Organization Resources Counselors (R. F. Boggs) to OSHA Docket Officer, Comments on Proposed Asbestos Rulemaking, Docket H-033C (1984)

A 3-page cover letter from ORC to the OSHA docket officer, followed by ORC's submission on OSHA's April 1984 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on occupational asbestos exposure. The submission recommends a 0.5 f/cc permissible airborne concentration and a 0.2 f/cc permissible exposure limit, and covers risk estimates, respirator programs and medical surveillance. A copy bears a Union Carbide "RECEIVED" stamp for H. C. Lewinsohn, M.D. This exhibit contains only pages 1-40 and 161-165 of a 165-page document.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-3: Cover letter from R. F. Boggs of ORC to the OSHA Docket Officer, dated May 25, 1984
• Pages 4-6: Table of contents and list of appendices
• Pages 7-18: Introduction, the PAC/PEL proposal, control methods, monitoring, and risk discussion
• Pages 19-36: Risk estimate factors, risk analysis technique, respiratory protection and a recommended respirator program standard
• Pages 37-40: ORC medical surveillance recommendations and discussion
• Pages 161-165: Appendix pages on spirometry technique, interpretation and technician qualifications

People and organizations

From Richard F. Boggs, Ph.D. (Vice President, Organization Resources Counselors, Inc.) to Docket Officer, Docket No. H-033C (U.S. Department of Labor).

• Richard F. Boggs (author)
• Organization Resources Counselors, Inc (its organization)
• ORC Occupational Safety and Health Group (named)
• OSHA (named)
• U.S. Department of Labor (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Fiber Counting · OSHA · Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL).

About this copy

This is document UC-3682 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 165 pages. Production numbers UCC 005745 to UCC 005909.