33 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 20, 1983
H. G. Kuntz and K. E. Williams, Industrial Hygiene Results on Insulator Exposure During Asbestos Insulation Removal, with Spectroscopy Lab Sheet and Data Table (1983)
Page 1 is an industrial hygiene report dated June 20, 1983 on airborne asbestos measured while insulators removed asbestos-containing insulation in several plant areas, with results compared to the permissible ceiling and 8-hour TWA. Page 2 is a…
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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 · February 1, 1984
C. A. McNeill to J. B. Mickey Transmitting Draft Safety and Health Requirements for Contractors, Sistersville Plant (1984)
A February 1, 1984 cover memo from C. A. McNeill to J. B. Mickey attaching a draft package of three documents on safety and health requirements for contractors at the Sistersville Plant. The package includes contractor rules, a list of potential…
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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 · 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 11, 1983
R. E. Cashdollar to R. E. Crum on Asbestos Handling Procedures, with Draft Revision to Sistersville Plant Safety Manual (1983)
Memo dated April 11, 1983 transmitting a rough-draft revision (dated 4/10/83) of the Sistersville plant's asbestos-containing material handling procedure. The attached draft covers where asbestos may be found at the plant, health hazards, exposure…
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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…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 30, 1983
J. S. Cornell to B. H. Avashia, M.D. and Others on Asbestos-Related Medical Issues, with South Charleston Chest Radiograph Protocol (1983)
Internal Union Carbide memo summarizing a March 29, 1983 South Charleston meeting on asbestos-related medical issues. It records discussion of chest X-ray review and reporting, the timing of entries on the OSHA 200 Log…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 2, 1983
Industrial Hygiene Results: Asbestos Exposure Monitoring in the Process & Unit Control Laboratory, K. E. Williams (1983)
One-page industrial hygiene report dated June 2, 1983, on asbestos air sampling of employees of the Process & Unit Control Laboratory on March 10, 15 and 16, 1983. It reported 1.82 fibers/cc during a two-minute pressure filter preparation and 0.03…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 4, 1983
Industrial Hygiene Results on Asbestos in Insulation Samples from Polymers I, by H. G. Kuntz and K. E. Williams (1983)
One-page industrial hygiene report dated May 4, 1983, on samples of pipe insulation taken at Polymers I on 4-11-83 and 4-12-83 and examined by chemical microscopy. No asbestos was noted in insulation from K-41 piping, while insulation on a steam…