H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne, Jr., J. V. Murray, J. L. Myers and W. C. Thurber transmitting "Calidria" Asbestos Health and OSHA Information package (1975)

A February 4, 1975 internal memo from H. B. Rhodes transmitting the final version of a "Calidria" Asbestos Health and OSHA Information package for RG-244 and RG-600. The package summarizes the OSHA asbestos standard, presents airborne fiber count tables for RG-244 use in polyester and other resins, and includes asbestos industry pamphlets, the Federal Register standard, a material safety data sheet and chemical analysis. A September 1975 telecommunications message from W. C. Thurber to King City is bound at the end.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Internal memo, H. B. Rhodes to Byrne, Murray, Myers and Thurber, transmitting the information package (Feb. 4, 1975)
• Page 2: Title page: "Calidria" Asbestos Health and OSHA Information, February 1, 1975
• Pages 3-7: Introduction, summary of OSHA asbestos regulations, and discussion of airborne fiber count data
• Pages 8-13: Tables I-VI of airborne asbestos fiber counts (RG-244 dumping, bag removal, spraying, grinding and sanding, laboratory grinding)
• Pages 14-22: Literature section divider and Asbestos Information Association pamphlet (What Every Employee Should Know About Asbestos); OCR largely garbled, some pages inverted
• Pages 23-27: Pamphlet 'Asbestos and Human Health' (mostly garbled OCR on pp. 24-27, apparently upside down)
• Page 28: Page with only partial legible text, Bates UCC 001731
• Pages 29-33: Federal Register, Vol. 37, No. 110, June 7, 1972: OSHA Standard for Exposure to Asbestos Dust
• Page 34: Union Carbide Material Safety Data sheet for Chrysotile Asbestos, 'Calidria' (Sept. 1, 1972)
• Page 35: Typical chemical and spectrographic analysis of Calidria asbestos RG-244
• Page 36: Telecommunications message from W. C. Thurber to H. Harrison, King City, requesting RG-244 and SX-24 production figures (9/4/75)

People and organizations

From H. B. Rhodes ("Calidria" Asbestos, Mining and Metals Division) to R. E. Byrne, Jr.; J. V. Murray; J. L. Myers; W. C. Thurber.

• Harrison B. Rhodes (author)
• Robert E. Byrne, Jr. (recipient)
• J. V. Murray (recipient)
• John L. Myers (recipient)
• William C. Thurber (recipient)
• Mining and Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Asbestos Information Association/North America (named)
• Calidria Asbestos (named)
• IUD (named)
• OSHA (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · Fiber Counting · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA · OSHA Asbestos Standard.

About this copy

This is document UC-3041 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 36 pages. Production numbers UCC 001704 to UCC 001739.