H. B. Rhodes to E. M. Fenner (Johns-Manville) on AIA/NA Asbestos Work Practice Drafts, with Attached Comments (1974)

Letter from H. B. Rhodes to E. M. Fenner of Johns-Manville transmitting comments on the AIA/NA asbestos industry work practice drafts. He states that broad mandatory work practices are unworkable and proposes nonmandatory, OSHA-approved work practices as a supplement to the OSHA regulations. The attachments include the April 5, 1974 first-draft work practice sections (unloading and storing bagged fiber, introducing fiber into processes, dust and scrap removal, housekeeping, local exhaust systems) with Rhodes's marginal comments.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Letter, H. B. Rhodes to E. M. Fenner, May 24, 1974, proposing nonmandatory work practices
• Page 3: Rhodes's comments on the draft practice for unloading and storing bagged asbestos fiber
• Pages 4-5: Draft work practice for unloading and storing bagged asbestos fiber, with annotations (page 5 mostly illegible fragment)
• Page 6: Rhodes's comments on introducing asbestos fiber into manufacturing processes
• Pages 7-9: April 5, 1974 first draft, Introduction of Asbestos Fiber into Manufacturing Processes (pages 8-9 near-duplicate)
• Page 10: Duplicate of comments on introducing fiber into manufacturing processes
• Page 11: Duplicate copy of first page of April 5, 1974 draft on introducing fiber into processes
• Page 12: Rhodes's comments on dust and scrap removal and disposal
• Page 13: Draft text on vacuum cleaning of fiber spills
• Page 14: First draft: Dust and Scrap Removal and Disposal
• Page 15: Rhodes's comments on housekeeping
• Page 16: First draft: Housekeeping
• Page 17: Comment that the local exhaust systems draft was not reviewed in detail

People and organizations

From H. B. Rhodes (Area Manager, Marketing & Technology) to Mr. E. M. Fenner (Johns-Manville Corporation, Greenwood Plaza, Denver, CO).

• Harrison B. Rhodes (author)
• Edmund M. Fenner (recipient)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Asbestos Information Association/North America (named)
• Johns-Manville (named)
• NIOSH (named)
• OSHA (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Johns-Manville · NIOSH · OSHA.

About this copy

This is document UC-1290 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 17 pages. Production numbers A19481 to A19482.