33 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Union Carbide Call Reports and OSHA Citation Papers on Interplastic Corporation, Minneapolis, Concerning RG-244 Calidria Sales (1971–1980)
…E. J. Kleber, 9/2-9/5/75: help with Interplastic's OSHA citations OSHA cover letter, citation, and notification of proposed penalty to Interplastic Corporation, issued August 29, 1975 Report of call (telecon), E. J…
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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 · July 24, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber on Advantages of Dust Controlled "Calidria" Products (1975)
…to dust-controlled Calidria products generally. It lists six advantages: reduced health risk, defense against product liability suits, a counter to union activity, OSHA and EPA compliance positions, and shipping savings. It asks counsel to review…
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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 · February 4, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne, Jr., J. V. Murray, J. L. Myers and W. C. Thurber transmitting "Calidria" Asbestos Health and OSHA Information package (1975)
…No. 110, June 7, 1972: OSHA Standard for Exposure to Asbestos Dust Union Carbide Material Safety Data sheet for Chrysotile Asbestos, 'Calidria' (Sept. 1, 1972) Typical chemical and spectrographic analysis of Calidria asbestos RG-244 Telecommunications…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 13, 1978
D. E. Gould to Distribution Managers on Ad Hoc Committee Recommendations for Distribution Contractor Communications on Safety and Health Effects of Chemicals and Plastics Products (1978)
Internal memo reporting on a June 12 meeting in Somerville of the Ad Hoc Committee on Distribution Contractor Communications Regarding Safety and Health Effects of Chemicals and Plastics Products. It summarizes the committee's view of control over…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 11, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne, Jr. and Others Transmitting Draft Letter to Dow Chemical on Toxicology and RG-244 (1975)
…medical examination requirements, and correcting a Dow technical service letter of October 16, 1974 that attributed a toxicology statement to Union Carbide. The exhibit also includes that Dow letter and an Asbestos Information Association pamphlet, 'Asbestos…
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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 · 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 · April 16, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber, J. V. Murray and J. L. Myers on the NICA OSHA Commentary (1975)
A one-page Union Carbide internal memo from H. B. Rhodes forwards a National Insulation Contractors Association (NICA) commentary on OSHA asbestos regulations. Rhodes points to one paragraph (Article IX, page 7) saying OSHA allowed contractors…
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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 · April 28, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to J. V. Murray on Dow Toxicology Literature, Transmitting Myers Plastics Paper, Talk Script and RG-244 Brochure (1975)
A cover memo from H. B. Rhodes to the UCC Law Department forwarding background on the Dow toxicology literature: John L. Myers's May 1974 SPE paper 'Chrysotile Asbestos in Plastics', an annotated script of Myers's October 1974 NACE talk, and the…
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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 · August 23, 1976
B. L. Murray to J. H. Murray on Potential Asbestos Exposure from South Charleston Plant Storeroom Materials, with Attached Data Sheet and Plant Stores Sampling Report (1976)
…H. Murray on potential asbestos exposure in plant storerooms (Buildings 307-1 and 8-505) Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Division Environmental Health Data Sheet for asbestos (chrysotile), South Charleston Plant Industrial hygiene memo dated July…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 16, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber, J. V. Murray and J. L. Myers on NICA OSHA Commentary, with Attached NICA OSHA Task Force Reports (1975)
A Union Carbide internal memo forwarding a National Insulation Contractors Association (NICA) commentary on OSHA's 1972 asbestos standard. The memo notes that NICA reported OSHA allows a contractor to monitor by function rather than at…