David H. Glenn to R. A. Griffin (OSHA) Transmitting Vinyl Chloride Mortality Data for Texas City Plant, with Tabershaw/Cooper Study Excerpts (1977)

Letter from Union Carbide's Gulf Coast Area Medical Director to OSHA's Houston Area Director responding to an OSHA compliance officer's request for a mortality analysis of vinyl chloride exposed workers at the Texas City Plant. It reports sixteen deaths among 431 employees and attaches excerpts of the Tabershaw/Cooper Associates epidemiological study for the Manufacturing Chemists Association (final report May 2, 1974) and a list of the causes of death.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Letter from D. H. Glenn to R. A. Griffin, OSHA, September 16, 1977, transmitting vinyl chloride mortality information
• Pages 2-5: Excerpts from Tabershaw/Cooper Associates, Epidemiological Study of Vinyl Chloride Workers, Final Report, May 2, 1974 (summary, introduction, selection of study plants, data collection)
• Page 6: Table of causes of death, Texas City Plant vinyl chloride workers, cases 1-16

People and organizations

From David H. Glenn, M. D. (Medical Director, Gulf Coast Area) to Mr. R. A. Griffin (Area Director, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U. S. Department of Labor, Houston).

• David H. Glenn (author)
• Gulf Coast Area Medical Department (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Manufacturing Chemists' Association (named)
• OSHA (named)
• U.S. Department of Labor (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: OSHA · Texas Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-1155 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 6 pages. Production numbers UCTC 20849 to UCTC 20854.