13 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 24, 1965
J. D. Young to K. B. Lanham on Dust Sampling of "Carey-Temp" Insulation Block Cutting (1965)
Internal correspondence from Industrial Hygiene reporting on a dust sampling series run in the Insulation Fabrication Shop while a head grinder machine cut "Carey-Temp" insulation block. It said the dust-exposure health hazard of the operation was…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 23, 1975
David H. Glenn, M.D., on Annual Asbestos Screening of Gulf Coast Area Employees (1975)
Letter from the Gulf Coast Area medical director reporting that annual screening of employees with regular potential asbestos exposure had been completed. The screening included chest x-ray, spirometry, a respiratory disease questionnaire, chest…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 24, 1955
J. D. Young to K. B. Lanham on Dust Sampling of "Carey-Temp" Insulation Block Cutting (1955)
Internal Chemicals Division memo from Industrial Hygiene at the Institute Plant to the Insulation Fabrication Shop. It reported results of dust sampling done while a head grinder machine cut "Carey-Temp" insulation block. It said the health hazard…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 8, 1974
B. Clark to A. W. Boyd and Others Transmitting OSHA Inspection Report, with Texas State Department of Health Industrial Hygiene Survey of the Seadrift Alcohol Unit (1974)
…recent OSHA inspection. Attached are two March 6, 1974 Texas State Department of Health letters and an industrial hygiene survey of the alcohol unit at the Union Carbide petrochemical plant near Seadrift, Texas. The survey reported…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 17, 1972
D. E. Deese to Distribution on OSHA Respiratory Protection Requirement for Asbestos Tear-Out (1972)
Memo from the Gulf Coast Area senior industrial hygienist to a list of Union Carbide recipients reporting OSHA's interpretation of respiratory protection for asbestos tear-out or removal. It states that OSHA's Delbert Flowers…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 21, 1977
R. J. Taylor Teletype on OSHA Inspection of Texas City Plant Locker Room (1977)
Teletype from R. J. Taylor at the Texas City Plant reporting an OSHA compliance officer's March 18 visit to inspect the Building 74 maintenance locker room after an employee complaint about rest breaks. It states the officer found no violations of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 23, 1982
David H. Glenn, M.D., to Jose Kuri, M.D., on Contract Physician Duties for the Brownsville Plant (1982)
Letter from Union Carbide's Gulf Coast Area medical director to a Brownsville, Texas physician setting out the duties of a contract physician for the Brownsville Plant. It lists the pre-employment, periodic and medical surveillance…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 14, 1972
D. E. Deese to H. B. Coons and Others on the OSHA Permanent Asbestos Standard (1972)
A June 14, 1972 memo from the Gulf Coast Area senior industrial hygienist to Texas City managers and a physician. It summarizes 18 requirements of OSHA's first permanent asbestos standard, including exposure limits, monitoring, medical examinations…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 23, 1982
Duties and Responsibilities of Contract Physician at the Brownsville Plant, with D. H. Glenn Memo to B. Glock and J. Wyatt on Brownsville Visit (1982)
Duties and Responsibilities of Contract Physician, Union Carbide Corporation, Brownsville Plant (undated; BRF 0334-0335) Internal correspondence, D. H. Glenn to Bob Glock/Jack Wyatt, 'Brownsville Visit, 8/26-27/82', August 23, 1982 (BRF 0332…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 12, 1982
Linda Marley to J. L. Wyatt on the Health Program at the Brownsville Plant (1982)
Internal Union Carbide letter-memo from Linda Marley to J. L. Wyatt at the Brownsville plant, with a copy to Dr. David H. Glenn. It gives seven recommendations for expanding the plant's health program to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 28, 1972
Industrial Hygiene Asbestos Dust Study of Kaylo Insulation Removal (C. W. Perry) and D. H. Glenn to R. L. Yelton on OSHA Asbestos Compliance (1972)
Pages 1-2 are a handwritten Industrial Hygiene Department asbestos dust study dated 12-8-72. It reports personal and area air sample results (fibers/cc) for two insulators removing Kaylo-20 insulation from a converter in Building 17, with remarks on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 4, 1974
David H. Glenn, M.D., Memo to File on Asbestos Exposure in Filter Changing and Cleaning at Building 122 (1974)
A memo to file by David H. Glenn, M.D., about complaints from E. C. Swiedom that a clean-up at Building 122 did not comply with OSHA. It reports that a June 1974 sample showed less than 1 fiber per cc for the operator and a janitor, and that the…
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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…