8 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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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 · April 19, 1985
V. D. Dutcher to Plant Managers on Community Hazard Communication, with Hazardous Chemical Lists and OSHA Guidance (1985)
…IARC source columns and a mineral dusts section listing asbestos IARC Monographs Supplement 4 (1982), cover and Group 1-3 classification excerpt Not sent Union Carbide List of Carcinogens and Teratogens, pages 4-9 of 9
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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 · June 26, 1981
D. T. Watters to I. P. Blackwood et al. on Potential Health Risks of Insulation Materials (Perlite Insulation Specification 4) (1981)
Memorandum from D. T. Watters, June 26, 1981, on potential health risks of insulation materials Union Carbide Chemicals/Plastics Material Specification for Insulation 4M/4A/4SS (perlite), December 1980, pages 1-2 of 2
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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 · June 26, 1981
D. T. Watters to I. P. Blackwood and Others on Potential Health Risks of Insulation Materials (1981)
Memorandum responding to questions about whether non-asbestos substitute insulation was available after complaints of irritation from dust of perlite-based Insulation Specification 4 used in ethylene oxide service. It recommended continued use of…
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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…