G. L. Dickson to J. L. Myers on Evaluation of the King City RG-244 Production Facility, with Attached Report (1973)

Internal memo from G. L. Dickson to J. L. Myers, with an attached report, summarizing a three-week visit to the King City plant in August 1973. It concluded that only a 5-10% increase in RG-244 production was possible from present facilities and made five recommendations on supervision, labor, product specifications, process variables and the production circuit. The report includes RG-244 inventory and weekly production tables.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Internal correspondence from G. L. Dickson to J. L. Myers, Sept. 19, 1973, with five recommendations (UCC 009329)
• Page 2: Title page of report 'Evaluation of King City RG-244 Production' by G. L. Dickson (UCC 009330)
• Page 3: Report text: background, present production rates, supervision, additional manpower (UCC 009331)
• Page 4: Table I: Calidria RG-244 inventory listing for 1973 by location (UCC 009332)
• Page 5: Table II: Calidria RG-244 weekly production record, 1973
• Page 6: Report text: manpower, product specifications, process variables, production circuit (UCC 009334)
• Page 7: Report text: dryer downtime, Raymond mill, bagging tests (UCC 009335)
• Page 8: Report text: procedures, product loss survey, rejected production; signed G. L. Dickson 9/19/73 (UCC 009336)

People and organizations

From G. L. Dickson (Mining and Metals Division, "Calidria" Asbestos) to J. L. Myers (UCC Mining and Metals, Niagara Falls, NY); R. E. Byrne, Jr. (copy); V. D. Holt (copy); R. J. Kronkhyte (copy); F. H. Larrison (copy); O. J. Malacarne (copy); R. O. Marsten (copy); H. B. Rhodes (copy); W. C. Thurber (copy).

• Gordon L. Dickson (author)
• John L. Myers (recipient)
• Robert E. Byrne, Jr. (copied)
• V. Darden Holt (copied)
• Robert J. Kronkhyte (copied)
• Floyd H. Larrison, Jr. (copied)
• O. J. Malacarne (copied)
• R. O. Marsten (copied)
• Harrison B. Rhodes (copied)
• William C. Thurber (copied)
• Mining and Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-3351 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 8 pages. Production numbers UCC 009329 to UCC 009336.