H. E. Fitzgerald to V. P. Hayes Forwarding ORC Study-Analysis of the OSHA Asbestos Dust Standard, with Federal Register Text (1972)

A July 3, 1972 Linde Division internal letter forwarded to V. P. Hayes an Organization Resources Counselors memorandum (June 20, 1972) analyzing the new OSHA asbestos dust standard, noting 5 fibers/cc effective July 7, 1972 and 2 fibers/cc effective July 1, 1976. The exhibit also contains a June 27, 1972 Linde Safety Affairs cover note and the June 7, 1972 Federal Register text of the standard and its explanation.

What the document holds

• Page 1: H. E. Fitzgerald (Linde Gas Products) to V. P. Hayes, July 3, 1972, forwarding the OSHA asbestos standard study-analysis
• Pages 2-7: ORC memorandum, Brooks and Teplow, June 20, 1972, study-analysis of the standard for exposure to asbestos dust
• Pages 8-17: ORC side-by-side annotated table of the standard and the published explanation, with marginal comments
• Page 18: Linde Safety Affairs Department note, June 27, 1972, to V. P. Hayes, Speedway Factory, on OSHA amendments
• Pages 19-24: Federal Register, June 7, 1972: Standard for Exposure to Asbestos Dust (29 CFR 1910.93a) with explanation, plus unrelated AEC procurement notice at end

People and organizations

From H. E. Fitzgerald (Gas Products, Linde Division (originating department)); Wayne T. Brooks (Organization Resources Counselors, Inc. (author of study-analysis memorandum)); Leo Teplow (Organization Resources Counselors, Inc. (author of study-analysis memorandum)) to V. P. Hayes (Linde Division, Indianapolis, Ind.); ORC Occupational Safety and Health Standards Group (addressee of the ORC memorandum).

• Wayne T. Brooks (author)
• H. E. Fitzgerald (author)
• Leo Teplow (author)
• V. P. Hayes (recipient)
• Linde Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• AEC (named)
• Federal Register (named)
• Linde Safety Affairs Department (named)
• NIOSH (named)
• Organization Resources Counselors, Inc (named)
• OSHA (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: NIOSH · OSHA.

About this copy

This is document UC-4287 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 24 pages. Production numbers UCC 011851 to A21732.