32 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 9, 1983
V. D. Dutcher to Distribution List on Updated Exposure Standards and Guidelines for Latex Chemicals, Including Asbestos (1983)
Internal Union Carbide memo marked 'Business Confidential' that transmitted updated lists of Latex chemicals with personnel exposure standards set by UCC, UCC Divisions or OSHA, and exposure guidelines recommended by the ACGIH. The attached tables list…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1981
Breathing Air Inspection and Audit and Sanitation Inspection Forms for Reaction #2 (1981)
Four pages of completed plant inspection forms for the Reaction #2 area: a two-page Breathing Air Inspection and Audit checklist and a two-page Sanitation Inspection checklist. On the breathing air form every item is checked "Yes" and the comments…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 18, 1979
Kirk E. Martin to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Investigation of Ethylene Oxide Filter Changing at Texas City (1979)
Internal memo from an industrial hygienist reporting an OSHA industrial hygienist's October 16, 1979 visit to the Texas City plant to investigate potential employee exposure during changing of ethylene oxide filter cartridges. It describes an…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 18, 1979
Kirk E. Martin to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Investigation of Ethylene Oxide Filter Change at Texas City (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo from an industrial hygienist at Texas City reporting an October 16, 1979 OSHA visit on potential employee exposure during changing of ethylene oxide filter cartridges at the loading rack. It describes the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Draft Script and Film Shot Notes for a Texas City Plant Presentation on Asbestos Hazards and Stripping Procedures (undated)
Mostly handwritten script and film-shot notes for a slide or film presentation to Texas City plant personnel on asbestos health hazards and on protective equipment, barricading, wet stripping, bagging and disposal of asbestos insulation. Typed pages…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 7, 1979
J. C. Ledvina to J. H. Barrett and Others on an OSHA Visit to the Texas City Plant (1979)
Internal memo reporting a visit by two OSHA representatives to the Texas City plant to discuss ethylene production and ethylene oxide use. It lists nine points from the discussion, including OSHA's interest in brain tumors among plant workers, a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
D. E. Gould to J. H. Barrett and Others on Asbestos Warning for Heat Resistant Phenolics
…E. Gould stating that the asbestos fibers in Union Carbide's heat resistant phenolic compounds were considered modified by a bonding agent and therefore exempt from the caution-label requirement in the June 7, 1972 Federal…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 20, 1979
A. Perihan Yalcinkaya to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Visit to the Texas City Plant (1979)
Internal correspondence reporting an OSHA compliance officer's August 17, 1979 visit to the Texas City Plant in response to an employee complaint about resin dust levels and respirator use in Solvent Vinyl Resins Drying Bldg. 121. It describes the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 9, 1979
Harvey R. Schulz to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Complaint Investigation at the Texas City Plant Van Box Shop (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo dated October 9, 1979 reporting an OSHA industrial hygienist's October 3, 1979 visit to the Texas City Plant to investigate an employee complaint of overexposure to ozone, argon and metal fumes…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Handwritten Draft Talking Points on Asbestos Health Hazards and Plant Safety Practices, Addressed to Dr. Glenn (undated)
A one-page handwritten draft, headed 'Dr Glenn', of remarks about asbestos for what looks like a safety presentation to plant workers. It says asbestos is found in plant work areas and in household products, and that inhaling dust or fibers has been…
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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 · August 20, 1979
A. P. Yalcinkaya to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Inspection of the Texas City Plant's Solvent Vinyl Resins Drying Building (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting an OSHA industrial hygienist's August 17, 1979 visit to the Texas City Plant after an employee complaint about resin dust levels and respirator use in Solvent Vinyl Resins Drying Bldg…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 9, 1979
Harvey R. Schulz to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Complaint Investigation at the Texas City Plant Van Box Shop (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting an OSHA industrial hygienist's October 3, 1979 visit to the Texas City Plant to investigate an employee complaint of overexposure to ozone, argon and metal fumes during welding in the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 27, 1980
J. B. Leverton to D. H. Glenn, R. E. Kirkland and A. P. Yalcinkaya on Preparation Meetings for the OSHA Trial in Houston (1980)
Internal Union Carbide memo from Texas City asking three recipients to attend preparation meetings on September 17 and 18, 1980, in J. B. Leverton's office ahead of an OSHA trial in Houston on September 23…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 14, 1979
J. B. Leverton to J. H. Barrett et al. on OSHA Investigation at the Texas City Plant (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting an OSHA industrial hygienist's March 14, 1979 visit to the Texas City plant to investigate an employee complaint about mercury catalyst and vinyl chloride exposure. It states that his sampling…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 17, 1972
D. E. Deese to Distribution on OSHA Respiratory Protection Requirement for Asbestos Tear-Out (1972)
Memo from the Gulf Coast Area senior industrial hygienist to a list of Union Carbide recipients reporting OSHA's interpretation of respiratory protection for asbestos tear-out or removal. It states that OSHA's Delbert Flowers…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 19, 1982
J. H. Holstein to J. E. Neff on Product List of Produced Products with TLVs and NIOSH/UCC Sampling Methods, Texas City Plant (1982)
…to J. E. Neff transmitting alphabetical and by-division lists of products sold by Union Carbide's Texas City plant, with Threshold Limit Values and UCC and NIOSH sampling and analytical method numbers and classifications. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 27, 1972
D. E. Deese to H. R. Guest on Asbestos Dust Monitoring at the Texas City Plant (1972)
Internal Union Carbide memo in which an industrial hygienist sent H. R. Guest the available asbestos dust study data for the Texas City plant. He listed limits on the data and said asbestos was still in…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 7, 1979
R. J. Taylor to J. H. Barrett and Others on OSHA Investigation of Trenching Complaint at Texas City (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting an OSHA compliance officer's visit to the Texas City plant on March 6-7, 1979, to investigate an employee complaint about an injury from a crumbling foundation in an unshored…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 16, 1984
Texas City Internal Memo to P. B. Botting and Others on Proposed Guidelines for Testing Insulation for Asbestos with the Asbestest Kit (1984)
A handwritten cover note to 'Kirk' asking for comments, questions or concerns, followed by a Texas City internal memo dated May 16, 1984. The memo proposed a six-step guideline for crafts other than insulators who are asked to remove insulation. A…