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Internal letter from Union Carbide's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City plant, reporting dust counts from impinger and filter samples taken December 10-12, 1968 and comparing them with the 5.0 MPPCF limit and the ACGIH tentative limits proposed in May 1968. It recommends respirator fit checks, added dust controls, monthly impinger sampling, and purchase of a phase contrast microscope. Pages 6-9 hold data tables and handwritten notes.
- Author
- Paul W. McDaniel (Industrial Hygiene Engineer)
- Published by
- Union Carbide Corporation (Chemicals and Plastics), internal correspondence
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, Union Carbide 128
- Date
- December 27, 1968
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 19977 · asbestosclaims.law/library/19977
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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What the document holds
- Pages 1-5: Letter from P. W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle, Dec. 27, 1968, on King City dust counts, limits and recommendations
- Pages 6-8: Data tables of airborne dust concentrations at King City, December 1968 (OCR garbled; text appears inverted)
- Page 9: Handwritten notes and figures, mostly illegible
People and organizations
From Paul W. McDaniel (Industrial Hygiene Engineer) to J. A. Riddle (Union Carbide Corporation, King City, California).
- Paul W. McDaniel (author)
- John A. Riddle (recipient)
- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
- ACGIH (named)
Related pages
Pages on our site about what this document covers: California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Dust Control · Industrial Hygiene · phase contrast microscopy (PCM).
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This is document Union Carbide 128 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 9 pages.
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Paul W. McDaniel (Industrial Hygiene Engineer). “Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on December 1968 Dust Counts at the King City Asbestos Facility.” December 27, 1968. Union Carbide documents, Union Carbide 128. Union Carbide Corporation (Chemicals and Plastics), internal correspondence. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 19977. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/19977.
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