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ASBESTOS CONFERENCE TEXTILE FIBERS DEPARTMENT NOVEMBER 17-18, 1983 RICHMOND, VIRGINIA OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS DU 053023 DUP 1010981 OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS stion 1. Has your site dealt witn an outside contractor m ar_. aspect of asbestos handling (installation, removal, waste disposal, etc.)? Caoe Fear - Yes Waynesboro - Yes Cooper River - Yes Chattancooa - ves Richmond - ves Seaford - Yes Martinsville - Yes Kmstor - Yes Did i-ickory - Yes -Camden'- Y-es DU 053024 DUP 1010982 question 2. Describe briefly the job(s) handled by the contractor. Cape Fear Most asbestos related jobs are performed by Daniels Construction. Removal of 4 _joi 1 - f i red boilers (involved gross asbestos removal) was performed by Central Salvage, Inc. Bala Cynwyd, Pa. Wavnesboro Demolition of acetate facilities. Insulation removal and repair - Brown and Root. Removal of insulation from salvage pipe. Coooer River Renovation ofLa polyester exchanger and upflow prepolvmerizer. C.hattanooaa Waste disposal. R i c hmon d Large scale jobs - boiler .reinsulation, exhaust flue duct, etc. -- -- Seaford Many jobs over the last several years. Martinsville General insulation work. Insulation installation, fabricatin' ""and modification of piping, valves, ducts, and equipment. Kinston Waste disposal. Transoonts dumpster to plant landfill and empties. Old Hickory Removal and waste disposal. DUP 1010983 DU 053025 Question 2. (Continued) Camden Demolition of auxiliary power house. Spinning machine overhaul. Boiler overhaul. Stripping inTulation from dismantled process piping. DU 053026 DUP 1010984 Question 3. List the contractors and indicate your assessment of the contractor's oerformance. Gate Fear :- Daniels Construction - Good Central Salvage - Borderline, required excessive follower. Waynesboro Manchester - Poor Brown and Root -Good now WNI Industrial Service - Borderline Coster River __ Daniels Construction - Good Chattanooga -= BFI Waste DisposalIncorporated, Richmond Ford Brothers Insulation Company - Satisfactory Seaford County Insulation - Very good Tri State - Good Major Construction - Fair Martinsville BWB - Satisfactory Star-Davis -'Good Metro - Satisfactory Kinston Carter-Hill Sanitation - Good DUP 1010985 DU 053027 aggaark iam &-, MHt? ii -i ;;-rf"--'tm'-;Tf-jjg-I Question 3. (Continued! Old Hickory Levy, Nashville, Tn. - Good C 2 T'.'l 6 n Daniels Construction - Very good 5oiler Tube Company of America - Good Camden Steel Meta1 Company - Satisfactory, required close followup. DUP 1010986 DU 053028 maiiii mm I; ; >: ilics .1 iaapiiK stion 4. Hew is liaison handled between the site anc the contractor? Cape Fear Contractor coordinates from the area with contractor management. wavnesbero Engineering contract coordinator. Cooper River Engineering and/Environmental Control Groups Chattanooga __ Contract coordinator Richmond 'rh. rough Construction ce2ford Contract administrator Marti r.sv*11 e _ Du ?ont has liaison assigned to coordinate contractor work or site. Kins ton Site contacts contractor via phone when needed. Old Hickory Contract coordinator (Du Pont Area Contract Administrator). Camden WUfrrart TooVdinator nandles all communications with supervisor of contractor personnel. DUP 1010987 DU 053029 Question 5. What role did the site play in dealings between the contractor and governmental agencies? Cape Fear Prepared notification correspondence and coordinated site visits by government as required. ^avnesboro None. Coooer River Notification and disposal. Chattanooga v_ None. Richmond None. Seaford Contact between Delaware'-Val ley Purchasing, Contract Administrator, and contractor relative to OSHA requirements. Martinsv111e . CT None. Plant insists that contractor meets all Federal arc State requirements. Kinston Site handled all contacts. Cld Hickory -Followup on necessary contacts. Camden Handled correspondence relative to demolition, removal, renovation. Arranged visits to site upon request of government represer.tar .es. DUP 1010988 DU 053030 Question 6. What information did the site give the contractor with respect to the health hazards of asbestos, governmental requirements for personnel protection, monitoring, waste disposal, etc.? Dace Fear Regulations, Du Pont Engineering Standard S47, had contractor sign document that asbestos handlers were in medical surveillance program. wavnesboro OSHA and EPA standards. Cooper River Following notification. Complete packet. Trained their suoervision on barricades, ventilation, disposal, labels, wetting, and respirators? Performed monitoring. Cnattancoaa Documented discussion with contractor and his responsibility to comply with Reg. 40 CFR 61. "ichmond ~old about the asbestos standard and that's about it. Sea^ord Complete review of Seaford Administrative Work Procedure. Martinsvi11e Insists that cantractor follow all plant procedures and GSHA guidelines. Kinston Site covered contractor. Regional Purchasing covers the requirements. Old Hickorv Includes a statement in the scope of work, wnat the material it and that he must foliow-tne law. Camden Provided contractor with copy of OSHA and EPA standards for asbestos; contract coordinator reviewed requirements. DUP 1010989 DU 053031 Question 7. Did the site furnisn the contractor with any equipment, either loaned or permanently, to use with the astescos job? If so, list the equipment. Cape Fear Nothing furnished. Waynesboro Nothing furnished. Cooper River Half-mask respirators. Cnattanooqa __ Nothing furnished. Richmond __ Nothing furnished. Seaford Nothing