26 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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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 · April 6, 1987
T. L. Grittie's Industrial Hygiene Results on Asbestos Air Monitoring at Union Carbide Plant Operations (1987)
Eight one-page "Industrial Hygiene Results" reports dated April 6-7, 1987. Each reports airborne asbestos fiber sampling taken in January and February 1987 during plant tasks, including K-40 operator duties, pipe, reactor and heater de-insulation,…
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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 · June 30, 1987
Union Carbide Industrial Hygiene Asbestos Monitoring Reports for Silanes, Polymers and Monomers Areas, Prepared by C. R. McMillan and T. L. Grittie (1987)
Twelve pages of industrial hygiene monitoring and results reports dated June and July 1987, covering airborne asbestos sampling taken February to April 1987 around insulation removal, glove bag use and asbestos insulation in Silanes, Polymers and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 27, 1987
L. E. Calvert Wang-to-Wang Safety Alert on Inadequate Atmospheres in Asbestos Work Enclosures, with J. A. Amos R&D Memo on Asbestos Removal Guidelines (1987)
…Wang" safety alert from Larry E. Calvert says two Union Carbide locations had incidents with potential personnel exposure to inadequate atmospheres in enclosures built for work on asbestos-containing materials. It asks locations to make sure…
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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 · April 7, 1987
T. L. Grittie, Industrial Hygiene Results on Asbestos Monitoring During Deinsulation of R-2 Reactor, Silanes (1987)
Industrial hygiene results dated April 7, 1987 for breathing-zone asbestos samples taken February 10, 1987 on insulators removing insulation from reactor R-2 in the Reactor Area of Silanes inside a negative pressure enclosure. The two samples…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 2, 1987
G. B. Elder to MOC Transmitting L. E. Calvert's Safety Alert on Enclosures Built for Work on Asbestos-Containing Materials (1987)
A June 2, 1987 memorandum from G. B. Elder forwarding a Safety Alert from Larry Calvert about possible personnel exposure to inadequate atmospheres in enclosures built for work on asbestos-containing materials. The attached May 27, 1987 alert from…
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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 · 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 · June 30, 1987
Industrial Hygiene Results: Asbestos Exposure of UCC Design and Construction Insulators Using a Glove Bag, Polymers I Tank Farm (1987)
Industrial hygiene report dated June 30, 1987, on personal air samples taken February 13, 1987 from two UCC Design and Construction insulators removing asbestos with a glove bag at the Polymers I tank farm. One sample (0.22 f/cc) exceeded the 0.2…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 26, 1986
T. L. Grittie to R. E. Crum and Others on Results of Asbestos Analysis of Lint from Vogue-Swift Washing Machines (1986)
…results of the lint analysis (Feb. 26, 1986), with handwritten note Kemron Environmental Services fiber identification qualitative analysis form for Union Carbide, sample 5610696 (scanned upside down) Borg-Warner inter-office correspondence dated Feb. 12, 1986…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 6, 1987
T. L. Grittie Industrial Hygiene Results on Glove Bag Asbestos Insulation Removal and Transite Roof Removal (1987)
Two Industrial Hygiene Results reports dated April 6, 1987. The first reports airborne fiber sampling of insulators removing asbestos insulation by the glove bag technique at the SSP Unit, K-36, and recommends closer scrutiny of the method. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 20, 1987
Industrial Hygiene Monitoring Report on Asbestos Exposure Concern in the Monomers Control Room, by C. R. McMillan and T. L. Grittie (1987)
One-page industrial hygiene monitoring report dated June 20, 1987, on an area air sample taken 2/13/87 in the Monomers control room after loose insulation fell onto the roof near the ventilation intake. The sample result was
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 6, 1987
T. L. Grittie, Industrial Hygiene Results: Asbestos Exposure Monitoring of Pipefitter, Insulators and Operators (1987)
Five one-page 'Industrial Hygiene Results' reports, each dated April 6, 1987, giving airborne asbestos fiber results from January and February 1987 sampling. The sampled jobs were removal of an asbestos gasket, glove-bag removal of asbestos from a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 17, 1987
T. L. Gritzie Industrial Hygiene Personal Monitoring Reports for Asbestos Exposure at the Sistersville Plant (1987)
…Reports, all dated February 17, 1987, on asbestos exposure of unnamed workers at the Union Carbide Sistersville Plant. Samples were taken between October 1986 and January 1987 during insulation repair, stripping or removal and operator duties…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 27, 1987
T. P. Raby Handwritten Note to C. Rotthoff Forwarding Larry E. Calvert's Safety Alert on Asbestos Enclosures (1987)
A handwritten note from T. P. Raby to C. Rotthoff forwards a copy of a Safety Alert, saying it prompted his letter to Larry Calvert and commenting on its distribution list. The attached Safety Alert, dated May 27, 1987, from Larry E. Calvert in…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 18, 1986
T. L. Grittie to D. A. Boggs and Others on McCrone Analysis of Jaxsan Insulation Samples at Sistersville (1986)
Memo from T. L. Grittie transmitting McCrone Environmental Services' analysis of five Jaxsan insulation samples from the Sistersville plant. The memo reports 7-15% chrysotile asbestos, higher than the supplier had stated, and says the material…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 18, 1986
T. L. Grittie to D. A. Boggs and Others on McCrone Analysis of Jaxsan Insulation Samples for Asbestos (1986)
Memo from the Sistersville plant industrial hygienist transmitting McCrone Environmental Services' analysis of five Jaxsan samples. It reports 7-15% chrysotile, higher than the supplier indicated, says the IH group will monitor insulators during…