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FILE NAME Manville JMA DATE 1964 - 1977 DOC JMA332 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Manville Correspondence from Other Companies 7177 9/71 7/71 11/72 9/65 7/76 1/77 8/73 9/73 5/64 5/73 11/77 7/77 7/77 3/71 5/71 10/73 6/70 7/71 10/70 8/77 M Correspondence From Other Companies Aluminum Company of America Asbestos Information Association Asbestos Textile Institute Associated Insulation of California Bausch & Lomb Bell Laboratories 2 Bendix 2 Certain Products Corporation Chrysler Chemical Division Dow Chemical USA DuPont General Electric Company General Motors of Canada Limited 2 General Motors Corporation Hollingsworth & Vose Company Kaiser Steel Corporation PPG Industries Shell Oil Company 1977 July 27 ALCOA ALCOA Paul Kotin M.D. Senior Vice President Health Safety and Environment Manville Corporation % Greenwood Plaza Denver Colorado 80217 Dear Paul We do not in any of our plants provide work apparel a regular basis specifically The closest we come to that is disposable paper clothing for employees who periodically go into certain baghouses But other than this nothing else I would recommend your contacting either Dr. MacRoy Gasque Vice President and Director Health Affairs or Dick Henderson at Olin the latter is their chief industrial hygienist in Stamford Connecticut their clothing practice for workers in mercury cell room exa psosruergeasrdsOff the record I think they go a bit overboard but it of view For represents one point another I would recommend review of the NIOSH proposed Mercury Standard in the work clothing section I hope these leads will be of help Fortunately in our cell operations we have been able to control exposure without mreecrocuurrsye to .clothes We do however provide a commercial laundry sized washer . there but largely on the premise of keeping mercury out of their home laundries Do want you want to me write Gether Gether Gether to < < fl Best regards from Gaby and me to you and Pauli Eest were Eest Eest Eest eee Bertram D. Dinman M.D. Corporate Medical Director vmd Asbestos Informato .-._. 22 East 40th Street New York N. Y. 10016 212 661-8206 15803 An America voN i 4 KO m7 ~ September 7 1971 Donald H. Krebs PhD Industrial Hygiene Department General Motors Technical Center 12 Mile and Mound Rd Warren Michigan 48090 Dear Dr. Krebs Your been letter of August 17 1971 referred to me for reply to Mr. Harold McNabb has Answers to your specific questions are as follows 1 Threshold Limit Values The present Threshold Limit Value for asbestos fiber dusts in the United States is 12 fibers per milliliter greater than 5 microns in length This is the standard as published in the Federal Register The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists recently adopted a Threshold Limit Value of 5 fibers per milliliter greater than 5 microns in length It is expected that this standard shortly will be adopted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and then published in the Federal Register Measurement of these fiber levels is done by the membrane personal air sampler technique which is described in the enclosed copy of a U.S. Public Health Service paper entitled The Method Used By the U.S.P.H.S. for Enumeration of Asbestos Dust on Membrane Filters Great Britain uses a series of standards which are described in an attached clipping As you will read the British in measuring fiber levels use short sampling periods initially generally with a Draeger hand pump If necessary they will proceed to 4 hours sampling using equipment similar to that used in the United States It is general practice in this country to use medium to long duration sampling 90 minutes to 4 hours and not do any short duration sampling Sponsored by Atlas Asbestos Co. Certain Products Corp. Flintkate Co. GAF Corp. Manville Corp National Gypsum Co. Panacon Corp Manhattan Inc. and Woodward Corp. ee oe en; noe . - se ene pecs Donald H. Page 2 September Krebs PhD 7 1971 2 Proposed and Existing Legislation I enclose a paper prepared by the Asbestos Information Association that discusses pending and proposed legislation as it relates to asbestos fiber Unfortunately we advised of recent asbestos do not offer developments a service that would keep you that might affect users of Please contact me if you require additional information Very truly yours ------ ----,--, menmen ------ ----,--, Edmund M. Fenner -- -- ----, ----------,--, EMF ems Encs 3 July 8 1971 16266 BD ( Mr. H. E. Sunbury Asbestos Textile Institute 75 Center St. Pompton Lakes N. J. 07442 ATI HEALTH SAFETY FOLDER STEEL GRIP SAFETY APPAREL CO INC LETTER JUNE 29 1971 Dear Herb I can understand Mr. Mettam's especially in conjunction with the potential threat that adverse publicity concerning Asbestos imposes on his business It is necessary however that by some communication means we contact Mr. Mettam and try to reach an understanding that we are not projecting Dr. Selikoff's thoughts or theories in our booklet Instead we are projecting the documented medical and engineering facts by competent researchers such as Dr. George Wright Dr. Lewis Cralley and others I do not know who sells