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   WTC OSHA Asbestos Sampling Data for Southwest Area

Please Note:
Sample results reflect total fibers and may contain fibers other than asbestos.
The asbestos permissible exposure limit (PEL) is 0.1 f/cc (fibers/cubic centimeter of air).

Date Task/Operation Sample Type Duration (min.) Fibers/cc PCM
Total Fiber Count		 Fibers/cc OSHAPCM
Obvious non-asbestos fibers excluded
04/25/02 AREA SAMPLE  Area 150 0.000 0.000
04/25/02 AREA SAMPLE  Area 197 0.011 0.000
04/25/02 AREA SAMPLE  Area 133 0.033 0.000
04/25/02 AREA SAMPLE  Area 134 0.000 0.000
04/25/02 AREA SAMPLE  Area 194 0.000 0.000
04/25/02 AREA SAMPLE  Area 150 0.012 0.000
04/03/02   Personal 432 0.000 0.000
04/02/02   Area 186 0.022 0.000
04/02/02   Area 246 0.025 0.000
04/02/02   Area 278 0.000 0.000
04/02/02   Area 148 0.020 0.000
04/02/02   Area 146 0.000 0.000
04/02/02   Area 278 0.043 0.000
04/02/02   Area 259 0.000 0.000
04/02/02   Area 146 0.035 0.000
04/01/02   Area 433 0.004 0.000
04/01/02   Area 426 0.003 0.000
04/01/02   Area 420 0.005 0.000
03/22/02 AREA SAMPLE  Area 475 0.015 0.000
03/22/02 AREA SAMPLE  Area 475 0.005 0.000
03/22/02 AREA SAMPLE  Area 478 0.000 0.000
03/22/02 AREA SAMPLE  Area 478 0.005 0.000
03/22/02 AREA SAMPLE   Area 477 0.000 0.000
03/13/02   Personal 315 0.036 0.000
03/13/02   Personal 314 0.061 0.000
03/13/02   Personal 310 0.021 0.000
03/13/02   Personal 317 0.020 0.000
03/05/02   Personal 355 0.030 0.000
03/05/02   Personal 345 0.029 0.000
03/05/02   Personal 350 0.032 0.000
03/05/02   Personal 163 0.015 0.000
03/05/02   Personal 147 0.016 0.000
03/05/02   Personal 345 0.028 0.000
02/26/02   Personal 480 0.006 0.000
02/26/02   Personal 480 0.011 0.000
02/26/02   Personal 480 0.015 0.000
02/26/02   Personal 480 0.007 0.000
02/26/02   Personal 480 0.000 0.000
02/26/02   Personal 480 0.000 0.000
02/26/02   Personal 405 0.048 0.000
02/26/02   Personal 390 0.020 0.000
02/26/02   Area 515 0.007 0.000
02/26/02   Area 495 0.005 0.000
02/25/02   Area 480 0.000 0.000
02/25/02   Area 441 0.003 0.000
02/11/02 TEAMSTER (HAULING DEBRIS)  Personal 395 0.006 0.000
02/11/02 TEAMSTER (HAULS DEBRIS)  Personal 458 0.021 0.000
02/10/02   Area 509 0.000 0.000
02/10/02   Area 508 0.000 0.000
02/10/02   Area 384 0.000 0.000
02/10/02   Area 525 0.000 0.000
02/10/02   Area 388 0.004 0.000
02/08/02 TRUCK DRIVER  Area 442 0.230 0.000
02/08/02 TRUCK DRIVER  Area 457 0.019 0.000
02/06/02   Personal 446 0.020 0.000
02/06/02   Personal 440 0.018 0.000
02/02/02   Personal 478 0.089 0.000
01/31/02   Personal 156 0.023 0.000
01/31/02   Personal 166 0.044 0.000
