Union Carbide Metals Division, Supplemental Information for Testimony to the California OSHSB on Asbestos Fiber Exposure During Sandblasting of Maintenance Coatings (1978)

Union Carbide submission to the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board about airborne asbestos fiber counts during sandblasting of asbestos-containing maintenance coatings, prepared for testimony on possible changes to Health and Safety Code Section 25910 under SB-1591. It reviews the Corona, California test (Union Carbide and DOSHA paired samples), Union Carbide's scanning electron microscope examination of three filters, and a later sandblasting test at Trona, California. It attaches the DOSHA letter of October 30, 1978 with Appendices B and C, Union Carbide's Corona report, and a January 1978 protocol letter to DOSHA.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Title page: supplemental information for testimony on Health and Safety Code Section 25910 (SB-1591), November 15, 1978
• Pages 2-3: Summary and conclusions; table of contents
• Pages 4-9: Background, results and discussion (phase-contrast counts, SEM fiber analysis, Table I, Table II) and commercial sandblasting test at Trona
• Page 9: Conclusions
• Pages 10-22: Figures 1-12: SEM photographs and photographs of the Trona sandblasting test
• Pages 23-36: Attachment I: DOSHA letter of October 30, 1978 (James H. Heacock) with Appendix B (Textured Coatings of America tests) and Appendix C (Trona tank test)
• Pages 37-43: Attachment II: Union Carbide report of cooperative air monitoring at Village Grove Park, Corona (H. B. Rhodes, reported April 1, 1977); pages 41-43 not provided
• Pages 44-48: Attachment III: January 13, 1978 letter from Harrison B. Rhodes to James Heacock and test protocol for the Kerr-McGee, Trona test

People and organizations

From Union Carbide Corporation, Metals Division (Niagara Falls, New York) to Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Sacramento, California).

• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• DOSHA (named)
• Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (named)
• OSHA (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Fiber Counting · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA.

About this copy

This is document UC-1537 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 48 pages. Production numbers UC-1537.