ASBESTOS -INFORMATION ASSOCIATION/NORTH AMERICA ioara of Directors Meeting December 6, 1973 National Association of Home Builders' Building Washington, D.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The Secretary These minutes obtained read a summary of had been released the and Minutes of the Meeting held February 10 a motion for their acceptance had been 1972 Upon motion duly made seconded and unanimously passed it was RESOLVED To accept the minutes of the February 10 distributed 1972 meeting as INTERPRETATION OF THE OSHA REGULATIONS The Asbestos Information Association AIA net with representatives from OSEA late in June The purpose was to interpret various individual requirements in the OSHA regulations Letters from the ALA to their member companies dated July 5 1972 and July 12 1972 were distributed to the Committee Members In the first letter they covered areas such as labeling clothes lockers ~~ ws Minutes of Meeting Asbestos Study Committee -2- August 17 1972 ~ respirators monitoring and physical examinations citations OSEA inspections productsich distinguishes Sebeshing Sebeshing and employee notification In the second letter tween locked asbestos containing the AIA distinguishes Bold 85 and clutch facings There are certain labeling requirements tied in to the - locked containing asbestos products but this letter also discussed | | the problems of subsequent working of locked asbestos containing products The members discussed some of the items in the OSHA regulations One member -, indicated that during an inspection there were 3 OSHA people at their plant for 7 to 8 days Interestingly the 3 OSEA people came on site the first day wearing respirators Whether this was for effect or is a standard procedure for OSwH as A not known One of the items pointed out by an OSHA inspector on thescenwe as the dry sweeping of loose asbestos compounds vs. the wet sweeping or vacuum cleaning that OSHA calls for Another member advised that they had taken out all air hoses around briquette presses and other machinery where loose asbestos is handled before it becomes locked in Surprisingly to some members asbestos sampling indicated that the inspection One member required and drilling locations were problem areas respirators be worn at all drilling locations that the In an inspection at one member's plant the OSHA people set up 5 stations and while 4 of them sampled below the 5 fiber per cc TWA one station read 18 fibers per cc THA This member was cited in averaging the readings When the Federal Goverment was considering the necessity for asbestos regulations two of the companies represented by Members on the Committee were asked to cooperate in a survey by NIOSE This study by NIOSH was to check over medical records and other such items to attempt to put the problem in prospective NIOSH had indicated to the cooperating manufacturers that the information they were providing would be kept confidential However as it turns out the OSHA people have copies of the NIOSH studies which would indicate that the confidentiality has been violated A member questioned what happens when the asbestos concentration in a work area exceeds 10 fibers per cc the ceiling concentration in the OSBA regulations The answer is that the employer must notify the worker so exposed in writing that he was exposed to such a concentration and the worker must wear a respirator in that area The next question concerned what the proper means for notification of the worker would be If an interpretation is officially asked of OSHA they will indicate that a registered letter to the employee is the proper beans of notification In other areas OSHA has indicated that meeting the spirit of the law is what counts and it is felt that bulletin board notification would suffice The next . question . concerned respirators disposable It was indicated that there were 3 / respirator the Bureau of Mines and these manufactured by the A.

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The type of asbestos now used in domestic floor tile is chrysotile--the same as that used in brake friction materials, according to the Asbestos Information Association.

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KZOSH had Indicated to the cooperating manufacturers that the information they were providing would be kept confidential.

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INTERPRETATION OF THE OSHA REGULATIONS The Asbestos Information Association (AlA) met with representatives from OSHA late in June.

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It was also pointed out that the Asbestos Information Association (AlA) was referring the question of a captive to a consulting group, Tillinghast, Nelson and Warren of New York City.

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We had been studying all the asbes tos fields and the mesotheliomas were only associated with people living and working in the Cape asbestos fields.