17 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 1, 1963
L. A. Bliss to Division Heads Requesting a Company-Wide Hazard Survey of Union Carbide Operations (1963)
Letter from the president of Union Carbide Nuclear Company asking eight recipients to conduct another survey of hazards in company operations, following earlier surveys in 1954 and 1959. It cites fatal accidents in 1962, including two…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 31, 1969
R. E. Joyner to C. U. Dernehl and N. H. Ketcham Forwarding Johns-Manville Safety Precautions for Asbestos Fibres (1969)
Cover letter from R. E. Joyner, M.D. to Dr. Dernehl and Mr. Ketcham forwarding attached letters on asbestos fibre safety precautions and noting he advised Texas City people to contact the company rather than the government. The attachment is a March…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 27, 1963
T. W. Nale to K. Lentz Transmitting P. W. McDaniel's Report on Dust Conditions at the King City Mine and Plant (1963)
Internal cover letter from the Medical Director forwarding an industrial hygiene report on a September 10-13, 1963 visit to the King City mine and plant. The attached report describes dust sampling at the mine and mill, recommends respirators, a 5…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 21, 1971
Compilation: J. W. Rawlings Action Memo on Asbestos Test Program and King City Dust Control (1971), W. N. Johnson Memo on Airborne Asbestos Tests (1972), and B. A. Osby Memo on Institute Plant Landfill (1986)
Compilation of three Union Carbide internal memoranda. The 1971 Rawlings memo sets out action items after a December 17 asbestos meeting: simulated dust-count tests on customer uses, a two-year King City dust-control program…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 31, 1969
R. E. Joyner to C. U. Dernehl Transmitting Consumer Products Division Memo on Asbestos Fibre Safety Precautions (1969)
…N. H. Ketcham, 31 March 1969, forwarding attached letters Union Carbide Consumer Products Division (Quality & Specifications, Cleveland) memo of March 18, 1969 to plant managers quoting Johns-Manville letter on asbestos fibre safety precautions, signed P…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 17, 1963
Paul W. McDaniel to Ralph Sarla on Air Particle Counts at the Sterling Forest Asbestos Development Facility (1963)
Letter reporting particle counts of air samples taken June 27 and July 12, 1963 around the bagger and the mezzanine above it at the asbestos development facility at Sterling Forest. It explains the higher July readings, describes fiber dimensions…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 27, 1959
C. P. McClelland to P. G. Magnusson on a Pantasote Company Vinyl Chloride Toxicity Problem (1959)
Letter from C. P. McClelland to P. G. Magnusson, with copies to R. A. Corio and Dr. C. U. Dernehl, forwarding a letter from The Pantasote Company about a toxicity problem it encountered in using vinyl chloride. It said Dr. Dernehl had advised that…
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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 · October 21, 1964
Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on October 1964 Dust Survey of the King City Mine and Mill (1964)
Internal correspondence reporting McDaniel's October 1964 visit to the King City mine and mill. It describes dust conditions at the mine, review of dust-counting procedures, and air-borne dust sample results in the mill, with the highest count (17.3…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 27, 1963
Thomas W. Nale to Kenneth Lentz Transmitting P. W. McDaniel's Industrial Hygiene Report on the King City Mine and Plant (1963)
A cover memo from Medical Director Thomas W. Nale to Kenneth Lentz at King City forwards Paul W. McDaniel's report on his September 10-13, 1963 visit to the mine and plant. The report describes air sampling for dust, recommends respirators and a 5…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 14, 1971
Paul W. McDaniel to J. L. Myers on EPA's Expected Listing of Asbestos as a Hazardous Material (1971)
Internal correspondence from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to J. L. Myers of the Mining & Metals Division on toxicology. It discusses the expected listing of asbestos by EPA as a hazardous material, states that asbestos is a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 27, 1963
Thomas W. Nale to Kenneth Lentz Transmitting P. W. McDaniel's Industrial Hygiene Report on the King City Mine and Plant (1963)
Internal correspondence from the Medical Director transmitting an industrial hygiene report by Paul W. McDaniel on his September 10-13, 1963 visit to the King City mine and plant. The attached report describes airborne dust sampling, recommends…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 15, 1973
R. J. Sexton to C. U. Dernehl Transmitting the Asbestos Workers Health Hazard Survey Form (1973)
Internal correspondence from the Institute Plant medical director sending physicians a copy of the 'Asbestos Workers Health Hazard Survey' form (UCC-512-MD-4) that he had developed, following a meeting in New Orleans. The enclosed form has…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 23, 1963
R. J. Sexton to S. C. Giambruno Transmitting Industrial Hygiene Survey of Insulation Block Dust (Thermobestos, Kaylo, Carey-Temp) at the Construction Insulation Shop (1963)
Internal memo dated 23 October 1963 from Plant Medical Director R. J. Sexton to S. C. Giambruno, transmitting Industrial Hygiene Survey Report 63-IH-3-G-1 on dust from band-sawing "Thermobestos", "Kaylo" and "Carey-Temp" insulation blocks at the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 17, 1963
Letter to Ralph Sarla on Particle Counts of Air Samples at the Sterling Forest Asbestos Development Facility (1963)
Letter addressed to Ralph Sarla, with copies to C. E. Brown, K. W. Lentz and Dr. Nale, reporting particle counts (in millions of particles per cubic foot of air) from air samples taken around the bagger and on the mezzanine above it at the Sterling…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 29, 1963
Paul W. McDaniel to Ralph Sarla on Air Particle Counts at the Sterling Forest Asbestos Development Facility (1963)
Letter reporting particle counts (MPPCF) for air samples taken on July 25, 1963 at the asbestos development facility at Sterling Forest, near the bagger while bagging mechanically refined chrysotile. It describes fiber dimensions and the percentage…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 14, 1967
N. H. Ketchan to G. F. Johnson Transmitting Industrial Hygiene Digest Abstracts on Asbestos and Cancer (1967)
A short cover note dated December 14, 1967 from N. H. Ketchan to Dr. G. F. Johnson encloses abstracts from current literature on carcinogenic properties of inhaled asbestos. The attachments are six pages from the Industrial Hygiene Digest (1966-1967…