01/31/02   Personal 177 0.059 0.000
01/29/02   Area 438 0.005 0.000
01/29/02 SPOTTER/FDNY  Personal 504 0.088 0.000
01/29/02   Area 420 0.003 0.000
01/29/02   Area 439 0.130 0.000
01/29/02   Area 397 0.014 0.000
01/25/02 TRUCK DRIVER  Personal 485 0.015 0.000
01/25/02 GRAPPLER  Personal 455 0.110 0.000
01/23/02 BACKING IN TRUCKS  Personal 466 0.010 0.000
01/23/02 FLAGMAN DIRECTING TRUCKS INTO WTC1 PIT AREA  Personal 456 0.054 0.000
01/20/02   Area 192 0.039 0.000
01/20/02   Area 103 0.100 0.000
01/20/02   Area 123 0.100 0.000
01/20/02   Area 184 0.160 0.000
01/20/02   Area 99 0.290 0.000
01/20/02   Personal 450 0.089 0.000
01/20/02   Personal 450 0.000 0.000
01/20/02   Personal 450 0.012 0.000
01/18/02   Area 145 0.017 0.000
01/18/02   Personal 276 0.007 0.000
01/18/02   Personal 126 0.008 0.000
01/18/02   Personal 381 0.290 0.000
01/18/02   Area 105 0.017 0.000
01/18/02   Area 283 0.028 0.000
01/12/02   Area 490 0.009 0.000
01/12/02   Area 488 0.000 0.000
01/12/02   Area 444 0.011 0.000
01/12/02   Area 513 0.019 0.000
01/12/02   Area 461 0.030 0.000
01/12/02   Area 438 0.014 0.000
01/10/02   Personal 10 0.170 0.000
01/10/02   Personal 10 0.430 0.000
01/10/02   Personal 429 0.024 0.000
01/09/02   Area 385 0.000 0.000
01/09/02   Area 295 0.081 0.000
01/05/02 AREA SAMPLE  Area 329 0.000 0.000
01/04/02 LABORER  Personal 204 0.037 0.000
01/03/02 AREA SAMPLE  Area 390 0.007 0.000
01/03/02 AREA SAMPLE  Area 155 0.000 0.000
12/19/01 GRAPPLER  Personal 272 0.170 0.000
12/19/01 FRONT END LOADER  Personal 240 0.078 0.000
12/19/01 AREA SAMPLE  Area 164 0.000 0.000
12/19/01 AREA SAMPLE  Area 148 0.015 0.000
12/19/01 AREA SAMPLE  Area 126 0.030 0.000
12/18/01   Area 140 0.000 0.000
12/18/01   Area 191 0.023 0.000
12/18/01   Personal 275 0.700 0.000
12/02/01 AREA GREENWICH & ALBANY  Area 195 0.000 0.000
12/02/01 AREA GREENWICH & ALBANY  Area 195 0.000 0.000
12/02/01 AREA GREENWICH & ALBANY  Area 195 0.014 0.000
12/02/01 AREA GREENWICH & ALBANY  Area 195 0.000 0.000
12/02/01 AREA GREENWICH & ALBANY  Area 195 0.010 0.000
11/24/01 AREA SAMPLE  Area 161 0.015 0.000
11/24/01 AREA SAMPLE  Area 153 0.058 0.000
11/24/01 AREA SAMPLE  Area 355 0.011 0.000
11/24/01 GRAPPLER OPERATOR  Personal 420 0.025 0.000
11/24/01 GRAPPLER OPERATOR  Personal 403 0.009 0.000
11/24/01 GRAPPLER OPERATOR  Personal 383 0.013 0.000
11/23/01 AREA SAMPLE  Area 362 0.020 0.000
11/23/01 AREA SAMPLE  Area 379 0.027 0.000
11/23/01 AREA SAMPLE  Area 357 0.000 0.000
11/22/01 GENERAL LABORER  Personal 65 0.036 0.000
11/22/01 AREA  Area 280 0.008 0.000
11/22/01 AREA  Area 305 0.000 0.000
