Electron Microscopy Work Request/Report Forms for Insulation Samples Checked for Asbestos (1987)

Six one-page Electron Microscopy Work Request/Report forms dated July to September 1987. Each asks the E.M. Laboratory to run SEM and elemental analysis on insulation samples for asbestos. The handwritten lab reports record yes or no findings for each sample number, including chrysotile, cotton, fiberglass and gypsum.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Request dated 7/29/87 by Ruth Thomas (A.F. Terry) to check insulation samples 009 and 010 for asbestos; reported 'No' for both, July 1987.
• Page 2: Request dated 7/8/87 by V. E. Stover for insulation samples 004 and 005 ('Caution - possible asbestos'); reported chrysotile, 'yes' for both, July 23, 1987.
• Page 3: Request dated 7/24/87 by V. E. Stover for three insulation samples renumbered 006-008; 006 yes, 007 no (cotton), 008 yes; reported July 27, 1987.
• Page 4: Second copy of the 7/24/87 request and report for samples 006-008, with the results written in shorthand and without the 'Send copy' note.
• Page 5: Request dated 9/17/87 by H. J. Kimble / V. E. Stover for insulation sample 015, with background 'asbestos'; reported fiberglass, and the lab called V. E. Stover 9-17-87.
• Page 6: Request dated 9-21-87 by V. E. Stover, H. J. Kimble and Dan McClure for insulation samples 16, 17 and 18; 16 yes asbestos, 17 yes asbestos, 18 no (gypsum); reported Sept 21, 1987.

People and organizations

From V. E. Stover (requester on pages 2-6 (phone X-4779)); Ruth Thomas (A.F. Terry) (requester on page 1); H. J. Kimble (co-requester on pages 5-6); Dan McClure (co-requester on page 6 (reading uncertain)) to Mike Kuling (E.M. Laboratory; signs the reports (signature, reading uncertain)).

• Howard J. Kimble (author)
• Vance E. Stover (author)
• Ruth Clise Thomas (author)
• Electron Microscopy Laboratory (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type.

About this copy

This is document UC-3116 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 6 pages. Production numbers UCC 019425 to UCC 019430.