12 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 26, 1962
N. H. Ketcham, Industrial Hygiene Summary Report, January-June 1962, with Institute Plant 512 Activities Report by R. E. Peele (1962)
Company-wide summary of industrial hygiene work at Union Carbide plants and the Technical Center for January-June 1962, signed by N. H. Ketcham and dated 9-26-62, followed by a distribution list and the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 27, 1979
R. E. Peele's Notes of the Occupational Health Operations Team Meeting, South Charleston, W. Va. (1979)
Notes of a February 27, 1979 meeting of a Union Carbide occupational health team, prepared by R. E. Peele. They record action items on chemical exposure, the carcinogen list, OSHA/NIOSH information requests, fetal protection policy…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 26, 1984
M. F. Stowers and R. E. Peele to J. W. Karn on Asbestos Monitoring During Boiler Insulation Stripping at the Sistersville Plant (1984)
Memorandum reporting results of asbestos exposure monitoring done on May 23, 1984 while construction employees stripped about 1600 sq ft of insulation from a boiler at the Sistersville Plant powerhouse. It states all samples were below the 2.0…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 26, 1984
M. F. Stowers and R. E. Peele to J. W. Karn on Asbestos Monitoring at the Sistersville Plant (1984)
Memorandum reporting asbestos exposure monitoring done on May 23, 1984, while construction employees stripped about 1600 sq ft of insulation from a boiler at the Sistersville Plant Powerhouse. It says all samples were below the 2.0 fiber/cc limit…
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Company document · Motley 1000 · March 21, 1962
R. J. Sexton to L. N. Dickinson Enclosing Union Carbide's Thermobestos and Kaylo Dust Survey (1962)
…Peele's report indicates that the survey was prompted by complaints from Union Carbide employees in the Construction Shop of "uncomfortable and dusty working conditions." Peele's report concludes that the fabrication of Thermobestos insulation blocks…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Review of Asbestos-Health Literature (undated), bound with 1963 Union Carbide Institute Plant Insulation Shop Dust Survey
The first part is an unsigned, undated review of the asbestos-health literature. It covers general reviews, asbestosis, lung cancer, mesothelioma, GI cancer, mining, manufacturing, dust levels, environmental asbestos and research needs, and ends…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 23, 1963
R. J. Sexton to S. C. Giambruno Transmitting Industrial Hygiene Survey of Insulation Block Dust (Thermobestos, Kaylo, Carey-Temp) at Construction Insulation Shop, with R. E. Peele Follow-up Memo (1963)
A 23 October 1963 internal memo from the Plant Medical Director transmits Industrial Hygiene Survey Report 63-IH-3-G-1 on dust from band-sawing Thermobestos, Kaylo and Carey-Temp insulation blocks in the Construction Insulation Shop. The report…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 23, 1963
R. J. Sexton to S. C. Giambruno Transmitting Industrial Hygiene Survey of Insulation Block Dust at the Construction Insulation Shop, Institute Plant (1963)
A 23 October 1963 cover memo from the Institute Plant medical director transmits Industrial Hygiene Survey Report 63-IH-3-G-1 on dust from fabricating Thermobestos, Kaylo and Carey-Temp insulation blocks with band saws. The report gives sampling…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 29, 1963
R. E. Peele to R. J. Sexton, M.D., on Construction Insulation Shop, Building 511-2018 (1963)
Internal correspondence in which an industrial hygienist reported on his visit to the construction insulation shop to observe band-saw fabrication of "Carey-Temp" pipe covering. He stated that, on visual observation alone, no health hazard was…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 29, 1963
R. E. Peele to R. J. Sexton, Transmitting Industrial Hygiene Survey of Construction Insulation Shop, Building 511-2018, Plant 512 (1963)
A packet from Union Carbide's Institute Plant (Charleston, W. Va.) with a 29 November 1963 memo on a visual check of band-saw cutting of Carey-Temp pipe covering, and Industrial Hygiene Survey Report 63…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 1976
R. E. Peele, "Respiratory Protective Equipment as an OSHA Requirement," Presentation Outline to Joint Industrial Hygiene/Medical Directors Meeting (1976)
Outline of a presentation by R. E. Peele at an April 1976 joint industrial hygiene/medical directors meeting on respiratory protective equipment as an OSHA requirement. It lists topics (company practice and policy, what the law says, violations,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 23, 1963
R. E. Peele, Industrial Hygiene Survey of Atmospheric Dust at the Construction Insulation Shop: Band Saw Fabrication of Thermobestos, Kaylo and Carey-Temp Insulation Blocks (1963)
Excerpt (report pages 6-7 plus tables and graphs) of an industrial hygiene survey of dust released when insulation blocks sold as Thermobestos, Kaylo and Carey-Temp were cut on two band saws, measured in mppcf in early 1963. It gives conclusions on…