G. W. Bott to W. T. Shelton on Asbestos Exposure of Insulators Stripping Old Insulation, Building 720 (1979)

Internal Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics memo reporting an industrial hygiene survey of asbestos exposure on May 4, 1979, while insulators stripped old insulation from a steam line in a Building 720 service pit. It reports one personal sample of 0.51 fibers/cc for R. Raines and states the exposure was below the TWA of 2 fibers/cc and ceiling of 10 fibers/cc.

People and organizations

From G. W. Bott (Technical Center Industrial Hygiene Department); G. F. Hurley (Approver of the report) to Mr. W. T. Shelton (Building 704 Shop); Mr. G. F. Hurley (copy to); Mr. G. C. Merz (copy to); Mr. M. E. Perry (copy to); Mr. H. L. Robinson (copy to).

• G. W. Bott (author)
• George F. Hurley (author, copied)
• Wilson Shelton (recipient)
• Gary Merz (copied)
• M. E. Perry (copied)
• H. L. Robinson (copied)
• Technical Center (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• 3M (named)
• Technical Center IH/EP (named)
• Technical Center Industrial Hygiene Department (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Air Sampling · Asbestos Exposure in Insulators and Insulation Workers · Industrial Hygiene · West Virginia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-2544 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 2 pages. Production numbers UCC 024423 to UCC 024424.