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FILE NAME: Westinghouse (WH) DATE: 1973 Feb 7 DOC#: WH028 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memos RE Service Performance Engineering issasM-aiMi iM fim c isc o o r r ic r 777-72 -. - 7 . 1975 on orasiestos materx HI SGUOUNG OTOUTIOR Raftering to your lattor to Nr. t. I. Nighas, dated January 51. 1975. I would appreciate receiving a deecrlptlen of the laboratory teat arrangement aa well ae the teat data for the recent slailatlan of the soldering operation ualng aabeatoa cloth, tape and preer. While our jobsite personnel will advise the customer that air teat Indicate the operation to be within the OSHA limitations. we fully expect that becouaa of the operation being conducted on customer property, their personnel will require more definitive Information. Therefore, we would like to be forearmed In this respect and request this Informa tion so that we night be able to answer any customer leatlona or objections. 1. t. Raimytat Safety c m l M t o r Pacific Coast Area, :1 -1 I-f* LAST PITTSBURGH fs-3* hum Acddsnt Prsvantlon, LC m 236-2163 UM Fabniary 7, W73 L^rJ Usa of Asbastos Cloth, Paper and Taps in Soldering Oparatlons a I .3 1 Nr. W. Q. Craig Service Performance Nigl&eerlng cci San Franciaco Office, Pouer Qaneraticn Service - Hr. . 1. Bsrgquist Eaat Pittsburgh, 6G Power Generation Service Msssrs. H. Samllvood/ . Van Vn East Pittsburgh, 10-L Ins. Dev. Eng. - Msssrs. 0. Railly/ ^\ P. Curtis East Pittsburgh, 5HM, Turbins Can. teg. East Pittsburgh, ItNM, Ins. Osslgn Bng. East Pittsburgh, UHS. Sarvica Psrf. Sag. -- a East Pittsburgh. 2QD6. Industrial Hrglsat Nr. J. 0 . Davidson Hr. J. C. Botta . Nr. . J. HUlso - Mr. H. V<. Scalettar upon tha rssults of tasta uhioh atra eubnlttad to j m in uriting by H. W. Spaichar concarning tha concentraticne of ashastas durine tha bandi lag ot asbastos cloth, I uould liba to cali your attantion to tha osgatlvs aspaete of Mr. Spaichar'a raport to ycu. Tha tast raport loft s o m doubt that tha usa of asbastos la thls operatico is no haalth proda, particolari/ ccoaidsring tha assassine lavala found aitar tha cloth ss toni by band. Although Mr. Spaichar haa raquastad a scaglia of servarmi sqpara fasi of tha asbastos eloth uasd at tha California oparation fsv teetlag, X that tha paraooaol out thsra ohtain tha asrvioaa of a sMiplcs during tha bandilng of tha asbastos eloth terlag - _ oparatlons tinca tha conditlon of tha cloth and tha technicpie in bandilag la criticai in ersating airboma asbastos fihsrs. fcfforts ahould ba diractad to find suitsbla eubetltutea for asbastos baaring aatarlala such as fibarglaas or rodrwool. . J,`karat*, . Aoddanl Firn CN SAN FRANCISCO h N 727-222U L- Z<y FEERUA.OY 7, P ' 3 U.\ USE OF ASCL37C' 30 IN SOLDEMNC JF. > EAST PITTSBURGH WORKS HNS SERVICE PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING MR. W. G. CRAIG cc: East Pittsburgh Works - 6G, PGSO Mr. H. H. Smallwood cc: East Pittsburgh Works - 2G Industrial Hygiene Mr. H. W. Speicher cc: San Francisco PGSO Mr. S. B. Murphy Referring to your letter to Mr. R. L. Hughes, dated January 31. 1973. I would appreciate receiving a description of the laboratory' test arrangement as well as the test dsts for the recent sLiu1stion of the soldering operation using asbestos cloth, tape and preer. While our jobsite personnel will advise the customer that our test indicate the operation to be within the OSHA limitations, we fully expect that because of the operation being conducted on custaamr property, their personnel will require more definitive infoneatlon. Therefore, we would like to be forearmed in this respect and request this informs tion so that we night be able to answer any customer questions or is objections. X. L. Beruqfrlst Safety Coordinator Pacific Coast Area, /dh O f? of?