R. W. Cope Project Report on Asbestos Dust Air Analyses at the Bound Brook Plant (1972)

Project report (No. 910E10, File 17258) on personal air sampling for asbestos fibers taken May 18, 1972 at Units A, B, C and R1 during phenolic resin manufacture at the Bound Brook Plant. It reports fiber counts at or above the OSHA emergency standard on some products, and recommends monitoring all units using asbestos. Four data tables and a distribution list follow.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Report text: summary, introduction, discussion, conclusions, signed by R. W. Cope
• Page 3: Table I: Building 3, Unit C air sample results
• Page 4: Table II: Building 3, Unit A air sample results
• Page 5: Table III: Building 3, Unit B air sample results
• Page 6: Table IV: Building 6, Unit R1 air sample results
• Page 7: Distribution list

People and organizations

From R. W. Cope (Author, Research and Development Department, Chemicals and Plastics) to D. R. Albright (Requested the work; first on distribution list (312)).

• R. W. Cope (author)
• D. R. Albright (recipient)
• Research and Development Department (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Bound Brook Plant (named)
• NIOSH (named)
• OSHA (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Air Sampling · Asbestos-Reinforced Plastics: Circuit Breakers, Switchgear, and Resin Pipe · Fiber Counting · NIOSH · New Jersey Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA · West Virginia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-3693 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 7 pages. Production numbers UCC 006035 to UCC 006041.