23 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 12, 1975
R. J. Klotzbach to W. C. Thurber Transmitting Answers to Supplemental Interrogatories 5 and 8 in Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide (1975)
Cover memo from Klotzbach to Thurber transmitting answers to questions 5 and 8 in Roderman v. Union Carbide Answer to Question 5: Technology Department history, functions, quality assurance and safety responsibilities Answer to Question 8: asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 12, 1975
R. J. Klotzbach to W. C. Thurber Forwarding Answers to Supplemental Interrogatory Questions 5 and 8, Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide (1975)
…questions 5 and 8 prepared as background for supplemental interrogatories in Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide Corporation et al. The cover memo gives the timeline of asbestos claims, process and product development and first shipments…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 23, 1974
W. C. Thurber to Distribution on Current Status of Plans for Expanding the King City Asbestos Plant, with Attached Earlier Memos (1974)
A December 23, 1974 memo updating a June 19, 1974 memo on plans to expand the King City asbestos plant to 60,000 T/yr. It reports cost estimates, two financial cases, land acquisition efforts for tailings disposal, and a decision to defer…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 29, 1974
W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison and Others on Housekeeping Test in the King City Bagging Area to Meet OSHA Fiber Limit (1974)
Memo from W. C. Thurber stating that OSHA regulations require the dust level at the King City operation to be below two fibers per cc after July 1, 1976, and that recent dust counts showed the main circuit bagging area as the principal problem. He…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 4, 1974
W. C. Thurber to V. D. Holt, R. J. Klotzbach, F. H. Larrison and J. L. Myers on Shrink Wrapping Bags to Control Fill-Valve Leakage (1974)
Memo from W. C. Thurber, with a copy line for O. J. Malocarne of Niagara Falls, New York, to four recipients. It says leakage from the fill valve is a major problem in packaging asbestos. It asks for an individual bag shrink film oven and a bag…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 2, 1971
E. Epremian to Asbestos Meeting Distribution Transmitting NRC Airborne Asbestos Extracts and Summary of Asbestos Laws (1971)
Internal memo of September 2, 1971 from E. Epremian sending background for the September 8 asbestos meeting on Environmental Factors. The enclosures are extracts of the 1971 National Research Council report 'Airborne Asbestos' (conclusions and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 31, 1980
F. L. Smith to R. E. Byrne, Jr. and Others Transmitting Airborne Asbestos Counts for Labs 118 and 205, Niagara Falls (1980)
Internal Metals Division memo dated July 31, 1980, from Technical Services (Calidria Asbestos) enclosing airborne asbestos concentrations for Labs 118 and 205 at Niagara Falls. It is followed by a report cover sheet (samples taken 7/15/80,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 29, 1980
P. R. Sherman Design Memorandum on Asbestos Bagging Improvement at King City (1980)
Design memorandum (Design Memo No. 1, Revision No. 0, File No. 11217) by P. R. Sherman on improving the bagging of asbestos shipments at King City, CA. It describes efforts to develop a dust-free bag with a better bag wrap and a bag closure system…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 11, 1974
G. J. Weihs, Chrysotile Asbestos Markets and Forecasts for Group 7, with W. C. Thurber Cover Note and Related Memos (1974)
…7', March 1974: summary, conclusions, tables and end-use sections Partial Union Carbide internal form (Berkshire Business Forms) with little legible content; apparently not part of the report Commercial Intelligence memo to William Thurber, May 9…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 21, 1981
F. L. Smith to B. L. Ingalls Transmitting Airborne Asbestos Counts Report for Building 169, Niagara Falls (1981)
Internal Union Carbide memo from F. L. Smith to B. L. Ingalls enclosing a report on airborne asbestos counts from samples taken June 25, 1981 in Building #169 at Niagara Falls, where a pilot plant had…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 1, 1984
Forsterite Material Safety Data Sheet with D. F. Kapral Transmittal Memos, Label and American Colloid Telecon Report (1984)
Material Safety Data Sheet for Forsterite, Umetco Minerals Corporation / Union Carbide, effective May 1, 1984 Internal memo, D. F. Kapral to J. T. Kelly, May 1, 1984, requesting transmittal of the Experimental Product Data Sheet and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 13, 1980
R. W. Rebholz to G. R. Bailey and Others on Asbestos Business Meetings (1980)
Memorandum dated March 13, 1980 announcing that, with the Mineral Products Meeting on March 27, Dr. Rhodes would discuss the current status of health-related regulations on the promotion and use of asbestos products. A discussion to update the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 8, 1982
D. F. Kapral to T. P. Norris on Status of the Asbestos-Blend Project for Asphaltic Products, with Attached Roof Cement Sample Report (1982)
Internal memo reporting on the project to use Calidria SG-130 asbestos in asphaltic roof cement. Seven formulations were sent to Gardner Asphalt Company for testing. The memo describes plans to characterize asbestos in King City overburden, ore and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 16, 1983
B. L. Ingalls to J. E. Walsh on the Revised Supervisbestos Product Quality Report and Viscosity Specification (1983)
Internal correspondence from Niagara Falls reporting the outcome of a February 2, 1983 review of the report "Supervisbestos, A Review of Product Quality, Test Methods and End Use Characteristics" ahead of discussions with Montello, Inc. It states…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 21, 1983
F. L. Smith to D. F. Kapral on the Estimated Business Loss if the Asbestos TWA Limit Drops to 0.5 Fiber/cc (1983)
Internal memo with an attached 10-page explanation and customer table estimating the business Union Carbide might lose if the allowable asbestos TWA fell from 2.0 to 0.5 fiber/cc. The memo says the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 2, 1977
G. L. Dickson to T. K. McCluhan on the December Safety Inspection (1977)
Memorandum reporting the results of a December 1977 safety inspection by a Union Carbide team in Niagara Falls. It rated overall conditions as extremely good, named the main criticism as temporary electrical extension cords and telephone…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 4, 1974
W. C. Thurber to O. J. Malocarne et al. on Bag Spout Leakage and Shrink Wrapping, with Earlier J. L. Myers Memo to Thurber on Packaging (1974)
Exhibit of two pages. Page 1 is a November 4, 1974 letter from W. C. Thurber to O. J. Malocarne and four others stating that leakage from the bag fill valve was a major packaging problem and requesting a bag shrink film oven and a bag cleaning…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 1, 1980
H. B. Rhodes to Asbestos SPU Distribution on Status of Asbestos Regulatory Matters, with Presentation Text and Figures (1980)
Internal Metals Division cover memo from Harrison B. Rhodes dated April 1, 1980, enclosing the text and figures of his March 28, 1980 presentation to the Asbestos SPU Committee on asbestos regulatory matters, plus suggested changes to the asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 28, 1974
E. A. Piersall to F. H. Larrison on Safety Inspection of King City Operations, May 13-14, 1974 (1974)
Internal correspondence from the Safety department reporting on a May 13-14, 1974 safety inspection of the King City mill and mine. It comments on safety programs, dust control and respirator use, noise readings, equipment and housekeeping items,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 17, 1973
K. S. Chopra to J. L. Myers on Determination of Asbestos in Water (1973)
Memorandum reporting analysis of three water samples labeled "effluent," "river-below" and "river-above" for asbestos content, using centrifuging, chemical analysis for magnesium, X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. It reports definite…