Abstract
Employee exposure to ceramic fibers in the ceramic fiber production industry was measured. Data were collected in three plants operated by three different corporations. The average exposure of employees was in the range 0.05 to 2 fibers/ml. Although there were major operational diversities among the plants investigated, the size and length distributions of airborne fibers in the facilities were consistent. Thus, 95% of the airborne fibers were less than 4 μm in diameter and 50 μm in length, with geometric mean diameter of 0.7 μm and geometric mean length of 13 μm. An excellent correlation was demonstrated between average exposure to total suspended particulate matter and fiber concentrations for the work activities in the plants.
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