34 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 15, 1959
Union Carbide Sales Memo on West Coast Asbestos Markets (1959) with Calidria RG-244 Call Reports and Mixing Tests at Reichhold, Jacksonville (1970, 1975)
Compilation of four Union Carbide documents. A 1959 Sales Development memo reports calls on West Coast asbestos consumers and the tonnage and grades each uses. Two Calidria call reports (1975 and 1970) and a 1970 report…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 10, 1969
R. L. Folkman to J. C. Stephenson Transmitting H. F. Reichard's Summary of UCC Asbestos Market Patterns (1969)
A confidential memorandum from R. L. Folkman to J. C. Stephenson forwarding a summary by Hal Reichard of the asbestos market, with commentary on possible ways of marketing the product line. The attached two-page table, 'UCC Asbestos Market…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 5, 1972
Paul W. McDaniel to W. N. Johnson on Gravimetric vs. Fiber-Count Evaluation of Asbestos (1972)
Confidential internal letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to W. N. Johnson of Mining & Metals about using a gravimetric (weight) system to evaluate asbestos. It reports that a brief trial at King City found no…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 28, 1974
W. C. Thurber to E. A. Piersall: Miscellaneous Notes on King City Management Safety Audit (1974)
Memo dated October 28, 1974 with notes on a management safety audit of the King City plant. It covers general action items, comments from interviews with plant employees (mostly about slippery floors and safety meetings), and a dust sampling…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 21, 1970
Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on Air Sample Particle Counts at the King City Asbestos Mine (1970)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence reporting particle counts from air samples taken at the asbestos mine near King City, at the bulldozer operator, front loader operator and pit floor around the grizzly. The writer stated that the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 6, 1972
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison on Dust Counts of Air Samples Collected at King City (1972)
Internal Union Carbide letter marked CONFIDENTIAL from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City mill, reporting airborne fiber counts from samples taken October 18-19, 1972. It compares 25 mm and 47…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 15, 1976
Internal Memo to J. J. Franscell on the King City Safety Audit of August 25-26, 1976 (1976)
Internal Union Carbide Metals Division memo reporting on a safety audit of the King City operation conducted August 25-26, 1976. It rated the safety program as very good and offered suggestions on dust control at…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 23, 1974
E. A. Piersall to Larrison, McDaniel, Reichard, Thurber and Welsh on Asbestos Dust Sampling and Record Keeping, with L. Larrison's June 26, 1974 Reply on King City Sampling Program (1974)
Exhibit UC-1554 contains an August 23, 1974 internal memo from E. A. Piersall (Grand Junction) saying no conclusion had been reached on his proposed asbestos dust sampling and record keeping program for King City and suggesting a discussion during…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 31, 1963
C. W. Schersten, Monthly Report on Soft Hydrocarbon Resins as Binders for Coalinga Asbestos (1963)
Monthly research report from the Olefins Division's R&D department on laboratory work blending soft hydrocarbon resins (U-311 Prepolymer and a 'C' Cut resin from Unsaturate Oil) with Coalinga asbestos as a low-cost binder system for building…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 29, 1982
H. B. Rhodes to D. L. Haywood on Reporting Health and Safety Studies to EPA under TSCA Section 8(d), with Attached Mellon Institute Covers and King City Sputum Cytology Papers (1982)
Internal Metals Division memo from H. B. Rhodes listing the items the division had identified as potentially reportable under TSCA Section 8(d): two Mellon Institute asbestos reports, King City mill sputum cytology summaries, and a deposition by Dr.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 4, 1974
Safety Department (B. A. Piersall) to F. H. Larrison on the Management Safety Audit of the King City Plant, October 16-17, 1974 (1974)
Internal correspondence reporting the results of a management safety audit of the King City plant on October 16-17, 1974, reviewed item by item against the 1973 audit recommendations. It covers safety programs, dust control, noise, and housekeeping,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 27, 1974
E. A. Piersall to King City Plant Managers on the October 1974 King City Safety Audit Schedule (1974)
Internal correspondence from the Safety department in Grand Junction, Colorado, setting out the schedule for a safety audit at the King City plant on October 16-17, 1974. It describes review of the prior year's recommendations, a plant inspection,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 15, 1971
F. H. Larrison, Jr. to J. F. Emerson on Federal and State Inspection of Airborne Asbestos Dust at the King City Mill (1971)
Letter reporting an inspection of the King City facility for airborne asbestos dust by three Federal Bureau of Mines inspectors and two California Division of Industrial Safety inspectors on October 5, 1971. It describes the sampling done, the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 10, 1969
R. L. Folkman to J. C. Stephenson Transmitting H. F. Reichard's Summary of the Asbestos Market (1969)
A confidential memorandum from R. L. Folkman to J. C. Stephenson forwarding a summary of the asbestos market prepared by Hal Reichard. The memo says the summary gives a quick overview of the market and suggests possible means of marketing the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 2, 1973
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison Transmitting Airborne Fiber Survey Results for the King City Mill (1973)
Internal letter, marked Confidential, from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City plant, transmitting a survey of airborne fiber (5.0 microns or longer) taken March 20-21, 1973. It gave estimated weighted exposures for…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1978
Harrison B. Rhodes to E. A. Piersall Transmitting J-M Letter on EPA Regulation of Taconite Tailings as Asbestos (1978)
Union Carbide internal memo, Rhodes to Piersall, Oct. 31, 1978, on regulation of taconite tailings as asbestos Johns-Manville Sales Corporation letter, R. P. Carter to J. Padgett, EPA, Oct. 9, 1978, objecting to EPA taconite…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 12, 1972
W. N. Johnson to F. H. Larrison and E. A. Piersall Forwarding AIA/NA Memos on the FDA Asbestos Task Force and the Bureau of Mines Asbestos Dust Standard (1972)
A one-line cover note from W. N. Johnson, dated December 12, 1972, sends two Asbestos Information Association/North America (AIA/NA) letters to F. H. Larrison and E. A. Piersall. The first letter (Nov. 27, 1972) reports a meeting with FDA staff…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 20, 1974
W. C. Thurber to King City Managers Requesting a Plan to Link Personal Dust Monitoring Results to Individual Employees, with Law Department Reply (1974)
A May 20, 1974 cover memo from W. C. Thurber asks recipients to review procedures and find the simplest way to correlate personal monitoring results with particular employees at King City, with a plan by July 1st. It attaches a May 13, 1974 Law…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 4, 1973
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison, Jr. Transmitting Fiber Counts from King City Air Samples (1973)
Internal Union Carbide letter marked Confidential, sent from the Medical Department to the King City plant, transmitting a tabulation of fiber counts from air samples collected at King City on November 13 and 14, 1973. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 1974
R. J. Kronkhyte to E. A. Piersall on Major Hazards at the King City Location (1974)
Two-page letter from the safety engineer at the King City, California location listing nine recognized major hazards, with a paragraph on each. The first hazard is breathing asbestos dust; the letter reports monthly air sampling, respirator…