18 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 21, 1979
P. R. Schweppe to Piping Group on Discontinuing Asbestos Rope as Centering Device for Clay and Cast Iron Soil Pipe, with Attached Standards Program Memo (1979)
Cover memorandum from P. R. Schweppe transmitting a May 10, 1979 Standards Program memo about asbestos rope used as centering devices for cast iron soil pipe and clay pipe sewer and drain systems. The attached memo said handling asbestos rope may…
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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 · 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 · October 23, 1980
J. S. Cornell to L. W. Phair on Forming a Standing Project Insulation Crew at the South Charleston Plant (1980)
Internal correspondence proposing that the South Charleston Plant keep its Project Insulation Crew as a standing crew of 10 people plus a supervisor to carry out planned blocks of insulation upgrading work. It also describes scheduling, cost…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 7, 1987
G. W. Wulfert to F. E. Dailey and Others on Future Asbestos Disposal Sites at Sistersville (1987)
Memorandum dated May 7, 1987 stating that the Sistersville plant's asbestos disposal landfill was nearing the end of its life and that a new plan was needed. It called a meeting on May 26, 1987 at 1 PM in Building 33 to develop that plan.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 7, 1986
D. A. Boggs to S. L. Curtis on Serious Asbestos Health Hazard in the Monomers North Rectification Area, Sistersville Plant (1986)
Memo from the Sistersville Plant industrial hygienist reporting exposed, deteriorating asbestos insulation on distillation columns in the Monomers North Rectification Area and chunks of asbestos material found on the ground up to about 60 yards…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 30, 1987
Industrial Hygiene Results: Asbestos Exposure of UCC Design and Construction Insulators Using a Glove Bag, Polymers I Tank Farm (1987)
Industrial hygiene report dated June 30, 1987, on personal air samples taken February 13, 1987 from two UCC Design and Construction insulators removing asbestos with a glove bag at the Polymers I tank farm. One sample (0.22 f/cc) exceeded the 0.2…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 27, 1987
G. W. Wulfert Minutes of the 'Future Asbestos Disposal Site(s)' Meeting, with Related Memos on the Sistersville Asbestos Landfill (1987)
Union Carbide Sistersville, WV plant memos from May 1987 about the plant's asbestos landfill, which held asbestos insulation removed from plant equipment. The May 27 minutes record an estimate that the present landfill had about…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 29, 1986
W. V. Summers to D. Liebeskind on the Sistersville Asbestos Insulation Upgrade Project (1986)
Memo dated October 29, 1986 from W. V. Summers at the Sistersville, WV plant to D. Liebeskind, with copies to six others, giving comments on the plant's asbestos insulation upgrade project. It describes damaged installed asbestos insulation as the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 5, 1986
D. G. Beddow to L. W. Phair on Asbestos Insulation Investigation, with D. A. Boggs to S. L. Curtis on Serious Asbestos Health Hazard at the Sistersville Plant (1986)
Two Union Carbide Sistersville, WV memos from November 1986 about deteriorating asbestos insulation on six distillation columns in the methyls/monomers area. The Nov. 5 memo from D. G. Beddow describes the condition, lists repair options…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 6, 1987
T. L. Grittie Industrial Hygiene Results on Glove Bag Asbestos Insulation Removal and Transite Roof Removal (1987)
Two Industrial Hygiene Results reports dated April 6, 1987. The first reports airborne fiber sampling of insulators removing asbestos insulation by the glove bag technique at the SSP Unit, K-36, and recommends closer scrutiny of the method. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 10, 1986
Methyls Columns Upgrade Work Package for Removal of Deteriorated Asbestos Insulation at the Sistersville, WV Plant, with Plant Asbestos Handling Procedure (1986)
Work order package (Job 930-38037A) released 12-10-86 for stripping badly deteriorated asbestos insulation from six Methyls columns at the Sistersville plant and re-insulating some with calcium silicate. It includes a work description, insulation…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 6, 1987
W. V. Summers to D. G. Beddow, K. F. Carroll and L. W. Phair on Asbestos Removal Strategy at the Sistersville Plant (1987)
Memo from W. V. Summers transmitting a brief on the Sistersville plant's strategy and resources for meeting newly required OSHA asbestos handling guidelines, with cost estimates for materials and personnel. Attached is a draft procedure for…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 26, 1985
W. E. Ballard to R. G. Link on Asbestos Insulation at the South Charleston Plant (1985)
Internal memo reporting a follow-up with Corporate HS&EA on removing asbestos insulation at plant facilities. It states the corporation has no requirements beyond government regulations, summarizes the asbestos programs at Seadrift and Institute, and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 21, 1979
P. R. Schweppe to Engineering Distribution on Discontinuing Asbestos Centering Rope for Clay Pipe and Cast Iron Soil Pipe, with Attached L. A. Peggs Memo (1979)
A May 21, 1979 cover memorandum from P. R. Schweppe forwarding an attached May 10, 1979 memo from the Chemicals/Plastics Division Standards Program (questions directed to L. A. Peggs). The attached memo states that asbestos rope listed in piping…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 31, 1983
R. E. Cashdollar to J. E. Boley and J. E. Heilman on Industrial Hygiene Monitoring for Asbestos Fibers (1983)
A one-page internal memo from R. E. Cashdollar asking the recipients to begin contacting the Safety/Industrial Hygiene Department on most asbestos removal operations, to improve the company's data base. It states the department would respond as…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 2, 1978
J. C. C. Note to Steve on Asbestos Products Used at PL 514, with Materials Management Survey Memo and Asbestos Tape Price Lists (1978)
…health team, there is no real hazard in storing and handling asbestos tapes. Attached are an April 28, 1978 Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics memo inviting J. C. Cogar to a purchasing survey interview, with handwritten…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 9, 1979
Memo to W. A. Garrett on Asbestos Insulation Stripping by Leak Repairs Inc. Contractor Personnel (1979)
A handwritten memo dated 3-9-79 at 8:30 AM to W. A. Garrett about the incident of Leak Repairs Inc. personnel stripping asbestos insulation while repairing valve packing in the Building 200 area. The writer reported that no one had found any…