13 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 25, 1974
W. C. Thurber to J. W. Rawlings, A Very Preliminary Look at Union Carbide's 1980 Asbestos Business (1974)
…C. Thurber to J. W. Rawlings, with an attached table, giving a preliminary outlook for Union Carbide's asbestos business through 1980. It goes through the markets for Calidria fiber (floor tile, drilling mud, elastomers, coatings…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 23, 1974
W. C. Thurber to Distribution on Current Status of Plans for Expanding the King City Asbestos Plant, with Attached Earlier Memos (1974)
A December 23, 1974 memo updating a June 19, 1974 memo on plans to expand the King City asbestos plant to 60,000 T/yr. It reports cost estimates, two financial cases, land acquisition efforts for tailings disposal, and a decision to defer…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 12, 1975
W. C. Thurber to J. W. Rawlings and F. C. Kroft, Jr. on Pending Asbestos Lawsuits (1975)
…suits had been dismissed and 9 were still pending. It describes the past defense strategy as showing that Union Carbide never sold product to the insulation trade, and says a newly raised conspiracy claim would make…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 29, 1974
W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison and Others on Housekeeping Test in the King City Bagging Area to Meet OSHA Fiber Limit (1974)
Memo from W. C. Thurber stating that OSHA regulations require the dust level at the King City operation to be below two fibers per cc after July 1, 1976, and that recent dust counts showed the main circuit bagging area as the principal problem. He…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 11, 1974
W. C. Thurber to E. W. Krummel on Calidria Pellets vs. Carey Fiber for Phenolic Molding Compounds (1974)
Memo from W. C. Thurber to E. W. Krummel, with Myers, Potter and Rawlings also named, commenting on Group I reports about bulk handling of asbestos for phenolic molding compounds. It argues that Calidria pellets and SG-104 or SG-200 grades are…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 24, 1973
W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison, Jr. on Deferring Coverall Service for King City Employees (1973)
Letter from W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison, Jr., with J. F. Emerson and J. W. Rawlings also listed, about a coverall service for all employees at an annual cost of $5,000 that was discussed during his visit the previous week. Thurber suggested…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 12, 1976
W. C. Thurber to J. W. Rawlings on the Asbestos SPU Action Plan for RG-244 and RG-600 (1976)
Internal Metals Division memorandum outlining an action plan to expand earnings of the Asbestos strategic planning unit (Calidria) through the specialty fibers RG-244 and RG-600. It covers markets, sales history and projections, airborne fiber…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 11, 1974
G. J. Weihs, Chrysotile Asbestos Markets and Forecasts for Group 7, with W. C. Thurber Cover Note and Related Memos (1974)
…7', March 1974: summary, conclusions, tables and end-use sections Partial Union Carbide internal form (Berkshire Business Forms) with little legible content; apparently not part of the report Commercial Intelligence memo to William Thurber, May 9…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 8, 1976
W. C. Thurber to R. E. Byrne and Others Transmitting Revision I of the 1977-1981 Five Year Forecast, with Asbestos Planning Data and Sales Forecast Sheets (1976)
Four pages from Union Carbide Metals Division long-range planning files: a handwritten cost assessment worksheet for asbestos plant products, a Long Range Plan data sheet for the Asbestos strategic planning unit, a June 8, 1976…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 6, 1976
W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison on Product Packaging: Individually Shrink-Wrapped Bags for RG-144 (1976)
Internal correspondence from W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison at King City directing that all future RG-144 production be packaged in individually shrink-wrapped bags rather than on shrink-filmed pallets. It states that improved package integrity…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 17, 1974
W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison on Distributing the Johns-Manville Asbestos Booklet to King City Employees, with Draft Cover Letter and Dr. Welsh's Comments (1974)
A January 17, 1974 memo from W. C. Thurber proposed giving all King City employees a Johns-Manville booklet, "What Every Employee Should Know About Asbestos," with an attached cover letter. The exhibit also holds a draft cover letter for F. H.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 24, 1973
W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison, Jr. on Deferring a Coverall Service Decision Pending California Asbestos Safety Orders (1973)
Memo from W. C. Thurber to the King City mining and metals division addressees about a coverall service for all employees at an annual expense of $5,000. Thurber suggested deferring a decision until California's final general industry safety orders…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 14, 1981
R. O. Marsten Letters to H. B. Eastman on Ore Spillage from Asbestos Ore Hauling (1981), with 1969 Coalinga Mining Claims Report and Related Papers
Compilation of Union Carbide papers on the King City asbestos operation. It includes two July 1981 letters from the King City mine superintendent to hauling contractor H. B. Eastman about ore spillage and trailer precautions, a…