The Medical Surveillance of Persons Exposed to Asbestos, with Draft OSHA Medical Surveillance Provisions, Questionnaires and Spirometry Appendices (undated)

A compilation opening with a four-page paper on medical surveillance of asbestos-exposed workers. The paper discusses asbestos-related diseases, pre-placement and periodic examinations, OSHA requirements and a proposed examination schedule. It is followed by tables of surveillance requirements and draft OSHA medical surveillance rules, with appendices covering questionnaires, chest X-ray specifications, pulmonary function standards and predicted-value tables, and physician training guidelines.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-4: Paper, 'The Medical Surveillance of Persons Exposed to Asbestos': diseases, pre-placement and periodic exams, OSHA requirements, follow-up
• Page 5: Table 1: minimum requirements to be recorded for long-term follow-up of asbestos workers
• Page 6: Table 2: proposed schedule of medical surveillance procedures by age and exposure (OCR garbled, rotated page)
• Pages 7-13: Draft OSHA paragraph (m) Medical Surveillance: preplacement, periodic and termination exams, notification, records, access
• Page 9: Repeat of the surveillance schedule table (OCR garbled, rotated page)
• Pages 14-17: Appendix A(1): initial medical examination self-completion questionnaire
• Pages 18-21: Appendix A(2): periodic medical examination self-completion questionnaire
• Pages 22-26: Appendix B(1): specifications for chest roentgenographic examinations
• Pages 27-28: Appendix B(2): interpretation, classification and submission of chest roentgenograms
• Pages 29-35: Appendix C(1): pulmonary function standards (apparatus, technique, interpretation, personnel)
• Pages 36-39: Appendix C(2): predicted FVC and FEV1.0 tables for males and females (OCR unreadable)
• Pages 40-42: Appendix D: minimal training guidelines for physicians supervising medical surveillance

People and organizations

• OSHA (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Dust Control · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · OSHA.

About this copy

This is document UC-1293 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 42 pages. Production numbers 00009 to 01787.