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FILE NAME: Mead (MEAD)
DATE: 1971 Dec 22
DOC#: MEAD062
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo with Labor Dept Emergency Health Standards for Asbestos
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December 22 1971
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standards fa r asb estos Should he o f;d re are st no you,
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l ......... LABORRELATiONS. ;______________ 9 I
a t gasp ftthfr " \vl|dcat" wilt be protected snore; Qian ever imagined. The ! campaigns for safety by state and ifedra pfiyernifierifs, unions, pews !
ipdia, :aitid management.Tie-said, wt!L have such ,4 wide-reaching effect i tha thi nieticsiif; workforce will never again be subjected to any but the i
best conditions in.safetyand health protection, ' j
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la n e r Oprrtroenf: Issues Efrijbrgriy
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riHebith Standcrfd for A-sbe!sbss ;
1527.7 J The ptbor Department: has determined that exposure to * asbestos dust undir the present V.-alsh-Kealey standard constitutes grave ; danger tp employes. A temporary sfsndard fias; fijbriissuedredticing rite | permissible level of/asbestos dust froiti I Z fibers pirinilifleter greater than i
5 raierons long t a .5 stich fibers for-an ight-hduFtime-Weished average 1
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spy E^ERGEN^Y STANDARD *?- An emergency standard is issued without i nodes and g jn tfjeei for a limited time only (ftp to ajmoKthsj. during which a ; lufemgiigproe|fctg'muiil establish pmanenitandrd^see60t6j,
Engtnpng mjtfiqds,, The. emergency standard also requires engi- \
neefins; tpathods,iiich .as enclosure o f tiperations-vacuum sv/epng, and !
local Bihust ventilation:
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test hsj'irrotetvejidevice for proper fit before etchjLs.rnd must train or j .supervisevrks ijai testing th devices for proprfit:nniDetails, of types i
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Hand-; or powejtopmted tools that produce asbestos dost must have 1
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* Eifiployees exposed tt* tire .spraying of asbestos,'qr the demolition of ;
pipes,/stihtctuRs 6$ equipment, covered oxiii^tb't^fi'jp^S'am ist be j
provided with respirators..
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Asbestos mrit ispriai-j eoiitiigi geput nd pjisteifcmust b mixed in
closed ba^ orotherephtainers.
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Asbfcjps Atojtiand .scrap must be epficcted raj disposed pf,in sealed [
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.^i.lpfearfcp.^ asbe^tbs dust .and.blowing piji$t be performed 'by j
yacutirn learters,yti dryisweeping forbidden'. ' '
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Labor JLow Highlights j
[5 27.8] OSHA;;Announces Inspection Fiarres.--Th /Occupational Safety arid ; Health Administration announced it had made a total;of i>,3UQ inspections in establishments employing more than IA millionworkers ihihe first six monthsof the ; Act's operation. Assistant Se'crstary Guenther said 5.636; citations were issued to employers from April 2d to November .Only 20%of th establishments inspected were in compliance;; another; 20% had oniy minor violations. GSHA received 686 :
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