Manhar A. Patel to W. L. Browning and J. W. Perry, Jr. on Asbestos Monitoring in the Institute Plant Gasket Shop (1981)

Internal memo from Manhar A. Patel reporting area and personal asbestos air monitoring in the Construction Department gasket shop at the Institute Plant on October 2 and 9, 1981, with a results table attached. The memo says exposures above the 2 fiber limit did not occur and that workers did not wear respirators while handling the gasket material, though all workers are said to wear disposable 3M #8710 respirators. It replaces an October 20, 1981 letter, a copy of which is included with its table.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Patel memo of October 23, 1981 to Browning and Perry on asbestos monitoring in the gasket shop (replaces the October 20 letter)
• Page 2: Table of asbestos monitoring results, Construction Gasket Shop, Institute Plant (marked Business Confidential)
• Page 3: Earlier Patel letter of October 20, 1981, same subject, stating workers wore a respiratory protective device
• Page 4: Copy of the monitoring results table accompanying the October 20 letter

People and organizations

From Manhar A. Patel (Institute Plant Industrial Hygiene (originating dept. IH/EP)) to W. L. Browning (Institute Plant); J. W. Perry, Jr. (Institute Plant).

• Manhar A. Patel (author)
• W. L. Browning (recipient)
• J. W. Perry, Jr. (recipient)
• Technical Center (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• 3M (named)
• Construction Department (named)
• Institute Plant Industrial Hygiene Group (named)
• NIOSH (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Gaskets and Mechanical Packing · NIOSH · West Virginia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-3216 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 4 pages. Production numbers UCC 016631 to UCC 016634.