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Internal Union Carbide memo from A. P. Yalcinkaya to Dr. L. P. Berti recommending that demolition contractors at Texas City Buildings #20 and #21 be warned of hazards and told of the OSHA asbestos standard requirements, and summarizing nickel and Dowtherm A limits. Attached are a preliminary asbestos area-monitoring report, the 1972 Federal Register asbestos standard, and a NIOSH criteria document on inorganic nickel.
- Author
- A. P. Yalcinkaya (Industrial Hygiene Department, Texas City (signature block; department per attached report))
- Published by
- Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics, Texas City Plant
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-1128
- Date
- August 16, 1978
- Number
- Bates UCTC 17248 to UCTC 17259
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 16304 · asbestosclaims.law/library/16304
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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What the document holds
- Pages 1-2: Memo from A. P. Yalcinkaya to Dr. L. P. Berti, Demolition of Buildings #20 and #21, Aug. 16, 1978
- Page 3: Industrial Hygiene Department preliminary report on asbestos fiber monitoring downwind of Bldg. 20 demolition (dated 08-09-78)
- Pages 4-6: Federal Register, June 7, 1972: OSHA asbestos standard (29 CFR 1910.93a) and related rules
- Pages 7-12: NIOSH recommendations for workplace exposure to inorganic nickel, reprinted from Occupational Safety & Health Reporter (BNA, 1977), with sampling and analytical method appendices
People and organizations
From A. P. Yalcinkaya (Industrial Hygiene Department, Texas City (signature block; department per attached report)) to Dr. L. P. Berti (Texas City Plant).
- A. Perihan Yalcinkaya (author)
- Lee Berti (recipient)
- Texas City Plant (its organization)
- Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
- American National Standards Institute (named)
- Industrial Hygiene Department (named)
- Louisiana Chemical (named)
- NIOSH (named)
- OSHA (named)
- U.S. Bureau of Mines (named)
- U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (named)
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This is document UC-1128 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 12 pages. Production numbers UCTC 17248 to UCTC 17259.
Cite this document
A. P. Yalcinkaya (Industrial Hygiene Department, Texas City (signature block, department per attached report)). “A. P. Yalcinkaya to L. P. Berti on Demolition of Buildings #20 and #21 at Texas City, with Attached Asbestos Standard, Monitoring Report and NIOSH Nickel Criteria Document.” August 16, 1978. Union Carbide documents, UC-1128, Bates UCTC 17248 to UCTC 17259. Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics, Texas City Plant. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 16304. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/16304.
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