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Harrison B. Rhodes (Asbestos Information Association) to R. T. Rinaldi, California Standards Board, Transmitting 'An Estimate of Occupational Exposure to Asbestos in the State of California' (1976)

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Cover letter from the Asbestos Information Association to the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, enclosing a report estimating the numbers of workers, exposure levels and work locations for asbestos use in California. The report extrapolates California figures from a national Roy F. Weston study for the AIA, and includes summary tables and Weston fiber-count tables in an appendix. The routing list at top names Hearn, Mereness, Messenger and Thurber.

Author
Harrison B. Rhodes (Chairman, Standards and Technical Committee, Asbestos Information Association/North America)
Published by
Asbestos Information Association/North America
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-858
Date
November 18, 1976
Number
Bates A10033 to A10059
Library no.
ACL Doc 16069 · asbestosclaims.law/library/16069
Rights
A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.

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What the document holds

  • Page 1: Cover letter, Rhodes (AIA) to Rinaldi, California Standards Board, 18 Nov 1976
  • Page 2: Title page of 'An Estimate of Occupational Exposure to Asbestos in the State of California'
  • Page 3: Summary table of California work locations and exposed workers
  • Page 4: Table of contents
  • Pages 5-9: Introduction, methodology and U.S. primary industries exposure (with Weston excerpts)
  • Page 10: Table A, primary industries exposure data (OCR garbled, printed sideways)
  • Pages 11-18: Secondary and construction industries, Consumer Industries, Table B (garbled) and Table C
  • Pages 19-21: California estimate, Table D, and sputum cytology age estimate
  • Pages 22-33: Appendix: tables from Weston report (employment and fiber count tables 2-1, 3-1, 4-1 to 4-9, 5-2); several OCR-garbled

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From Harrison B. Rhodes (Chairman, Standards and Technical Committee, Asbestos Information Association/North America) to R. T. Rinaldi (Executive Officer, California Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board).

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This is document UC-858 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 33 pages. Production numbers A10033 to A10059.

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Harrison B. Rhodes (Chairman, Standards and Technical Committee, Asbestos Information Association/North America). “Harrison B. Rhodes (Asbestos Information Association) to R. T. Rinaldi, California Standards Board, Transmitting 'An Estimate of Occupational Exposure to Asbestos in the State of California'.” November 18, 1976. Union Carbide documents, UC-858, Bates A10033 to A10059. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 16069. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/16069.

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