35 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 25, 1983
Industrial Hygiene Results: Identification of Insulation Samples from the Steam Plant, by H. G. Kuntz and K. E. Williams (1983)
Industrial hygiene report dated March 25, 1983, giving results of chemical microscopy on insulation samples collected March 9 and 17, 1983 at the Steam Plant. The T-49 condensate tank sample appeared to contain some asbestos; the other two samples…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 8, 1983
K. E. Williams Industrial Hygiene Results on Airborne Asbestos Near #3 Boiler, with IHI-Kemron Fiber Count Analyses (1983)
Union Carbide Industrial Hygiene Results, April 8, 1983: asbestos fiber concentrations at #3 boiler, signed K. E. Williams, with handwritten annotations IHI-Kemron report KM-25-0017-83, March 28, 1983, to K. E. Williams: asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 26, 1983
Thomas A. Lincoln to H. C. Lewinsohn on Proposal to Classify Chest Radiographs of UCC Headquarters Personnel (1983)
Internal Union Carbide memo of August 26, 1983 from the Corporate Medical Director to Dr. H. C. Lewinsohn, responding to a proposal to classify chest radiographs of corporate headquarters personnel under the ILO pneumoconiosis classification (revised…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 15, 1983
R. W. Rebholz to W. C. Thurber on Substituting a Revised Asbestos Label for the OSHA Label (1983)
Internal Union Carbide memo from R. W. Rebholz to W. C. Thurber proposing that a different attached label replace the OSHA-mandated asbestos label on UCC asbestos products shipped to U.S. users, subject to OSHA…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 25, 1983
Industrial Hygiene Results: Insulation Sampling on Water Tank T-1098, Esters Area, by H. G. Kuntz and K. E. Williams (1983)
One-page industrial hygiene report dated March 25, 1983, on samples of loose and rigid insulation taken on March 23, 1983 from water tank T-1098 near the Esters tower. Chemical microscopy found no asbestos in either sample, and the report…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 17, 1983
J. S. Cornell to C. E. Fry, Dr. R. W. Holland and Others on a Meeting About Asbestos-Related Medical Issues (1983)
Internal correspondence from J. S. Cornell (Safety & Health) calling a March 29 meeting at South Charleston to discuss asbestos-related medical issues. The memo proposed reviewing South Charleston's diagnostic practices, their applicability to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 4, 1987
A. L. Barefoot to Location Managers on Employee Pulmonary Problems (1987)
A memo marked Business Confidential reporting that Dr. H. C. Lewinsohn of Corporate Medical said at an OSHA/Asbestos meeting in Danbury that employees with asbestosis or other severe pulmonary problems should not work with asbestos materials.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 28, 1987
D. Liebeskind to L. W. Phair on Asbestos Orientation for Sistersville Plant Workers, with Asbestos Abatement Brochure (1987)
…would conduct an asbestos orientation for workers at the Sistersville plant for about $1000/day plus expenses. The memo asks for the Union's views and attaches a brochure, 'Asbestos Abatement: Doin' It Right – Work Practices'…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 30, 1983
J. S. Cornell to B. H. Avashia and Others on Asbestos-Related Medical Issues and OSHA 200 Log Recording (1983)
Internal memo from the Safety & Health department summarizing a March 29, 1983 South Charleston meeting on asbestos-related medical issues. It covers chest X-ray review, recording of asbestos-related abnormalities on the OSHA 200 Log, and follow-up…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 9, 1983
J. S. Cornell to H. W. Himes, R. W. Holland and F. M. Plechaty Forwarding Lewinsohn's Asbestos-Related Health Information, with Fleischner Society Symposium Abstracts (1983)
A June 9, 1983 Union Carbide internal memo from J. S. Cornell forwards information provided by Dr. Lewinsohn and asks Fran Plechaty to pass a copy to Dr. Boone. Attached is Lewinsohn's June 7, 1983…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 18, 1983
