V. D. Dutcher to Plant Managers on Community Hazard Communication, with Hazardous Chemical Lists and OSHA Guidance (1985)

A cover page handwritten 'Dr. Miller - Outside Hallway Files / File: 1985 Product Safety Program' precedes an April 19, 1985 memorandum on community hazard communication under the OSHA standard. The memo forwards a Cary inventory of hazardous chemicals, a list of UCAR latex products that may contain carcinogens above 0.1 percent, a hazard-determination guideline, a National Safety Council classification guide, and Union Carbide's list of carcinogens and teratogens. The chemical inventory lists asbestos-related items such as 'Talc (Fibrous)' and 'Talc (Non-Asbestos)' among pigments.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Handwritten file cover: 'Dr. Miller - Outside Hallway Files, File: 1985 Product Safety Program'
• Page 2: Memorandum from V. D. Dutcher, April 19, 1985, Community Hazard Communication
• Pages 3-7: Hazardous substances inventory at Cary, grouped by chemical type
• Page 8: List of UCAR latex products that may be hazardous mixtures because they contain carcinogens above 0.1%
• Page 9: J. A. Leonard guideline (dated 11/27/84) on how to determine if a product is hazardous
• Pages 10-15: Hazard determination criteria under OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200
• Pages 16-38: National Safety Council Hazardous Chemical Classification Guide (May 1984), with OSHA/ACGIH/NTP/IARC source columns and a mineral dusts section listing asbestos
• Pages 39-40: IARC Monographs Supplement 4 (1982), cover and Group 1-3 classification excerpt
• Pages 41-77: Not sent
• Pages 78-82: Union Carbide List of Carcinogens and Teratogens, pages 4-9 of 9

People and organizations

From V. D. Dutcher (UCAR Emulsion Systems, Cary, N.C. (title not shown)) to B. F. Cole (Somerset); H. V. Hooper (Garland); K. G. Morlock (Alsip); H. Ortiz (Bayamon); D. H. Reed (Tucker); G. W. Sanders (Torrance).

• V. D. Dutcher (author)
• B. F. Cole (recipient)
• H. V. Hooper, Jr. (recipient)
• K. G. Morlock (recipient)
• H. Ortiz (recipient)
• D. H. Reed (recipient)
• G. W. Sanders (recipient)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• DeSoto (named)
• DOT (named)
• IARC (named)
• National Safety Council (named)
• National Toxicology Program (named)
• OSHA (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: IARC · OSHA · OSHA Asbestos Standard.

About this copy

This is document UC-1006 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 82 pages. Production numbers A23185 to A23266.