Mr. Mettam the asbestos textile materials he is using but it would be my opinion if it is one of our member companies that company should be responsible for contacting him and presenting the facts of the matter { will be very glad to provide whatever assistance i possibly .o. Sincerely yours C. L. Sheckler Manager Accident Prevention and Health Administration CLS TW 1095213 1095213 ASSOCIATED INSULATION OF CALIFORNIA 238 SOUTH 24TH STREET RICHMOND CALIFORNIA 94804 Phone 233-1611 RECEIVED November 15 1972 NOV 20 1972 MICA National Insulation Contractors 8630 Fenton Street Silver Spring Maryland 20910 Association RE OSHA LABEL REQUIREMENTS Gentlemen Please send to the attention of the undersigned the following QUANTITY 50 ea DESCRIPTION Phone Number card Emergency 1-50 .05 ea plus postage 5 ea 25 ea 15 ea 5 ea 5 ea 50 ea SAFETY TAGS Do Not Start Danger Caution Out of Order 50 tags any assortment - 3.00 etc. - 20 x 14 sign Caution - Asbestos coated for outdoor use 5 signs - 5.00 Caution > labels 10 labels Asbestos etc. for 1.60 x adhesive Thank you Very truly yours ASSOCIATED INSULATION OF CALIFORNIA Theek Ji Voly President FJV BAUSCH & LOMB 7) ROCHESTER NEW YORK 14602 September 29 1965 Kenneth W. Smith M.D. Medical Director Manville Corporation 22 East 40th Street New York 16 New York A & R R KWS CLS 10/5 10/5 Dear Dr. Smith giving I note that you are with Asbestos and Disease a paper entitled Experience at the Industrial Hygiene Foundation Meeting in Pittsburgh I expect to be at that meeting and would be interested in talking with you as to the importance of being able to differentiate the three major forms of asbestos chrysotile amosite and crocidolite I have your publication showing these three different forms as shown by electron microscopy Enclosed is a xerox copy of a paper that I presented at the International Symposium on Microchemical Methods held at State College during the week of August 22 Included in this paper is the use of Dispersion Stain- ing for the differentiation of asbestos ee e Sincerely yours GCrossman jw Industrial Hygienist Health Services 009211 009211 009211 Bell Laboratories 600 Mountain Avenue Murray Hill New Jersey 07974 Phone 201 582-3000 July 9 1976 6044 Morton Corn Ph.D. Assistant COPY of Labor U.S. Department of Labor COPY are 200 Constitution Avenue N.W. Washington D.C. Dear Dr. Corn 20210 COPY COPY the It appears that we have a special question relating to the asbestos standard promulgated by OSHA During the course of our industrial hygiene surveillance of Bell System companies we find that the asbestos concentrations inside the vast majority of our office buildings approximatoer _ are less than the concentrations of asbestos fibers found in the outside community air Typical concentrations within our buildings average 0.06 fibers per cc of air whereas typical values for the ambient air in the of the same' Bell System buildings average 0.1 fibervsicp ie nr ity cc of air All airborne concentrations within our buildings have consistently been well below the standard of 2 fibers per cc of air If the present asbestos standard is taken literally the finding of even a single fiber not necessarily asbestos is cause for instituting special monitoring and medical surveillance procedures for employees located within those' buildings Needless to say we will continue to collect information to on airborne asbestos levels through our initiated studies and in response questions from employees who Me fe 8 + have become greatly concerned about asbestos because of it a notoriety in the press However I fair to say we have begun to wonder believe it is also about the reasonable- ness of an inordinate expenditure of time and effort on Oa ah pmoeteger ON monitoring and surveillance procedures for those de on operations having exposure levels below background Pome . Aad t -over- Horton Corn Ph.D.- 2 July 9 9 1976 the We would therefore appreciate an interpretation from you as to manner in which the scope and applicability of i we work (" the present asbestos standard relate to the kind of t environment cited above our | This brief letter is designed to introduce asbestos question to you If you believe a more detailed dis. cussion would be profitable we would make ourselves L available to meet with you . \ . greatly Your perspective on this question would be appreciated Regards - ae - . vo 2 me awachung G. M. Wilkening Head Environmental Health = and Safety Department 0 tort t Tg as i ae RS ? COS Mo"o hr 19 JAH 1977 Mr. George M. Wilkening Head Environmental Health and Gafaty Department Bell Laboratorios 600 Mountain Avenue Hurray Hill New York 07974 - COPY - Dear Mr. Wilkening OO '- This is in responsa to your letter of July 9 1976 rere inquiring into the applicability of the present Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA standard for acbestos 29 CFR 1910.1001 where airborne asbestos concentrations inside office buildings are consistently less than those found in the outside community air As you know the Secretary's asbestos monitoring regulation at 29 CFR 1910.1001 1 requires initial monitoring of every place of employment where asbestos fibers are released Such initial