23 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 22, 1969
Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Memos on the Asbestos Flooring and Paper Markets, with King City Calidria 1969 Budget Pages (1969)
Compilation of two 1969 internal Union Carbide memos and five pages of King City Calidria budget schedules dated 12-16-68. The first memo reviews competitors supplying asbestos to the flooring industry (Johns-Manville, Philip Carey…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1969
F. D. Dexter to L. P. Jehle, E. A. Barr and R. D. Bower on Divesting the Calidria Asbestos Business (1969)
…in which F. D. Dexter set out his view that the corporation's interests would be best served by divesting the Calidria asbestos business. He outlined preliminary steps: make it a separate entity, run it with…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 8, 1968
F. D. Dexter to R. H. Gregory, Jr. Requesting Information on Making the Asbestos Business a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (1968)
Memo marked 'Business-Confidential, Asbestos' in which F. D. Dexter formalized a request to the Law Department and others for information on making the asbestos business a separate, wholly owned subsidiary of UCC. He listed questions on the tax…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1969
F. D. Dexter to L. P. Jehle, E. A. Barr and R. D. Bower on Divesting the Calidria Asbestos Business (1969)
…F. D. Dexter set out his views on the Calidria asbestos business. He wrote that the corporation's interests would be best served by divesting it, outlined preliminary steps (a separate subsidiary, a few incentivized people…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 20, 1978
L. T. Windel to W. W. McManus and R. C. Glock on Monitoring of Contract Personnel (1978)
Internal correspondence from the Brownsville, Texas, Chemicals and Plastics office reporting comments by Jim Murray and Joe Triplett on how to handle industrial hygiene monitoring and liability for contractor employees' exposure. It lists six points…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 10, 1982
J. L. Wyatt to D. H. Glenn, R. C. Glock and W. W. McManus Transmitting Medical Department Goals for the Brownsville Plant Health Program (1982)
Internal memo from J. L. Wyatt at the Brownsville plant transmitting a list of Medical Department goals prepared by Bobbie McDermott and asking recipients for comments on topics and priorities. The attached list covers basic health services…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 14, 1968
F. D. Dexter to E. A. Barr and Others Transmitting the Asbestos Workshop Presentation Recommending Divestiture of the Calidria Business (1968)
…1968. It includes an October 14 memo from F. D. Dexter asking permission to send a 'position paper' to Union Carbide's own people, an October 15 cover memo, handwritten notes, and the text of the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 23, 1978
K. Gran Townsend to B. F. Brown, R. C. Glock, E. O. Davis and R. F. Green Transmitting Status of OSHA Health Standards for Chemical Exposure (1978)
A cover memo from K. Gran Townsend of Union Carbide's Chemicals and Plastics unit transmitted an updated summary of OSHA standards activity as of April 1978. The attachment lists completed and proposed OSHA health standards…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 7, 1968
R. S. Wishart, Jr. to F. D. Dexter on Possible Sale of the Calidria Asbestos Project to Johns Manville (1968)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting that Kenneth Rush had spoken with Mr. Burnett of Johns Manville about the Calidria asbestos project and that Burnett would respond in about three weeks. It relays Rush's advice on…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 3, 1972
J. L. DeRoo to H. B. Coons Transmitting Annual Safety Audit Report on the Brownsville Plant (1972)
Internal correspondence dated May 3, 1972 transmitting the report of the second annual safety audit of the Brownsville Plant, conducted February 8-10, 1972. The report covers the plant's 1971 injury and fire experience, progress on 1971…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 20, 1969
N. J. Setter to F. D. Dexter, W. S. Young and L. P. Jehle on The Asbestos Market in the Flooring Industry (1969)
Internal Union Carbide memo reviewing the asbestos market in vinyl asbestos (VA) and asphalt floor tile, including estimated tonnages by customer and asbestos source, and the competitive position of Coalinga asbestos. It discusses options for increasing…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 22, 1979
K. Gran Townsend to Plant Distribution on OSHA Inspection of Brown & Root at Brownsville, with Mario Gutierrez's Inspection Summary (1979)
Cover memo of August 22, 1979 forwarding a summary of an OSHA inspection of contractor Brown & Root at the Brownsville plant, reporting that no citations were given. The attached August 16, 1979 summary to K. G. Townsend describes the August 15…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 27, 1978
L. T. Windel to K. G. Townsend Forwarding the Revised EPA Asbestos Air Pollutant Regulation, 40 CFR 61, Brownsville Plant (1978)
A two-page internal memo from L. T. Windel to K. G. Townsend at the Brownsville, Texas plant forwarding the revised asbestos air pollutant regulation. It notes the EPA notification requirement for removal of asbestos pipe covering and proposes a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 15, 1974
R. E. Graebert to W. W. McManus and R. C. Glock Transmitting the 1974 Safety Audit of the Brownsville Plant (1974)
Internal Union Carbide memo dated March 15, 1974 transmitting the 1974 annual safety audit of the Brownsville plant. The audit report covers interviews with plant employees and findings on training, the Brown and Root maintenance contractor…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 20, 1969
N. J. Setter to F. D. Dexter, W. S. Young and L. P. Jehle on The Asbestos Market in the Flooring Industry (1969)
Internal correspondence from the Chemicals and Plastics division in New York on the asbestos market in vinyl-asbestos (VA) and asphalt floor tile. It estimates total asbestos tonnage and Coalinga producers' share, tabulates estimated VA tile…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 22, 1979
K. G. Townsend to A. L. Barefoot and Others Transmitting Summary of OSHA Inspection of Brown & Root at the Brownsville Plant (1979)
A cover memo of August 22, 1979 transmits a summary of an OSHA inspection of Union Carbide's contractor Brown & Root at the Brownsville plant. The attached memo of August 16, 1979, addressed to K. G…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 30, 1977
J. L. Garcia to B. F. Brown, R. C. Glock, K. G. Townsend and Staff on the EPA Asbestos Standard and Proposed Amendment (1977)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence from the Brownsville, Texas, Chemicals and Plastics location summarizing the EPA national emission standard for asbestos, first promulgated April 6, 1973. It describes the demolition and renovation notification and removal requirements, the…
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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 · 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 · April 16, 1980
A. L. Barefoot to R. C. Glock and D. E. Hockaday on Paint and Sandblast Personnel Exposure at the Brownsville Plant (1980)
Internal correspondence summarizing an April 16, 1980 meeting on paint and sandblasting personnel exposure at the Brownsville, Texas site. It lists an action plan covering paint lead and chromium content, rearranging the sandyard/paint facility,…