W. F. Blythe, Jr. to W. T. Shelton on Asbestos Monitoring During Insulation Stripping in Building 741 (1979)

Internal Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics report dated June 8, 1979 on personal and area air sampling for asbestos while an insulator removed wetted insulation from a valve in Building 741. It reported a time-weighted average of 0.03 fibers/cc against an OSHA limit of 2 fibers/cc and concluded that wet methods kept exposure below the standard. A note asks recipients to destroy the June 5, 1979 report as containing incorrect data, and that earlier version is included as pages 3-4.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Corrected memo of June 8, 1979, Asbestos Monitoring in Bldg. 741, with data in f/cc, prepared by W. F. Blythe, Jr. and approved by G. F. Hurley (UCC 024408-024409)
• Pages 3-4: Earlier memo of June 5, 1979 on the same subject, marked for destruction as incorrect data; its table appears to use mg/m3 units (UCC 024410-024411)

People and organizations

From W. F. Blythe, Jr. (Technical Center Industrial Hygiene Group (report preparer)); G. F. Hurley (Approver of the report) to Mr. W. T. Shelton (704 Shop); Mr. M. E. Perry (copy recipient); Mr. H. L. Robinson (copy recipient).

• William F. Blythe, Jr. (author)
• George F. Hurley (author)
• Wilson Shelton (recipient)
• M. E. Perry (copied)
• H. L. Robinson (copied)
• Technical Center IH/EP (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• OSHA (named)
• Technical Center Industrial Hygiene Group (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Air Sampling · Asbestos Exposure in Insulators and Insulation Workers · 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-2538 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 4 pages. Production numbers UCC 024408 to UCC 024411.