18 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 25, 1983
Asbestos Reprints Circulated Within Union Carbide: AIA Medical Advisory Panel Diagnostic Criteria and Lewinsohn on Medical Surveillance, with Johnkoski and Rankin Transmittal Memos (1983)
Compilation of two Union Carbide transmittal memos (February 1983) and two attached published reprints. The reprints are the Asbestos International Association Medical Advisory Panel's 1982 criteria for diagnosing asbestosis, with notes on mesothelioma and lung…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 5, 1986
T. E. Hanning to S. W. Clark and Others on Asbestos Update: Union Support for Proposed EPA Ban (1986)
…marked 'For Your Information', reporting that labor unions were endorsing a proposed EPA asbestos ban and contending that OSHA's 0.2 fiber/cc limit gave insufficient worker protection. It also summarizes the proposed EPA rule…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 2, 1987
L. S. Magelssen and H. W. Wegert to J. F. Dodd et al. on Status of Contingency Items for Asbestos Insulation Removal Upgrade, South Charleston (1987)
Two-page memorandum reporting that two contingency items attached to the May 19, 1987 health, safety and environmental endorsement of the South Charleston Asbestos Insulation Removal Upgrade-Phase I had been resolved. It discusses review of the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 7, 1987
J. K. Corrie to H. W. Wegert and G. M. Whipple on Environmental Concerns in the South Charleston Insulation Upgrade Project, with Revised Asbestos Handling Procedure (1987)
Internal correspondence from J. K. Corrie transmitting the revised South Charleston Plant Maintenance Safety Procedure XVIII on asbestos handling. The memo says the revision addresses concerns raised in an October 30, 1986 review of the plant's…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 30, 1986
H. W. Wegert and G. M. Whipple to J. R. Dement and Others on Health, Safety and Environmental Review of the South Charleston Insulation Upgrade Project (1986)
Memorandum reporting a health, safety and environmental review of a three-year project to remove, replace and seal asbestos insulation at the South Charleston Plant. It recommends endorsement contingent on revising Maintenance Procedure XVIII to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 30, 1986
H. W. Wegert and G. M. Whipple to J. R. Dement et al. on Health, Safety, and Environmental Review of the South Charleston Insulation Upgrade Project (1986)
Memorandum reporting a health, safety and environmental review of a three-year project to upgrade asbestos insulation at the South Charleston Plant. It recommended endorsement contingent on revising Maintenance Procedure XVIII to comply with the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 2, 1982
V. H. Johnkoski to A. W. Carlson, Omar Muniz-Diaz and D. R. Shearer on Surveying Locations for Asbestos Processing (1982)
Memo from V. H. Johnkoski, copied to K. A. Ackenhusen and W. R. van der Hoeven, stating he did not think the division processed asbestos or asbestos mixtures at any location and asking recipients to survey their locations and report results by…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 25, 1983
V. H. Johnkoski to Drs. Guzzardo, Rowe and Tulla Forwarding Asbestos Reprints on Diagnosis and Medical Surveillance, with R. R. Rankin Cover Memo and Lewinsohn Addendum (1983)
A February 25, 1983 transmittal memo from V. H. Johnkoski forwarded asbestos reprints and noted Dr. Lewinsohn's availability to answer questions. Attached were R. R. Rankin's February 22, 1983 cover memo to the GOHC, a 1982 Asbestos International…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 7, 1987
J. K. Corrie to H. W. Wegert and G. M. Whipple on Environmental Concerns from the Insulation Upgrade Project Review, South Charleston, with Asbestos Handling Procedure XVIII (1987)
A July 7, 1987 internal memo from J. K. Corrie transmitted the revised South Charleston Plant Maintenance Safety Procedure XVIII on asbestos handling and a May 6, 1987 letter from Dennis Hanshew. Corrie asked the reviewers to confirm their…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 19, 1987
L. S. Magelssen and H. W. Wegert to J. R. Dement and Others on Health, Safety and Environmental Review of the South Charleston Asbestos Insulation Removal Upgrade, Phase I (1987)
A May 19, 1987 memo recommending endorsement of Phase I of a project to remove and upgrade asbestos insulation at the South Charleston plant. The endorsement is contingent on revising Maintenance Procedure XVIII to comply with OSHA 29 CFR 1926.58…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 8, 1982
V. H. Johnkoski to A. W. Carlson, Omar Muniz-Diaz and D. R. Shearer on EPA Asbestos Notification Requirements (1982)
One-page memo from V. H. Johnkoski asking the recipients to review their location procedures to ensure compliance with EPA notification requirements before demolition or renovation of friable asbestos material, per an attachment that is not…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 2, 1987
L. S. Magelssen and H. W. Wegert to J. F. Dodd and Others on Status of Contingency Items for Asbestos Insulation Removal Upgrade, South Charleston (1987)
Memorandum reporting that two contingency items attached to the May 19, 1987 endorsement of the South Charleston asbestos insulation removal upgrade (Phase I) had been resolved. It says the February 1987 asbestos maintenance procedures were reviewed…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 19, 1987
L. S. Magelssen and H. W. Wegert to J. R. Dement and Others on Health, Safety and Environmental Review of the Asbestos Insulation Removal Upgrade, South Charleston (1987)
Memo recommending endorsement of Phase I of the asbestos insulation removal and upgrade project at the South Charleston plant. It notes that OSHA's 29 CFR 1926.58 rule, promulgated January 16, 1987, raised the cost of removal and repair. Endorsement…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 26, 1981
D. T. Watters to I. P. Blackwood et al. on Potential Health Risks of Insulation Materials (Perlite Insulation Specification 4) (1981)
Memorandum from D. T. Watters, June 26, 1981, on potential health risks of insulation materials Union Carbide Chemicals/Plastics Material Specification for Insulation 4M/4A/4SS (perlite), December 1980, pages 1-2 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 14, 1983
V. H. Johnkoski Transmittal of H. C. Lewinsohn's Asbestos Disease Abstracts and Articles to Ethylene Oxide/Glycol Division Staff (1983)
A June 14, 1983 cover memo from V. H. Johnkoski forwarded material from Dr. Lewinsohn relating primarily to asbestosis. Attached were Lewinsohn's June 7, 1983 transmittal of symposium abstracts (Fleischner Society), abstracts by Gaensler and Sargent…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 4, 1987
S. W. Clark to J. E. Neff on the C&P Asbestos Policy and Proposed Technology Program (1987)
One-page memorandum from S. W. Clark to J. E. Neff reporting that the C&P Manufacturing Council approved the asbestos policy recommended the previous fall. It says work is now needed to support the policy, asks Neff to describe Industrial Hygiene…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 26, 1981
D. T. Watters to I. P. Blackwood and Others on Potential Health Risks of Insulation Materials (1981)
Memorandum responding to questions about whether non-asbestos substitute insulation was available after complaints of irritation from dust of perlite-based Insulation Specification 4 used in ethylene oxide service. It recommended continued use of…
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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…