19 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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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 · 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 · 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 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 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 · June 1985
Hazardous Condition Report No. 17-85 on Asbestos Gaskets, from W. D. Boggan to M. Collins, with Reply from W. K. Meadows, Plant 512 (1985)
A Plant 512 Hazardous Condition Report (form 512-2804E) in which an employee reported, as a health hazard, that asbestos gaskets were not stored in plastic bags or similar containers. The immediate supervisor received it on 6/18/85 and the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 14, 1972
D. E. Deese to H. B. Coons and Others on the OSHA Permanent Asbestos Standard (1972)
A June 14, 1972 memo from the Gulf Coast Area senior industrial hygienist to Texas City managers and a physician. It summarizes 18 requirements of OSHA's first permanent asbestos standard, including exposure limits, monitoring, medical examinations…
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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,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 6, 1977
Jose L. Garcia to B. F. Brown, R. C. Glock, K. G. Townsend and Staff on the EPA Asbestos Standard and Proposed Amendment (1977)
Internal correspondence from Brownsville, Texas summarizing the part of the EPA asbestos standard that applies to demolition and renovation of buildings and structures. It states the pipe and surface-area amounts of asbestos material above which the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 1, 1978
K. Gran Townsend to A. L. Barefoot, R. C. Glock and L. T. Windel on Contractor Employees' Exposure to Potential Health Hazards (1978)
A one-page internal cover memo, marked personal and confidential, forwarding a letter from T. A. Moore of the Union Carbide Law Department to J. C. Schonberg, Industrial Hygiene, Taft Plant, on contractor employees' exposure to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 9, 1976
K. Gran Townsend to G. P. Durocher on Handling Asbestos Materials in the Brownsville Plant Warehouse (1976)
Internal letter-memo dated September 9, 1976, following a visit to the Brownsville Plant warehouse at G. P. Durocher's request for guidance on handling asbestos-containing materials. It states the small quantity on hand should not be a health hazard…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1972
L. G. McMullen Preliminary Report to M. G. Collins on Asbestos Dust Exposure During Castelite Insulation Tear-Out at No. 1 Olefins (1972)
Preliminary industrial hygiene report and attached asbestos dust study sheet for one breath-zone air sample taken on 10-19-72 from a Brown & Root insulator tearing out Castelite insulation at No. 1 Olefins. The sample counted 11 fibers per cubic…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 29, 1971
R. E. Joyner, M.D. to Gulf Coast Distribution on Emergency Standards for Exposure to Asbestos Dust (1971)
Internal letter from the Gulf Coast Area medical director to a distribution list of managers, summarizing the emergency standard for asbestos dust exposure published under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 in the Federal Register of…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1985
Plant 512 Hazardous Condition Reports on Asbestos Dust and Employee Exposure, with Divider 'III. Complaint Documents' (1985)
Exhibit consisting of a handwritten divider page 'III. Complaint Documents' and two plant safety forms. The first is a 1985 Hazardous Condition Report about asbestos stored in plastic bags, marked 'Health hazard', with a recommendation that the…