8,257 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 77 of 413
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Calidria Asbestos Position: Statement on Planned Divestiture of the Calidria Asbestos Business by Mid-1969
A one-page position statement, with no author, recipient or date shown, stating that UCC planned to divest its Calidria Asbestos business by mid-1969. It lists the reasons for the decision and says a continuous supply of material was expected to be…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Handwritten Notes Outlining Safety Orientation for Asbestos Insulation Removal Contractors (undated)
Handwritten outline headed "Asbestos Insulation Removal" that names a contract coordinator, Herb Price, described as a retired UCC construction craft superintendent. Page 1 lists items for contractors: safety orientation, personal protective…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 22, 1982
Data Sheets for Asbestos Sampling at Plant 512, Analyzed by Ruth Thomas (1982)
Two partly handwritten "Data Sheet for Asbestos Sampling" forms for Plant 512, each recording an environmental air sample taken outside during pipe-fitting maintenance work involving Kaylo insulation. The analyst's notes say page 1 had no filter…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 13, 1979
Edward J. Kleber Call Report on General Electric Company, Louisville, on SG-200 and RG-244 for Phenolic and Potting Compounds (1979)
…and RG-244 for epoxy and polyester potting compounds, and the salesman's remark that Union Carbide's asbestos is cleaner than the Canadian asbestos GE used. Follow-up was to send samples of SG-210…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 21, 1970
Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on Air Sample Particle Counts at the King City Asbestos Mine (1970)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence reporting particle counts from air samples taken at the asbestos mine near King City, at the bulldozer operator, front loader operator and pit floor around the grizzly. The writer stated that the…
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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
Draft Slide Set on Asbestos-Related Diseases and Medical Surveillance of Exposed Workers (undated)
An 18-slide draft text set, each page marked DRAFT, on asbestos-related diseases and the role of the physician in a medical surveillance program. It lists diseases associated with asbestos exposure, pre-placement contra-indications, OSHA minimum…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 27, 1974
Table of U.S. Asbestos Producers by Mine, Fiber Type and Estimated Annual Production (1974)
…fiber type, grade groups and remarks. It lists Union Carbide's Joe No. 5 Mine in San Benito Co., California at 20,000 tons of chrysotile and cites a 1973 Mineral Resources Branch publication (Ottawa) as…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 2, 1979
RWR to FJS on John Myers's Visit to Dresser Industries About Silane-Treated Asbestos (1979)
Memo from RWR to FJS reporting what John Myers learned at Dresser Industries on Feb. 27, 1979 about silane-treated asbestos (RG 600 and RG 244). It covers Dresser's view that its product is not asbestos, a sale of about 20,000 pounds of RG 600,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Histogram of Fibril Diameter Distribution, Coalinga Fiber vs. Canadian 7R3 (Fig. 6)
A single page, numbered 27, carrying a histogram labeled 'FIG. 6: Histogram of fibril diameter distribution.' It plots the number of fibrils against fibril diameter in angstroms for 'Coalinga fiber' and 'Canadian 7R3'. The Coalinga fibrils are…
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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 · August 18, 1986
Larry E. Calvert to C. C. Neely on Asbestos vs. Non-Asbestos Gasketing and Packing Costs (1986)
A 1986 memo titled "Asbestos vs Non-Asbestos" comparing the cost of asbestos gasketing and packing with non-asbestos materials (including Grafoil). It calculates breakeven labor times that account for wetting, bagging and landfill disposal of…
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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 · March 8, 1979
Handwritten Memo to C. W. Carman on March 2 Meeting about Asbestos Exposure Compliance (1979)
A one-page handwritten memo dated March 8, 1979, to C. W. Carman. The writer reports that he and a Mr. Shipley met with "George" on Friday, March 2, to discuss concerns about asbestos exposure. The memo says they asked for work and discussion on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Carl U. Dernehl and K. S. Lane, Asbestos Toxicology Report (undated)
A two-page Union Carbide report on asbestos toxicology. It describes asbestosis, the 5 million particles per cubic foot Threshold Limit Value, reports of cancers in exposed individuals, dust control methods, environmental monitoring, and pre-employment…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 1, 1979
J. E. Welsh Sales Call Report on Gulf Oil, Houston, Concerning Calidria for a Planned High Point, N.C. Adhesives Plant (1979)
Call report on a follow-up call to Frank Jester, a design engineer at Gulf Oil, about Calidria interest generated by J.L. Myers. Gulf was building a rubber-based adhesives plant in High Point, North Carolina. The report records the expected asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 17, 1981
Industrial Hygiene Monitoring for Asbestos: Insulation Stripping and Bagging Samples, Bldg. 774, Report to R. F. Painter (1981)
Four Union Carbide industrial hygiene monitoring forms (Computer Ref. W-1198), dated July 17, 1981, reporting airborne asbestos fiber results for four workers sampled on 07/10/81 while stripping and bagging insulation from a steam…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 20, 1984
Handwritten Note on Whether to Wait for OSHA's Letter or Put Asbestosis on the Log for All Cases (1984)
A single page bearing a handwritten note dated 6/20/84. The note says that a person (name read as 'Dr. Rowe' or similar) never responded and that OSHA never sent the 'letter', and it asks how to proceed, offering two options: wait, or put asbestosis…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 13, 1975
E. J. Kleber Customer Call Report on RG-600 Seminar at General Electric Appliance Park, Louisville (1975)
Customer call report on a seminar about RG-600 given to General Electric personnel at Appliance Park, Louisville, KY. It records that the OSHA situation and the Calidria asbestos story were presented, that G.E. could use about 1,000,000 lbs. of…