California Division of Industrial Safety Accident Prevention Report on King City Bagging Area Asbestos Dust (1971) and J. L. Myers to P. W. McDaniel on Air Sampling for Asbestos Fibers (1972)

Page 1 is a California Division of Industrial Safety accident prevention report dated November 30, 1971, to the Union Carbide King City mine and mill manager, based on an October 5, 1971 survey. It reported that the compressed air bagging machine produced asbestos fiber counts up to eight times the TLV and required dust control or air-supplied hoods. Page 2 is a December 4, 1972 internal memo from John L. Myers to the Medical Department reporting on an asbestos symposium in Los Angeles, NIOSH advice on air sampling technique, and a conversation with Dr. Selikoff.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Division of Industrial Safety Accident Prevention Report to Union Carbide, King City, on bagging area asbestos fiber counts (November 30, 1971)
• Page 2: J. L. Myers internal memo to P. W. McDaniel on air sampling for asbestos fibers after the November 16 symposium (December 4, 1972)

People and organizations

From Frank Warren (Senior Safety Engineer, Industrial Section, Division of Industrial Safety); John L. Myers (Research and Development Department, Mining and Metals Division) to Larry Larrison (Manager, Union Carbide, King City); P. W. McDaniel (Medical Department, New York).

• John L. Myers (author)
• Frank Warren (author)
• Larry Larrison (recipient)
• Paul W. McDaniel (recipient)
• American Industrial Hygiene Association (named)
• California Department of Industrial Relations (named)
• Medical Department (named)
• Mining and Metals Division (named)
• NIOSH (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Research and Development Department (named)
• State of California Human Relations Agency (named)
• Union Carbide Corporation (named)
• USBM (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Air Sampling · Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Dust Control · Fiber Counting · NIOSH · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA · Threshold Limit Value (TLV).

About this copy

This is document UC-216 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 2 pages. Production numbers A00352 to A00353.