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ASBESTOS CONFERENCE TEXTILE FIBERS DEPARTMENT NOVEMBER 17-18, 1983 RICHMOND, VIRGINIA OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS UP 1013098 DU 053584 OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS Question 1. Has your site dealt with an outside contractor in any aspect of asbestos handling (installation, removal, waste disposal, etc.)? Cape Fear - Yes Waynesboro - Yes Cooper River - Yes Chattanooga - Yes Richmond - Yes Seaford - Yes Martinsville - Yes Kinston - Yes Old Hickory - Yes Camden - Yes DUP 1013099 DU 053585 \ /' Question 2. Describe briefly the job(s) handled by the contractor. Cape Feaor Most asbestos related jobs are performed by Daniels Construction. \ Removal of 4 oil-fired boilers (involved gross asbestos removal) was performed by Central Salvage, Inc. Bala Cynwyd, Pa. Waynesboro Demolition of acetate facilities. Insulation removal and repair - Brown and Root. Removal of insulation from salvage pipe. Cooper River Renovation of a polyester exchanger and upflow prepolymerizer. Chattanooaa Waste disposal. Richmond Large scale jobs - boiler reinsulation, exhaust flue duct, etc. Seaford Many jobs over the last several years. Martinsville General insulation work. Insulation installation, fabrication and modification of piping, valves, ducts, and equipment. Kinston Waste disposal. Transports dumpster to plant landfill and empties. Old Hickory Removal and waste disposal. DUP 1013100 DU 053586 Question 2. (Continued) Camden Demolition of auxiliary power house. Spinning machine overhaul. Boiler overhaul. Stripping insulation from dismantled process piping. DUP 1013101 DU 053587 % Question 3. List the contractors and indicate your assessment of the contractor's performance. Cape Fear ~" Daniels Construction - Good Central Salvage - Borderline, required excessive followup. Waynesboro Manchester - Poor Brown and Root - Good now WNI Industrial Service - Borderline Cooper River Daniels Construction - Good Chattanooga BFI Waste Disposal, Incorporated Ric hmo n d Ford Brothers Insulation Company - Satisfactory Sea ford __ County Insulation - Very good Tri State - Good Major Construction - Fair Martinsville BWB - Satisfactory Star-Davis - Good Metro - Satisfactory Kinston Carter-Hill Sanitation - Good DUP 1013102 DU 053588 Question 3. (Continued) Old Hickory Levy, Nashville, Tn. - Good Camden Daniels Construction - Very good Boiler Tube Company of America - Good Camden Steel & Metal Company - Satisfactory, required close followup. DUP 1013103 DU 053589 Question 4. How is liaison handled between the site and the contractor Cape Fear Contractor coordinates from the area with contractor management Waynesboro Engineering contract coordinator. Cooper River Engineering and Environmental Control Groups Chattanooga _ Contract coordinator Richmond Through Construction Seaford Contract administrator Martinsvi11e Du Pont has liaison assigned to coordinate contractor work on site. Kinston Site contacts contractor via phone when needed. Old Hickory Contract coordinator (Du Pont Area Contract Administrator). Camden Contract coordinator handles all communications with supervisor of contractor personnel. DUP 1013104 DU 053590 Question 5. What role did the site play in dealings between the contractor and governmental agencies? Cape Fear _ Prepared notification correspondence and coordinated site visits by government as required. Waynesboro _ None. Cooper River Notification and disposal. Chattanooga None. Richmond None. Seaford Contact between Delaware Valley Purchasing, Contract Administrator, and contractor relative to OSHA requirements. Martinsvil le .J. None. Plant insists that contractor meets all Federal and State requirements. Ki ns ton Site handled all contacts. Old Hickory Followup on necessary contacts. Camden Handled correspondence relative to demolition, removal, renovation. Arranged visits to site upon request of government representatives. DUP 1013105 DU 053591 --W-- Question 6. What information did the site give the contractor with respect to the health hazards of asbestosgovernmental requirements for personnel protection, monitoring, waste disposal, etc.? Cape Fear Regulations, Du Pont Engineering Standard S4T, had contractor sign document that asbestos handlers were in medical surveillance program. Waynesboro _ OSHA and EPA standards. Cooper River Following notification. Complete packet. Trained their super vision on barricades, ventilation, disposal, labels, wetting, and respirators. Performed monitoring. Chattanooga Documented discussion with contractor and his responsibility to comply with Reg. 40 CFR 61. Richmond Told about the asbestos standard and that's about `it. Seaford Complete review of Seaford Administrative Work Procedure. Martinsville Insists that contractor follow all plant procedures and OSHA guide!ines. Kinston Site covered contractor. Regional Purchasing covers the requirements. Old Hickory Includes a statement in the scope of work, what the material is and that he must follow the law. Camden Provided contractor with copy of OSHA and EPA standards for asbestos; contract coordinator reviewed requirements. DUP 1013106 DU 053592 Question 7. Did the site furnish the contractor with any equipment, either loaned or permanently, to use with the asbestos job? If so, list the equipment. Cape Fear Nothing furnished. Waynesboro Nothing furnished. Cooper River Half-mask respirators. Chattanooga Nothing furnished. Richmond Nothing furnished. Seaford