44 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 3
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 9, 1983
V. D. Dutcher to Distribution List on Updated Exposure Standards and Guidelines for Latex Chemicals, Including Asbestos (1983)
Internal Union Carbide memo marked 'Business Confidential' that transmitted updated lists of Latex chemicals with personnel exposure standards set by UCC, UCC Divisions or OSHA, and exposure guidelines recommended by the ACGIH. The attached tables list…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1981
Breathing Air Inspection and Audit and Sanitation Inspection Forms for Reaction #2 (1981)
Four pages of completed plant inspection forms for the Reaction #2 area: a two-page Breathing Air Inspection and Audit checklist and a two-page Sanitation Inspection checklist. On the breathing air form every item is checked "Yes" and the comments…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 23, 1978
K. Gran Townsend to B. F. Brown, R. C. Glock, E. O. Davis and R. F. Green Transmitting Status of OSHA Health Standards for Chemical Exposure (1978)
A cover memo from K. Gran Townsend of Union Carbide's Chemicals and Plastics unit transmitted an updated summary of OSHA standards activity as of April 1978. The attachment lists completed and proposed OSHA health standards…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Draft Script and Film Shot Notes for a Texas City Plant Presentation on Asbestos Hazards and Stripping Procedures (undated)
Mostly handwritten script and film-shot notes for a slide or film presentation to Texas City plant personnel on asbestos health hazards and on protective equipment, barricading, wet stripping, bagging and disposal of asbestos insulation. Typed pages…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 7, 1979
J. C. Ledvina to J. H. Barrett and Others on an OSHA Visit to the Texas City Plant (1979)
Internal memo reporting a visit by two OSHA representatives to the Texas City plant to discuss ethylene production and ethylene oxide use. It lists nine points from the discussion, including OSHA's interest in brain tumors among plant workers, a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Handwritten Draft Talking Points on Asbestos Health Hazards and Plant Safety Practices, Addressed to Dr. Glenn (undated)
A one-page handwritten draft, headed 'Dr Glenn', of remarks about asbestos for what looks like a safety presentation to plant workers. It says asbestos is found in plant work areas and in household products, and that inhaling dust or fibers has been…
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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 · 1981
Share Audit Procedure and Ventilation Inspection and Audit of Lab Hood, Building 522 Recovery Department (1981)
A Share Audit Procedure form for the Recovery Department's ventilation procedure, dated fourth quarter 1981, with a ventilation inspection and audit checklist for a lab hood in Building 522 Recovery. The audit form marked no deficiency and…
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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 · September 27, 1978
L. T. Windel to K. G. Townsend Forwarding the Revised EPA Asbestos Air Pollutant Regulation, 40 CFR 61, Brownsville Plant (1978)
A two-page internal memo from L. T. Windel to K. G. Townsend at the Brownsville, Texas plant forwarding the revised asbestos air pollutant regulation. It notes the EPA notification requirement for removal of asbestos pipe covering and proposes a…
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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 · August 27, 1980
J. B. Leverton to D. H. Glenn, R. E. Kirkland and A. P. Yalcinkaya on Preparation Meetings for the OSHA Trial in Houston (1980)
Internal Union Carbide memo from Texas City asking three recipients to attend preparation meetings on September 17 and 18, 1980, in J. B. Leverton's office ahead of an OSHA trial in Houston on September 23…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 30, 1977
J. L. Garcia to B. F. Brown, R. C. Glock, K. G. Townsend and Staff on the EPA Asbestos Standard and Proposed Amendment (1977)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence from the Brownsville, Texas, Chemicals and Plastics location summarizing the EPA national emission standard for asbestos, first promulgated April 6, 1973. It describes the demolition and renovation notification and removal requirements, the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 14, 1979
J. B. Leverton to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Investigation at the Texas City Plant (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting an OSHA industrial hygienist's March 14, 1979 visit to the Texas City plant to investigate an employee complaint about mercury catalyst and vinyl chloride exposure. It states that his sampling…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1981
Share Audit Procedure and Ventilation Inspection and Audit of Lab Hood, Building 522 Recovery Department (4Q 1981)
A Share Audit Procedure form for the Recovery Department's ventilation procedure, dated 4Q 1981, followed by a Ventilation Inspection and Audit checklist for a lab hood in Building 522 Recovery. The form records no deficiency, says the procedure is…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 20, 1975
C. A. Keil to Energy Area Staff on Pre-Startup Safety Review of #2 Steam Turbine Generator Lube Oil System, Brownsville (1975)
Internal correspondence from the Brownsville, Texas Chemicals and Plastics site, dated August 20, 1975, naming a team to conduct a pre-startup safety review of the new #2 steam turbine generator oil reservoir installation. It sets the review for…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 17, 1972
D. E. Deese to Distribution on OSHA Respiratory Protection Requirement for Asbestos Tear-Out (1972)
Memo from the Gulf Coast Area senior industrial hygienist to a list of Union Carbide recipients reporting OSHA's interpretation of respiratory protection for asbestos tear-out or removal. It states that OSHA's Delbert Flowers…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 27, 1972
D. E. Deese to H. R. Guest on Asbestos Dust Monitoring at the Texas City Plant (1972)
Internal Union Carbide memo in which an industrial hygienist sent H. R. Guest the available asbestos dust study data for the Texas City plant. He listed limits on the data and said asbestos was still in…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 16, 1984
Texas City Internal Memo to P. B. Botting and Others on Proposed Guidelines for Testing Insulation for Asbestos with the Asbestest Kit (1984)
A handwritten cover note to 'Kirk' asking for comments, questions or concerns, followed by a Texas City internal memo dated May 16, 1984. The memo proposed a six-step guideline for crafts other than insulators who are asked to remove insulation. A…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 14, 1972
D. E. Deese to H. B. Coons and Others on the OSHA Permanent Asbestos Standard (1972)
A June 14, 1972 memo from the Gulf Coast Area senior industrial hygienist to Texas City managers and a physician. It summarizes 18 requirements of OSHA's first permanent asbestos standard, including exposure limits, monitoring, medical examinations…