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A one-page confidential memo of December 14, 1980, from W. B. Reitze of J-M's Health, Safety and Environment Department (HS&E) to M. A. Tappin, answering Tappin's memo of December 11 (Tappin to Reitze on refusing unions retirees' medical records). Reitze quoted the new OSHA rule on workers' access to exposure and medical records, published May 23, 1980, under which a recognized union "shall be treated automatically as a designated representative," and wrote that in his mind "employee" included a retired employee. "I believe it is ill-advised for any executive of the company to instruct a plant to violate a federal regulation," he wrote; if Tappin or the Legal Department felt otherwise, "that remains your decision, one with which HS&E does not concur."
- Author
- W. B. Reitze
- Sent to
- M. A. Tappin
- Published by
- Johns-Manville
- Date
- December 14, 1980
- Number
- Bates 000125
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 11979 · asbestosclaims.law/library/11979
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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In Johns-Manville's chronology
Johns-Manville's own chronology of what the company knew describes this document as follows:
In a memorandum dated 12/14/80, W.B. Reitze responds to M.A. Tappin's memorandum of 12/11/80, re Workers' Access to Exposure and Medical Records. Reitze recommends that Tappin, as an executive of the company, not "instruct a plant to violate a federal regulation." Reitze would not endorse such an action.
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“W. B. Reitze to M. A. Tappin on Not Violating OSHA's Records Access Rule.” December 14, 1980. Bates 000125. Johns-Manville. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 11979. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/11979.
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