H. B. Rhodes to Ron Rinaldi, CAL-OSHA Standards Board, Transmitting Union Carbide Testimony on Asbestos Coating Exemptions under Health and Safety Code 25910 (1978)

Cover letter from H. B. Rhodes to the CAL-OSHA Standards Board enclosing Union Carbide's written testimony for the November 8, 1978 public hearing on possible changes to Health and Safety Code Section 25910 under SB-1591. The testimony addresses asphaltic roof coatings and other products with encapsulated asbestos fibers. It presents airborne fiber data from 34 locations, statements on the lack of substitutes, an estimated $9,000,000 annual value of the affected products, and suggested wording for Section 5208, Title 8.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Cover letter, H. B. Rhodes to Ron Rinaldi, CAL-OSHA Standards Board, Oct. 20, 1978
• Page 2: Title page of testimony on Health and Safety Code Section 25910 as permitted by SB-1591
• Pages 3-4: Summary and conclusions; table of contents and appendix list
• Pages 5-16: Testimony text: background, scope, product use, substitutes, worker exposure data, basis for continued use, suggested changes to Section 5208
• Pages 17-26: Appendix tables I-VII of airborne asbestos fiber data and formulations (some pages badly garbled in OCR)
• Pages 27-31: Attachment I, Items 1-3: statements on substitutes from Johns-Manville, Texas Refinery Corporation and EPA
• Page 32: Item 4: Flintkote Company memo, John Tamanen to Jim Hay, March 8, 1978, on C-13-C4 with and without asbestos
• Pages 33-34: Item 5: Chevron Research Company letter, J. H. Macpherson to H. B. Rhodes, September 19, 1978, on substitutes
• Pages 35-37: Attachment II divider and note that the California Department of Health sandblasting report was not included

People and organizations

From Harrison B. Rhodes (Technology Manager) to Mr. Ron Rinaldi (CAL-OSHA Standards Board, Sacramento, CA).

• Harrison B. Rhodes (author)
• Ron Rinaldi (recipient)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• California Department of Health (named)
• Chevron Research Company (named)
• EPA (named)
• Flintkote (named)
• Johns-Manville (named)
• Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Texas Refinery (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · EPA · Johns-Manville · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA · OSHA Asbestos Standard.

About this copy

This is document UC-3008 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 37 pages. Production numbers UCC 001161 to UCC 001197.