measurements of office building _ tg employee exposures to airborne asbestos are wo believe roquized whenever there is any reason to believe that airborne asbestos is present inside the building regard- less of whether the levels present are long than those generally found in the normal outside environment Obviouslayn suployer's suspicion that airborne asbestos | exists inside the buildings should be aroused whenever asbestos in worked or used anywhere within the building Similarly where asbestos has been applied to walls -), ceilings exposed structural steel air ducts plenums return air spaces boilers pipes etc. or where asbestos , is being released into the atmosphere from someplace other than the employer's workplace such as an adjacent industrial operation the employer should be alerted to the possi- _ bility that asbestos fibers are present inside its building SOL WEBlasier 1/18/77 rjp Rm 4014 - Ext 36302 sav Page 2 oy ". _ . Although by its express terms as well as the developing- case law 29 CFR 1910.1001 would require medical exam- inations where employees are exposed to any concentration of auboston fibers it is current 05HA policy to require medical only examinations when employee exposures exceed 0.1 fibers greater than 5 microns in length per cubic centimeter cc average greater than 5 microns on an hour time weighted THA basis Our policy in this regard darives support from a recentrecent recommendation from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health NIOSH that the permissible exposure limit for airborne asbestos be fixed at this level This recommandation was mada by NIOSH in its document titlod a : Effects oxamination and Update of Information Health of Occupational Exposure to Asbestos December 1976 . concerned monitoring is Insofar as continuous concerned 29 CFR 1910.1002 1 and 3 the standard requires that after the requires initial determination sampling shall be of such requires frequency and pattern as to represent with reasonable accuracy the lovels of exposure of employees In no case shall |. accuracy sampling be at intervals greater than 6 months for employees ~ reasonably whose exposure to asbestos may be foreseen to excesd 2 cc groater than 5 microns on an hour TWA a an ree aa basis Where the initial measurements show asbestos concentrationsconcentrations to be far below this level then further sampling normally need not be performed until there is reasonable cause to believe that the airborne asbestos concentrations revealed by the initial measurements have hy . - The changed initiation of such processes or the presence me Yr -hk of such factors as those indicated in the second paragraph cdeye 2 above should similarly cause an employer to question the L, current validity of initial determinations previously made In closing lot mo point out that I was somewhat surprised by the asbestos concentrations found by you in the air outside your office buildings As I am sure you are aware the outside levels indicated in your letter are on the order A a hye . oh a i ee ee es oe Page 3 of 1 to 2 magnitudes higher than the environmental nonas | for most regions of the United States Thus Bell's self- initiated offorts to survey the environment both inside and outsidoef its office buildings are particularly ~ significant as they suggest Bell's recognition of the serious hazards that have been associated with to to asbestos exposure asbestos Slt , ae C^ I hope you will find this letter ' questions you have raised C^ ; Sinc.erelySincerely a . . oo, . , Ce _ . C^ . C^ C^ met cote. . i: * . Morton Corn yea Morton Corn Assistant Secretary of Labor aoe Bendix 003997B 003997B Kansas City Division P. Box 1159 Tel Kansas CityMo CityMo 64141 64141 816 363-3211 The Bendix Corporation Corporation Manville Products Corporation Industrial Hygiene Department 105 Jeffrey Street Asbestos Quebec Canada Dear Sir August 29 1973 Please provide at your earliest convenience any information that you can furnish covering the control of asbestos dust generated from the sawing of your THERMOCORE building material e.g. types of local exhaust used with portable saws etc. Also please include available sampling methods and any other information you feel may be of assistance in complying with the new and proposed OSHA standards for asbestos exposure Your assistance will be appreciated truly Charles S. Triplett Industrial Hygienist CST dkvh Oo 37717 fy iff 3 Lf. = een t - vp ole ent Bejolis Bejolis Bejolis Bejolis iniquing iniquing which Sadley 9/17 Sept. 11th 1973 Tox Abalaz Abalaz Industrial Hygienist Bondix Kanapo City Division 1.1 Box 1159 Konna City To 64141 U.S.A. U.S.A. Dear Mr. Triplett have forwarded your letter of August 29 1973 to Mr. G.D. Swallow Kanager Occupational Environmental Control lanville Corporation 1.C. Box 5134 Denver Colorado 80217. To is in position to give you more completo information for the control of pebeates dust generated from nowing Thermocore Building material The official official CHA method for compling for nabestos dunt is the nombrane filter nothod as recorded in the Federal Register Volume 37 Number 202 Part II de tod October 13 1972 orhington D.C. have enclened cory