H. C. Lewinsohn, 'The Medical Surveillance of Persons Exposed to Asbestos' (Corporate Medical Department), with Distribution List and 1985 Testing and Research Service Memo (1985)

A Corporate Medical Department background document by H. C. Lewinsohn on medical surveillance of asbestos-exposed workers. It covers asbestos-related diseases, pre-placement and periodic examinations, OSHA requirements, and two tables (minimum program and respiratory questionnaire). It is followed by a distribution list dated 6/3/85 and a March 20, 1985 memo from Marty Sue of Testing and Research Service about offering asbestos analysis as a service, with a 2/22/85 note forwarding a journal abstract.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-4: Corporate Medical Department background information document, 'The Medical Surveillance of Persons Exposed to Asbestos,' by H. C. Lewinsohn, M.D.
• Page 5: Table I: minimum components of a medical surveillance program for asbestos-exposed persons
• Pages 6-9: Table II: respiratory questionnaire (chest illnesses, cough, phlegm, breathlessness, smoking)
• Page 10: Distribution list headed 'To: General Occupational Health Committee,' dated 6/3/85
• Page 11: Memo dated March 20, 1985 from Marty Sue (Testing and Research Service) to R. A. Bleidt on possible asbestos analysis services, with handwritten annotations
• Page 12: Note dated 2/22/85 to Marty Sue forwarding a 1985 Analytical Chemistry abstract on transmission electron microscopy analysis of asbestos in ambient environments
• Page 13: No text captured by OCR

People and organizations

From H. C. Lewinsohn, M.D. (Assistant Corporate Medical Director); Marty Sue (Testing and Research Service, South Charleston (author of the March 20, 1985 memo)) to General Occupational Health Committee (distribution list for the Lewinsohn document); R. A. Bleidt (addressee of the March 20, 1985 memo).

• Hilton Cecil Lewinsohn (author)
• Marty Sue (author)
• R. A. Bleidt (recipient)
• Corporate Medical Department (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• General Occupational Health Committee (named)
• OSHA (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos and Lung Cancer · OSHA · West Virginia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-4298 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 13 pages. Production numbers UCC 011248 to UCC 011259.