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HWBB-0006911 Westinghouse Electric Corporation May 7, 1976 HeaoQuarters inousmai Hygiene Research ar.a Oeveropme^r Center SeuianRoaa Pittsourgn Pennsylvania '5235 412 256 584; TO: FROM: ATTENDEES OF MARCH 5, 1976 ASBESTOS SEMINAR K. Ar~Sodden, Administrator, Industrial Hygiene Laboratory Attached Is information related to the subject seminar and the @ Asbestos Substitution Program. Please note the May 3, 1976 memo from Divisions1 V.P.'s outlining the program with specific contacts to assist you with your program. Updated reports on the proposed standard and/or health related information will be forwarded to you on a continuous basis. Attachments: -Div. V.P.'s 5/3/76 memo. -Seminar Critique (3/9/76) -Asbestos Substitutes List (3/10/76) -Seminar Roster/Copy of Slides -Hampton Substitutes (2/3/76) 03114947 KNNnFFS EXHIBIT ) eg 9V cs ca 03 Hampton - S u b s titu te th e ir,A a b e e to e - _P h e n o lic M lc a rta Sheet N a O <H 5S *1 0* * .* -5 *2 *; I. tf f* *eJ h 0*p>g 03114948 t HIIBB-0006913 8U--nU REGULATED AREA ! AIRBORNE ASBESTOS ABOVE LIMITS ENTRY BY AUTHORIZED PERSONS ONLY DAILY ROSTER OF PERSONS ENTERING AREA I.H.L. 3-76 03114949 <7=3 & l==0 -.a SUMMARY ASBESTOS SUBSTITUTES PRESENTLY USED PLANT Bloomfield APPLICATION Curtains-glare and heat shield SUBSTITUTE MATERIAL Fiberglass Cloth (Pais Mfg. Co.) Buffalo E. Pgh. Insulation Nomex (DuPont) Micarta Silicone Glass Doryl Glass Melamine Sheet ^ Protective Blankets for Soldering Blankets Nomex (DuPont) Refrasil (Hitco) M 41514GC Lester Insulating Blanket Filler Pipe Insulation Block Insulation and Pipe Cement for Block Insulating Blanket Cover Kaowool (Babcock & Wilcox) M 41414AD Temp Mat (Pgh. Corning) M 41414AD Flame Safe (Johns-Manville) @M 41424JC (fiberglass) Thermo 12 (Johns-Manville) M 46102BB Super Power House Cement (Keene Ind. Insulation Corp.) Textoglass 1925/9383 Glass Cloth (Pocar, Philadelphia, Pa.) Sharon South Boston Tank Cover Gaskets Fiberfrax Rope (Carborundum) Glass Sleeving Heat Trap for Brazing Wet Cheese Cloth Fiberfrax Rope (Carborundum) Stop Gasket for Bushings Duroid 900 (Rogers Corp.) Shielding for WeldBraze Aluminum Sheet Nomex (DuPont) Fiberfrax (Carborundum) Weld Barrier (Blankets) Textoglass S/192-/9383 (J.P.Stevens) Weld Barrier (Sheet) Textoglass S/84205/9383 (J.P.Stevens) 03114950 r NWBB-0006915 9T69000-8BNH In March 1976, the Corporate Standards Department Informed Industrial Hygiene of 42 Uestinghouse Manufacturing locations that were using at the time, or were known to have used, asbestos or asbestos containing materials in their operations. This information was available, because these divisions were participating in the Corporate Standards Material Code System. Following is a list of these locations. Athens, GA - Overhead Dist. Transformers Baltimore, MD - Systems Development Beaver, PA - Control Products Bedford, PA - Treated Materials Bloomfield, NJ - Lamp Bloomington, IN - Dist. Apparatus Bridgeport, CT - Bryant Electric Buffalo, NY - General Control Buffalo, NY - Large Motor Buffalo, NY - Medium Motor and Gearing Buffalo, NY - Industrial Equipment Cheswick, PA - Electro-Mech Cleveland, OH - Outdoor Lighting Derry, PA - Industrial Ceramics East Pittsburgh, PA - LRA & Switchgear Greenville, PA - Specialty Transformers Greentree (Pgh), PA - Industry Services Hampton, SC - Micarta Horseheads, NY - Electronic Tube Hunt Valley, MD - Electronics System Supports Hyde Park (Boston, MA) - Sturtevant Jefferson City, MO Underground Dist. Transformers Lester, PA-Steam Turbine, Gas Turbine Lima, OH - Appliance Motors Lima, OH - Aerospace Electrical Lima, OH - Small Motors ' Muncie, IN - Larger Power Transformers Newark, NJ - Relay Instruments Norman, OK - Residential Air Conditioning Raleigh, NC - Meter Randolph, NJ - Elevators Roundrock, TX - Heavy Industries Motor Sharon, PA - Transformers South Boston, VA - Small Power Transformers Staunton, VA - Commercial & Ind. Air Conditic Sunnyvale, CA - Marine Sykesville, MD - Industrial Equipment Sykesvllle, MD - Welding Trafford, PA - Power Circuit Breaker Vicksburg, MS - Interior Lighting West Mifflin, PA - Transportation Youagvood, PA - Semiconductor 03114951 JWBfi~0006918 yw & u----- J SUMMARY OF QUESTIONNAIRE OH ASBESTOS PRODUCTS 1) Replies received from 19 locations. .. 