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(5ff E. I. DU Pont DE Nemours & Company iNCORPOftATCO Wilmington, Delaware 19898 1f EMPLOYEE RELATIONS DEPARTMENT / ' `#**.4 j2'5Y**'V*/# *" ' >W*> November 19, 1980 ' M.& RECORDING ASBESTOS-RELATED CONDITIONS ON OSHA FORM 200 In light of an intensified medical detection program to identify asbestos - related conditions, additional cases of asbestosrelated abnormalities and illnesses will probably be revealed. Safety 5 Fire Protection Guideline 11.1, "Classifying and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses", Section 2.3, describes conditions which must be met for tabulating and log ging on OSHA Form 200 (U.S. only) occupational illnesses. In applying this paragraph, all Du Pont work-related instances of asbestos - related abnormalities, whether judged "benign asymp tomatic", "benign symptomatic", or "malignant", should be considered tabulatable and recorded on Form 200 (U.S. only). Tabulating and recording the benign asymptomatic abnormality is a change in practice. Du Pont's Medical Division does not regard the Benign Asymp tomatic Abnormality as an illness, and thus, our practice has been that of not logging. OSHA, however, maintains that this condition is loggable and has issued citations for failure to log. The change in logging practice is an administrative procedural change to avoid future citations, and does not reflect a change in Medical Division's position on the significance of the benign asymptomatic condition. The attached Guidelines "For the Management of Chronic Occupa tional Illnesses" and "For the Diagnosis and Classification of Asbestos - Related Medical Cases", published by the Medical Division are provided as background information materials. There's a world of things we're doing something about vWS VI o DU 037071 The past practice of submitting Non-Tabulatable G-105's for benign asymptomatic asbestos-related cases should be dis continued. Accounting for medical expenses is described in Part 10 of the Service Manual. Questions on logging and classifying injuries and illnesses should be referred to D. G. Windsor, 774-50S0, or J. I. Weir 774-2234. SAFETY 5 FIRE PROTECTION DIVISION -- ---------- , -------------- r Attachments TO: DEPARTMENT HEADS OSH COORDINATORS PRODUCTION/PLANT MANAGERS LABORATORY DIRECTORS SAFETY SUPERVISORS DU 037072 DUP 0 9 3 5 5 0 0