33 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · January 21, 1987
Manhar A. Patel to B. H. Avashia, M.D. and Others on Asbestos Respiratory and Medical Surveillance Requirements, with OSHA Standard Excerpts (1987)
Internal Union Carbide memo from Manhar A. Patel transmitting the respiratory protection and medical surveillance requirements of the OSHA asbestos standard for asbestos abatement jobs. It discusses medical questionnaires, six-month respirator fit tests, training, and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 21, 1987
Manhar A. Patel to B. H. Avashia, M.D., and Others on Asbestos Respiratory and Medical Surveillance Requirements, with OSHA Standard Excerpts (1987)
A two-page Union Carbide internal memo of January 21, 1987, from Manhar A. Patel to medical, safety and engineering staff, forwarding the respirator and medical surveillance requirements of the OSHA asbestos standard for asbestos abatement…
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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 · 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 · April 6, 1987
Manhar A. Patel to R. E. Sergent on Asbestos Training for Services Department Personnel (1987)
Internal memo from an industrial hygienist transmitting slides used to train Services Department employees who are not routinely involved in asbestos abatement but may be exposed to asbestos in their work. The memo states that HEPA respirators are…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 15, 1987
V. E. Stover and M. A. Patel to C. W. Wible on Asbestos Exposure Monitoring of Workers Pulling Cable in Building 770 (1987)
Internal Union Carbide memo transmitting results of non-abatement asbestos exposure monitoring on two employees, J. A. Ingram and W. S. Ballingall, who pulled computer cable above ceiling tile and through service shafts in Building 770…
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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…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 5, 1986
T. E. Hanning to S. W. Clark and Others on an Asbestos Update: Proposed EPA Ban and OSHA Exposure Limit (1986)
One-page memorandum "for your information" reporting that labor unions were endorsing a proposed EPA asbestos ban and contended OSHA's 0.2 fibers per cubic centimeter limit gave insufficient protection. It also summarized the proposed…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 21, 1984
J. R. Buzzard to D. A. Gosselin on Cleaning of Insulators Clothing at Vogue-Swift Cleaners (1984)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence from the Purchasing Department confirming a phone conversation about cleaning insulators' clothing at Vogue-Swift Cleaners in Marietta, Ohio. It outlines the procedure: purchase order, labeled black polyethylene bags, a phone call…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 21, 1984
J. R. Buzzard to D. A. Gosselin on Cleaning of Insulators Clothing at Vogue-Swift Cleaners, with OSHA Asbestos Rule Excerpt and Removal Checklist (1984)
An internal Union Carbide letter dated May 21, 1984, in which the Purchasing Agent outlined how clothing worn by insulators was sent for cleaning at Vogue-Swift Cleaners in Marietta, Ohio, and asked whether OSHA requirements…