33 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 14, 1984
C. R. Gillespie to T. G. Swanson on Asbestos Handling Procedures Committee Feedback (1984)
Memo from the chairperson of the Asbestos Handling Procedures Committee reporting the results of a review with T. G. Swanson and W. C. Young of the committee's recommendations. It lists accepted changes and completion dates covering maintenance…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 11, 1985
W. L. Thomas to W. E. Ballard and Others Calling a Meeting on the Asbestos Insulation Replacement Project, with J. G. Roy's No. 2 Steam Plant Proposal (1985)
A February 11, 1985 memorandum from W. L. Thomas called a February 21, 1985 meeting to plan an asbestos insulation replacement project at the South Charleston plant and attached a December 27, 1984 proposal by J. G. Roy. Roy's proposal outlined a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 27, 1984
J. G. Roy to T. G. Swanson on Asbestos Insulation Replacement at the No. 2 Steam Plant, South Charleston, with Attached Elimination Program and Related Notices (1984)
A December 27, 1984 memo from J. G. Roy to T. G. Swanson transmitted a proposal to phase out asbestos insulation at the No. 2 Steam Plant, South Charleston, with an attached 49-item work list. Later pages hold an April 1985 memo on protective gear…
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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 · September 25, 1986
W. J. Vincent to J. K. Corrie and Others on the New Asbestos Construction Standard (1986)
A September 1986 memo from W. J. Vincent transmitting a summary of the new OSHA Asbestos Construction Industry Standard. The attached summary covers the 0.2 f/cc permissible exposure limit, the 0.1 f/cc action level, monitoring, respirators,…
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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 · 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 · 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 · July 29, 1987
S. B. Kovach to T. G. Swanson Transmitting SHARE Inspection Results, with Audit Team Reports, South Charleston Plant (1987)
Cover letter from the SHARE Coordinator at the South Charleston Plant to T. G. Swanson transmitting findings of a SHARE inspection held July 29, 1987. It sets a 90-day deadline to address deficiencies and 30-day progress updates. Three attached…
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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 · December 15, 1983
W. C. Young to T. G. Swanson on the Amended OSHA Asbestos Standard at South Charleston, with OSHA Exposure Estimates and Emergency Standard Text (1983)
A December 15, 1983 memorandum from W. C. Young summarizes the points of OSHA's emergency temporary asbestos standard (effective November 4, 1983) that would affect plant operations. For each change (the 0.5 f/cc limit, employee training, respirator…
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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…