C. L. Sheckler to F. H. Zimmerman on a Joint Meeting, with the Asbestos-Cement Health Safety Booklet (1968)

A May 16, 1968 letter from C. L. Sheckler, Johns-Manville's manager of occupational environmental control, to F. H. Zimmerman, director of safety at National Gypsum Company, announcing a joint meeting of the Asbestos Building Products Manufacturers Environmental Health Council and the Mineral Fiber Products Bureau on June 17 in J-M's board room. Its purpose was to discuss "coordination and possible consolidation of both organizations for the purpose of handling health safety problems" in the asbestos-cement building products industry. Attached is the seven-page draft booklet "Recommended Health Safety Practices for Handling and Applying Asbestos-Cement Products in the Building and Construction Industries."

What it shows

The draft booklet told contractors to keep dust "to a minimum," to use dust collectors on power saws and drills, and to wear U.S. Bureau of Mines-approved respirators where dust could not be controlled. It also said that "all materials can be handled with no adverse effects to health provided proper precautions are taken." National Gypsum strongly opposed publishing it (Motley document 842); its safety director's account of the April meeting is Motley document 915. See also Asbestos-Cement.

In Johns-Manville's index

Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its index describes this document as follows:

C. L. Sheckler (Manager, Occupational Environmental Control, J-M) letter to F. H. Zimmerman (Director of Safety, National Gypsum Company), 5/16/68, stating that a joint meeting of the Asbestos Building Products Manufacturers Environmental Health Council and the Mineral Fiber Products Bureau will be held on 6/17/68 in the J-M board room. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss coordination and possible consolidation of both organizations for the purpose of handling health/safety problems in the asbestos-cement building products industry. Attached is a 7-page booklet entitled "Recommended Health Safety Practices for Handling and Applying Asbestos-Cement Products in the Building and Construction Industries," undated.

Related documents

• Frank H. Zimmerman of National Gypsum to C. L. Sheckler Opposing the Asbestos-Cement Health Safety Booklet (1968)
• F. H. Zimmerman to L. B. Crowell on J-M's Health Safety Booklet (1968)
• Edward C. Cerny, Jr., Confirming the Seminar on Asbestos Environmental Control (1968)

About this copy

This is document 908 of the Motley 1,000, from the set the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust's records facility certified as true copies, pages CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-005199 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-005206.