30 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · April 17, 1985
I. L. Beckett to J. F. Dodd and Others on Project Scope for Safety/Health Insulation, No. 2 Powerhouse, Building 151 (1985)
Memorandum setting out a project scope for removing, replacing or sealing deteriorated asbestos insulation in the No. 2 Powerhouse (Building 151) at South Charleston, West Virginia. It describes the capital and removal work, safety and environmental…