Betty-Lynn White to R. Harrison (Baker & Botts) Enclosing File Index in Secretary of Labor v. Union Carbide, Texas City OSHA Fatality Case (1984)

Cover letter from Union Carbide's Law Department to outside counsel at Baker & Botts, enclosing an index to the Law Department's file in OSHA case 84-0705 concerning the April 13, 1984 fatality at the Texas City plant. The letter says the file itself had been sent to Lee Rosenthal and that a meeting on August 29, 1984 was tentatively scheduled to review the citation and defense strategy. The index lists 46 numbered items (April to August 1984), including fatality reports, press releases, OSHA correspondence, contractor documents and video script drafts.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Letter from Betty-Lynn White to R. Harrison, Baker & Botts, re Secretary of Labor v. Union Carbide, OSHA 84-0705 (Aug. 24, 1984)
• Pages 2-10: Index of the Law Department file (items 1-46) on the Texas City fatality of R.G. Moreno, April-August 1984
• Page 11: Final index page, scanned upside down and reversed; text largely unreadable in OCR (UCTC 21119)

People and organizations

From Betty-Lynn White (Law Department, Union Carbide Corporation) to R. Harrison, Esq. (Baker & Botts, Houston, TX); F. Provenzano (Plant Manager (cc)).

• Betty-Lynn White (author)
• Ross Harrison (recipient)
• Foley Provenzano (recipient)
• Law Department (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Baker & Botts (named)
• Mobile Air Conditioning, Inc. (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Solvents and Coatings Materials Division (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-1179 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 11 pages. Production numbers UCTC 21109 to UCTC 21119.