63 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 4
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 12, 1975
R. J. Klotzbach to W. C. Thurber Transmitting Answers to Supplemental Interrogatories 5 and 8 in Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide (1975)
Cover memo from Klotzbach to Thurber transmitting answers to questions 5 and 8 in Roderman v. Union Carbide Answer to Question 5: Technology Department history, functions, quality assurance and safety responsibilities Answer to Question 8: asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 12, 1975
R. J. Klotzbach to W. C. Thurber Forwarding Answers to Supplemental Interrogatory Questions 5 and 8, Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide (1975)
…questions 5 and 8 prepared as background for supplemental interrogatories in Roderman et al. v. Union Carbide Corporation et al. The cover memo gives the timeline of asbestos claims, process and product development and first shipments…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 23, 1977
Harrison B. Rhodes to T. F. Carmody on House Bill H.R. 8689 and Union Carbide's Low-Profile Position (1977)
…it and that Johns-Manville had talked with the Tobacco Lobby. He asked for a Law Department commentary on the current version and said he planned to keep a very low profile position for Union Carbide.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 5, 1972
Paul W. McDaniel to W. N. Johnson on Gravimetric vs. Fiber-Count Evaluation of Asbestos (1972)
Confidential internal letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to W. N. Johnson of Mining & Metals about using a gravimetric (weight) system to evaluate asbestos. It reports that a brief trial at King City found no…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 15, 1973
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber on FDA Proposed Rulemaking on Asbestos Particles in Food and Drugs (1973)
Internal correspondence from H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber giving comments on the FDA's proposed rulemaking on asbestos particles in food and drugs (Fed. Reg. Vol. 38, No. 188, Sept. 28, 1973). Rhodes assessed the effect on Calidria sales to paper…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 3, 1976
J. L. Myers to W. C. Thurber on Calidria Bag Labelling (1976)
Internal correspondence responding to a request from W. C. Thurber about the warning text on Calidria asbestos bags. It states that bag labelling began in June 1968 with a 'breathing dust may be harmful' warning, and that in June 1972, when the OSHA…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 28, 1974
W. C. Thurber to E. A. Piersall: Miscellaneous Notes on King City Management Safety Audit (1974)
Memo dated October 28, 1974 with notes on a management safety audit of the King City plant. It covers general action items, comments from interviews with plant employees (mostly about slippery floors and safety meetings), and a dust sampling…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 21, 1970
Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on Air Sample Particle Counts at the King City Asbestos Mine (1970)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence reporting particle counts from air samples taken at the asbestos mine near King City, at the bulldozer operator, front loader operator and pit floor around the grizzly. The writer stated that the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 30, 1975
W. C. Thurber to J. L. Myers on Sending Customers the Materials Safety Data Sheet and Asbestos Health Booklet (1975)
A one-page memo dated June 30, 1975, from W. C. Thurber to J. L. Myers, with Byrne, Fusaro and Rhodes also listed. It reports Fusaro's suggestion that each customer be sent a covering letter, enough copies of the soon-to-be-revised Materials Safety…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 24, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber on Advantages of Dust Controlled "Calidria" Products (1975)
…to dust-controlled Calidria products generally. It lists six advantages: reduced health risk, defense against product liability suits, a counter to union activity, OSHA and EPA compliance positions, and shipping savings. It asks counsel to review…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 15, 1983
R. W. Rebholz to W. C. Thurber on Substituting a Revised Asbestos Label for the OSHA Label (1983)
Internal Union Carbide memo from R. W. Rebholz to W. C. Thurber proposing that a different attached label replace the OSHA-mandated asbestos label on UCC asbestos products shipped to U.S. users, subject to OSHA…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 22, 1973
H. B. Rhodes to R. F. X. Fusaro on a Form Statement Regarding Carcinogens (1973)
Internal correspondence from H. B. Rhodes of the "Calidria" Asbestos department to the UCC Law Department. He wrote that a statement had been prepared about the carcinogenic substances listed in the Federal Register, and asked whether a form answer…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 6, 1972
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison on Dust Counts of Air Samples Collected at King City (1972)
Internal Union Carbide letter marked CONFIDENTIAL from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City mill, reporting airborne fiber counts from samples taken October 18-19, 1972. It compares 25 mm and 47…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 15, 1976
Internal Memo to J. J. Franscell on the King City Safety Audit of August 25-26, 1976 (1976)
Internal Union Carbide Metals Division memo reporting on a safety audit of the King City operation conducted August 25-26, 1976. It rated the safety program as very good and offered suggestions on dust control at…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 19, 1979
John L. Myers to W. G. Alesio, G. R. Bailey and Others on Strategic Planning for the Calidria Asbestos Business (1979)
Internal memo from John L. Myers responding to a 4/3/79 memorandum from Bob Rebholtz on defining the asbestos business and industry. Myers described the Calidria business as mining, milling and marketing short fiber asbestos, said a single industry…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 11, 1975
H. B. Rhodes to R. E. Byrne, Jr. and Others Transmitting Draft Letter to Dow Chemical on Toxicology and RG-244 (1975)
…medical examination requirements, and correcting a Dow technical service letter of October 16, 1974 that attributed a toxicology statement to Union Carbide. The exhibit also includes that Dow letter and an Asbestos Information Association pamphlet, 'Asbestos…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 3, 1974
H. B. Rhodes to R. F. X. Fusaro on the State of Minnesota Asbestos Act, with Fusaro's 1973 Reply and an Annotated Outline of the Act (1974)
A May 3, 1974 internal letter from H. B. Rhodes to the Law Department's R. F. X. Fusaro asked whether using an asbestos-containing material in a Minnesota building violates the state Asbestos Act if dust is released only years later, at demolition.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1977
H. B. Rhodes to W. C. Thurber Transmitting Draft SPE Paper on Consumer Safety in Asbestos-Containing Plastics (1977)
…fiber concentrations in tape-joint compound use, including Rohl data, Union Carbide commercial survey, and OSHA compliance data Table V and further data tables on fiber concentrations during wet-out, cleanup and consumer installations (some OCR…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 3, 1976
J. L. Myers to W. C. Thurber on Calidria Asbestos Bag Labelling (1976)
Internal Union Carbide memo responding to a request from W. C. Thurber about bag labelling. It states that bag warnings began in June 1968 with the text 'Breathing dust may be harmful' and that in June…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 29, 1982
H. B. Rhodes to D. L. Haywood on Reporting Health and Safety Studies to EPA under TSCA Section 8(d), with Attached Mellon Institute Covers and King City Sputum Cytology Papers (1982)
Internal Metals Division memo from H. B. Rhodes listing the items the division had identified as potentially reportable under TSCA Section 8(d): two Mellon Institute asbestos reports, King City mill sputum cytology summaries, and a deposition by Dr.…