25 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 19, 1983
W. C. Young to Maintenance Area Superintendents and Department Heads on OSHA Plan to Lower Asbestos Permissible Exposure Limits (1983)
A one-page internal memo from the South Charleston Plant, signed "Bill Young", forwarding to maintenance supervisors an attached article from Occupational Safety & Health Reporter dated April 14, 1983. The subject line is an OSHA plan to lower…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 17, 1983
J. S. Cornell to C. E. Fry, Dr. R. W. Holland and Others on a Meeting About Asbestos-Related Medical Issues (1983)
Internal correspondence from J. S. Cornell (Safety & Health) calling a March 29 meeting at South Charleston to discuss asbestos-related medical issues. The memo proposed reviewing South Charleston's diagnostic practices, their applicability to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 14, 1983
Bill Young to Maintenance Area Superintendents Forwarding OSHA Plans for Asbestos Exposure Limit Reduction (1983)
A one-page internal memo from the South Charleston Plant forwarding an attached report from OSHR on a planned OSHA reduction of the asbestos exposure limit. The memo says the proposed changes may affect the recipients' operations. Copies went to the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 23, 1980
J. S. Cornell to L. W. Phair on Forming a Standing Project Insulation Crew at the South Charleston Plant (1980)
Internal correspondence proposing that the South Charleston Plant keep its Project Insulation Crew as a standing crew of 10 people plus a supervisor to carry out planned blocks of insulation upgrading work. It also describes scheduling, cost…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 30, 1983
J. S. Cornell to B. H. Avashia and Others on Asbestos-Related Medical Issues and OSHA 200 Log Recording (1983)
Internal memo from the Safety & Health department summarizing a March 29, 1983 South Charleston meeting on asbestos-related medical issues. It covers chest X-ray review, recording of asbestos-related abnormalities on the OSHA 200 Log, and follow-up…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 9, 1983
J. S. Cornell to H. W. Himes, R. W. Holland and F. M. Plechaty Forwarding Lewinsohn's Asbestos-Related Health Information, with Fleischner Society Symposium Abstracts (1983)
A June 9, 1983 Union Carbide internal memo from J. S. Cornell forwards information provided by Dr. Lewinsohn and asks Fran Plechaty to pass a copy to Dr. Boone. Attached is Lewinsohn's June 7, 1983…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 7, 1983
Corporate Policy Draft on Medical Surveillance of Respirator Wearers, with J. S. Cornell and T. A. Lincoln Transmittal Memos (1983)
Two internal transmittal memos (June 7 and June 3, 1983) circulate for comment a draft Union Carbide Category II corporate policy on medical surveillance of respirator wearers. The attached draft policy requires medical evaluation of employees…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 16, 1983
W. C. Young to T. G. Swanson on the Stay of OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard for Asbestos (1983)
A one-page memorandum reporting that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Asbestos Information Association's request to stay OSHA's emergency temporary standard on occupational asbestos exposure. It states that the order bars OSHA from…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 1, 1980
J. S. Cornell to Mailing Lists A-1 thru A-6 on the Main Steam Header Reinsulation Project, South Charleston Plant (1980)
Internal correspondence announcing that the South Charleston Plant Maintenance Department reorganized the crew reinsulating the plant's main 30- and 180-pound steam headers. It states that W. B. Spurlock was temporarily upgraded to Maintenance…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 5, 1984
W. C. Young to T. G. Swanson on Court Ruling Disallowing the OSHA Asbestos Emergency Temporary Standard (1984)
A one-page memorandum from W. C. Young to T. G. Swanson, with copies to others, reproducing a summary from Occupational Safety and Health Reporter. The summary reports that the Fifth Circuit struck down OSHA's emergency asbestos standard. Young…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 9, 1983
J. S. Cornell to H. W. Himes, R. W. Holland and F. M. Plechaty Forwarding Asbestos-Related Health Information, with H. C. Lewinsohn Cover Note and Fleischner Society Abstracts (1983)
A June 9, 1983 Union Carbide internal memo from J. S. Cornell forwards asbestos-related health information supplied by Dr. H. C. Lewinsohn and asks that a copy go to Dr. Boone. Attached are Lewinsohn's…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 17, 1983
J. S. Cornell to C. E. Fry and Others on Asbestos-Related Medical Issues, Meeting Notice (1983)
Internal memo, signed by J. S. Cornell, calling a March 29 meeting at South Charleston, West Virginia, of the Silicones & Urethane Intermediates addressees. The meeting was to discuss procedures for diagnosing and reporting asbestos-related…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 31, 1983
J. S. Cornell to R. E. Crum, C. E. Fry, R. D. Nelson and M. C. Polniaszek on Asbestos Exposure Limit Change Proposal (1983)
One-page internal Union Carbide memo from J. S. Cornell, dated March 31, 1983, on an asbestos exposure limit change proposal. It states that the two fibers per cubic centimeter limit for airborne asbestos was under…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 8, 1982
J. S. Cornell to F. Beauvilliers and Others on Asbestosis Illness Recording History at South Charleston (1982)
Internal Union Carbide memo from the Safety & Health department at South Charleston, West Virginia. It reports that a number of asbestosis illnesses had been recorded there since the start of 1980, that most cases were not…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 2, 1980
Internal Memo to J. S. Cornell on an Asbestos Screening Test for Plant Insulation Samples, South Charleston Plant (1980)
Internal correspondence at the South Charleston Plant, addressed to J. S. Cornell with copies to area maintenance superintendents and others, reporting that the Plant Laboratory had performed a NIOSH-published colorimetric test for the probable…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 9, 1983
J. S. Cornell Transmitting H. C. Lewinsohn's Asbestos Health Information, with Fleischner Society Symposium Abstracts by Gaensler and Sargent (1983)
A June 9, 1983 Union Carbide internal memo from J. S. Cornell forwarded asbestos-related health information supplied by Dr. Lewinsohn, whose June 7, 1983 cover note attached abstracts from the Fleischner Society's Thirteenth Annual…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 9, 1982
W. C. Young to Maintenance Area Superintendents on Asbestos Exposure Monitoring at South Charleston Plant (1982)
Internal memo stating that a plant safety procedure requires employee asbestos exposure monitoring on significant jobs handling asbestos-containing insulation. It says OSHA requires supplied-air respirators unless exposure limits are shown not to be…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 2, 1980
William C. Young to J. S. Cornell on Asbestos Screening Test for Plant Insulation, South Charleston Plant (1980)
Internal correspondence reporting that the plant laboratory had performed a NIOSH-published colorimetric test for the probable presence of asbestos on insulation samples. It says the Plant Safety Department would offer on-site field testing and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 2, 1980
Internal Memo to J. S. Cornell on an Asbestos Screening Test for Insulation Samples at the South Charleston Plant (1980)
Internal correspondence at the South Charleston Plant, sent to J. S. Cornell with copies to area maintenance superintendents and others. It says the plant laboratory successfully ran a NIOSH-published colorimetric test on insulation samples to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 5, 1987
L. B. Hewitt to Plant Department Heads on the Asbestos Insulation Project at the South Charleston Plant, with Attached Project Plan and Schedule (1987)
Memo from L. B. Hewitt to plant department heads describing a multi-phase project to remove asbestos insulation at the South Charleston plant, with the criteria used to set priorities and the contractor, Powerhouse Equipment Company. Attachments…