D. E. Deese to L. T. Windel Transmitting Walsh-Healey Act Materials, with Attached Walsh-Healey Safety Checklists and NAM Analysis (1971)

A February 1971 internal Union Carbide letter from an industrial hygienist to the Brownsville Plant enclosing 1970 Threshold Limit Values, an abstract of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, and a noise paper, and noting that the new act supersedes the Walsh-Healey Act. Attached are a December 1970 Walsh-Healey health hazards list that includes asbestos dust, 1970 Brownsville and New York cover memos, a Department of Labor safety checklist, and a May 1969 National Association of Manufacturers analysis of the revised Walsh-Healey standards.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Letter, D. E. Deese to L. T. Windel, Feb. 4, 1971, forwarding Walsh-Healey/OSHA materials (BRF 0189)
• Pages 2-4: Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act list of health hazards considerations, supplement to Dept. of Labor checklist, NHKetcham/dww, Dec. 21, 1970 (BRF 0190-0192)
• Page 5: Brownsville Plant internal memo to department heads re Walsh-Healy Standards, Nov. 5, 1970 (BRF 0193)
• Page 6: UCC Employee Relations Department memo, R. T. Bradley, Oct. 16, 1970, forwarding the inspection checklist (BRF 0194)
• Pages 7-24: U.S. Dept. of Labor Midwest Region safety code digest/inspection checklist, rev. July 1, 1970 (BRF 0195-0212)
• Page 25: Page with no legible text (BRF 0213)
• Pages 26-36: National Association of Manufacturers Law Department, Summary Analysis of Revised Safety and Health Standards under Walsh-Healey, May 29, 1969 (BRF 0214-0224)

People and organizations

From D. E. Deese (Senior Industrial Hygienist, Gulf Coast Area) to Mr. L. T. Windel (Brownsville Plant).

• Donald E. Deese (author)
• L. T. Windel (recipient)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• ACGIH (named)
• Atomic Energy Commission (named)
• Brownsville Plant (named)
• Bureau of Labor Standards (named)
• Consumer Products Division (named)
• Employee Relations Department (named)
• Midwest Region (named)
• National Association of Manufacturers (named)
• Standard Oil of California (named)
• U.S. Department of Labor (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-1936 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 36 pages. Production numbers BRF 0189 to BRF 0224.