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A two-page exhibit. Page 1 is a November 9, 1972 letter in which Union Carbide's Corporate Medical Director thanked a Western Electric consultant for forwarding a letter from OSHA's Gerard Scannell and said he would use it to answer questions about asbestos exposure. Page 2 is Scannell's September 1, 1972 reply to Western Electric's V. J. Meyers, stating that medical examinations are required for employees regularly exposed to airborne asbestos dust and that the levels of exposure above zero that will not produce mesothelioma, lung cancer and abdominal neoplasms were not known.
- Author
- John J. Welsh, M.D. (Corporate Medical Director, Union Carbide); Gerard F. Scannell (Director, Office of Standards, U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA (author of the September 1, 1972 letter))
- Published by
- Union Carbide Corporation (Welsh letter); U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Scannell letter)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, Union Carbide 215
- Date
- November 9, 1972
- Number
- Bates 03297 to 03298
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 20030 · asbestosclaims.law/library/20030
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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What the document holds
- Page 1: Letter from John J. Welsh, M.D., Union Carbide Corporate Medical Director, to Frank X. Worden of Western Electric, November 9, 1972
- Page 2: Letter from Gerard F. Scannell, OSHA Office of Standards, to V. J. Meyers of Western Electric on asbestos medical examinations, September 1, 1972 (stamped SEP 7 1972)
People and organizations
From John J. Welsh, M.D. (Corporate Medical Director, Union Carbide); Gerard F. Scannell (Director, Office of Standards, U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA (author of the September 1, 1972 letter)) to Frank X. Worden (Environmental Health Consultant, Western Electric Company); V. J. Meyers (Manager, Environmental Health and Safety Administration, Western Electric).
- Gerard F. Scannell (author)
- John J. Welsh (author)
- V. J. Meyers (recipient)
- Frank X. Worden (recipient)
- OSHA (named)
- U.S. Department of Labor (named)
- Union Carbide Corporation (named)
- Western Electric Company (named)
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This is document Union Carbide 215 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 2 pages. Production numbers 03297 to 03298.
Cite this document
“John J. Welsh to Frank X. Worden Acknowledging OSHA's Scannell Letter on Asbestos Medical Examinations, with Enclosed Scannell Letter to V. J. Meyers.” November 9, 1972. Union Carbide documents, Union Carbide 215, Bates 03297 to 03298. Union Carbide Corporation (Welsh letter); U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Scannell letter). AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 20030. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/20030.
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