5,238 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 139 of 262
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 6, 1984
D. Lamp Unsafe Condition Report No. 3167 on Loose Asbestos Falling from R-1 at the Tri Tower, with Supervisor and Department Head Comments (1984)
Handwritten Unsafe Condition Report No. 3167 in which D. Lamp of the insulation department reported loose asbestos falling off R-1 onto the grating on the 4th Deck of the Tri Tower, where it was being walked on by people working there. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Procedure for Pump Calibration Used for Monitoring of Asbestos Dust Emissions (undated)
A six-page written procedure for calibrating air-sampling pumps used to monitor asbestos dust emissions. It lists the data needed to calculate fibers/cc and the equipment, and describes a soap-bubble calibration with a worked example and a rotameter…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 27, 1973
John L. Myers to D. F. Behney (Harwick Chemical) Sending Revised Exhibit A to Calidria Distributor Agreement (1973)
Letter from Union Carbide's marketing manager to Harwick Chemical Corporation enclosing a revised Exhibit A to the June 1, 1972 distributor agreement. The revision drops CG-135-P and CG-135-O and adds SG…
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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 · June 2, 1987
M. G. Dwyer Transmittal and Capital Work Order for Asbestos Insulation Upgrade, Phase I, South Charleston Plant (1987)
A June 2, 1987 Danbury memo forwards a capital work order request for the Asbestos Insulation Upgrade - Phase 1 at the South Charleston Plant for review and approval. The attached work order (page 1 of 8 shown) describes the project as justified by…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 11, 1982
Gordon L. Dickson Call Report on Chicago-Area Tile Adhesive Makers and Calidria Asbestos (1982)
…to investigate potential for Calidria asbestos. It records that Durabond Products had stopped using asbestos, including Calidria, because of a corporate edict, and that Rubber Linings Corporation produced nothing; the report recommends dropping effort on both.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 17, 1973
K. S. Chopra to J. L. Myers on Determination of Asbestos in Water (1973)
Memorandum reporting the analysis of water samples marked "effluent," "river-below" and "river-above" for asbestos content. It describes the centrifuging and residue-weighing procedure and a magnesium analysis of the effluent residue, and gives…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 6, 1980
R. E. Graebert to Division SHARE Managers Transmitting Procedure Guideline on Safety and Health Requirements for Contractors (1980)
A March 6, 1980 internal Union Carbide memo transmits the final Procedure Guideline on safety and health requirements for contractors working at chemicals and plastics-type facilities. The attached guideline sets minimum contractor safety rules, sample…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 31, 1977
John L. Myers to Wharton Jackson (Harrisons & Crosfield) Declining Co-Insurance and Enclosing Distributor Indemnity Provision (1977)
Letter from Union Carbide's Marketing Manager replying to a distributor's 8/2/77 letter about product liability. It says Union Carbide could not co-insure the distributor, describes its efforts to warn asbestos customers…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
John L. Myers, "New Additives Induce Thixotropy, Provide Sag and Viscosity Control" (Calidria Asbestos Paper with Figures)
Cover page with title, author and Union Carbide King City address (F-42545) Text of the paper: Calidria deposit, processing, fiber properties and applications of S-G, T-135, R-G 110, R-G 144 and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 27, 1987
Memo to J. L. Worstell on Possibility of Using the Sistersville Plant for Asbestos Disposal (1987)
Memo summarizing a telephone call to Bob Newberger, an Environmental Protection staff member at the Sistersville facility, about using that facility to dispose of waste asbestos. It reports how Sistersville handled its own asbestos waste and that…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 1977
Law Department Memorandum to Management and Operations Committees on Asbestos Litigation (1977)
…list, summarizing asbestos product liability litigation involving the Corporation. It states that in the last five years the Corporation was named a defendant in 51 asbestos lawsuits covering 77 personal injury or wrongful death occurrences, brought…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 5, 1986
G. W. Wulfert to Department Heads and Maintenance Supervisors on Asbestos Insulation Philosophy at the Sistersville Plant (1986)
Memorandum from the Sistersville Plant maintenance manager transmitting the plant's philosophy and guidelines on asbestos insulation. The attachment says asbestos insulation is to be identified, sealed where practical, and replaced with non-asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 1987
Audit Report WV-0195: Search of Industrial Hygiene Technician's Asbestos Files at South Charleston, West Virginia (1987)
A Union Carbide document-audit form for a search of file drawers at South Charleston, West Virginia, followed by a multi-page handwritten document list for a folder labeled with 'ASBESTOS'. The form records the search…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 8, 1984
G. L. Dickson to J. T. Kelly on the 1984 Sales Forecast I for Asbestos Products (1984)
Internal Union Carbide Metals Division memo transmitting the 1984 Sales Forecast I compared with the 1984 budget for domestic and export asbestos sales. It says expected domestic gains were slightly more than offset by lower export…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 9, 1987
C. R. Rotthoff to W. J. Vincent on South Charleston Provisions for Asbestos Material Removal and Disposal (1987)
Internal correspondence in which C. R. Rotthoff commented on W. J. Vincent's South Charleston asbestos removal document, saying it assumed no technology exists to keep asbestos below the PEL. He suggested identifying which steps are mandatory…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 14, 1977
E. A. Piersall to E. W. Shortridge on Safety Visit to the King City Mill (1977)
Internal letter summarizing a safety visit to King City on April 11, 1977. It covers audiogram testing, a sputum testing program with Dr. Saccomanno, a possible transfer for employees if sputum results indicate a need to eliminate asbestos exposure,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 17, 1985
M. F. Stowers to G. W. Phares on Asbestos Exposure Monitoring During Steam Line Insulation Stripping at the Institute Plant (1985)
…April 17, 1985, on asbestos monitoring at the Institute plant Union Carbide notice that the document relates to asbestos litigation and should not be destroyed (Audit Report No. and File No. handwritten) Attached personal exposure monitoring…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Purchase Requisition and Stores Cards for Asbestos Wire, Packing and Gasket Materials, from P. Gentry (Materials Manager) Files (undated)
A set of stores and purchase requisition cards, with computer printouts of stores master records, for asbestos-containing plant supplies such as asbestos-insulated wire, Teflon-impregnated braided asbestos packing and Flexitallic gaskets with…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 8, 1982
V. H. Johnkoski to A. W. Carlson, Omar Muniz-Diaz and D. R. Shearer on EPA Asbestos Notification Requirements (1982)
One-page memo from V. H. Johnkoski asking the recipients to review their location procedures to ensure compliance with EPA notification requirements before demolition or renovation of friable asbestos material, per an attachment that is not…