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FROM B. D. DINMANy M.D. T. B. BONNEY PITTSBURGH OFFICE TO PLANT PHYSICIANS INDUSTRIAL HYGIENISTS August 30, 1974 RE: OSHA ASBESTOS STANDARD We would like to call your attention to two decisions by the Occupational Safety and Health Review. Commission, one dated July 18 and the other dated July 23, 1974. In effect, both of these decisions held that the employer was responsible for providing medical examinations for all employees exposed to asbestos. It should be noted that in both decisions the finding was based upon the existence of any exposure to asbestos fibers, regardless of the extent of exposure. In view of these decisions, we would like to emphasize once more the requirements placed upon the company for medical surveillance as well as the surveillance of the work place. We would recommend that you refer back again to the Asbestos Standard to determine whether or not you are meeting all the requirements as regards medical and environmental surveillance. B. D. DINMAN, M.D. T. B. BONNEY vmd Attachment cc: M. 0. Colwell, M.D. - 29 R. H. Watson - 7 T. R. Gauthier - 12 V. W. Rieke - 2 J. D. Breazeal - Davenport G. H. Farrah/J- M. Plunkett, ATC*^^ R. B. Kempton/Nancy William, Rea Magnet a ALCOA 916266 0324