33 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 5, 1986
T. E. Hanning to S. W. Clark and Others on Asbestos Update: Union Support for Proposed EPA Ban (1986)
…marked 'For Your Information', reporting that labor unions were endorsing a proposed EPA asbestos ban and contending that OSHA's 0.2 fiber/cc limit gave insufficient worker protection. It also summarizes the proposed EPA rule…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 12, 1986
C. P. Maxwell to Browning, Collins, Graham, Keller, Mills, Noble and Rucker Transmitting M. A. Patel's OSHA Amended Asbestos Standard Training Slides (1986)
A handwritten cover note dated September 12, 1986 from C. P. Maxwell forwards copies of overhead slides that Manhar Patel prepared and used in a training session for Services and Construction Department supervisors on the OSHA amended asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 3, 1979
Ron Ritchie to J. B. Leverton and R. J. Taylor Forwarding OSHA Jobsite Information Survey Correspondence (1979)
Cover memo from Ron Ritchie passing along correspondence about OSHA Jobsite Information Surveys, with an Employee Relations memo from R. V. Welty (Oct. 1, 1979) and a Sept. 21, 1979 letter from Law Department attorney John W. Whittlesey to J. B.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 3, 1985
M. F. Stowers and Manhar A. Patel to W. T. Shelton: Industrial Hygiene Monitoring for Asbestos, Bldg. 707 Heliflo Insulation Stripping (1985)
Industrial hygiene monitoring report dated May 3, 1985 on personal air samples taken April 26, 1985 from two workers stripping old insulation from a heliflo system in Bldg. 707. Results were 0.38 and 0.27 fibers/cc over 35 minutes, compared against…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 22, 1985
G. W. Phares to B. H. Avashia, M.D., and Others on Asbestos Monitoring at South Charleston Plant (1985)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting asbestos exposure monitoring done on November 18, 1985 while construction employees stripped and bagged insulation from a tank at the South Charleston polyols unit. It states that all samples were below…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 26, 1987
Kirk E. Martin to A. L. Welch on Asbestos Exposure Monitoring at Texas City, with Attached OSHA Appendix A and Related Correspondence (1987)
…1987 memo in which Kirk E. Martin responded to a contractor's complaint that Union Carbide's Texas City laboratory air-sample results for asbestos were inaccurate, stating the results stood and citing the OSHA counting…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 12, 1984
M. F. Stowers to G. W. Phares on Asbestos Monitoring During Insulation Stripping at the Institute Plant (1984)
Internal memo reporting personal asbestos exposure monitoring on November 13, 1984 during stripping of about 100 ft of asbestos-containing steam line insulation at the Institute plant. It states that all four samples were well below the 2.0 fibers…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 19, 1977
T. J. Covin to J. P. Alexander and Others on Compliance with the EPA Asbestos Regulation (1977)
Internal correspondence from T. J. Covin of the Taft EP Dept. to plant recipients about the EPA National Emission Standard for Asbestos (40 CFR 61), which requires EPA notification of removal of asbestos-containing insulation or fireproofing above…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 16, 1985
M. F. Stowers to R. S. Howell on Asbestos Monitoring During Insulation Stripping at the Institute Plant (1985)
Internal memo reporting asbestos air monitoring done on May 7, 1985 while construction employees stripped about 200 ft. of insulation from 3 inch process lines near the Pesticide B Unit at the Institute plant. It states all samples were below the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 12, 1979
W. H. Barlow to J. B. Leverton on Asbestos Removal and Showers for Workers, with Attached Texas Air Control Board Delegation Memo and EPA Notice (1979)
A packet opening with a February 12, 1979 memo from W. H. Barlow to J. B. Leverton asking whether the Texas City plant's asbestos removal procedure needs revision, with particular concern that showers be provided for workers. Behind it are a January…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 13, 1985
S. J. Footer to F. S. Provenzano on the Texas City Plant Insulation Repair Program (1985)
Internal memo of August 13, 1985 recommending that the Texas City plant insulation repair project be split into operating facilities and facilities shut down for future demolition, with repair completion targets of one to three years depending on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1979
Kirk E. Martin to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Complaint Investigation at the Texas City Plant (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting an OSHA industrial hygienist's follow-up inspection on October 30, 1979 at the Texas City Plant, prompted by employee complaints of overexposure to ozone, argon and metal fumes while welding…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 7, 1986
A. F. Terry to T. L. Collins and Others on Asbestos Exposure Monitoring of Steam Line Stripping, Building 726 (1986)
Internal Union Carbide memo transmitting asbestos air-monitoring results for two employees, R. P. Hess and F. R. Creech, who stripped asbestos insulation from steam lines outside and inside the Building 726 compressor room on September…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 13, 1984
W. J. Raglan to J. B. Leverton Transmitting Response to Operational Safety and Health Survey of the Acetone Unit, Plant 512, with Asbestos Exposure Item (1984)
A September 13, 1984 internal letter from W. J. Raglan to J. B. Leverton says responses to the OS/HS Team's March 1984 audit recommendations for the Acetone Unit were completed and cost estimates were being generated. It is followed by a cover page…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 1, 1984
K. S. Teague to J. B. Leverton on an OSHA Inquiry About High Density Polyethylene (1984)
Internal memo reporting a November 1, 1984 telephone call from OSHA Compliance Officer Roy Piggee, who requested a Material Safety Data Sheet on UCC chemical #348, High Density Polyethylene. The writer said Piggee told him OSHA had received a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 11, 1984
Kirk E. Martin to J. B. Leverton on Asbestos Demolition Inspection by Galveston County Health District and OSHA at Texas City (1984)
…present, of the Kimmins Corp. asbestos demolition job at Building 75 of the Texas City plant. It lists the inspector's three observations and says notices of violation would be sent to Union Carbide and Kimmins.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 22, 1986
M. A. Patel to Distribution List on the Amended OSHA Asbestos Standard, with T. E. Hanning's Summary of Changes (1986)
A July 22, 1986 internal memo from Technical Center industrial hygienist Manhar A. Patel reported that OSHA had amended its asbestos standard and attached T. E. Hanning's summary of the changes. The summary covers the lower exposure limit,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 8, 1982
J. S. Cornell to F. Beauvilliers and Others on Asbestosis Illness Recording History at South Charleston (1982)
Internal Union Carbide memo from the Safety & Health department at South Charleston, West Virginia. It reports that a number of asbestosis illnesses had been recorded there since the start of 1980, that most cases were not…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 5, 1986
T. E. Hanning to S. W. Clark and Others on an Asbestos Update: Proposed EPA Ban and OSHA Exposure Limit (1986)
One-page memorandum "for your information" reporting that labor unions were endorsing a proposed EPA asbestos ban and contended OSHA's 0.2 fibers per cubic centimeter limit gave insufficient protection. It also summarized the proposed…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 15, 1985
Kirk E. Martin to S. J. Footer, J. B. Leverton, L. D. Pell and A. P. Yalcinkaya on the NESHAPS Asbestos Site Visit at the Texas City Plant (1985)
Internal memo reporting a February 13, 1985 visit by Jackie Ickes of the Galveston County Health Department to inspect compliance with the NESHAPS Asbestos Standard at Kimmins Corp. demolition work sites at the Texas City Plant. It describes minor…