furnished. Martinsville Nothing furnished. K-i ns ton Nothing furnished. lid Hickory Norma 11 y4((pBh furnished. On one job, we supplied bacs and tags for the asbestos waste. Camden Gave Camden Steel and Metal enough disposable respirators fen his employees involved with the job. Nothing furnished otrer contractors. DUP 1010990 DU 053032 Question 8. tew was comanaganerrt rroidctf? Cape Fear With understanding between Plant, Construction, and CcC'-actor management prior to starting the jod; interface with contracto'management was through specific individuals. Wavnesboro Contacts with contractor supervision only. Cooper River __ Plant support requested by Daniels. Worked with their suce-v s:n, Chattanooga Richmond _ All dealings, comments, audit results were given to the ccrtrsctcrliaison. Sea ford Has not been a problem,. ......... ., Martinsville Plant provides guidelines, but contractor manages his peocie. Kins ton Contractor was made aware of the hazards. Management left contractor. *. Cld Hickory Told them what to do, not how to do it. Camdtfrr Told contractor, or gave it in writing if contractor requestec. that if we were doing this job this is how we would do it. Emphasized, however, and made sure contractor understooa t*at how he did the job was his decision. All contacts handled between site contract coordinator and contractor supervst'-. DUP 1010991 DU 053033 naWlMMi Ouestion 9. If the site audited the job while the contractor was performing it, list the"segments of tne job audited, how the auditing was done, and the frequency of auditing. Caoe Fear Work practices were audited 2-3X per day by Environmental Group, continuously by Plant and Construction management. Air samples were taken randomly outside, contractor barricade to insure Du Pont employees' safety. Wavnesboro Air monitored outside barricaded areas. Cooper River On Day Shift by Environmental Control and Process Control (they did monitoring). Chattanooaa Annual audit of pickuo, transportation, and disposal.. Richmond Not formally. Sea ford Barricades, signs, removal methods, dust contamination, samel v:. bagging, disposal, etc. Frequency of audits was daily. Martinsville -- Barricades Wetting down Protection to operating personnel Waste disposal Personal protective equipment Audits done daily. Kinston Audited dumping of insulation in a hole. Annually. Old Hickory ~ Daily on all phases. U P 1010992 DU 053034 mMIBB ife xifeatsfek^ . a: ii kitlial Sl ,i: t fitfa^MaiaiiftBataKMaaiaMIMiiliiiiiaiMiKB;!j&ii Question 9. (Continued) Camden Work practices audited almost continuously by contract coordinator; several times/day by SHEA, Engineering and Manufacturing (if worK done in operating area). Auditing done by visual inspection. All aspects of the government requirements for handling asbestos were audited" Air samples for asbestos concentration taken outside barricade by Engineering. DUP 1010993 DU 053035 I,--SifttriflFr---ifeHjiir Question 10. List and explain briefly other items pertinent to outside contractor involvement witn asbestos. Caoe Fear Hopefully from this survey, we can develop a list of the "best" asbestos handling contractors. Waynesboro Biggest problem is cleanup of an area after contractor is dene. Coooer River Chattanooga Richmond Seaford 6 mil plastic bags are'Turn i'shed 'by Du Pont. Disposal (off-site) by "Eastern Disposal". Arrangements through SHEA. Dw.t'HtSkS are being worn by contractors for removal o* stwdfcmk. Martinsvi11e Generally, Contractors have been used at Martinsville to do non-asbestos work. There have been no contractors used to do strictly demolition type work. Plant forces have generally stripped asbestos insulation outside on pipes, valves, ducts aad_equipment that contractors have removed or modified prior to disposal. Kinston Contractors used to remove insulation should take adequate safe guards to prevent exposure of Dlant personnel. DU 053036 DUP 1010994 Question 10. (Continued) Old Hickory You have covered the waterfront. Camden Cheapest isn't always least expensive. A contractor we hac for one job was totally unfamiliar with the hazards of asbestos and the myriad of government regulations and rec taoe involved with handling asbestos. His idea was to krocf. it down and haul it away. Plant personnel spent a great deal of time "Holding his hand" so that in the end, although he was low bidder, the job cost more than it would have if we hac gotten a qualified contractor originally. A contract shoulc not be approved unless all areas involved are sure tne contract: can do the work on his own. DU 053037 DUP 1010995 SUMMARY All sites have used outside contractors in asbestos work. t Extent of contractor involvement ranges from transporting waste asbestos to landfill to demolition of a major facility. Assessment of contractor performance from poor to very good. Liaison with contractor varies widely. Call on shone when needed. Contract coordinator responsible for all dealings with contractor. Six '6' sites handled reauired notification of governmental agencies. t Information imparted by site to contractor re hazards of asbestos and regulations ranges from simply telling contractor to comply with regulations to m-deoth review of regulations and hazards. Two (2) sites have furnished respirators for contractor personne';' one other has supplied bags and tags for waste. A1! sites avoid comanagement by letting contractor do the jcs without specifying how ne does it; communications with contractor supervisor only. Auditing ranges from practically none to continuous. Need to develop a list of best qualified contractors. DUP 1010996 DU 053038