1,791 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 56 of 90
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 23, 1986
Technical Center Supervisors' Incident Report on Asbestos-Containing Insulation Debris in Laboratory, Building 770 (1986)
A handwritten Technical Center Supervisors' Incident Report for Building 770, Area 137, reporting that weekend work on pipes released asbestos-containing insulation pieces and powder over a laboratory area. It states the material was not recognized…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 5, 1983
Hilton C. Lewinsohn to Raymond L. H. Murphy, Jr., Accepting Seat on American College of Chest Physicians Asbestos Criteria Committee (1983)
Letter from Union Carbide's Assistant Corporate Medical Director to Dr. Raymond Murphy of the Faulkner Hospital. It accepts an invitation to join the Committee on the Standardization of Criteria for Asbestos Related Diseases, formed by…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 3, 1984
H. C. Lewinsohn to S. L. Baye and Others Transmitting Draft OSHA Asbestos Standard Testimony on Medical Examinations for Asbestos Workers (1984)
A July 3, 1984 cover memo from Dr. Hilton C. Lewinsohn circulated the "final" draft of his testimony for the OSHA informal rulemaking hearing on the proposed asbestos standard. The attached draft, "Medical Examinations Required for Asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 14, 1983
Bill Young to Maintenance Area Superintendents Forwarding OSHA Plans Asbestos Exposure Limit Reduction Report (1983)
A one-page Union Carbide South Charleston Plant internal memo transmitting an attached Occupational Safety & Health Reporter article on OSHA's plans to lower the asbestos exposure limit. The attached BNA report (July 7, 1983) states…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 19, 1984
Kirk E. Martin to J. F. Erdmann on Asbestos Test of Texas City Powerhouse Pipe Insulation (1984)
Internal Union Carbide industrial hygiene preliminary report from Texas City, Texas, dated November 19, 1984. It reports analysis of a pipe insulation sample removed from the #2 Powerhouse on November 12, 1984, for percent water by…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 22, 1985
A. E. Wood to All Department Heads on Use of Non-Asbestos Gaskets at South Charleston (1985)
Memorandum from A. E. Wood reporting that the GR shop had used non-asbestos gaskets on pump heads since 1983 to decrease asbestos exposure, and that inspected non-asbestos gaskets showed binder attack by process chemicals. It sets out an action plan…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 14, 1983
V. H. Johnkoski Transmittal of H. C. Lewinsohn's Asbestos Disease Abstracts and Articles to Ethylene Oxide/Glycol Division Staff (1983)
A June 14, 1983 cover memo from V. H. Johnkoski forwarded material from Dr. Lewinsohn relating primarily to asbestosis. Attached were Lewinsohn's June 7, 1983 transmittal of symposium abstracts (Fleischner Society), abstracts by Gaensler and Sargent…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 8, 1986
LRN's Handwritten Note of a Phone Call from a Lawyer's Clerk About Employee Asbestosis Claims (1986)
One-page handwritten note, dated Saturday, March 8, 1986, recording a 2:00 PM call to the writer's home from a man who appears to be named David Mead, described as a clerk or official for a lawyer. The note lists the caller's questions: how to reach…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 11, 1986
G. W. Wulfert to Department Coordinators and Supervisors on Asbestos in Jaxsan-600 Insulation Weatherproofing, Sistersville Plant (1986)
Memo correcting a March 31, 1986 memo, stating that the insulation weatherproofing Jaxsan-600 used at the Sistersville plant contained 4.33% asbestos fibers and had been replaced with an asbestos-free product, WC-5. It said the fibers were believed…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 17, 1982
T. P. Norris to R. E. Byrne, Jr. on Production Trial of SG-100 Filter Cake at International Building Products, with 1984 Calidria Customer Call Report (1982)
…Byrne, Jr., Dec. 17, 1982, on the production trial of SG-100 Filter Cake at International Building Products, New Orleans Calidria Corporation customer call report, International Building Products, call date 10/18/84, T. P. Norris…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 28, 1980
Ruth Clise's Handwritten Fiber Count Calculations for Asbestos Samples HHF-118 to HHF-124, Powerhouse Institute (1980)
Two handwritten pages of fiber-count calculations for asbestos samples labeled HHF-118 through HHF-124, headed 'Asbestos #1 Powerhouse Institute' and marked as analyzed 8-28-80 by Ruth Clise (DRC). For each sample the notes give fibers per 100…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 15, 1985
D. J. McNeil to W. E. Ballard and Others on Use of Asbestos/Non-Asbestos Gasket and Valve Packing Materials at South Charleston (1985)
Memorandum reporting a 5/10/85 meeting on use of asbestos and non-asbestos gasket and valve packing materials at the South Charleston location. It records the earlier effort to discontinue asbestos materials after the health concern, the E&TS…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 27, 1985
Kirk E. Martin to R. E. O'Bryan and T. D. Steichen on Asbestos Waste Handling at the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority Landfill (1985)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting a March 11 meeting between Kirk Martin, Ted Steichen and Gulf Coast Waste Disposal representatives about asbestos-labeled waste bags left exposed in the Texas City landfill. It says the landfill…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 26, 1987
Manhar A. Patel to J. W. Barna and Others on Asbestos Competent Person Training at the Technical Center (1987)
Internal Union Carbide memo announcing a three-day asbestos competent person training course to be given by the National Asbestos Training Center (University of Kansas) at the Technical Center on April 8-10, 1987. It cites…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 18, 1986
J. L. Worstell to Cheryl Wasserman (EPA Region III) Responding to Notice of Deficiency on South Charleston Plant Asbestos Removal (1986)
Letter from Union Carbide's South Charleston Plant to EPA Region III responding to a Notice of Deficiency about prior notification of an asbestos renovation project (removal of insulation from a batch still). The letter says…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 22, 1986
Manhar A. Patel to Distribution List Transmitting T. E. Hanning's Summary of the Amended OSHA Asbestos Standard (1986)
Internal Union Carbide memo from the Technical Center industrial hygienist reporting that OSHA amended its asbestos standard, 29 CFR 1910.1001, effective July 21, 1986. It lowered the permissible exposure limit from 2.0 to 0…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 25, 1981
L. R. Noble to John W. Whittlesey Transmitting OSHA Penalty Payment and Stipulation of Settlement, Construction Department Citation R8407-007 (1981)
…Labor v. Union Carbide Corporation, OSHRC Docket No. 80-5984 Copy of Union Carbide check dated 2/24/81 to OSHA with payment stub for Citation R8407-007 Requisition for payment dated February 19, 1981 for…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 1, 1987
T. L. Grittie Industrial Hygiene Results on Asbestos Monitoring of Insulators (Tank Farm 4) and the Poly I Control Room (1987)
Two industrial hygiene result sheets dated July 1, 1987, reporting asbestos air sampling done in April 1987. Page 1 covers insulators using glove bags to strip T-111 in Tank Farm 4 in Silanes, and page 2 covers the Poly I control room, where…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 16, 1986
G. B. Elder Record of Telephone Conversation with DuPont (Greg Kobrin) on Asbestos Insulation, Gaskets and Packing (1986)
A Union Carbide Technical Center memorandum recording a telephone conversation with Greg Kobrin of DuPont, Beaumont, Texas, about present practices and future trends in industry. It records that DuPont was replacing asbestos insulation with non-asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 11, 1986
Asbestos Chronology for the Texas City Plant, OSHA Rule Compliance Steps (1986)
A one-page typed chronology of 13 numbered entries for the Texas City Plant, running from a May 1985 asbestos insulation action plan to a January 17, 1987 mandatory compliance date. It lists steps taken after publication of the OSHA asbestos rule,…