16 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 5, 1986
T. E. Hanning to S. W. Clark and Others on Asbestos Update: Union Support for Proposed EPA Ban (1986)
…marked 'For Your Information', reporting that labor unions were endorsing a proposed EPA asbestos ban and contending that OSHA's 0.2 fiber/cc limit gave insufficient worker protection. It also summarizes the proposed EPA rule…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 26, 1987
Kirk E. Martin to A. L. Welch on Asbestos Exposure Monitoring at Texas City, with Attached OSHA Appendix A and Related Correspondence (1987)
…1987 memo in which Kirk E. Martin responded to a contractor's complaint that Union Carbide's Texas City laboratory air-sample results for asbestos were inaccurate, stating the results stood and citing the OSHA counting…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 13, 1985
S. J. Footer to F. S. Provenzano on the Texas City Plant Insulation Repair Program (1985)
Internal memo of August 13, 1985 recommending that the Texas City plant insulation repair project be split into operating facilities and facilities shut down for future demolition, with repair completion targets of one to three years depending on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 13, 1984
W. J. Raglan to J. B. Leverton Transmitting Response to Operational Safety and Health Survey of the Acetone Unit, Plant 512, with Asbestos Exposure Item (1984)
A September 13, 1984 internal letter from W. J. Raglan to J. B. Leverton says responses to the OS/HS Team's March 1984 audit recommendations for the Acetone Unit were completed and cost estimates were being generated. It is followed by a cover page…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 1, 1984
K. S. Teague to J. B. Leverton on an OSHA Inquiry About High Density Polyethylene (1984)
Internal memo reporting a November 1, 1984 telephone call from OSHA Compliance Officer Roy Piggee, who requested a Material Safety Data Sheet on UCC chemical #348, High Density Polyethylene. The writer said Piggee told him OSHA had received a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 11, 1984
Kirk E. Martin to J. B. Leverton on Asbestos Demolition Inspection by Galveston County Health District and OSHA at Texas City (1984)
…present, of the Kimmins Corp. asbestos demolition job at Building 75 of the Texas City plant. It lists the inspector's three observations and says notices of violation would be sent to Union Carbide and Kimmins.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 8, 1982
J. S. Cornell to F. Beauvilliers and Others on Asbestosis Illness Recording History at South Charleston (1982)
Internal Union Carbide memo from the Safety & Health department at South Charleston, West Virginia. It reports that a number of asbestosis illnesses had been recorded there since the start of 1980, that most cases were not…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 5, 1986
T. E. Hanning to S. W. Clark and Others on an Asbestos Update: Proposed EPA Ban and OSHA Exposure Limit (1986)
One-page memorandum "for your information" reporting that labor unions were endorsing a proposed EPA asbestos ban and contended OSHA's 0.2 fibers per cubic centimeter limit gave insufficient protection. It also summarized the proposed…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 15, 1985
Kirk E. Martin to S. J. Footer, J. B. Leverton, L. D. Pell and A. P. Yalcinkaya on the NESHAPS Asbestos Site Visit at the Texas City Plant (1985)
Internal memo reporting a February 13, 1985 visit by Jackie Ickes of the Galveston County Health Department to inspect compliance with the NESHAPS Asbestos Standard at Kimmins Corp. demolition work sites at the Texas City Plant. It describes minor…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 19, 1982
J. H. Holstein to J. E. Neff on Product List of Produced Products with TLVs and NIOSH/UCC Sampling Methods, Texas City Plant (1982)
…to J. E. Neff transmitting alphabetical and by-division lists of products sold by Union Carbide's Texas City plant, with Threshold Limit Values and UCC and NIOSH sampling and analytical method numbers and classifications. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 7, 1986
Asbestos Standards Committee to M. E. Durdin et al. on OSHA's Final Asbestos Standards and Maintenance Procedure D-12, Texas City (1986)
Internal Texas City memo transmitting a committee study of OSHA's final asbestos standards (29 CFR 1910.1001 and 1926.58) and their impact on the Maintenance Department. Attachments cover training requirements, protective equipment with cost…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 12, 1984
Kirk E. Martin to J. B. Leverton on OSHA Inspection of Kimmins Asbestos Removal at Texas City (1984)
Memo reporting an OSHA inspector's July 11 visit to the Texas City plant to inspect Kimmins Corporation employees removing asbestos insulation at Bldg 75. It states that no personnel exposure monitoring was done that day…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 26, 1981
D. T. Watters to I. P. Blackwood et al. on Potential Health Risks of Insulation Materials (Perlite Insulation Specification 4) (1981)
Memorandum from D. T. Watters, June 26, 1981, on potential health risks of insulation materials Union Carbide Chemicals/Plastics Material Specification for Insulation 4M/4A/4SS (perlite), December 1980, pages 1-2 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 1, 1980
Kirk E. Martin to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Investigation of Mercury and Vinyl Chloride Complaint at Texas City (1980)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting an OSHA industrial hygienist's January 29, 1980 investigation at the Texas City plant of an alleged employee complaint about mercury exposure in Bldg. 137 and vinyl chloride exposure around Bldg…
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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 · June 26, 1981
D. T. Watters to I. P. Blackwood and Others on Potential Health Risks of Insulation Materials (1981)
Memorandum responding to questions about whether non-asbestos substitute insulation was available after complaints of irritation from dust of perlite-based Insulation Specification 4 used in ethylene oxide service. It recommended continued use of…