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Hazard Communication: A Guide for the Construction Industry, American Subcontractors Association, Associated Builders and Contractors, and National Association of Home Builders (undated; contains MSDSs dated 1987-1992)

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A construction-industry manual, published by three contractor associations, explaining how contractors can comply with the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (MSDSs, labels, training, written program). The portion supplied (pages 1-40 and 112-116 of 116) also includes a sample hazard inventory listing asbestos, sample asbestos MSDSs from Sigma Aldrich, Occupational Health Services and Manville (the Occupational Health Services sheet lists Calidria among trade names), and a glossary. unreviewed

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Author
American Subcontractors Association, Inc. (sponsoring association); Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (sponsoring association); National Association of Home Builders (sponsoring association); Terence J. Burke and Lois Phillips (attorneys who did the original research and writing (Herzog, Engstrom, Burke, Koplovitz, Cavalier & Lyman, Albany, N.Y.))
Published by
American Subcontractors Association, Associated Builders and Contractors, and National Association of Home Builders
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-1880
Number
Bates BRB 0007 to BRB 0122
Rights
A published article used as a document in asbestos litigation. Its copyright is not ours, so we describe it and link to it rather than host it.

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American Subcontractors Association, Inc., Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., National Association of Home Builders. "Hazard Communication: A Guide for the Construction Industry."

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What the document holds

  • Pages 1-2: Cover and table of contents
  • Pages 3-9: Foreword and Chapter One: introduction to the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard
  • Pages 7-11: Chapter Two: common hazards on construction sites, with hazard category table (asbestos listed)
  • Pages 12-18: Chapter Three: written hazard communication program, sample program and blank/partly filled hazardous chemical inventory sheets
  • Pages 19-24: Chapter Five: how to read an MSDS, with blank OSHA Form 174
  • Page 25: Chapter Six: contractors' obligations under EPA Community Right-to-Know regulations
  • Pages 26-28: Sigma Aldrich MSDS for asbestos fibres (Jan. 1992)
  • Pages 29-35: Occupational Health Services, Inc. MSDS for asbestos, listing Calidria among trade names (revised 04/12/89)
  • Pages 36-37: Manville MSDS for Transite Core Plates, asbestos cement board (04/07/87)
  • Pages 38-39: Manville MSDS for Transite calcium silicate board (rev. 04/07/86)
  • Page 40: Tier One / Tier Two form divider
  • Pages 112-116: Glossary excerpt (Lead intoxication through Zinc Fume Fever)

People and organizations

From American Subcontractors Association, Inc. (sponsoring association); Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (sponsoring association); National Association of Home Builders (sponsoring association); Terence J. Burke and Lois Phillips (attorneys who did the original research and writing (Herzog, Engstrom, Burke, Koplovitz, Cavalier & Lyman, Albany, N.Y.)).

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · Crocidolite: Blue Asbestos, the Deadliest Type · EPA · Johns-Manville · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · OSHA.

About this copy

This is document UC-1880 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 116 pages. Production numbers BRB 0007 to BRB 0122.

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American Subcontractors Association, Inc. (sponsoring association), Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (sponsoring association), National Association of Home Builders (sponsoring association), Terence J. Burke and Lois Phillips (attorneys who did the original research and writing (Herzog, Engstrom, Burke, Koplovitz, Cavalier & Lyman, Albany, N.Y.)). “Hazard Communication: A Guide for the Construction Industry, American Subcontractors Association, Associated Builders and Contractors, and National Association of Home Builders (undated; contains MSDSs dated 1987-1992).” Union Carbide documents, UC-1880, Bates BRB 0007 to BRB 0122. American Subcontractors Association, Associated Builders and Contractors, and National Association of Home Builders. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-1880.

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