ID#: 9625
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U.S. Public Health Service Sanitarian collects dust samples with a midget impinger at the National Gypsum Company, Baltimore, Maryland in April 1953. The company manufactured and sold many products that contained asbestos during this time. Note that the machinery and its ventilation system are covered with dust. Original caption: “Rear exhaust ventilation showing Sanitarian Joseph Connor collecting dust samples with a midget impinger. These samples will show whether a worker is ingesting more than the maximum allowable concentration of dust. Also note the overhead exhaust ventilation, the downdraft ventilation, the guards over the moving belt machinery.”
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Barbara Jenkins, NIOSH
Creation Date: 1953
Photo Credit: U.S. Public Health Service, Industrial Hygiene Division
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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Social Sciences
Government
Government Agencies
United States Dept. of Health and Human Services
United States Public Health Service
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Biological Sciences
Environment and Public Health
Public Health
Accidents
Accident Prevention
Safety
Safety Management
Accidents, Occupational
Environmental Pollution
Environmental Exposure
Occupational Exposure
Maximum Allowable Concentration
Threshold Limit Values
Noise
Noise, Occupational
Waste Products
Industrial Waste
Health Occupations
Medicine
Specialties, Medical
Preventive Medicine
Occupational Medicine
Chemicals and Drugs
Chemical Actions and Uses
Toxic Actions
Environmental Pollutants
Air Pollutants
Air Pollutants, Environmental
Air Pollutants, Occupational
Industrial Waste
Diseases
Disorders of Environmental Origin
Occupational Diseases
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases
Skin Diseases
Dermatitis
Dermatitis, Contact
Dermatitis, Occupational
Skin Diseases, Eczematous
Dermatitis, Contact
Dermatitis, Occupational
Geographic Locations
Geographic Locations
Americas
North America
United States
Appalachian Region
Maryland
Mid-Atlantic Region
Maryland
Baltimore
Health Care
Health Care Economics and Organizations
Organizations
Government Agencies
United States Dept. of Health and Human Services
United States Public Health Service
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Population Characteristics
Health
Occupational Health
Technology and Food and Beverages
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture
Manufactured Materials
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