40 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 1, 1986
M. A. Patel to T. E. Hanning Transmitting Notes on Union Carbide Practice SH-256, Removal and Handling of Asbestos-Containing Insulation, with Hanning's Asbestos Update Memo (1986)
Handwritten note dated 12-1-86 to T. E. Hanning with comments on SH-256 (UCC 011229) Union Carbide Central Engineering Recommended Practice SH-256, Removal and Handling Asbestos-Containing Insulation Material, September 1986, 6 pages…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1987
Union Carbide Asbestos Removal and Phase-Out Papers, Including T. E. Hanning Memo on Contractor Project Development Group (1987)
…Chemicals and Plastics Business Group, use of asbestos-containing materials in the work place Grafoil seminar outline and cover sheet (Union Carbide Specialty Products Group, Cleveland) Grafoil flexible graphite newsletter on special gasketing techniques Distribution list…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 1987
Union Carbide Memos and Draft C&P Program on Phasing Out Asbestos-Containing Materials in Company Workplaces (1986-1987)
Six pages of Union Carbide papers from 1986-1987 on asbestos in the company's own facilities. They include a 9/29/86 draft Chemicals and Plastics (C&P) program to phase out asbestos-containing materials…
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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 · July 22, 1986
M. A. Patel Transmittal of T. E. Hanning Summary of OSHA's Amended Asbestos Standard (1986)
Patel's July 22, 1986 internal correspondence forwarded a summary of OSHA's June 20, 1986 amendment to the asbestos standard (29 CFR 1910.1001), noting the permissible exposure limit was reduced from 2.0 to 0.2 f/cc with an action level of 0.1 f/cc.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 23, 1987
T. E. Hanning to C. C. Neely Forwarding Asbestos Implementation Task Group Minutes and Standard Practice SH-256 (1987)
…C. Neely, March 23, 1987, forwarding Asbestos Implementation Task Group March 17 meeting items Union Carbide Standard Practice SH-256 (December 1986), Removal and Handling of Asbestos-Containing Insulation Material: exposure limits, work practices, respirators, monitoring…
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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 · October 28, 1986
T. E. Hanning to Recipient on Review of South Charleston Plant Procedures for Removal and Disposal of Asbestos Materials (1986)
Memorandum from T. E. Hanning reviewing updates to the South Charleston plant's 514 Maintenance Department procedure for handling and disposing of asbestos insulation, following the July 1986 OSHA revision. It sets out the revised exposure limit and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 23, 1987
T. E. Hanning to C. C. Neely Forwarding Asbestos Implementation Task Group March 17 Meeting Items and Standard Practice SH-256 (1987)
…Neely, March 23, 1987, on Asbestos Implementation Task Group March 17 meeting items Attached Union Carbide Standard Practice SH-256 (December 1986), Removal and Handling Asbestos-Containing Insulation Material: OSHA/EPA standards, work practices, protective equipment…
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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 · June 19, 1987
T. E. Hanning to C. C. Neely on Encapsulation of Asbestos for the Asbestos Task Group (1987)
Memo from T. E. Hanning to C. C. Neely, with copies to several colleagues, declining an invitation to the July 23 Asbestos Task Group meeting and supplying general information on asbestos abatement by removal, enclosure and encapsulation. It…
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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 22, 1986
M. A. Patel to Distribution List on the Amended OSHA Asbestos Standard, with T. E. Hanning's Summary of Changes (1986)
A July 22, 1986 internal memo from Technical Center industrial hygienist Manhar A. Patel reported that OSHA had amended its asbestos standard and attached T. E. Hanning's summary of the changes. The summary covers the lower exposure limit,…
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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…