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R. W. Rebholz to W. C. Thurber on the Southern Pacific Derailment of Calidria Asbestos Pellets, with J. L. Powell's Inspection Report (1982)

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A May 25, 1982 internal memo from R. W. Rebholz to W. C. Thurber summarized the April 5, 1982 Southern Pacific derailment near Waldo, Arkansas, involving a car of 2400 bags of Calidria asbestos pellets, and the railroad's cleanup. It attached J. L. Powell's May 18, 1982 inspection report and photographs of the wreck site.

Author
R. W. Rebholz (Originating Dept. H1374, Metals Division); J. L. Powell (Environmental Coordinator, Hot Springs)
Published by
Union Carbide Corporation, Metals Division
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-941
Date
May 25, 1982
Library no.
ACL Doc 16144 · asbestosclaims.law/library/16144
Rights
A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.

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What the document holds

  • Page 1: Rebholz memo to Thurber, May 25, 1982, 'Asbestos Product Accident', on the derailment and cleanup
  • Pages 2-3: J. L. Powell memo to Rebholz, May 18, 1982, on his May 4 on-site inspection of the derailment
  • Pages 4-7: Photograph pages with captions, mostly unreadable in OCR

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From R. W. Rebholz (Originating Dept. H1374, Metals Division); J. L. Powell (Environmental Coordinator, Hot Springs) to W. C. Thurber (Metals Division); R. W. Rebholz (Metals Division, Danbury).

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Arkansas Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

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This is document UC-941 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 7 pages.

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R. W. Rebholz (Originating Dept. H1374, Metals Division), J. L. Powell (Environmental Coordinator, Hot Springs). “R. W. Rebholz to W. C. Thurber on the Southern Pacific Derailment of Calidria Asbestos Pellets, with J. L. Powell's Inspection Report.” May 25, 1982. Union Carbide documents, UC-941. Union Carbide Corporation, Metals Division. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 16144. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/16144.

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