20 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 12, 1986
C. P. Maxwell to Browning, Collins, Graham, Keller, Mills, Noble and Rucker Transmitting M. A. Patel's OSHA Amended Asbestos Standard Training Slides (1986)
A handwritten cover note dated September 12, 1986 from C. P. Maxwell forwards copies of overhead slides that Manhar Patel prepared and used in a training session for Services and Construction Department supervisors on the OSHA amended asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 20, 1983
Industrial Hygiene Monitoring for Asbestos: M. F. Stowers and M. A. Patel to W. T. Shelton, Personal Samples of Two Insulators in Bldg. 707 Cell 11 (1983)
Two industrial hygiene monitoring reports for asbestos, dated Dec. 20, 1983 (Computer Ref W-1508), covering personal samples taken 11/10/83 in Bldg. 707 Cell 11, first level. One sample for R. P. Hess measured 0.07 fibers/cc over 30 minutes, and one…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 3, 1985
M. F. Stowers and Manhar A. Patel to W. T. Shelton: Industrial Hygiene Monitoring for Asbestos, Bldg. 707 Heliflo Insulation Stripping (1985)
Industrial hygiene monitoring report dated May 3, 1985 on personal air samples taken April 26, 1985 from two workers stripping old insulation from a heliflo system in Bldg. 707. Results were 0.38 and 0.27 fibers/cc over 35 minutes, compared against…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Fred Williams to J. M. Butcher, M. E. Perry and C. L. Ruddle on Asbestos Sampling in Compliance with OSHA (undated)
A one-page Union Carbide memo from Fred Williams to three recipients about asbestos sampling under the OSHA regulation. It states that sampling could not be done as the regulation required under the existing informal notification…
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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 · July 23, 1986
Industrial Hygiene (V. E. Stover and M. A. Patel) to O. R. Hay and Others on Asbestos Exposure Monitoring of R. E. Smith in the 701 Basement (1986)
Internal Union Carbide memo transmitting the results of personal asbestos air monitoring of employee R. E. Smith, who was shredding paper in the 701 basement on July 1, 1986. The monitoring was requested because of concern…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 24, 1986
V. E. Stover and M. A. Patel to A. F. Terry on Asbestos Exposure Monitoring in Building 770 (1986)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting asbestos air monitoring on June 23, 1986 in Building 770 while two employees removed about 15 feet of asbestos insulation from a steam line in an air handler. It states the…
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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 · April 23, 1986
Vance E. Stover to J. D. McCue on Asbestos Testing of Insulation Samples from Building 701 (1986)
Internal memo reporting test results for asbestos on samples taken from three lines with disturbed outer coating in the basement of building 701. It states all samples contain asbestos and lists handling precautions. A second page is an Insulation…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 28, 1987
Vance E. Stover and Manhar A. Patel to A. F. Terry on Asbestos Exposure Monitoring of Insulators and Carpenters in Building 701 (1987)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting asbestos exposure monitoring of two insulators and two carpenters during asbestos stripping and enclosure moving in Building 701 on August 17-21, 1987. It states that insulator results were above the…
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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 · November 9, 1979
G. W. Bott to M. E. Perry on Asbestos Exposure from Sawing Transite Board on the DoAll Saw, Bldg. 704 Machine Shop (1979)
Internal industrial hygiene report on an October 30, 1979 survey of asbestos exposure while a machinist sawed transite (asbestos-containing) board on a DoAll saw in the Building 704 machine shop at South Charleston, West Virginia. It reports sample…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 7, 1986
A. F. Terry to T. L. Collins and Others on Asbestos Exposure Monitoring of Steam Line Stripping, Building 726 (1986)
Internal Union Carbide memo transmitting asbestos air-monitoring results for two employees, R. P. Hess and F. R. Creech, who stripped asbestos insulation from steam lines outside and inside the Building 726 compressor room on September…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 22, 1986
M. A. Patel to Distribution List on the Amended OSHA Asbestos Standard, with T. E. Hanning's Summary of Changes (1986)
A July 22, 1986 internal memo from Technical Center industrial hygienist Manhar A. Patel reported that OSHA had amended its asbestos standard and attached T. E. Hanning's summary of the changes. The summary covers the lower exposure limit,…
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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 22, 1986
Manhar A. Patel to S. W. Clark on Revised Practice SH-256 and the OSHA Asbestos Standards, with Attached Standards Comparison (1986)
Internal Union Carbide memo in which an industrial hygienist reviewed the September 1986 revision of Safety/Health Technology Manual practice SH-256 against OSHA's amended asbestos standards effective July 21. He explained the difference between…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 22, 1986
Manhar A. Patel to Distribution List Transmitting T. E. Hanning's Summary of the Amended OSHA Asbestos Standard (1986)
Internal Union Carbide memo from the Technical Center industrial hygienist reporting that OSHA amended its asbestos standard, 29 CFR 1910.1001, effective July 21, 1986. It lowered the permissible exposure limit from 2.0 to 0…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 23, 1986
Vance E. Stover and Manhar A. Patel to O. R. Hay and Others on Asbestos Exposure Monitoring of R. E. Smith in the 701 Basement (1986)
Internal memo reporting a personal air sample taken July 1, 1986 on R. E. Smith, who was shredding paper in the 701 basement, after concern that loose asbestos from the service shaft was lying on pipes and the floor. The result was 0.032 fibers/cc…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 12, 1985
G. W. Phares to B. H. Avashia and Others on Asbestos Monitoring at the Institute Plant SEVIN Unit (1985)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting asbestos exposure monitoring on April 9, 1985, when two construction insulators stripped about 20 ft. of old insulation from a 6 inch steam line at the SEVIN unit at the Institute…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 26, 1981
D. T. Watters to I. P. Blackwood and Others on Potential Health Risks of Insulation Materials (1981)
Memorandum responding to questions about whether non-asbestos substitute insulation was available after complaints of irritation from dust of perlite-based Insulation Specification 4 used in ethylene oxide service. It recommended continued use of…