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Inter Office Personnel end Organization Staff Mrs. T. Byrd, Safety Engineer Technical and Transportation Operations 6 December 1983 ' Subject: Asbestos Deferences: 1) Volume 29, Code of Federal Regulations, 1910.1001 2) 1RAM Industrial Hygiene Bulletins Numbers 4 and 4b As requested, the insulation sample which you submitted to Industrial Hygiene Laboratory on 17 November 1983 was analyzed for asbestos. ThiB was in response to concern that employees with exposure to airborne duBt during demolition of Dearborn Specialty Foundry pipe insulation might have an asbestos inhalation hazard. - Test results, as shown on the attached data sheet, reveal that the pipe insula tion contains 53 percent asbestos. This result along with a copy of the OSHA asbestos standard regulations and Bulletins 4 and 4b Bhould be shared with employees, pipefitters and pipecoverers with potential exposures to the asbestoscontaining material, and the Union Health and Safety Representative. Excessive exposure to airborne asbestos fiber and dust can present serious, irreversible adverse health effects many years after exposure. Ihese include asbestosis, a progressively disabling obstructive lung disease, and cancer of the respiratory tract and of the chest and abdominal cavities. The long latency period between exposure and when disease may develop emphasizes the importance of preventive industrial hygiene control methods. Smoking greatly increases the risk of asbestos-related disease. Steps must be taken to assure that employees with potential exposure to asbestos are aware of these health effects and that proper precautions are taken to eliminate asbestos fiber inhalation. These include wet methods of dust suppres sion, use of effective respirators, vacuuming, local exhaust ventilation, debris containment, and protective clothing. If there are any questions regarding this report or industrial hygiene control methods for asbestos, pleaBe call us at 33~7955 3b Attachment I Industrial Hygiene Services Employee Health Services C07 ?61 * PRODUCED BY FORD ---- SCF-FORD-3408 CENTRAL LABORATORY SERVICES LABORATORY INVESTIGATION REPORT 4 41 WcLd. NUMBER 305367 TO: L. La'torre November 29, 1983 SUBJECT: Pipe Insulation from Casting Division. OBJECT: Determine if asbestos is present and if present identify and quantify* CONCLUSION: The sample was Identified as #83-2380 and did contain asbestos at levels greater than 1%. TEST DATA: Sample 83-2380 Asbestos % and Type 53? chxysotile FiberulassVJ-; ND Friability Moderate Balance-Other Components Mortar ND - none detected, detection limit 1$. (l) Fiberglass: including fiberglass, mineral wool, and slag wool. Test Method: Interim Method for The Determination of Asbestos in Bulk Insulation Samples. U.S. EPA, December, 1982. KKB/pk n oI b. KO11-2 oCC/7 06 2 PRODUCED BY FORD