Asbestos Information Association/North America, Draft Recommended Work Practices for Asbestos Products Manufacture and Fabrication, with OSHA Asbestos Standard Appendices (1975)

Compilation of draft Asbestos Information Association/North America 'Recommended Work Practices' booklets for products using asbestos, including asbestos-filled resinous molding compounds (draft dated 1/3/75), friction materials, reinforced plastic products and paper products. Each booklet summarizes the OSHA asbestos standard (29 CFR 1910.93a), gives general and specific recommendations on dust control, housekeeping and personal hygiene, and reproduces the standard as published in the Federal Register of June 27, 1974. The last pages include an equipment specification sheet for a vacuum unit.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-12: Draft work practices for manufacture and fabrication of products using asbestos-filled resinous molding compounds (draft 1/3/75), with OSHA standard 1910.93a as Appendix A
• Pages 13-24: Work practices for fabrication and use of asbestos friction materials, with OSHA standard reproduced
• Pages 25-36: Work practices for fabrication and use of asbestos reinforced plastic products, with OSHA standard reproduced
• Pages 37-40: Work practices for fabrication and use of asbestos paper products (draft stamp, partly legible date), cover, index, introduction and scope
• Pages 41-94: Not provided in the exhibit text sent for cataloging
• Page 95: Equipment specification sheet G-3 for a Spencer Turbine Company vacuum unit, model P-190
• Pages 96-98: Reproduction of OSHA asbestos standard 1910.93a from the Federal Register, June 27, 1974
• Page 99: Blank or no text provided

People and organizations

From Asbestos Information Association/North America, Standards and Technical Committee (preparer of the work practices).

• Asbestos Information Association/North America (its organization)
• American National Standards Institute (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Spencer Turbine Co (named)
• Standards and Technical Committee of the Asbestos Information Association/North America (named)
• U.S. Department of Labor (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Brakes, Clutches, and Friction Materials · Asbestos-Reinforced Plastics: Circuit Breakers, Switchgear, and Resin Pipe · Dust Control · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA · OSHA Asbestos Standard · Washington DC Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-4243 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 99 pages. Production numbers UCC 010900 to UCC 010997.