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FILE NAME: Chrysler (CHRY) DATE: 1977 Oct 21 DOC#: CHRY134 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Asbestos Survey with Data /_*m i*"1*** Plant Manager D P. G lazier, Industrial Hygiene ASBESTOSSURVEY. Pit CM . OivMion Stamping and Assembly Oivifton Employee i Ind. Relations Da'* "Q clobPiafntiu/O_wf2,la-'.c*1v. 1971. Trenton C hem ical -- KTm/. C hrysler C en ter CIIA& 453-00-00 eins 417-05-19 * a a r r n 1910 1001 (f)(3)(ii) stip u la te s th at environ- T he OSHA a a b e a to a s ta n d a r d C F R 191 . a5 t0 re p re se n t with m ental m onitoring be of such frequency exposure. In com pliance with . reasonable acc u racy the lev els of em pl y th is re q u ire m e n t, the w r ite r in v e ^ ^ ^ ^ P expoeure levels at all J uced difC b ra ke riveting work stations associated wi - t i ,,a tion a re liste d on the attached data p r o c e s s . T he r e s u l t , of th is l " v e9 t^ ,,M otion o r a r e a lo catio n . We sheets opposite the correspoi"L om bard, Supervisor. Employee and F acility L o cal 372 Chief Stew ard, at - i o . tim es throughout this survey. D uring the c o u rse of th is su rv ey , o ^ c t r B u i l ^ g * ' ^he^in^ake of the north on the east end of the F ric tio n P h e x h a u st of th e #2 B aghouse. . m ake-up a ir unit is in close proxi_ * ^ em i#iionB are being recircu lated A ir sam ple No. 22 indieaites back into the F rictio n P roducts But through the north m ake-up a ir unit, g th * # exhau8t be relocated Industrial Hygiene r ecom m e nda th at J rom the north m ake-up .o a . to direct de.ign M U ta , air ' - t h . attach ed A. C. C. I. H. .h .tc h , T h . p re lim in a ry in v eetig u tlo n c o n n e d A u ^ e t J ^ >11 * ith the yall grinding, d rillin g and riv etin g p H ow ever, the A ugust 29 two fib e r/c c OSHA P e rm is s ib le ExP TM " ~ le^e li at the pad only inspection data indicated significant a ir o r" * . perform ed at unventilated W ork- / work stations. This operation, in so ectio n and sorting of disc brake ,, O -M atic fix tu res, involved the vi Besly rough grinders, lin in g , a f te r th e y h a d b e e n g ro u n d on b o th ,s id e . a t ^ 0 on A ugu-t 29| Note that em ployees perform ing-1 P rlying re sp ira to rs. This r e s - , 1977, w e re r e q u ir e d to w e a r *PI\ r p rev io u s^ x p erien ce with the disc brake p irato r req u irem en t had re su lte d fro m previous exp lin in g , ground on the Hammond flat finisher. 1*t Upon receip t o! the A , . 29. 1977 1 * ^ to the F rictio n P ro d u c t, ia c lllty on Septem ber H . 1977. ,, ..,* .3 ' CHRVSLSt 082485 T F -1 8 9 jj S. C. E nders p . . Asbestos Survey 10-21-77 *' . ,, .,, .k s ta tio n s . T he S e p te m b e r 12. 1*777 a i r s a m p le s a t th e pad only .in s p c ^ 1 d the pad only inspection of ground a ir sam ples w ere analyzed im m ediately P ^ co tn p lian i.t. w ith S uction lin in g s w as d isco n tin u ed on Septum e r . notifie d th a t the a ir sa m p les 1910. 1001(i)(3), the affected em ployees indicatcd excessive exposure to obtained at the pad only inspection operation indie a irb o rn e asbestos fibers at this location. U !> 1077 downdraft e x h a u s l v e n tila tio n w a s D uring the week of S eptem ber U , s ta tio n s. In o rd e r to p ro p erly in sta lle d at the pad only insp* ev alu ate the effectiveness of the pad inspection exhaust ventilation, a y " ' P" J | r 21. J077. The Septem - th ird set of a ir sam ples was obtained. o P exhaust ventilation b e r 21 1977. a i r sa m p le s in d ic a te d th a t the d o w n d r ^ ^ Qn diac p ro v id ed good c o n tro l of pad only in sp * f brake linings which had not cc " p Dfigl rouph g rin d e r. The prnvided adequate control for those b r*k' P*d* p rio r ttTthe wet d rillin g operation, ( . . . - i r am ple No. .81. V. , 1977 the plant in s ta lle d ad d itio n al ex h au st D uring the w eek of S e p te m b e r 26. 19 A fourth set of a ir sa m p le s v e n tila tio n at 'th . n o r th th, drill p r . . . !>. located obtained on O ctober 6. ' iid roteet the drill p re s , operator (rom directly above the ground lining ' P tQ thc groUnd p ad s. Due to p r o - the residual asbestos dust which Auction scrap problems, theipa in s o e c tion8oi g round linings w as r e y ^ #am ple No. 21). Evidently, the e s ta b l is h e d on O c to b e r 6, 19 . ventilation will provide m arginal control o i ^ i ^ b o r n ^ a ^ b e ^ o ^ ^ h e i ^ e m p l o y o e l 'r e q u i r e d to ^ in ap ect g round lining*. We recom m end that the ln d u .trial EnBine.KnR and menu inve.tigate the po.aibtltty ol cltm I, ,,.portion operation. wiU * ` '' ^ J z t ^ - 5 , 1$- DANIEL P . GLAZIER Industrial Hygienist Attachments cc: L. F. Andre Ci. D. Benson F. A. Burnett l. C. 'i 'r b '" - - G. C. H ill J. A. Johnston C. < . Lnneucki r. r . ^! OHRYSLBt 802406 N. M cCallum K. G. M itc h ell !.. W. T e r r y \.i (V B rien Data Sheet TRENTON FRICTION PRODUCTS Location August 29. 1977 OSHA P e r m is s ib le E x p o su re L im it Concentration (fibers, greater than 5 m ic r o n s in length, per cubic centimeter of air) 2.0 Personal air sample, long riveting (inner disc brake) Personal air sample, short riveting (outer disc brake) Personal air sample, south disc brake drill press operator 4) Personal air sample, north disc brake drill press operator 5) Personal air sample, south Besly finish grinder operator 6) Personal air sample, north Besly finish grinder operator 7) Personal air sample, south Besly finish grinder inspector * 8) Personal air sample, south Besly rough grinder operator 9) Personal air sample, north Besly rough grinder operator 10) P e rs o n a l a ir sa m p le , pad only in sp e c tio n , after Besly rough grinder operation, tim eweighted average co n cen tratio n b ased on 4 hours on and 4 hours off, (em ployee was wearing an air-p u rify in g re s p ira to r) 0. 1 0. 5 0. 5 0.4 0. 1 0.2 0.4 1. 1 37.8 CHRYSLER 002497