2) Affirmative answers to question^ - "Which of the following asbestos containing products are used in your operations." 2 Block 4 Board 2 Brake Lining 4 Cable & Wire (Asb. Insul.) 0 Cement Sheet 7 Cloth-Trea ted 4 Cloth-Untreated 1 Fibers(Air Floats) 3 Fiber Powder (Resin Grade) 0 Filter Media 3 Laminated Compositions 3 Micarta Bars 9 Micarta Sheet 0 .Molding Mixtures 0 Molding Compositions 8 Paper-Treated 5_Paper-Untreated Q_Powder 1 Pulverized Asbestos 8 Rope Packing 5 Sheet Packing 4 Sheet (Asb. bonded with rubber) - _l_s^eet (Mill Board) 3 sleeving 4 Tape 5 Transite 2 Yarn List any others not mentioned above. 2 - Asbestos Filled Cement 1 - Paints - Asbestos Filled 1 - Caulking Compound 1 - Pipe Covering 1 - Flex Tubing Insulated vith Asbestos 2 - Gloves 1 - Ceiling Tile 3) Plants Replying: Baltimore AESD, SOD Bedford IMD Bloomfield Buffalo Derry East Pittsburgh LRA Grand Rapids Architectural Systems Division Greentree ISD Greenville Irwin LRA Lester Manor IMD Muncie Reform Sharov South Boston Staunton Trafford PCB West Mifflin IMD -4 ZRH 3-10-76 03114952 JUJBfi-0006919 SUMMARY OF CRITIQUE - ASBESTOS SEMINAR - March 5. 1976 (1) Did this seminar present useful information to your programs? 100Z - Yes (2) Additional Information on asbestos: List of approved substitution Corporate level of purchasing decision to eliminate asbestos - M-number search to identify material containing asbestos - Sampling methods which meet regulatory requirements - Asbestos standard breakdown on slides as shown at seminar . - Industrial Hygiene to become a collection and dispensing source for asbestos products - Tradenames of common items containing asbestos "" - Hone - Convinced that it mvst be completely eliminated - Asbestos rule changes - Your follow-up based on the seminar - Possible brake block substitutes - Clothing substitutes - Will the Corporation take a position with respect to questioning the X-ray examinations for the asbestos and future health standards? - Will Material Engineering and Purchasing become involved in directing the controls of asbestos usage throughout the Corporation? - Substitutions available in phenolic molding powders - asbestos free Substitute for motor slot wedges (M 44141AA) (3) Should seminars like this be held on future health standard Impacting on? 100Z - Yes (4) What specific OSHA standards would you like to be kept updated on? Noise Solvents Inorganic Mercury Lead Resins Ammonia Chromates Acetone Styrene Toluol Asbestos Welding Alcohols PVC Metal & Flux (5) Comments: - Excellent meeting, well planned, well run - Need more opportunities to exchange information on safety & health problems - Good, concise, informative program - Need central clearinghouse for successful substitution examples - A similar program on expoxy resins and catalyst - Good show - well worthwhile - Seminars on specific materials are very helpful - Will suggest strongly to send material engineers to future meetings - Industrial Hygiene should publish a comprehensive list of asbestos substitutes - A listing ofmaterials that contain asbestos - Need for a seminar on other proposed standards that have a large impact on @ - Noise - Corporation should eliminate the use of asbestos products* 4> TASK FORCE: Paul Palmlerl, Gerry Brady, Smith A* Gause, G. Shilling. MAP, 3/9/76 03114953 ASBESTOS SUBSTITUTES PRESENTLY USED NUBB-BBS6920 APPLICATION Insulation Motor Blanket Filler, Insul. Block & Pipe, Insul. Pipe, Insul. Cement for Block, Insul. Blanket Cover, Insul. Protective Blanket or Shield Curtains-glare & heat shield Heat Trap for Brazing Soldering & Velding Veld - Braze Weld Barrier Gaskets Tank Cover Gaskets Stop Gasket for Bushings Tool Holding Jaws-Hot Glass in Lamp Production SUBSTITUTE MATERIAL Nomex (DuPont) Micarta Silicone Sheet") Glass Doryl / Glass Jfelamine () CO * Kaowool (Babcock & Wilcox) Temp Mat (Pgh. Corning) M 41414AD Thermo 12 (Johns-Manville) M 46102BB Flame SAFE(Johns-Manville) M 41424JC Super Power House Cement (Keene lad. Insulation Corp. Textoglass, 1925/9383 Glass Cloth (Pocar, Philadelphia, Pa.) Fiberglass Cloth (Pals Mfg. Co.) Wet Cheese Cloth Fiberfrax Rope (Carborundum) Nomex (DuPont) Refrasil (Hltco) Aluminum Sheet Nomex (DuPont) Fiberfrax (Carborundum) Textoglass S/1925/9383 (J.P. Stevens) Textoglass S/84205/9383 (J.P. Stevens) Fiberfrax Rope (Carborundum) Glass Sleeving Duroid 900 (Rogers Corp.) Teflon ZRH 3-10-76 03114954