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OSHA (Richard P. Wilson) to Wendell B. Alcorn, Jr. on Medical Examination Policy Under the Asbestos Standard (1977)

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Letter from OSHA responding to a December 22, 1976 request for an interpretive ruling on the medical examination paragraph (29 CFR 1910.1001(j)) of the asbestos standard. It stated that current OSHA policy was to require medical examinations only when exposures exceeded 0.1 f/cc on an 8-hour TWA or a 0.5 f/cc 15-minute peak, citing a December 1976 NIOSH document.

Author
Richard P. Wilson (Deputy Director, Federal Compliance and State Programs)
Published by
U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-4155
Date
February 11, 1977
Number
Bates X400166
Library no.
ACL Doc 18759 · asbestosclaims.law/library/18759
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From Richard P. Wilson (Deputy Director, Federal Compliance and State Programs) to Wendell B. Alcorn, Jr. (Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Law Offices, New York).

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This is document UC-4155 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 2 pages. Production numbers X400166.

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Richard P. Wilson (Deputy Director, Federal Compliance and State Programs). “OSHA (Richard P. Wilson) to Wendell B. Alcorn, Jr. on Medical Examination Policy Under the Asbestos Standard.” February 11, 1977. Union Carbide documents, UC-4155, Bates X400166. U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 18759. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/18759.

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