13 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 12, 1975
R. J. Klotzbach to W. C. Thurber Transmitting Answers to Supplemental Interrogatories 5 and 8 in Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide (1975)
Cover memo from Klotzbach to Thurber transmitting answers to questions 5 and 8 in Roderman v. Union Carbide Answer to Question 5: Technology Department history, functions, quality assurance and safety responsibilities Answer to Question 8: asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 12, 1975
R. J. Klotzbach to W. C. Thurber Forwarding Answers to Supplemental Interrogatory Questions 5 and 8, Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide (1975)
…questions 5 and 8 prepared as background for supplemental interrogatories in Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide Corporation et al. The cover memo gives the timeline of asbestos claims, process and product development and first shipments…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 23, 1974
W. C. Thurber to Distribution on Current Status of Plans for Expanding the King City Asbestos Plant, with Attached Earlier Memos (1974)
A December 23, 1974 memo updating a June 19, 1974 memo on plans to expand the King City asbestos plant to 60,000 T/yr. It reports cost estimates, two financial cases, land acquisition efforts for tailings disposal, and a decision to defer…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 29, 1974
W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison and Others on Housekeeping Test in the King City Bagging Area to Meet OSHA Fiber Limit (1974)
Memo from W. C. Thurber stating that OSHA regulations require the dust level at the King City operation to be below two fibers per cc after July 1, 1976, and that recent dust counts showed the main circuit bagging area as the principal problem. He…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 4, 1974
W. C. Thurber to V. D. Holt, R. J. Klotzbach, F. H. Larrison and J. L. Myers on Shrink Wrapping Bags to Control Fill-Valve Leakage (1974)
Memo from W. C. Thurber, with a copy line for O. J. Malocarne of Niagara Falls, New York, to four recipients. It says leakage from the fill valve is a major problem in packaging asbestos. It asks for an individual bag shrink film oven and a bag…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 2, 1971
E. Epremian to Asbestos Meeting Distribution Transmitting NRC Airborne Asbestos Extracts and Summary of Asbestos Laws (1971)
Internal memo of September 2, 1971 from E. Epremian sending background for the September 8 asbestos meeting on Environmental Factors. The enclosures are extracts of the 1971 National Research Council report 'Airborne Asbestos' (conclusions and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 11, 1974
G. J. Weihs, Chrysotile Asbestos Markets and Forecasts for Group 7, with W. C. Thurber Cover Note and Related Memos (1974)
…7', March 1974: summary, conclusions, tables and end-use sections Partial Union Carbide internal form (Berkshire Business Forms) with little legible content; apparently not part of the report Commercial Intelligence memo to William Thurber, May 9…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 2, 1977
G. L. Dickson to T. K. McCluhan on the December Safety Inspection (1977)
Memorandum reporting the results of a December 1977 safety inspection by a Union Carbide team in Niagara Falls. It rated overall conditions as extremely good, named the main criticism as temporary electrical extension cords and telephone…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 4, 1974
W. C. Thurber to O. J. Malocarne et al. on Bag Spout Leakage and Shrink Wrapping, with Earlier J. L. Myers Memo to Thurber on Packaging (1974)
Exhibit of two pages. Page 1 is a November 4, 1974 letter from W. C. Thurber to O. J. Malocarne and four others stating that leakage from the bag fill valve was a major packaging problem and requesting a bag shrink film oven and a bag cleaning…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 28, 1974
E. A. Piersall to F. H. Larrison on Safety Inspection of King City Operations, May 13-14, 1974 (1974)
Internal correspondence from the Safety department reporting on a May 13-14, 1974 safety inspection of the King City mill and mine. It comments on safety programs, dust control and respirator use, noise readings, equipment and housekeeping items,…
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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 analysis of three water samples labeled "effluent," "river-below" and "river-above" for asbestos content, using centrifuging, chemical analysis for magnesium, X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. It reports definite…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 27, 1971
Patrick J. Morgan to J. W. Rawlings Enclosing Synopsis of Existing and Proposed Asbestos Legislation (1971)
Letter from Patrick J. Morgan of the Law Department to J. W. Rawlings of the Mining and Metals Division, enclosing a synopsis of existing and proposed asbestos legislation requested in Rawlings' September 10, 1971 letter. The enclosure summarizes…
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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…