14 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 31, 1969
R. E. Joyner to C. U. Dernehl and N. H. Ketcham Forwarding Johns-Manville Safety Precautions for Asbestos Fibres (1969)
Cover letter from R. E. Joyner, M.D. to Dr. Dernehl and Mr. Ketcham forwarding attached letters on asbestos fibre safety precautions and noting he advised Texas City people to contact the company rather than the government. The attachment is a March…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 3, 1968
R. E. Joyner, M.D., to Walt Morrison (Seadrift Plant) on the Health Hazard of Asbestos (1968)
Internal Union Carbide letter from Dr. R. E. Joyner to Walt Morrison at the Seadrift Plant, replying to questions about asbestos. It describes the health hazard question, a recommended maximum airborne level, medical follow-up, respirator…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 31, 1969
R. E. Joyner, M.D., to J. E. Finch and Others on Safety Precautions for Asbestos Fibers (1969)
Memo from Dr. R. E. Joyner at Texas City to five recipients about a recent letter from P. G. Bonin of Consumer Products Division on the hazard of asbestos fibers. Joyner said he did not disagree with the letter except that further sampling and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 31, 1969
R. E. Joyner to C. U. Dernehl Transmitting Consumer Products Division Memo on Asbestos Fibre Safety Precautions (1969)
…N. H. Ketcham, 31 March 1969, forwarding attached letters Union Carbide Consumer Products Division (Quality & Specifications, Cleveland) memo of March 18, 1969 to plant managers quoting Johns-Manville letter on asbestos fibre safety precautions, signed P…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 19, 1972
R. E. Joyner, M.D. to R. J. Taylor on the Proposed OSHA Asbestos Dust Standard and Warning Signs (1972)
Internal correspondence in which Dr. Joyner commented on the OSHA notice of proposed rules on asbestos dust exposure published in the Federal Register on January 12, 1972. He called the proposals mostly realistic and desirable but objected to the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 3, 1968
R. E. Joyner, M.D., to Walt Morrison at Seadrift Plant on Asbestos Health Hazards and Dust Controls (1968)
Letter from R. E. Joyner, M.D., to Walt Morrison at the Seadrift Plant, answering questions about asbestos. It describes asbestos as a cause of lung fibrosis, gives a recommended maximum air level, recommends periodic chest x-rays and exams, 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 · 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 · 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 · March 31, 1969
R. E. Joyner, M.D. to J. E. Finch and Others on Safety Precautions for Asbestos Fibers (1969)
A one-page memo from Dr. R. E. Joyner to five Texas City recipients, referring to a recent letter from P. G. Bonin of the Consumer Products Division about the hazard of asbestos fibers. Joyner said he agreed with the letter except that further…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 3, 1968
R. E. Joyner, M.D. to Walt Morrison (Seadrift Plant) on Asbestos Health Hazard, Exposure Limit and Respirators (1968)
Internal correspondence from Dr. R. E. Joyner to Walt Morrison at the Seadrift Plant responding to questions about asbestos. It states that asbestos can cause lung fibrosis, gives a recommended maximum airborne level and medical follow-up for…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 28, 1972
Industrial Hygiene Asbestos Dust Study of Kaylo Insulation Removal (C. W. Perry) and D. H. Glenn to R. L. Yelton on OSHA Asbestos Compliance (1972)
Pages 1-2 are a handwritten Industrial Hygiene Department asbestos dust study dated 12-8-72. It reports personal and area air sample results (fibers/cc) for two insulators removing Kaylo-20 insulation from a converter in Building 17, with remarks on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 29, 1971
R. E. Joyner to Distribution on Emergency OSHA Standards for Exposure to Asbestos Dust (1971)
Internal letter from the Gulf Coast Area Medical Director to a distribution list, dated 29 December 1971. It summarizes the emergency standard for exposure to asbestos dust that the Assistant Secretary of Labor published in the Federal Register on…
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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…