2,273 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 82 of 114
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 2, 1977
W. D. Massey to C. H. Carder on Experimental Lower Cost Latex Replacements for UCAR Latex 131 in Tape Joint Cements (1977)
Business confidential R&D memorandum evaluating three experimental polyvinyl acetate latices against UCAR Latex 131 in asbestos-free tape joint cement formulations. It reports comparable or better performance, a possible raw material saving of 2.5¢…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 2, 1972
E. A. Piersall Reply Message on Bureau of Mines Calidria King City Asbestos Dust Health Study (1972)
Union Carbide reply message, E. A. Piersall to J W Rawlings/W N Johnson and P. W. McDaniel, 2/2/72 Bureau of Mines report cover page and survey identification and distribution list Report text: introduction…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 16, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne, Jr. and Others on OSHA Regulations on Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica (1975)
Internal memo from H. B. Rhodes reporting that NIOSH had sent OSHA its criteria document on crystalline silica, and advising that the attached summary could be used with customers. It states that RG-144 and RG-244 were checked and no crystalline…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 22, 1979
J. B. Leverton to D. L. Engle and Others on OSHA Investigation at the Texas City Plant (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting that an OSHA industrial hygienist, Richard Miller, came to the Texas City plant on June 21, 1979 to sample employee exposure to ethylene oxide during a filter change at building 19…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 13, 1979
Edward J. Kleber Customer Call Report on Interplastic, Minneapolis, Covering OSHA Citation and Calidria Concerns (1979)
Customer call report on a September 13-14, 1979 visit to Interplastic (Minneapolis, polyester industry) with the stated objective of account maintenance. It records discussions of bulk handling work with RG-244 and Aerosil, an OSHA citation and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 6, 1977
Jose L. Garcia to B. F. Brown, R. C. Glock, K. G. Townsend and Staff on the EPA Asbestos Standard and Proposed Amendment (1977)
Internal correspondence from Brownsville, Texas summarizing the part of the EPA asbestos standard that applies to demolition and renovation of buildings and structures. It states the pipe and surface-area amounts of asbestos material above which the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 14, 1979
John L. Myers to J. B. Browning on EPA Study of California Asbestos Mining Counties, with King City Plant Dust Sampling Data (1979)
A December 1979 internal memo from John L. Myers reported a December 11, 1979 visit to the King City asbestos plant by Science Applications and EPA representatives working on an EPA study of asbestos mining counties in California. The exhibit also…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 23, 1975
Steve Bales (Dow Chemical) Calidria Literature and Sample Request for RG-600, with Health Data (1975)
A Calidria Asbestos request form dated 1/23/75 from Steve Bales, Senior Research Chemist at Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Michigan. He asked for a sample of RG-600 and literature on RG-600, especially health data, for reinforcing thermoplastics and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 16, 1974
E. J. Kleber to H. B. Rhodes on Fiber Loss on Millipore Filters Due to Handling (1974)
Internal memo reporting a test of whether Millipore filter air samples lost fibers when handled and shipped. Filters read at King City were returned to Niagara by hand-carrying, UPS or Parcel Post and recounted, and a table compares the counts. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 14, 1973
T. P. Morris Update Report on General Motors' Asbestos Ban, Call Report on GM Tech Center (1973)
Report of call on the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, written as an update. It says GM management decided around 1969 to eliminate asbestos from its products, that the Harrison Radiator Division switched from JM 7TF1 to a clay…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 12, 1979
J. L. Worstell to EPA Region III (S. R. Wassersug) Transmitting Notice of Intent to Renovate Friable Asbestos Insulation at South Charleston Plant (1979)
Cover letter sending the EPA Region III Enforcement Division a notification of planned demolition or renovation involving friable asbestos insulation, sent under 40 CFR 61, Subpart B, Section 61.22(d). The attached notice describes an upgrade of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 1, 1978
K. Gran Townsend to A. L. Barefoot, R. C. Glock and L. T. Windel on Contractor Employees' Exposure to Potential Health Hazards (1978)
A one-page internal cover memo, marked personal and confidential, forwarding a letter from T. A. Moore of the Union Carbide Law Department to J. C. Schonberg, Industrial Hygiene, Taft Plant, on contractor employees' exposure to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 30, 1977
Fred Williams to Distribution Lists on Update of Procedure for Protection Against Inhalation of Asbestos Fibers, Institute Plant (1977)
Internal correspondence from the Institute Plant Industrial Hygiene department transmitting an updated procedure for protecting personnel against inhalation of asbestos fibers during handling, demolition and removal. The memo cites OSHA and EPA…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 23, 1975
E. J. Kleber Call Report on General Electric (Marvin Wilson) Inquiry About RG-600 for Reinforced Polypropylene (1975)
…Louisville, KY, asking whether Union Carbide could supply 150,000 to 300,000 pounds of RG-600 in 1976 for reinforcing polypropylene. It records a discussion of health hazards and handling, a request for a 30…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 9, 1976
K. Gran Townsend to G. P. Durocher on Handling Asbestos Materials in the Brownsville Plant Warehouse (1976)
Internal letter-memo dated September 9, 1976, following a visit to the Brownsville Plant warehouse at G. P. Durocher's request for guidance on handling asbestos-containing materials. It states the small quantity on hand should not be a health hazard…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1979
Kirk E. Martin to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Complaint Investigation of Welding in Van Boxes at the Texas City Plant (1979)
Internal memo reporting an OSHA industrial hygienist's follow-up investigation on October 30, 1979, at the Texas City Plant into employee complaints of overexposure to ozone, argon and metal fumes while welding inside van boxes in building 189. It…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 20, 1972
B. L. Ingalls to R. E. Byrne, Jr. and Others on Industrial Hygiene Consultants for Asbestos Dust Survey (1972)
B. L. Ingalls reported on telephone calls to two industrial hygiene consultants, United States Testing Company and W. T. Ingraham, about their ability to perform asbestos dust count surveys. Ingraham gave a cost estimate of $1,500 to $3,000 for an…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 6, 1977
E. J. Kleber Call Report on Ford Motor Company Vinyl Plant, Mt. Clemens, Seminar on Using Asbestos Safely (1977)
Customer call report on a 10/6/77 visit to Ford Motor Company's Vinyl Plant in Mt. Clemens, MI, where R. E. Byrne, Jr. and J. L. Myers presented a seminar on using asbestos (Calidria) safely to a Ford sealant task force. The report describes Ford's…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 6, 1978
R. E. Byrne, Jr. to W. D. Bybee (Gulf Oil Chemicals) Enclosing Calidria RG-600 Brochure for Polypropylene (1978)
Letter from Union Carbide's Metals Division to a Gulf Oil Chemicals product development contact, sent at the request of Mr. Krauskopf. It enclosed a brochure on Calidria asbestos RG-600 and a paper on reinforced…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 29, 1979
Ruth Clise to W. T. Shelton on Asbestos Monitoring of Insulation Stripping in Building 704, South Charleston (1979)
Internal correspondence reporting breathing zone air sampling of two insulators, N. J. Dean and R. E. Raines, who stripped suspected asbestos insulation from a steam line on the third level of Building 704 in South Charleston, West Virginia. The…