ofwhich porphlet issued by Asbestos Textile Institute which will provide you with come general information information regarding the oruip- ment and method which in unod for myrli sbestos annt If we can be G.D. Swallow of further or ryself help plenne centret Fr. Yours truly cc G.l. a mollow mollow - Denver E.C. Area Stevens Vricmint ee " Certain Products Certain Certain Corporation Products Corporation Corporation Poo DOX H13 . AMBLER PENNOYLVANIA 11.851 Private & ConfidentiConafidelntial May 4 1964 Mr. CHLford Sheckler Manville Corporation 22 E. 40th Street New York 10 New York Dear Cliff I am enclosingenclosing this review of Dr. Selikoff's ppapaepr er on the assumption that you have not seen it You can imagine the reaction to this article at our local plant Sincerely CERTAIN PRODUCTS CORP Herenity wete D Herenity Leon D. Horowitz Supervisor of Safety .DI ap ; \ ; Enc. Peopres woo sor Pot, a 1 ot wank ' i . The Eve Palebre Palebre Phil Doctors Say WorkiWngorking May Cause Cancer April 30,1864 30,1864 WithWith Asbestos After Many Years ro. 1s American staticitystaticity staticity ca wires . b 37 cera o American Canit was his jer pork ' deed than 420,600 smbloradonsmbloradonsmbloradon smokers last Detention DDetnetiontentionPal produced a ma- joririkutakami of cigaretssmok- mok- i By KARL ABRAHAM | Of The Bulletin \ Staff of i Ashertos out of industry'sican focus most important and warely placed used raw materialswas Is~ that was presentebdy a New Health Research Institute inglese hratta hratta ba ard | York physaman Di. 2. Seli Fairleigh Dickinson University Microncopla Cons kolf to meeting of the Ameri recently had reported creating Auberon Auberon mineral a class industry'sican by industry'sican Industrial Hygiene Associa cancers in hamsters inject thephave thephave different Sheraton tion in the Sheraton Hotel ling asbestos into the lining cheharet cheharet compositions huit chre Dr. Selkoff's Selkoff's medical re jaround their lungs The poperty u"h mgmide by | tighte under additional suspicion suspicion herejsearch herejsearch teata has studied all of men who have become mem He said that the hazard of malignant diseases of the lungs naturenature in the form af tighte ' packed tiers Pulverized as- itlie yesterday as possible cause hers of New York City New- of asbestos workers cuggaped in beston beston Boes can be of micros- cancer evidentcoe-Thtehye Selikoftfrades relatively wpaortrNiecwkleiesdinppotTdasgorhteiidicilnstessSouth rsmealploarmtneiudnndtilscaarastogbeeesftdo|s Here is some of the podo & line H. Jocals of the Interna specific industrial operations | copiccopic s~-zan tional Union of Heat and Frost such as mining and asbestos Da Bank that . Insulators and Asbestos Work processing had been reported 30 the y camper victims studied York in New York all had br^"n ex- pers AFL since Dec. 31. years ago estos at least 23 1914 They are building trades The New York area building he : w^/rkers w^/rkers trades workers however was year. said that if their et^-cerswere relate Research Report a group with little dos then was a asbestos exposure said edits . At the end a year per Sclikoff ver^ver^ d^,mtedeveloping dicase jiod as of Dec. 31 1962 report Sa formidable were the im- line espasura of these works wunla Jed Dr. Selikoff the researchers plications of this study said Dr.jers Dr.jers buildingbuilding trades he said of Inated the following that nil of the huild- bus trailer trailer than that moment -They selected records of workers in the the moment population h"toer lings 632 United men who had been exposed States and workers in much alter it was would be States without considera- : asbestos for 20 years On the selected other industries should hand my for ass of general population hesubjected to the widest widest posibly posibly buong curch curch imonialty gtatisturs 204 should that this and He dif notes that reseyecher Piave died However the actual sible study so some other materials under sus studied South bungs the bungs Africa of a had death in the group was 755 almost en- picion could be proven or laid prongy prongy n^'preadsthere and fanad the difference was to rest upiv attributable to death from 225 5 parent to contain asbestos 3,000 . 119007 Products small t^rold i, In flus grosity there He said he estimated there bas bern nonding to penetalj penetalj were about three million bunid- averages averages beh^renbeh^ren sixand Teven ling trades workers m the nation death because of cancer in the In addition he said there are Hinners of the pleur^ sun sur about 3,000 asheste products rounding rounding the hugs Actually [ there were sanchi caurer vic- 15 aless sorattieh Devers co pacbee cancers get less than ten of the realen and tectum but there from jupe insulation to auto brake Imings to floor tile with 311 undetermined unmber of workers " doubt that modern indus- Wite 79 Branchiopglue Branchiopglue try could san vive without without ashescarcinoma carcinoma carcicarncinomoacarmcinomaacarinoma tor World pspoirbhum 14 ce , oat to poiralle fea aliasat que 197 oo live deadetatlesldeeatlses an into prawn from 203,060 203,060 tons une 1900 into runner that then mellyton tons ' . i wl. was