161 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 9
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Company document · Motley 1000 · September 29, 1975
H. B. Rhodes of Union Carbide on Asbestos Papers at the International Congress on Occupational Health (1975)
…expected. The memo shows Union Carbide's staff following the research on mesothelioma outside the workplace in 1975. In Johns-Manville's index Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 12, 1975
Union Carbide Customer Call Reports on General Tire, Toledo, Ohio: RG-244 Calidria Asbestos Plant Trial and Toxicology Questions (1975)
Three Union Carbide customer call reports dated November to December 1975 about General Tire, Toledo, Ohio, and its evaluation of Calidria RG-244 asbestos for a vinyl plastisol fabric coating. The reports record the customer's…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 20, 1978
H. B. Rhodes to Ron Rinaldi, CAL-OSHA Standards Board, Transmitting Union Carbide Testimony on Asbestos Coating Exemptions under Health and Safety Code 25910 (1978)
…and formulations (some pages badly garbled in OCR) Attachment I, Items 1-3: statements on substitutes from Johns-Manville, Texas Refinery Corporation and EPA Item 4: Flintkote Company memo, John Tamanen to Jim Hay, March 8…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 13, 1976
Union Carbide Metals Division Customer Call Report on Georgia Pacific, Albany, Oregon, and Calidria RG 244 (1976)
Customer call report on a visit to Georgia Pacific Corp. in Albany, Oregon (phenolic adhesives). The stated objective was to overcome a 'Toxicology problem' on using RG 244. The report says the customer was interested in RG 244, had run an…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 23, 1977
Harrison B. Rhodes to T. F. Carmody on House Bill H.R. 8689 and Union Carbide's Low-Profile Position (1977)
…it and that Johns-Manville had talked with the Tobacco Lobby. He asked for a Law Department commentary on the current version and said he planned to keep a very low profile position for Union Carbide.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 15, 1977
Harrison B. Rhodes, Union Carbide Testimony to the Consumer Product Safety Commission on Proposed Ban of Asbestos Patching Compounds (1977)
Draft testimony presented by Harrison B. Rhodes on August 15, 1977, on 16 CFR Parts 1304 and 1305, the CPSC proposal to ban asbestos-containing patching compounds and artificial emberizing materials. It summarizes airborne fiber data from sanding,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Union Carbide File on the AIA/NA Technical Committee, the Standards and Technical Committee and the Ad Hoc Committee for Construction, with H. B. Rhodes Letter to J. J. Gafford (1973-1976)
Divider sheet 'A.3.d Technical Committee' (UCC 010857) H. B. Rhodes (Union Carbide) to J. J. Gafford (Celotex), July 26, 1976, on AIA/NA Ad Hoc Committee for Construction scheduling; attached meeting objectives and 'homework…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 17, 1979
Harrison B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on Union Carbide's Lack of Response to the DOT Asbestos Shipping Proposal, Docket HM-180 (1979)
Internal Union Carbide Metals Division letter on DOT Docket HM-180, the Department of Transportation rule on shipping commercial asbestos. It explains why the company did not respond separately to the March 2, 1978 proposal, quotes…
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Company document · Asbestos Information Association documents · August 15, 1977
Harrison B. Rhodes (Union Carbide) Testimony to the CPSC on the Proposed Ban of Asbestos Patching Compounds and Embers and Ash (1977)
Testimony by Harrison B. Rhodes of Union Carbide on 16 CFR Parts 1304 and 1305, the CPSC proposal to ban certain asbestos patching compounds and artificial emberizing materials. He reviewed consumer and commercial exposure data for…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 20, 1976
J. E. Walsh Call Report and R. Marsten Memo on Celanese Plastics (Bishop, Texas) RG-144 Packaging Complaints and Fiber Levels (1976)
A customer call report by salesman J. E. Walsh covers an October 20, 1976 visit with Dick Martsen to Celanese Plastics in Bishop, Texas, about complaints on packaging of RG144 asbestos. It records the customer's fiber sampling at truck unloading and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 13, 1975
E. J. Kleber Call Report on RG-600 Asbestos Seminar at General Electric, Appliance Park, Louisville (1975)
Customer call report on a seminar given to General Electric personnel at Appliance Park, Louisville, KY, on RG-600 and Calidria asbestos, with discussion of the OSHA situation. The report records that GE's medical department resisted using asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 6, 1977
Harrison B. Rhodes to E. L. Aasen (Georgia-Pacific) on CPSC Action Toward a Ban on Asbestos Spackling and Joint Compounds (1977)
…hearing procedure, and the CPSC's limited jurisdiction over commercial-use products, and states that Union Carbide planned to present its case at the hearings. A handwritten note dated 5/11/77 appears on page 1.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 1, 1975
John L. Myers to R. E. Byrne, Jr. and Others Enclosing GDCI Drywall Issue with Rhodes and Ingalls Article on Asbestos and Silica Dust (1975)
…L. Ingalls, Union Carbide (part 1) Continuation pages: editor's comments and the article's section on asbestos exposure in the tape joint industry Gold Bond advertisement for asbestos-free joint compounds W. W. Henry Company…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 11, 1975
T. P. Norris Call Report on Several San Francisco Area Customer Calls (Week of 8-11-75)
A four-page call report by T. P. Norris summarizing visits to San Francisco-area customers, including Diamond Shamrock, Imperial Coatings, Gibson-Homans, Rich-Tex, Intercoastal, Standard Oil, Chevron Asphalt, Kelly-Moore Paint and Bay Slurry Seal.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 1, 1976
J. E. Walsh Customer Call Report on Island Plastics, Waco, Texas, Concerning RG-600 Asbestos Fiber (1976)
Customer call report dated April 1, 1976 on a visit to Island Plastics, a Waco, Texas maker of molded sports equipment, with R. E. Byrne and P. Smallwood. It records that Island had been unable to disperse a pallet of RG-600, tried compounding…
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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 · February 19, 1980
Harrison B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on Review of King City Plant Monitoring and Medical Records (1980)
Internal correspondence summarizing the status of a project to review air-monitoring data and medical records for employees at the King City plant. It describes available exposure data back to 1963, worker time cards, and two proposed projects:…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 26, 1976
T. P. Norris Call Reports on Chevron Asphalt and Chevron Chemical HPP Trials in Asphaltic Coatings (1975-1976)
Two Metals Division customer call reports by salesman T. P. Norris on efforts to sell HPP asbestos grade for asphaltic coatings to Chevron. The 3/26/76 report describes a production trial at Chevron Asphalt in Oakland, including mixing times against…
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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 · June 9, 1976
T. P. Norris Call Report on Chevron Asphalt Company Evaluation of HPP and Competing Calaveras Asbestos (1976)
…Company) was the strong contender at $105.00/ton in Pressure Pack units, and that Union Carbide would continue to pursue the business. A handwritten note dated 7/9 refers to a 400 lb HPO evaluation…