H. B. Rhodes to Paul Tillisch of Textured Coatings of America Forwarding Corona Sandblasting Dust Count Report and Letter to John Hinton (1977)

A cover letter from H. B. Rhodes to Paul Tillisch of Textured Coatings of America (April 12, 1977) attaches a dust count report and an April 1, 1977 letter to John Hinton of the California Department of Health. The attached report, "Airborne Asbestos Counts," covers sandblasting removal of an asbestos-containing coating from a fence at Village Grove Trailer Park, Corona, sampled December 17, 1976. It describes the operation, sampling and counting methods and presents results tables and figures. Rhodes's letter says the report was not sent to Hinton and that the actual levels could be considerably lower than the results.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Letter, H. B. Rhodes to Paul Tillisch, Textured Coatings of America, April 12, 1977, forwarding the report and the Hinton cover letter
• Page 2: Letter, H. B. Rhodes to John Hinton, Occupational Health Branch, Department of Health, April 1, 1977, transmitting the dust count report
• Page 3: Handwritten data sheet of fiber counts by location and sampling position at Village Grove Park, Corona
• Page 4: Title page of report 'Airborne Asbestos Counts' for Textured Coatings of America, Inc., Village Grove Trailer Park, Corona
• Page 5: Report objective, description of the sandblasting operation, and sample collection
• Page 6: Counting equipment and procedures, and counting difficulties
• Page 7: Results and discussion, including time-weighted average calculations for operator and helper
• Page 8: Table I of sample descriptions and fiber concentrations (poorly scanned, rotated)
• Page 9: Figure I, graph of airborne asbestos fiber counts during sandblasting (poorly scanned)

People and organizations

From Harrison B. Rhodes (Technology Manager) to Paul Tillisch (Vice-President, Research & Development, Textured Coatings of America, Inc.).

• Harrison B. Rhodes (author)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Bureau of Occupational Safety and Health (named)
• M.S.A (named)
• Millipore (named)
• Nikon (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Textured Coatings of America (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-2208 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 9 pages. Production numbers UCC 004129 to UCC 004137.