d seven in the Untien That ex general populaas haan wl anrers in Hamsters Dr. Seid ff pointed out that Dr. Wilham E. Smuth of the in 1960 said Dr. Rastkokt Working with by Selkoff Selkoff nur Dr. Jacob Churg and Dr. K. Cuy- lee Hanusond all of M1 Sinki Hospital In New Hammond also is York Dr. director of 004004 May 18 1973 @ @ Mr. P. H. Heckman Chrysler Chemical Division 5437 West Jefferson Ave. . Trenton Michigan : Dear Mr. Heckmant - tote who ees nwiees a! We have received a the bulletin board copy of in your the notice department which was posted we understand on and entitled Asbestos is a Killer We are very concerned with this type of publicity with reference to asbestos and naturally it results from the publicity which has appeared in the in recent months Unfortunately members of the have press the adverse factors relating to Asbestos & Healthpbreesysond all ebxoaugngdesraotfed accuracy and again unfortunately they show no interest in publishing the true facts Although we have a great deal of medical data on asbestos from the positive standpoint we believe the conclusions reached by the International Agency for Research on Cancer a division of the World Health Organization at a conference held at Lyons France in October 1972 to be pertinent The major conclusions of the report can be summarized as follows ) The population at large is not threatened by asbestos fibers in the atmosphere Surveys in a number of countries have shown that the concentration of asbestos dust in the urban atmosphere is about 10,000 times lower than the concentration known to be safe for occupationally exposed workers 2 While a direct relationship between inhalation of excessive asbestos dust and certain diseases was confirmed risks varied the type of occupation controls implemented in according to the type of fiber and the extent of engineering the workplace 3 No increased risk of disease results from asbestos fibers which might be present in the water supply beverages food or in the fluids used for the administration of drugs tye ran 4h smokinggreatelxypoisnecdreases Abe" " i 5 Oy ' we * " We are It is confirmed thatcigarette the risk of lung cancer among men and women te."o, n additional on subexpject ay, data exposed axcessive asbestos dust theirococupationscupations 3 o& ne Chan 4. hee to * E aa a 2 ae ~: coocupations occupations require ey Fa woe + 3 prepared send thissubject to you if you a group require os the same or to have specific membersof our environmental i control group sage representatives Meee require meet your representatives at request ss sy with union representatives represntaives your at your request : iy Ppt oe ae DY interested representatives group .We will be in COMMEN sat ",../* Mr. Thomas L. Sullivan- W. International P. O'Reilly - Cleveland -  > > " " DOW DOW CHEMICAL U.S.A. 9 November 1977 MIDLAND MICHIGAN 48640 Paul Kotin M.D. Senior Vice President Health Safety and Environment Manville Corporation Caryl Ranch Denver Colorado 80217 Dear Paul This is in reply to your letter of October 24 1977 in which you stated that your people had heard that Dow has made a corporate decision to ban the use of asbestos containing products in all its future construction Paul Etcyl Blair and I have checked everywhere we know and can find no one who knows anything about any ban on asbestos It is true that we are using other materials as insulation where such is feasible but there are applica- tions where we know of no substitutes so we are continuing use I hope this will set the record straight However must have been some statement made that caused your to come to their conclusions there people I am sure you realize that in an operation as spread out as Dow is there easily could be a local situation about which neither our corporate people nor I know and I suspect this could be the situation If you can I will be glad to explore it 090 identify the 0 77" . source With best personal regards V. K. Rowe Sc.D. Toxicological Issues Health and Environmental 1803 Building 636-2376 Research g P.S. Surely good success and to hear that your operation was that you're back in the saddle a complete VKS FRAGILA LIFE . AN OPERATING UNIT OF THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY HANDLE WITH - (OLS? AMDV etm te . : Nosartige Nosartige Nosartige Nosartige Nosartige Nosartige E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY INCORPORATED WILMINGTON DelawaRE 19898 CENTRAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HASKELL LABORATORY FOR TOXICOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE July 26 1977 " Paul Kotin M.D. Senior Vice President Health Safety and Environment Manville Corporation Greenwood Plaza Denver Colorado 80217 Dear Paul I was delighted to see you again at the ALOSH Seminar in Morgantown and hear about your sputum cytology program and chest profile I reported your presentation in some detail to both Bruce Karrh and Charlie Reinhardt Charlie asked me to find someone who could answer your questions on clothing in some detail When I was at Chambers Works we did some work in the Industrial Hygiene Laboratory evaluating methods and effectiveness of plant laundering of both cotton