H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber on MSDS and Product Label for the Asbestos Alteration Product, Synthetic Olivine, with Draft Data Sheet and Label (1984)

A February 22, 1984 internal memo from H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber, confirming a phone call, on a material safety data sheet and product label for a calcined asbestos-derived product treated as synthetic olivine. It outlines the olivine analogy, the status of electron microscopy and quartz analysis, and proposed toxicity tests. Attached are a draft MSDS dated 2/6/84 and a draft 'Forsterite' caution label.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Draft Material Safety Data Sheet for Synthetic Olivine (draft 2/6/84, effective date March 1, 1984), Union Carbide Metals Division, Danbury, CT
• Page 3: Draft product label 'Forsterite' with caution statement on dust irritation (Attachment 1)
• Pages 4-6: Memo, H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber, Feb. 22, 1984, on MSDS and product label for the asbestos alteration product (synthetic olivine)

People and organizations

From H. B. Rhodes (E/R-Occupational Health, Product Safety, Metals Division (Grand Junction, Colorado)) to W. C. Thurber (Danbury, CT); B. L. Ingalls (copy recipient); D. F. Kapral (copy recipient); W. C. Kuryla (copy recipient); W. F. McClure (copy recipient).

• Harrison B. Rhodes (author)
• William C. Thurber (recipient)
• Blair L. Ingalls (copied)
• D. F. Kapral (copied)
• William C. Kuryla (copied)
• William F. McClure, Jr. (copied)
• Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• ACGIH (named)
• American National Standard (named)
• DOT (named)
• MSHA (named)
• NIOSH (named)
• OSHA (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Duty to Warn · MSHA · NIOSH · OSHA.

About this copy

This is document UC-791 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 6 pages.