22 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 1979
Union Carbide Confined Space Entry Standard SH-103 (1979), with 1987 South Charleston Variance Request and Sistersville Memo on Entry into Asbestos Enclosures
Union Carbide Chemicals/Plastics standard SH-103, Confined Space Entry Procedure, pages 1 and 3 of 3 (December 1979) South Charleston Plant request for variance from S/H Procedure 2.4, Confined Space Entry, for asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 7, 1985
J. R. Dean Staffing Analysis for Insulator Repair Work and Asbestos Repair, with Handwritten 1984 Overtime Table (1985)
Typed worksheets dated 1/7/85 and signed 'J. R. Dean:mb' estimate insulator staffing needs, based on man-hours for insulation removal and replacement. They compare the result with current staffing and recommend bidding 11 insulators and contracting…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 8, 1979
L. W. Phair to Plant Staff on Asbestos Insulation Disposal at the South Charleston Plant (1979)
Internal correspondence dated October 8, 1979, from L. W. Phair to ten plant staff members about disposal of asbestos insulation at the South Charleston Plant. It states that asbestos insulation must go in dumpsters taken to Fillmont, not regular…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 29, 1979
L. W. Phair to Maintenance Supervision on Removal of Insulation, with Attached South Charleston Asbestos Removal and Disposal Safety Procedure (1979)
A 1979 internal letter from L. W. Phair to South Charleston plant maintenance supervisors says the new asbestos handling procedure applies to all crafts. It tells supervisors to arrange training and equipment for employees who do incidental…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 28, 1985
W. C. Young to Plant Managers Department on Asbestos Exposure Effects and Potential of Non-Insulator Crafts, with Plant 514 Asbestos Dust Measurement Printouts (1985)
Internal memo of June 28, 1985 from the South Charleston Plant to the Managers Department stating that plant asbestos dust measurements were below OSHA limits, but the writer questioned whether any level of inhalation exposure is safe without…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 14, 1984
J. J. Ashworth to J. R. Dean on Winterization Lists for Area 2, South Charleston Plant, with Needed Insulation Work Lists (1984)
A one-page internal memo from J. J. Ashworth asks Area 2 operations department heads for winterization lists by 8-24-84 to prevent freeze-ups like those of 1983-84. It is followed by lists of needed pipe and equipment insulation work for several…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 25, 1985
I. L. Beckett to W. E. Ballard et al. on Minutes of the Asbestos Insulation Replacement Project, Phase I Meeting, South Charleston Plant (1985)
Memorandum giving minutes of a February 21, 1985 meeting on a project to repair and replace asbestos insulation at the South Charleston Plant. It records the 1985 funding limit, the choice of six departments to start with, the plan to use…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 28, 1987
D. Liebeskind to L. W. Phair on Asbestos Orientation for Sistersville Plant Workers, with Asbestos Abatement Brochure (1987)
…would conduct an asbestos orientation for workers at the Sistersville plant for about $1000/day plus expenses. The memo asks for the Union's views and attaches a brochure, 'Asbestos Abatement: Doin' It Right – Work Practices'…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 14, 1987
L. W. Phair and J. E. Burke to Bulletin Boards, Department Heads and First Line Supervisors on an Asbestos Information Session at the Sistersville Plant (1987)
Memorandum announcing two information sessions on asbestos for all Sistersville Plant employees on October 20, 1987, to be presented by Robert N. Sawyer, M.D. The memo says he would discuss the reasons for current employee exposure limits and the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 7, 1986
D. A. Boggs to S. L. Curtis on Serious Asbestos Health Hazard in the Monomers North Rectification Area, Sistersville Plant (1986)
Memo from the Sistersville Plant industrial hygienist reporting exposed, deteriorating asbestos insulation on distillation columns in the Monomers North Rectification Area and chunks of asbestos material found on the ground up to about 60 yards…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 29, 1986
W. V. Summers to D. Liebeskind on the Sistersville Asbestos Insulation Upgrade Project (1986)
Memo dated October 29, 1986 from W. V. Summers at the Sistersville, WV plant to D. Liebeskind, with copies to six others, giving comments on the plant's asbestos insulation upgrade project. It describes damaged installed asbestos insulation as the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 17, 1979
L. W. Phair to W. A. Garrett, K. R. Garrison, W. B. Troutman and D. D. Wragg on Who Removes Asbestos Insulation, with Draft Letter to Maintenance Supervision (1979)
A cover memo from L. W. Phair dated October 17, 1979 responds to J. L. Taylor's question about requiring insulators to do all insulation stripping, and asks for comments on an attached draft letter. The draft letter, addressed to Maintenance…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 5, 1986
D. G. Beddow to L. W. Phair on Asbestos Insulation Investigation, with D. A. Boggs to S. L. Curtis on Serious Asbestos Health Hazard at the Sistersville Plant (1986)
Two Union Carbide Sistersville, WV memos from November 1986 about deteriorating asbestos insulation on six distillation columns in the methyls/monomers area. The Nov. 5 memo from D. G. Beddow describes the condition, lists repair options…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 10, 1987
L. W. Phair to Department Heads and Coordinators on Interim Procedure for Entry Into Asbestos Enclosures at Sistersville (1987)
Memorandum from L. W. Phair dated June 10, 1987, setting out an interim procedure, not to exceed 30 days, for entry into asbestos removal enclosures at the Sistersville plant. It called for the Maintenance Department to barricade enclosures and for…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1984
South Charleston Plant Winterization Insulation Program: T. G. West Cover Memo, R. G. Link Memo and Weekly Status Reports (1984)
Compilation of 1984 internal Union Carbide South Charleston Plant papers on winterization insulation work. It contains a Nov. 1, 1984 cover memo from T.G. West to J.R. Dean transmitting a status report, an Aug…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 6, 1987
W. V. Summers to D. G. Beddow, K. F. Carroll and L. W. Phair on Asbestos Removal Strategy at the Sistersville Plant (1987)
Memo from W. V. Summers transmitting a brief on the Sistersville plant's strategy and resources for meeting newly required OSHA asbestos handling guidelines, with cost estimates for materials and personnel. Attached is a draft procedure for…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 26, 1985
W. E. Ballard to R. G. Link on Asbestos Insulation at the South Charleston Plant (1985)
Internal memo reporting a follow-up with Corporate HS&EA on removing asbestos insulation at plant facilities. It states the corporation has no requirements beyond government regulations, summarizes the asbestos programs at Seadrift and Institute, and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 15, 1985
D. J. McNeil to W. E. Ballard and Others on Use of Asbestos/Non-Asbestos Gasket and Valve Packing Materials at South Charleston (1985)
Memorandum reporting a 5/10/85 meeting on use of asbestos and non-asbestos gasket and valve packing materials at the South Charleston location. It records the earlier effort to discontinue asbestos materials after the health concern, the E&TS…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 29, 1979
L. W. Phair to Maintenance Supervisors on Removal of Insulation Under the New Asbestos Handling Procedure (1979)
Letter from L. W. Phair to four maintenance supervisors about who may remove insulation under the company's new asbestos handling procedure. It said minor, incidental removal could be done by other crafts, that the procedure applied to everyone, and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 23, 1986
M. E. Knopp to Dao Nguyen on Asbestos Insulation Found at the Filmont Dump (1986)
Internal correspondence from the A-1 Insulation Supervisor at the South Charleston Plant, West Virginia, reporting an on-site inspection of the Filmont Dump for asbestos insulation discovered by the State E.P.A. Department. It says four bags of…