56 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 3
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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
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 · January 1983
Mario Gutierrez Safety Audit Forms for Maintenance (Hearing Conservation, Hearing Protection, Noise) and Stores (Detector Tubes) (1983)
Set of completed safety audit forms dated January 1983. It includes a Share Audit Procedure form on Hearing Conservation for Maintenance, Hearing Protection and Noise inspection checklists for Maintenance, and a Detector Tubes expiration audit for…
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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 · February 1, 1983
Share Audit Procedure and Chemical Inspection Audit Forms for Chlorothene Handling and Chemical System Inventory, Energy/Oxygen Department (1983)
Six pages of completed safety audit forms from 1983: a Share Audit Procedure sheet for the chlorothene handling procedure, a Chlorothene Handling Inspection and Audit checklist for Building 364, and Chemical System Inventory Inspection and Audit…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 2, 1983
Share Audit Procedure and Chlorothene Handling Inspection and Audit, Linde Department, by Mario Gutierrez (1983)
Two-page set of audit forms dated March 2, 1983, for the Linde department. The first is a Share Audit Procedure form on chlorothene handling, with one person interviewed and mostly yes answers. The second is a Chlorothene Handling Inspection and…
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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 · 1981
Share Audit Procedure and Ventilation Inspection and Audit of Lab Hood, Building 522 Recovery Department (1981)
A Share Audit Procedure form for the Recovery Department's ventilation procedure, dated fourth quarter 1981, with a ventilation inspection and audit checklist for a lab hood in Building 522 Recovery. The audit form marked no deficiency and…
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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 · November 7, 1978
K. Gran Townsend to A. L. Barefoot, R. H. Chase, L. T. Windel/K. A. Windhorst and J. L. Wyatt Transmitting the 1978 Brownsville Plant Ventilation Survey (1978)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence from the Brownsville, Texas plant transmitting a copy of the semi-annual 1978 OSHA-required ventilation survey. The memo says the survey addresses dust collector and fume hood performance and recommendations for…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 18, 1983
Reaction Department Share Audit and Noise, Hearing Protection and Detector Tube Inspection Forms Completed by Mario Gutierrez (1983)
Set of January 1983 audit and inspection forms for the Reaction department. It includes a Share Audit Procedure sheet on hearing conservation and detector tubes, noise and hearing protection inspections for Reaction #1 and #2, and detector tube…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 8, 1983
Share Audit Procedure and Sanitation Inspection Checklists for Cafeteria and Vending Machines, Employee Relations (1983)
A Share Audit Procedure form for the Employee Relations department dated 3-8-83 covering the Sanitation procedure, followed by completed sanitation inspection checklists for cafeteria vending machines and the cafeteria food service establishment.…
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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 · 1981
Share Audit Procedure and Ventilation Inspection and Audit of Lab Hood, Building 522 Recovery Department (4Q 1981)
A Share Audit Procedure form for the Recovery Department's ventilation procedure, dated 4Q 1981, followed by a Ventilation Inspection and Audit checklist for a lab hood in Building 522 Recovery. The form records no deficiency, says the procedure is…
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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 · 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 · October 5, 1982
W. I. ("Bill") to Plant Staff on Revised Procedure for Disposal of Asbestos Insulation Waste via BFI (1982)
A handwritten memo dated 10-5-82 announcing a revised procedure for disposing of asbestos-containing insulation. It states that Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) Waste Systems obtained permission from three governmental agencies to haul the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 23, 1975
L. T. Windel to Operating Department Heads on Proposed Toxic Substances Legislation Affecting Brownsville (1975, with 1982 memo)
A June 1975 internal memo from L. T. Windel at the Brownsville, Texas plant circulated lists of chemicals on government regulatory lists (OSHA, NIOSH, EPA, Toxic Substances Control Act). The lists include asbestos, and the attachments mark which…