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E. A. Piersall Reply Message to P. W. McDaniel Forwarding Bureau of Mines Health Study of the Calidria King City Plant (1972)

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A one-page Union Carbide reply message dated 2/2/72 in which E. A. Piersall called the attached report disturbing and said he would meet with Glen Sutton. Attached is the U.S. Bureau of Mines health study of asbestos dust at the Calidria plant in King City, based on October 4-6, 1971 sampling, which reported fiber concentrations above the proposed 5 fibers/ml limit for the bagger, palletizer and loader operators and made dust-control recommendations.

Author
E. A. Piersall (signed the reply message; also listed as Safety Director, Mining and Metals Division, in the report distribution (as 'Ernie Piersol')); Walter Bank (Mining Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Mines (report author)); Amin N. Alameddin (Mining Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Mines (report author)); Kenneth L. High (Mining Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Mines (report author))
Published by
Union Carbide Corporation, Mining and Metals Division (cover message); U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Health and Safety Technical Support (attached report)
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-2461
Date
February 2, 1972
Number
Bates UCC 015408 to UCC 015426
Library no.
ACL Doc 17440 · asbestosclaims.law/library/17440
Rights
A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.

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What the document holds

  • Page 1: Union Carbide reply message, E. A. Piersall to P. W. McDaniel, 2/2/72, about the attached report
  • Pages 2-14: Bureau of Mines Health Study (Asbestos Dust), Calidria Asbestos Plant, King City, October 4-6, 1971: cover, distribution, text, and Figures 1-3
  • Pages 15-19: Appendices I and II: mineral analyses and airborne fiber sample data tables (OCR largely unreadable)

People and organizations

From E. A. Piersall (signed the reply message; also listed as Safety Director, Mining and Metals Division, in the report distribution (as 'Ernie Piersol')); Walter Bank (Mining Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Mines (report author)); Amin N. Alameddin (Mining Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Mines (report author)); Kenneth L. High (Mining Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Mines (report author)) to P. W. McDaniel (Union Carbide industrial hygiene engineer (per report text); addressee of the reply message); J W Rawlings/W N Johnson (listed in the FROM box of the reply message).

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Air Sampling · Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Colorado Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Threshold Limit Value (TLV) · U.S. Bureau of Mines.

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This is document UC-2461 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 19 pages. Production numbers UCC 015408 to UCC 015426.

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E. A. Piersall (signed the reply message, also listed as Safety Director, Mining and Metals Division, in the report distribution (as 'Ernie Piersol')), Walter Bank (Mining Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Mines (report author)), Amin N. Alameddin (Mining Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Mines (report author)), Kenneth L. High (Mining Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Mines (report author)). “E. A. Piersall Reply Message to P. W. McDaniel Forwarding Bureau of Mines Health Study of the Calidria King City Plant.” February 2, 1972. Union Carbide documents, UC-2461, Bates UCC 015408 to UCC 015426. Union Carbide Corporation, Mining and Metals Division (cover message); U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Health and Safety Technical Support (attached report). AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 17440. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/17440.

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