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H. L. Phillips to T. J. Kroh on Asbestos Dust Controls in Acetylene Cylinder Manufacturing, Attaching L. J. LaFrance's Air Sample Results (1974)

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A September 17, 1974 internal memo from H. L. Phillips to T. J. Kroh forwarding L. J. LaFrance's August 23, 1974 letter and an attached table of asbestos air samples from the acetylene cylinder filling building at the Speedway Factory. Phillips asked for an audible alarm on the shredder exhaust blower; LaFrance reported results of 2-3 times the ceiling limit while the blower was inoperative.

Author
H. L. Phillips (Acetylene Cylinders, Linde Division, Speedway Factory); Leo J. LaFrance (Industrial Hygienist, Medical Department)
Published by
Union Carbide Corporation, Linde Division, Speedway Factory (Indianapolis), with Medical Department, New York
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-3978
Date
September 17, 1974
Number
Bates UCC 011737 to A21852
Library no.
ACL Doc 18608 · asbestosclaims.law/library/18608
Rights
A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.

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What the document holds

  • Page 1: Memo, H. L. Phillips to T. J. Kroh, Sept. 17, 1974, on asbestos dust control and the shredder exhaust blower alarm
  • Pages 2-4: Letter, L. J. LaFrance (Medical Dept.) to C. Frankenberger, Aug. 23, 1974, on the follow-up industrial hygiene survey of Aug. 6-7, 1974
  • Page 5: Table of asbestos in air concentrations, Speedway Factory, Aug. 6-7, 1974
  • Page 6: No text in OCR; apparently blank or not legible

People and organizations

From H. L. Phillips (Acetylene Cylinders, Linde Division, Speedway Factory); Leo J. LaFrance (Industrial Hygienist, Medical Department) to T. J. Kroh (UCC; Linde Division, Speedway Factory); C. Frankenberger (Linde Division, Speedway Factory).

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Air Sampling · Dust Control · OSHA.

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This is document UC-3978 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 6 pages. Production numbers UCC 011737 to A21852.

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H. L. Phillips (Acetylene Cylinders, Linde Division, Speedway Factory), Leo J. LaFrance (Industrial Hygienist, Medical Department). “H. L. Phillips to T. J. Kroh on Asbestos Dust Controls in Acetylene Cylinder Manufacturing, Attaching L. J. LaFrance's Air Sample Results.” September 17, 1974. Union Carbide documents, UC-3978, Bates UCC 011737 to A21852. Union Carbide Corporation, Linde Division, Speedway Factory (Indianapolis), with Medical Department, New York. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 18608. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/18608.

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