44 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 3
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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 · October 3, 1979
Ron Ritchie to J. B. Leverton and R. J. Taylor Forwarding OSHA Jobsite Information Survey Correspondence (1979)
Cover memo from Ron Ritchie passing along correspondence about OSHA Jobsite Information Surveys, with an Employee Relations memo from R. V. Welty (Oct. 1, 1979) and a Sept. 21, 1979 letter from Law Department attorney John W. Whittlesey to J. B.…
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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 · 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 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 · January 26, 1987
Kirk E. Martin to A. L. Welch on Asbestos Exposure Monitoring at Texas City, with Attached OSHA Appendix A and Related Correspondence (1987)
…1987 memo in which Kirk E. Martin responded to a contractor's complaint that Union Carbide's Texas City laboratory air-sample results for asbestos were inaccurate, stating the results stood and citing the OSHA counting…
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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 · September 19, 1977
T. J. Covin to J. P. Alexander and Others on Compliance with the EPA Asbestos Regulation (1977)
Internal correspondence from T. J. Covin of the Taft EP Dept. to plant recipients about the EPA National Emission Standard for Asbestos (40 CFR 61), which requires EPA notification of removal of asbestos-containing insulation or fireproofing above…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 12, 1979
W. H. Barlow to J. B. Leverton on Asbestos Removal and Showers for Workers, with Attached Texas Air Control Board Delegation Memo and EPA Notice (1979)
A packet opening with a February 12, 1979 memo from W. H. Barlow to J. B. Leverton asking whether the Texas City plant's asbestos removal procedure needs revision, with particular concern that showers be provided for workers. Behind it are a January…
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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 · August 13, 1985
S. J. Footer to F. S. Provenzano on the Texas City Plant Insulation Repair Program (1985)
Internal memo of August 13, 1985 recommending that the Texas City plant insulation repair project be split into operating facilities and facilities shut down for future demolition, with repair completion targets of one to three years depending on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1979
Kirk E. Martin to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Complaint Investigation at the Texas City Plant (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting an OSHA industrial hygienist's follow-up inspection on October 30, 1979 at the Texas City Plant, prompted by employee complaints of overexposure to ozone, argon and metal fumes while welding…
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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 · 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 · 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 · September 13, 1984
W. J. Raglan to J. B. Leverton Transmitting Response to Operational Safety and Health Survey of the Acetone Unit, Plant 512, with Asbestos Exposure Item (1984)
A September 13, 1984 internal letter from W. J. Raglan to J. B. Leverton says responses to the OS/HS Team's March 1984 audit recommendations for the Acetone Unit were completed and cost estimates were being generated. It is followed by a cover page…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 1, 1984
K. S. Teague to J. B. Leverton on an OSHA Inquiry About High Density Polyethylene (1984)
Internal memo reporting a November 1, 1984 telephone call from OSHA Compliance Officer Roy Piggee, who requested a Material Safety Data Sheet on UCC chemical #348, High Density Polyethylene. The writer said Piggee told him OSHA had received a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 11, 1984
Kirk E. Martin to J. B. Leverton on Asbestos Demolition Inspection by Galveston County Health District and OSHA at Texas City (1984)
…present, of the Kimmins Corp. asbestos demolition job at Building 75 of the Texas City plant. It lists the inspector's three observations and says notices of violation would be sent to Union Carbide and Kimmins.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 29, 1986
W. V. Summers to D. Liebeskind on the Sistersville Asbestos Insulation Upgrade Project (1986)
Memo dated October 29, 1986 from W. V. Summers at the Sistersville, WV plant to D. Liebeskind, with copies to six others, giving comments on the plant's asbestos insulation upgrade project. It describes damaged installed asbestos insulation as the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 7, 1986
J. F. Dodd to D. A. Gosselin and Others Transmitting the South Charleston Plant Insulation Asbestos Upgrade Outline of Project (1986)
Cover memo dated November 7, 1986 transmitting for review an Outline of Project for a plantwide asbestos insulation upgrade at the South Charleston, WV plant, described as a high-priority Safety/Health Program. The attached outline describes the…