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A May 18, 1983 Union Carbide internal memo from W. F. Gorham reports that SCD representatives visited duPont's Medical Department to view its 30-minute film on asbestosis and received duPont's guidelines for diagnosing and classifying asbestos-related cases. Gorham supports a request for Union Carbide Corporate Medical to prepare a comparable film. Attached are a May 5, 1983 transmittal note from duPont's Dr. B. W. Culpepper to Dr. H. C. Lewinsohn and duPont guideline sections on asbestos diagnosis and on classifying and reporting injuries and illnesses, including sample report forms.
- Author
- W. F. Gorham (Manager, SHARE, SCD)
- Published by
- Union Carbide Corporation, Specialty Chemicals Division (Bound Brook), with attached E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. guideline material
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-4192
- Date
- May 18, 1983
- Number
- Bates UCC 009933 to UCC 009958
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 18786 · asbestosclaims.law/library/18786
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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What the document holds
- Page 1: Memo, W. F. Gorham to A. A. Lang and H. Lewinsohn, May 18, 1983, on duPont's asbestosis film and guidelines
- Pages 2-3: duPont Health Manual Section 4.1, Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Classification of Asbestos-Related Medical Cases
- Page 4: Note from B. W. Culpepper (duPont) to H. C. Lewinsohn, 5/5/83, enclosing guidelines on reporting asbestos-related abnormalities
- Pages 5-12: duPont Safety and Fire Protection Guideline Section 3.5, Classifying and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (contents, definitions, classification, OSHA recording, index)
- Pages 13-21: Sample report forms in Section 3.5 appendices (G-105, G-108, G-111, G-113, G-110, telex summary), including an asbestos-related illness example
- Pages 22-24: duPont Guideline Section 3.6, Recording and Measuring Off-the-Job Injury Experience
- Pages 25-27: duPont Guideline Section 3.7, Board of Directors' Safety Awards
People and organizations
From W. F. Gorham (Manager, SHARE, SCD) to Dr. A. A. Lang (DB/P-2); Dr. H. Lewinsohn (DB).
- W. F. Gorham (author)
- A. A. Lang (recipient)
- Hilton Cecil Lewinsohn (recipient)
- DuPont (named)
- Grune & Stratton (named)
- National Cancer Institute (named)
- NIOSH (named)
- OSHA (named)
- Specialty Chemicals Division (named)
- Union Carbide Corporation (named)
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Pages on our site about what this document covers: NIOSH · New Jersey Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA · What is asbestosis.
About this copy
This is document UC-4192 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 27 pages. Production numbers UCC 009933 to UCC 009958.
Cite this document
W. F. Gorham (Manager, SHARE, SCD). “W. F. Gorham to A. A. Lang and H. Lewinsohn on duPont's Asbestosis Film and Guidelines for Asbestos-Related Medical Cases, with Attached duPont Guideline Excerpts.” May 18, 1983. Union Carbide documents, UC-4192, Bates UCC 009933 to UCC 009958. Union Carbide Corporation, Specialty Chemicals Division (Bound Brook), with attached E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. guideline material. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 18786. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/18786.
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