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t / mmiK a sHtiuK* Al'CI M.lliOWK. icsirh a. prim, m CLORCl I RM>M 13" AOil AT a SLOAN" UN'DA S lATTISTIN'l*" lost PH n DIN OTO" POVCLAA UN'S 0 2AKITA A.ZACKS-CA1AII l OF COIV1IL ALSO M1M1IA C C AAA "ALAC MtMAIR N I AAA `"ALSO MlMAIA CAIW AAA la orricti STEPHEN A. 5HELLER 6 ASSOCIATES a npmucNAi cMNAAnox isi4 loct'sr smttT 6TMPIOOR PHILADELPHIA. 1*19102-3792 51*' S4*-I0 M Nay 20, 1987 'FNFFtM ACORIM 6IHSTRUT IRIt. AA.IAMT AM cm l< t> Stuart Saltman, Esquire Westinghouse Electric Corporation Westinhouse Building Gateway Center Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Re: Westinghouse Electric Corporation - Lester Plant Dear Mr. Saltman: I am in receipt of your letter of May 12, 1987. I want to thank you for responding in detail to some of the concerns we have had. I do have a couple of questions, however, with respect to the contents of your letter and the information you provided to me. First, as you know, we are particularly concerned with requests for information on the employment records of former Lester site employees and their medical records. Your letter does not specifically address whether these items are discloseable. Rather, you refer to written policies of Westinghouse. While noting that they were attached to your letter, they were not. Therefore, would you kindly provide me with copies of those policies or explanation as to whether employment records are discloseable and whether all medical records, including x-ray reports and the x-ray films themselves are discloseable. Secondly, you will recall, the Union had requested information on asbestos products used by Westinghouse over the years, employee exposure to asbestos, and the health effects of that exposure on the employees. In your letter of May 12, 1987, you said you forwarded to me copies of asbestos related information already provided to this law firm last year. In the material you forwarded to me, there was some miscellaneous documentation, some of which concerned the unfair labor practice charge pending with the NLRB involving the "spin box". DN0800165 Stuart Saltman, Esquire / May 20, 1987 Page 2 Therefore, I am not sure whether I got all of the information you were intending to provide me. Let me indicate to you what I received that concerns asbestos exposure. 1. Miscellaneous memos concerning Union requests for information in 1982 - these memos apparently are internal memos and do not actually provide any specific information on asbestos, asbestos exposure or air sampling. 2. A package labelled as "Air Sampling - Monitoring - Box 1 MUB 21" - this contained regulations, guidelines and outlines concerning air monitoring? there are only three air sample records contained in this package. 3. There is another package which begins with a document entitled "Atmospheric Monitoring for Employee Safety", attached to it is a 1976 letter concerning an air sample for "harmful vapors". Then there is a grievance filed by Westinghouse Salaried Employees' Association in 1976. 4. A report entitled "Industry Hygiene Audit Report on Power Generation Division" date August 31, 1983 prepared by Diane Whittier - this is apparently a report done in 1983 to evaluate the Lester facility's industry hygiene program. 5. There is a set of unanswered interrogatories in a case Blazo v. Westinghouse, a New Jersey workers' compensation case. 6. There is the contents of a file entitled "SA-Asbestos Air Sampling Lab Analysis - Box 1, MWB 18. I would like to make sure that this is all of the information that Westinghouse has concerning asbestos, asbestos exposure, asbestos products at the Lester plant. In this regard if Westinghouse has in its possession copies of any studies or reports by OSHA, we would appreciate them as well* For example, we understand that OSHA did an air sampling study in 1960 or 1981. In addition, while we talked about this briefly on the phone, you were going to check to see whether Westinghouse had done any studies itself of the health effects of asbestos DN0800166 Stuart Saltman, Esquire May 20, 1987 Page 3 exposure on employees at its Lester site. 1 would appreciate your reviewing this matter once again to let me Know whether I have everything. Should you have any questions concerning this letter, please feel free to contact me. BML/kl cc: 'Russell Senkow BRUCE M. LUDWIG DN0800167