and Nomex temperature aramid work clothing using both chloroaniline and tetraethyl lead as compounds where we wished to minimize skin exposure These experiments were done under the direction of the Industrial Hygiene Laboratory Supervisor John R. McCarthy Ph.D. I have asked Dr. McCarthy to write you directly and summarize his findings He is also the medical representative on the very active Protective Clothing Committee at Chambers Works and thus is in a position to hear about the administrative aspects of our work clothing program and its acceptability to the worker Because of the variety of compounds handled there Chambers Works is probably the scene of our most comprehensive program in protective clothing For the same reason it has the most highly developed site industrial hygiene facility with its own laboratory to monitor metabolite excretion as well as a fine clinical laboratory to monitor hematological and bio- chemical variations Dr. McCarthy supervises both labora- tories and is in an excellent position to comment on the effectiveness of our program BETTER THINGS FOR BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY Paul Kotin M.D. 2 July 26 1977 You will find much valuable background material on this subject in the chapter on protective clothing in the Chemical Rubber Company Handbook of Laboratory Safety Second Edition edited by Norman V. Steere and published by the Chemical Rubber Company Cleveland Ohio in 1971. The author of the chapter is Adrian L. Linch now retired who preceded Dr. McCarthy as Chambers Works resident industrial hygienist This will at least give you some idea of the ramifications of a supplied work clothing program Perhaps w" can find others in Du Pont who can speak more fully to your questions on enforcement penalties costs etc. or you might consider retaining an experienced person such as Mr. Linch as a consultant For documentation of the desirability of issuing dedicated work clothing I would refer you to a paper by Edward L. Baker Jr. M.D. et al Lead Poisoning in Children of Lead Workers Home Contamination with Indus- trial Dust New England Journal of Medicine 296 5 260-261 February 3 1977 Sincerely William L. Sprout M.D. Consultant - Clinical Investigations WLS : 46 GENERAL 46 ELECTRIC GENEGREALNERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY . FAIRFIELD CONNECTICUT 06431 203 373-2949 July 29 1977 Carts 162x13 CORPORATE MEDICAL OPERATION Paul Kotin M.D. Senior Vice President Health Safety and Environment Manville Corporation Greenwood Plaza Denver Colorado 80217 Dear Dr. Kotin Dr. Casey has asked me to work with you in regard to your letter of July 14 1977 on employee workclothes practices Our further investigations in his letter of July 19 1977. confirm Dr. In General Casey's indications to Electric we have no you corporate policy specifically concerned with workclothes for employees The General Electric plants number several hundred of vary- ing and and size geographically scattered and using a diversity of technologies processes to produce a wide range of industrial and consumer products services Consequently apparel needs vary to suit the individual component situations which again may encompass a range of purposes including for example employee protection area safety professional image projection and product quality Following are summaries of apparel practices at a number of repre- sentative operations Plant A - Electrical Insulating Laminates Manufacturing Coveralls 1. Two per maintenance and varnish plant employee furnished and laundered as site tool crib service 2. Other production and service - either launderable or disposables to fit specific task trolled Supervisor con- Lab coats smocks Safety shoes Static shoes Other Purchased and supplied to all laboratory personnel site laundering as tool crib service Required to be purchased and worn by all employees since plant opening Special area - First pair furnished replacements by employee Rubber suits and coats welding gauntlets etc. fit job needs boots hardhats gloves required and furnished to Plant B - Chemical Manufacturing Coveralls Disposables furnished for special jobs Uniforms | Lab coats smocks Shirts and trouser sets - color by work area Each production employee three sets per week average supplied and maintained by commercial laundry service Supplied to all laboratory personnel by commercial laundry Maintenance Safety shoes Other Required for all production employees per year for each employee by Company Two pair Rubber suits job requires boots gloves etc. by Company as Plant C - Special High Technology Manufacturing Lab coats Available to all production employees Not required supplied and maintained service as desired from rental Uniforms Safety shoes Shirts and trouser sets optional some jobs Laundering by employee Not required but encouraged zation for one pair per year option Ten dollar subsidi- payroll deduction Plant D - Wiring Device Products Manufacturing No general workclothes such as coveralls required or furnished uniforms lab coats or smocks Rubber suits and aprons Storm gear boots etc Safety shoes Supplied to plating employees Issued per special requirements Use