12 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1969
F. D. Dexter to L. P. Jehle, E. A. Barr and R. D. Bower on Divesting the Calidria Asbestos Business (1969)
…in which F. D. Dexter set out his view that the corporation's interests would be best served by divesting the Calidria asbestos business. He outlined preliminary steps: make it a separate entity, run it with…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 8, 1968
F. D. Dexter to R. H. Gregory, Jr. Requesting Information on Making the Asbestos Business a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (1968)
Memo marked 'Business-Confidential, Asbestos' in which F. D. Dexter formalized a request to the Law Department and others for information on making the asbestos business a separate, wholly owned subsidiary of UCC. He listed questions on the tax…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1969
F. D. Dexter to L. P. Jehle, E. A. Barr and R. D. Bower on Divesting the Calidria Asbestos Business (1969)
…F. D. Dexter set out his views on the Calidria asbestos business. He wrote that the corporation's interests would be best served by divesting it, outlined preliminary steps (a separate subsidiary, a few incentivized people…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 14, 1968
F. D. Dexter to E. A. Barr and Others Transmitting the Asbestos Workshop Presentation Recommending Divestiture of the Calidria Business (1968)
…1968. It includes an October 14 memo from F. D. Dexter asking permission to send a 'position paper' to Union Carbide's own people, an October 15 cover memo, handwritten notes, and the text of the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 7, 1968
R. S. Wishart, Jr. to F. D. Dexter on Possible Sale of the Calidria Asbestos Project to Johns Manville (1968)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting that Kenneth Rush had spoken with Mr. Burnett of Johns Manville about the Calidria asbestos project and that Burnett would respond in about three weeks. It relays Rush's advice on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 20, 1969
N. J. Setter to F. D. Dexter, W. S. Young and L. P. Jehle on The Asbestos Market in the Flooring Industry (1969)
Internal Union Carbide memo reviewing the asbestos market in vinyl asbestos (VA) and asphalt floor tile, including estimated tonnages by customer and asbestos source, and the competitive position of Coalinga asbestos. It discusses options for increasing…
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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 · 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 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 · June 30, 1972
D. E. Deese Texas City Industrial Hygiene Memos and Letters on Asbestos Sampling and Monitoring (1972-1973)
Compilation of Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics industrial hygiene papers, mostly by D. E. Deese of the Gulf Coast Area. It holds a June 1972 memo transmitting an equipment list for personal asbestos dust sampling under…
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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 · 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…