18 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · December 15, 1975
W. B. Reitze and J. T. Vanderveen on Replacing Thermobestos with Thermo-12 in Brazil (1975)
…Thermobestos was J-M's asbestos calcium silicate pipe and block insulation; its dustiness was documented in the 1960s (Union Carbide's 1962 dust surveys). In 1977 Reitze found Thermobestos still being made and installed in…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · April 14, 1971
C. L. Hite to B. Mulder on Waukegan's Red Slip Cases and the Union (1971)
What it shows Hite reports that union official Ben Foust expected a proposal that any worker moved to a lower-paying job because of a lung problem caused by asbestos or silica at work should keep…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · August 1, 1977
Dr. William R. Paul's Memo on the Zelienople Plant and Abnormal X-Rays Workers Were Not Told About (1977)
…role of the radiologist" by saying the films were of poor quality. The union pressed him on why the doctor had not retaken them, and the men said the plant doctor "doesn't tell them anything…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · January 4, 1972
Fred L. Pundsack to Dr. Irving J. Selikoff on Estimating Past Dust Levels at the Manville Plant (1972)
What it shows The estimates were for Selikoff's study of the Manville plant, which the local union had asked him to make (Selikoff's request to J. B. Jobe, Jobe's agreement). Blind copies went…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · February 24, 1977
Aetna Technical Services Report on J-M's Claim, Medical and Cost Accounting Facilities at Manville (1977)
…90% of the union employees have filed or will file a claim based upon an allegation of "occupational disease" either for asbestosis or loss of hearing. Approximately 10% of the non-union employees will likewise file…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · April 19, 1979
Dennis H. Markusson to R. B. Von Wald on Amending Waukegan's OSHA Logs (1979)
…union of the identity of individuals with occupationally related illnesses. On page 7, Markusson suggests that Waukegan amend Manville's logs entering those employees who request that his identity not be made known to the union…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · June 28, 1971
Dr. Irving J. Selikoff to J. B. Jobe Asking for Data on Manville Plant Workers (1971)
…was reflected by inadequate control measures, will plague us for some years." He offers assurances: "It is not our intention that your cooperation hurt you," the data would be for research only, individuals' information would stay…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · March 14, 1978
H. B. Moreno to Dr. Paul Kotin on a Smoking Ban at J-M's Belgian Asbestos-Cement Plants (1978)
…M had discussed a "No Smoking" ban at its asbestos-cement plants at Mol and Ghent; managers favored it but said the best way to a complete ban was to enlist the unions. Up to then…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · February 5, 1974
J. A. McKinney to W. L. VanDerbeek on Informing Foreign Customers About Asbestos (1974)
…Health." McKinney reports that the booklet "What Every Employee Should Know About Asbestos," sent to 21 J-M plants the previous November, had drawn no adverse union or employee reaction, and recommends sending it to customers…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · June 6, 1975
J. G. Cole's Memos to R. E. Sampson Transcribing CBC Reports on the Advocate Mine (1975)
…the Advocate mines. The program included interviews with employees, government officials, union officials, and a doctor from the local medical school. Interviewees discussed the extremely dusty conditions at the mines and surrounding area, J-M non…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · June 17, 1974
L. J. Greco to G. L. Swallow on the Nashua Industrial Hygiene Survey (1974)
…where they were required. "During the survey we had three personnel who would not wear a sampler," all on the sanding line; two were union stewards, and "This incident has occured for the last three years."
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · May 12, 1971
C. L. Sheckler to J. D. Anderson and L. H. Hemerda on Reporting Cancer Cases at Manville (1971)
…cancer, including mesothelioma," with everything except the X-ray films. Reports were to be made as soon as the plant learned of a possible case, whether from outside doctors, disability retirement requests, the union or supervisors.
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · April 27, 1970
J. R. M. Hutcheson to G. L. Swallow on Respirators in the Old Section of the Asbestos, Quebec, Plant (1970)
What it shows Hutcheson's third point explains why respirator use would not be enforced: "Disciplinary action to the point of layoff will be avoided otherwise we face a serious union-management confrontation." Such a confrontation…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · April 11, 1979
J. W. Szcygielski to Dr. Paul Kotin and D. B. Von Wald on Unreported Pneumoconiosis Cases at Waukegan (1979)
…unfair labor practice charge, which the company resisted as "privileged confidential information." He asked headquarters for "guidance and direction." For the earlier dispute over Waukegan's red slip cases and the union, see Hite's 1971…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · May 2, 1977
W. B. Reitze to H. B. Moreno, Trip Report on Asberit and Magnebras in Brazil (1977)
…For the Manville "A" Building, see the 1957 union complaints. In Johns-Manville's chronology Johns-Manville's own chronology of what the company knew describes this document as follows: Reitze memorandum to H.B. Moreno…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · May 1972
Waukegan Plant List of Red Slip Pneumoconiosis Cases, with Dates Diagnosed and Dates Informed (1972)
…Hite's 1971 letter on the red slip cases and the union. In Johns-Manville's chronology Johns-Manville's own chronology of what the company knew describes this document as follows: This is a list…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · May 21, 1971
Johns-Manville Environmental Health Task Force Policy Committee Minutes, May 1971 (1971)
…Dr. T. H. Davison noted that under the new federal safety law Selikoff, through the union, might get them anyway. Other items: Dr. Wright advised replacing crocidolite in J-M products wherever possible, a manager proposed…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · December 12, 1974
Ward Burleson to J-M Attorney Andrea M. Guyer on What J-M Knew About Asbestosis Among Insulators (1974)
What it shows Burleson gives three reasons he thought the danger was not widely known: unions opposed physical examinations by employers, most deaths were probably not diagnosed as asbestosis, and claims were handled through workers' compensation…