17 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 · 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 24, 1965
J. D. Young to K. B. Lanham on Dust Sampling of "Carey-Temp" Insulation Block Cutting (1965)
Internal correspondence from Industrial Hygiene reporting on a dust sampling series run in the Insulation Fabrication Shop while a head grinder machine cut "Carey-Temp" insulation block. It said the dust-exposure health hazard of the operation was…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 24, 1955
J. D. Young to K. B. Lanham on Dust Sampling of "Carey-Temp" Insulation Block Cutting (1955)
Internal Chemicals Division memo from Industrial Hygiene at the Institute Plant to the Insulation Fabrication Shop. It reported results of dust sampling done while a head grinder machine cut "Carey-Temp" insulation block. It said the health hazard…
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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 · March 8, 1974
B. Clark to A. W. Boyd and Others Transmitting OSHA Inspection Report, with Texas State Department of Health Industrial Hygiene Survey of the Seadrift Alcohol Unit (1974)
…recent OSHA inspection. Attached are two March 6, 1974 Texas State Department of Health letters and an industrial hygiene survey of the alcohol unit at the Union Carbide petrochemical plant near Seadrift, Texas. The survey reported…
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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 · 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 · June 14, 1972
D. E. Deese to H. B. Coons and Others on the OSHA Permanent Asbestos Standard (1972)
A June 14, 1972 memo from the Gulf Coast Area senior industrial hygienist to Texas City managers and a physician. It summarizes 18 requirements of OSHA's first permanent asbestos standard, including exposure limits, monitoring, medical examinations…
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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…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 29, 1971
R. E. Joyner, M.D. to Gulf Coast Distribution on Emergency Standards for Exposure to Asbestos Dust (1971)
Internal letter from the Gulf Coast Area medical director to a distribution list of managers, summarizing the emergency standard for asbestos dust exposure published under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 in the Federal Register of…