17 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 15, 1983
Union Carbide Sistersville Plant Capital Work Order 380-564, Safety & Health – Insulation (Asbestos Insulation Replacement), with Handwritten Notes (1983)
Capital work order package for a $500,000 project to repair or replace exposed asbestos insulation in the Steam Plant and Monomers Area of the Sistersville, WV plant, replacing it with calcium silicate insulation. It includes the work order form, an…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 11, 1985
W. L. Thomas to W. E. Ballard and Others Calling a Meeting on the Asbestos Insulation Replacement Project, with J. G. Roy's No. 2 Steam Plant Proposal (1985)
A February 11, 1985 memorandum from W. L. Thomas called a February 21, 1985 meeting to plan an asbestos insulation replacement project at the South Charleston plant and attached a December 27, 1984 proposal by J. G. Roy. Roy's proposal outlined a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 23, 1985
C. E. Fry to D. D. Templeton Transmitting 1983-1984 Asbestos Monitoring Data, South Charleston Plant 514 (1985)
Internal memo dated January 23, 1985 transmitting all asbestos measurements made in 1983 and 1984 at the South Charleston plant. It explains the blank job-class entries and the 1.00 eight-hour TWA values, and attaches computer printouts of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 25, 1985
I. L. Beckett to W. E. Ballard et al. on Minutes of the Asbestos Insulation Replacement Project, Phase I Meeting, South Charleston Plant (1985)
Memorandum giving minutes of a February 21, 1985 meeting on a project to repair and replace asbestos insulation at the South Charleston Plant. It records the 1985 funding limit, the choice of six departments to start with, the plan to use…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 23, 1985
C. E. Fry to D. D. Templeton on Asbestos Measurements Made in 1983 and 1984 (1985)
One-page internal Union Carbide memo from C. E. Fry to D. D. Templeton, sent with an attachment of the asbestos measurements made in 1983 and 1984. It explains how to read the 'Job Class. Code…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 4, 1986
D. H. Ott to J. R. Dement and S. Rossi on Tank Insulation in 1986, with Tank Insulation Needs Table (1986)
A March 4, 1986 memo from D. H. Ott to J. R. Dement and S. Rossi about the 1986 budget for tank insulation and weatherproofing work in Polyols, noting two tanks were started in 1985 because of the need to remove damaged asbestos insulation. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 16, 1983
W. C. Young to T. G. Swanson on the Stay of OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard for Asbestos (1983)
A one-page memorandum reporting that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Asbestos Information Association's request to stay OSHA's emergency temporary standard on occupational asbestos exposure. It states that the order bars OSHA from…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 5, 1984
W. C. Young to T. G. Swanson on Court Ruling Disallowing the OSHA Asbestos Emergency Temporary Standard (1984)
A one-page memorandum from W. C. Young to T. G. Swanson, with copies to others, reproducing a summary from Occupational Safety and Health Reporter. The summary reports that the Fifth Circuit struck down OSHA's emergency asbestos standard. Young…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 15, 1983
W. C. Young to T. G. Swanson on the Amended OSHA Asbestos Standard at South Charleston, with OSHA Exposure Estimates and Emergency Standard Text (1983)
A December 15, 1983 memorandum from W. C. Young summarizes the points of OSHA's emergency temporary asbestos standard (effective November 4, 1983) that would affect plant operations. For each change (the 0.5 f/cc limit, employee training, respirator…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 7, 1986
J. F. Dodd to D. A. Gosselin and Others Transmitting the South Charleston Plant Insulation Asbestos Upgrade Outline of Project (1986)
Cover memo dated November 7, 1986 transmitting for review an Outline of Project for a plantwide asbestos insulation upgrade at the South Charleston, WV plant, described as a high-priority Safety/Health Program. The attached outline describes the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 15, 1983
W. C. Young to T. G. Swanson on the Amended OSHA Asbestos Standard (1983)
Memorandum summarizing the points of OSHA's amended emergency temporary asbestos standard, effective November 4, 1983, most likely to affect plant operations. It lists the changes (the permissible exposure limit cut from 2 to 0.5 f/cc, training, and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 13, 1986
Joseph F. Dodd to J. R. Dement and S. Rossi on the South Charleston Plant Asbestos Insulation Upgrade Project, with Draft Outline of Project (1986)
A May 13, 1986 cover memo from Joseph F. Dodd transmitting a draft Outline of Project for a plant-wide asbestos insulation upgrade at the South Charleston, WV plant. The memo and draft describe a $4.5 million, three-year project to remove asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 13, 1986
Joseph F. Dodd to J. R. Dement and S. Rossi Transmitting Draft Outline of Project for South Charleston Plant Asbestos Insulation Upgrade (1986)
A cover memo from Joseph F. Dodd transmitting a draft Outline of Project for a plant-wide asbestos insulation upgrade at the South Charleston, WV plant, followed by the draft outline. The outline describes the scope, a three-year schedule through…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 26, 1985
W. E. Ballard to R. G. Link on Asbestos Insulation at the South Charleston Plant (1985)
Internal memo reporting a follow-up with Corporate HS&EA on removing asbestos insulation at plant facilities. It states the corporation has no requirements beyond government regulations, summarizes the asbestos programs at Seadrift and Institute, and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 22, 1985
A. E. Wood to All Department Heads on Use of Non-Asbestos Gaskets at South Charleston (1985)
Memorandum from A. E. Wood reporting that the GR shop had used non-asbestos gaskets on pump heads since 1983 to decrease asbestos exposure, and that inspected non-asbestos gaskets showed binder attack by process chemicals. It sets out an action plan…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 15, 1985
D. J. McNeil to W. E. Ballard and Others on Use of Asbestos/Non-Asbestos Gasket and Valve Packing Materials at South Charleston (1985)
Memorandum reporting a 5/10/85 meeting on use of asbestos and non-asbestos gasket and valve packing materials at the South Charleston location. It records the earlier effort to discontinue asbestos materials after the health concern, the E&TS…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 7, 1986
J. F. Dodd to D. A. Gosselin and Others Transmitting the South Charleston Plant Insulation Asbestos Upgrade Outline of Project (1986)
A November 7, 1986 transmittal memo from Joseph F. Dodd circulating the Outline of Project for a plantwide asbestos insulation upgrade at the South Charleston Plant, with a handwritten note asking who would perform the work. The attached outline…