63 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 4
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 11, 1966
Mellon Institute Special Report 29-55: Fibrogenic Potential of Asbestos Products by Intraperitoneal and Intratracheal Injection in Animals, for Union Carbide Chemicals Division (1966)
Confidential Mellon Institute special report on tests of three asbestos fiber products (CMS-100, JT-100 and JM-3K) injected into guinea pigs, rats and rabbits intraperitoneally and into rats intratracheally. It reports granulomas and fibrotic…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 5, 1972
Paul W. McDaniel to W. N. Johnson on Gravimetric vs. Fiber-Count Evaluation of Asbestos (1972)
Confidential internal letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to W. N. Johnson of Mining & Metals about using a gravimetric (weight) system to evaluate asbestos. It reports that a brief trial at King City found no…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 19, 1968
Paul W. McDaniel to John A. Riddle on Mesothelioma, Crocidolite and Chrysotile Dust Limits (1968)
Internal letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City operation. It states that the link between crocidolite and mesothelioma seemed well established while the link for chrysotile was unclear. It also discusses…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 27, 1963
T. W. Nale to K. Lentz Transmitting P. W. McDaniel's Report on Dust Conditions at the King City Mine and Plant (1963)
Internal cover letter from the Medical Director forwarding an industrial hygiene report on a September 10-13, 1963 visit to the King City mine and plant. The attached report describes dust sampling at the mine and mill, recommends respirators, a 5…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 27, 1968
Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on December 1968 Dust Counts at the King City Asbestos Facility (1968)
Internal letter from Union Carbide's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City plant, reporting dust counts from impinger and filter samples taken December 10-12, 1968 and comparing them with the 5.0 MPPCF limit…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 1965
Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on a Planned California Department of Health Visit to Asbestos Operations (1965)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence from industrial hygiene engineer Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle at King City. It reported that Dr. Christine Einert of the California Department of Health planned to visit asbestos operations in…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 28, 1974
W. C. Thurber to E. A. Piersall: Miscellaneous Notes on King City Management Safety Audit (1974)
Memo dated October 28, 1974 with notes on a management safety audit of the King City plant. It covers general action items, comments from interviews with plant employees (mostly about slippery floors and safety meetings), and a dust sampling…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 21, 1970
Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on Air Sample Particle Counts at the King City Asbestos Mine (1970)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence reporting particle counts from air samples taken at the asbestos mine near King City, at the bulldozer operator, front loader operator and pit floor around the grizzly. The writer stated that the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 3, 1972
Paul W. McDaniel to J. L. Myers on Asbestos Fiber Survey at American Biltrite Plant, Trenton, N.J. (1972)
Internal Union Carbide letter reporting a March 1, 1972 airborne asbestos fiber survey at the American Biltrite plant in Trenton, N.J., where asbestos was used in plastic tile manufacture. It lists fiber counts at seven…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 18, 1970
P. W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on Electron Micrographs of King City Plant Dust Samples (1970), with May 1972 King City Dust Count Data and F. H. Larrison Jr. Cover Memo to P. McDaniel
A September 18, 1970 internal letter from Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle at King City discusses electron micrographs and a laboratory report on airborne dust samples from the King City plant, including a respirator filter test. It is followed by a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 19, 1968
Compilation: McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on Chrysotile and Mesothelioma, with Nature Article, Dernehl and Lane Asbestos Toxicology Report, and 1966 Sales Memo (1968)
…limit Nature, vol. 217, Jan. 13, 1968, 'More on Asbestosis' (British Advisory Panel memorandum), with received stamp and handwritten marks Union Carbide 'Asbestos Toxicology Report' by C. U. Dernehl, M.D. and K. S. Lane, M…
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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 · June 20, 1969
Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on Airborne Dust Counts at the King City Plant (1969)
Internal letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City plant, reporting airborne dust counts from samples collected on June 11 and 12, 1969. He counted particles of 5 microns or longer at eight plant locations,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 31, 1966
P. W. McDaniel to J. Riddle on Dust Determinations at the King City Plant (1966)
Internal correspondence from the Medical Department reporting dust determinations made at the King City plant on January 25-26, 1966, in millions of particles per cubic foot (MPPCF) at several plant locations. All points exceeded the 5.0 MPPCF…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 3, 1968
D. S. Kamens to Paul W. McDaniel on Dust Particle Counts at the King City Bagging Area and Other Locations (1968)
Internal correspondence dated January 3, 1968, from D. S. Kamens at King City to the Medical Department in New York, enclosing dust particle counts taken December 29, 1967. It states that the bagging area had been enclosed and made a no smoking or…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 30, 1974
E. C. Madlangbayan to Paul W. McDaniel on Personal Air Samples at the King City Plant, December (1974)
Internal memo from the King City quality control supervisor to the Medical Department in New York reporting personal air sampling results for six plant workers in December 1974. The cover page gives time-weighted averages by job classification.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 17, 1969
Gabe Acosta to Paul W. McDaniel Transmitting King City Plant Dust Particle Counts (1969)
A one-paragraph internal letter from Gabe Acosta at King City to Paul W. McDaniel in New York enclosing dust particle counts taken September 10 and 11, 1969, on swing shift. The attached sample sheets list 18 samples by plant area (palletizing,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 24, 1971
Paul W. McDaniel to J. W. Rawlings Transmitting Write-Up on Asbestos Standards and Dust Control at King City (1971)
A cover letter from Paul W. McDaniel to J. W. Rawlings transmitting a write-up on asbestos and copies of dust determination methods, followed by three pages of text. The text sets out the OSHA air-contaminant standard for asbestos as of September…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 19, 1979
W. B. DeAtley to O. J. Malacarne Transmitting 1979 Sputum Cytology Results for King City Employees (1979)
Internal letter from W. B. DeAtley at King City to O. J. Malacarne enclosing the 1979 sputum cytology results for employees. It reports results better than those predicted from Dr. Saccomanno's data, but notes a marked increase in mild atypical…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1981
Weekly Operating Reports from the King City Plant to W. C. Thurber, Metals Division (April-June 1981)
Nine weekly operating reports on Union Carbide internal correspondence forms, sent from the King City, California plant to W. C. Thurber in New York. Each lists production by grade (High Purity, Super Standard, Standard, RG-244…