11/22/01 AREA  Area 280 0.004 0.000
11/21/01 AREA   Area 180 0.000 0.000
11/21/01 SUPERVISOR/FOREMAN  Personal 311 0.084 0.000
11/21/01 SUPERVISOR/FOREMAN  Personal 318 0.110 0.000
11/16/01 IRONWORKER  Area 28 0.000 0.000
11/06/01 GRAPPLER/CLAW OPERATOR/OPERATING ENGINEER  Personal 470 0.025 0.000
10/24/01   Area 122 0.008 0.000
10/24/01   Area 106 0.019 0.000
10/24/01 TOP OF PORTABLE LIGHT SYSTEM  Area 143 0.011 0.000
10/24/01 TOP OF PORTABLE LIGHT SYSTEM  Area 124 0.017 0.000
10/22/01 WTC 1, MIDDLE OF MAIN RUBBLE PILE  Area 70 0.270 0.000
10/22/01 WTC 1, MIDDLE OF MAIN RUBBLE PILE  Area 70 0.043 0.000
10/22/01 WTC 1, MIDDLE OF MAIN RUBBLE PILE  Area 105 0.047 0.000
10/22/01 WTC 1, MIDDLE OF MAIN RUBBLE PILE  Area 90 0.140 0.000
10/21/01 TRUCK MANIFEST  Personal 162 0.056 0.000
10/20/01 TEMP LIGHTS EAST OF WTC #2  Area 167 0.014 0.000
10/20/01 TEMP LIGHTS EAST OF WTC #2  Area 172 0.075 0.000
10/20/01   Area 198 0.059 0.000
10/20/01   Area 110 0.310 0.000
10/20/01 NORTH PILE OF WTC 2  Area 119 0.031 0.000
10/20/01 NORTH PILE OF WTC 2  Area 203 0.110 0.000
10/20/01 LIGHT STATION WEST OF THE PIT BETWEEN TOWERS 1 & 2.  Area 90 0.000 0.000
10/20/01 LIGHT STATION WEST OF THE PIT BETWEEN TOWERS 1 & 2.  Area 139 0.000 0.000
10/20/01 LIGHT STATION WEST OF THE PIT BETWEEN TOWERS 1 & 2.  Area 95 0.011 0.000
10/20/01 LIGHT STATION  Area 86 0.000 0.000
10/20/01 LIGHT STATION  Area 145 0.008 0.000
10/20/01 LIGHT STATION  Area 91 0.014 0.000
10/19/01 IRONWORKER TORCH PIT BETWEEN TOWER 1 AND 2 CUTTING ON THE WEST SIDE  Personal 115 0.045 0.000
10/19/01 IRONWORKER TORCH PIT BETWEEN TOWER 1 AND 2 CUTTING ON THE WEST SIDE  Personal 89 0.097 0.000
10/19/01 IRONWORKER, PIT BETWEEN TOWER 1 AND 2, CUTTING BEAMS.  Personal 88 0.130 0.000
10/19/01 IRONWORKER, PIT BETWEEN TOWER 1 AND 2, CUTTING BEAMS.  Personal 124 0.130 0.000
10/19/01 CARPENTER, NW CORNER OF WTC #3  Personal 200 0.086 0.000
10/19/01 CARPENTER, NW CORNER OF WTC #3  Personal 190 0.140 0.000
10/19/01 BACKHOE OPERATOR, WEST SIDE OF WTC #3  Personal 200 0.000 0.000
10/19/01 BACKHOE OPERATOR, WEST SIDE OF WTC #3  Personal 200 0.014 0.000
10/18/01 TOWER 1 PILE, EARTH MOVING MACHINE  Personal 247 0.091 0.000
10/18/01 SOUTH END OF TOWER 1 RUBBLE PILE  Area 376 0.004 0.000
10/18/01 TOWER 2 PILE NORTH EDGE, 50 FEET FROM PILE. PUMP FAULTED AT 297 MIN.  Area 297 0.019 0.000
10/18/01 TOWER 2 WEST PILE, TOP OF A SAW HORSE  Area 382 0.009 0.000
10/18/01 BACKHOE OPERATOR WTC #3 WEST SIDE  Personal 200 0.030 0.000
10/18/01 BACKHOE OPERATOR WTC #3 WEST SIDE  Personal 200 0.031 0.000
10/18/01 IRONWORKER DROPPING WEST WTC #1  Personal 200 0.085 0.000
