H. C. Lewinsohn, Medical Surveillance of Asbestos Workers and the Requirements of the New OSHA Standard, Paper for the 1987 National WATTec Conference (1987)

A paper by Union Carbide's Chemicals & Plastics Group medical director, presented at the 1987 National WATTec Conference. It reviews the history of asbestos-related disease and OSHA standards, and describes the medical surveillance requirements of the 1986 OSHA asbestos standards for general industry and construction. The exhibit also contains the paper's slides, a table of data and a table of chest x-ray frequency, with some handwritten edits and notes.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-16: Text of Lewinsohn's paper: introduction, historical background, medical surveillance under the 1972 and 1986 OSHA standards, unresolved issues, conclusion
• Pages 17-40: Conference slides on the OSHA standards, history of asbestos disease, and purposes of medical surveillance
• Pages 41-57: Not sent; presumably further slides
• Pages 58-59: Slides repeating earlier slides (Slide 25A and Slide 2A)
• Page 60: Table of data on exposure and mortality in asbestos workers versus controls (OCR garbled, upside down)
• Pages 61-62: Table 2: Frequency of Chest Roentgenograms (page 62 not provided)

People and organizations

From Hilton C. Lewinsohn, MB. BCh., FCCP, MFOM, DIH. (Medical Director, Chemicals & Plastics Group, Union Carbide Corporation).

• Chemicals and Plastics Group (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• OSHA (named)
• Pneumoconiosis Medical Panel (named)
• Silicosis Medical Boards (named)
• U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Fiber Counting · OSHA · OSHA Asbestos Standard · Tennessee Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-4291 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 62 pages. Production numbers UCC 011077 to A01638.