N. W. Clauss to V. H. Johnkoski, Jr., Transmitting the Process and Equipment Operating Safety Training Manual, with Asbestos-Litigation Audit Cover Sheet (1978)

A Union Carbide litigation-file cover sheet (Audit Report No. WV-0233, File No. 21) is followed by an August 14, 1978 internal memo from N. W. Clauss to V. H. Johnkoski, Jr. The memo transmits a Chemicals and Plastics Task Force training manual, 'Process and Equipment Operating Safety'. The manual covers process safety, fire and explosion hazards and equipment safety, and the exhibit ends with index pages of the Chemicals and Plastics Engineering Department's 'Process Engineering Methods'. The pages provided do not mention asbestos apart from the cover sheet.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Union Carbide cover sheet: document flagged as possibly relating to asbestos, to be preserved for asbestos litigation defense (Audit Report No. WV-0233, File No. 21)
• Page 2: Internal correspondence, Clauss to Johnkoski, 14 Aug 1978, transmitting the process and equipment safety training manual
• Page 3: Distribution list (South Charleston, Texas City, Tech Center, Institute, New York Office, Brownsville, Seadrift)
• Pages 4-7: Manual introduction and 'Safety Organizations and Functions' sections
• Pages 8-10: Safety organization charts for Chemicals and Plastics (poor OCR)
• Pages 11-20: Chemicals and Plastics Safety Directory (names, titles, locations, phone numbers)
• Pages 21-37: Manual section 3, 'Chemical Processing', including risk evaluation worksheet and accident case examples
• Page 38: Laboratory Manual table of azeotropes (1957)
• Pages 39-40: Material Safety Data Sheet for methyl chloride
• Pages 598-602: Process Engineering Methods, Section 5, Index of Forms (March 1976), pages 5-8

People and organizations

From N. W. Clauss (Chemical Process and Equipment Safety Consultant, Safety (Chemicals and Plastics, South Charleston Plant)) to V. H. Johnkoski, Jr. (Program Manager, Operational Safety (per the attached Safety Directory)).

• V. H. Johnkoski, Jr. (recipient)
• South Charleston Plant (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Plant Engineering Department (named)
• Safety Department (named)
• SHARE Department (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: 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-4024 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 602 pages. Production numbers UCC 020835 to UCC 021435.