38 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 5, 1986
T. E. Hanning to S. W. Clark and Others on Asbestos Update: Union Support for Proposed EPA Ban (1986)
…marked 'For Your Information', reporting that labor unions were endorsing a proposed EPA asbestos ban and contending that OSHA's 0.2 fiber/cc limit gave insufficient worker protection. It also summarizes the proposed EPA rule…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 21, 1984
G. D. Twait to Wayne Williams on November 1983 Revisions to SH-256, Removal and Handling of Asbestos-Containing Insulation Material (1984)
A handwritten 1984 note from G. D. Twait to Wayne Williams confirming that the asbestos permissible exposure limit in the November 1983 revision of SH-256 would stay at 0.5 fibers/cc, with attached material. The attachments are the OSHA emergency…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 25, 1987
J. K. Corrie to Maintenance Staff Transmitting Draft Maintenance Safety Procedure XVIII, Asbestos Handling, South Charleston Plant (1987)
A March 25, 1987 cover memo from J. K. Corrie circulating a final review draft of Maintenance Safety Procedure XVIII, Asbestos Handling, for the South Charleston plant, with comments requested by April 3, 1987. The attached 20-page draft (dated…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 27, 1987
D. R. Crowell II to C. R. Rotthoff on Use of Negative Pressure Enclosures for Asbestos Operations, with Attached Asbestos Abatement Slides (1987)
A two-page Law Department memo discussing whether negative pressure enclosures are required under the OSHA asbestos standard when mastic is reapplied over asbestos insulation on process vessels and pipelines, and when wetting techniques reduce…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 2, 1987
L. S. Magelssen and H. W. Wegert to J. F. Dodd et al. on Status of Contingency Items for Asbestos Insulation Removal Upgrade, South Charleston (1987)
Two-page memorandum reporting that two contingency items attached to the May 19, 1987 health, safety and environmental endorsement of the South Charleston Asbestos Insulation Removal Upgrade-Phase I had been resolved. It discusses review of the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 11, 1987
M. J. Shoger to J. K. Corrie and Others on Asbestos Enclosures and HWP Requirements Meeting (1987)
Internal Union Carbide memo announcing a June 19 meeting, sponsored by Chuck Rotthoff, with Institute, South Charleston and Sistersville personnel on plant practices for enclosures used in asbestos removal. It states there were two close calls…
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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 · October 28, 1986
T. E. Hanning to Recipient on Review of South Charleston Plant Procedures for Removal and Disposal of Asbestos Materials (1986)
Memorandum from T. E. Hanning reviewing updates to the South Charleston plant's 514 Maintenance Department procedure for handling and disposing of asbestos insulation, following the July 1986 OSHA revision. It sets out the revised exposure limit and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 11, 1987
W. J. Vincent to J. K. Corrie Transmitting Responses to Asbestos Abatement and Removal Questions, South Charleston Plant (1987)
Internal Union Carbide memo from W. J. Vincent to J. K. Corrie forwarding answers to questions raised at a recent meeting on asbestos abatement and removal. The attached "Asbestos Management" Q&A covers negative pressure enclosures…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 28, 1987
D. Liebeskind to L. W. Phair on Asbestos Orientation for Sistersville Plant Workers, with Asbestos Abatement Brochure (1987)
…would conduct an asbestos orientation for workers at the Sistersville plant for about $1000/day plus expenses. The memo asks for the Union's views and attaches a brochure, 'Asbestos Abatement: Doin' It Right – Work Practices'…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 1, 1987
T. G. Huff to J. F. Dodd and Others, Project Scope Document for Building 303 Demolition, Phase III, South Charleston Plant (1987)
Project scope document for the second-stage demolition of Building 303 at the South Charleston plant, to clear space for truck trailers serving the new Drumming Center. It describes the phased work and the removal of asbestos pipe insulation and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 30, 1986
H. W. Wegert and G. M. Whipple to J. R. Dement and Others on Health, Safety and Environmental Review of the South Charleston Insulation Upgrade Project (1986)
Memorandum reporting a health, safety and environmental review of a three-year project to remove, replace and seal asbestos insulation at the South Charleston Plant. It recommends endorsement contingent on revising Maintenance Procedure XVIII to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 27, 1987
D. R. Crowell II to C. R. Rotthoff on Use of Negative Pressure Enclosures for Asbestos Operations, with R. D. Ondocsin's OSHA Asbestos Standard Memo (1987)
A Union Carbide Law Department memo of January 27, 1987 reports a conversation with Bob Ondocsin on whether negative pressure enclosures are required when mastic is reapplied over asbestos insulation. It says OSHA reads the asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 30, 1986
H. W. Wegert and G. M. Whipple to J. R. Dement et al. on Health, Safety, and Environmental Review of the South Charleston Insulation Upgrade Project (1986)
Memorandum reporting a health, safety and environmental review of a three-year project to upgrade asbestos insulation at the South Charleston Plant. It recommended endorsement contingent on revising Maintenance Procedure XVIII to comply with the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 1, 1987
T. G. Huff to D. J. McNeil and Others: Project Scope Document for B-303 Transitional Operation/Demolition Phase II, South Charleston Plant (1987)
Project scope document for Building 303 transitional operation and demolition at the South Charleston Plant. It describes temporary drum-handling facilities and the removal and disposal of asbestos-containing transite siding by an abatement…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 1, 1984
C. A. McNeill to J. B. Mickey Transmitting Draft Safety and Health Requirements for Contractors, Sistersville Plant (1984)
A February 1, 1984 cover memo from C. A. McNeill to J. B. Mickey attaching a draft package of three documents on safety and health requirements for contractors at the Sistersville Plant. The package includes contractor rules, a list of potential…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 24, 1987
W. J. Vincent to All Department Heads on Labelling of Asbestos Materials, with Standard Practice SH-256 on Removal and Handling of Asbestos-Containing Insulation (1987)
A February 1987 internal memo from the South Charleston Plant Safety and Health Department told department heads that asbestos warning labels were now required on installed asbestos products whenever feasible and gave the supplier and cost. Attached…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 7, 1986
D. A. Boggs to S. L. Curtis on Serious Asbestos Health Hazard in the Monomers North Rectification Area, Sistersville Plant (1986)
Memo from the Sistersville Plant industrial hygienist reporting exposed, deteriorating asbestos insulation on distillation columns in the Monomers North Rectification Area and chunks of asbestos material found on the ground up to about 60 yards…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 11, 1987
W. J. Vincent to J. K. Corrie Transmitting Responses to Asbestos Abatement Questions, South Charleston Plant (1987)
Internal Union Carbide memo from W. J. Vincent to J. K. Corrie, stamped received by the Maintenance Department on Feb. 17, 1987, forwarding answers to questions on asbestos raised at a recent meeting on asbestos abatement…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 23, 1987
T. G. Huff to S. W. Drake and Others: Project Scope Document for B-303 Demolition and Transite Siding Removal, South Charleston Plant (1987)
Project scope document for demolishing part of Building 303 at the South Charleston Plant and replacing asbestos-containing transite siding on the Chemical Mixing Unit Slurry Bay with insulated metal panels. It sets out mechanical, electrical and…