L. A. Schutz, Walter Bank and George Weems, Airborne Asbestos Fiber Concentrations in Asbestos Mines and Mills in the United States (1973)

Bureau of Mines Technical Progress Report 72 on a survey of airborne asbestos fiber concentrations in the active U.S. asbestos mines and mills, including sites at King City and Coalinga, California. It reports average exposures by job classification and compares them with the 5 fibers/ml (fibers longer than 5 micrometers) value. It concludes that exposures were generally low in the mines and high in the mills, and it lists dust control measures. Appendices cover asbestos occurrence by state and the sampling and counting methods. The copy carries a Dec. 13, 1973 UCC-Calidria, King City received stamp and a distribution list.

People and organizations

From L. A. Schutz (Denver Technical Support Center, Denver, Colo.); Walter Bank (Denver Technical Support Center, Denver, Colo.); George Weems (Denver Technical Support Center, Denver, Colo.) to R. J. Kronkhyte (Checked on the Union Carbide (UCC-Calidria, King City) distribution list).

• Walter Bank (author)
• Robert J. Kronkhyte (recipient)
• U.S. Bureau of Mines (its organization)
• Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (named)
• Denver Technical Support Center (named)
• NIOSH (named)
• U.S. Department of the Interior (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · Coalinga District · Dust Control · NIOSH · U.S. Bureau of Mines · Vermont Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-1450 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 17 pages. Production numbers A08831 to A08847.