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R. W. Schwartz to R. F. Valois on Safety Meeting with General Electric and Hooker Chemical on Handling Asbestos in Phenolic Resin Manufacture (1971)

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Memorandum reporting on a June 18, 1971 meeting at Hooker Chemical's Niagara Falls plant. Safety and medical staff of General Electric, Hooker and Union Carbide met there to discuss handling asbestos in phenolic resin manufacture. The memo summarizes the talk of Threshold Limit Values, Dr. Paff's remarks on asbestos hazards, respirators, pelletized asbestos from Union Carbide's Mining and Metals Division, closed handling systems and empty-bag disposal. It describes bag-handling practices at Bound Brook and urges that pelletized asbestos and closed-system work be pursued.

Author
R. W. Schwartz (Process Safety & Fire Protection Engineer, Engineering Department, Bound Brook, New Jersey)
Published by
Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics Engineering, Bound Brook, New Jersey
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-4049
Date
June 24, 1971
Number
Bates UCC 022312 to UCC 022316
Library no.
ACL Doc 18668 · asbestosclaims.law/library/18668
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A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.

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From R. W. Schwartz (Process Safety & Fire Protection Engineer, Engineering Department, Bound Brook, New Jersey) to Mr. R. F. Valois (Chemicals and Plastics, Bound Brook, New Jersey).

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This is document UC-4049 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 6 pages. Production numbers UCC 022312 to UCC 022316. The same document is also document UC-446.

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R. W. Schwartz (Process Safety & Fire Protection Engineer, Engineering Department, Bound Brook, New Jersey). “R. W. Schwartz to R. F. Valois on Safety Meeting with General Electric and Hooker Chemical on Handling Asbestos in Phenolic Resin Manufacture.” June 24, 1971. Union Carbide documents, UC-4049, Bates UCC 022312 to UCC 022316. Union Carbide Corporation, Chemicals and Plastics Engineering, Bound Brook, New Jersey. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 18668. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/18668.

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