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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 13, 1979
D. L. Engle and D. H. Glenn to All Texas City Union Carbide Employees on OSHA Visits and Brain Tumor Investigation (1979)
Letter to Texas City plant employees reporting that OSHA inspected the plant in December 1978 and January 1979 after a former employee raised concern about brain tumors in the Chemical Shipping Area. It says the company found 10 brain tumor deaths…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 31, 1969
R. E. Joyner, M.D., to J. E. Finch and Others on Safety Precautions for Asbestos Fibers (1969)
Memo from Dr. R. E. Joyner at Texas City to five recipients about a recent letter from P. G. Bonin of Consumer Products Division on the hazard of asbestos fibers. Joyner said he did not disagree with the letter except that further sampling and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 18, 1979
Kirk E. Martin to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Investigation of Ethylene Oxide Filter Change at Texas City (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo from an industrial hygienist at Texas City reporting an October 16, 1979 OSHA visit on potential employee exposure during changing of ethylene oxide filter cartridges at the loading rack. It describes the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 29, 1979
J. F. Erdmann to W. H. Barlow et al. on Delegation of EPA NSPS and NESHAPS Responsibilities to the Texas Air Control Board, Texas City Plant (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo from the Texas City plant forwarding an EPA Region 6 notice that NSPS and NESHAPS responsibilities were delegated to the Texas Air Control Board. It lists the plant's covered situations: no…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 12, 1979
W. H. Barlow to J. B. Leverton on Asbestos Removal and Showers for Workers, with Attached Texas Air Control Board Delegation Memo and EPA Notice (1979)
A packet opening with a February 12, 1979 memo from W. H. Barlow to J. B. Leverton asking whether the Texas City plant's asbestos removal procedure needs revision, with particular concern that showers be provided for workers. Behind it are a January…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 17, 1972
D. E. Deese to Distribution on OSHA Respiratory Protection Requirement for Asbestos Tear-Out (1972)
Memo from the Gulf Coast Area senior industrial hygienist to a list of Union Carbide recipients reporting OSHA's interpretation of respiratory protection for asbestos tear-out or removal. It states that OSHA's Delbert Flowers…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 27, 1976
J. H. Rapp to J. P. Alexander and Others on Coveralls for Insulators, with D. E. Deese Memo on Asbestos Strip Job Monitoring (1976)
Two Texas City memos on asbestos. The first, dated February 27, 1976, from J. H. Rapp to plant personnel, announced that coveralls would be issued to insulators who might be exposed to asbestos fibers above the ceiling level, and gave laundering and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 11, 1976
D. E. Deese to D. L. Engle on the OSHA Inspection of the Oxo-Syn Gas Control Room, Texas City (1976)
Letter marked Confidential reporting an OSHA inspection on November 4, 1976 of the Oxo-Syn Gas Control Room (Bldg. 138) at the Texas City plant, made after an employee complaint. It describes the inspectors' air sampling for carbon monoxide, their…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 14, 1972
D. E. Deese to H. B. Coons and Others on the OSHA Permanent Asbestos Standard (1972)
A June 14, 1972 memo from the Gulf Coast Area senior industrial hygienist to Texas City managers and a physician. It summarizes 18 requirements of OSHA's first permanent asbestos standard, including exposure limits, monitoring, medical examinations…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 31, 1969
R. E. Joyner, M.D. to J. E. Finch and Others on Safety Precautions for Asbestos Fibers (1969)
A one-page memo from Dr. R. E. Joyner to five Texas City recipients, referring to a recent letter from P. G. Bonin of the Consumer Products Division about the hazard of asbestos fibers. Joyner said he agreed with the letter except that further…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 23, 1977
A. P. Yalcinkaya to D. L. Engle on OSHA Inspection of Building 74 at the Texas City Plant (1977)
Memo-style letter, marked confidential, reporting an OSHA Compliance Officer's visit to the Texas City Plant on March 18, 1977. The visit followed a complaint about the Building 74 conference-lunch room and locker room sanitation. The letter says…