41 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 3
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 22, 1985
G. W. Phares to B. H. Avashia, M.D., and Others on Asbestos Monitoring at South Charleston Plant (1985)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting asbestos exposure monitoring done on November 18, 1985 while construction employees stripped and bagged insulation from a tank at the South Charleston polyols unit. It states that all samples were below…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 4, 1983
H. C. Lewinsohn to John Cornell on Recording and Reporting of Asbestos-Related Radiographic Abnormalities, with Attached OSHA Recordkeeping Instructions and 1979 Raybestos-Manhattan Surveillance Paper (1983)
Internal Union Carbide memo in which H. C. Lewinsohn followed up a March 29, 1983 Charleston meeting on classifying asbestos-related chest x-ray abnormalities for record-keeping. He attached OSHA recordkeeping instructions he had prepared…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 28, 1985
W. C. Young to Plant Managers Department on Asbestos Exposure Effects and Potential of Non-Insulator Crafts, with Plant 514 Asbestos Dust Measurement Printouts (1985)
Internal memo of June 28, 1985 from the South Charleston Plant to the Managers Department stating that plant asbestos dust measurements were below OSHA limits, but the writer questioned whether any level of inhalation exposure is safe without…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 15, 1987
H. E. Rucker, Asbestos Exposure Monitoring at the Institute Plant Pipe Insulation Removal (1987)
Internal Union Carbide memo transmitting results of personal air monitoring during removal of asbestos insulation from about 180 feet of 6-inch product line in a trench at the Institute Plant. It reports that four of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 6, 1986
V. E. Stover and M. A. Patel to J. M. Harbert and Others on Asbestos Exposure Monitoring at South Charleston Building 309 (1986)
Internal Union Carbide memo transmitting results of asbestos exposure monitoring of two employees on September 9, 1986 at the South Charleston plant's Building 309, while they stripped and bagged asbestos from a 1 inch line…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 20, 1984
M. A. Patel to J. W. Karn on Asbestos Monitoring at the Sistersville Plant (1984)
Memo from M. A. Patel to J. W. Karn transmitting results of asbestos air monitoring at the Sistersville Plant (Steam Plant third level and Polymer 2, Building 48) during insulation stripping on April 2 and 25, 1984. It reports high fiber levels in…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 12, 1984
M. F. Stowers to G. W. Phares on Asbestos Monitoring During Insulation Stripping at the Institute Plant (1984)
Internal memo reporting personal asbestos exposure monitoring on November 13, 1984 during stripping of about 100 ft of asbestos-containing steam line insulation at the Institute plant. It states that all four samples were well below the 2.0 fibers…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 17, 1983
J. S. Cornell to C. E. Fry, Dr. R. W. Holland and Others on a Meeting About Asbestos-Related Medical Issues (1983)
Internal correspondence from J. S. Cornell (Safety & Health) calling a March 29 meeting at South Charleston to discuss asbestos-related medical issues. The memo proposed reviewing South Charleston's diagnostic practices, their applicability to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 16, 1982
Manhar A. Patel to J. C. Smith on Dust and MEK Monitoring in the Sandblast Shed, 511 Construction Institute Plant (1982)
Internal Union Carbide letter reporting dust sampling for 'Black Beauty' in the Sandblast Shed and methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) sampling in the Paint Preparation Shed at the 511 Construction Institute Plant, May-June 1982. It says…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 20, 1984
M. A. Patel to J. W. Karn on Asbestos Monitoring at the Sistersville Plant (1984)
Memorandum from M. A. Patel to J. W. Karn transmitting results of asbestos air monitoring at the Sistersville Plant (Steam Plant and Polymer 2, Building 48) during insulation stripping by Construction Department employees on April 2 and 25, 1984.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 16, 1985
M. F. Stowers to R. S. Howell on Asbestos Monitoring During Insulation Stripping at the Institute Plant (1985)
Internal memo reporting asbestos air monitoring done on May 7, 1985 while construction employees stripped about 200 ft. of insulation from 3 inch process lines near the Pesticide B Unit at the Institute plant. It states all samples were below the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 7, 1986
R. W. Gilbert to B. H. Avashia, W. L. Browning and Others on Asbestos Exposure Monitoring in the Institute Construction Storeroom (1986)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting asbestos air monitoring done on August 19 and 26, 1986 in the Construction Storeroom, Building 2002, at Institute, while two employees dispensed asbestos gaskets. It describes the results, recommends HEPA vacuum…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 30, 1983
J. S. Cornell to B. H. Avashia and Others on Asbestos-Related Medical Issues and OSHA 200 Log Recording (1983)
Internal memo from the Safety & Health department summarizing a March 29, 1983 South Charleston meeting on asbestos-related medical issues. It covers chest X-ray review, recording of asbestos-related abnormalities on the OSHA 200 Log, and follow-up…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 21, 1987
Manhar A. Patel to B. H. Avashia, M.D. and Others on Asbestos Respiratory and Medical Surveillance Requirements, with OSHA Standard Excerpts (1987)
Internal Union Carbide memo from Manhar A. Patel transmitting the respiratory protection and medical surveillance requirements of the OSHA asbestos standard for asbestos abatement jobs. It discusses medical questionnaires, six-month respirator fit tests, training, and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 18, 1987
Industrial Hygiene (EM&TS - HS&EA) to H. E. Rucker on Asbestos Exposure Monitoring During Pumphouse Pipe Stripping (1987)
Internal Union Carbide memo transmitting results of asbestos air monitoring done during removal of asbestos insulation from about 310 feet of pipe at the #1 Pumphouse and about 50 square feet from a reactor at Building…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 20, 1984
M. A. Patel to J. W. Karn on Asbestos Monitoring at Sistersville Plant (1984)
Memorandum from M. A. Patel to J. W. Karn transmitting results of asbestos exposure monitoring at the Sistersville Plant (Steam Plant and Polymer 2, Building 48) during insulation stripping on April 2 and 25, 1984. The memo states that Building 48…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 21, 1987
Manhar A. Patel to B. H. Avashia, M.D., and Others on Asbestos Respiratory and Medical Surveillance Requirements, with OSHA Standard Excerpts (1987)
A two-page Union Carbide internal memo of January 21, 1987, from Manhar A. Patel to medical, safety and engineering staff, forwarding the respirator and medical surveillance requirements of the OSHA asbestos standard for asbestos abatement…
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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…