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Letter from Calidria Corporation's vice president and general manager to OSHA stating that the company had mined and milled chrysotile asbestos in San Benito County since 1963 and had used a warning label on product bags since 1968. It announced plans to begin using an attached updated label and asked OSHA to respond within 30 days with any objections. The attached page reproduces the proposed label, headed "Chrysotile Asbestos, Warning, Cancer Hazard."
- Author
- W. C. Thurber (Vice President & General Manager, Calidria Corporation)
- Published by
- Calidria Corporation (formerly Union Carbide Corporation, Metals Division)
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-4174
- Date
- September 19, 1984
- Number
- Bates X401523 to X401524
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 18772 · asbestosclaims.law/library/18772
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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What the document holds
- Page 1: Letter of Sept. 19, 1984, from W. C. Thurber to John Miles, OSHA, about updating the asbestos label
- Page 2: Attached proposed Calidria chrysotile asbestos cancer-hazard warning label
People and organizations
From W. C. Thurber (Vice President & General Manager, Calidria Corporation) to Mr. John Miles (Director of Field Coordination, U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration, Department of Labor); Mr. Roy Gibbs (U.S. OSHA (cc), RM N-3103); Ms. Jennifer Silk (U.S. OSHA (cc), RM N-3663).
- William C. Thurber (author)
- Roy Gibbs (recipient)
- John Miles (recipient)
- Jennifer Silk (recipient)
- Metals Division (its organization)
- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
- CHEMTREC (named)
- OSHA (named)
- U.S. Department of Labor (named)
Related pages
Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · Duty to Warn · OSHA.
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This is document UC-4174 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 2 pages. Production numbers X401523 to X401524.
Cite this document
W. C. Thurber (Vice President & General Manager, Calidria Corporation). “W. C. Thurber to John Miles (OSHA) Giving Notice of Updated Calidria Asbestos Warning Label.” September 19, 1984. Union Carbide documents, UC-4174, Bates X401523 to X401524. Calidria Corporation (formerly Union Carbide Corporation, Metals Division). AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 18772. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/18772.
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