45 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 3
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 22, 1982
Union Carbide Technical Center Memo on Non-Asbestos Compressed Gasketing Materials, with L. B. Hewitt Cover Note to W. B. Troutman (1982)
…Center memorandum on non-asbestos compressed non-metallic gasketing materials. The memo said the non-asbestos gaskets had not been proven in Union Carbide's services, that limited testing showed poorer chemical resistance and lower maximum…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1987
Union Carbide Asbestos Removal and Phase-Out Papers, Including T. E. Hanning Memo on Contractor Project Development Group (1987)
…Chemicals and Plastics Business Group, use of asbestos-containing materials in the work place Grafoil seminar outline and cover sheet (Union Carbide Specialty Products Group, Cleveland) Grafoil flexible graphite newsletter on special gasketing techniques Distribution list…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 1987
Union Carbide Memos and Draft C&P Program on Phasing Out Asbestos-Containing Materials in Company Workplaces (1986-1987)
Six pages of Union Carbide papers from 1986-1987 on asbestos in the company's own facilities. They include a 9/29/86 draft Chemicals and Plastics (C&P) program to phase out asbestos-containing materials…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 8, 1986
L. E. Calvert Transmitting Draft Recommended Policy on Use of Asbestos in the Workplace, with C. C. Neely Memo and C&P Draft Policy (1986)
Cover letter from Larry E. Calvert (Houston) sending a draft asbestos policy to a distribution list, noting that the permissible exposure level fell from 2.0 to 0.2 fibers/cc (8-hour TWA) on July 21, 1986. Attached are a distribution list, an August…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 18, 1986
Larry E. Calvert to C. C. Neely on Asbestos vs. Non-Asbestos Gasketing and Packing Costs (1986)
A 1986 memo titled "Asbestos vs Non-Asbestos" comparing the cost of asbestos gasketing and packing with non-asbestos materials (including Grafoil). It calculates breakeven labor times that account for wetting, bagging and landfill disposal of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 28, 1987
H. C. Lewinsohn to A. L. Barefoot on Employee Pulmonary Problems and Asbestosis, with Barefoot's May 4, 1987 Memo (1987)
Internal Union Carbide memo in which Dr. Lewinsohn responded to A. L. Barefoot's memo quoting his remarks at an OSHA/asbestos meeting. He said employees with asbestosis and pulmonary impairment should not work where they…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 2, 1987
C. C. Neely to L. E. Calvert and Task Group Members on Phaseout of Asbestos-Containing Materials in Chemicals and Plastics Group Work Places, with Attachments (1987)
A March 2, 1987 Union Carbide Central Engineering memo from C. C. Neely announced that the Chemicals and Plastics Group's program to phase out asbestos-containing materials in its work places had been endorsed. It…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 23, 1987
T. E. Hanning to C. C. Neely Forwarding Asbestos Implementation Task Group Minutes and Standard Practice SH-256 (1987)
…C. Neely, March 23, 1987, forwarding Asbestos Implementation Task Group March 17 meeting items Union Carbide Standard Practice SH-256 (December 1986), Removal and Handling of Asbestos-Containing Insulation Material: exposure limits, work practices, respirators, monitoring…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 1987
Piping Technology Minutes (R. W. Engle) and S. S. Murphree to C. C. Neely on Replacing Asbestos Gaskets and Packing with Grafoil (1987)
Two pages tied to the Asbestos Task Force meeting. Page 1 is Piping Technology minutes dated March 24, 1987 describing R. W. Engle's plan to revise valve and piping specifications to use Grafoil products in place of asbestos, with a July 1988 target…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 16, 1986
J. E. Sanders to L. E. Calvert, S. W. Clark, G. B. Elder and R. W. Engle Transmitting the Recommended C&P Program to Phase Out Asbestos-Containing Materials in the Workplace, with C. C. Neely's Cover Memo and Draft Policy (1986)
Sanders' October 16, 1986 internal cover letter forwards to his team the recommendation on asbestos usage that he sent to Bob Perry. Attached are C. C. Neely's September 30, 1986 memo on the final draft of the Chemicals and Plastics Group program,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 16, 1986
