Linde Division Asbestos Memos on the 1983 OSHA Emergency Standard, Speedway Fiber Counts, and Vermiculite Insulation (1983-1987)

Compilation of Union Carbide Linde Division papers from 1983 and 1987. The 1983 papers cover OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard lowering the asbestos exposure limit, asbestos in acetylene cylinder filler, and fiber counts at the Speedway factory. The 1987 papers cover possible asbestos in W. R. Grace vermiculite used as cold box insulation, with attached vendor letters and a testing proposal.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Memo, Eleanor K. Jensen to Linde Health Coordinators, Dec. 19, 1983, on OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard for asbestos (0.5 fiber/cc), required training and warning signs.
• Pages 2-3: Memo, N. A. DiFranco to G. J. Hoeing, Dec. 1, 1983, on asbestos exposure in Package Gas Plants (acetylene cylinder maintenance, asbestos insulation) and planned employee monitoring.
• Page 4: Page with handwritten or stamped text, apparently upside-down; OCR unreadable (A10528).
• Page 5: Internal memo, T. V. Kelly, Speedway Factory (Engineering Products Division), Nov. 8, 1983, on asbestos exposure, the new OSHA limit and respirator and clothing practices; attachments follow.
• Page 6: Wall Street Journal article, 'New Rule Limiting Asbestos Exposure Is Issued by OSHA' (Nov. 1983).
• Page 7: Handwritten table of asbestos fiber counts by location and date, 1976-1983 (attachment to the Speedway memo).
• Pages 8-9: Pages with illegible or upside-down OCR (UCC 009972-009973), apparently forms or handwritten notes.
• Pages 10-11: Printed pamphlet-type pages on asbestos hazards, protective measures and exposure control; OCR garbled (appears upside-down).
• Pages 12-14: Memo, J. J. Neitz to M. D. Brower and others, Apr. 7, 1987, on vermiculite from W. R. Grace's Libby, Montana mine possibly containing asbestos, with testing results and recommendations.
• Pages 15-16: NATLSCO proposal letter, Richard M. Maykowski to J. J. Neitz, Mar. 30, 1987, for industrial hygiene air sampling during vermiculite handling, with costs.
• Page 17: Business card/brochure page of Specialty Vacuum, Gary Storr, St. Louis.
• Page 18: Letter, Gary J. Storr (Specialty Vacuum) to Jack Neitz, Mar. 26, 1987, introducing asbestos-capable vacuum services.
• Page 19: Letter, Paul M. Keeffe (W. R. Grace) to R. S. Kramer, Mar. 19, 1987, identifying vermiculite mine sources on purchase orders and enclosing air sampling data.
• Page 20: Page with no OCR text (apparently blank).

People and organizations

From Eleanor K. Jensen (Linde Division, Danbury (author of the Dec. 19, 1983 memo)); N. A. DiFranco; T. V. Kelly (Safety Director, Speedway Factory); J. J. Neitz (National Materials Manager, Linde Division) to Linde Health Coordinators; Cryogenic Equipment & Coatings Service Health Coordinators; G. J. Hoeing (UCC - Linde Division, Danbury).

• N. A. DiFranco (author)
• Eleanor K. Jensen (author)
• T. V. Kelly (author)
• J. J. Neitz (author)
• G. J. Hoeing (recipient)
• Linde Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Engineering Products Division (named)
• Labor Department (named)
• NATLSCO (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Specialty Vacuum Inc (named)
• The Wall Street Journal (named)
• W.R. Grace (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Fiber Counting · Indiana Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Montana Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA · W.R. Grace.

About this copy

This is document UC-4195 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 20 pages. Production numbers A10525 to UCC 009983.