N. H. Ketcham, Industrial Hygiene Summary Report for Chemicals-Olefins-Plastics Divisions, July 1 - December 31, 1963 (1964)

Semiannual industrial hygiene summary report submitted by N. H. Ketcham covering July-December 1963 for the Chemicals-Olefins-Plastics Divisions. It summarizes plant and laboratory reports on noise, toxic vapors, dust, ventilation, radioactive sources, Mellon Institute toxicity testing and pending federal legislation. It does not discuss asbestos or Calidria.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Cover summary of the report, signed by N. H. Ketcham, dated 4-20-64
• Page 3: Table of contents
• Pages 4-7: South Charleston Plant: noise, toxic vapor, dust and ventilation studies, injury classification, radioactive sources
• Pages 8-9: Technical Center: rocket propellants, agricultural chemicals, radiation, noise, chemicals and fumes
• Pages 10-12: Institute Plant: industrial hygiene and air pollution summary, including insulation dust evaluation
• Pages 13-16: Industrial Hygiene Laboratory, Technical Center: analytical methods for air contaminants, samples analyzed, reports issued
• Pages 17-20: Chemical Hygiene Fellowship, Mellon Institute: highly toxic compounds table (poorly OCR'd) and 1963 publications list
• Pages 21-22: Brownsville Plant and Texas City Plant reports
• Pages 23-26: Tabulation of encapsulated radioactive sources (OCR garbled)
• Pages 27-28: Legislative box score, 88th Congress, compiled by the American Industrial Hygiene Association
• Page 29: Distribution list

People and organizations

From N. H. Ketcham (Industrial Hygiene Consultant) to Business Department Managers and plant, Technical Center, Mellon Institute and New York office personnel (distribution list).

• N. H. Ketcham (author)
• Chemicals-Olefins-Plastics Divisions (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• American Industrial Hygiene Association (named)
• Business Departments (named)
• Chemical Hygiene Fellowship (named)
• Chemical Processing (named)
• Engineering Department (named)
• Food and Drug Administration (named)
• Industrial Hygiene Laboratory (named)
• Maintenance Department (named)
• Research and Development Department (named)
• U. S. Labor Department (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · Industrial Hygiene · Texas Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · West Virginia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-1304 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 29 pages. Production numbers DE 005030 to DE 005058.