5,238 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 151 of 262
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 15, 1986
Handwritten Notes of Meeting on Removing Insulation from 120-Foot Columns and Covering Asbestos Landfill (1986)
One page of handwritten notes headed 'Meeting of 12/15/86'. They list planning details for removing insulation from a 120-foot-high structure: about one month, basket and cranes, BWE-5000 wetting agent, 10 hours a day and 7 days a week. They also…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 23, 1975
L. J. LaFrance to R. P. Wooldridge on Second-Quarter 1975 Asbestos Air Sample Results at the Linde Acetylene Cylinder Operations (1975)
Letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygienist reporting phase contrast microscopy results for eleven asbestos air samples taken in the second quarter of 1975 at the Linde Speedway Factory acetylene cylinder operations. It lists fiber…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 4, 1985
C. A. McNeill to John Kyle and Crew on Audit of Asbestos Insulation Removal at Polymers I Drum Filling, Sistersville Plant (1985)
Memorandum dated April 4, 1985 in which C. A. McNeill reported auditing the asbestos job at Polymers I drum filling for barricades, personnel protection, housekeeping and warning signs. He wrote that he found no deficiencies and noted the insulators…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 23, 1984
H. C. Lewinsohn to T. P. Hall (OSHA) Submitting Comments and Articles on Medical Surveillance of Asbestos Workers (1984)
Cover letter from Union Carbide's Assistant Corporate Medical Director to OSHA enclosing an outline of his planned comments for the June 19, 1984 informal rulemaking hearing on the proposed asbestos standard, plus three of his…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 15, 1986
Plant 512 Maintenance Department Procedure MSP-329, Protection Against Breathing Asbestos (1986)
A five-page Plant 512 Maintenance Department standing procedure (MSP-329) for the safe removal, handling and disposal of asbestos-containing insulation at the Institute Plant. It sets out supervisor and craftsperson responsibilities, work-area…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 12, 1987
Hilton C. Lewinsohn to Dr. Raymond L. H. Murphy on Franzblau and Lilis Comments on the ATS Statement on Nonmalignant Asbestos Diseases (1987)
Letter from a Union Carbide physician to Dr. Murphy commenting on a letter to Dr. Reuben Cherniak from Drs. Franzblau and Lilis. That letter criticized the American Thoracic Society (ATS) statement on the diagnosis of nonmalignant…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 11, 1986
W. V. Summers to A. Walker on Grafoil Gasket Usage and Asbestos Gaskets at Sistersville, Responding to a W. A. Bagot Letter (1986)
Memo from W. V. Summers to A. Walker replying to a letter from W. A. Bagot about replacing asbestos gaskets with Grafoil gaskets at the Sistersville location. It says Grafoil was used in selected applications, that there was no wholesale effort to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 2, 1977
W. F. Blythe, Jr. to J. W. Biddle, G. F. Hurley, M. E. Perry and W. Shelton on Asbestos Air Sampling During Insulation Stripping (1977)
A February 2, 1977 letter from W. F. Blythe, Jr. reporting air sampling for asbestos during insulation stripping jobs in several buildings on five dates in December 1976 and January 1977. It states that all workers wore respirators and that results…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 20, 1982
Plant Safety and Health Inspection Team to H. D. Unland on Safety and Health Inspection of the 529 Area, Brownsville Plant (1982)
Internal correspondence dated August 20, 1982 reporting the findings of the Brownsville Plant Safety and Health Inspection Team on the 529 area. It lists numbered observations by unit level and tank farm area, covering leaks, missing insulation,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 9, 1972
John J. Welsh to Frank X. Worden Forwarding OSHA Correspondence on Medical Examinations for Asbestos Exposure (1972)
Letter, J. J. Welsh (Union Carbide) to F. X. Worden (Western Electric), Nov. 9, 1972, acknowledging receipt of the Scannell letter Letter, Gerard F. Scannell, Director, OSHA Office of Standards, to V. J. Meyers, Western Electric…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 3, 1970
G. B. Kelly and G. W. Buttrick, Project Report on Dispersion of Asbestos for Use as a Pigment in Paper Coating (1970)
Business Confidential project report (Project 915L10, File 14217) on developing dispersions of asbestos (Asbestos HP and T-135) with clay for use as a pigment in paper coating. It reports that Tamol 731 was the best dispersant, that a Cowles…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 12, 1981
Harrison B. Rhodes to B. J. Pigg (Asbestos Information Association/North America) on Rejection of the Cal-OSHA Asbestos Cleanup Standard (1981)
Letter from Harrison B. Rhodes, Union Carbide Metals Division, to B. J. Pigg of AIA/NA, dated February 12, 1981 California Manufacturers Association Sacramento Report, Vol. 20 No. 4, January 30, 1981: 'New Review Agency Rejects…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 3, 1980
J. T. Kelly to G. R. Bailey and Others Transmitting Draft Asbestos Strategic Plan for the Metals Division (1980)
A one-paragraph internal cover memo from J. T. Kelly sends a rough draft of the asbestos strategic plan for review at a March 28 meeting. The attached slide-style draft covers the short fiber asbestos and viscosity control businesses at King City,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 17, 1987
B. G. Perry to J. E. Sanders Accepting the Task Group Recommendation to Phase Out Asbestos-Containing Materials at C&P Locations, with Sanders's October 1986 Memo (1987)
A February 17, 1987 memo from B. G. Perry to J. E. Sanders accepted a task group recommendation to phase out asbestos-containing materials in Chemicals and Plastics (C&P) locations and told him to revise the engineering standards. The attached…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 21, 1974
E. J. Kleber to R. Favero Transmitting Airborne Asbestos Fiber Count Report for Georgia-Pacific, Marietta (1974)
Cover letter, E. J. Kleber to R. Favero, Georgia-Pacific, Nov. 21, 1974 Title page: Airborne Fiber Counts for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Marietta, Georgia, Nov. 20, 1974 Report text: objectives, operation monitored, procedure, results, interpretation and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 17, 1977
B. L. Ingalls to G. L. Dickson on Viscosity Instability in Cosmicoat's Asphaltic Tennis Court Topping Containing RG-144 (1977)
…The lab work found that heat aging changed the viscosity because the asphalt emulsion was unstable, not because of the asbestos, and Cosmicoat was referred to a Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Division contact for surfactant advice.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 7, 1979
R. J. Taylor to J. H. Barrett and Others on OSHA Investigation of Trenching Complaint at Texas City (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting an OSHA compliance officer's visit to the Texas City plant on March 6-7, 1979, to investigate an employee complaint about an injury from a crumbling foundation in an unshored…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 4, 1978
H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on OSHA Consulting Service in Louisiana, with Attached Newsletter Page (1978)
A one-paragraph internal memo from Harrison B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers saying a free, basically anonymous OSHA consulting service was available in Louisiana and suggesting customers in that state be told. The attached page from an occupational health…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 30, 1971
Memo to J. W. Zabor, C. P. Kipp and Others on Labelling of Joint Treatment Compounds (1971)
An unsigned memo dated July 30, 1971, on whether and how to label joint treatment compounds. It says a Marvin Schmidt memo of May 11, 1970 put sanding dust below the 5 fibers per c.c. threshold limit value, but the company's attorneys doubted it…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 1979
Metals Division 1980 Budget Forms for King City, CA: Inventories, Employees and Operation Improvement Program (1979)
Four pages of Metals Division budget forms for the King City, CA location (Loc. No. 241), prepared for budget year 1980. They give inventory summaries and details in thousands of dollars (including raw asbestos at the mine and mill and finished…