52 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 3
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 24, 1987
Union Carbide Petrochemical Divisions Safety and Health Information Manual No. 46, Assigned to J. R. Dement, with Internal Exposure Standards List (1987)
…September 24, 1987, restricted for internal use only Union Carbide Internal Exposure Standards List (pages 1-18 of the list, alternating with pages of notes of explanation and definitions), including the asbestos entry on page 3…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1987
Union Carbide Asbestos Removal and Phase-Out Papers, Including T. E. Hanning Memo on Contractor Project Development Group (1987)
…Chemicals and Plastics Business Group, use of asbestos-containing materials in the work place Grafoil seminar outline and cover sheet (Union Carbide Specialty Products Group, Cleveland) Grafoil flexible graphite newsletter on special gasketing techniques Distribution list…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 1987
Union Carbide Memos and Draft C&P Program on Phasing Out Asbestos-Containing Materials in Company Workplaces (1986-1987)
Six pages of Union Carbide papers from 1986-1987 on asbestos in the company's own facilities. They include a 9/29/86 draft Chemicals and Plastics (C&P) program to phase out asbestos-containing materials…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 21, 1986
Graham to Sal on Added Funding for Asbestos Removal, with Powerhouse Inc Rates and South Charleston Insulation Project Notes (1986)
A handwritten note dated 4/21/86 from Graham to Sal about additional funding for asbestos removal, with figures for Mainland and Upper Island. A routing note asks Jim Dement to put it in asbestos planning, and the note is stamped received May 1,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 25, 1987
J. K. Corrie to Maintenance Staff Transmitting Draft Maintenance Safety Procedure XVIII, Asbestos Handling, South Charleston Plant (1987)
A March 25, 1987 cover memo from J. K. Corrie circulating a final review draft of Maintenance Safety Procedure XVIII, Asbestos Handling, for the South Charleston plant, with comments requested by April 3, 1987. The attached 20-page draft (dated…
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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 · May 21, 1987
South Charleston Plant Accident/Incident Report and Review Board Analysis on Vapor Release Under Plastic Enclosure at Tanks 643-644 During Asbestos Insulation Removal (1987)
Accident/incident report and informal Review Board analysis of a May 21, 1987 near-miss in the Polyols department at South Charleston. Reactor contents transferred to tank 643 vented into a plastic enclosure installed for asbestos insulation…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 2, 1987
L. S. Magelssen and H. W. Wegert to J. F. Dodd et al. on Status of Contingency Items for Asbestos Insulation Removal Upgrade, South Charleston (1987)
Two-page memorandum reporting that two contingency items attached to the May 19, 1987 health, safety and environmental endorsement of the South Charleston Asbestos Insulation Removal Upgrade-Phase I had been resolved. It discusses review of the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 11, 1987
M. J. Shoger to J. K. Corrie and Others on Asbestos Enclosures and HWP Requirements Meeting (1987)
Internal Union Carbide memo announcing a June 19 meeting, sponsored by Chuck Rotthoff, with Institute, South Charleston and Sistersville personnel on plant practices for enclosures used in asbestos removal. It states there were two close calls…
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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 · February 11, 1987
W. J. Vincent to J. K. Corrie Transmitting Responses to Asbestos Abatement and Removal Questions, South Charleston Plant (1987)
Internal Union Carbide memo from W. J. Vincent to J. K. Corrie forwarding answers to questions raised at a recent meeting on asbestos abatement and removal. The attached "Asbestos Management" Q&A covers negative pressure enclosures…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 7, 1987
J. K. Corrie to H. W. Wegert and G. M. Whipple on Environmental Concerns in the South Charleston Insulation Upgrade Project, with Revised Asbestos Handling Procedure (1987)
Internal correspondence from J. K. Corrie transmitting the revised South Charleston Plant Maintenance Safety Procedure XVIII on asbestos handling. The memo says the revision addresses concerns raised in an October 30, 1986 review of the plant's…
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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 · October 30, 1986
H. W. Wegert and G. M. Whipple to J. R. Dement and Others on Health, Safety and Environmental Review of the South Charleston Insulation Upgrade Project (1986)
Memorandum reporting a health, safety and environmental review of a three-year project to remove, replace and seal asbestos insulation at the South Charleston Plant. It recommends endorsement contingent on revising Maintenance Procedure XVIII to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 30, 1986
H. W. Wegert and G. M. Whipple to J. R. Dement et al. on Health, Safety, and Environmental Review of the South Charleston Insulation Upgrade Project (1986)
Memorandum reporting a health, safety and environmental review of a three-year project to upgrade asbestos insulation at the South Charleston Plant. It recommended endorsement contingent on revising Maintenance Procedure XVIII to comply with the…
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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 · March 4, 1986
D. H. Ott to J. R. Dement and S. Rossi on Tank Insulation in 1986, with Tank Insulation Needs Table (1986)
A March 4, 1986 memo from D. H. Ott to J. R. Dement and S. Rossi about the 1986 budget for tank insulation and weatherproofing work in Polyols, noting two tanks were started in 1985 because of the need to remove damaged asbestos insulation. The…