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FILE NAME: Friction Materials Standards Institute (FMS) DATE: 1975 May DOC#: FMS038 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo to Asbestos Study Committee RE Recent Distributions-Relative to OSHA Asbestos Standard & Suggested Changes to Minutes from Apr 28 Meeting FRICTION WATER I ALS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, I N C ., -210 ROUTE L, PARAMUS, H. J . 0 7 6 5 2 Lay 22, 1975 To: Asbestos Study Committee Subject: Recent Di str i but ions-- R elative to OSHA Asbestos Standard At the April 28, 1975 meeting, your Chairman, Mr. Weaver volunteered to send . in data on the N ilfisk Industrial Vacuum Cleaner and the recent AIHA-. ACG1H paper on the membrane f i l t e r method. This paper included two pages on a guard or shroud attached to the f ilt e r holder to protect the H lt e r from picking up fib ers from the wearer's clothing or from a fa llin g fiber that would o rd in arily not be breathed into the respiratory tr a c t. These two Items are important fcr (1) cleaning up the workplace to reduce airborne fib e r concentrations and (2) to more accurately pick up fib ers for purposes o f counting. Copies of the litera tu re forwarded by Mr. Weaver are included with th is memo. In addition, I prepared a BULLETIN NO. 533 to the Membership and there w ill be some enclosures with that b u lle tin . I w ill try not to duplicate the enclosures. In addition, I am forwarding two a r tic le s which may be o f interest to the Committee. These also were sent in by Mr. Weaver: " Insulation Hygiene Progress Reports"~a '/publication from M t. Sinai ( I . - J .--S e lik o ff^ M . D.) The main a r t ic le is "Asbestos Disease can Spread to Workers' Fam ilies". "The Regulated and the Regulator" by Leo Teplow of Organization Resources Counselors, Inc. In p a rtic u la r, please note his section en titled "What the Manager Can Do in In dustrialSafety and H ealth.. . Before the Doctor. Comes".' The foregoing is for your information. r.';D/ere Enclosure: E. W. D r i s i a n e Executive Dir ector 5 PLAINTIFFS I EXHIBIT no- W->33 r*> FRICTION MATERIALS STAND* ] > . May 29, 1975 To: Asbestos Study Committee Subject: Changes to Minutes o f April 28, 1975 Meeting Mr. 'eaver, Chairman o f the Committee, called re la tiv e to corrections to the "Unconfirmed Minutes" o f subject meeting. Page 3. Paragraph 2. Line 5 Eliminate "has a p la s tic bag liner" Pace 3. Paragraph 2. Line 15 Should say: "(3) The N ilfis k or other hioh Quality vacuum c le a n e r ..." Pace 3. Paragraph 3. Lines 5.6 Change sentence to read: "In some cases these could be counted by inexoerienced operators as asbestos fib e r s ." A new copy of Page 3 is enclosed. Please destroy old page 3 and replace with th is corrected page 3. E'.VD/erc Enclosure: E. W. Drislane Executive Director * 5 PLAINTIFFS EXHIBIT no.