46 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 3
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 24, 1987
Union Carbide Petrochemical Divisions Safety and Health Information Manual No. 46, Assigned to J. R. Dement, with Internal Exposure Standards List (1987)
…September 24, 1987, restricted for internal use only Union Carbide Internal Exposure Standards List (pages 1-18 of the list, alternating with pages of notes of explanation and definitions), including the asbestos entry on page 3…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1987
Union Carbide Asbestos Removal and Phase-Out Papers, Including T. E. Hanning Memo on Contractor Project Development Group (1987)
…Chemicals and Plastics Business Group, use of asbestos-containing materials in the work place Grafoil seminar outline and cover sheet (Union Carbide Specialty Products Group, Cleveland) Grafoil flexible graphite newsletter on special gasketing techniques Distribution list…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 1987
Union Carbide Memos and Draft C&P Program on Phasing Out Asbestos-Containing Materials in Company Workplaces (1986-1987)
Six pages of Union Carbide papers from 1986-1987 on asbestos in the company's own facilities. They include a 9/29/86 draft Chemicals and Plastics (C&P) program to phase out asbestos-containing materials…
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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 · March 21, 1984
G. D. Twait to Wayne Williams on November 1983 Revisions to SH-256, Removal and Handling of Asbestos-Containing Insulation Material (1984)
A handwritten 1984 note from G. D. Twait to Wayne Williams confirming that the asbestos permissible exposure limit in the November 1983 revision of SH-256 would stay at 0.5 fibers/cc, with attached material. The attachments are the OSHA emergency…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 21, 1986
Graham to Sal on Added Funding for Asbestos Removal, with Powerhouse Inc Rates and South Charleston Insulation Project Notes (1986)
A handwritten note dated 4/21/86 from Graham to Sal about additional funding for asbestos removal, with figures for Mainland and Upper Island. A routing note asks Jim Dement to put it in asbestos planning, and the note is stamped received May 1,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 25, 1987
J. K. Corrie to Maintenance Staff Transmitting Draft Maintenance Safety Procedure XVIII, Asbestos Handling, South Charleston Plant (1987)
A March 25, 1987 cover memo from J. K. Corrie circulating a final review draft of Maintenance Safety Procedure XVIII, Asbestos Handling, for the South Charleston plant, with comments requested by April 3, 1987. The attached 20-page draft (dated…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 21, 1987
South Charleston Plant Accident/Incident Report and Review Board Analysis on Vapor Release Under Plastic Enclosure at Tanks 643-644 During Asbestos Insulation Removal (1987)
Accident/incident report and informal Review Board analysis of a May 21, 1987 near-miss in the Polyols department at South Charleston. Reactor contents transferred to tank 643 vented into a plastic enclosure installed for asbestos insulation…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 2, 1987
L. S. Magelssen and H. W. Wegert to J. F. Dodd et al. on Status of Contingency Items for Asbestos Insulation Removal Upgrade, South Charleston (1987)
Two-page memorandum reporting that two contingency items attached to the May 19, 1987 health, safety and environmental endorsement of the South Charleston Asbestos Insulation Removal Upgrade-Phase I had been resolved. It discusses review of the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 11, 1987
M. J. Shoger to J. K. Corrie and Others on Asbestos Enclosures and HWP Requirements Meeting (1987)
Internal Union Carbide memo announcing a June 19 meeting, sponsored by Chuck Rotthoff, with Institute, South Charleston and Sistersville personnel on plant practices for enclosures used in asbestos removal. It states there were two close calls…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 28, 1985
W. C. Young to Plant Managers Department on Asbestos Exposure Effects and Potential of Non-Insulator Crafts, with Plant 514 Asbestos Dust Measurement Printouts (1985)
Internal memo of June 28, 1985 from the South Charleston Plant to the Managers Department stating that plant asbestos dust measurements were below OSHA limits, but the writer questioned whether any level of inhalation exposure is safe without…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 28, 1986
T. E. Hanning to Recipient on Review of South Charleston Plant Procedures for Removal and Disposal of Asbestos Materials (1986)
Memorandum from T. E. Hanning reviewing updates to the South Charleston plant's 514 Maintenance Department procedure for handling and disposing of asbestos insulation, following the July 1986 OSHA revision. It sets out the revised exposure limit and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 11, 1987
W. J. Vincent to J. K. Corrie Transmitting Responses to Asbestos Abatement and Removal Questions, South Charleston Plant (1987)
Internal Union Carbide memo from W. J. Vincent to J. K. Corrie forwarding answers to questions raised at a recent meeting on asbestos abatement and removal. The attached "Asbestos Management" Q&A covers negative pressure enclosures…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 7, 1987
J. K. Corrie to H. W. Wegert and G. M. Whipple on Environmental Concerns in the South Charleston Insulation Upgrade Project, with Revised Asbestos Handling Procedure (1987)
Internal correspondence from J. K. Corrie transmitting the revised South Charleston Plant Maintenance Safety Procedure XVIII on asbestos handling. The memo says the revision addresses concerns raised in an October 30, 1986 review of the plant's…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 4, 1987
A. L. Barefoot to Location Managers on Employee Pulmonary Problems (1987)
A memo marked Business Confidential reporting that Dr. H. C. Lewinsohn of Corporate Medical said at an OSHA/Asbestos meeting in Danbury that employees with asbestosis or other severe pulmonary problems should not work with asbestos materials.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 30, 1986
H. W. Wegert and G. M. Whipple to J. R. Dement and Others on Health, Safety and Environmental Review of the South Charleston Insulation Upgrade Project (1986)
Memorandum reporting a health, safety and environmental review of a three-year project to remove, replace and seal asbestos insulation at the South Charleston Plant. It recommends endorsement contingent on revising Maintenance Procedure XVIII to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 30, 1986
H. W. Wegert and G. M. Whipple to J. R. Dement et al. on Health, Safety, and Environmental Review of the South Charleston Insulation Upgrade Project (1986)
Memorandum reporting a health, safety and environmental review of a three-year project to upgrade asbestos insulation at the South Charleston Plant. It recommended endorsement contingent on revising Maintenance Procedure XVIII to comply with the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 1, 1984
C. A. McNeill to J. B. Mickey Transmitting Draft Safety and Health Requirements for Contractors, Sistersville Plant (1984)
A February 1, 1984 cover memo from C. A. McNeill to J. B. Mickey attaching a draft package of three documents on safety and health requirements for contractors at the Sistersville Plant. The package includes contractor rules, a list of potential…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 4, 1986
D. H. Ott to J. R. Dement and S. Rossi on Tank Insulation in 1986, with Tank Insulation Needs Table (1986)
A March 4, 1986 memo from D. H. Ott to J. R. Dement and S. Rossi about the 1986 budget for tank insulation and weatherproofing work in Polyols, noting two tanks were started in 1985 because of the need to remove damaged asbestos insulation. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 12, 1991
Drew Jackson to Jim Dement, Dick La Cour and Peri Yalcinkaya on Galveston County Health District Visit (1991)
Memo from Drew Jackson recounting a February 5, 1991 visit by Ronald B. Schultz of the Galveston County Health District, who came to investigate an employee complaint about asbestos exposure during the demolition of boilers at Bldg 11. The memo…