Nothing furnished. Martinsville " Nothing furnished. Kins ton Nothing furnished. Old Hickory Normally, nothing furnished. On one job, we supplied bags and tags for the asbestos waste. Camden Gave Camden Steel and Metal enough disposable respirators for his employees involved with the job. Nothing furnished other contractors. DUP 1013107 DU 053593 Question 8. ^-How was ccmanagement avoided? Cape Fear \ With ynderstanding between Plant, Construction, and Contractor management prior to starting the job; interface with contractor management wars- through specific individuals. Wavnesborfo _ \ Contacts.with contractor supervision only. Cooper River __ Plant support requested by Daniels. Worked with their supervision. Chattanooga Richmond All dealings, comments, audit results were given to the contractor liaison. Sea ford Has not been a problem. Martinsvi11e Plant provides guidelines, but contractor manages his people. Kins ton Contractor was made aware of the hazards. Management left up to contractor. Old Hickory Told them what to do, not how to do it. Camden Told contractor, or gave it in writing if contractor requested, that if we were doing this job this is how we would do it. Emphasized, however, and made sure contractor understood that how he did the job was his decision. All contacts handled between site contract coordinator and contractor supervisor. DUP 1013108 DU 053594 Question 9. If the site audited the job while the contractor was performing it, list the segments of the job audited, how the auditing was done, and the frequency of auditing. Cape Fear Work practices were audited 2-3X per day by Environmental Group, continuously by Plant and Construction management. Air samples were taken randomly outside contractor barricade to insure Du Pont employees' safety. Waynesboro Air monitored outside barricaded areas. Cooper River On Day Shift by Environmental Control and Process Control (they did monitoring). Chattanooga Annual audit of pickup, transportation, and disposal. Richmond Not formally. Seaford Barricades, signs, removal methods, dust contamination, sampling, bagging, disposal, etc. Frequency of audits was daily. Marti nsvi 11 e __ Barricades Wetting down Protection to operating personnel Waste disposal Personal protective equipment Audits done daily. ,<i ns ton Audited dumping of insulation in a hole. Annually. Old Hickory Daily on all phases. DUP 101310a DU 053595 Question 9. (Continued) Camden Work practices audited almost continuously by contract coordinator; several times/day by SHEA, Engineering and Manufacturing (if work done in operating area). Auditing done by visual inspection. All aspects of the government requirements for handling asbestos were audited. Air samples for asbestos concentration taken outside barricade by Engineering'. DUP 1013110 DU 053596 Question 10. List and explain briefly other items pertinent to outside contractor involvement with asbestos. Cape Fear Hopefully from this survey, we can develop a list of the "best" asbestos handling contractors. Waynesboro Biggest problem is cleanup of an area after contractor is done. Coooer River . _ . Chattanooga Richmond Seaford 6 mil plastic bags are furnished by Du Pont. Oisposal (off-site) by "Eastern Disposal". Arrangements through SHEA. Dust masks are being worn by contractors for removal of sheet rock. Martinsville Generally, Contractors have been used at Martinsville to do non-asbestos work. There have been no contractors used to do strictly demolition type work. Plant forces have generally stripped asbestos insulation outside on pipes, valves, ducts and equipment that contractors have removed or modified prior to disposal. Kinston Contractors used to remove insulation should take adequate safe guards to prevent exposure of Plant personnel. DUP 1013111 DU 053597 Question 10. (Continued) Old Hickgry You have covered the waterfront. Camden Cheapest isn't always least expensive. A contractor we had for one job was totally unfamiliar with the hazards of asbestos and the myriad of government regulations and red tape involved with handling asbestos. His idea was to knock it down and haul it away. Plant personnel spent a great deal of time "Holding His Hand" so that in the end, although he was low bidder, the job cost more than it would have if we had gotten a qualified contractor originally. A contract should not be approved unless all areas involved are sure the contractor can do the work on his own. DUP 1013112 DU 053598 SUMMARY All sites have used outside contractors in asbestos work. Extent of contractor involvement ranqes from transporting waste -asbestos to landfill to demolition of a major facility. Assessment of.-contractor performance from poor to very good. Liaison with contractor varies widely. - Call on phone when needed. - Contract coordinator responsible for all dealings with contractor. Six (6) sites handled required notification of governmental agencies. t Information imparted by site to contractor re hazards of asbestos and regulations ranges from simply telling contractor to comply with regulations to m-deoth review of regulations and hazards. Two (2) sites have furnished respirators for contractor personnel; one other has supplied bags and tags for waste. All sites avoid comanagement by letting contractor do the job without specifying how he does it; communications with contractor supervisor only. Auditing ranges from practically none to continuous. heed to develop a list of best qualified contractors. DUP 1013113 DU 053599