Industrial hygiene consultant at Union Carbide (1962–1969), later supervisor (1971–1972); wrote semiannual industrial hygiene summary reports and in 1967 sent literature abstracts on asbestos and cancer. Received 1951 Foamglas insulation dust results and 1969 Johns-Manville asbestos precautions.
N. H. Ketcham appears in 34 Union Carbide documents (1951–1972). The documents describe N. H. Ketcham as Industrial Hygiene Consultant.
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Titles in the documents
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- Industrial Hygiene Consultant, 1962–1969, in 10 documents
- Supervisor, 1971–1972, in 3 documents
- Technical Center, 1969, in 2 documents
- Environ. Health Laboratory, 1972, in 2 documents
- South Charleston Plant, 1951, in 1 document
In the Union Carbide documents
N. H. Ketcham is named in 34 Union Carbide documents dated 1951 to 1972 (16 as author, 15 as recipient, 4 copied), from asbestos lawsuits over Union Carbide's Calidria asbestos. All are published in our collection.
- A. G. Voress to N. H. Ketcham on Particulate Matter from Foamglas Insulation (1951) UC-3608 (recipient)
- J. D. Young to K. B. Lanham on Dust Sampling of "Carey-Temp" Insulation Block Cutting (1955) UC-2400 (copied)
- N. H. Ketcham, Industrial Hygiene Summary Report, January 1 - June 30, 1962, with Institute Plant Report by R. E. Peele (1962) UC-2011
- N. H. Ketcham, Industrial Hygiene Summary Report, January-June 1962, with Institute Plant 512 Activities Report by R. E. Peele (1962) UC-4575
- Union Carbide Chemicals Company Brownsville Plant Six-Month Industrial Hygiene Summary Report Correspondence (1963) UC-5150
- N. H. Ketcham, Industrial Hygiene Summary Report for July 1 - December 31, 1962 (1963) UC-5149
- R. J. Sexton to S. C. Giambruno Transmitting Industrial Hygiene Survey of Insulation Block Dust (Thermobestos, Kaylo, Carey-Temp) at the Construction Insulation Shop (1963) Union Carbide 63 (copied)
- N. H. Ketcham to A. P. Moss Requesting an Industrial Hygienist for the Texas Plants, with Plant Manager Replies (1963-1964) UC-1706
- Union Carbide Chemicals Co. Correspondence on Hiring a Texas Area Industrial Hygienist: Ketcham, Moss, Allspach and Coons (1963-1964) UC-5152
- Union Carbide Chemicals Division Correspondence on Hiring a Texas Area Industrial Hygienist (1963-1964) UC-1305
- N. H. Ketcham, Industrial Hygiene Summary Report for Chemicals-Olefins-Plastics Divisions, July 1 - December 31, 1963 (1964) UC-1304
- N. H. Ketcham, Industrial Hygiene Summary Report, July 1 - December 31, 1963 (1964) UC-1309
- J. D. Young to K. B. Lanham on Dust Sampling of "Carey-Temp" Insulation Block Cutting (1965) UC-5228 (copied)
- E. R. Kinkead and U. C. Pozzani, Mellon Institute Report 29-55: Fibrogenic Potential of Asbestos Products by Injection in Guinea Pigs, Rats and Rabbits (1966) UC-2016 (recipient)
- E. R. Kinkead and U. C. Pozzani, Mellon Institute Report 29-55 on the Fibrogenic Potential of Asbestos Products in Animal Injection Tests (1966) UC-3047 (recipient)
- N. H. Ketchan to G. F. Johnson Transmitting Industrial Hygiene Digest Abstracts on Asbestos and Cancer (1967) UC-1723
- N. H. Ketcham to Dr. G. F. Johnson Forwarding Industrial Hygiene Digest Abstracts on Asbestos and Cancer (1967) UC-3304
- Fred Williams to Dr. T. G. Day and Others on Preliminary Air Sampling Results for Asbestos (1968) UC-2155 (recipient)
- R. E. Joyner to C. U. Dernehl and N. H. Ketcham Forwarding Johns-Manville Safety Precautions for Asbestos Fibres (1969) Union Carbide 132A (recipient)
- R. E. Joyner to C. U. Dernehl Transmitting Consumer Products Division Memo on Asbestos Fibre Safety Precautions (1969) UC-5070 (recipient)
- N. H. Ketcham to W. T. Barker and Others on Asbestos Air Sampling at PRESTONE Canning Plants (1969) Union Carbide 134
- N. H. Ketcham to W. T. Barker et al. on Asbestos Air Sampling for PRESTONE Canning Plants (1969) UC-1064
- R. W. Schwartz Memo Forwarding Minutes of the GE/Hooker/Union Carbide Safety Meeting on Asbestos Handling (1971) UC-463 (recipient)
- Union Carbide R&D Project Reports: Industrial Hygiene Surveys of Bound Brook and Torrance Plants (R. W. Cope) and Asbestos Dispersion for Paper Coating (Kelly and Buttrick) (1970-1971) UC-3697
- R. W. Cope, Industrial Hygiene Survey of Air Analyses at the Bound Brook Plant, Including Asbestos Fiber Counts in Building 3 (1971) UC-1490 (recipient)
- Minutes of Meeting on Measuring Employee Asbestos Exposure to Meet the Proposed OSHA Standard, submitted by N. H. Ketcham (1972) UC-2175
- N. H. Ketcham Minutes of Meeting on Measuring Employee Exposure to Asbestos Under the Proposed OSHA Standard (1972) UC-3303
- B. L. Murray to D. E. Deese and Others Transmitting the Asbestos Air Sampling Report Form, With a May 1972 Acetaldehyde Unit Dust Survey (1972) UC-2719 (recipient)
- D. E. Deese Texas City Industrial Hygiene Memos and Letters on Asbestos Sampling and Monitoring (1972-1973) UC-1096 (recipient)
- D. E. Deese to Distribution on OSHA Respiratory Protection Requirement for Asbestos Tear-Out (1972) UC-1074 (recipient)
- F. Williams to J. M. Butcher and Others Transmitting Industrial Hygiene Air Sampling Report on Insulating Work in Building 770 (1972) UC-2493 (recipient)
- OSHA Reply to D. E. Deese on Asbestos Monitoring and Medical Exams, with Union Carbide Asbestos Insulation Removal Procedures and F. Williams Memo to R. J. Taylor (1972) UC-1073 (copied)
- W. D. Neal to D. R. Albright on Asbestos Dust Measurements at the Bound Brook Plant (1972) UC-1410 (recipient)
- J. E. Neff Trip Report on the NIOSH Course on Sampling and Evaluating Airborne Asbestos (1972) UC-4609 (recipient)
Names in the documents
The spellings documents use for N. H. Ketcham, OCR misreadings included, so a search for any of them finds this page: Mr. N. H. Ketcham · Mr. N. L. Ketcham · N. H. Ketchan · Mr. N. H. Ketcham (511).
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