Union Carbide Memos and Draft C&P Program on Phasing Out Asbestos-Containing Materials in Company Workplaces (1986-1987)

Six pages of Union Carbide papers from 1986-1987 on asbestos in the company's own facilities. They include a 9/29/86 draft Chemicals and Plastics (C&P) program to phase out asbestos-containing materials in the workplace, a 26 May 1987 transmittal of that draft, a 27 May 1987 safety alert on enclosures built for asbestos work, and a 19 May 1987 memo about a contractor offering asbestos removal work.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Page 3 of the 9/29/86 draft C&P program: delegation of duties to Line Operations Management, Manufacturing Services and C&P HS&EA (C. C. Neely; Bates A04911)
• Page 2: T. E. Hanning memorandum, May 19, 1987, on Project Development Group, Inc. bidding on asbestos removal work in West Virginia (A04912)
• Page 3: Larry E. Calvert 'Safety Alert' memo, May 27, 1987, on atmosphere hazards in enclosures built for work on asbestos-containing materials
• Page 4: Larry E. Calvert memo, 26 May 1987, transmitting the final draft of the recommended C&P program and correcting two errors in an April 28, 1987 package (A04908)
• Pages 5-6: Pages 1-2 of the 9/29/86 DRAFT Recommended C&P Program to phase out asbestos-containing materials in the workplace (A04909 on page 5)

People and organizations

From Larry E. Calvert (Union Carbide Engineering, Manufacturing & Technology Services, Houston); T. E. Hanning (Health, Safety and Environmental Technology, South Charleston, West Virginia); C. C. Neely (named at foot of draft program page 3) to T. L. Grittie (addressee of the May 19, 1987 memorandum); G. W. Wulfert (addressee of the May 19, 1987 memorandum); W. J. Vincent (addressee of the May 19, 1987 memorandum); J. R. Dement (addressee of the May 19, 1987 memorandum).

• Larry E. Calvert (author)
• Terry E. Hanning (author)
• C. C. Neely (author)
• John M. Dement (recipient)
• Tammy Grittie (recipient)
• W. J. Vincent (recipient)
• George W. Wulfert (recipient)
• AIHA (named)
• Chemicals and Plastics Business Group (named)
• Engineering, Manufacturing, and Technology Services (Union Carbide) (named)
• EPA (named)
• Manufacturing Services (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Project Development Group, Inc. (named)
• Union Carbide Corporation (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-835 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 6 pages. Production numbers A04908 to A04912.