encouraged Five dollars per pair tion of employee purchase no limit subsidiza- Plant E - Commercial Electrical Apparatus Manufacturing Coveralls Uniforms Supplied to maintenance and painting personnel on selected job basis Supplied and maintained by commercial laundry service Shirts and trouser sets - All maintenance and plating personnel shirts daily week Commercial laundering trousers per raul kotin M.D. M.D. 1 - July 29 1977 Plant E Continued Smocks Required for personnel in clean rooms weekly commercial laundering Issued Plant F - Apparatus Field Service Coveralls Blue flame retardant with logo Issued to all personnel performing service on electrical apparatus at customer site Safety and image projection laundering by local commercial service In some instances the supplying of workclothes has been a part of the labor contract negotiation For the most part however the deter- mination to supply for the various reasons is a management decision We cannot at this time furnish any meaningful information on locker provisions enforcement practices etc. because these too are suited to individual component operations and practices Costs will also vary by locality and you can best have your needs priced by local suppliers of uniforms and laundry services I hope this information will be of help to you questions which we can help you to answer I will be to component personnel with the necessary particular experience Just drop me a line or call If there are more happy to refer you knowledge and Very jal truly . , yours Econdary GRE CC T. R. Casey M.D. H. D. Pocock Jr. M.D. Ecenbarger Gale R. Consultant - Safety C C GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA LIMITED OSHAWA ONTARIO mee t : Any 4 may ! | Seiya. ; ane March 29 1971 Camila Manville 16hore 16hore 16hore M. E. Port Credit Ontario Co. Gentlemen Gentlemen Programa Over the past several years a Hazardous Materials Control has been in effect at General Motors of Canada Limited to insure the safety of our personnel and the protection of our property and nvironvironn ment mnve ironnmetnt As part of the continued updating of technical information res quired for this program we ask that you please complete the attached questionaire for the following products and return them to the writer an soon as possible 25-175 Cement 302 Insulating Asbestos Fibre our safety if there is any information about your product not containe containe questionnaire which may be of any importance from a nealth or standpoint please enclose same - Please be assured that any information you may provide us is Strictly for use in our Hazardous Materials and Pollution Control Program Thank you ' eu e - Your truly Son Son Son Son Son Son Son Son Son . Moy , Y f R.B. Mason Buyer Buyer 2915A May 10 1971 wee Re ob. Mason Buyer Caueral vistors of Canada Oshawa Ontario CANADA Limited Doar lk lidson I have recently been requested to provide you with toxicological Information concerning our Manville product 302 Insulating Cement It is . pleasure to provide you with this information We have completed and attach both the questionnaires regarding hazardous materials and pollution control If there is any additional information required or I can be of any further assistance please contact me Very truly yours C. L. Sheckler Manager Accident Prevention and Health Administration CLS aw Enci 00 R.M. Hutcheson - AFD Asbestos N. W. Hendry - AFD Asbestos H. G. Donovan - Research attach W. E. Hodgson - Port Credit attach J. W. Axelson - Research File 13373 . INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL STAFF GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION October 23 1973 Mr. Edward Fenner Manville Corporation P. O. Box 5108 Denver Colorado 80217 Dear Ed We spent a very delightful day last week visiting your plants in Nashua and Billerica As you said the asbestos pellatizing operations we observed certainly provide excellent dust control Ray Pieczarka Nashua and Bob Kelly Billerica were very generous hosts and supplied us with much useful information Thank you very much for making the arrangements for us Sincerely yours WHK CC Mr. R. Hillmer Mr. A. Swanson ~~ W. H. Krebs Ph.D. Industrial Hygiene Dept. 19 GENERAL MOTORS TECHNICAL CENTER MILE AND MOUND ROAD WARREN MICHIGAN 6 7 Y Technical Technical and Indiestnal Papers DONALD G. MAGILL JR Vico President and Division ManagerMassachusetts Mills Telephone 617 448 5777 West Groton Massachusetts 01472 Executive Offices East Walpole Massachusetts NS NVILLE ENGINEERING ENGINERING ENGINEERING ENGINEERING ENGINEERING CENTER CENTER we ENGINEERING ENGINEERING ENGINEERING CENTER 08835 TELEPHONE TELEPHONE 722-9000 N. 08835 6 TELEPHONE TELEPHONE 722-9000 . CENTER CENTER AREA CODE 201 AREA CODE 201 lick lick The Out Out June 8 1970 . NCG NCG NCG Mugil Jr. roi President & Division Manager - Mass Mills Mills ingsworth & Vose Company St Groton Massachusetts 01472 won Kisappreciated Kisappreciated Kisapreciated Kisappreciated the opportunitop oyrtunity to meet with you and members your staff to discuss the nealth and environmental control aspects of 03 Gu ber and glass microfibersand To Tour The East Wallpole and rely Oroton Oroton Mills oned