33 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 9, 1971
L. P. Twichell to J. F. Emerson and F. H. Larrison, Jr. on RG-244 Expansion (1971)
Memorandum confirming recent conversations about expanding RG-244 operations. It called for moving from three shifts, five days to three shifts, seven days, proceeding with a Phase I facility expansion from 700 tpy to 1,000 tpy, and plant tests on a…
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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 23, 1974
W. C. Thurber to Distribution on Current Status of Plans for Expanding the King City Asbestos Plant, with Attached Earlier Memos (1974)
A December 23, 1974 memo updating a June 19, 1974 memo on plans to expand the King City asbestos plant to 60,000 T/yr. It reports cost estimates, two financial cases, land acquisition efforts for tailings disposal, and a decision to defer…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 29, 1974
W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison and Others on Housekeeping Test in the King City Bagging Area to Meet OSHA Fiber Limit (1974)
Memo from W. C. Thurber stating that OSHA regulations require the dust level at the King City operation to be below two fibers per cc after July 1, 1976, and that recent dust counts showed the main circuit bagging area as the principal problem. He…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 27, 1973
R. E. Byrne, Jr. Informal Report on TiO2 Contamination of RG-244 During the T-135 Plant Run (1973)
Informal report describing TiO2 contamination found in RG-244 asbestos produced during the August 15-22, 1973 T-135 plant run at King City. It reports TiO2 levels up to almost 3%, no correlation between TiO2 content and thickening efficiency, sales…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 30, 1974
E. C. Madlangbayan to Paul W. McDaniel on Personal Air Samples at the King City Plant, December (1974)
Internal memo from the King City quality control supervisor to the Medical Department in New York reporting personal air sampling results for six plant workers in December 1974. The cover page gives time-weighted averages by job classification.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 19, 1979
W. B. DeAtley to O. J. Malacarne Transmitting 1979 Sputum Cytology Results for King City Employees (1979)
Internal letter from W. B. DeAtley at King City to O. J. Malacarne enclosing the 1979 sputum cytology results for employees. It reports results better than those predicted from Dr. Saccomanno's data, but notes a marked increase in mild atypical…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1981
Weekly Operating Reports from the King City Plant to W. C. Thurber, Metals Division (April-June 1981)
Nine weekly operating reports on Union Carbide internal correspondence forms, sent from the King City, California plant to W. C. Thurber in New York. Each lists production by grade (High Purity, Super Standard, Standard, RG-244…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 19, 1973
G. L. Dickson to J. L. Myers on Evaluation of the King City RG-244 Production Facility, with Attached Report (1973)
Internal memo from G. L. Dickson to J. L. Myers, with an attached report, summarizing a three-week visit to the King City plant in August 1973. It concluded that only a 5-10% increase in RG-244 production was possible from present facilities and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 11, 1974
G. J. Weihs, Chrysotile Asbestos Markets and Forecasts for Group 7, with W. C. Thurber Cover Note and Related Memos (1974)
…7', March 1974: summary, conclusions, tables and end-use sections Partial Union Carbide internal form (Berkshire Business Forms) with little legible content; apparently not part of the report Commercial Intelligence memo to William Thurber, May 9…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 21, 1973
Handwritten Note to J. F. Emerson and W. G. Thurber on Cutting Calidria Plant Electricity Use, with PG&E Energy Conservation Letter (1973)
A handwritten note dated 11-21-73 to J. F. Emerson and W. G. Thurber says the attached PG&E letter was received and that the local PG&E man toured the plant and agreed the requested electricity cutback could not be met without shortening operating…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 4, 1974
Safety Department (B. A. Piersall) to F. H. Larrison on the Management Safety Audit of the King City Plant, October 16-17, 1974 (1974)
Internal correspondence reporting the results of a management safety audit of the King City plant on October 16-17, 1974, reviewed item by item against the 1973 audit recommendations. It covers safety programs, dust control, noise, and housekeeping,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 20, 1973
F. H. Larrison Jr. to Paul McDaniel Transmitting July 1973 King City Dust Counts, with Handwritten Note to "Bill" (1973)
A three-page set: a handwritten note dated 9-20-73 to "Bill", a July 20, 1973 internal memo from F. H. Larrison Jr. at King City to Paul McDaniel in the New York Medical Department enclosing July 1973 dust particle counts, and a data sheet of dust…
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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 · July 10, 1979
W. G. Kahler II to T. R. Alexander and Others on DOT Docket HM-160, Transportation of Asbestos, with Commenter Lists and DOT Regulatory Evaluation (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo transmitting a copy of DOT's regulatory evaluation for Docket HM-160 (transportation of asbestos) and two lists of parties that commented on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and on the Final…
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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 · February 8, 1974
E. A. Piersall to Dr. J. J. Welsh on Planned King City and Bishop Visits to Local Doctors (1974)
Internal correspondence from the Safety department in Grand Junction, Colorado, to the company's New York medical director about his planned March 1974 visits to doctors serving King City and Bishop. It proposes a company-sponsored dinner meeting…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 18, 1976
F. H. Larrison, Jr. to W. C. Thurber on Product Packaging and Phasing Out Pallet Shrink Wrap (1976)
Internal correspondence from the King City mining and metals office, dated August 18, 1976, on product packaging. It outlines a phase-out of pallet shrink wrap using present inventory, gives 1977 pallet wrap equivalent tonnage, and lists a 23.4M$…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 23, 1981
Safety Audit Team (R. L. Folkman, E. A. Piersall, H. B. Rhodes) to R. J. Kronkhyte, J. L. Myers and R. O. Marsten on the King City Safety/Health Audit (1981)
Internal memo from the Metals Division Safety department reporting the conclusions of its October 26-27, 1981 safety/health audit of the King City plant. It reviews follow-up items from the prior audit, rates the safety program elements, and notes…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 29, 1974
Safety Department to F. H. Larrison on the Management Safety Audit of King City (1974)
Internal correspondence from the Mining and Metals Division Safety department to the King City manager reporting the audit team's consensus comments on the King City operation's December 10, 1973 management safety audit. It lists numbered…