T. L. Gritzie Industrial Hygiene Personal Monitoring Reports for Asbestos Exposure at the Sistersville Plant (1987)

Twelve one-page Industrial Hygiene Personal Monitoring Reports, all dated February 17, 1987, on asbestos exposure of unnamed workers at the Union Carbide Sistersville Plant. Samples were taken between October 1986 and January 1987 during insulation repair, stripping or removal and operator duties. Each report states that the result was below the OSHA permissible exposure limit.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Monitoring 1/13/87, repairing/covering asbestos insulation on stills, Rectification area; 0.04 fibers/cc (UCC 007288)
• Page 2: Monitoring 10/6/86, stripping asbestos insulation in Steam Plant; <0.105 fibers/cc, cc G. W. Wulfert (UCC 007289)
• Page 3: Monitoring 1/12/87, running K-36; 0.002 fibers/cc, filter heavily loaded with dust (UCC 007290)
• Page 4: Monitoring 1/14/87, operating K-15; 0.01 fibers/cc (UCC 007291)
• Page 5: Monitoring 10/9/86, removing asbestos insulation in Steam Plant; 0.09 fibers/cc (UCC 007292)
• Page 6: Monitoring 1/13/87, reactor area operator duties; 0.01 fibers/cc (UCC 007293)
• Page 7: Monitoring 1/12/87, repairing/covering insulation on stills; 0.002 fibers/cc, dust and debris on filter (UCC 007294)
• Page 8: Monitoring 11/3/86, outside operator duties; <0.06 fibers/cc (UCC 007295)
• Page 9: Monitoring 1/13/87, repairing/covering insulation on stills; 0.03 fibers/cc (UCC 007296)
• Page 10: Monitoring 10/6/86, stripping insulation in Steam Plant; <0.096 fibers/cc (UCC 007297)
• Page 11: Monitoring 10/9/86, removing insulation in Steam Plant; <0.07 fibers/cc (UCC 007298)
• Page 12: Monitoring 1/9/87, repairing/covering insulation on stills; 0.01 fibers/cc (UCC 007299)

People and organizations

From T. L. Grittie (Industrial hygiene; signer of the reports (initials TLG)) to G. W. Wulfert (cc on the page 2 report; IH and Medical also copied).

• Tammy Grittie (author)
• George W. Wulfert (copied)
• Sistersville Plant (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• OSHA (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Industrial Hygiene · OSHA · Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) · West Virginia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-3540 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 12 pages. Production numbers UCC 007288 to UCC 007299.