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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 8, 1979
L. W. Phair to Plant Staff on Asbestos Insulation Disposal at the South Charleston Plant (1979)
Internal correspondence dated October 8, 1979, from L. W. Phair to ten plant staff members about disposal of asbestos insulation at the South Charleston Plant. It states that asbestos insulation must go in dumpsters taken to Fillmont, not regular…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 5, 1979
W. B. Troutman to Mailing List A-8 on Asbestos Handling Procedure at the South Charleston Plant (1979)
Internal memo from the South Charleston plant Safety Director transmitting a procedure for handling asbestos, mainly the removal of old insulation. The memo says asbestos has been recognized as a serious health hazard and that the attached procedure…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 26, 1972
B. L. Murray to E. O. Harrah on Asbestos Dust Concentrations in Insulation Work, South Charleston Plant (1972)
Internal letter reporting results of personal air monitoring of insulators in the South Charleston Plant maintenance department (Project D-1-72). It states the 8-hour time-weighted average asbestos fiber concentrations were below the permissible…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 5, 1979
W. B. Troutman to Mailing List A-8 on Asbestos Handling at the South Charleston Plant, with Attached Handling Procedure (1979)
Internal correspondence from the South Charleston Plant Safety Director to a mailing list, transmitting a plant procedure for handling asbestos insulation. The memo says asbestos had been recognized as a serious health hazard and that the attached…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 5, 1979
W. B. Troutman to Mailing List A-8 on Asbestos Handling, with South Charleston Plant Asbestos Handling Procedure and Related Memos (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo from the South Charleston Plant Safety Director to a mailing list, transmitting a new procedure for handling asbestos insulation. The memo describes asbestosis and lung cancer. The attachments are the procedure (health…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 14, 1978
N. W. Clauss to V. H. Johnkoski, Jr., Transmitting the Process and Equipment Operating Safety Training Manual, with Asbestos-Litigation Audit Cover Sheet (1978)
Union Carbide cover sheet: document flagged as possibly relating to asbestos, to be preserved for asbestos litigation defense (Audit Report No. WV-0233, File No. 21) Internal correspondence, Clauss to Johnkoski, 14 Aug 1978, transmitting the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 2, 1977
J. L. Worstell to EPA Region III (S. R. Wassersug) Transmitting Asbestos Demolition/Renovation Notification, South Charleston Plant (1977)
Letter from the South Charleston Plant's environmental protection coordinator to the EPA Region III enforcement director transmitting a notification about demolition and/or renovation of facilities with friable asbestos insulation. The letter says…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 5, 1979
W. B. Troutman to Mailing List A-8 on Asbestos Handling Procedures at the South Charleston Plant (1979)
Internal memo from the South Charleston plant Safety Director to a mailing list, transmitting a Maintenance Department procedure for handling asbestos-containing insulation. The memo and the attached seven-page procedure describe health effects,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 1, 1980
J. S. Cornell to Mailing Lists A-1 thru A-6 on the Main Steam Header Reinsulation Project, South Charleston Plant (1980)
Internal correspondence announcing that the South Charleston Plant Maintenance Department reorganized the crew reinsulating the plant's main 30- and 180-pound steam headers. It states that W. B. Spurlock was temporarily upgraded to Maintenance…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 6, 1980
E. O. Lewis to J. S. Cornell on Extending the Life of the Fillmont Landfill (1980)
Internal correspondence dated February 6, 1980, from the Environmental Protection department at the South Charleston Plant to J. S. Cornell. It says the Fillmont Landfill was in its final lift and asks that material be diverted to the Kanawha County…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 2, 1980
Internal Memo to J. S. Cornell on an Asbestos Screening Test for Plant Insulation Samples, South Charleston Plant (1980)
Internal correspondence at the South Charleston Plant, addressed to J. S. Cornell with copies to area maintenance superintendents and others, reporting that the Plant Laboratory had performed a NIOSH-published colorimetric test for the probable…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 2, 1980
William C. Young to J. S. Cornell on Asbestos Screening Test for Plant Insulation, South Charleston Plant (1980)
Internal correspondence reporting that the plant laboratory had performed a NIOSH-published colorimetric test for the probable presence of asbestos on insulation samples. It says the Plant Safety Department would offer on-site field testing and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 2, 1980
Internal Memo to J. S. Cornell on an Asbestos Screening Test for Insulation Samples at the South Charleston Plant (1980)
Internal correspondence at the South Charleston Plant, sent to J. S. Cornell with copies to area maintenance superintendents and others. It says the plant laboratory successfully ran a NIOSH-published colorimetric test on insulation samples to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 5, 1979
W. B. Troutman to Mailing List A-8 on Asbestos Handling at the South Charleston Plant, with Attached Handling Procedure (1979)
Internal correspondence from the South Charleston Plant Safety Director transmitting a procedure for handling asbestos-containing insulation. The memo states that asbestos has been recognized as a serious health hazard and that the attached…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 5, 1979
William B. Troutman to Mailing List A-8 on Asbestos Handling Procedure at the South Charleston Plant (1979)
Internal correspondence from the South Charleston Plant Safety Director transmitting a Maintenance Department procedure for handling asbestos-containing insulation. The attachment describes health considerations, OSHA limits, and mandatory…