Asbestos - A Case Study of the U.S. Navy's Response to Upgraded Safety and Health Requirements

Abstract

Exposure to asbestos is being decreased by prohibiting the use of asbestos containing materials where suitable substitutes have been designated and by revising applicable documentation. Asbestos exposure conditions will, however, be present in the Navy for the next 20 to 30 years due to the need for periodic rip-out of existing asbestos installations, for maintenance and repair purposes and for those asbestos installations for which substitutes are not yet available. The Navy's near-term objective will be to develop improved procedures during rip-out operations, to provide even greater protection to personnel working with asbestos and to identify remaining asbestos end items tat must be replaced. The Appendix to this paper lists the asbestos-free end items now specified for thermal insulation systems.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA022306

Entities

People

  • Allen Winer
  • Wallin D. Holtgren

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Case Studies
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Marine Engineering
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Naval Architecture
  • Navy
  • Occupational Safety And Health
  • Personnel Management
  • Safety
  • Second World War
  • Thermal Insulation
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics