2,273 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 83 of 114
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 1, 1972
John L. Myers to "Jim" on the Daubert Dispute over Asbestos Sales to Farco (1972)
Memo-style letter from John L. Myers, dated Niagara Falls, September 1, 1972, to "Jim" reporting on a dispute with customer Daubert. Myers described meetings and calls with Daubert officials and W. R. Grace after UCC declined to stop asbestos sales…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 25, 1978
G. W. Bott to W. T. Shelton on Asbestos Exposure Survey of Insulators Stripping Old Insulation, Building 701 (1978)
Interoffice correspondence reporting a September 9, 1978 survey of asbestos fiber exposure for two insulators stripping insulation from high pressure steam lines in the south side basement of Building 701. It reports measured exposures of 0.11 and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 13, 1975
E. J. Kleber Call Report on General Electric Appliance Park, Louisville, on an RG-600 Asbestos Seminar (1975)
Customer call report on a seminar for General Electric personnel at Appliance Park, Louisville, about RG-600 asbestos. It records that G.E.'s medical department was expected to resist use of asbestos because fiber concentrations above 0.1 fibers/cc…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 12, 1971
B. L. Ingalls to Dennis P. Bridge (PPG Industries) on Asbestos Health Hazards and Calidria RG-244 in Polyester Products (1971)
Letter from Union Carbide's Eastern Region sales and technical service manager to PPG Industries' environmental control manager, following a telephone call the day before. It enclosed a National Research Council report, "Airborne Asbestos", and discussed…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 8, 1979
W. F. Blythe, Jr. to W. T. Shelton on Asbestos Monitoring During Insulation Stripping in Building 741 (1979)
Internal Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics report dated June 8, 1979 on personal and area air sampling for asbestos while an insulator removed wetted insulation from a valve in Building 741. It reported a time-weighted…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 9, 1976
John L. Myers to W. C. Thurber on Packaging and Transportation Problems with Asbestos Dust (1976)
Internal memo from John L. Myers to W. C. Thurber on customer complaints about dust on Calidria asbestos bags and shrink-wrapped pallets. Myers expressed concern about an OSHA confrontation over packaging and transportation practices, recommended…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 20, 1978
Calidria Asbestos Monthly Sales Report and Sales Summary for May 1978
A monthly sales report cover page with a distribution list, followed by a table of Calidria asbestos sales by product grade for May 1978 and year to date. The table gives tons, dollars (in thousands) and percent of budget for domestic and export…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 7, 1979
L. T. Windel to Allan M. Seils (Texas Department of Water Resources) on Adding Asbestos to the Brownsville Plant Solid Waste Registration (1979)
Letter from Union Carbide's Brownsville plant to the Texas Department of Water Resources asking to add asbestos to the plant's solid waste registration (#31108). It describes the waste as old insulation removed wet, bagged…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 5, 1978
H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on the N.Y. Academy of Sciences Asbestos Health Hazards Meeting (1978)
Memo from H. B. Rhodes reporting on his attendance at the 'Health Hazards of Asbestos Exposure' portion of the New York Academy of Sciences meeting in June 1978, and at industry meetings held alongside it. He sorted the meeting's key points into…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 17, 1979
D. C. Macauley Transmitting Monsanto Summary Report on EPA Volatile Organic Compound Air Emission Control Program (1979)
Union Carbide internal memo from D. C. Macauley transmitting the EPA program summary, August 17, 1979 Title page of Summary Report, Volatile Organic Compounds, EPA Air Emission Control Program, by N. B. Galluzzo (Monsanto), July 1979…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 7, 1977
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber Forwarding Memorandum on Status of Asbestos Spraying Legislation in California (1977)
Cover memo from H. B. Rhodes transmitting an attached confidential memorandum, dated March 1977, on California's asbestos spraying legislation, suggesting limited distribution to the asbestos 'family' and some customers. The attached memorandum…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 21, 1971
H. B. Rhodes Report of Call to Kaiser Gypsum Corp. (Jacksonville, Fla.) on SG-210 for Ready-Mix Joint Compound Color (1971)
Report of a call on Mr. Bill O'Donnell, plant superintendent at Kaiser Gypsum Corp., Jacksonville, Fla., following up on his interest in using SG-210 to correct a poor color situation in ready-mix joint compound. The report states that the Delanco,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 12, 1975
John L. Myers to R. E. Byrne on OSHA Medical Exams and Offering to Pay Customers' First-Time Fines (1975)
Internal memo in which Myers reported talking to Jim Murray about how OSHA medical exams affect Calidria sales, especially RG-244. Murray saw nothing wrong with offering to pay customers' "first-time" fines if airborne concentrations did not exceed…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 3, 1976
Gordon L. Dickson Customer Call Report on Ashland Chemical Company's Decision to Stop Using Asbestos (1976)
Customer call report on a visit to Ashland Chemical Company in Ashland, KY (coatings industry) to discuss future purchases of RG-244 and SG-210 asbestos. It records that Ashland planned to stop using asbestos and had reformulated its products, and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 1975
J. David McMahon, Maintenance Facilities Team: Maintenance Facilities Survey of the Brownsville Plant (1975)
…facilities, storage and housekeeping, building-by-building descriptions, shop detail charts, and a questionnaire summary of maintenance supervisors and engineers (Union Carbide and Brown & Root). Building descriptions list asbestos wall and ceiling construction in several shops.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 14, 1973
John L. Myers to Dan Miller (Kentile Floors) on Limiting SG-102 Asbestos Shipments, with Calidria Sales Forecast Sheets (1973)
A June 14, 1973 letter from John L. Myers to Kentile Floors said shipments of pelletized asbestos product SG-102 had to be limited for July through September because of increased demand. It is followed by three handwritten or typed sales sheets: a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 22, 1974
H. B. Rhodes and E. J. Kleber, Airborne Asbestos Dust Levels for Intermittent Batch Dumping Operations with "Open" Chrysotile Fiber (1974)
Report summarizing 18 airborne asbestos dust surveys at 13 industrial locations where opened chrysotile (Calidria and Canadian) fiber was dumped intermittently from bags into mixers. It describes the sampling and time-weighted-average method,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 29, 1972
R. E. Graebert to R. E. Nicolson on the Labor Department Asbestos Standard and Reducing Asbestos Use in Molding Compound (1972)
A one-page memo dated March 29, 1972, headed "Asbestos." It states that the Labor Department standard was 5 fibers per cubic centimeter of air and that measurements in various operating areas met it. It says many people expected the standard to fall…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 15, 1973
D. Holt, Scope Engineering Design Memorandum No. 8 on Environmental Protection for the RG-244 Facility Phase II Expansion (1973)
Design memorandum no. 8 (revision 0) on environmental protection for the RG-244 Facility Phase II Expansion, project 935-1128. It cites the California maximum permissible concentration for airborne asbestos fibers, says Mellon Institute tests…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 4, 1979
Harvey R. Schulz to J. H. Barrett and Others on the August 28, 1979 OSHA Visit at the Texas City Plant (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting that OSHA industrial hygienist Alan Trivette returned to the Texas City Plant on August 28, 1979 to sample for solvent vinyl resin dust, following an August 17 inspection prompted by an…