W. F. Gorham to A. A. Lang and H. Lewinsohn on duPont's Asbestosis Film and Guidelines for Asbestos-Related Medical Cases, with Attached duPont Guideline Excerpts (1983)
A May 18, 1983 Union Carbide internal memo from W. F. Gorham reports that SCD representatives visited duPont's Medical Department to view its 30-minute film on asbestosis and received duPont's guidelines for diagnosing…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 3, 1983
Industrial Hygiene Results: Asbestos Fiber Counts near Roped-Off Area West of #1 Boiler, Energy Systems, by H. G. Kuntz and K. E. Williams (1983)
Industrial hygiene report dated June 3, 1983, giving results of area air samples taken on 3-15-83 and 3-17-83 near a roped-off area west of #1 boiler where insulation was to be removed (Energy Systems). Three samples measured 0.02 to 0.09 asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 9, 1983
J. S. Cornell to H. W. Himes, R. W. Holland and F. M. Plechaty Forwarding Asbestos-Related Health Information, with H. C. Lewinsohn Cover Note and Fleischner Society Abstracts (1983)
A June 9, 1983 Union Carbide internal memo from J. S. Cornell forwards asbestos-related health information supplied by Dr. H. C. Lewinsohn and asks that a copy go to Dr. Boone. Attached are Lewinsohn's…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 17, 1983
J. S. Cornell to C. E. Fry and Others on Asbestos-Related Medical Issues, Meeting Notice (1983)
Internal memo, signed by J. S. Cornell, calling a March 29 meeting at South Charleston, West Virginia, of the Silicones & Urethane Intermediates addressees. The meeting was to discuss procedures for diagnosing and reporting asbestos-related…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 6, 1987
T. L. Grittie Industrial Hygiene Results on Glove Bag Asbestos Insulation Removal and Transite Roof Removal (1987)
Two Industrial Hygiene Results reports dated April 6, 1987. The first reports airborne fiber sampling of insulators removing asbestos insulation by the glove bag technique at the SSP Unit, K-36, and recommends closer scrutiny of the method. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 9, 1983
J. S. Cornell Transmitting H. C. Lewinsohn's Asbestos Health Information, with Fleischner Society Symposium Abstracts by Gaensler and Sargent (1983)
A June 9, 1983 Union Carbide internal memo from J. S. Cornell forwarded asbestos-related health information supplied by Dr. Lewinsohn, whose June 7, 1983 cover note attached abstracts from the Fleischner Society's Thirteenth Annual…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 18, 1986
T. L. Grittie to D. A. Boggs and Others on McCrone Analysis of Jaxsan Insulation Samples at Sistersville (1986)
Memo from T. L. Grittie transmitting McCrone Environmental Services' analysis of five Jaxsan insulation samples from the Sistersville plant. The memo reports 7-15% chrysotile asbestos, higher than the supplier had stated, and says the material…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 18, 1986
T. L. Grittie to D. A. Boggs and Others on McCrone Analysis of Jaxsan Insulation Samples for Asbestos (1986)
Memo from the Sistersville plant industrial hygienist transmitting McCrone Environmental Services' analysis of five Jaxsan samples. It reports 7-15% chrysotile, higher than the supplier indicated, says the IH group will monitor insulators during…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 11, 1983
Harry Rhodes to Hilton Lewinsohn, M.D., Enclosing Asbestos Fiber Size Measurement Data on COF-25 (1983)
…enclosed, that COF-25 was the material supplied, and that COF-25 was Union Carbide's first commercial material and the base for RG-244. A stamp shows it was received by Lewinsohn on February 17…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 9, 1983
R. W. Rebholz to R. A. Butler and Others Circulating Proposed Asbestos Product Label Text (1983)
A one-paragraph internal memo from R. W. Rebholz, dated March 9, 1983, said that Dr. Lewinsohn developed a "consensus" asbestos product label text after a March 7 meeting and asked for early comments. The attached text is a warning headed "Cancer…