
- ISSN
- 1047-322X
- 1521-0898
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- 10
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- Language
- en
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