Union Carbide South Charleston Plant Asbestos Waste Disposal Procedure, Handling Checklist and Craftsperson Safety Instructions (1980)

Set of South Charleston Plant documents on handling asbestos-containing insulation and waste: a 1980 procedure for hauling asbestos waste to the Goff Mountain disposal site, a blank asbestos handling checklist, a health and safety briefing for craftspersons, and a list of mandatory precautions covering respirators, wet clean-up, disposal, laundering, monitoring, warning signs and caution labels. Only the first document carries a date and initials.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Procedure for Handling & Disposal of Asbestos Waste from the South Charleston Plant, initialed B.P.J., 7/29/80
• Page 2: Blank 'Asbestos Handling-Checklist' form routed to the Area Safety File and W. C. Young, Safety Dept.
• Pages 3-4: Health and Safety Considerations for All Craftspersons in Handling Material That Contains Asbestos (undated, no author shown)
• Pages 5-7: Mandatory Precautions and Procedures to Be Followed When Handling and Working with Materials Containing Asbestos, with respirator list, warning sign text and caution label text (undated)
• Page 8: No text captured; apparently blank or a scan trailer

People and organizations

From B.P.J. (initials only; no title shown).

• South Charleston Plant (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• DOT (named)
• Maintenance Department (named)
• OSHA (named)
• Safety Department (named)

Related pages

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

About this copy

This is document UC-4032 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 8 pages. Production numbers UCC 021739 to UCC 021745.