20 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 · November 5, 1973
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison, Jr. on Air Samples Taken at the King City South Fence Line (1973)
Internal letter marked CONFIDENTIAL in which the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer reported air samples he collected on October 24, 1973 at the south fence line of the King City site. He gave fiber counts of 0.16 and 0.12 fibers/ml (5…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 20, 1969
Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on Airborne Dust Counts at the King City Plant (1969)
Internal letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City plant, reporting airborne dust counts from samples collected on June 11 and 12, 1969. He counted particles of 5 microns or longer at eight plant locations,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 11, 1975
L. J. LaPrance to W. J. Ziemba on Asbestos and Carbon Fiber Air Sampling at the Tarrytown Technical Center (1975)
…amines and fish toxicity, computer data room noise) Union Carbide Chemicals Division laboratory manual industrial hygiene method for determining amines in air (gas chromatography), enclosure Photocopied reference table on amines and amino compounds and their effects…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 21, 1975
L. J. LaFrance to S. E. Hine on October 1975 Asbestos Air Sample Results at Linde Speedway Factory, Indianapolis (1975)
Letter reporting results of airborne asbestos samples taken at various Speedway Factory locations in October 1975, listed in fibers per ml with remarks. The Shredder Room showed 12 (personnel sample) and 6 (general), and the writer stated that…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 13, 1975
Leo J. LaFrance to R. P. Wooldridge on Asbestos Air Sample Results at Linde Speedway Factory, with Wooldridge's Transmittal of Air Samples (1975)
A May 13, 1975 letter from industrial hygienist Leo J. LaFrance to R. P. Wooldridge reported that eleven air samples from the Linde Speedway Factory, examined by phase contrast microscopy, showed fewer than one asbestos fiber per milliliter longer…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 31, 1978
Harrison B. Rhodes (signed by John L. Myers) to Dr. J. J. Welsh and T. W. Carmody on Sputum Cytology Results from the King City Asbestos Plant (1978)
A January 1978 memo forwarding Mr. Malacarne's discussion of sputum cytology results from the King City asbestos plant, asking whether the data were sufficient for journal publication or could be used to enhance the company's image. The memo gives…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 8, 1974
E. A. Piersall to Dr. J. J. Welsh on Planned King City and Bishop Visits to Local Doctors (1974)
Internal correspondence from the Safety department in Grand Junction, Colorado, to the company's New York medical director about his planned March 1974 visits to doctors serving King City and Bishop. It proposes a company-sponsored dinner meeting…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 23, 1974
Leo J. LaFrance to C. Frankenberger on Asbestos Air Sampling at the Linde Division Speedway Factory Acetylene Cylinder Filling Building (1974)
Letter from an industrial hygienist reporting a follow-up survey on August 6-7, 1974 of the acetylene cylinder filling building at the Speedway Factory in Indianapolis, with an attached table of asbestos air sample results. It reported readings…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 2, 1973
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison Transmitting Airborne Fiber Survey Results for the King City Mill (1973)
Internal letter, marked Confidential, from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City plant, transmitting a survey of airborne fiber (5.0 microns or longer) taken March 20-21, 1973. It gave estimated weighted exposures for…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 4, 1973
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison, Jr. Transmitting Fiber Counts from King City Air Samples (1973)
Internal Union Carbide letter marked Confidential, sent from the Medical Department to the King City plant, transmitting a tabulation of fiber counts from air samples collected at King City on November 13 and 14, 1973. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 21, 1975
L. J. LaFrance to S. E. Hine on October 1975 Asbestos Air Sample Results at the Linde Speedway Factory (1975)
Letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygienist to the Speedway factory safety director reporting airborne asbestos fiber results for samples taken at factory locations in October 1975. The letter says the Shredder Room still had levels in…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 11, 1975
L. J. LaFrance to W. J. Ziemba Summarizing August 1975 Industrial Hygiene Findings at the Tarrytown Site, with Attached Amine Air Method and Fish Toxicity Table (1975)
…amine/fish toxicity, computer room noise) Union Carbide Chemicals Division Laboratory Manual industrial hygiene method for determining amines in air (gas chromatography), August 1968 Attached table of amines and amino compounds and their effects on fish…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 14, 1974
W. C. Thurber to Dr. J. J. Welsh Forwarding Dr. Goodman's Proposed Medical Surveillance Provisions for the OSHA Asbestos Standard (1974)
Internal Union Carbide cover memo in which W. C. Thurber sent Dr. J. J. Welsh a recommendation by Dr. Joseph L. Goodman to the Asbestos Information Association on revisions to the OSHA asbestos standard. He asked…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 26, 1974
E. A. Piersall to Dr. J. J. Welsh on Pulmonary Function Test Limits for Asbestos Workers (1974)
Internal letter from the Mining and Metals Division safety department to the corporate Medical Department following a phone call. It asked for guidelines on minimum pulmonary function levels for hiring and on action points for existing employees…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 23, 1975
L. J. LaFrance to R. P. Wooldridge on Second-Quarter 1975 Asbestos Air Sample Results at the Linde Acetylene Cylinder Operations (1975)
Letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygienist reporting phase contrast microscopy results for eleven asbestos air samples taken in the second quarter of 1975 at the Linde Speedway Factory acetylene cylinder operations. It lists fiber…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 13, 1974
L. J. LaFrance to R. P. Wooldridge on Asbestos Fiber Counts in October 1974 Air Samples, Speedway Acetylene Cylinder Plant, with Wooldridge's Transmittal Memo (1974)
The exhibit holds a Nov. 13, 1974 letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygienist reporting phase contrast microscopy results for ten October air samples from the Speedway acetylene cylinder operations. It also holds the Nov. 4, 1974…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 3, 1972
H. E. Fitzgerald to V. P. Hayes Forwarding ORC Study-Analysis of the OSHA Asbestos Dust Standard (1972)
A Union Carbide Linde Division internal memo dated July 3, 1972 forwards to a Linde facility an attached study-analysis of the OSHA 'Standard for Exposure to Asbestos Dust,' noting the 5 fiber/cc limit effective…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 5, 1974
Paul W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison, Jr. Transmitting June 1974 Asbestos Air Survey Results at King City (1974)
Internal Union Carbide letter marked CONFIDENTIAL from industrial hygiene engineer Paul W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison, Jr. at King City. It transmits tabulated results of his June 19-20, 1974 airborne asbestos fiber survey, with…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 1, 1975
U. Boduroglu to Dr. J. J. Welsh on Use of Asbestos in Graphite Furnaces and Cancer Cases (1975)
…at Union Carbide Europe to Dr. J. J. Welsh in New York. It reports that Union Carbide Norden stopped using asbestos as insulation between grate sections in graphite furnaces after the Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions…