Earthco, Inc. Daily Project Logs by Thomas M. Hinkle for the Union Carbide Sistersville Glovebag Asbestos Job (1988)

Handwritten Earthco, Inc. 'Daily Project Log' sheets for Job No. 0014, Union Carbide Sistersville, kept by superintendent Thomas M. Hinkle in roughly late January to February 1988. The entries record glovebag work in a lab basement, calibration of an air sampling pump, hazardous work permits, bulk samples (one labeled A-2 reported to contain asbestos, A-3 reported not to), bagging and dumping of material, and daily footage of 3-, 4- and 6-inch material removed. The set also includes a footage sheet, several upside-down printed forms, and a final page of handwriting.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Daily project log dated 1-29-88 (UCC 007062): glovebag work, bags taken to dump truck, footage total 152
• Page 2: Daily project log dated 1-28-88 (UCC 007063): bulk samples A-2 and A-3 analyzed, A-2 contains asbestos, A-3 does not; footage total 159
• Pages 3-4: Daily project logs dated 1-27-88 and about 1-26-88: glovebag work, hazardous work permit for lab basement, footage
• Pages 5-6: Daily project logs: respirator fit tests and health and safety, glovebag work, call to EA about problems
• Pages 7-8: Daily project logs dated about 1-21-88: mobilization at the Sistersville plant, union issues, glovebag work, loose asbestos sprayed and bagged
• Pages 9-13: Daily project logs for early February 1988: lab basement glovebag work, air sampling pump calibration, bulk samples A-4 to A-7 analyzed (A-4 and A-7 results noted), footage
• Page 14: Estimate or footage sheet for customer Union Carbide, Sistersville, by date and location (lab basement), UCC 007075
• Pages 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 26, 27: Printed Earthco forms scanned upside down, apparently time or work distribution sheets; content not legible in OCR
• Pages 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 25: Daily project logs for February 1988 with handwriting illegible in OCR
• Page 28: Page of handwritten notes (UCC 007089); illegible in OCR

People and organizations

From Thomas M. Hinkle (Superintendent, Earthco, Inc.).

• Thomas M. Hinkle (author)
• Earthco, Inc (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Air Sampling · West Virginia Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-2186 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 28 pages. Production numbers UCC 007062 to UCC 007089.