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Glen W. Sutton to F. H. Larrison Transmitting the Bureau of Mines Asbestos Dust Health Study of the Calidria Plant (1972), with Report and Larrison Reply to California Division of Industrial Safety

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Cover letter from the Bureau of Mines enclosing its report on an October 4-6, 1971 asbestos dust health survey of Union Carbide's Calidria plant at King City. The report describes plant conditions and air sampling results, compares them to a 5 fibers/ml threshold limit value, and lists dust control recommendations. A January 18, 1972 letter from plant manager Larrison to a California state safety engineer about respirators for the bagging and palletizer operators follows the report.

Author
Glen W. Sutton (Chief, Denver Technical Support Center, Health and Safety Technical Support Center, Bureau of Mines); Walter Bank (Mining Engineer); Amin N. Alameddin (Mining Engineer); Kenneth L. High (Mining Engineer); Floyd H. Larrison, Jr. (Manager, King City Operations)
Published by
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Health and Safety Technical Support Center (Denver)
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-1289
Date
January 28, 1972
Number
Bates A17952 to A17970
Library no.
ACL Doc 16437 · asbestosclaims.law/library/16437
Rights
A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.

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What the document holds

  • Page 1: Cover letter, Glen W. Sutton to F. H. Larrison, January 28, 1972, enclosing the survey report
  • Pages 2-3: Report title page and distribution list for the Bureau of Mines health study (asbestos dust), October 4-6, 1971
  • Pages 4-11: Report text: introduction, general information, description of study, discussion and results, conclusions and recommendations
  • Pages 12-14: Figures 1-3: asbestos fiber concentrations in time-weighted, when-sampled and area samples
  • Page 15: Appendix I: mineral analyses of two samples
  • Pages 16-19: Appendix II: individual airborne dust sample data (pages 16 and 18-19 largely garbled in OCR)
  • Page 20: Letter, Floyd H. Larrison, Jr. to Frank Warren, California Division of Industrial Safety, January 18, 1972, on respirators for bagging and palletizer operators

People and organizations

From Glen W. Sutton (Chief, Denver Technical Support Center, Health and Safety Technical Support Center, Bureau of Mines); Walter Bank (Mining Engineer); Amin N. Alameddin (Mining Engineer); Kenneth L. High (Mining Engineer); Floyd H. Larrison, Jr. (Manager, King City Operations) to F. H. Larrison (Resident Manager, Calidria Asbestos Plant, Union Carbide Corporation, Mining and Metals Division); Frank Warren (Senior Safety Engineer, California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Industrial Safety).

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Air Sampling · Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Colorado Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Dust Control · Threshold Limit Value (TLV) · U.S. Bureau of Mines.

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This is document UC-1289 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 20 pages. Production numbers A17952 to A17970.

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Glen W. Sutton (Chief, Denver Technical Support Center, Health and Safety Technical Support Center, Bureau of Mines), Walter Bank (Mining Engineer), Amin N. Alameddin (Mining Engineer), Kenneth L. High (Mining Engineer), Floyd H. Larrison, Jr. (Manager, King City Operations). “Glen W. Sutton to F. H. Larrison Transmitting the Bureau of Mines Asbestos Dust Health Study of the Calidria Plant (1972), with Report and Larrison Reply to California Division of Industrial Safety.” January 28, 1972. Union Carbide documents, UC-1289, Bates A17952 to A17970. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Health and Safety Technical Support Center (Denver). AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 16437. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/16437.

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