Jay E. Giffin to G. F. Painter Transmitting the Final Upper Island Operational Safety/Health Survey Report, South Charleston Plant, with Excerpt on Asbestos Insulation (1985)

Cover memo of December 19, 1985 transmitting the final report of an August 1985 operational safety/health survey of the Upper Island units at the South Charleston Plant, with the report's title page and two excerpt pages. The excerpt pages recommend that asbestos insulation remaining in the DAA/ketene unit be identified by lab analysis and labeled, covered or removed, and that bagged asbestos insulation be picked up. They also cover chemical hazard training and use of self-contained breathing apparatus.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Report excerpt (report pp. 36-37): recommendations on mesityl oxide, still feed filters, asbestos insulation, chemical hazard training, and breathing apparatus
• Page 3: Cover memo from Jay E. Giffin to G. F. Painter, December 19, 1985, transmitting the final survey report
• Page 4: Title page of the Occupational Safety/Health Survey, Upper Island, South Charleston Plant, report date December 18, 1985, listing survey teams

People and organizations

From Jay E. Giffin (OS/HS Chairman) to G. F. Painter (Building 82-332).

• Jay E. Giffin (author)
• G. F. Painter (recipient)
• Engineering and Technology Services (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Maintenance Department (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Specialty Chemicals Division (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: OSHA · West Virginia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-373 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 4 pages.