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Book on the Hawk's Nest Tunnel project at Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, built in 1930-32 for Union Carbide's New Kanawha Power Company, and the silicosis deaths among its workers. The exhibit holds the front matter, the Introduction, chapter 1 (Preparation for Disaster), the start of chapter 2 (Working in the Tunnel), and the index. Pages 41-218 were not sent. unreviewed
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- Author
- Martin Cherniack (author; formerly physician and researcher at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
- Published by
- Yale University Press
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-5176
- Date
- 1986
- Number
- Bates UC-5176
- Rights
- A published article used as a document in asbestos litigation. Its copyright is not ours, so we describe it and link to it rather than host it.
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Martin Cherniack. "The Hawk's Nest Incident: America's Worst Industrial Disaster." 1986.
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- U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) (named)
- Union Carbide Corporation (named)
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This is document UC-5176 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 223 pages. Production numbers UC-5176.
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Martin Cherniack (author, formerly physician and researcher at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health). “Martin Cherniack, The Hawk's Nest Incident: America's Worst Industrial Disaster (Yale University Press, 1986).” 1986. Union Carbide documents, UC-5176, Bates UC-5176. Yale University Press. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-5176.
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