25 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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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 · 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 · November 6, 1972
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison on Dust Counts of Air Samples Collected at King City (1972)
Internal Union Carbide letter marked CONFIDENTIAL from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City mill, reporting airborne fiber counts from samples taken October 18-19, 1972. It compares 25 mm and 47…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 15, 1976
Internal Memo to J. J. Franscell on the King City Safety Audit of August 25-26, 1976 (1976)
Internal Union Carbide Metals Division memo reporting on a safety audit of the King City operation conducted August 25-26, 1976. It rated the safety program as very good and offered suggestions on dust control at…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 23, 1974
E. A. Piersall to Larrison, McDaniel, Reichard, Thurber and Welsh on Asbestos Dust Sampling and Record Keeping, with L. Larrison's June 26, 1974 Reply on King City Sampling Program (1974)
Exhibit UC-1554 contains an August 23, 1974 internal memo from E. A. Piersall (Grand Junction) saying no conclusion had been reached on his proposed asbestos dust sampling and record keeping program for King City and suggesting a discussion during…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 29, 1982
H. B. Rhodes to D. L. Haywood on Reporting Health and Safety Studies to EPA under TSCA Section 8(d), with Attached Mellon Institute Covers and King City Sputum Cytology Papers (1982)
Internal Metals Division memo from H. B. Rhodes listing the items the division had identified as potentially reportable under TSCA Section 8(d): two Mellon Institute asbestos reports, King City mill sputum cytology summaries, and a deposition by Dr.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 27, 1974
E. A. Piersall to King City Plant Managers on the October 1974 King City Safety Audit Schedule (1974)
Internal correspondence from the Safety department in Grand Junction, Colorado, setting out the schedule for a safety audit at the King City plant on October 16-17, 1974. It describes review of the prior year's recommendations, a plant inspection,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 15, 1971
F. H. Larrison, Jr. to J. F. Emerson on Federal and State Inspection of Airborne Asbestos Dust at the King City Mill (1971)
Letter reporting an inspection of the King City facility for airborne asbestos dust by three Federal Bureau of Mines inspectors and two California Division of Industrial Safety inspectors on October 5, 1971. It describes the sampling done, the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 8, 1974
E. A. Piersall to Dr. J. J. Welsh on Planned King City and Bishop Visits to Local Doctors (1974)
Internal correspondence from the Safety department in Grand Junction, Colorado, to the company's New York medical director about his planned March 1974 visits to doctors serving King City and Bishop. It proposes a company-sponsored dinner meeting…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 23, 1981
Safety Audit Team (R. L. Folkman, E. A. Piersall, H. B. Rhodes) to R. J. Kronkhyte, J. L. Myers and R. O. Marsten on the King City Safety/Health Audit (1981)
Internal memo from the Metals Division Safety department reporting the conclusions of its October 26-27, 1981 safety/health audit of the King City plant. It reviews follow-up items from the prior audit, rates the safety program elements, and notes…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1978
Harrison B. Rhodes to E. A. Piersall Transmitting J-M Letter on EPA Regulation of Taconite Tailings as Asbestos (1978)
Union Carbide internal memo, Rhodes to Piersall, Oct. 31, 1978, on regulation of taconite tailings as asbestos Johns-Manville Sales Corporation letter, R. P. Carter to J. Padgett, EPA, Oct. 9, 1978, objecting to EPA taconite…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 12, 1972
W. N. Johnson to F. H. Larrison and E. A. Piersall Forwarding AIA/NA Memos on the FDA Asbestos Task Force and the Bureau of Mines Asbestos Dust Standard (1972)
A one-line cover note from W. N. Johnson, dated December 12, 1972, sends two Asbestos Information Association/North America (AIA/NA) letters to F. H. Larrison and E. A. Piersall. The first letter (Nov. 27, 1972) reports a meeting with FDA staff…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 20, 1974
W. C. Thurber to King City Managers Requesting a Plan to Link Personal Dust Monitoring Results to Individual Employees, with Law Department Reply (1974)
A May 20, 1974 cover memo from W. C. Thurber asks recipients to review procedures and find the simplest way to correlate personal monitoring results with particular employees at King City, with a plan by July 1st. It attaches a May 13, 1974 Law…
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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 · February 2, 1972
E. A. Piersall Reply Message to P. W. McDaniel Forwarding Bureau of Mines Health Study of the Calidria King City Plant (1972)
Union Carbide reply message, E. A. Piersall to P. W. McDaniel, 2/2/72, about the attached report Bureau of Mines Health Study (Asbestos Dust), Calidria Asbestos Plant, King City, October 4-6, 1971: cover, distribution…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 1974
R. J. Kronkhyte to E. A. Piersall on Major Hazards at the King City Location (1974)
Two-page letter from the safety engineer at the King City, California location listing nine recognized major hazards, with a paragraph on each. The first hazard is breathing asbestos dust; the letter reports monthly air sampling, respirator…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 14, 1977
E. A. Piersall to E. W. Shortridge on Safety Visit to the King City Mill (1977)
Internal letter summarizing a safety visit to King City on April 11, 1977. It covers audiogram testing, a sputum testing program with Dr. Saccomanno, a possible transfer for employees if sputum results indicate a need to eliminate asbestos exposure,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 1975
Draft Safety Audit Letter to F. H. Larrison on the King City Operation, October 15-16 Audit (1975)
A draft letter from the Safety department to the King City manager reporting the results of an October 15-16, 1975 safety audit of the King City operation. It said key situations were well controlled and listed recommendations on mobile equipment,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 26, 1974
E. A. Piersall to E. O. Sternberg on Safety Visit to the UCON Inserts Department (1974), with Two Related Piersall Safety Memos
A September 26, 1974 letter from E. A. Piersall (Safety, Grand Junction) to E. O. Sternberg reports on a September 23, 1974 safety visit to the UCON Inserts Department in Indianapolis and recommends guarding and storage changes. The exhibit also…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 26, 1974
E. A. Piersall to Dr. J. J. Welsh on Pulmonary Function Test Limits for Asbestos Workers (1974)
Internal letter from the Mining and Metals Division safety department to the corporate Medical Department following a phone call. It asked for guidelines on minimum pulmonary function levels for hiring and on action points for existing employees…