41 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 · 1981
King City Audit: 1981 Safety and Health Audit Report on the King City Plant, Union Carbide Metals Division (1981)
Report of a 1981 safety and health audit of the King City plant. It reviews the health program, physical examinations, industrial hygiene sampling for asbestos, radiation and noise, employee protection, emergency procedures and governmental…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 10, 1969
R. L. Folkman to J. C. Stephenson Transmitting H. F. Reichard's Summary of UCC Asbestos Market Patterns (1969)
A confidential memorandum from R. L. Folkman to J. C. Stephenson forwarding a summary by Hal Reichard of the asbestos market, with commentary on possible ways of marketing the product line. The attached two-page table, 'UCC Asbestos Market…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 5, 1972
Paul W. McDaniel to W. N. Johnson on Gravimetric vs. Fiber-Count Evaluation of Asbestos (1972)
Confidential internal letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to W. N. Johnson of Mining & Metals about using a gravimetric (weight) system to evaluate asbestos. It reports that a brief trial at King City found no…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 28, 1974
W. C. Thurber to E. A. Piersall: Miscellaneous Notes on King City Management Safety Audit (1974)
Memo dated October 28, 1974 with notes on a management safety audit of the King City plant. It covers general action items, comments from interviews with plant employees (mostly about slippery floors and safety meetings), and a dust sampling…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 28, 1976
R. L. Folkman to Dr. H. B. Rhodes Requesting Paragraphs on Asbestos Exposure, with Attached Wall Street Journal Article on NIOSH Recommendation (1976)
Internal correspondence from R. L. Folkman to Dr. H. B. Rhodes asking for a couple of paragraphs on the company's marketplace and operations, to be sent to Mr. Kroft regarding the attached item. The attachment is a Wall Street Journal article by…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 2, 1971
E. Epremian to Asbestos Meeting Distribution Transmitting NRC Airborne Asbestos Extracts and Summary of Asbestos Laws (1971)
Internal memo of September 2, 1971 from E. Epremian sending background for the September 8 asbestos meeting on Environmental Factors. The enclosures are extracts of the 1971 National Research Council report 'Airborne Asbestos' (conclusions and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 6, 1972
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison on Dust Counts of Air Samples Collected at King City (1972)
Internal Union Carbide letter marked CONFIDENTIAL from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City mill, reporting airborne fiber counts from samples taken October 18-19, 1972. It compares 25 mm and 47…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 15, 1976
Internal Memo to J. J. Franscell on the King City Safety Audit of August 25-26, 1976 (1976)
Internal Union Carbide Metals Division memo reporting on a safety audit of the King City operation conducted August 25-26, 1976. It rated the safety program as very good and offered suggestions on dust control at…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 23, 1974
E. A. Piersall to Larrison, McDaniel, Reichard, Thurber and Welsh on Asbestos Dust Sampling and Record Keeping, with L. Larrison's June 26, 1974 Reply on King City Sampling Program (1974)
Exhibit UC-1554 contains an August 23, 1974 internal memo from E. A. Piersall (Grand Junction) saying no conclusion had been reached on his proposed asbestos dust sampling and record keeping program for King City and suggesting a discussion during…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 19, 1979
John L. Myers to W. G. Alesio, G. R. Bailey and Others on Strategic Planning for the Calidria Asbestos Business (1979)
Internal memo from John L. Myers responding to a 4/3/79 memorandum from Bob Rebholtz on defining the asbestos business and industry. Myers described the Calidria business as mining, milling and marketing short fiber asbestos, said a single industry…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 29, 1982
H. B. Rhodes to D. L. Haywood on Reporting Health and Safety Studies to EPA under TSCA Section 8(d), with Attached Mellon Institute Covers and King City Sputum Cytology Papers (1982)
Internal Metals Division memo from H. B. Rhodes listing the items the division had identified as potentially reportable under TSCA Section 8(d): two Mellon Institute asbestos reports, King City mill sputum cytology summaries, and a deposition by Dr.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 28, 1980
J. T. Kelly to R. L. Folkman Transmitting the Asbestos Strategy Package for the King City Calidria Business (1980)
A cover memo from J. T. Kelly of Financial Control transmits the latest asbestos strategy package, which assumes an OSHA TLV of no more than 1.0 fiber per cc and estimates the cost of a 0.5 fiber limit at King City. The attached slides cover the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 27, 1974
E. A. Piersall to King City Plant Managers on the October 1974 King City Safety Audit Schedule (1974)
Internal correspondence from the Safety department in Grand Junction, Colorado, setting out the schedule for a safety audit at the King City plant on October 16-17, 1974. It describes review of the prior year's recommendations, a plant inspection,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 4, 1977
H. B. Rhodes to R. L. Folkman on the NIOSH Asbestos Recommendation and the King City Plant, with Attached Request and Wall Street Journal Article (1977)
Internal letter in which H. B. Rhodes answered R. L. Folkman's December 28, 1976 request for comment on the NIOSH asbestos statement. He summarized the OSHA 1975 proposal and the NIOSH position, said the King City plant was generally meeting the 2…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1980
R. W. Rebholz Transmittal to G. R. Bailey, R. L. Folkman and F. J. Shortsleeve of J. L. Myers' 1981 Asbestos Business Budget Narrative, with Myers' Memo and 'The Asbestos Business - 1980 & 1981' (1980)
Exhibit consists of a one-page cover note from R. W. Rebholz forwarding the 1981 Asbestos Business Budget narrative, a Myers-to-Rebholz internal memo dated October 28, 1980, and Myers' five-page report 'The Asbestos Business - 1980 & 1981'. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 15, 1971
F. H. Larrison, Jr. to J. F. Emerson on Federal and State Inspection of Airborne Asbestos Dust at the King City Mill (1971)
Letter reporting an inspection of the King City facility for airborne asbestos dust by three Federal Bureau of Mines inspectors and two California Division of Industrial Safety inspectors on October 5, 1971. It describes the sampling done, the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 13, 1980
R. W. Rebholz to G. R. Bailey and Others on Asbestos Business Meetings (1980)
Memorandum dated March 13, 1980 announcing that, with the Mineral Products Meeting on March 27, Dr. Rhodes would discuss the current status of health-related regulations on the promotion and use of asbestos products. A discussion to update the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 4, 1977
H. B. Rhodes to R. L. Folkman on NIOSH Asbestos Recommendation and Calidria Exposure Levels, with Folkman's Request and WSJ Article (1977)
Internal Union Carbide Metals Division letter in which H. B. Rhodes responded to R. L. Folkman's December 28, 1976 request for comment on the NIOSH asbestos statement. He summarized the OSHA proposal and the NIOSH…