B. L. Murray to E. O. Harrah on Asbestos Dust Concentrations in Insulation Work, South Charleston Plant (1972)

Internal letter reporting results of personal air monitoring of insulators in the South Charleston Plant maintenance department (Project D-1-72). It states the 8-hour time-weighted average asbestos fiber concentrations were below the permissible exposure under the standard effective July 7, 1972, and discusses continued monitoring, record keeping and employee notification. Attached are definitions and a data table (Table I), which is largely garbled in the OCR.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Letter from B. L. Murray to E. O. Harrah on asbestos dust concentrations in insulation work, June 26, 1972
• Page 3: Examples and definitions attached to the letter (time-weighted average, permissible exposure, monitoring, ceiling concentration, Federal Register citation)
• Pages 4-7: Table I, asbestos dust concentration data for insulation work (OCR garbled; printed upside down or rotated)

People and organizations

From B. L. Murray (Environmental Protection (originating department)) to Mr. E. O. Harrah (Building 109-2, South Charleston Plant).

• Bert Murray (author)
• E. O. Harrah (recipient)
• South Charleston Plant (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• OSHA (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Exposure in Insulators and Insulation Workers · OSHA · West Virginia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-3192 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 7 pages. Production numbers UCC 016569 to UCC 016574.