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A cover memo from the Institute Plant medical director forwarding an industrial hygiene report on "new and improved" "Thermobestos" asbestos insulation blocks sawed in the Construction Insulation Shop. The enclosed report (62-IH-2-G-1, dated 15 July 1962) gave dust counts of 36.8, 48.1 and 44.1 mppcf against a 20 mppcf limit and recommended that the blocks not be band-sawed unless the dust was brought below that limit.
- Author
- R. J. Sexton, M.D. (Plant Medical Director); Robert E. Peele (Industrial Hygienist (author of enclosed report 62-IH-2-G-1))
- Published by
- Union Carbide Chemicals Company, Institute Plant, Medical Department - Plant 512
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-80
- Date
- July 20, 1962
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 15364 · asbestosclaims.law/library/15364
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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What the document holds
- Page 1: Memo from R. J. Sexton, M.D., to G. J. Ratcliffe, 20 July 1962, transmitting the industrial hygiene report
- Pages 2-5: Industrial Hygiene Survey, Construction Insulation Shop, Report 62-IH-2-G-1, by Robert E. Peele, 15 July 1962: summary, discussion, results, conclusions, recommendations
- Page 6: Data table of atmospheric dust concentrations for three Thermobestos materials (J.M. #21, #22, #23) from midget impinger samples
People and organizations
From R. J. Sexton, M.D. (Plant Medical Director); Robert E. Peele (Industrial Hygienist (author of enclosed report 62-IH-2-G-1)) to Mr. G. J. Ratcliffe (Industrial Relations).
- Robert Eugene Peele (author)
- R. J. Sexton (author)
- G. J. Ratcliffe (recipient)
- Institute Plant (its organization)
- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
- Construction Department Insulation Shop (named)
- Industrial Hygiene Department (named)
- Medical Department (named)
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Pages on our site about what this document covers: Industrial Hygiene · Threshold Limit Value (TLV) · West Virginia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.
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This is document UC-80 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 6 pages.
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“R. J. Sexton, M.D., to G. J. Ratcliffe Transmitting Industrial Hygiene Report on Dust From "Thermobestos" Insulation Blocks.” July 20, 1962. Union Carbide documents, UC-80. Union Carbide Chemicals Company, Institute Plant, Medical Department - Plant 512. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 15364. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/15364.
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