5,238 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 53 of 262
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 28, 1974
W. C. Thurber Memo to Files on Conversation with Don Miller of Kentile Floors about Calidria Use in Floor Tile (1974)
Memo to files summarizing a January 23, 1974 conversation with Don Miller of Kentile Floors Inc. in Brooklyn. It records Kentile's asbestos sources and tonnage for its three floor tile plants, reduced production due to resin shortages, openness to a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 8, 1979
Handwritten Memo to C. W. Carman on March 2 Meeting about Asbestos Exposure Compliance (1979)
A one-page handwritten memo dated March 8, 1979, to C. W. Carman. The writer reports that he and a Mr. Shipley met with "George" on Friday, March 2, to discuss concerns about asbestos exposure. The memo says they asked for work and discussion on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Carl U. Dernehl and K. S. Lane, Asbestos Toxicology Report (undated)
A two-page Union Carbide report on asbestos toxicology. It describes asbestosis, the 5 million particles per cubic foot Threshold Limit Value, reports of cancers in exposed individuals, dust control methods, environmental monitoring, and pre-employment…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 1, 1979
J. E. Welsh Sales Call Report on Gulf Oil, Houston, Concerning Calidria for a Planned High Point, N.C. Adhesives Plant (1979)
Call report on a follow-up call to Frank Jester, a design engineer at Gulf Oil, about Calidria interest generated by J.L. Myers. Gulf was building a rubber-based adhesives plant in High Point, North Carolina. The report records the expected asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 17, 1981
Industrial Hygiene Monitoring for Asbestos: Insulation Stripping and Bagging Samples, Bldg. 774, Report to R. F. Painter (1981)
Four Union Carbide industrial hygiene monitoring forms (Computer Ref. W-1198), dated July 17, 1981, reporting airborne asbestos fiber results for four workers sampled on 07/10/81 while stripping and bagging insulation from a steam…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 20, 1984
Handwritten Note on Whether to Wait for OSHA's Letter or Put Asbestosis on the Log for All Cases (1984)
A single page bearing a handwritten note dated 6/20/84. The note says that a person (name read as 'Dr. Rowe' or similar) never responded and that OSHA never sent the 'letter', and it asks how to proceed, offering two options: wait, or put asbestosis…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 13, 1975
E. J. Kleber Customer Call Report on RG-600 Seminar at General Electric Appliance Park, Louisville (1975)
Customer call report on a seminar about RG-600 given to General Electric personnel at Appliance Park, Louisville, KY. It records that the OSHA situation and the Calidria asbestos story were presented, that G.E. could use about 1,000,000 lbs. of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Procedure for Removal of Asbestos Insulation, Memo to Plant Letter Lists A, B and C2 (undated)
A one-page procedure sent to plant letter lists A, B and C2 on removing asbestos insulation. It sets minimum and maximum respirator and protective requirements, tied to OSHA limits, and rules for bagging, labeling and disposing of scrap insulation.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 13, 1971
H. B. Rhodes Report of Call on Baker Castor Oil Co. Request for Toxicology Information on RG-144 (1971)
Report of a telephone call dated 7/13/71 in which H. B. Rhodes recorded a request from John Gayle of Baker Castor Oil Co., a maker of thix agents, for toxicology information. Baker was using moderate quantities of RG-144 in a thixotropic material…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 3, 1985
M. F. Stowers and Manhar A. Patel to W. T. Shelton: Industrial Hygiene Monitoring for Asbestos, Bldg. 707 Heliflo Insulation Stripping (1985)
Industrial hygiene monitoring report dated May 3, 1985 on personal air samples taken April 26, 1985 from two workers stripping old insulation from a heliflo system in Bldg. 707. Results were 0.38 and 0.27 fibers/cc over 35 minutes, compared against…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 27, 1982
Affidavit of John L. Myers on Calidria Asbestos Production, Fiber Length and Uses (1982)
…Myers, taken in Monterey County, California, describing Union Carbide's Calidria chrysotile asbestos, its mining and milling, and its fiber size. It states that Calidria was sold as a filler and reinforcer in products such as…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 21, 1984
G. D. Twait to Wayne Williams on November 1983 Revisions to SH-256, Removal and Handling of Asbestos-Containing Insulation Material (1984)
A handwritten 1984 note from G. D. Twait to Wayne Williams confirming that the asbestos permissible exposure limit in the November 1983 revision of SH-256 would stay at 0.5 fibers/cc, with attached material. The attachments are the OSHA emergency…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 22, 1972
B. L. Ingalls to R. E. Byrre and Others on Handling Customer Inquiries About the New OSHA Regulations (1972)
Internal memorandum suggesting a basic format for handling customer inquiries about the new OSHA asbestos regulations. It advises staff on setting the tone of the conversation and lists points to raise, including an initial survey, periodic…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1960
Progress Report Pages on Coalinga Asbestos Pilot Plant Investment Estimates, Sales Prospects and Bishop Studies (1960)
Three pages (numbered 13-15) from what appears to be a periodic progress report on Union Carbide's Coalinga asbestos project. They contain a table of preliminary investment estimates for two pilot plant options, a sales…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 2, 1986
Asbestos Insulation Program Action List, JKC/JRD (1986)
A one-page numbered list titled "Asbestos Insulation Program." It sets out steps for a plant asbestos insulation upgrade: getting agreement on a plant asbestos standard, surveying the plant for asbestos insulation, labelling, funding, assigning a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 5, 1979
Bill Lett to C. R. Johnson and E. C. Shipley on Work Done on a Pipeline Hanging Project (1979)
A one-page handwritten note dated Oct. 5, 1979, from Bill Lett to Mr. C. R. Johnson and Mr. E. C. Shipley, marked 'Re: See Attached'. The writer said that he and Homer walked a line before the job, identified the work and procedures, and contacted…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 3, 1983
Routing Note on Blame in an Incident Report, with Handwritten Approval Comments (1983)
A small note dated 11-3-83 is pasted on a mostly blacked-out page. Parts of the typed text are crossed out and partly illegible. It says a report is subject to Terry's approval and refers to a conversation about who was to blame for an incident,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 19, 1971
J. W. Rawlings to Dr. M. Stern on Meeting with Degussa about A-28 and A-14 Sales and Pricing (1971)
Memo reporting a March 15, 1971 meeting with Degussa about its European sales of A-28 and A-14, which were produced from asbestos ore. It covers Degussa's sales volumes and prices, its proposal for a joint venture to manufacture A-28 in Europe, and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Handwritten Note on Average Background Fiber Counts for Used Millipore Field Monitors
A one-page handwritten note recording "used Millipore field monitors," pore size 0.8 micron, lot HOD62302A, with average background counts in two columns (5-25 micron and >25 micron) and a fiber count. The note gives the figures 9, 2 and 0. It has…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 28, 1974
W. C. Thurber Memo to Files on Flintkote's Evaluation of Coalinga Asbestos for Floor Tile (1974)
Memo summarizing a January 25, 1974 conversation with Art Hooker of Flintkote Company about Flintkote's past evaluations of Coalinga asbestos fiber for floor tile. It reports Flintkote's current use of Canadian asbestos, its annual tonnage, plant…