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Asbestos Information Association/North America, Recommended Work Practices: Use and Handling of Asbestos Textile Products (c. 1975-1976)

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Industry booklet from the Asbestos Information Association/North America giving recommended work practices for plants that make and handle asbestos textile products (braids, lap, cloth). It summarizes the OSHA asbestos standard, gives general and specific dust-control, housekeeping, training and personal-hygiene recommendations, and reprints the OSHA standard, the NIOSH membrane filter fiber-counting method (November 1975) and vacuum cleaning station diagrams as appendices. unreviewed

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Author
Asbestos Information Association/North America (Standards and Technical Committee)
Published by
Asbestos Information Association/North America
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-115
Number
Bates A17483 to A17565
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A published article used as a document in asbestos litigation. Its copyright is not ours, so we describe it and link to it rather than host it.

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What the document holds

  • Pages 1-2: Cover and table of contents
  • Pages 3-10: Introduction, products and operations, summary of OSHA asbestos standard, general and specific recommendations, personal hygiene
  • Pages 11-18: Appendix A: OSHA Standard for Exposure to Asbestos Dust (Federal Register reprint)
  • Pages 19-32: Appendix B: USPHS/NIOSH Membrane Filter Method for Evaluating Airborne Asbestos Fibers (Leidel, Bayer, Zumwalde, November 1975)
  • Pages 33-37: Appendix C: Vacuum cleaning station drawings
  • Page 38: Back cover with AIA/NA address

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From Asbestos Information Association/North America (Standards and Technical Committee).

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Textiles: Cloth, Garments, Gloves, and Blankets · NIOSH · OSHA · OSHA Asbestos Standard.

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This is document UC-115 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 38 pages. Production numbers A17483 to A17565.

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Asbestos Information Association/North America (Standards and Technical Committee). “Asbestos Information Association/North America, Recommended Work Practices: Use and Handling of Asbestos Textile Products (c. 1975-1976).” Union Carbide documents, UC-115, Bates A17483 to A17565. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-0115.

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