33 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 7, 1969
R. G. Woolery to R. W. Rebholz on Asbestos R&D Costs and Sales by Market (1969)
Internal letter from the Research and Development Department reviewing asbestos R&D spending for 1969 against sales in four markets (paper additives, flooring, export, new applications). It reports sales by year, recommends raising the R&D level to…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 5, 1979
Internal Memo to W. B. DeAtley, T. J. Kagetsu and R. W. Rebholz on Packaging of Calidria Asbestos Products (1979)
Internal Metals Division memo, originating from the "Calidria" Asbestos department, proposing a meeting at the King City plant on April 25, 1979 to discuss packaging of asbestos products. It says the packaging "deficiencies" were not new, that DOT…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 24, 1983
H. B. Rhodes to R. W. Rebholz on the Asbestos Product Label (1983)
Internal Union Carbide memo in which H. B. Rhodes of Occupational Health commented on a proposed asbestos product label sent by Rebholz on March 9. He asked whether "workplace" and "clothing" in the label's item…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 4, 1983
H. C. Lewinsohn to John Cornell on Recording and Reporting of Asbestos-Related Radiographic Abnormalities, with Attached OSHA Recordkeeping Instructions and 1979 Raybestos-Manhattan Surveillance Paper (1983)
Internal Union Carbide memo in which H. C. Lewinsohn followed up a March 29, 1983 Charleston meeting on classifying asbestos-related chest x-ray abnormalities for record-keeping. He attached OSHA recordkeeping instructions he had prepared…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 5, 1979
J. L. Myers to W. B. DeAtley, T. J. Kagetsu and R. W. Rebholz on Packaging of Calidria Asbestos Products, with 1976 Attachments (1979)
April 5, 1979 internal memo from John L. Myers proposing an April 25, 1979 meeting at the King City plant to discuss packaging of Calidria asbestos products, citing DOT regulations and leakage from fill spouts and shrink-film packaging. Attached are…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 17, 1983
H. C. Lewinsohn to R. W. Rebholz on Asbestos Labeling, with Proposed Chrysotile Label, Health Notes and Kuryla Letter (1983)
Internal memo of February 17, 1983 in which Dr. Lewinsohn responded to Rebholz's February 15, 1983 memorandum and proposed asbestos label, saying the proposed wording was too brief and suggesting an amended label. The exhibit attaches a proposed…
-
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.…
-
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'…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 24, 1979
M. D. Michaud to T. R. Alexander et al. on DOT Meeting and Request to MTB, Docket HM-160, Transportation of Asbestos (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting on a July 19, 1979 meeting between DOT officials and UCC staff about Docket HM-160 asbestos transportation rules. It encloses UCC's July 23, 1979 letter to the Materials Transportation…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 5, 1979
J. L. Myers to W. B. DeAtley, T. J. Kagetsu and R. W. Rebholz on Packaging of Calidria Asbestos Products, with Attachments (1979)
A 1979 internal memo from J. L. Myers proposing an April 25, 1979 meeting at the King City plant to discuss packaging of Calidria asbestos products, citing DOT regulations. It is followed by attachments: 1976 memos on packaging and dust problems,…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 5, 1979
Internal Memo to W. B. DeAtley, T. J. Kagetsu and R. W. Rebholz on Packaging of Calidria Asbestos Products (1979)
Internal Metals Division memo, originating from the "Calidria" Asbestos department, proposing a April 25, 1979 meeting at the King City plant to discuss packaging of the company's asbestos products. It states that the packaging "deficiencies" were…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 11, 1983
W. C. Kuryla to R. W. Rebholz on Asbestos Labeling and a Proposed "Strawman" Cancer Hazard Label (1983)
Internal correspondence in which W. C. Kuryla confirmed telephone discussions with R. W. Rebholz and named Dr. Hilton C. Lewinsohn as available to consult on the health effects of asbestos fibers. He proposed a "strawman" asbestos package label text…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 7, 1969
R. G. Woolery to R. W. Rebholz on Asbestos R&D Costs and Sales by Market Category (1969)
Internal correspondence from the Research and Development Department reviewing 1969 asbestos R&D spending against sales in paper additives, flooring, export and new applications for 1967-1969. The writer recommended raising the R&D effort to about…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 7, 1969
R. G. Woolery to R. W. Rebholz on Asbestos R&D Costs and Sales by Market (1969)
Internal letter from the Research and Development Department to R. W. Rebholz, with a copy to L. P. Twichell, reviewing asbestos R&D spending against sales in four categories: paper additives, flooring, export and new applications. It reports…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 5, 1979
John L. Myers to W. B. DeAtley, T. J. Kagetsu and R. W. Rebholz on Packaging of Calidria Asbestos Products (1979)
Internal memo proposing a meeting at the King City plant on April 25, 1979 to discuss packaging of Calidria asbestos products, citing DOT regulations as forcing action. It offers comments on sealed bags for pellets, dust- and sift-proof packaging…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 17, 1980
H. C. Lewinsohn, J. W. Meigs and M. J. Teta, Draft of 'Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut 1935-1977' for the Connecticut Thoracic Society (1980)
Annotated draft of a paper for presentation to the Connecticut Thoracic Society on malignant mesothelioma cases identified by the Connecticut Tumor Registry (CTR) from 1935 to 1977. It covers methodology, descriptive epidemiology with tables and…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1978
P. H. Cooper, J. E. Day, C. A. Kennedy and H. C. Lewinsohn, 'Dust Control in a Conventional Asbestos Textile Factory,' Paper for the 5th International Conference on Pneumoconiosis, Caracas (1978)
Conference paper by four Raybestos-Manhattan authors describing how the company cut dust in its asbestos textile plant at Marshville between 1969 and 1977. It covers the history of asbestos exposure standards, the plant's pre-1969 condition, the…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 1977
H. C. Lewinsohn, "Asbestosis — A Diagnostic Enigma: A Personal View," Journal of Occupational Medicine (1977)
A four-page journal article in which the author reviews how asbestosis is diagnosed: occupational exposure history, physical signs, radiological changes and lung function tests. It discusses British asbestos regulations from 1931 and 1969,…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 26, 1982
Organization Resources Counselors Discussion Notes on the Asbestos Steering Group's Review of a Draft OSHA Asbestos Standard, with J. H. Marsh Routing Slip to H. C. Lewinsohn (1982)
…Marsh', handwritten to H. C. Lewinsohn, Union Carbide, F.Y.I., stamped received Sep 10, 1982 Organization Resources Counselors discussion notes on the Asbestos Steering Group meeting of August 26, 1982 (points 1-25) on the…
-
Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 17, 1980
H. C. Lewinsohn, J. W. Meigs and M. J. Teta, Draft of 'Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut 1935-1977' for the Connecticut Thoracic Society (1980)
Marked-up draft of a presentation to the Connecticut Thoracic Society on malignant mesothelioma cases diagnosed in Connecticut from 1935 to 1977. It describes the Connecticut Tumor Registry case-control methodology, incidence tables and maps, a…