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K. Gran Townsend to B. F. Brown, R. C. Glock, E. O. Davis and R. F. Green Transmitting Status of OSHA Health Standards for Chemical Exposure (1978)

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A cover memo from K. Gran Townsend of Union Carbide's Chemicals and Plastics unit transmitted an updated summary of OSHA standards activity as of April 1978. The attachment lists completed and proposed OSHA health standards, NIOSH criteria documents, draft technical standards and 1978-79 projections; asbestos appears among the completed standards, the proposed standards (revised) and the NIOSH criteria documents.

Author
K. Gran Townsend (Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics, Brownsville, Texas)
Published by
Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-1696
Date
April 23, 1978
Number
Bates BRC 1312 to BRC 1320
Library no.
ACL Doc 16779 · asbestosclaims.law/library/16779
Rights
A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.

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What the document holds

  • Page 9: Internal correspondence cover memo from K. Gran Townsend transmitting the OSHA standards summary (BRC 1312)
  • Page 1: Status of OSHA health standards for chemical exposure, April 1978: summary counts (BRC 1313)
  • Page 2: OSHA health standards, 18 completed (1971 to 1975), including asbestos (BRC 1314)
  • Page 3: OSHA health standards, 30 proposed, with dates, including asbestos (revised) (BRC 1315)
  • Page 4: 31 NIOSH criteria documents with dates transmitted to DOL (BRC 1316)
  • Page 5: 38 NIOSH criteria documents with dates transmitted to DOL, including asbestos (BRC 1317)
  • Pages 6-7: 106 draft standards circulated for comment (BRC 1318-1319)
  • Page 8: 1978-79 projections of standards (BRC 1320)

People and organizations

From K. Gran Townsend (Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics, Brownsville, Texas) to B. F. Brown; R. C. Glock; E. O. Davis; R. F. Green.

Pages on our site about what this document covers: NIOSH · OSHA · OSHA Asbestos Standard · Texas Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

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This is document UC-1696 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 9 pages. Production numbers BRC 1312 to BRC 1320.

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K. Gran Townsend (Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics, Brownsville, Texas). “K. Gran Townsend to B. F. Brown, R. C. Glock, E. O. Davis and R. F. Green Transmitting Status of OSHA Health Standards for Chemical Exposure.” April 23, 1978. Union Carbide documents, UC-1696, Bates BRC 1312 to BRC 1320. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 16779. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/16779.

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