N. H. Ketcham to A. P. Moss Requesting an Industrial Hygienist for the Texas Plants, with Plant Manager Replies (1963-1964)

N. H. Ketcham's December 17, 1963 letter and attached memorandum asked A. P. Moss to approve hiring an industrial hygienist for the three Texas plants (Texas City, Seadrift, Brownsville). The letter covers hearing impairment from plant noise, radioisotope compliance, ventilation, heat and air contamination. Moss's December 24, 1963 cover memo and January 1964 replies from the plant managers follow.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-3: Letter, N. H. Ketcham to A. P. Moss, Dec. 17, 1963, requesting approval to hire a Texas area industrial hygienist
• Pages 4-7: Attached memorandum: Part A, noise problems and the California noise law; Part B, other industrial hygiene problems at the Texas City, Seadrift and Brownsville plants
• Pages 8-9: List of continuing needs and specific industrial hygiene problems at the Texas City Plant, as of Oct. 10, 1963
• Page 10: Letter, R. P. Barry (Seadrift Plant) to A. P. Moss, Jan. 8, 1964, on the need for an industrial hygienist
• Page 11: Reverse side or routing page with a received stamp (H. B. Coons, Jan. 10, 1964) and handwriting; mostly illegible
• Page 12: Letter to A. P. Moss, Jan. 6, 1964, on Brownsville Plant noise problems and little need for an industrial hygienist (signature illegible)
• Pages 13-15: Letter, H. E. Allspach (Texas City Plant) to A. P. Moss, Jan. 2, 1964, preferring industrial hygiene effort in design and engineering stages (page 14 is mostly blank or handwritten)
• Page 16: Internal memo, A. P. Moss to H. E. Allspach, R. P. Barry and H. B. Coons, Dec. 24, 1963, forwarding Ketcham's letter and asking for their counsel
• Page 17: Nearly blank page with handwriting or marks; OCR unusable

People and organizations

From N. H. Ketcham (Industrial Hygiene Consultant) to Mr. A. P. Moss (32nd Floor, New York Office).

• N. H. Ketcham (author)
• A. P. Moss (recipient)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• American Industrial Hygiene Association (named)
• Chemicals Division (named)
• State of California (named)
• State of Texas (named)

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Pages on our site about what this document covers: 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-1706 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 17 pages. Production numbers BRG 0207 to BRG 0206.