20 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 5, 1972
Paul W. McDaniel to W. N. Johnson on Gravimetric vs. Fiber-Count Evaluation of Asbestos (1972)
Confidential internal letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to W. N. Johnson of Mining & Metals about using a gravimetric (weight) system to evaluate asbestos. It reports that a brief trial at King City found no…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 15, 1971
P. W. McDaniel and J. L. Myers Report of Call on EPA Office of Air Programs Regarding Calidria Pellets and Asbestos Emission Standards (1971)
Report of a June 1971 meeting between Union Carbide staff and EPA Office of Air Programs personnel (Source Control Branch) to discuss how Calidria pellets and the production system reduce asbestos dust. It records EPA's…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 21, 1970
Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on Air Sample Particle Counts at the King City Asbestos Mine (1970)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence reporting particle counts from air samples taken at the asbestos mine near King City, at the bulldozer operator, front loader operator and pit floor around the grizzly. The writer stated that the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 3, 1972
Paul W. McDaniel to J. L. Myers on Asbestos Fiber Survey at American Biltrite Plant, Trenton, N.J. (1972)
Internal Union Carbide letter reporting a March 1, 1972 airborne asbestos fiber survey at the American Biltrite plant in Trenton, N.J., where asbestos was used in plastic tile manufacture. It lists fiber counts at seven…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 18, 1970
P. W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on Electron Micrographs of King City Plant Dust Samples (1970), with May 1972 King City Dust Count Data and F. H. Larrison Jr. Cover Memo to P. McDaniel
A September 18, 1970 internal letter from Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle at King City discusses electron micrographs and a laboratory report on airborne dust samples from the King City plant, including a respirator filter test. It is followed by a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 5, 1973
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison, Jr. on Air Samples Taken at the King City South Fence Line (1973)
Internal letter marked CONFIDENTIAL in which the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer reported air samples he collected on October 24, 1973 at the south fence line of the King City site. He gave fiber counts of 0.16 and 0.12 fibers/ml (5…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 1, 1972
Airborne Fiber Counts for American Biltrite Rubber Company, Trenton, New Jersey (1972)
…of American Biltrite Rubber Company in Trenton, NJ. Samples were collected by a Union Carbide industrial hygienist and compared with the emergency OSHA standard of 5 fibers/ml; one sample, inside a railroad boxcar during manual…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 6, 1972
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison on Dust Counts of Air Samples Collected at King City (1972)
Internal Union Carbide letter marked CONFIDENTIAL from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City mill, reporting airborne fiber counts from samples taken October 18-19, 1972. It compares 25 mm and 47…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 1973
R. J. Sexton Cover Memo on Asbestosis Survey, with P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison on Fiber Sampling at Bagger Area and Mine Site (1973)
Page 1 is a 1 August 1973 internal memo from the Institute Plant Medical Department transmitting a report on a survey of Plant Maintenance and Utilities employees, subject 'Asbestosis'. Pages 2-4 are the second through fourth pages of an August 7,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 24, 1971
Paul W. McDaniel to J. W. Rawlings Transmitting Write-Up on Asbestos Standards and Dust Control at King City (1971)
A cover letter from Paul W. McDaniel to J. W. Rawlings transmitting a write-up on asbestos and copies of dust determination methods, followed by three pages of text. The text sets out the OSHA air-contaminant standard for asbestos as of September…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 1, 1972
Paul W. McDaniel to J. L. Myers on Asbestos Dust Exposure Study at American Biltrite, Los Angeles (1972)
Internal Union Carbide letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer reporting a May 24, 1972 air-sampling study at American Biltrite Co., Los Angeles, of asbestos dust exposure in vinyl floor tile production. It…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 4, 1973
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison, Jr. Transmitting Fiber Counts from King City Air Samples (1973)
Confidential internal letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City plant, transmitting a tabulation of fiber counts from air samples collected November 13 and 14, 1973. It states that time weighted averages were…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 2, 1973
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison Transmitting Airborne Fiber Survey Results for the King City Mill (1973)
Internal letter, marked Confidential, from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City plant, transmitting a survey of airborne fiber (5.0 microns or longer) taken March 20-21, 1973. It gave estimated weighted exposures for…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 5, 1973
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison, Jr. on Air Fiber Counts at the King City South Fence Line (1973)
Internal letter marked Confidential in which the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer reported fiber counts from air samples collected at the south fence line of the King City plant on October 24, 1973. Two samples read 0.16 and 0.12…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 4, 1973
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison, Jr. Transmitting Fiber Counts from King City Air Samples (1973)
Internal Union Carbide letter marked Confidential, sent from the Medical Department to the King City plant, transmitting a tabulation of fiber counts from air samples collected at King City on November 13 and 14, 1973. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 15, 1971
P. W. McDaniel and J. L. Myers Report of Call on EPA Source Control Branch about Calidria Pellets and Asbestos Emission Standards (1971)
…and the King City production system reduce asbestos dust, the EPA's work on emission standards for non-occupational exposure, and recommended follow-up actions for Union Carbide staff, including tests on cancer and mesothelioma development.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 14, 1971
Paul W. McDaniel to J. L. Myers on EPA's Expected Listing of Asbestos as a Hazardous Material (1971)
Internal correspondence from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to J. L. Myers of the Mining & Metals Division on toxicology. It discusses the expected listing of asbestos by EPA as a hazardous material, states that asbestos is a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 5, 1972
Paul W. McDaniel to W. N. Johnson on Gravimetric vs. Fiber-Count Evaluation of Asbestos Dust (1972)
A two-page internal letter, marked Confidential, from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to W. N. Johnson of Mining & Metals. It states that the Medical Department did not favor a gravimetric (weight) system for evaluating…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 17, 1972
Paul W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison on January 1972 Dust Determinations at the King City Plant (1972)
Internal letter reporting dust determinations made at King City on January 4-5, 1972, with fibers/ml (5 microns or longer) and total dust/ml listed by location, including the bagging area, outdoor sites and the wet circuit area. It also describes a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 5, 1974
Paul W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison, Jr. Transmitting June 1974 Asbestos Air Survey Results at King City (1974)
Internal Union Carbide letter marked CONFIDENTIAL from industrial hygiene engineer Paul W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison, Jr. at King City. It transmits tabulated results of his June 19-20, 1974 airborne asbestos fiber survey, with…