30 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 26, 1987
Kirk E. Martin to A. L. Welch on Asbestos Exposure Monitoring at Texas City, with Attached OSHA Appendix A and Related Correspondence (1987)
…1987 memo in which Kirk E. Martin responded to a contractor's complaint that Union Carbide's Texas City laboratory air-sample results for asbestos were inaccurate, stating the results stood and citing the OSHA counting…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 29, 1979
J. F. Erdmann to W. H. Barlow et al. on Delegation of EPA NSPS and NESHAPS Responsibilities to the Texas Air Control Board, Texas City Plant (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo from the Texas City plant forwarding an EPA Region 6 notice that NSPS and NESHAPS responsibilities were delegated to the Texas Air Control Board. It lists the plant's covered situations: no…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 12, 1979
W. H. Barlow to J. B. Leverton on Asbestos Removal and Showers for Workers, with Attached Texas Air Control Board Delegation Memo and EPA Notice (1979)
A packet opening with a February 12, 1979 memo from W. H. Barlow to J. B. Leverton asking whether the Texas City plant's asbestos removal procedure needs revision, with particular concern that showers be provided for workers. Behind it are a January…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 24, 1987
Kirk E. Martin to M. Hightower and K. Klyng on Pre-Demolition Walk-Through of Bldg 187 and #32 Boiler Turbine, Texas City (1987)
Letter from Kirk E. Martin reporting industrial hygiene concerns from a questionnaire and walk-through inspection before demolition of Bldg 187 and the #32 Boiler Turbine at Texas City. It reported no concerns for Bldg 187, a significant amount of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 19, 1984
Kirk E. Martin to J. F. Erdmann on Industrial Hygiene Test of Powerhouse Pipe Insulation for Asbestos, Texas City Plant (1984)
Internal Union Carbide industrial hygiene preliminary report dated November 19, 1984, on a pipe insulation sample removed from the #2 Powerhouse at Texas City on November 12, 1984. The sample was analyzed for percent water by…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 24, 1987
Kirk E. Martin to R. M. Arnold and M. Hightower on Pre-Demolition Walk-thru of the Phenolic Resins Unit, Texas City (1987)
Memo reporting industrial hygiene concerns identified from a questionnaire and walk-through inspection before demolition of the Phenolic Resins Unit at Texas City. It notes asbestos insulation on lines and vessels, states the company policy on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 11, 1988
T. E. Hanning to Distribution on Need for Personal Protection When Cutting or Removing Asbestos-Containing Gaskets or Packing, with Attachments (1988)
A March 1988 "Business Confidential" memo from T. E. Hanning for the Asbestos Phaseout Task Group asked plant locations about monitoring data, written procedures, wetting and glove-bag use, and the need for personal protection when cutting or…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 5, 1987
J. L. Pedraza to G. L. Rivera on Demolition Walk-Through Summary for Buildings B-21 and B-24, Texas City (1987)
Internal Union Carbide memo from the Texas City plant summarizing eight concerns raised during a walk-through of the B-21 area and B-24 columns before demolition, each followed by a response. Items covered PCBs…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 1, 1984
K. S. Teague to J. B. Leverton on an OSHA Inquiry About High Density Polyethylene (1984)
Internal memo reporting a November 1, 1984 telephone call from OSHA Compliance Officer Roy Piggee, who requested a Material Safety Data Sheet on UCC chemical #348, High Density Polyethylene. The writer said Piggee told him OSHA had received a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 11, 1984
Kirk E. Martin to J. B. Leverton on Asbestos Demolition Inspection by Galveston County Health District and OSHA at Texas City (1984)
…present, of the Kimmins Corp. asbestos demolition job at Building 75 of the Texas City plant. It lists the inspector's three observations and says notices of violation would be sent to Union Carbide and Kimmins.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 29, 1979
J. F. Erdmann to W. H. Barlow et al. on Delegation of EPA NSPS and NESHAPS Responsibilities to the Texas Air Control Board (1979)
Internal correspondence from the Texas City plant reporting that EPA had delegated responsibility for federal NSPS and NESHAPS regulations to the Texas Air Control Board. It identified the plant's units covered (vinyl chloride monomer, and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 27, 1980
J. B. Leverton to D. H. Glenn, R. E. Kirkland and A. P. Yalcinkaya on Preparation Meetings for the OSHA Trial in Houston (1980)
Internal Union Carbide memo from Texas City asking three recipients to attend preparation meetings on September 17 and 18, 1980, in J. B. Leverton's office ahead of an OSHA trial in Houston on September 23…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 10, 1984
Kirk E. Martin to H. K. Decker on Asbestos Exposure Finding at the No. 3 Powerhouse Safety/Health Survey (1984)
Memo from Kirk E. Martin to H. K. Decker about an Operational Safety/Health Survey at the #3 Powerhouse, which reported employee exposure to asbestos in item HL.2. Martin said the finding, the survey team's recommendations and the unit's response…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 15, 1985
Kirk E. Martin to S. J. Footer, J. B. Leverton, L. D. Pell and A. P. Yalcinkaya on the NESHAPS Asbestos Site Visit at the Texas City Plant (1985)
Internal memo reporting a February 13, 1985 visit by Jackie Ickes of the Galveston County Health Department to inspect compliance with the NESHAPS Asbestos Standard at Kimmins Corp. demolition work sites at the Texas City Plant. It describes minor…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 19, 1982
J. H. Holstein to J. E. Neff on Product List of Produced Products with TLVs and NIOSH/UCC Sampling Methods, Texas City Plant (1982)
…to J. E. Neff transmitting alphabetical and by-division lists of products sold by Union Carbide's Texas City plant, with Threshold Limit Values and UCC and NIOSH sampling and analytical method numbers and classifications. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 12, 1984
Kirk E. Martin to J. B. Leverton on OSHA Inspection of Kimmins Asbestos Removal at Texas City (1984)
Memo reporting an OSHA inspector's July 11 visit to the Texas City plant to inspect Kimmins Corporation employees removing asbestos insulation at Bldg 75. It states that no personnel exposure monitoring was done that day…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 6, 1977
J. L. Rosenberger to L. E. Calvert and Others Transmitting Draft Site Procedure 15-D on Removal of Asbestos Insulation at Texas City (1977)
…1977, transmitting draft Site Procedure 15-D Rough draft Site Procedure 15-D, Removal of Asbestos Insulation, Union Carbide Construction, Texas City Federal Register reprint (Oct. 18, 1972) of OSHA 29 CFR 1910.93a asbestos standard…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 1, 1987
Kirk E. Martin to R. E. Woodcock on Sampling Procedure for Insulation Containing Asbestos Mud (1987)
Memo from Kirk E. Martin asking that, when bulk samples of insulation are collected for qualitative analysis, the mud covering on joints and the underlying insulation be submitted as separate samples. It states that asbestos-containing mud had been…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 21, 1982
Kirk E. Martin to M. E. Tapp on Vinyl Acetate Monitoring During PVA Disposal at Texas City (1982)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting that on June 16, 1982 a Roy Hunter employee was monitored for vinyl acetate exposure while handling polyvinyl acetate residue. No vinyl acetate was detected over the 7-hour, 25-minute…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 16, 1984
Texas City Internal Memo to P. B. Botting and Others on Proposed Guidelines for Testing Insulation for Asbestos with the Asbestest Kit (1984)
A handwritten cover note to 'Kirk' asking for comments, questions or concerns, followed by a Texas City internal memo dated May 16, 1984. The memo proposed a six-step guideline for crafts other than insulators who are asked to remove insulation. A…