59 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 3
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 12, 1975
R. J. Klotzbach to W. C. Thurber Transmitting Answers to Supplemental Interrogatories 5 and 8 in Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide (1975)
Cover memo from Klotzbach to Thurber transmitting answers to questions 5 and 8 in Roderman v. Union Carbide Answer to Question 5: Technology Department history, functions, quality assurance and safety responsibilities Answer to Question 8: asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 12, 1975
R. J. Klotzbach to W. C. Thurber Forwarding Answers to Supplemental Interrogatory Questions 5 and 8, Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide (1975)
…questions 5 and 8 prepared as background for supplemental interrogatories in Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide Corporation et al. The cover memo gives the timeline of asbestos claims, process and product development and first shipments…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 1973
Georgia-Pacific Akron Plant OSHA Citation and Related Union Carbide Correspondence (Tomczak, Myers, Thurber, 1973)
A set of July 1973 Union Carbide papers about Georgia-Pacific's request for OSHA/asbestos information and the OSHA citation issued to its Akron, NY joint compound plant. It contains a San Francisco field office…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 9, 1976
John L. Myers to W. C. Thurber on Packaging and Transportation Problems with Asbestos Dust (1976)
Internal memo from John L. Myers of the Calidria Asbestos department to W. C. Thurber, with copies to several others, about customer complaints on dusty asbestos packaging and shipping. Myers recommended shrink-wrapping all bagged products, bag…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 25, 1978
"Calidria" Asbestos Monthly Sales Report for December 1977, with Distribution List and Product Sales Summary (1978)
Two-page monthly sales report for Calidria asbestos for December 1977, issued 1/25/78. Page 1 has a distribution list and a sales group summary of asbestos and other products in tons and $M for December and year to date. Page 2 tabulates Calidria…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 11, 1979
H. B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers, K. S. Lane and F. J. Shortsleeve Forwarding an Editorial on the Time of Recognition of Asbestos-Related Cancer (1979)
A one-page Union Carbide Metals Division internal memo from Harrison B. Rhodes, dated January 11, 1979, forwarding an attached study on the time of recognition of asbestos-related cancer. The attachment is a 1978 editorial…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 3, 1976
J. L. Myers to W. C. Thurber on Calidria Bag Labelling (1976)
Internal correspondence responding to a request from W. C. Thurber about the warning text on Calidria asbestos bags. It states that bag labelling began in June 1968 with a 'breathing dust may be harmful' warning, and that in June 1972, when the OSHA…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 3, 1973
W. C. Thurber to K. S. Lane, J. L. Myers and P. J. Morgan on FDA Proposed Rulemaking on Asbestos Particles in Food and Drugs, with AIA Memo and Federal Register Notice (1973)
…memo from W. C. Thurber to three Union Carbide recipients forwarding an Asbestos Information Association memorandum of October 1, 1973 and the FDA's proposed rulemaking on asbestos particles in food and drugs. Thurber stated his…
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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 · January 24, 1966
Leo J. LaFrance to J. P. Green on Industrial Hygiene Survey of Pipe Cleaning and Dept. 022, Linde Speedway Factory (1966)
Letter reporting an industrial hygiene survey made January 19-20, 1966 at the Linde Speedway Factory in Indianapolis of trichloroethylene use in the pipe cleaning area and possible solvent vapor decomposition in the Dept. 022 welding area. It also…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 24, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber on Advantages of Dust Controlled "Calidria" Products (1975)
…to dust-controlled Calidria products generally. It lists six advantages: reduced health risk, defense against product liability suits, a counter to union activity, OSHA and EPA compliance positions, and shipping savings. It asks counsel to review…
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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 · February 15, 1983
R. W. Rebholz to W. C. Thurber on Substituting a Revised Asbestos Label for the OSHA Label (1983)
Internal Union Carbide memo from R. W. Rebholz to W. C. Thurber proposing that a different attached label replace the OSHA-mandated asbestos label on UCC asbestos products shipped to U.S. users, subject to OSHA…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 22, 1984
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber on MSDS and Product Label for Asbestos Alteration Product (Synthetic Olivine) (1984)
Internal correspondence from H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber confirming a February 21, 1984 telephone call about the MSDS and product label for a calcined asbestos alteration product described as a synthetic olivine. It discusses the olivine analogy…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 25, 1978
Calidria Asbestos Monthly Sales Report for December 1977 with Sales Summary by Product (1978)
Monthly sales report for Calidria asbestos for December 1977, issued 1/25/78, with a distribution list and an asbestos sales group summary comparing December and year-to-date tons and sales dollars (in thousands) with other product lines. Page 2…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 11, 1979
Harrison B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers, K. S. Lane and F. J. Shortsleeve Transmitting Editorial 'Asbestos and Cancer: The International Lag' (1979)
A one-page Union Carbide Metals Division internal memo dated January 11, 1979, titled 'Time of Recognition of Asbestos-Related Cancer', forwarding an attached article for information. The attachment is a 1978 editorial from the American…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1977
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber Transmitting Draft SPE Paper on Consumer Safety in Asbestos-Containing Plastics (1977)
…fiber concentrations in tape-joint compound use, including Rohl data, Union Carbide commercial survey, and OSHA compliance data Table V and further data tables on fiber concentrations during wet-out, cleanup and consumer installations (some OCR…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 3, 1976
J. L. Myers to W. C. Thurber on Calidria Asbestos Bag Labelling (1976)
Internal Union Carbide memo responding to a request from W. C. Thurber about bag labelling. It states that bag warnings began in June 1968 with the text 'Breathing dust may be harmful' and that in June…
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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 · June 15, 1973
John L. Myers to J. Crane Transmitting Redrafted Management Newsletter Item on Safe Use of Calidria Asbestos (1973)
Internal memo from John L. Myers to J. Crane saying he redrafted Crane's information for the Management Newsletter and that P. J. Morgan should approve it before submission. The attached redraft, dated 6/15/73, is a suggested newsletter item stating…