13 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 24, 1965
J. D. Young to K. B. Lanham on Dust Sampling of "Carey-Temp" Insulation Block Cutting (1965)
Internal correspondence from Industrial Hygiene reporting on a dust sampling series run in the Insulation Fabrication Shop while a head grinder machine cut "Carey-Temp" insulation block. It said the dust-exposure health hazard of the operation was…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 24, 1955
J. D. Young to K. B. Lanham on Dust Sampling of "Carey-Temp" Insulation Block Cutting (1955)
Internal Chemicals Division memo from Industrial Hygiene at the Institute Plant to the Insulation Fabrication Shop. It reported results of dust sampling done while a head grinder machine cut "Carey-Temp" insulation block. It said the health hazard…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 8, 1974
B. Clark to A. W. Boyd and Others Transmitting OSHA Inspection Report, with Texas State Department of Health Industrial Hygiene Survey of the Seadrift Alcohol Unit (1974)
…recent OSHA inspection. Attached are two March 6, 1974 Texas State Department of Health letters and an industrial hygiene survey of the alcohol unit at the Union Carbide petrochemical plant near Seadrift, Texas. The survey reported…
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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 · March 21, 1977
R. J. Taylor Teletype on OSHA Inspection of Texas City Plant Locker Room (1977)
Teletype from R. J. Taylor at the Texas City Plant reporting an OSHA compliance officer's March 18 visit to inspect the Building 74 maintenance locker room after an employee complaint about rest breaks. It states the officer found no violations of…
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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 · July 9, 1976
H. H. Frazier to P. H. Day on Employee Exposure to Asbestos in Plant Stores, Building 330 (1976)
Memo reporting area and personal air samples for asbestos taken in June 1976 in Plant Stores Building 330, where asbestos rope and metal-reinforced gaskets were stored and dispensed. It states that the results were within the new TLV of two fibers…
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Company document · Motley 1000 · July 20, 1962
R. J. Sexton to G. J. Ratcliffe Enclosing Union Carbide's Survey of New Thermobestos Blocks (1962)
…describes this document as follows: Dr. R. J. Sexton memo to G. J. Ratcliffe (Industrial Relations, Union Carbide), 7/20/63, entitled "Insulation Block Dust Survey, Construction Insulation Shop, Plant 511." Dr. Sexton encloses R. E…
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Company document · Motley 1000 · March 21, 1962
R. J. Sexton to L. N. Dickinson Enclosing Union Carbide's Thermobestos and Kaylo Dust Survey (1962)
…Peele's report indicates that the survey was prompted by complaints from Union Carbide employees in the Construction Shop of "uncomfortable and dusty working conditions." Peele's report concludes that the fabrication of Thermobestos insulation blocks…
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Company document · Motley 1000 · October 23, 1963
R. J. Sexton to S. C. Giambruno Enclosing Union Carbide's Third Insulation Block Dust Survey (1963)
…D. Young (Industrial Hygienist, Union Carbide) to F. P. Lamham (Fabrication Shop, Union Carbide), 8/24/65, indicating that a negligible health hazard might be created by using grinder machines to cut Carey-Temp block. Related…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · March 21, 1962
Union Carbide Institute Plant Dust Surveys of J-M Thermobestos Insulation Blocks (1962)
…M's Manville, New Jersey laboratory. Sexton wrote on December 4 that J-M was "extremely interested" in having Union Carbide use Thermobestos, and that he did not favor Peele accepting the invitation. The papers show…
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Company document · Motley 1000 · December 4, 1962
R. J. Sexton to S. C. Giambruno on Johns-Manville's Thermobestos Proposal (1962)
…G. Comerford of Union Carbide's own Design and Construction department, who said "we should not back down on our requirements" but that it might be wise to consider J-M's proposal "in light of…
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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…