20 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 25, 1983
Asbestos Reprints Circulated Within Union Carbide: AIA Medical Advisory Panel Diagnostic Criteria and Lewinsohn on Medical Surveillance, with Johnkoski and Rankin Transmittal Memos (1983)
Compilation of two Union Carbide transmittal memos (February 1983) and two attached published reprints. The reprints are the Asbestos International Association Medical Advisory Panel's 1982 criteria for diagnosing asbestosis, with notes on mesothelioma and lung…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 5, 1986
T. E. Hanning to S. W. Clark and Others on Asbestos Update: Union Support for Proposed EPA Ban (1986)
…marked 'For Your Information', reporting that labor unions were endorsing a proposed EPA asbestos ban and contending that OSHA's 0.2 fiber/cc limit gave insufficient worker protection. It also summarizes the proposed EPA rule…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 22, 1983
R. R. Rankin to GOHC Members Transmitting Asbestos Reprints (Criteria for Diagnosis of Asbestosis; Lewinsohn on Medical Surveillance) (1983)
A Union Carbide internal memo from R. R. Rankin transmits an addendum to H. C. Lewinsohn's talk at the GOHC/GSC meeting in Danbury, February 7-9, 1983. Attached are two reprints: the Asbestos International…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 21, 1987
B. D. Marsh to D. Liebeskind Endorsing the South Charleston Insulation Upgrade Project, with R. R. Rankin's Memo of January 19 (1987)
Two Union Carbide memos about the South Charleston insulation upgrade project. In the January 19, 1987 memo, R. R. Rankin endorsed the project contingent on resolving items in the Wegert-Whipple review transmittal and on compliance…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 19, 1987
R. R. Rankin to D. Liebeskind and B. D. Marsh, and B. D. Marsh to D. Liebeskind, Endorsing the South Charleston Insulation Upgrade Project (1987)
Two short internal memos about the South Charleston insulation upgrade project. On January 19, 1987, R. R. Rankin endorsed the project contingent on resolution of items in an October 30, 1986 Wegert-Whipple review transmittal and on compliance with…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 3, 1984
H. C. Lewinsohn to S. L. Baye and Others Transmitting Draft OSHA Testimony on Medical Examinations Required for Asbestos Workers (1984)
A July 3, 1984 cover memo from Dr. Hilton C. Lewinsohn to company physicians, lawyers and managers transmitting the "final" draft of his proposed testimony for the OSHA informal asbestos rulemaking hearing in Washington. The attached draft, "Medical…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 2, 1982
V. H. Johnkoski to A. W. Carlson, Omar Muniz-Diaz and D. R. Shearer on Surveying Locations for Asbestos Processing (1982)
Memo from V. H. Johnkoski, copied to K. A. Ackenhusen and W. R. van der Hoeven, stating he did not think the division processed asbestos or asbestos mixtures at any location and asking recipients to survey their locations and report results by…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 25, 1983
V. H. Johnkoski to Drs. Guzzardo, Rowe and Tulla Forwarding Asbestos Reprints on Diagnosis and Medical Surveillance, with R. R. Rankin Cover Memo and Lewinsohn Addendum (1983)
A February 25, 1983 transmittal memo from V. H. Johnkoski forwarded asbestos reprints and noted Dr. Lewinsohn's availability to answer questions. Attached were R. R. Rankin's February 22, 1983 cover memo to the GOHC, a 1982 Asbestos International…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 22, 1983
R. R. Rankin to GOHC Distribution Transmitting Asbestos Reprints Addendum to H. C. Lewinsohn Talk (1983)
A Union Carbide internal memo from R. R. Rankin transmits an addendum to H. C. Lewinsohn's talk at the GOHC/GSC meeting in Danbury, February 7-9, 1983. The attachments are reprints of three published…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 15, 1979
R. T. Kramer and R. R. Rankin to Manufacturing Department TSCA Coordinators on TSCA Section 8(e) Contractor Information and Substantial Risk Report Distribution (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo from the two SHARE Production Managers to the Manufacturing Department TSCA coordinators. It gave a Law Department-approved guidance statement for contractors on reporting adverse employee health effects, recommended adding it to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 8, 1982
V. H. Johnkoski to A. W. Carlson, Omar Muniz-Diaz and D. R. Shearer on EPA Asbestos Notification Requirements (1982)
One-page memo from V. H. Johnkoski asking the recipients to review their location procedures to ensure compliance with EPA notification requirements before demolition or renovation of friable asbestos material, per an attachment that is not…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 26, 1981
D. T. Watters to I. P. Blackwood et al. on Potential Health Risks of Insulation Materials (Perlite Insulation Specification 4) (1981)
Memorandum from D. T. Watters, June 26, 1981, on potential health risks of insulation materials Union Carbide Chemicals/Plastics Material Specification for Insulation 4M/4A/4SS (perlite), December 1980, pages 1-2 of 2
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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 · January 15, 1979
R. T. Kramer and R. R. Rankin to Manufacturing Department TSCA Coordinators on TSCA Section 8(e) Contractor Information and Substantial Risk Evaluation Report Distribution (1979)
…Union Carbide memo from the two SHARE Production Managers to the Manufacturing Department TSCA coordinators. It sets out a Law Department-approved guidance statement asking contractors to report adverse employee health effects from exposure to Union…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 22, 1983
R. R. Rankin to GOHC Distribution Transmitting Asbestos Reprint: Criteria for the Diagnosis of Asbestosis (1983)
Union Carbide internal correspondence, R. R. Rankin to GOHC list, 'Asbestos Reprints', Feb. 22, 1983 Reprint: S. F. McCullagh et al., 'Criteria for the Diagnosis of Asbestosis and Considerations in the Attribution of Lung Cancer and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 3, 1984
H. C. Lewinsohn to S. L. Baye and Others Transmitting Draft OSHA Asbestos Standard Testimony on Medical Examinations for Asbestos Workers (1984)
A July 3, 1984 cover memo from Dr. Hilton C. Lewinsohn circulated the "final" draft of his testimony for the OSHA informal rulemaking hearing on the proposed asbestos standard. The attached draft, "Medical Examinations Required for Asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 14, 1983
V. H. Johnkoski Transmittal of H. C. Lewinsohn's Asbestos Disease Abstracts and Articles to Ethylene Oxide/Glycol Division Staff (1983)
A June 14, 1983 cover memo from V. H. Johnkoski forwarded material from Dr. Lewinsohn relating primarily to asbestosis. Attached were Lewinsohn's June 7, 1983 transmittal of symposium abstracts (Fleischner Society), abstracts by Gaensler and Sargent…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 6, 1984
R. R. Rankin to General Occupational Health Committee Transmitting OSHA Special Emphasis Program for Asbestos, with Handwritten Notes (1984)
Internal Union Carbide memo of September 6, 1984 from R. R. Rankin forwarding OSHA Instruction CPL 2.60A, the revised National Emphasis Program for asbestos inspections. Rankin says the directive requires each OSHA Area Director to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 26, 1981
D. T. Watters to I. P. Blackwood and Others on Potential Health Risks of Insulation Materials (1981)
Memorandum responding to questions about whether non-asbestos substitute insulation was available after complaints of irritation from dust of perlite-based Insulation Specification 4 used in ethylene oxide service. It recommended continued use of…
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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…