K. G. Townsend to A. L. Barefoot and Others Transmitting Summary of OSHA Inspection of Brown & Root at the Brownsville Plant (1979)

A cover memo of August 22, 1979 transmits a summary of an OSHA inspection of Union Carbide's contractor Brown & Root at the Brownsville plant. The attached memo of August 16, 1979, addressed to K. G. Townsend, describes the August 15 inspection, which followed an employee complaint, and the inspector's review of respirator cleaning records, lighting, drinking water, booster-area heat and a breathing-air valve.

What the document holds

• Page 3: Cover memo, K. G. Townsend to A. L. Barefoot and others, Aug. 22, 1979, transmitting the OSHA inspection summary (BRF 0260)
• Pages 1-2: Memo to K. G. Townsend, Aug. 16, 1979, summarizing the Aug. 15, 1979 OSHA inspection of Brown & Root (BRF 0261-0262; the memo's own page 2 is not in the exhibit)

People and organizations

From K. G. Townsend (Brownsville Plant; signature garbled in OCR, initials KGT); Mario Gutierrez (I.H. Technician; named in the cover memo as author of the attached summary) to A. L. Barefoot; B. F. Brown; R. C. Glock; R. A. Ream; L. T. Windel.

• Maria H. Gutierrez (author)
• K. Gran Townsend (author)
• A. L. Barefoot (recipient)
• Ben Brown (recipient)
• R. C. Glock (recipient)
• R. A. Ream (recipient)
• L. T. Windel (recipient)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• ACGIH (named)
• Brown & Root (named)
• Brownsville Plant (named)
• OSHA (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-1774 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 3 pages. Production numbers BRF 0260 to BRF 0262. The same document is also document UC-1934.