W. C. Young to T. G. Swanson on the Amended OSHA Asbestos Standard (1983)

Memorandum summarizing the points of OSHA's amended emergency temporary asbestos standard, effective November 4, 1983, most likely to affect plant operations. It lists the changes (the permissible exposure limit cut from 2 to 0.5 f/cc, training, and respirator limits) beside the plants' status. The second page is a Bureau of National Affairs Occupational Safety & Health Reporter table (p. 604, 11-10-83) of OSHA's estimate of employee exposure to asbestos.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Memorandum from W. C. Young to T. G. Swanson, Amended Asbestos Standard, December 15, 1983
• Page 2: Attachment: OSHA Estimate of Employee Exposure to Asbestos, Table 1 (cont.), Occupational Safety & Health Reporter (BNA), p. 604, 11-10-83

People and organizations

From W. C. Young (Personnel Safety and Health, South Charleston) to T. G. Swanson; W. E. Ballard (cc); R. W. Holland, Jr., M.D. (cc); D. G. Moshier (cc); W. E. Williams (cc).

• William C. Young (author)
• T. G. Swanson (recipient)
• W. E. Ballard (copied)
• R. W. Holland, Jr. (copied)
• D. G. Moshier (copied)
• Wayne E. Williams (copied)
• 327 Department (named)
• Occupational Safety & Health Reporter (named)
• OSHA (named)
• The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc (named)
• Union Carbide Corporation (named)

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Pages on our site about what this document covers: Fiber Counting · OSHA · OSHA Asbestos Standard · Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) · West Virginia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-2342 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 2 pages. Production numbers UCC 003227 to UCC 003228.