F. L. Smith to B. L. Ingalls Transmitting Airborne Asbestos Counts Report for Building 169, Niagara Falls (1981)

Internal Union Carbide memo from F. L. Smith to B. L. Ingalls enclosing a report on airborne asbestos counts from samples taken June 25, 1981 in Building #169 at Niagara Falls, where a pilot plant had last produced asbestos products in 1975. The exhibit also contains an earlier version of the report, handwritten count record and field sheets, and a table of plenum chamber tests. The July 20, 1981 report lists chrysotile results of <0.1 fiber/cc for each sampling location and includes a limits-and-conditions section stating that breathing asbestos dust may cause serious bodily harm.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Internal correspondence, F. L. Smith to B. L. Ingalls, July 21, 1981, transmitting the Bldg. #169 airborne asbestos report
• Pages 2-6: Report 'Airborne Asbestos Counts' for Bldg. #169, dated July 20, 1981: objective, sampling location figure, methods, OSHA comments, limits and conditions, data summary
• Pages 7-10: Earlier version of the report with reported date June 30, 1981 (collected by G. L. Dickson per OCR), data summary with handwritten annotations, and a handwritten note
• Pages 11-30: Handwritten asbestos count record sheets and air sample field data sheets for the June 1981 samples (e.g., L-72, L-55, A-81, A-89, L-71, H-20)
• Pages 31-46: Further handwritten count record sheets and field sheets, apparently for plenum chamber tests; dates hard to read
• Page 47: Handwritten/typed table of plenum chamber test results, UCC Niagara Falls, with fiber count columns
• Page 48: No OCR text returned; content not seen

People and organizations

From F. L. Smith ("Calidria" Asbestos, UCC-Metals Division, Niagara Falls (originating department)) to B. L. Ingalls (UCC-Metals Division, Niagara Falls, New York); R. E. Byrne, Jr. (copy recipient); D. C. Kleber (copy recipient); W. L. Murphy (copy recipient); J. L. Myers (copy recipient); H. B. Rhodes (copy recipient).

• F. L. Smith, Jr. (author)
• Blair L. Ingalls (recipient)
• Robert E. Byrne, Jr. (copied)
• W. L. Murphy (copied)
• John L. Myers (copied)
• Harrison B. Rhodes (copied)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Calidria Asbestos (named)
• M.S.A (named)
• Millipore (named)
• NBS (named)
• Nikon (named)
• NIOSH (named)
• OSHA (named)
• U.S. Department of Commerce (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · NIOSH · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA.

About this copy

This is document UC-4346 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 48 pages. Production numbers X410650 to X410699.