19 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 9, 1971
R. W. Schwartz Memo Forwarding Minutes of the GE/Hooker/Union Carbide Safety Meeting on Asbestos Handling (1971)
…July 9, 1971 cover memo sent a distribution list the minutes of a June 18, 1971 safety meeting among General Electric, Hooker Chemical and Union Carbide, and pointed readers to the asbestos paragraphs. The minutes, prepared…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 13, 1978
R. E. Graebert Forwarding J. W. Whittlesey's Advice to Dr. Welsh on OSHA Recordkeeping of Occupational Illnesses (1978)
A one-page cover memo dated January 13, 1978 from R. E. Graebert (Chemicals and Plastics Safety) to safety directors and the safety committee, attaching John W. Whittlesey's January 9, 1978 letter to Dr. Welsh on OSHA recordkeeping. The letter said…
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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 · March 15, 1974
R. E. Graebert to W. W. McManus and R. C. Glock Transmitting the 1974 Safety Audit of the Brownsville Plant (1974)
Internal Union Carbide memo dated March 15, 1974 transmitting the 1974 annual safety audit of the Brownsville plant. The audit report covers interviews with plant employees and findings on training, the Brown and Root maintenance contractor…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 6, 1980
R. E. Graebert to Division SHARE Managers on Safety and Health Requirements for Contractors, with Procedure Guideline and Sample Contract Language (1980)
…memo from R. E. Graebert transmitting the final Procedure Guideline on safety and health requirements for contractors working at Union Carbide chemicals and plastics-type facilities. The attachments set out contractor minimum standards, sample safety and…
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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 6, 1980
R. E. Graebert to Division SHARE Managers Transmitting Procedure Guideline on Safety and Health Requirements for Contractors (1980)
A March 6, 1980 internal Union Carbide memo transmits the final Procedure Guideline on safety and health requirements for contractors working at chemicals and plastics-type facilities. The attached guideline sets minimum contractor safety rules, sample…
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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 · February 24, 1972
R. W. Cope Project Report on Industrial Hygiene Survey of Air Analyses at the Bound Brook Plant (1972)
Project report on R. W. Cope's January 27-28, 1972 visit to the Bound Brook Plant to meet New Jersey inspectors and compare dust sampling methods, with air samples taken in several departments. Asbestos fiber samples at Building 3, Unit C ranged…
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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 · February 1, 1980
Kirk E. Martin to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Investigation of Mercury and Vinyl Chloride Complaint at Texas City (1980)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting an OSHA industrial hygienist's January 29, 1980 investigation at the Texas City plant of an alleged employee complaint about mercury exposure in Bldg. 137 and vinyl chloride exposure around Bldg…
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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 22, 1979
J. B. Leverton to D. L. Engle and Others on OSHA Investigation at the Texas City Plant (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting that an OSHA industrial hygienist, Richard Miller, came to the Texas City plant on June 21, 1979 to sample employee exposure to ethylene oxide during a filter change at building 19…
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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 · March 29, 1972
R. E. Graebert to R. E. Nicolson on the Labor Department Asbestos Standard and Reducing Asbestos Use in Molding Compound (1972)
A one-page memo dated March 29, 1972, headed "Asbestos." It states that the Labor Department standard was 5 fibers per cubic centimeter of air and that measurements in various operating areas met it. It says many people expected the standard to fall…
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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 · January 20, 1977
John A. Fisher to Technology Managers, R/D Directors and R/D ADs on Resuming Work on the Reactive and Hazardous Chemicals Manual, with Attached Index and Distribution List (1977)
A January 20, 1977 internal memo in which John A. Fisher asked R&D managers whether to resume work on the Reactive and Hazardous Chemicals Manual, which chemicals to add, and whether they would support it. Attached are the manual's foreword, hazard…
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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…