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FILE NAME Packings and Gaskets PAG DATE 2001 DOC PAG006 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Barry Castleman Notes Re OEM Asbestos Gaskets Subject Re OEM Asbestos Gaskets Date Mon 19 Nov 2001 10:05:37 -0500 From Barry Castleman ScD bcastle@bcpl.net To OccuSource@aol.com CC OCC-ENV-MED-L@mc.duke.edu See refs DP Fowler Exposures to Asbestos Arising from Bandsawing Gasket Material ANN OCCUP ENV HYG 15 404-408 2000 JR Millette and RS Brown A Close Examination of the Surfaces of Asbestos Gasket Materials MICROSCOPE 40 131-135 1992 SK Spence and PSJ Rocchi Removal ANN OCC HYG 40 Exposure to Asbestos 583-588 1996 Fibres during Gasket JR Millette MD Mount SM Hayes Releasability of Asbestos Fibers from Containing Gaskets EIA TECHNICAL J. pp 10-15 Fall 1995 RT Cheng and HJ McDermott Exposure to Asbestos from Asbestos Gaskets APPL OCCUP ENV HYG 6 588-591 1991 WN Mckinnery and RW Moore Evaluation of Asbestos Fiber Levels during Removal and Installation of Valve Gaskets and Packing AM IND HYG ASSOC J 53 531-532 1992 Barry Castleman OccuSource@aol.com wrote > Does anyone on the list have any experience with or know of any studies dealing with asbestos exposure secondary to asbestos containing gasket material 40-50 asbestos In this case a number of employees over the years have removed and replaced these gaskets at times grinding them off or using wire brushes without PPE The > manufacturer of the gaskets has not been very helpful Bruce A. Dalton OccuHeatlh Inc. MD FACOEM Thanks Barry Castleman ScD Environmental Consultant _ 1 of 2 11/19/01 10:05 AM