Union Carbide Airborne Asbestos Fiber Counts at Tape Joint Compound Makers, Including Georgia-Pacific, Marietta (1972-1974)

Compilation of Union Carbide Mining and Metals Division airborne asbestos fiber count reports for tape joint compound manufacturers, with field reports of call and a cover letter. The reports cover 1972-1973 plant sampling, and several concern Georgia-Pacific's Marietta, Georgia plant. They give personal and environmental sample results, describe dry-blending and boxcar-unloading conditions for SG-210, and include handwritten count record sheets.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Summary of dust counts, notebook series 1929-48 (fiber count and total dust for four samples)
• Pages 2-4: Airborne fiber counts for a tape joint and texture paint compounder (name blank), tests of August 21, 1973, with description, results and table
• Pages 5-6: Report of call by J. E. Walsh at Georgia-Pacific, Marietta, dated 7/31/73, on dust-count samples (typed 8/1/73)
• Page 7: Handwritten notes or calculations (largely illegible)
• Pages 8-9: Report of call by J. E. Walsh at Georgia-Pacific, 8/21 and 8/22/73, on mixing samples and unloading a boxcar of SG-210 (typed 8/31/73)
• Page 10: Letter of August 2, 1973 to Doug Jones, Georgia-Pacific, enclosing the fiber-count procedure and equipment list
• Pages 11-13: Asbestos fiber counts report dated December 29, 1972 (tests of November 27, 1972) at a tape joint compound manufacturer, with summary table
• Pages 14-16: Airborne dust counts for tape joint compounds report dated December 8, 1972 (tests of October 30, 1972), with summary table
• Pages 17-18: Report of call at Georgia-Pacific dated 8/7/74 (Favero, Fowler) on SG-210 carload account and dust samples, with EJK notes
• Pages 19-45: Handwritten asbestos count record sheets (pages 41-43 not sent)
• Pages 46-48: Airborne fiber counts for Georgia-Pacific, Marietta, August 21, 1973, with summary table naming operators

People and organizations

From J. E. Walsh (Union Carbide sales representative (author of the reports of call)); E. J. Kleber (Union Carbide; analyzed the samples and prepared the fiber count reports) to H. B. Rhodes (Niagara Falls, copy recipient on reports of call); W. C. Thurber (NY 38, copy recipient on reports of call); Doug Jones (Georgia-Pacific Company, Marietta, GA (addressee of the 2 August 1973 letter)).

• Edward J. Kleber (author)
• Jack E. Walsh (author)
• Doug Jones (recipient)
• Harrison B. Rhodes (recipient)
• William C. Thurber (recipient)
• Mining and Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Bureau of Occupational Safety and Health (named)
• EPA (named)
• Georgia-Pacific Corporation (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Tigard (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Joint Compound, Drywall Mud, and Texture Coatings · Calidria · EPA · Fiber Counting · Georgia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA · Oregon Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-1408 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 48 pages.