Bill Young to Maintenance Area Superintendents Forwarding OSHA Plans Asbestos Exposure Limit Reduction Report (1983)

A one-page Union Carbide South Charleston Plant internal memo transmitting an attached Occupational Safety & Health Reporter article on OSHA's plans to lower the asbestos exposure limit. The attached BNA report (July 7, 1983) states that OSHA head Thorne Auchter said a final rule lowering the permissible exposure limit would issue later in 1983, and summarizes AFL-CIO and Manville testimony.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Internal memo from Bill Young to Maintenance Area Superintendents, July 14, 1983, forwarding OSHA report
• Page 2: Occupational Safety & Health Reporter (BNA), July 7, 1983, 'Highlights of Current Report' on OSHA asbestos standard, AFL-CIO and Manville testimony

People and organizations

From Bill Young (signature; initials WCY) to Maintenance Area Superintendents; Assistant Plant Managers (copy); J. S. Cornell (copy); C. E. Fry (copy); R. W. Holland, Jr., M.D. (copy); R. A. Ream (copy); B. G. Stump (copy); T. G. Swanson (copy).

• Bill Young (author)
• Maintenance Area Superintendents (recipient)
• John Cornell (copied)
• C. E. Fry (copied)
• R. W. Holland, Jr. (copied)
• R. A. Ream (copied)
• B. G. Stump (copied)
• T. G. Swanson (copied)
• South Charleston Plant (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• AFL-CIO (named)
• Johns-Manville (named)
• Occupational Safety & Health Reporter (named)
• OSHA (named)
• The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc (named)
• U.S. Navy (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-3601 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 2 pages. Production numbers UCC 008269 to UCC 008270.