34 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 1 of 2
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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 · May 9, 1973
Floyd H. Larrison Jr. to E. S. Prochnik on Press Coverage of Selikoff's Senate Testimony and the King City Asbestos Operation (1973)
…a clipping reporting Dr. Irving Selikoff's Senate subcommittee testimony. He wrote that the Salinas reporter was told Union Carbide had no comment on the testimony, but that the problems in general, the company's concern…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 26, 1973
D. E. Furlani Trip Report on Inspection of Shrink-Wrapped Asbestos Pallets Shipped to Georgia-Pacific, Akron, New York (1973)
Report No. 73-T-7 on a January 18, 1973 trip to the Georgia-Pacific plant in Akron, New York, to inspect a rail shipment of SG-210 asbestos on pallets, two of which were shrink-wrapped at King City. It describes the condition of each pallet,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 18, 1972
John L. Myers to W. N. Johnson Transmitting Draft Interim Toxicology Report on Asbestos for Customer Mailing (1972)
A Feb. 18, 1972 internal memo from John L. Myers to W. N. Johnson sends Calidria's version of a proposed interim toxicology report and asks him to obtain management, medical and legal approvals for a general customer mailing. The exhibit also holds…
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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 · March 3, 1972
Paul W. McDaniel to J. L. Myers on Asbestos Fiber Survey at American Biltrite Plant, Trenton, N.J. (1972)
Internal Union Carbide letter reporting a March 1, 1972 airborne asbestos fiber survey at the American Biltrite plant in Trenton, N.J., where asbestos was used in plastic tile manufacture. It lists fiber counts at seven…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 20, 1976
J. E. Walsh Call Report on Celanese Plastics (Bishop, Texas) RG144 Packaging Complaints, with R. O. Marsten's Visit Memo (1976)
A customer call report (pp. 1-2) by salesman J. E. Walsh on an October 20, 1976 visit to Celanese Plastics in Bishop, Texas, about torn bags and loose fiber on RG144 asbestos shipments and the customer's air sampling during truck unloading. It is…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 18, 1972
John L. Myers to W. N. Johnson Transmitting Interim Toxicology Report on Asbestos, with Customer Cover Letter (1972)
Internal memo of February 18, 1972 from John L. Myers to W. N. Johnson, enclosing the Research and Development Department's version of an "Interim Toxicology Report" and asking Johnson to obtain management, medical and legal approvals for general…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 27, 1973
R. E. Byrne, Jr. Informal Report on TiO2 Contamination of RG-244 During the T-135 Plant Run (1973)
Informal report describing TiO2 contamination found in RG-244 asbestos produced during the August 15-22, 1973 T-135 plant run at King City. It reports TiO2 levels up to almost 3%, no correlation between TiO2 content and thickening efficiency, sales…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 2, 1971
E. Epremian to Asbestos Meeting Distribution Transmitting NRC Airborne Asbestos Extracts and Summary of Asbestos Laws (1971)
Internal memo of September 2, 1971 from E. Epremian sending background for the September 8 asbestos meeting on Environmental Factors. The enclosures are extracts of the 1971 National Research Council report 'Airborne Asbestos' (conclusions and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 6, 1973
B. L. Ingalls Project Report on Shrink-Wrap Packaging Tests for Calidria Bags and Pallets (1973)
…tests, with Tables I and II, cost information and conclusions Union Carbide Films-Packaging Division sheet on pallet wrapping for outdoor storage, with outdoor exposure test charts Sample cost calculations for bag and pallet shrink-film
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 9, 1972
Floyd H. Larrison, Jr. to W. N. Johnson on Air Sampling Program Results near the King City Mill and Mine (1972)
Internal letter from the King City office reporting results of air sampling taken around the King City mill (Feb. 29 and Mar. 1, 1972) and the mine area (Mar. 2, 1972). The letter concludes that no particle counted near the mill was asbestos, says…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 29, 1980
P. R. Sherman Design Memorandum on Asbestos Bagging Improvement at King City (1980)
Design memorandum (Design Memo No. 1, Revision No. 0, File No. 11217) by P. R. Sherman on improving the bagging of asbestos shipments at King City, CA. It describes efforts to develop a dust-free bag with a better bag wrap and a bag closure system…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 1, 1972
Paul W. McDaniel to J. L. Myers on Asbestos Dust Exposure Study at American Biltrite, Los Angeles (1972)
Internal Union Carbide letter from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer reporting a May 24, 1972 air-sampling study at American Biltrite Co., Los Angeles, of asbestos dust exposure in vinyl floor tile production. It…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 19, 1973
G. L. Dickson to J. L. Myers on Evaluation of the King City RG-244 Production Facility, with Attached Report (1973)
Internal memo from G. L. Dickson to J. L. Myers, with an attached report, summarizing a three-week visit to the King City plant in August 1973. It concluded that only a 5-10% increase in RG-244 production was possible from present facilities and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 19, 1973
J. E. Walsh Report of Call to Bridgeport Chemical (Paul Meli) on Calidria 244 in Epoxy Repair Kits and Asbestos Publicity (1973)
Report of a call on Bridgeport Chemical, a maker of epoxy resin-hardener repair kits in Pompano Beach, Florida, with Executive Vice President Paul Meli. The report says Meli was concerned about newspaper articles on asbestos and that the writer…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 7, 1972
M. A. Peters to W. N. Johnson on Experimental Results for Airborne Asbestos, Part II (1972)
Memorandum from M. A. Peters reporting experimental work on a method of estimating airborne asbestos by measuring magnesium with atomic absorption spectroscopy instead of counting fibers. It covers reagent and filter blanks and air samples from four…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 18, 1972
John L. Myers to W. N. Johnson Transmitting Interim Toxicology Report on Asbestos for Customer Mailing (1972)
…medical and legal approvals so it could be mailed to customers. The report discusses asbestos health effects, the OSHA and EPA rules of 1971-72 and dust control, and states Union Carbide's position on asbestos.
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 21, 1973
G. L. Dickson to R. O. Marsten on Sodium Silicate Usage in King City RG-244 Production (1973)
Internal memo from G. L. Dickson to R. O. Marsten at King City comparing the amount of sodium silicate used in producing RG-244 with the theoretical requirement. The attached Table I lists monthly RG-244 production, sodium silicate usage and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 23, 1981
Safety Audit Team (R. L. Folkman, E. A. Piersall, H. B. Rhodes) to R. J. Kronkhyte, J. L. Myers and R. O. Marsten on the King City Safety/Health Audit (1981)
Internal memo from the Metals Division Safety department reporting the conclusions of its October 26-27, 1981 safety/health audit of the King City plant. It reviews follow-up items from the prior audit, rates the safety program elements, and notes…