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FILE NAME: Westinghouse (WH) DATE: 1973 Feb 7 DOC#: WH027 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Use of Asbestos Cloth, Paper and Tape in Soldering Operations SAST PITTSBURGH Hw Accident P revention, Ll m 236-2163 um February 7, W73 Us# o f Asbestos C lo t s , Paper and Tape In Soldering Operatione H r. W. Q . Oral Service Performance Saginaerlng cc i San Francisco O ffic e , Power Generation Service Seat P ittsb u rgh , 6G Power Generation Service East P ittsb u rgh , 10-L In s . Dev. Eng. East P ittsb u rg h , 5MH, Turbine Gen. k g . E ast P ittsb u rgh , t*HH, In s . Q e s i^ fe g . E ast P ittsb u rgh , UHS, Service P e r f. te g . -- East P ittsb u rgh , 2Glto. In d u stria l Hygiene ttr. I . 1. Bsrgquiat M essrs. H. Saailwood/ R . Van Vaen M essrs. D. Reilly/ P, Curtis Mr, J. D. Davidson Mr. J . C . So tts Mr. R. J. *illau Mr. H. W. Speicher Based upon the r e s u lts o f te s ts which ware subnltted to y w in w ritin g by H. W. Speicher concerning the concentrations o f asbestos during the handlin g o f asbestos c lo th , I would lik e to c e ll your atten tio n to the negative aspects o f H r. S p e ich e r's report to you* The te s t report l e f t seas doubt that tha use o f aabeatoe in th is operation is no h ealth p ro b lea, p a r tic u la r ly considering the esceeelv e le v e ls fo n d a fte r the o lo th was t o n by hsnd* Although H r. Speicher has requested a sasplo o f several s*aare fe e t o f the asbestos oloth used a t tha C a lifo r n ia oparaticn fo r ta s tin g , I th a t the personnel out there obtain the sarvloaa o f a ecn m ltan t sM p le s during the handling o f the asbestos c lo th daring oooaal sold erin g operations since the condition o f the c lo th and the technitpie in handlin g is c r it ic a l in creatin g airborne asbestos fib e r s . E ffo r ts should be directed to fin d su ita b le su b stitu te s fo r asbestos bearing m aterials such as fib e rg la a e or rockwool.