8 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Union Carbide Texas City Purchase Order and Receiving Reports for Insulation from The Industrial Insulators, Inc. (1968-1970)
Purchasing paperwork from Union Carbide's Texas City plant for thermal insulation bought from The Industrial Insulators, Inc. of Houston. It includes purchase order 515-78445, its terms and conditions, and several receiving reports and invoice…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 13, 1979
D. L. Engle and D. H. Glenn to All Texas City Union Carbide Employees on OSHA Visits and Brain Tumor Investigation (1979)
Letter to Texas City plant employees reporting that OSHA inspected the plant in December 1978 and January 1979 after a former employee raised concern about brain tumors in the Chemical Shipping Area. It says the company found 10 brain tumor deaths…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 9, 1983
V. D. Dutcher to Distribution List on Updated Exposure Standards and Guidelines for Latex Chemicals, Including Asbestos (1983)
Internal Union Carbide memo marked 'Business Confidential' that transmitted updated lists of Latex chemicals with personnel exposure standards set by UCC, UCC Divisions or OSHA, and exposure guidelines recommended by the ACGIH. The attached tables list…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 27, 1976
J. H. Rapp to J. P. Alexander and Others on Coveralls for Insulators, with D. E. Deese Memo on Asbestos Strip Job Monitoring (1976)
Two Texas City memos on asbestos. The first, dated February 27, 1976, from J. H. Rapp to plant personnel, announced that coveralls would be issued to insulators who might be exposed to asbestos fibers above the ceiling level, and gave laundering and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 27, 1972
D. E. Deese to H. R. Guest on Asbestos Dust Monitoring at the Texas City Plant (1972)
Internal Union Carbide memo in which an industrial hygienist sent H. R. Guest the available asbestos dust study data for the Texas City plant. He listed limits on the data and said asbestos was still in…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 14, 1973
Industrial Hygiene Department Preliminary Report on Asbestos Gasket Cutting in Salvage Stores, Bldg. 281, Plant 515, with Dust Study Sheets (1973)
A preliminary industrial hygiene report dated 11/14/73 on monitoring asbestos gasket cutting operations in Salvage Stores, Bldg. 281, Plant 515. It reports that personnel and general area samples were all below one fiber per cc longer than five…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 14, 1973
Industrial Hygiene Department Preliminary Report on Monitoring Asbestos Insulation Removal from a Heat Exchanger, Bldg. 215, with Asbestos Dust Study Sheet (1973)
A one-page preliminary report dated 11/14/73 on monitoring the removal of insulation from a heat exchanger in Bldg. 215 at Plant 515. It states that the personnel sample was below one fiber per cc longer than five microns and cites the Threshold…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 29, 1971
R. E. Joyner, M.D. to Gulf Coast Distribution on Emergency Standards for Exposure to Asbestos Dust (1971)
Internal letter from the Gulf Coast Area medical director to a distribution list of managers, summarizing the emergency standard for asbestos dust exposure published under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 in the Federal Register of…