42 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 3
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 28, 1967
N. L. Zutty to Distribution on the 1967 Asbestos Laboratory Program, with R. G. Woolery's Program Summary (1967)
Cover memo from N. L. Zutty to a distribution list transmitting a summary of the 1967 laboratory program on asbestos carried out under R. G. Woolery at Niagara Falls, and asking for comments on consolidating overlapping programs. The attached…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 12, 1980
G. F. Hurley to B. E. Bess and Others on Asbestos Exposure Monitoring in the SEVIN Operations Area (1980)
Letter reporting asbestos air monitoring in the SEVIN operations area on September 3, 1980, which showed 0.1 fiber per cc. Six breathing-zone samples were taken on three men, but an analytical error left only one valid sample, for Mr. Smith. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 12, 1980
G. F. Hurley to B. E. Bess, P. W. Young and Others on Asbestos Exposure Monitoring in the SEVIN Operations Area (1980)
Letter reporting that asbestos monitoring in the SEVIN operations area on September 3, 1980 showed 0.1 fiber per cc, which it described as below the present OSHA standard. Six breathing-zone samples were taken on three men, but because of an…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 26, 1981
E. L. Adkins to C. F. Morris on Asbestos Monitoring Data for Gasket Fabrication, Building 325, Institute Plant (1981)
Internal memo from E. L. Adkins (Industrial Hygiene) reporting asbestos air monitoring on October 6, 1981 in the gasket fabrication area of Building 325, Institute Plant, where an employee cut Garlok sheets into gaskets. One personal and one area…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 28, 1967
N. L. Zutty to J. W. Biddle and Others Transmitting R. G. Woolery's 1967 Asbestos Laboratory Program Summary (1967)
Internal Plastics Division cover memo from N. L. Zutty forwarding a summary of the 1967 asbestos laboratory program run by R. G. Woolery at Niagara Falls, with a proposal to consider consolidating some programs with similar work elsewhere in Group…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 17, 1977
W. F. Blythe Jr. to A. A. Sousa on Asbestos and Dust Levels During Synthetic Soil Preparation with Vermiculite, Building 741 (1977)
Internal industrial hygiene report on air sampling for asbestos and nuisance dust during preparation of synthetic soil in Building 741 on September 15-16 and October 25, 1977. The sampling was requested by Ag Chemicals because the W. R. Grace…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 21, 1977
G. W. Bott to W. T. Shelton on Water Sprayers for Removing Asbestos Pipe Covering at the Tech Center (1977)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence from G. W. Bott to W. T. Shelton recommending the purchase of two one-gallon garden-type sprayers, similar to the Hudson Model 6215, for the Tech Center. The sprayers were to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 11, 1967
R. E. Byrne, Jr. and S. Chwastiak, The Chemical Modification of UCC Chrysotile Asbestos. I. Silica Modification for Viscosity Control (1967)
Research report describing a laboratory and pilot-plant process for treating UCC chrysotile asbestos with sodium silicate and acetic acid at pH 8. The treated product, R-G244, was developed to thicken polyester resins in place of colloidal silica.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 24, 1965
J. D. Young to K. B. Lanham on Dust Sampling of "Carey-Temp" Insulation Block Cutting (1965)
Internal correspondence from Industrial Hygiene reporting on a dust sampling series run in the Insulation Fabrication Shop while a head grinder machine cut "Carey-Temp" insulation block. It said the dust-exposure health hazard of the operation was…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 25, 1977
W. F. Blythe, Jr. to D. R. Paugh and Others on Asbestos Air Monitoring at the South Charleston Plant (1977)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting air sampling done on August 8, 1977 during removal of wet insulation, possibly containing asbestos, from a furnace at the South Charleston mainland powerhouse. It states that the results complied with…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 24, 1955
J. D. Young to K. B. Lanham on Dust Sampling of "Carey-Temp" Insulation Block Cutting (1955)
Internal Chemicals Division memo from Industrial Hygiene at the Institute Plant to the Insulation Fabrication Shop. It reported results of dust sampling done while a head grinder machine cut "Carey-Temp" insulation block. It said the health hazard…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 29, 1967
K. Park, Interaction of Water-Soluble Polymers with Chrysotile Asbestos, Rheological Studies (1967)
Research report by K. Park on laboratory studies of how water-soluble anionic, non-ionic and cationic polymers interact with chrysotile asbestos in water, using viscometry and electrophoresis. It reports dispersion, flocculation and surface-charge…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 16, 1982
Manhar A. Patel to J. C. Smith on Dust and MEK Monitoring in the Sandblast Shed, 511 Construction Institute Plant (1982)
Internal Union Carbide letter reporting dust sampling for 'Black Beauty' in the Sandblast Shed and methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) sampling in the Paint Preparation Shed at the 511 Construction Institute Plant, May-June 1982. It says…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 25, 1977
W. F. Blythe, Jr. to A. S. Howard and Others on Asbestos Air Sampling During Insulation Removal at Institute Powerhouse (1977)
Internal memo reporting air samples taken August 15, 1977 during removal of possibly asbestos-containing insulation at the Institute, West Virginia powerhouse. It reports personal sample concentrations of 2.59 and 2.61 fibers/cc and an area sample…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 9, 1976
H. H. Frazier to P. H. Day on Employee Exposure to Asbestos in Plant Stores Building 330 (1976)
Memo reporting area and personal air samples for asbestos fibers taken on June 7 and June 16, 1976 at asbestos rope and gasket storage bins in Plant Stores Building 330, after questions from Plant Stores employees. Counts ranged from 0.0 to 1.0…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 2, 1977
S. D. Herzog to D. R. Paugh and B. H. Thomas on Compliance with EPA Asbestos Regulation, with Enclosed Federal Register Asbestos Standard Amendments (1977)
A cover letter from S. D. Herzog of Chemicals and Plastics (South Charleston, WV) forwarding guidance on complying with the EPA hazardous air pollutants regulation (40 CFR 61) for removal and disposal of asbestos-containing insulation and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 25, 1977
W. F. Blythe, Jr. to A. S. Howard and Others on Asbestos Monitoring at the Institute Powerhouse (1977)
Internal memo reporting air sampling on August 15, 1977 during removal of insulation possibly containing asbestos at the Institute, West Virginia powerhouse. It reports two personal samples (2.59 and 2.61 fibers/cc) and one area sample (0.48…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 20, 1981
M. A. Patel to W. L. Browning and J. W. Perry, Jr. on Asbestos Monitoring in the Gasket Shop, Institute Plant (1981)
Internal memo reporting area and personal asbestos exposure monitoring in the Gasket Shop (laundry, Building 3 of the Construction Department) at the Institute Plant, done by the plant's industrial hygiene group on October 2 and 9, 1981. It states…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 24, 1973
H. H. Frazier to Fred Williams on Asbestos Sampling Values in the Plant 511 Insulation Fabrication Shop (1973)
Internal correspondence from the Employee Relations Hygiene/Safety department at the Institute Plant, forwarding asbestos fiber counts from 15 personal samples taken in 1972 at the Plant 511 Insulation Fabrication Shop. The tasks sampled involved…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 2, 1977
Bill Blythe to Randy Noble Forwarding S. D. Herzog's Memo on Compliance with the EPA Asbestos Regulation (1977)
A handwritten Union Carbide cover memo from Bill Blythe to Randy Noble on the subject of the asbestos EPA notification requirement, saying it is further documentation that construction personnel were informed of EPA regulations in 1977…