OSHRC Order on Settlement and OSHA Willful Citation to Union Carbide's Institute Plant for Not Recording Asbestos Lung Disease Cases (1980-1981)

Exhibit containing OSHRC and OSHA papers in Secretary of Labor v. Union Carbide Corporation (OSHRC Docket Nos. 80-5984 and 80-5985). It includes a January 1981 order on submission of a settlement, a September 1980 OSHA citation to the Institute, WV plant for not recording diagnosed asbestos-related lung disease cases on the OSHA Form 200 log, and related notice, docketing and certificate-of-service forms. Handwritten notes on the order state the citation was reduced from willful to serious and the fine from $1,000 to $500.

What the document holds

• Page 1: OSHRC order concerning submission of settlement, dated January 27, 1981, with handwritten notes on reduced citation and fine
• Page 2: OSHA Citation and Notification of Penalty, issued 9/19/80, Institute Plant, willful item for unrecorded asbestos-related lung disease, $1,000
• Page 3: Second copy of the OSHA citation and notification of penalty (poorer scan)
• Page 4: Notice to employees that the citation has been contested (partly illegible form)
• Page 5: OSHRC certificate of service form, dated 10/24/80
• Page 6: OSHRC Notice of Docketing and instructions to employer
• Page 7: Notice to employees form, printed upside down/mirrored and largely unreadable in OCR
• Page 8: Completed certificate of service signed for Union Carbide, dated October 24, 1980

People and organizations

From George O. Taylor, Jr. (Judge, OSHRC); Stanley H. Elliott (Area Director, OSHA) to John W. Whittlesey (Chief Labor Counsel, Union Carbide Corporation); C. W. Carmen (Safety Director, Union Carbide Corporation, Engineering Department).

• Stanley H. Elliott (author)
• John W. Whittlesey (recipient)
• OSHA (its organization)
• Engineering Department (named)
• Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (named)
• U.S. Department of Labor (named)
• Union Carbide Corporation (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-3383 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 8 pages. Production numbers UCC 016962 to UCC 016969.