D. E. Deese Texas City Industrial Hygiene Memos and Letters on Asbestos Sampling and Monitoring (1972-1973)

Compilation of Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics industrial hygiene papers, mostly by D. E. Deese of the Gulf Coast Area. It holds a June 1972 memo transmitting an equipment list for personal asbestos dust sampling under the June 7, 1972 OSHA standard, a November 1972 letter on asbestos monitoring for the Brownsville Plant, an outline of the OSHA asbestos rule, an August 1973 Brownsville visit memo, and a partly filled asbestos dust study data sheet.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Memo, D. E. Deese to R. E. Corkrean and others, June 30, 1972, 'Asbestos Sampling Equipment' (UCTC 07280)
• Page 2: Attachment: Industrial Hygiene Dept list of equipment for asbestos fibers by phase contrast microscopy, hand-dated 6-30-72 (UCTC 07281)
• Pages 3-4: Letter/memo, D. E. Deese to Gran Townsend, Brownsville Plant, November 17, 1972, 'Asbestos Monitoring' (UCTC 07282-07283)
• Page 5: Undated outline of the OSHA asbestos standard 1910.93a (TLV 5 fibers/cc, then 2 fibers/cc from July 1, 1976), covering monitoring, records, medical exams, protective measures, signs, housekeeping, work practices and training (UCTC 07284)
• Pages 6-8: Memo, D. E. Deese to G. Townsend, August 3, 1973, 'Brownsville Plant Industrial Hygiene Visit, July 11-12, 1973' (UCTC 07285-07287)
• Page 9: Industrial Hygiene Department asbestos dust study data sheet with fiber count grid, partly filled in by hand (UCTC 07288)

People and organizations

From D. E. Deese (Senior Industrial Hygienist, Gulf Coast Area) to R. E. Corkrean; D. H. Glenn (Dr.); N. H. Ketcham (location 511); L. G. McMullen (location 510); C. W. Perry (location 515); G. Townsend (Brownsville Plant (recipient of the 1972 and 1973 letters)).

• Donald E. Deese (author)
• R. E. Corkrean (recipient)
• David H. Glenn (recipient)
• N. H. Ketcham (recipient)
• Larry McMullen (recipient)
• C. W. Perry (recipient)
• Gran Townsend (recipient)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Brown & Root (named)
• Brownsville Plant (named)
• Industrial Hygiene Department (named)
• Kelley Drye & Warren (named)
• Legal Department (named)
• Millipore Filter Corp (named)
• NIOSH (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Texas Department of Health (named)
• U.S. Department of Labor (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Industrial Hygiene · NIOSH · OSHA · OSHA Asbestos Standard · Texas Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Threshold Limit Value (TLV).

About this copy

This is document UC-1096 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 9 pages. Production numbers UCTC 07280 to UCTC 07288.