Bert Murray to D. C. Willard transmitting dust survey of employees cutting and installing Kaylo insulation (1967)

A cover letter from Bert Murray to D. C. Willard, sent with a resume of dust determinations for employees cutting and installing "Kaylo" insulation, says further air sampling is needed. The attachments are a distribution list, a 1965 report by H. H. Warwick and B. L. Murray with a table of 24 air samples and two photographs, and two handwritten industrial hygiene survey forms.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Letter, Bert Murray to D. C. Willard, April 28, 1967, forwarding dust determinations for Kaylo insulation work
• Page 2: Distribution list of names, including E. Q. Hull, M.D. and R. J. Sexton, M.D.
• Page 3: Report 'Particulate Matter in Air: Dust Breathed by the Employees While Cutting and Installing Kaylo Insulation', Plant 514, by H. H. Warwick and B. L. Murray, Sept. 21, 1965
• Page 4: Table I: 24 breathing-zone dust counts in million particles per cubic foot, 1964-1965
• Page 5: Figures 1 and 2: photographs of sawing and applying insulation block with air sampling
• Pages 6-7: Handwritten Industrial Hygiene Evaluation and Survey data forms (largely illegible)

People and organizations

From Bert Murray (signed the cover letter; also listed as B. L. Murray, co-author of the 1965 survey) to Mr. D. C. Willard (Building 8-96-2).

• Bert Murray (author)
• D. C. Willard (recipient)
• Industrial Hygiene Group (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• University of Michigan School of Public Health (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Air Sampling · Asbestos Exposure in Insulators and Insulation Workers · Industrial Hygiene · Kaylo | Mesothelioma Claims.

About this copy

This is document UC-124 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 7 pages. Production numbers A04878 to A04879.