10/18/01 IRONWORKER DROPPING WEST WTC #1  Personal 190 0.110 0.000
10/17/01 IRONWORKER  Personal 200 0.031 0.000
10/17/01 IRONWORKER  Personal 190 0.066 0.000
10/17/01 SURVEYOR  Personal 185 0.099 0.000
10/17/01 SURVEYOR  Personal 185 0.110 0.000
10/15/01 OSHA PERSONNEL  Personal 104 0.000 0.000
10/15/01 OSHA PERSONNEL  Personal 86 0.023 0.000
10/15/01 OSHA PERSONNEL  Personal 115 0.042 0.000
10/15/01 OSHA PERSONNEL  Personal 120 0.023 0.000
10/15/01 OSHA PERSONNEL  Personal 104 0.037 0.000
10/15/01 OSHA PERSONNEL  Personal 86 0.040 0.000
10/15/01   Area 115 0.009 0.000
10/15/01   Area 125 0.057 0.000
10/15/01 GENERAL LABORER  Personal 372 0.210 0.000
10/15/01 SURVEYOR  Personal 208 0.180 0.000
10/15/01 GRAPPLER/CLAW OPERATOR/OPERATING ENGINEER  Personal 428 0.044 0.000
10/13/01   Area 268 0.000 0.000
10/13/01   Area 280 0.020 0.000
10/13/01   Area 242 0.018 0.000
10/13/01   Area 152 0.019 0.000
10/12/01 GRAPPLER/CLAW OPERATOR/OPERATING ENGINEER  Personal 145 0.015 0.000
10/12/01 GRAPPLER/CLAW OPERATOR/OPERATING ENGINEER  Personal 205 0.064 0.000
10/12/01   Area 290 0.060 0.000
10/12/01   Area 130 0.110 0.000
10/12/01 NY FIRE DEPARTMENT - RESCUER  Personal 162 0.095 0.000
10/12/01   Area 230 0.015 0.000
10/12/01 GRAPPLER/CLAW OPERATOR/OPERATING ENGINEER  Personal 230 0.030 0.000
10/11/01 OPERATING ENGINEER/LOADER OPERATOR  Personal 244 0.033 0.000
10/11/01 GRAPPLER/CLAW OPERATOR/OPERATING ENGINEER  Personal 206 0.100 0.000
10/11/01 GRAPPLER/CLAW OPERATOR/OPERATING ENGINEER  Personal 197 0.057 0.000
10/10/01 BOBCAT OPERATOR  Personal 130 0.038 0.000
10/10/01 BOBCAT OPERATOR  Personal 185 0.100 0.000
10/10/01 BOBCAT OPERATOR  Personal 195 0.084 0.000
10/10/01 BOBCAT OPERATOR  Personal 190 0.095 0.000
10/10/01   Area 220 0.019 0.000
10/10/01   Area 185 0.097 0.000
10/07/01 SUPERVISOR/FOREMAN  Personal 166 0.082 0.000
10/07/01 SUPERVISOR/FOREMAN  Personal 111 0.110 0.000
10/07/01 SUPERVISOR/FOREMAN  Personal 101 0.160 0.000
10/07/01 OPERATING ENGINEER  Personal 106 0.030 0.000
10/07/01 OPERATING ENGINEER  Personal 198 0.063 0.000
10/07/01 OPERATING ENGINEER  Personal 97 0.130 0.000
10/06/01   Area 120 0.015 0.000
10/06/01   Area 143 0.032 0.000
10/06/01   Area 160 0.000 0.000
10/06/01   Area 162 0.018 0.000
10/06/01   Area 135 0.018 0.000
10/06/01   Area 170 0.023 0.000
10/05/01 GENERAL LABORER  Personal 247 0.071 0.000
09/30/01 LABORER  Personal 145 0.410 0.034
09/29/01   Area 315 0.032 0.003
09/25/01   Area 240 0.063 0.000
09/25/01   Area 140 0.000 0.000
09/23/01   Area 124 0.000 0.000
 
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