R. E. Graebert Forwarding J. W. Whittlesey's Advice to Dr. Welsh on OSHA Recordkeeping of Occupational Illnesses (1978)

A one-page cover memo dated January 13, 1978 from R. E. Graebert (Chemicals and Plastics Safety) to safety directors and the safety committee, attaching John W. Whittlesey's January 9, 1978 letter to Dr. Welsh on OSHA recordkeeping. The letter said that under the new OSHA Form 200 the company's practice of recording only occupational illnesses involving medical treatment, loss of consciousness, work restriction or job transfer should continue unchanged.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Cover memo from R. E. Graebert, Jan. 13, 1978, forwarding the Whittlesey recommendation on OSHA recordkeeping
• Pages 2-3: Letter from John W. Whittlesey to Dr. Welsh, Jan. 9, 1978, re OSHA recordkeeping and new Form 200
• Page 4: No text in the OCR; content not determined

People and organizations

From R. E. Graebert (Chemicals and Plastics Safety (cover memo)); John W. Whittlesey (author of the attached January 9, 1978 letter; title not legible) to Safety Directors (cover memo addressee, partly legible); Safety Committee (cover memo addressee); Hull, M.D. (cover memo addressee); R. A. Ream (cover memo addressee); Dr. Welsh, M.D. (Health, Safety and Environmental Affairs Department (addressee of attached letter)).

• R. E. Graebert (author)
• John W. Whittlesey (author)
• R. A. Ream (recipient)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Medical Department (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Safety and Environmental Affairs Department (named)

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About this copy

This is document UC-3854 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 4 pages. Production numbers UCC 013158 to UCC 013160.