B. Clark to A. W. Boyd and Others Transmitting OSHA Inspection Report, with Texas State Department of Health Industrial Hygiene Survey of the Seadrift Alcohol Unit (1974)

A March 8, 1974 cover memo from B. Clark forwards a report on a recent OSHA inspection. Attached are two March 6, 1974 Texas State Department of Health letters and an industrial hygiene survey of the alcohol unit at the Union Carbide petrochemical plant near Seadrift, Texas. The survey reported air samples with less than 1 ppm butyraldehyde and made no recommendations for improvements.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Memo from B. Clark, March 8, 1974, transmitting the OSHA inspection report
• Page 2: Letter from John G. Willard, Texas State Department of Health, to Larry McMullen, March 6, 1974, on air sampling results
• Page 3: Letter from Horace F. Adrian to Bill Clark of Brown and Root, March 6, 1974, enclosing the survey report
• Pages 4-5: Industrial Hygiene Survey, Brown and Root Co., Seadrift, Texas, by John G. Willard (survey made December 12, 1973)

People and organizations

From B. Clark; John G. Willard (Chief, Special Services Branch, Occupational Health Program, Division of Occupational Health and Radiation Control, Texas State Department of Health); Horace F. Adrian, P.E. (Administrator, Occupational Health Program, Division of Occupational Health and Radiation Control) to A. W. Boyd; J. M. Fallon; E. D. Fowler; J. D. Horn; L. G. McMullen; P. A. Walden; Larry McMullen (Union Carbide Corporation, Port Lavaca, Texas); Bill Clark (Maintenance Superintendent, Brown and Root Company).

• A. W. Boyd (recipient)
• J. M. Fallon (recipient)
• Larry McMullen (recipient)
• Phil Walden (recipient)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Brown & Root (named)
• Industrial Accident Board (named)
• NIOSH (named)
• Occupational Health Program (named)
• OSHA (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Air Sampling · Industrial Hygiene · NIOSH · OSHA · Texas Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-1152 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 5 pages. Production numbers UCTC 19743 to UCTC 19747.