20 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 · March 27, 1985
J. G. Roy to J. F. Dodd on the Plant Project to Eliminate Asbestos Exposure at South Charleston (1985)
Memo from J. G. Roy to J. F. Dodd about a project to eliminate asbestos exposure at the South Charleston plant, starting with the No. 2 Steam Plant. It summarizes a February 21 kickoff meeting and a meeting with an insulating contractor, objects to…
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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 · August 14, 1984
J. J. Ashworth to J. R. Dean on Winterization Lists for Area 2, South Charleston Plant, with Needed Insulation Work Lists (1984)
A one-page internal memo from J. J. Ashworth asks Area 2 operations department heads for winterization lists by 8-24-84 to prevent freeze-ups like those of 1983-84. It is followed by lists of needed pipe and equipment insulation work for several…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 25, 1985
I. L. Beckett to W. E. Ballard et al. on Minutes of the Asbestos Insulation Replacement Project, Phase I Meeting, South Charleston Plant (1985)
Memorandum giving minutes of a February 21, 1985 meeting on a project to repair and replace asbestos insulation at the South Charleston Plant. It records the 1985 funding limit, the choice of six departments to start with, the plan to use…
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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 · 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 · 1984
South Charleston Plant Winterization Insulation Program: T. G. West Cover Memo, R. G. Link Memo and Weekly Status Reports (1984)
Compilation of 1984 internal Union Carbide South Charleston Plant papers on winterization insulation work. It contains a Nov. 1, 1984 cover memo from T.G. West to J.R. Dean transmitting a status report, an Aug…
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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 · May 15, 1985
D. J. McNeil to W. E. Ballard and Others on Use of Asbestos/Non-Asbestos Gasket and Valve Packing Materials at South Charleston (1985)
Memorandum reporting a 5/10/85 meeting on use of asbestos and non-asbestos gasket and valve packing materials at the South Charleston location. It records the earlier effort to discontinue asbestos materials after the health concern, the E&TS…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 23, 1986
M. E. Knopp to Dao Nguyen on Asbestos Insulation Found at the Filmont Dump (1986)
Internal correspondence from the A-1 Insulation Supervisor at the South Charleston Plant, West Virginia, reporting an on-site inspection of the Filmont Dump for asbestos insulation discovered by the State E.P.A. Department. It says four bags of…
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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 · February 28, 1984
J. L. Worstell to J. R. Dean, P. D. Gossage and A. B. Williamson on EPD Representative for the Asbestos Capital Project (1984)
A one-paragraph internal memo dated February 28, 1984, from J. L. Worstell of Environmental Protection at the South Charleston Plant. It states that Felipe Sanchez will be the EPD representative for the proposed capital project for asbestos removal.…
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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…