33 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 12, 1975
R. J. Klotzbach to W. C. Thurber Transmitting Answers to Supplemental Interrogatories 5 and 8 in Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide (1975)
Cover memo from Klotzbach to Thurber transmitting answers to questions 5 and 8 in Roderman v. Union Carbide Answer to Question 5: Technology Department history, functions, quality assurance and safety responsibilities Answer to Question 8: asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 12, 1975
R. J. Klotzbach to W. C. Thurber Forwarding Answers to Supplemental Interrogatory Questions 5 and 8, Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide (1975)
…questions 5 and 8 prepared as background for supplemental interrogatories in Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide Corporation et al. The cover memo gives the timeline of asbestos claims, process and product development and first shipments…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1981
King City Audit: 1981 Safety and Health Audit Report on the King City Plant, Union Carbide Metals Division (1981)
Report of a 1981 safety and health audit of the King City plant. It reviews the health program, physical examinations, industrial hygiene sampling for asbestos, radiation and noise, employee protection, emergency procedures and governmental…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 10, 1969
R. L. Folkman to J. C. Stephenson Transmitting H. F. Reichard's Summary of UCC Asbestos Market Patterns (1969)
A confidential memorandum from R. L. Folkman to J. C. Stephenson forwarding a summary by Hal Reichard of the asbestos market, with commentary on possible ways of marketing the product line. The attached two-page table, 'UCC Asbestos Market…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 12, 1973
W. C. Thurber to V. D. Holt on Implementation of Tuck-In Sleeve Packaging for Asbestos Bags (1973)
Internal memo from W. C. Thurber to V. D. Holt saying the present asbestos bags let small quantities of material dribble from the fill hole, creating dust and clean-up problems in customers' plants. It reports preliminary work on tuck-in sleeves and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 6, 1980
P. R. Sherman and R. O. Marsten Trip Report on Asbestos Bagging Improvement at Bound Brook and Union Camp (1980)
…NJ, and Union Camp's Lyndhurst plant. It describes why the Union Camp accumulator/loader was judged unsuitable for a dust-proof overwrap of asbestos bags at King City. It then lists the agreed program of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 23, 1974
W. C. Thurber to Distribution on Current Status of Plans for Expanding the King City Asbestos Plant, with Attached Earlier Memos (1974)
A December 23, 1974 memo updating a June 19, 1974 memo on plans to expand the King City asbestos plant to 60,000 T/yr. It reports cost estimates, two financial cases, land acquisition efforts for tailings disposal, and a decision to defer…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 25, 1978
Purchase Authorization and Savings Record for Granite Construction Company Open Pit Mining Contract at Calidria Mine (1978)
A Union Carbide purchase authorization form for a contract open pit mining service from Granite Construction Company, order/contract no. 1978-14, with an estimated value of $242,500 for 4/25/78 to 9/28…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 29, 1974
W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison and Others on Housekeeping Test in the King City Bagging Area to Meet OSHA Fiber Limit (1974)
Memo from W. C. Thurber stating that OSHA regulations require the dust level at the King City operation to be below two fibers per cc after July 1, 1976, and that recent dust counts showed the main circuit bagging area as the principal problem. He…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 14, 1974
W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison and Others Confirming RG-244 Packaging Changes (1974)
Memo from W. C. Thurber confirming discussions of January 11, 1974 on packaging of RG-244. It says cardboard shrouds will be dropped once inventory is used up and that 3-ply bags will give way to slightly larger two-ply bags. It also covers gluing…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 28, 1976
R. L. Folkman to Dr. H. B. Rhodes Requesting Paragraphs on Asbestos Exposure, with Attached Wall Street Journal Article on NIOSH Recommendation (1976)
Internal correspondence from R. L. Folkman to Dr. H. B. Rhodes asking for a couple of paragraphs on the company's marketplace and operations, to be sent to Mr. Kroft regarding the attached item. The attachment is a Wall Street Journal article by…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 27, 1973
R. E. Byrne, Jr. Informal Report on TiO2 Contamination of RG-244 During the T-135 Plant Run (1973)
Informal report describing TiO2 contamination found in RG-244 asbestos produced during the August 15-22, 1973 T-135 plant run at King City. It reports TiO2 levels up to almost 3%, no correlation between TiO2 content and thickening efficiency, sales…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 2, 1971
E. Epremian to Asbestos Meeting Distribution Transmitting NRC Airborne Asbestos Extracts and Summary of Asbestos Laws (1971)
Internal memo of September 2, 1971 from E. Epremian sending background for the September 8 asbestos meeting on Environmental Factors. The enclosures are extracts of the 1971 National Research Council report 'Airborne Asbestos' (conclusions and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 6, 1973
B. L. Ingalls Project Report on Shrink-Wrap Packaging Tests for Calidria Bags and Pallets (1973)
…tests, with Tables I and II, cost information and conclusions Union Carbide Films-Packaging Division sheet on pallet wrapping for outdoor storage, with outdoor exposure test charts Sample cost calculations for bag and pallet shrink-film
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 13, 1980
Harrison B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on EPA Information Gathering Orders Under TSCA Sections 8(a) and 8(d) (1980)
…It states that the AIA/NA would make no substantive response to the 8(d) proposal, that the author planned no Union Carbide action, and that no commitments would be made without approval from UCC management.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 19, 1979
John L. Myers to W. G. Alesio, G. R. Bailey and Others on Strategic Planning for the Calidria Asbestos Business (1979)
Internal memo from John L. Myers responding to a 4/3/79 memorandum from Bob Rebholtz on defining the asbestos business and industry. Myers described the Calidria business as mining, milling and marketing short fiber asbestos, said a single industry…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 19, 1973
G. L. Dickson to J. L. Myers on Evaluation of the King City RG-244 Production Facility, with Attached Report (1973)
Internal memo from G. L. Dickson to J. L. Myers, with an attached report, summarizing a three-week visit to the King City plant in August 1973. It concluded that only a 5-10% increase in RG-244 production was possible from present facilities and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 13, 1980
O. J. Malacarne to F. L. Dedrickson, J. F. Frost and L. A. Wright Forwarding Articles on the Causes of Cancer (1980)
A February 1980 Union Carbide Metals Division internal cover memo from O. J. Malacarne forwarding articles on the causes of cancer, followed by an AIHC cover letter (Oct. 26, 1979), a reprint of Dr. Harry Demopoulos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 28, 1980
J. T. Kelly to R. L. Folkman Transmitting the Asbestos Strategy Package for the King City Calidria Business (1980)
A cover memo from J. T. Kelly of Financial Control transmits the latest asbestos strategy package, which assumes an OSHA TLV of no more than 1.0 fiber per cc and estimates the cost of a 0.5 fiber limit at King City. The attached slides cover the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 4, 1977
H. B. Rhodes to R. L. Folkman on the NIOSH Asbestos Recommendation and the King City Plant, with Attached Request and Wall Street Journal Article (1977)
Internal letter in which H. B. Rhodes answered R. L. Folkman's December 28, 1976 request for comment on the NIOSH asbestos statement. He summarized the OSHA 1975 proposal and the NIOSH position, said the King City plant was generally meeting the 2…