Manhar A. Patel to Distribution List Transmitting T. E. Hanning's Summary of the Amended OSHA Asbestos Standard (1986)

Internal Union Carbide memo from the Technical Center industrial hygienist reporting that OSHA amended its asbestos standard, 29 CFR 1910.1001, effective July 21, 1986. It lowered the permissible exposure limit from 2.0 to 0.2 f/cc with an action level of 0.1 f/cc. It attaches a July 11, 1986 Hanning memo and a summary of the changes (monitoring, regulated areas, respirators, signs and labels, training, medical surveillance, record keeping), followed by a distribution list.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Patel internal correspondence to distribution list, July 22, 1986, 'Amended Asbestos Standard', with handwritten notes
• Page 2: Hanning memorandum of July 11, 1986 to S. W. Clark and others, 'Final Rules for Occupational Exposure to Asbestos, Tremolite, Anthophyllite, and Actinolite (Amended Standard)'
• Pages 3-7: Hanning summary, 'Changes Between the Original and Amended Asbestos Occupational Health Standard'
• Page 8: Distribution list 'R/D Grade 12 and above' with names and room/mail locations
• Page 9: No text; page not seen (possibly blank or a continuation)

People and organizations

From Manhar A. Patel (Technical Center Industrial Hygienist); T. E. Hanning (Health, Safety and Environmental Technology (author of the attached memorandum and summary)) to See Distribution List (R/D Grade 12 and above list on the last pages); T. L. Collins (cc); T. E. Hanning (cc); C. P. Maxwell (cc).

• Terry E. Hanning (author, copied)
• Manhar A. Patel (author)
• T. L. Collins (copied)
• Charles P. Maxwell (copied)
• Technical Center (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Engineering, Manufacturing, and Technology Services (Union Carbide) (named)
• NIOSH (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Safety and Environmental Technology Group (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Fiber Counting · Industrial Hygiene · NIOSH · OSHA · OSHA Asbestos Standard · Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) · West Virginia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-4321 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 9 pages. Production numbers UCC 011454 to UCC 011461.