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FORM DC OOOlO-fll DANA CORPORATION Facilities Engineering INTRA-COMPANY COMMUNICATION subject Status Report: Asbestos Area Monitoring and Sampling Sur-vey Results date February 9, 1989 - to Tom Gorman Bob -Zborowski Lee Linde Results of the asbestos area monitoring and sampling survey performed in January is attached for your review andrecommendations. It is noteworthy that only the former "asbestos bagging and sewing room" in what is now Dept. 222 needs addressing at this point. Fiber concentrations here are at the action level requiring medical surveillance, which is already being done. Considering what abatement costs are, I would advise containment of the area ejb sealing it off, as we .have already done to the wet-mix room. Personal monitoring of John Poynter, while cutting and shearing coils of asbestos containing facing, indicated a level of exposure well below either the permissible exposure limit or action level. - Four samples of ceiling tile taken from the front loby, two areas on the third floor (formerly Dept. 218), and Tom Gorman's office all proved negative. as did a sample of the blown-on insulation taken from the pre-cote oven room adjacent to Dept. 214. 1 might also add that we are now fully equipted to perform small scale, emergency,in-house asbestos abatement jobs on steam insolation (such as valve replacement).with the use of glove bagging techniques. Sincerely yours, ^ <1 i VPD-189-0000334 DANA-339  1 V Thermo Analytical Inc. TMAIBRG 7314 West 90th Street Bridgeview, IL 60455 (312)430-1112 ^. February 3, 1989 . ' Mr. George Ferley Victor Products Division Dana Corporation 5750 West Roosevelt Road Chicago, Illinois 60650 RE: Limited Airborne Fiber Concentration and Bulk Asbestos rv^y-. .-----..---......> . Dear Mr. Ferley; Enclosed are the results of the bulk and airborne fiber samples obtained at Victor Products. The only bulk sample that proved positive for asbestos was the sample obtained from the upper surface of a piece of precariously hanging ceiling panel in the former Bagging and. Sewing Room. This sample contained approximately 68% asbestos in a settled dust form. You are advised that samples containing 1% or greater asbestos are considered hazardous ..material .by OSHA. and the EPA. Airborne fiber` 'concentrations in the former Bagging and Sewing Room reached 0.1 fibers per cubic centimeter. This is the OSBA "action level." The action level requires that medical surveillance be administered to all employees exposed -to this level for 30 days, or more per year. While this fiber concentration may appear to be low, ' I must advise that it is 10 times higher than we normally obtain for background readings. Our impression of . the Bagging and Sewing Room is that it poses a serious health risk to anyone working in or near the area. We 'advise-~'thaf*~~you consider ' abating this Room to' avoid possible employee claims of exposure liability. Please do not hesitate to contact me, should you require further information regarding this matter. Frank P. DeFranza Manager, Chicago Operations FD: pc VPD-189-0000335