20 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 1972
OSHA Reply to D. E. Deese on Asbestos Monitoring and Medical Exams, with Union Carbide Asbestos Insulation Removal Procedures and F. Williams Memo to R. J. Taylor (1972)
Compilation of four items: an OSHA letter replying to a Union Carbide industrial hygienist about the asbestos monitoring and medical examination requirements of 29 CFR 1910.93a; a Seadrift Plant procedure for removing asbestos insulation; and…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 3, 1979
Ron Ritchie to J. B. Leverton and R. J. Taylor Forwarding OSHA Jobsite Information Survey Correspondence (1979)
Cover memo from Ron Ritchie passing along correspondence about OSHA Jobsite Information Surveys, with an Employee Relations memo from R. V. Welty (Oct. 1, 1979) and a Sept. 21, 1979 letter from Law Department attorney John W. Whittlesey to J. B.…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 20, 1979
A. Perihan Yalcinkaya to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Visit to the Texas City Plant (1979)
Internal correspondence reporting an OSHA compliance officer's August 17, 1979 visit to the Texas City Plant in response to an employee complaint about resin dust levels and respirator use in Solvent Vinyl Resins Drying Bldg. 121. It describes the…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 15, 1974
R. E. Graebert to W. W. McManus and R. C. Glock Transmitting the 1974 Safety Audit of the Brownsville Plant (1974)
Internal Union Carbide memo dated March 15, 1974 transmitting the 1974 annual safety audit of the Brownsville plant. The audit report covers interviews with plant employees and findings on training, the Brown and Root maintenance contractor…
-
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…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 20, 1979
A. P. Yalcinkaya to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Inspection of the Texas City Plant's Solvent Vinyl Resins Drying Building (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting an OSHA industrial hygienist's August 17, 1979 visit to the Texas City Plant after an employee complaint about resin dust levels and respirator use in Solvent Vinyl Resins Drying Bldg…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 15, 1975
R. J. Taylor to C. A. Keil on Non-Employee Safety Guidelines for Contract Workers (1975)
One-page internal Union Carbide memo from R. J. Taylor to C. A. Keil transmitting guidelines for non-Carbide employee safety at the request of Lou Swann. It says the guidelines were assembled by a group…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 20, 1978
R. J. Taylor to D. L. Engle, N. W. Gaines and R. E. Graebert on OSHA Inspection and Employee Complaint at Texas City Plant (1978)
Internal memo reporting that two OSHA officers visited the Texas City Plant on December 13, 1978 to investigate an employee complaint about chemical exposure while loading tank cars and drums at Bldg. 19. It lists the information OSHA requested,…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 7, 1979
R. J. Taylor to J. H. Barrett and Others on OSHA Investigation of Trenching Complaint at Texas City (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting an OSHA compliance officer's visit to the Texas City plant on March 6-7, 1979, to investigate an employee complaint about an injury from a crumbling foundation in an unshored…
-
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…
-
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
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 1, 1980
Kirk E. Martin to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Investigation of Mercury and Vinyl Chloride Complaint at Texas City (1980)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting an OSHA industrial hygienist's January 29, 1980 investigation at the Texas City plant of an alleged employee complaint about mercury exposure in Bldg. 137 and vinyl chloride exposure around Bldg…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 9, 1979
Harvey R. Schulz to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Complaint Investigation at the Texas City Plant (1979)
Internal memo reporting an OSHA industrial hygienist's September 28, 1979 visit to the Texas City Plant to investigate an employee complaint about road dust north of the #3 Olefins furnaces. It describes the meeting and tour, the plant's…
-
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…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents
OSHA Technology Memorandum: Monitoring Exposure to Asbestos (undated)
An OSHA Technology Memorandum on monitoring personnel exposure to asbestos fiber. It notes that OSHA's Sampling Data Sheet No. 2 (Revised) contained errors, says it is hard to tell asbestos from other fibers in air samples, and reports that Taft…
-
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…