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William B. Troutman to Mailing List A-8 on Asbestos Handling Procedure at the South Charleston Plant (1979)

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Internal correspondence from the South Charleston Plant Safety Director transmitting a Maintenance Department procedure for handling asbestos-containing insulation. The attachment describes health considerations, OSHA limits, and mandatory precautions for respirators, work area barricades, wet cleanup, disposal, clothing, laundering, monitoring, EPA notification, warning signs and caution labels.

Author
William B. Troutman (Safety Director)
Published by
Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics, South Charleston Plant
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-2313
Date
October 5, 1979
Number
Bates UCC 003094 to UCC 003100
Library no.
ACL Doc 17303 · asbestosclaims.law/library/17303
Rights
A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.

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What the document holds

  • Page 1: Cover memo from W. B. Troutman, Safety Director, to Mailing List A-8 on asbestos handling, October 5, 1979
  • Pages 2-4: Attachment Section XVIII: health and safety considerations for craftspersons handling asbestos-containing material, including OSHA limits (dated October 4, 1979)
  • Pages 5-7: Mandatory precautions and procedures check list, including respirators, wet cleanup, disposal, monitoring, EPA notification, warning signs and caution labels

People and organizations

From William B. Troutman (Safety Director) to Mailing List A-8; J. C. Nelson (cc); R. G. Harmon (cc); R. E. McEldowney (cc); D. A. Baehl (cc); B. Y. Lette (cc); K. O. Hopkins (cc); W. V. Filipek (cc); R. G. Hull, Jr. (cc); R. A. Ream (cc).

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Duty to Warn · OSHA · OSHA Asbestos Standard · West Virginia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-2313 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 7 pages. Production numbers UCC 003094 to UCC 003100. The same document is also document UC-2310, UC-3262, UC-3461, UC-3860.

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William B. Troutman (Safety Director). “William B. Troutman to Mailing List A-8 on Asbestos Handling Procedure at the South Charleston Plant.” October 5, 1979. Union Carbide documents, UC-2313, Bates UCC 003094 to UCC 003100. Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics, South Charleston Plant. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 17303. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/17303.

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