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\ u- <sgp> E. I. du Pony di Nemours & Company rnmmmmmnm Wilmington, Delaware ISSM CMPLOVCC MCLATIONA OCPAMTMCNT cc: EQC Members November 19, 1980 RECORDING ASBESTOS-RELATED CONDITIONS ON OSHA FORM 200 In light of an intensified medical detection program to ident ify asbestos-related conditions, additional cases of asbestos- related abnormalities and illnesses will probably be revealed. Safety 6 Fire Protection Guideline 11,1, "Classifying and Reporting Occupational Iniuries and Illnesses", Section 2.3, describes conditions which must be met for tabulating and log ging on OSHA Form 200 (U.S. only) occupational illnesses. In applying this paragraph, all Du Pont work-related instances of asbestos-related abnormalities, whether judged "benign asymp tomatic", "benign symptomatic", or "malignant", should be considered tabulatable and recorded on Form 200 (U.S. only). Tabulating and recording the benign asymptomatic abnormality is a change in practice. Du Pont's Medical Division does not regard the Benign Asymp tomatic Abnormality as an illness, and thus, our practice has been that of not logging. OSHA, however, maintains that this condition is loggable and has issued citations for failure to log. The change in logging practice is an administrative procedural change to avoid future citations, and does not reflect a change in Medical Division's position on the significance of the benign asymptomatic condition. The attached Guidelines "For the Management of Chronic Occupa tional Illnesses" and "For the Diagnosis and Classification of Asbestos-Related Medical Cases", published by the Medical Division are provided as background informatiorfmaterials. '775 Thr' worta et tbmgi we re doing tomotnina About DUP 0906070 1215QI SC-DP-06580