36 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 12, 1975
R. J. Klotzbach to W. C. Thurber Transmitting Answers to Supplemental Interrogatories 5 and 8 in Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide (1975)
Cover memo from Klotzbach to Thurber transmitting answers to questions 5 and 8 in Roderman v. Union Carbide Answer to Question 5: Technology Department history, functions, quality assurance and safety responsibilities Answer to Question 8: asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 12, 1975
R. J. Klotzbach to W. C. Thurber Forwarding Answers to Supplemental Interrogatory Questions 5 and 8, Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide (1975)
…questions 5 and 8 prepared as background for supplemental interrogatories in Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide Corporation et al. The cover memo gives the timeline of asbestos claims, process and product development and first shipments…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 23, 1977
Harrison B. Rhodes to T. F. Carmody on House Bill H.R. 8689 and Union Carbide's Low-Profile Position (1977)
…it and that Johns-Manville had talked with the Tobacco Lobby. He asked for a Law Department commentary on the current version and said he planned to keep a very low profile position for Union Carbide.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 3, 1980
Union Carbide Federal Government Relations Department Draft Issue Summary on Regulation of Asbestos (1980)
…marked UCC Business Confidential, on federal regulation of asbestos. It covers the EPA and CPSC regulatory approach, the possible financial impact on Union Carbide's asbestos business, the company's position, its allies, and its expected…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 5, 1973
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison, Jr. on Air Samples Taken at the King City South Fence Line (1973)
Internal letter marked CONFIDENTIAL in which the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer reported air samples he collected on October 24, 1973 at the south fence line of the King City site. He gave fiber counts of 0.16 and 0.12 fibers/ml (5…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 20, 1969
Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on Airborne Dust Counts at the King City Plant (1969)
Internal letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City plant, reporting airborne dust counts from samples collected on June 11 and 12, 1969. He counted particles of 5 microns or longer at eight plant locations,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 13, 1980
Harrison B. Rhodes to J. L. Myers on EPA Information Gathering Orders Under TSCA Sections 8(a) and 8(d) (1980)
…It states that the AIA/NA would make no substantive response to the 8(d) proposal, that the author planned no Union Carbide action, and that no commitments would be made without approval from UCC management.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 23, 1974
E. A. Piersall to Larrison, McDaniel, Reichard, Thurber and Welsh on Asbestos Dust Sampling and Record Keeping, with L. Larrison's June 26, 1974 Reply on King City Sampling Program (1974)
Exhibit UC-1554 contains an August 23, 1974 internal memo from E. A. Piersall (Grand Junction) saying no conclusion had been reached on his proposed asbestos dust sampling and record keeping program for King City and suggesting a discussion during…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 23, 1972
R. W. Cope Project Report on Industrial Hygiene Survey and Asbestos Air Analyses at the Bound Brook Plant (1972)
Project report (Project 910E10) on a February 14-15, 1972 visit to the Bound Brook Plant to sample air for asbestos fibers near Unit B, Building 3, and for nuisance dust at Unit 5, and to survey other production units for environmental health…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 16, 1974
W. C. Thurber to Dr. J. J. Welsh on Confidentiality of Employee Physical Examinations Under the OSHA Asbestos Regulations, with Attached March 4, 1974 Memo (1974)
…is a March 4, 1974 memo to Thurber from the "Calidria" Asbestos department at Niagara Falls. It reported union pressure for confidential exam results and suggested that the Consumer Product Safety Commission needed background on asbestos.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1977
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber Transmitting Draft SPE Paper on Consumer Safety in Asbestos-Containing Plastics (1977)
…fiber concentrations in tape-joint compound use, including Rohl data, Union Carbide commercial survey, and OSHA compliance data Table V and further data tables on fiber concentrations during wet-out, cleanup and consumer installations (some OCR…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 11, 1975
L. J. LaPrance to W. J. Ziemba on Asbestos and Carbon Fiber Air Sampling at the Tarrytown Technical Center (1975)
…amines and fish toxicity, computer data room noise) Union Carbide Chemicals Division laboratory manual industrial hygiene method for determining amines in air (gas chromatography), enclosure Photocopied reference table on amines and amino compounds and their effects…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 27, 1968
Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on Dust Concentrations at the King City Asbestos Facility, December 1968 Sampling (1968)
Internal Union Carbide letter from an industrial hygiene engineer to the King City plant, reporting airborne dust concentrations measured at the King City asbestos facility on December 10-12, 1968. It compares the results with the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 22, 1983
L. A. Crisorio to T. W. Carmody et al. Transmitting Minutes of April 7, 1983 Meeting on the Financial Impact of the Miller Bill (1983)
Internal memo transmitting minutes of an April 7, 1983 ad hoc meeting that reviewed the financial impact on the Metals Division of a proposed Miller Bill to fund compensation for asbestos and other toxic substance claims. The attachments include…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 14, 1978
Harry Rhodes to T. F. Carmody and Others Transmitting Draft AIA/NA Response to OSHA Generic Standard Proposal (1978)
A handwritten cover note from Harry Rhodes of Calidria Asbestos sends recipients a draft Asbestos Information Association/North America (AIA/NA) response to OSHA's October 4, 1977 generic carcinogen standard proposal. The note asks for comments…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 18, 1968
A. E. Pufahl to F. D. Dexter on the Effect of an Asbestos Business Plan on Pulp and Paper (1968)
…the Pulp and Paper department to F. D. Dexter estimating the financial effects on Pulp and Paper sales if Union Carbide abandoned asbestos. It reviews the paper-industry asbestos customers, including a nine-account "hard core…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 31, 1978
Harrison B. Rhodes (signed by John L. Myers) to Dr. J. J. Welsh and T. W. Carmody on Sputum Cytology Results from the King City Asbestos Plant (1978)
A January 1978 memo forwarding Mr. Malacarne's discussion of sputum cytology results from the King City asbestos plant, asking whether the data were sufficient for journal publication or could be used to enhance the company's image. The memo gives…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 8, 1974
E. A. Piersall to Dr. J. J. Welsh on Planned King City and Bishop Visits to Local Doctors (1974)
Internal correspondence from the Safety department in Grand Junction, Colorado, to the company's New York medical director about his planned March 1974 visits to doctors serving King City and Bishop. It proposes a company-sponsored dinner meeting…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 23, 1974
Leo J. LaFrance to C. Frankenberger on Asbestos Air Sampling at the Linde Division Speedway Factory Acetylene Cylinder Filling Building (1974)
Letter from an industrial hygienist reporting a follow-up survey on August 6-7, 1974 of the acetylene cylinder filling building at the Speedway Factory in Indianapolis, with an attached table of asbestos air sample results. It reported readings…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 2, 1973
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison Transmitting Airborne Fiber Survey Results for the King City Mill (1973)
Internal letter, marked Confidential, from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City plant, transmitting a survey of airborne fiber (5.0 microns or longer) taken March 20-21, 1973. It gave estimated weighted exposures for…