17 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 20, 1978
L. T. Windel to W. W. McManus and R. C. Glock on Monitoring of Contract Personnel (1978)
Internal correspondence from the Brownsville, Texas, Chemicals and Plastics office reporting comments by Jim Murray and Joe Triplett on how to handle industrial hygiene monitoring and liability for contractor employees' exposure. It lists six points…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 10, 1981
K. G. Townsend to E. S. Janecek Transmitting SHARE Sanitation, Food Service and Vending Machine Audit, Brownsville (1981)
A 16-page packet of April 1981 sanitation audit forms (SHARE Audit Procedure, food service, vending machine and general sanitation inspections) for the Employee Relations area, buildings 224 and 259. The April 10, 1981 cover memo from K. Gran…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 23, 1978
K. Gran Townsend to B. F. Brown, R. C. Glock, E. O. Davis and R. F. Green Transmitting Status of OSHA Health Standards for Chemical Exposure (1978)
A cover memo from K. Gran Townsend of Union Carbide's Chemicals and Plastics unit transmitted an updated summary of OSHA standards activity as of April 1978. The attachment lists completed and proposed OSHA health standards…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 22, 1979
K. Gran Townsend to Plant Distribution on OSHA Inspection of Brown & Root at Brownsville, with Mario Gutierrez's Inspection Summary (1979)
Cover memo of August 22, 1979 forwarding a summary of an OSHA inspection of contractor Brown & Root at the Brownsville plant, reporting that no citations were given. The attached August 16, 1979 summary to K. G. Townsend describes the August 15…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 7, 1978
K. Gran Townsend to A. L. Barefoot, R. H. Chase, L. T. Windel/K. A. Windhorst and J. L. Wyatt Transmitting the 1978 Brownsville Plant Ventilation Survey (1978)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence from the Brownsville, Texas plant transmitting a copy of the semi-annual 1978 OSHA-required ventilation survey. The memo says the survey addresses dust collector and fume hood performance and recommendations for…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 21, 1978
K. G. Townsend to A. L. Barefoot and Others Transmitting Biannual Sanitation Inspection Forms, Brownsville Plant (1978)
An internal Union Carbide memo from K. Gran Townsend dated February 21, 1978, forwards the results of a biannual sanitation inspection of buildings at the Brownsville, Texas facility. It is followed by completed two-page Sanitation…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 27, 1978
L. T. Windel to K. G. Townsend Forwarding the Revised EPA Asbestos Air Pollutant Regulation, 40 CFR 61, Brownsville Plant (1978)
A two-page internal memo from L. T. Windel to K. G. Townsend at the Brownsville, Texas plant forwarding the revised asbestos air pollutant regulation. It notes the EPA notification requirement for removal of asbestos pipe covering and proposes a…
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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…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 22, 1979
K. G. Townsend to A. L. Barefoot and Others Transmitting Summary of OSHA Inspection of Brown & Root at the Brownsville Plant (1979)
A cover memo of August 22, 1979 transmits a summary of an OSHA inspection of Union Carbide's contractor Brown & Root at the Brownsville plant. The attached memo of August 16, 1979, addressed to K. G…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 30, 1977
J. L. Garcia to B. F. Brown, R. C. Glock, K. G. Townsend and Staff on the EPA Asbestos Standard and Proposed Amendment (1977)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence from the Brownsville, Texas, Chemicals and Plastics location summarizing the EPA national emission standard for asbestos, first promulgated April 6, 1973. It describes the demolition and renovation notification and removal requirements, the…
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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 · June 23, 1975
L. T. Windel to Operating Department Heads on Proposed Toxic Substances Legislation Affecting Brownsville (1975, with 1982 memo)
A June 1975 internal memo from L. T. Windel at the Brownsville, Texas plant circulated lists of chemicals on government regulatory lists (OSHA, NIOSH, EPA, Toxic Substances Control Act). The lists include asbestos, and the attachments mark which…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 5, 1978
B. F. Brown, R. C. Glock and W. W. McManus to All Brownsville Plant Employees on the OSHA Inspection Results (1978)
…employees reporting the result of a four-day OSHA inspection of the plant covering Union Carbide and Brown & Root. It states the result was one alleged minor violation for Union Carbide and none for Brown & Root…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 1, 1978
K. Gran Townsend to A. L. Barefoot, R. C. Glock and L. T. Windel on Contractor Employees' Exposure to Potential Health Hazards (1978)
A one-page internal cover memo, marked personal and confidential, forwarding a letter from T. A. Moore of the Union Carbide Law Department to J. C. Schonberg, Industrial Hygiene, Taft Plant, on contractor employees' exposure to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 9, 1976
K. Gran Townsend to G. P. Durocher on Handling Asbestos Materials in the Brownsville Plant Warehouse (1976)
Internal letter-memo dated September 9, 1976, following a visit to the Brownsville Plant warehouse at G. P. Durocher's request for guidance on handling asbestos-containing materials. It states the small quantity on hand should not be a health hazard…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 18, 1981
M. Gutierrez to K. G. Townsend, OSHA Inspection Chronology, with Townsend Cover Memo to J. L. Wyatt (1981)
Internal Union Carbide memo chronicling an OSHA industrial hygiene inspection of the Brownsville, Texas, Coatings Materials plant from November 2 to November 17, 1981. It covers the compliance officer's plant walk-through, worker interviews, personal…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 10, 1981
K. G. Townsend to R. E. Theisen Transmitting Energy/Oxygen Hearing Protection and Noise Audit Results, Brownsville (1981)
A cover memo of April 10, 1981 from K. Gran Townsend to R. E. Theisen forwards the SHARE Department's hearing protection audit results for the Energy/Oxygen departments and asks that deficiencies be corrected. The attached forms, dated 4/6/81, are a…