34 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 28, 1967
N. L. Zutty to Distribution on the 1967 Asbestos Laboratory Program, with R. G. Woolery's Program Summary (1967)
Cover memo from N. L. Zutty to a distribution list transmitting a summary of the 1967 laboratory program on asbestos carried out under R. G. Woolery at Niagara Falls, and asking for comments on consolidating overlapping programs. The attached…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 17, 1968
Fred Williams to Dr. T. G. Day and Others on Preliminary Air Sampling Results for Asbestos (1968)
Memorandum from the industrial hygienist reporting preliminary air sampling for asbestos taken during pipe-insulation work at the Technical Center on April 24, 1968. It summarizes the TLV, disease background, sampling method and results, and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents
Fred Williams to J. M. Butcher, M. E. Perry and C. L. Ruddle on Asbestos Sampling in Compliance with OSHA (undated)
A one-page Union Carbide memo from Fred Williams to three recipients about asbestos sampling under the OSHA regulation. It states that sampling could not be done as the regulation required under the existing informal notification…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 26, 1980
W. F. Blythe Jr. to W. T. Shelton on Asbestos Monitoring in Building 770 (1980)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting a March 19, 1980 survey of insulators' exposure to asbestos while removing asbestos insulation tape from tubing in Room 237 of Building 770. It states all samples showed less than 0…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 28, 1967
N. L. Zutty to J. W. Biddle and Others Transmitting R. G. Woolery's 1967 Asbestos Laboratory Program Summary (1967)
Internal Plastics Division cover memo from N. L. Zutty forwarding a summary of the 1967 asbestos laboratory program run by R. G. Woolery at Niagara Falls, with a proposal to consider consolidating some programs with similar work elsewhere in Group…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 17, 1977
W. F. Blythe Jr. to A. A. Sousa on Asbestos and Dust Levels During Synthetic Soil Preparation with Vermiculite, Building 741 (1977)
Internal industrial hygiene report on air sampling for asbestos and nuisance dust during preparation of synthetic soil in Building 741 on September 15-16 and October 25, 1977. The sampling was requested by Ag Chemicals because the W. R. Grace…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 21, 1977
G. W. Bott to W. T. Shelton on Water Sprayers for Removing Asbestos Pipe Covering at the Tech Center (1977)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence from G. W. Bott to W. T. Shelton recommending the purchase of two one-gallon garden-type sprayers, similar to the Hudson Model 6215, for the Tech Center. The sprayers were to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 11, 1967
R. E. Byrne, Jr. and S. Chwastiak, The Chemical Modification of UCC Chrysotile Asbestos. I. Silica Modification for Viscosity Control (1967)
Research report describing a laboratory and pilot-plant process for treating UCC chrysotile asbestos with sodium silicate and acetic acid at pH 8. The treated product, R-G244, was developed to thicken polyester resins in place of colloidal silica.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 25, 1977
W. F. Blythe, Jr. to D. R. Paugh and Others on Asbestos Air Monitoring at the South Charleston Plant (1977)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting air sampling done on August 8, 1977 during removal of wet insulation, possibly containing asbestos, from a furnace at the South Charleston mainland powerhouse. It states that the results complied with…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 29, 1967
K. Park, Interaction of Water-Soluble Polymers with Chrysotile Asbestos, Rheological Studies (1967)
Research report by K. Park on laboratory studies of how water-soluble anionic, non-ionic and cationic polymers interact with chrysotile asbestos in water, using viscometry and electrophoresis. It reports dispersion, flocculation and surface-charge…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 25, 1977
W. F. Blythe, Jr. to A. S. Howard and Others on Asbestos Air Sampling During Insulation Removal at Institute Powerhouse (1977)
Internal memo reporting air samples taken August 15, 1977 during removal of possibly asbestos-containing insulation at the Institute, West Virginia powerhouse. It reports personal sample concentrations of 2.59 and 2.61 fibers/cc and an area sample…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 9, 1979
G. W. Bott to M. E. Perry on Asbestos Exposure from Sawing Transite Board on the DoAll Saw, Bldg. 704 Machine Shop (1979)
Internal industrial hygiene report on an October 30, 1979 survey of asbestos exposure while a machinist sawed transite (asbestos-containing) board on a DoAll saw in the Building 704 machine shop at South Charleston, West Virginia. It reports sample…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 24, 1968
Fred Williams to J. M. Butcher and Others on Supplemental Asbestos Air Sampling Data from Kaylo Insulation Work in Building 770 Shop, with Sampling Diagram and Worksheets (1968)
Memorandum from industrial hygienist Fred Williams reporting air sampling done on May 16, 1968 in the Building 770 shop while two 5-gallon drums were covered with Kaylo insulation. It states that one result exceeded the TLV of 5.0 million particles…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 13, 1979
G. W. Bott to W. T. Shelton on Asbestos Exposure Survey of Reactor Lids Covered with Asbestos Paper (1979)
Internal Union Carbide memo reporting an industrial hygiene survey, dated February 7, 1979, of asbestos exposure while an insulator covered two small reactor lids with Johns-Manville 32-pound asbestos paper. One sample for J. R…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 2, 1977
S. D. Herzog to D. R. Paugh and B. H. Thomas on Compliance with EPA Asbestos Regulation, with Enclosed Federal Register Asbestos Standard Amendments (1977)
A cover letter from S. D. Herzog of Chemicals and Plastics (South Charleston, WV) forwarding guidance on complying with the EPA hazardous air pollutants regulation (40 CFR 61) for removal and disposal of asbestos-containing insulation and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 25, 1977
W. F. Blythe, Jr. to A. S. Howard and Others on Asbestos Monitoring at the Institute Powerhouse (1977)
Internal memo reporting air sampling on August 15, 1977 during removal of insulation possibly containing asbestos at the Institute, West Virginia powerhouse. It reports two personal samples (2.59 and 2.61 fibers/cc) and one area sample (0.48…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 5, 1979
G. W. Bott to W. T. Shelton on Asbestos Exposure Survey of Insulators Stripping Old Insulation, Building 773 (1979)
Internal Union Carbide report on a November 2, 1979 survey of asbestos exposure of insulators stripping insulation from a reactor column at Building 773, South Charleston, West Virginia. It reports fiber concentrations of 0.4 and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 10, 1979
G. W. Bott to W. T. Shelton on Asbestos Exposure of Insulators Stripping Old Insulation, Building 720 (1979)
Internal Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics memo reporting an industrial hygiene survey of asbestos exposure on May 4, 1979, while insulators stripped old insulation from a steam line in a Building 720 service pit. It reports…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 27, 1978
G. W. Bott to W. T. Shelton on Asbestos Exposure While Stripping Old Insulation from Dowtherm Lines, South Charleston (1978)
Internal industrial hygiene report on air sampling of an insulator stripping asbestos-containing insulation from Dowtherm lines in Building 707, Cell 3, begun November 16, 1978. It reports two personal samples (0.44 and 0.61 fibers/cc >5 µm) and an…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 2, 1977
Bill Blythe to Randy Noble Forwarding S. D. Herzog's Memo on Compliance with the EPA Asbestos Regulation (1977)
A handwritten Union Carbide cover memo from Bill Blythe to Randy Noble on the subject of the asbestos EPA notification requirement, saying it is further documentation that construction personnel were informed of EPA regulations in 1977…