19 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 9, 1971
R. W. Schwartz Memo Forwarding Minutes of the GE/Hooker/Union Carbide Safety Meeting on Asbestos Handling (1971)
…July 9, 1971 cover memo sent a distribution list the minutes of a June 18, 1971 safety meeting among General Electric, Hooker Chemical and Union Carbide, and pointed readers to the asbestos paragraphs. The minutes, prepared…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1969
F. D. Dexter to L. P. Jehle, E. A. Barr and R. D. Bower on Divesting the Calidria Asbestos Business (1969)
…in which F. D. Dexter set out his view that the corporation's interests would be best served by divesting the Calidria asbestos business. He outlined preliminary steps: make it a separate entity, run it with…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 13, 1978
R. E. Graebert Forwarding J. W. Whittlesey's Advice to Dr. Welsh on OSHA Recordkeeping of Occupational Illnesses (1978)
A one-page cover memo dated January 13, 1978 from R. E. Graebert (Chemicals and Plastics Safety) to safety directors and the safety committee, attaching John W. Whittlesey's January 9, 1978 letter to Dr. Welsh on OSHA recordkeeping. The letter said…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 8, 1968
F. D. Dexter to R. H. Gregory, Jr. Requesting Information on Making the Asbestos Business a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (1968)
Memo marked 'Business-Confidential, Asbestos' in which F. D. Dexter formalized a request to the Law Department and others for information on making the asbestos business a separate, wholly owned subsidiary of UCC. He listed questions on the tax…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1969
F. D. Dexter to L. P. Jehle, E. A. Barr and R. D. Bower on Divesting the Calidria Asbestos Business (1969)
…F. D. Dexter set out his views on the Calidria asbestos business. He wrote that the corporation's interests would be best served by divesting it, outlined preliminary steps (a separate subsidiary, a few incentivized people…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 14, 1968
F. D. Dexter to E. A. Barr and Others Transmitting the Asbestos Workshop Presentation Recommending Divestiture of the Calidria Business (1968)
…1968. It includes an October 14 memo from F. D. Dexter asking permission to send a 'position paper' to Union Carbide's own people, an October 15 cover memo, handwritten notes, and the text of the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 7, 1968
R. S. Wishart, Jr. to F. D. Dexter on Possible Sale of the Calidria Asbestos Project to Johns Manville (1968)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting that Kenneth Rush had spoken with Mr. Burnett of Johns Manville about the Calidria asbestos project and that Burnett would respond in about three weeks. It relays Rush's advice on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 20, 1969
N. J. Setter to F. D. Dexter, W. S. Young and L. P. Jehle on The Asbestos Market in the Flooring Industry (1969)
Internal Union Carbide memo reviewing the asbestos market in vinyl asbestos (VA) and asphalt floor tile, including estimated tonnages by customer and asbestos source, and the competitive position of Coalinga asbestos. It discusses options for increasing…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 15, 1974
R. E. Graebert to W. W. McManus and R. C. Glock Transmitting the 1974 Safety Audit of the Brownsville Plant (1974)
Internal Union Carbide memo dated March 15, 1974 transmitting the 1974 annual safety audit of the Brownsville plant. The audit report covers interviews with plant employees and findings on training, the Brown and Root maintenance contractor…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 6, 1980
R. E. Graebert to Division SHARE Managers on Safety and Health Requirements for Contractors, with Procedure Guideline and Sample Contract Language (1980)
…memo from R. E. Graebert transmitting the final Procedure Guideline on safety and health requirements for contractors working at Union Carbide chemicals and plastics-type facilities. The attachments set out contractor minimum standards, sample safety and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 17, 1972
D. E. Deese to Distribution on OSHA Respiratory Protection Requirement for Asbestos Tear-Out (1972)
Memo from the Gulf Coast Area senior industrial hygienist to a list of Union Carbide recipients reporting OSHA's interpretation of respiratory protection for asbestos tear-out or removal. It states that OSHA's Delbert Flowers…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 6, 1980
R. E. Graebert to Division SHARE Managers Transmitting Procedure Guideline on Safety and Health Requirements for Contractors (1980)
A March 6, 1980 internal Union Carbide memo transmits the final Procedure Guideline on safety and health requirements for contractors working at chemicals and plastics-type facilities. The attached guideline sets minimum contractor safety rules, sample…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 21, 1977
R. J. Taylor Teletype on OSHA Inspection of Texas City Plant Locker Room (1977)
Teletype from R. J. Taylor at the Texas City Plant reporting an OSHA compliance officer's March 18 visit to inspect the Building 74 maintenance locker room after an employee complaint about rest breaks. It states the officer found no violations of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 27, 1972
D. E. Deese to H. R. Guest on Asbestos Dust Monitoring at the Texas City Plant (1972)
Internal Union Carbide memo in which an industrial hygienist sent H. R. Guest the available asbestos dust study data for the Texas City plant. He listed limits on the data and said asbestos was still in…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 24, 1972
R. W. Cope Project Report on Industrial Hygiene Survey of Air Analyses at the Bound Brook Plant (1972)
Project report on R. W. Cope's January 27-28, 1972 visit to the Bound Brook Plant to meet New Jersey inspectors and compare dust sampling methods, with air samples taken in several departments. Asbestos fiber samples at Building 3, Unit C ranged…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 1, 1980
Kirk E. Martin to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Investigation of Mercury and Vinyl Chloride Complaint at Texas City (1980)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting an OSHA industrial hygienist's January 29, 1980 investigation at the Texas City plant of an alleged employee complaint about mercury exposure in Bldg. 137 and vinyl chloride exposure around Bldg…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 22, 1979
J. B. Leverton to D. L. Engle and Others on OSHA Investigation at the Texas City Plant (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting that an OSHA industrial hygienist, Richard Miller, came to the Texas City plant on June 21, 1979 to sample employee exposure to ethylene oxide during a filter change at building 19…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 29, 1972
R. E. Graebert to R. E. Nicolson on the Labor Department Asbestos Standard and Reducing Asbestos Use in Molding Compound (1972)
A one-page memo dated March 29, 1972, headed "Asbestos." It states that the Labor Department standard was 5 fibers per cubic centimeter of air and that measurements in various operating areas met it. It says many people expected the standard to fall…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 20, 1977
John A. Fisher to Technology Managers, R/D Directors and R/D ADs on Resuming Work on the Reactive and Hazardous Chemicals Manual, with Attached Index and Distribution List (1977)
A January 20, 1977 internal memo in which John A. Fisher asked R&D managers whether to resume work on the Reactive and Hazardous Chemicals Manual, which chemicals to add, and whether they would support it. Attached are the manual's foreword, hazard…