26 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 6, 1987
T. L. Grittie's Industrial Hygiene Results on Asbestos Air Monitoring at Union Carbide Plant Operations (1987)
Eight one-page "Industrial Hygiene Results" reports dated April 6-7, 1987. Each reports airborne asbestos fiber sampling taken in January and February 1987 during plant tasks, including K-40 operator duties, pipe, reactor and heater de-insulation,…
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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 · April 7, 1987
T. L. Grittie, Industrial Hygiene Results on Asbestos Monitoring During Deinsulation of R-2 Reactor, Silanes (1987)
Industrial hygiene results dated April 7, 1987 for breathing-zone asbestos samples taken February 10, 1987 on insulators removing insulation from reactor R-2 in the Reactor Area of Silanes inside a negative pressure enclosure. The two samples…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 29, 1984
C. A. Gorrell to Maintenance First Line Supervisors on Mandatory Asbestos Hazard Training, with Sistersville Plant Asbestos Script, Slides and MSA Respirator Statement (1984)
A November 29, 1984 memo from C. A. Gorrell told maintenance first-line supervisors that an asbestos hazards program was mandatory and had to be presented to their work groups before January 1, 1985. The exhibit also holds typed and handwritten…
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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 · February 26, 1986
T. L. Grittie to R. E. Crum and Others on Results of Asbestos Analysis of Lint from Vogue-Swift Washing Machines (1986)
…results of the lint analysis (Feb. 26, 1986), with handwritten note Kemron Environmental Services fiber identification qualitative analysis form for Union Carbide, sample 5610696 (scanned upside down) Borg-Warner inter-office correspondence dated Feb. 12, 1986…
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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 · June 25, 1986
L. G. Moody to J. F. Dodd, W. V. Summers and G. W. Wulfert Transmitting Draft Outline of Project for Sistersville Plant Insulation Upgrade (1986)
A cover memo from L. G. Moody transmits a draft Outline of Project (dated June 23, 1986) for upgrading insulation at the Sistersville, WV plant, with an estimated cost of $1,500,000 capital and $600,000 expense over three years. The outline states…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 6, 1987
T. L. Grittie Industrial Hygiene Results on Glove Bag Asbestos Insulation Removal and Transite Roof Removal (1987)
Two Industrial Hygiene Results reports dated April 6, 1987. The first reports airborne fiber sampling of insulators removing asbestos insulation by the glove bag technique at the SSP Unit, K-36, and recommends closer scrutiny of the method. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 6, 1987
T. L. Grittie, Industrial Hygiene Results: Asbestos Exposure Monitoring of Pipefitter, Insulators and Operators (1987)
Five one-page 'Industrial Hygiene Results' reports, each dated April 6, 1987, giving airborne asbestos fiber results from January and February 1987 sampling. The sampled jobs were removal of an asbestos gasket, glove-bag removal of asbestos from a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 11, 1988
K. B. Purinton to W. C. Nycz on Three Year Plant Insulation Upgrade Program, Sistersville (1988)
Memo from K. B. Purinton at the Sistersville, WV plant setting out criteria for insulation to be included in a three-year plant insulation upgrade program, including asbestos insulation in areas of high mechanical disturbance. It states that…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 18, 1986
T. L. Grittie to D. A. Boggs and Others on McCrone Analysis of Jaxsan Insulation Samples at Sistersville (1986)
Memo from T. L. Grittie transmitting McCrone Environmental Services' analysis of five Jaxsan insulation samples from the Sistersville plant. The memo reports 7-15% chrysotile asbestos, higher than the supplier had stated, and says the material…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 18, 1986
T. L. Grittie to D. A. Boggs and Others on McCrone Analysis of Jaxsan Insulation Samples for Asbestos (1986)
Memo from the Sistersville plant industrial hygienist transmitting McCrone Environmental Services' analysis of five Jaxsan samples. It reports 7-15% chrysotile, higher than the supplier indicated, says the IH group will monitor insulators during…
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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 · August 18, 1987
Keith Purinton to G. W. Wulfert on the Insulation Upgrade Program at the Sistersville Plant (1987)
A memo from Keith Purinton at the Sistersville, West Virginia plant describing an insulation upgrade program, with items to be bid and contracted in three categories: obsolete or abandoned insulation that will not be replaced, insulation not…