J. E. Sanders to L. E. Calvert, S. W. Clark, G. B. Elder and R. W. Engle on Recommended C&P Program to Phase Out Asbestos-Containing Materials in the Workplace (1986)
A one-page internal cover memo in which J. E. Sanders told four recipients that he had sent their recommendation on asbestos usage to Bob Perry. He thanked them for their work and said he would keep them posted as the recommendation moved through…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 22, 1987
J. E. Sanders to C. C. Neely on Placing the Asbestos Phaseout Program in the TMS Technology Manuals (1987)
Memo from J. E. Sanders to C. C. Neely replying to Neely's April 6, 1987 transmittal of Task Group meeting minutes. Sanders agreed that the asbestos phaseout program should reside in the CEO-sponsored TMS system, recommended summary statements in…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 30, 1986
C. C. Neely to J. E. Sanders Transmitting Final Draft of C&P Program to Phase Out Asbestos-Containing Materials in the Work Place, with Attachments (1986)
Memo from C. C. Neely transmitting, for the Special Working Group, a final draft Chemicals and Plastics Group policy to phase out asbestos-containing materials in plant work places, with a January 1, 1989 purchase cut-off. It reports concerns raised…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 23, 1987
T. E. Hanning to C. C. Neely Forwarding Asbestos Implementation Task Group March 17 Meeting Items and Standard Practice SH-256 (1987)
…Neely, March 23, 1987, on Asbestos Implementation Task Group March 17 meeting items Attached Union Carbide Standard Practice SH-256 (December 1986), Removal and Handling Asbestos-Containing Insulation Material: OSHA/EPA standards, work practices, protective equipment…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 4, 1987
A. L. Barefoot to Location Managers on Employee Pulmonary Problems (1987)
A memo marked Business Confidential reporting that Dr. H. C. Lewinsohn of Corporate Medical said at an OSHA/Asbestos meeting in Danbury that employees with asbestosis or other severe pulmonary problems should not work with asbestos materials.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 24, 1986
E. L. Doerflein to L. E. Calvert Transmitting Sistersville Plant Asbestos Handling Procedure and Insulation Philosophy (1986)
Cover memo from E. L. Doerflein to L. E. Calvert forwarding the Sistersville Plant's asbestos handling procedure and insulation philosophy for a group developing a recommended C&P asbestos policy. It states that asbestos insulation purchases stopped…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 13, 1985
S. J. Footer to F. S. Provenzano on the Texas City Plant Insulation Repair Program (1985)
Internal memo of August 13, 1985 recommending that the Texas City plant insulation repair project be split into operating facilities and facilities shut down for future demolition, with repair completion targets of one to three years depending on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 29, 1986
C. C. Neely to J. E. Sanders on Proposed 1987 Technology Program for Phase-Out of Asbestos-Containing Materials (1986)
Memo from C. C. Neely to J. E. Sanders submitting a proposed 1987 technology program to support implementation of a new standard phasing out asbestos-containing materials in the workplace. It itemizes estimated costs for selecting non-asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 23, 1987
G. B. Elder to C. C. Neely, Input to Minutes of March 17 Meeting on Phase-Out of Asbestos-Containing Materials (1987)
Memorandum from G. B. Elder to C. C. Neely supplying input for the minutes of a March 17 meeting on phasing out asbestos-containing materials. It covers replacement of asbestos-containing insulation, substitute materials for insulation, gaskets and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 30, 1986
C. C. Neely to J. E. Sanders Transmitting Final Draft of Recommended C&P Program to Phase Out Asbestos-Containing Materials in the Work Place (1986)
A September 30, 1986 memo from C. C. Neely to J. E. Sanders transmitting, for the Special Working Group, the 9/29/86 final draft of a recommended program for the Chemicals and Plastics Group to phase out asbestos-containing materials in its…