23 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 13, 1978
R. E. Graebert Forwarding J. W. Whittlesey's Advice to Dr. Welsh on OSHA Recordkeeping of Occupational Illnesses (1978)
A one-page cover memo dated January 13, 1978 from R. E. Graebert (Chemicals and Plastics Safety) to safety directors and the safety committee, attaching John W. Whittlesey's January 9, 1978 letter to Dr. Welsh on OSHA recordkeeping. The letter said…
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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 · 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 · August 22, 1979
K. Gran Townsend to Plant Distribution on OSHA Inspection of Brown & Root at Brownsville, with Mario Gutierrez's Inspection Summary (1979)
Cover memo of August 22, 1979 forwarding a summary of an OSHA inspection of contractor Brown & Root at the Brownsville plant, reporting that no citations were given. The attached August 16, 1979 summary to K. G. Townsend describes the August 15…
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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 · 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…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 17, 1983
J. S. Cornell to C. E. Fry and Others on Asbestos-Related Medical Issues, Meeting Notice (1983)
Internal memo, signed by J. S. Cornell, calling a March 29 meeting at South Charleston, West Virginia, of the Silicones & Urethane Intermediates addressees. The meeting was to discuss procedures for diagnosing and reporting asbestos-related…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 22, 1979
K. G. Townsend to A. L. Barefoot and Others Transmitting Summary of OSHA Inspection of Brown & Root at the Brownsville Plant (1979)
A cover memo of August 22, 1979 transmits a summary of an OSHA inspection of Union Carbide's contractor Brown & Root at the Brownsville plant. The attached memo of August 16, 1979, addressed to K. G…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 31, 1983
J. S. Cornell to R. E. Crum, C. E. Fry, R. D. Nelson and M. C. Polniaszek on Asbestos Exposure Limit Change Proposal (1983)
One-page internal Union Carbide memo from J. S. Cornell, dated March 31, 1983, on an asbestos exposure limit change proposal. It states that the two fibers per cubic centimeter limit for airborne asbestos was under…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 17, 1985
I. L. Beckett to J. F. Dodd and Others on Project Scope for Safety/Health Insulation, No. 2 Powerhouse, Building 151 (1985)
Memorandum setting out a project scope for removing, replacing or sealing deteriorated asbestos insulation in the No. 2 Powerhouse (Building 151) at South Charleston, West Virginia. It describes the capital and removal work, safety and environmental…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 31, 1984
D. A. Gosselin to John Buzzard on Laundering Asbestos-Contaminated Clothing under the OSHA Standard (1984)
Internal Union Carbide memo in which D. A. Gosselin responded to John Buzzard's letter about laundering asbestos-contaminated clothing under OSHA Standard 1910.1001. He recommended that a letter be sent to the owner of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 31, 1984
D. A. Gosselin to John Buzzard on Laundering Asbestos-Contaminated Clothing (1984)
Internal correspondence in which D. A. Gosselin responded to John Buzzard's letter about laundering asbestos-contaminated clothing under OSHA Standard 1910.1001. He advised that a letter be sent to the owner of Vogue-Swift Cleaners citing the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 26, 1981
D. T. Watters to I. P. Blackwood et al. on Potential Health Risks of Insulation Materials (Perlite Insulation Specification 4) (1981)
Memorandum from D. T. Watters, June 26, 1981, on potential health risks of insulation materials Union Carbide Chemicals/Plastics Material Specification for Insulation 4M/4A/4SS (perlite), December 1980, pages 1-2 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 5, 1979
W. B. Troutman to Mailing List A-8 on Asbestos Handling at the South Charleston Plant, with Attached Handling Procedure (1979)
Internal correspondence from the South Charleston Plant Safety Director transmitting a procedure for handling asbestos-containing insulation. The memo states that asbestos has been recognized as a serious health hazard and that the attached…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 30, 1983
J. S. Cornell to B. H. Avashia, M.D. and Others on Asbestos-Related Medical Issues, with South Charleston Chest Radiograph Protocol (1983)
Internal Union Carbide memo summarizing a March 29, 1983 South Charleston meeting on asbestos-related medical issues. It records discussion of chest X-ray review and reporting, the timing of entries on the OSHA 200 Log…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 14, 1983
Bill Young to Maintenance Area Superintendents Forwarding OSHA Plans Asbestos Exposure Limit Reduction Report (1983)
A one-page Union Carbide South Charleston Plant internal memo transmitting an attached Occupational Safety & Health Reporter article on OSHA's plans to lower the asbestos exposure limit. The attached BNA report (July 7, 1983) states…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 22, 1979
K. G. Townsend to Distribution on OSHA Inspection of Contractor Brown & Root at Brownsville Plant, with Attached Inspection Summary (1979)
A cover memo of August 22, 1979 forwards a summary of an OSHA inspection of Union Carbide's contractor Brown & Root at the Brownsville, Texas plant and says no citations were given. The attached August 16…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 9, 1979
Harvey R. Schulz to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Complaint Investigation at the Texas City Plant (1979)
Internal memo reporting an OSHA industrial hygienist's September 28, 1979 visit to the Texas City Plant to investigate an employee complaint about road dust north of the #3 Olefins furnaces. It describes the meeting and tour, the plant's…