P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison Transmitting Airborne Fiber Survey Results for the King City Mill (1973)

Internal letter, marked Confidential, from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City plant, transmitting a survey of airborne fiber (5.0 microns or longer) taken March 20-21, 1973. It gave estimated weighted exposures for bagger, handler and wet circuit jobs, said respirators must be worn in the bagger area, and recommended separate clothing change and lunch areas. Two attached pages hold the sample data tables.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Letter from P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison on the March 1973 King City fiber survey, with exposure estimates and recommendations
• Pages 3-4: Enclosed data tables of air sample results by job and time (OCR largely unreadable)

People and organizations

From Paul W. McDaniel (Industrial Hygiene Engineer, Medical Department) to Mr. F. H. Larrison (Mining & Metals Division, King City, CA); Mr. J. W. Rawlings (copy); Mr. E. A. Piersall (copy); Dr. J. J. Welsh (copy); Dr. K. S. Lane (copy).

• Paul W. McDaniel (author)
• Floyd H. Larrison, Jr. (recipient)
• K. S. Lane (copied)
• E. A. Piersall (copied)
• James W. Rawlings (copied)
• John J. Welsh (copied)
• Medical Department (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Mining and Metals Division (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Industrial Hygiene.

About this copy

This is document UC-2460 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 4 pages. Production numbers UCC 015404 to UCC 015407.