29 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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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 · January 31, 1986
A. P. Yalcinkaya to Texas Air Control Board on Notification of Asbestos Insulation Removal at Texas City Plant (1986)
Exhibit consisting of a handwritten fax cover sheet, a January 31, 1986 letter notifying the Texas Air Control Board of planned removal of asbestos insulation from four amine solution heat exchangers at the Texas City plant, and a blank…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 24, 1987
Kirk E. Martin to M. Hightower and K. Klyng on Pre-Demolition Walk-Through of Bldg 187 and #32 Boiler Turbine, Texas City (1987)
Letter from Kirk E. Martin reporting industrial hygiene concerns from a questionnaire and walk-through inspection before demolition of Bldg 187 and the #32 Boiler Turbine at Texas City. It reported no concerns for Bldg 187, a significant amount of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 19, 1984
Kirk E. Martin to J. F. Erdmann on Industrial Hygiene Test of Powerhouse Pipe Insulation for Asbestos, Texas City Plant (1984)
Internal Union Carbide industrial hygiene preliminary report dated November 19, 1984, on a pipe insulation sample removed from the #2 Powerhouse at Texas City on November 12, 1984. The sample was analyzed for percent water by…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 24, 1987
Kirk E. Martin to R. M. Arnold and M. Hightower on Pre-Demolition Walk-thru of the Phenolic Resins Unit, Texas City (1987)
Memo reporting industrial hygiene concerns identified from a questionnaire and walk-through inspection before demolition of the Phenolic Resins Unit at Texas City. It notes asbestos insulation on lines and vessels, states the company policy on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 11, 1988
T. E. Hanning to Distribution on Need for Personal Protection When Cutting or Removing Asbestos-Containing Gaskets or Packing, with Attachments (1988)
A March 1988 "Business Confidential" memo from T. E. Hanning for the Asbestos Phaseout Task Group asked plant locations about monitoring data, written procedures, wetting and glove-bag use, and the need for personal protection when cutting or…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 5, 1987
J. L. Pedraza to G. L. Rivera on Demolition Walk-Through Summary for Buildings B-21 and B-24, Texas City (1987)
Internal Union Carbide memo from the Texas City plant summarizing eight concerns raised during a walk-through of the B-21 area and B-24 columns before demolition, each followed by a response. Items covered PCBs…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 16, 1978
A. P. Yalcinkaya to L. P. Berti on Demolition of Buildings #20 and #21 at Texas City, with Attached Asbestos Standard, Monitoring Report and NIOSH Nickel Criteria Document (1978)
Internal Union Carbide memo from A. P. Yalcinkaya to Dr. L. P. Berti recommending that demolition contractors at Texas City Buildings #20 and #21 be warned of hazards and told of the OSHA asbestos standard requirements…
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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 · July 10, 1984
Kirk E. Martin to H. K. Decker on Asbestos Exposure Finding at the No. 3 Powerhouse Safety/Health Survey (1984)
Memo from Kirk E. Martin to H. K. Decker about an Operational Safety/Health Survey at the #3 Powerhouse, which reported employee exposure to asbestos in item HL.2. Martin said the finding, the survey team's recommendations and the unit's response…
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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 · August 17, 1987
A. P. Yalcinkaya to Eli Bell, Texas Air Control Board, on Asbestos Insulation Removal Notification at Texas City (1987)
Letter of August 17, 1987 from A. P. Yalcinkaya to the Texas Air Control Board giving notice under 40 CFR 61.146 of planned removal of insulation from 1200 linear feet of pipe near Bldg. 16 at the Texas City plant. Removal was scheduled for…
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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 · 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 1, 1987
Kirk E. Martin to R. E. Woodcock on Sampling Procedure for Insulation Containing Asbestos Mud (1987)
Memo from Kirk E. Martin asking that, when bulk samples of insulation are collected for qualitative analysis, the mud covering on joints and the underlying insulation be submitted as separate samples. It states that asbestos-containing mud had been…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 21, 1982
Kirk E. Martin to M. E. Tapp on Vinyl Acetate Monitoring During PVA Disposal at Texas City (1982)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting that on June 16, 1982 a Roy Hunter employee was monitored for vinyl acetate exposure while handling polyvinyl acetate residue. No vinyl acetate was detected over the 7-hour, 25-minute…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 16, 1984
Texas City Internal Memo to P. B. Botting and Others on Proposed Guidelines for Testing Insulation for Asbestos with the Asbestest Kit (1984)
A handwritten cover note to 'Kirk' asking for comments, questions or concerns, followed by a Texas City internal memo dated May 16, 1984. The memo proposed a six-step guideline for crafts other than insulators who are asked to remove insulation. A…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 15, 1990
Gary D. Dickson to A. P. Yalcinkaya on Asbestos Removal for the 70# Flash Tank, Texas City Plant (1990)
Internal memo of May 15, 1990 from Gary D. Dickson to A. P. Yalcinkaya giving notice of intention to remove asbestos insulation from the 70# Flash tank at building 16 in the Ethanol area, with an estimated start around June 11, 1990. The attached…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 28, 1988
T. E. Hanning to D. A. Boggs and Others on Procedures for Handling Asbestos-containing Gaskets or Packing (1988)
Memo reporting that the Manufacturing Council accepted an Asbestos Phaseout Task Group recommendation to stop purchasing asbestos-containing materials after January 1, 1989, with GRAFOIL as the designated gasket and packing replacement. It discusses…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 23, 1977
A. P. Yalcinkaya to D. L. Engle on OSHA Inspection of Building 74 at the Texas City Plant (1977)
Memo-style letter, marked confidential, reporting an OSHA Compliance Officer's visit to the Texas City Plant on March 18, 1977. The visit followed a complaint about the Building 74 conference-lunch room and locker room sanitation. The letter says…