395 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 5 of 20
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 18, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne, G. L. Dickson, J. L. Myers and W. C. Thurber Transmitting Draft Reply to Amchem Products on Calidria Health Hazard, with Amchem Inquiry and Draft Letter (1975)
…Byrne, Dickson, Myers and Thurber, July 18, 1975, transmitting the draft Letter from W. P. Ellis, Amchem Products, to Union Carbide Metals Division, June 30, 1975, asking about health hazard of Calidria in adhesives and coatings
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 14, 1974
W. C. Thurber to Norman J. Hearn on the California Asbestos Spraying Act and Proposed Exemptions (1974)
Letter from W. C. Thurber to Norman J. Hearn about the California act on spraying asbestos. Thurber enclosed a draft letter on the asbestos industry's technical position and proposed amendments seeking additional exemptions based on low airborne…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 28, 1974
W. C. Thurber to E. A. Piersall: Miscellaneous Notes on King City Management Safety Audit (1974)
Memo dated October 28, 1974 with notes on a management safety audit of the King City plant. It covers general action items, comments from interviews with plant employees (mostly about slippery floors and safety meetings), and a dust sampling…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 12, 1975
W. C. Thurber Table of UCC Asbestos Products by Market and Competitive Products (1975)
A one-page table listing markets (floor tile, tape joint compounds, drilling mud, ceiling tile, paper, filled phenolics, polyester premix, textured coatings, welding rod coating, fireproof stopping sealant) alongside typical UCC products (SG grades…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 27, 1974
W. C. Thurber Memo on Strategy for Proposed New York State Asbestos Legislation, with April 1974 Letter to J. L. Myers and R. H. Mereness and Copy of Assembly Bill (1974)
Exhibit holds a June 27, 1974 memorandum by W. C. Thurber on a discussion with Don Ackerman about the proposed New York State asbestos bill and follow-up after the 1974 elections. It also holds Thurber's April 17, 1974 letter to J. L. Myers and R.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 12, 1975
W. C. Thurber Table of Markets, Typical UCC Asbestos Products and Competitive Products (1975)
A one-page table listing end-use markets (floor tile, tape joint compounds, drilling mud, ceiling tile, paper, filled phenolics, polyester premix, textured coatings, welding rod coating, fireproof stopping sealant), the typical UCC product grades…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 13, 1973
T. P. Norris Report of Call on Celanese Corp. Coatings Division, Louisville, on Dust Counts and RG 244 in Coatings (1973)
Union Carbide report of a call on the Celanese Corp. Coatings Div. in Louisville, Ky. Ed Kleber took dust counts at the plant, and the writer met with the R&D center staff about RG 244…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 1, 1975
W. C. Thurber to Kenneth Conklin, Illinois EPA, on Spraying of Asbestos-Containing Paints and Coatings (1975)
Letter from Union Carbide's asbestos product manager to the Illinois EPA asking for an opinion on whether spraying asbestos-containing paints and coatings falls outside the Illinois Pollution Control Board's ban on spraying asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 26, 1974
H. B. Rhodes and J. E. Walsh Call Reports on National Gypsum Company, Gypsum Association and Asbestos-Free Joint Compound (1974-1975)
Compilation of four Union Carbide call reports concerning National Gypsum Company. They cover a 1974 Gypsum Association safety committee meeting on draft OSHA work standards for joint compounds, a National Gypsum plant call on asbestos-free…
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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 · February 7, 1975
W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison and J. L. Myers on Packaging SG-103 for Kentile in 100 lb. Polyethylene Bags (1975)
Short memo in which W. C. Thurber stated his understanding that SG-103 for Kentile was planned to be packed in 50 lb. Valeron cross-layered plastic bags and called that packaging very costly. He asked whether, if the pellet cooler were working, a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 28, 1974
W. C. Thurber Memo to Files on Conversation with Don Miller of Kentile Floors about Calidria Use in Floor Tile (1974)
Memo to files summarizing a January 23, 1974 conversation with Don Miller of Kentile Floors Inc. in Brooklyn. It records Kentile's asbestos sources and tonnage for its three floor tile plants, reduced production due to resin shortages, openness to a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 28, 1974
W. C. Thurber Memo to Files on Flintkote's Evaluation of Coalinga Asbestos for Floor Tile (1974)
Memo summarizing a January 25, 1974 conversation with Art Hooker of Flintkote Company about Flintkote's past evaluations of Coalinga asbestos fiber for floor tile. It reports Flintkote's current use of Canadian asbestos, its annual tonnage, plant…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 22, 1975
W. C. Thurber to J. L. Myers Enclosing Actyvex Agreement (1975), with Undated Draft on OSHA 1986 Asbestos Standards and Medical Surveillance
The exhibit combines a one-page May 22, 1975 cover letter from W. C. Thurber to J. L. Myers enclosing two copies of an Actyvex agreement for initialing and return, with a 16-page undated draft stamped DRAFT. The draft summarizes the medical…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 24, 1978
H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on the Occurrence of Ultra-Fine Fibers in Calidria RG-244 Asbestos (1978)
Informal report No. 2196-64 describing a recount of 65 filters from 36 customer locations, collected 1973-1977, to determine whether ultra-fine fibers in Calidria RG-244 asbestos were new or previously missed. It reports that fiber counts of 20-40…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 12, 1975
W. C. Thurber to J. W. Rawlings and F. C. Kroft, Jr. on Pending Asbestos Lawsuits (1975)
…suits had been dismissed and 9 were still pending. It describes the past defense strategy as showing that Union Carbide never sold product to the insulation trade, and says a newly raised conspiracy claim would make…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 7, 1975
H. B. Rhodes Call Report on Gypsum Drywall Contractors International's Asbestos Activities and OSHA (1975)
…activities. It covers the stalled dust testing program, asbestos-free joint compounds, OSHA enforcement and sign posting, reaction to Dr. Selikoff's union convention presentation, and NIOSH silica regulations. The action section recommends continued regular contact.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 30, 1975
W. C. Thurber to J. L. Myers on Sending Customers the Materials Safety Data Sheet and Asbestos Health Booklet (1975)
A one-page memo dated June 30, 1975, from W. C. Thurber to J. L. Myers, with Byrne, Fusaro and Rhodes also listed. It reports Fusaro's suggestion that each customer be sent a covering letter, enough copies of the soon-to-be-revised Materials Safety…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 3, 1973
W. C. Thurber to K. S. Lane, J. L. Myers and P. J. Morgan on FDA Proposed Rulemaking on Asbestos Particles in Food and Drugs, with AIA Memo and Federal Register Notice (1973)
…memo from W. C. Thurber to three Union Carbide recipients forwarding an Asbestos Information Association memorandum of October 1, 1973 and the FDA's proposed rulemaking on asbestos particles in food and drugs. Thurber stated his…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 10, 1975
N. J. Hearn to W. C. Thurber on California Asbestos Spraying Law Amendments, with Related Thurber, Zupa and Rhodes Letters and Draft Exemption Letter (1975)
A set of Union Carbide papers from December 1974 to February 1975 about proposed amendments to California's 1974 law banning sprayed asbestos. In the top letter, N. J. Hearn told W. C. Thurber about meeting…