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1341 W Mockingbird Lane Suite 903 E Dallas TX 75247 214 6314919 July 3, 1984 Mr. Terry Lohman Plant Manager J-M Manufacturing Denison, TX , Re: ESIS Contract 84E0096 Dear Mr. Lohman On May 14, 15, and 16, 1984, I visited your plant to conduct an Environmen tal . Health Survey. You will find the results of the Environmental Health _ Survey attached in a full report. Results reported are an indication of the environmental. health conditions that existed at the time of the sur vey. ` '- ' ' ': I wish to thank you and your staff for the courtesy and cooperation ex . tended during the course of my visit. . ... If you should have questions about the report, or if I can provide fur ther assistance with your environmental health program, do not hesitate to contact me at (713) 933-1826 or (214) 631-4919. Very truly yours. Aileen Teng Certified Industrial Hygienist Loss Control Services AT/st cc: Dr. E. Edward Wang, Ph.D.; 0-M Manufacturing Co., Inc.; A/C Pipe Corp.; 1051 Sperry Rd., Stockton, CA 95206 Ms. Beth Ingleston; Alexander & Alexander of New-York; 1185 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10013 . . JtIL O 5 1984 D 004873 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH REPORT f . PREPARED FOR: J-M Manufacturing Denison,'TX POLICY NUMBER: ESIS 84E0096 PREPARED BY: Aileen Teng Certified Industrial Hygienist Loss Control .Services ,_Inc.__ ACCOMPANIED BY: Terry Lohman Plant Manager J-M-Manufacturing DATES OF SURVEY: May 14, 15 and 16, 1984 JUL 0 5 1984 D 004874 J ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH REPORT INTRODUCTION On May 14, 15 and 16, 1984, an environmental health survey was conducted at J-M Manufacturing, Denison~Texas"to"evaluate"the 'employee exp'oswe to asbestos fibers associated with the manufacture of asbestos cement pipes. The survey was conducted at the request of J-M Manufacturing as part of an-on-going asbestos monitoring program. - The standards, guidelines, methods, results and discussion pertinent to this report follow. f- STANDARDS & GUIDELINES The results of this report are based on current OSHA standards and/or accepted state of the art industrial hygiene practices to give reasonable protection to - -.the health and welT-be-i-ng -of-yeur-employees-;------------------- ------------------- ' METHODS ' " ; ; `Air sampling and ariaTyses weTe "conductecf,' using the~ foil owing'methods: ` : Air . Contaminant ; Vacuum Source Flow. Rate Collection Medium Sampling & Analyses Methods 'Asbestos Du-Pont P-2500 SampVin'g Pump's ' & MSA Model G Sampling Pumps 1.45 Open face NIOSH P & CAM 54" TpfrT AA'f fl'ters 239; PCM ` 1pm:* liters per minute PCM: Phase Contrast Microscopy, Porton Reticle; 450 x magnification. Unless otherwise stated, samples were collected in the workers* breathing zones . to obtain samples indicative of actual employee exposure. Sampling pumps were calibrated prior to and after the sampling period. All analyses were performed by Environmental Health Laboratory which is accred ited by the American Industrial Hygiene Association. RESULSTS Results of asbestos sampling are presented in Table I. . -1- D 004875 J-M MANUFACTURING, DENISON, TEXAS AIR C0N( (1) T.W.A. - The Time Weighted Average c o n c e n tra tio n f o r a normal 8 hour workday. 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CO -- oa 3 o to UJ -trt tCD O O 4-> oo L_ V CL CL I CO -J C Tf- U #-- 4-> CD 10 10 t_ c_ a> CD CD O) c a 1-- a) CO C<0 0) >> r-- *r-- 2: t- <c o QJ.4-- 3: f-- 0) CL H- E aj ra xr o cc 1--11--* QJ O > 13 C0 U. to o to +-> H T ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH REPORT rS 4 DISCUSSION Air samples were collected from within the breathing zone of the employees. One sample was taken for each job classification. The UCL #2, radial drill, nipple lathe, perforater drill, K & C lathe and molding swing saw, were not in operation during-!:Kef survey, therefore, samples could not be taken for these operations-'....... As can be seen from the sample results presented in the Results section, all the exposure levels were within OSHA 8-hour permissible exposure limit of 2 fibers per cubic centimeter of air. It should be noted that OSHA has issued an emergency temporary standard on asbestos which lowered the permissible exposure limit to 0.5 fibers per cubic centimeter. The emergency rulemaking was chal lenged in court by the Asbestos Information Association which obtained a stay on the implementation of the rule pending judicial review. The exposure'levels were also within the proposed emergency standard for asbestos. There were three samples which were so heavily laden with particulate matter that some fibers could have been obscured during count. Therefore, the reported results may be low. In order to obtain more accurate exposure levels, more 'samples with~sTTorter duration on each sample should oe taken at tnese locations. -2- D 004885 J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc. To: E. E. Wang, Stockton From: W. R. Arant, Denison Copies: A. M. Curry, W. G. Burnett Subject: YOUR LETTER OF JULY 5, 1983 internal Correspondence Date: August 11, 1983 Asbestos related lung disease is certainly a problem that we are all concerned with, especially as it relates to cigarette smokers exposed to asbestos fibers in the work place. In 1976 the Denison Plant instituted a multi-phase no-smoking program. The end result was to eliminate smoking anywhere on company property. The local union, by a written grievance, challenged the validity of our no-smoking policy. This dispute eventually ended in arbitration before David H. Brown, Arbitrator. On December 6, 1978, Mr. Brown rendered his decision in favor of the Union. As a result of his decision, the company is required to allow smoking in certain areas of the plant. In addition to the above mentioned arbitration case, our union contract contains certain restrictive language that would prevent us from transferring smokers to non-asbestos areas if they had seniority and qualifications to remain on their present jobs. It is our intent to eventually eliminate smoking at the Denison Plant through hiring practices that disqualify smokers. WRA'/la . AUG. 1 6 1983 D 004886