Union Carbide Report on Airborne Dust Counts at Conwed Corporation, Cloquet, Minnesota, with Transmittal Letters and Worksheets (1972)

Compilation about airborne asbestos dust sampling done at Conwed Corporation's Cloquet, Minnesota plant on August 9-10, 1972. It contains the typed report (procedures, definitions and a summary table of 15 samples), handwritten and tabulated counting worksheets, Kleber's letters to Conwed of August 18 and September 1, 1972, a permission letter, the OSHA 1910.93a asbestos standard, and part of a separate report on dust tests at a polyester plant using Calidria RG-244.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Cover page of report 'Airborne Dust Counts for Conwed Corporation, Cloquet, Minnesota,' August 28, 1972, listing personnel present
• Page 2: Report text: apparatus, procedure and definitions of fiber and dust figures
• Pages 3-4: Summary of dust counts table, 15 samples by department
• Page 5: Letter of September 1, 1972 from E. J. Kleber to Conwed asking permission to use test data without identifying the facility, with signed acceptance
• Page 6: Letter of August 18, 1972 from Kleber to Ed McGillivray about the samples and monitoring equipment literature
• Pages 7-21: Handwritten counting worksheets and field notes for the Conwed samples
• Pages 22-24: Another copy of the report text and summary table
• Page 25: Transmittal letter of September 1, 1972 from Kleber to Mr. A. Crewson, enclosing the report
• Page 26: Unsigned copy of the permission letter of September 1, 1972
• Page 27: OSHA 1910.93a asbestos standard excerpt (Federal Register, June 7, 1972)
• Page 28: Partial report on dust tests at a polyester plant when dumping Calidria RG-244 into resin
• Page 29: Handwritten or table page, mostly illegible
• Page 30: Duplicate message or request form, mostly illegible

People and organizations

From E. J. Kleber (Customer Service Representative, Union Carbide Corporation) to Conwed Corporation, Cloquet, Minnesota (report customer; letters addressed to Mr. A. Crewson and Mr. Ed McGillivray (Environmental Control)).

• Edward J. Kleber (author)
• Mining and Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Conwed Corporation (named)
• Edmund Scientific (named)
• Leitz (named)
• M.S.A (named)
• Millipore (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Unico (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Air Sampling · Calidria · Minnesota Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA.

About this copy

This is document UC-4846 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 30 pages.