H. C. Lewinsohn to John Cornell on Recording and Reporting of Asbestos-Related Radiographic Abnormalities, with Attached OSHA Recordkeeping Instructions and 1979 Raybestos-Manhattan Surveillance Paper (1983)

Internal Union Carbide memo in which H. C. Lewinsohn followed up a March 29, 1983 Charleston meeting on classifying asbestos-related chest x-ray abnormalities for record-keeping. He attached OSHA recordkeeping instructions he had prepared at Raybestos-Manhattan and a copy of his unpublished 1979 paper on a medical surveillance program at a Raybestos friction materials plant, with tables, figures and sample medical forms.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Cover memo, H. C. Lewinsohn to John Cornell, April 4, 1983, on recording and reporting asbestos-related radiographic abnormalities
• Pages 2-3: Undated OSHA recordkeeping instructions (sections V-VI: OSHA Log #200 recording requirements, health records, workmen's compensation), prepared for Raybestos-Manhattan
• Pages 4-18: Draft paper by Eshleman, Kreider and Lewinsohn, 'The Establishment of a Medical Surveillance Program in an Asbestos Factory,' for the Feb-Mar 1979 International Conference on Occupational Lung Disease, with references
• Pages 19-22: Sample dust-effect coding summary sheet and Tables II-IV of x-ray results for plant employees, Sept 1977-Sept 1978
• Pages 23-26: Figures 1-4: x-ray abnormalities by age and by length of employment (rotated, graphs)
• Pages 27-28: Appendix I: initial medical screening examination questionnaire (blank form)
• Page 29: Appendix II: periodic medical examination questionnaire (blank form)
• Page 30: Physical examination and chest physician findings form, apparently Appendix III (rotated, OCR garbled)
• Page 31: Blank memorandum form from chest physicians to J. Kreider, M.D., reporting results of annual pulmonary evaluation
• Page 32: Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. Form 2, blank employee suitability notification to the Industrial Relations Department

People and organizations

From H. C. Lewinsohn (Union Carbide HS&EA (originating department); formerly Corporate Medical Director, Raybestos-Manhattan) to John Cornell; Dr. B. Avashia (copy recipient); Dr. R. Holland (copy recipient); Dr. A. A. Lang (copy recipient); Dr. T. A. Lincoln (copy recipient).

• Hilton Cecil Lewinsohn (author)
• John Cornell (recipient)
• Bipin H. Avashia (copied)
• R. W. Holland, Jr. (copied)
• A. A. Lang (copied)
• Thomas A. Lincoln (copied)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Bureau of Labor Statistics (named)
• International Conference on Occupational Lung Disease (named)
• Lancaster County General Hospital (named)
• Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration (named)
• NIOSH (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Raybestos-Manhattan (named)
• Raymark Industries, Inc (named)
• U.S. Department of Labor (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Brakes, Clutches, and Friction Materials · NIOSH · OSHA · Pennsylvania Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Raybestos-Manhattan.

About this copy

This is document UC-3615 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 32 pages. Production numbers UCC 008384 to UCC 008415.