during our meeting The major problem you have in relation OSCOSTOS OSCOSTOS fiber is nousekeeping I recommend that broken bags as they ". ved from the boxcar be oither taped or covered with a ship bu i Vacuum cleaned It is my understanding that Jim Reis and our Asbestos vor Division are working on an improved nothod of shipment to your plants Four spills in the warehouse should be vacuum cleaned i mentioned insofar as we know fibrous glass is a biologically inort Prial However health studies in this field are still underway icularly icularly in the area of microfibers in order to confirm or deny this nclusion nclusion nclusion I recommend that the housekeeping in your microfiber felting operation operation improved os discussion i montioned the ponsibility ponsibility that h & might avail Thundaives of the services of The Incustrial Incustrial Rygiene Foundation in oburg vicus Pa I enclose a brief fact shoot For furthfeurrther information 1 Baggoot from that 1.H.F. on you write theirtheir engineering engineering engineering to Dr. R. 7.rev 7.rev 7.rev 7.rev Wo nduress nduress given in the foot oroot a ee perconi crystalline silica contains less wold Limit Value than 2 of 20 NPPGI crystalline Ton abwe crystalline nous silicu silicu and and de dim^dous dim^dous earth would apply thereford thereford natura natura wie ke to again emphasize that sa sa loynun the views | expressed ewer the health aspects of these two maturials como solely from untidios Nevis wid and you might wish to confirm them with a medical specialist 17 Nuby truly yours + agt . a i ae w~ id eed July 1972 vs ceo Mr. Ralph E. Allan Director Industrial Hygiene Kaiser Steel Corporation ~~ Steel Manufacturing Division P. O. Box 217 Font na Georgia 92335 Dear Mr. Allant Recently you requested toxicological information concerning our Mnavilla 7R05 Asbestos Fibre It is a pleasure to provide you with this information Attached please find a U. S. Department of Labor Material Safety Data Sheet in conjunction with this product as requested Also attached are two booklets entitled Recommended Safety Practices for Handling Asbestos Fibre If additional information is required or I can be of any further assistance please contact me Very truly yours C. L. Sheckler tianager Accident Prevention and Health Administration CLS m Encl Encl . CC J.R.M. Hutcheson - AFD Asbestos N. W. Hendry - AFD Asbestos 11. G. Donovan ~ Research J. P. McCarthy San Francisco Sales hr ae athy art, APC APC APC INDUSTRIES 11039 PPG INDUSTRINCLI IONE EINCS LIONE GATEWAY GATEWAY PHISBURGH PENNSYLVANIA 15222 AREA AREA 412 434-3846 October 19 1970 LEE B. GRANM.T D. _ Medical Director Hr Clifford I. Sheckler Manville Corporation 22 East 40th Street New York New York 10016 Dear Clif Our Bob John told Price was Lalking him of work going with Bob Naylor at a recent on at M in the coating of NIMA Mecting asbestos fibers with an inert material in hopes of reducing the asbestos hazard Would it be possible status of such for you to research provide me with more information on I thought it was interesting that I the had present heard nothing about this at our NIMA Health and Safety Meetings LBG le Cc Mr. John Price Sincerely hit hit Lee B. Grant M.D. Medical Director Was SHELL OIL COMPANY ONE SHELL PLAZA P.O. BOX 2463 HOUSTON TEXAS 77001 August 29 1977 511 Mr. Paul Kotin M.D. Senior Vice President Health Safety & Environment Greenwood Plaza , Denver Colorado 80217 Kotin Dear Dr. Kotin oo, if XL In reply to your letter of July 14 1977 we do not have a corporate policy on work clothes for employees however safety and industrial hygiene guidance is provided to local management with respect to personal protective work clothes and their care is ment measures and local policy for issued coordinated within the functional depart- There are two types of clothing made available the standard coverall for so called dirty jobs such as coking and the coverall or trouser combination for employees handling certain chemicals The latter are issued daily and returned at the end of the shift for laundering on the premises At smaller locations a local uniform supplier may be used for daily issue and laundering We have found disposable clothing convenient in our smaller laboratories but its use is not standard practice since the material is fragile and uneconomical Employees are expected to change uniforms in the course of the day if they are excessively soiled or penetrated by chemicals Union complaints or demands regarding uniforms have been infrequent and lived therefore have not posed a problem will will Personal hygiene is fundamental to particular job exposures dictate the degree and enforcement of personal protection rules vary not only by location but by areas within one location and This We have found it best to leave policy on work clothes issue to the functional _ departments or at local level rather than give it corporate attention It could be difficult to explain why one location would rate issued uniforms while another would not thus inviting dissension by the have nots Hopefully the above is of some value in your policy development Cordially AA A L. Kusnetz Manager - Safety & Industrial Hygiene