Union Carbide Confined Space Entry Standard SH-103 (1979), with 1987 South Charleston Variance Request and Sistersville Memo on Entry into Asbestos Enclosures

A set of Union Carbide documents on confined space entry. It contains pages 1 and 3 of 3 of Chemicals/Plastics standard SH-103 (December 1979), a May 1987 South Charleston Plant request for a variance from the confined space entry procedure for asbestos insulation removal enclosures, and a June 10, 1987 Sistersville memo setting an interim procedure for entering asbestos removal enclosures.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Union Carbide Chemicals/Plastics standard SH-103, Confined Space Entry Procedure, pages 1 and 3 of 3 (December 1979)
• Pages 3-4: South Charleston Plant request for variance from S/H Procedure 2.4, Confined Space Entry, for asbestos insulation removal enclosures, dated 5/26/87, with action to be taken to assure safety
• Page 5: Memo from L. W. Phair, Sistersville Plant, June 10, 1987, interim procedure for entry into asbestos enclosures

People and organizations

From L. W. Phair (author of the June 10, 1987 Sistersville memo (page 5)) to Department Coordinators (addressees of the Sistersville memo (page 5); the OCR of the other names is garbled).

• L. W. Phair (author)
• American National Standards Institute (named)
• Division HSandEA (named)
• Maintenance Department (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Safety/Health Department (named)
• South Charleston Plant (named)
• Specialty Chemicals Sistersville Plant (named)
• Union Carbide Corporation (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: OSHA · OSHA Asbestos Standard · West Virginia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-438 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 5 pages.