22 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 · 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 · 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 · 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.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 15, 1971
F. H. Larrison, Jr. to J. F. Emerson on Federal and State Inspection of Airborne Asbestos Dust at the King City Mill (1971)
Letter reporting an inspection of the King City facility for airborne asbestos dust by three Federal Bureau of Mines inspectors and two California Division of Industrial Safety inspectors on October 5, 1971. It describes the sampling done, the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 2, 1973
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison Transmitting Airborne Fiber Survey Results for the King City Mill (1973)
Internal letter, marked Confidential, from the Medical Department's industrial hygiene engineer to the King City plant, transmitting a survey of airborne fiber (5.0 microns or longer) taken March 20-21, 1973. It gave estimated weighted exposures for…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1978
Harrison B. Rhodes to E. A. Piersall Transmitting J-M Letter on EPA Regulation of Taconite Tailings as Asbestos (1978)
Union Carbide internal memo, Rhodes to Piersall, Oct. 31, 1978, on regulation of taconite tailings as asbestos Johns-Manville Sales Corporation letter, R. P. Carter to J. Padgett, EPA, Oct. 9, 1978, objecting to EPA taconite…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 12, 1972
W. N. Johnson to F. H. Larrison and E. A. Piersall Forwarding AIA/NA Memos on the FDA Asbestos Task Force and the Bureau of Mines Asbestos Dust Standard (1972)
A one-line cover note from W. N. Johnson, dated December 12, 1972, sends two Asbestos Information Association/North America (AIA/NA) letters to F. H. Larrison and E. A. Piersall. The first letter (Nov. 27, 1972) reports a meeting with FDA staff…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 20, 1974
W. C. Thurber to King City Managers Requesting a Plan to Link Personal Dust Monitoring Results to Individual Employees, with Law Department Reply (1974)
A May 20, 1974 cover memo from W. C. Thurber asks recipients to review procedures and find the simplest way to correlate personal monitoring results with particular employees at King City, with a plan by July 1st. It attaches a May 13, 1974 Law…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 4, 1973
P. W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison, Jr. Transmitting Fiber Counts from King City Air Samples (1973)
Internal Union Carbide letter marked Confidential, sent from the Medical Department to the King City plant, transmitting a tabulation of fiber counts from air samples collected at King City on November 13 and 14, 1973. The…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 1974
R. J. Kronkhyte to E. A. Piersall on Major Hazards at the King City Location (1974)
Two-page letter from the safety engineer at the King City, California location listing nine recognized major hazards, with a paragraph on each. The first hazard is breathing asbestos dust; the letter reports monthly air sampling, respirator…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 7, 1971
John L. Myers to R. E. Byrne and Others on Toxicology Update for CALIDRIA Asbestos Marketing (1971)
Internal Union Carbide memo summarizing government asbestos regulation, the current threshold limit value, and two respirators suggested for customers, to help marketing staff answer customer questions. It lists four points of 'general agreement' about asbestos and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 12, 1972
W. N. Johnson Transmittal to F. H. Larrison and E. A. Piersall of AIA/NA Memos on FDA and Bureau of Mines Asbestos Actions (1972)
A one-line cover note from W. N. Johnson forwarding AIA/NA materials "for your information" to F. H. Larrison and E. A. Piersall. The enclosures are an AIA/NA membership and committee list, a November 27, 1972 letter from Matthew Swetonic on a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 29, 1972
F. H. Larrison Jr. to E. A. Piersall Forwarding California Public Health Dept. Air Sampling Results at the King City Mill (1972)
Internal memo of August 29, 1972 from F. H. Larrison Jr. to E. A. Piersall, with copies to four others, forwarding results of off-site air sampling at the King City mill. The attached August 4, 1972 letter from the California Department of Public…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 17, 1974
W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison on Distributing the Johns-Manville Asbestos Booklet to King City Employees, with Draft Cover Letter and Dr. Welsh's Comments (1974)
A January 17, 1974 memo from W. C. Thurber proposed giving all King City employees a Johns-Manville booklet, "What Every Employee Should Know About Asbestos," with an attached cover letter. The exhibit also holds a draft cover letter for F. H.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 31, 1978
H. B. Rhodes to E. A. Piersall Forwarding Johns-Manville's Comments on EPA's Taconite-as-Asbestos Proposal (1978)
Union Carbide internal memo, H. B. Rhodes to E. A. Piersall, Regulation of Taconite Tailings as Asbestos (Oct. 31, 1978) Johns-Manville Sales Corporation letter, R. P. Carter to Joseph Padgett, EPA, objecting to Roy Albert…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 5, 1974
Paul W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison, Jr. Transmitting June 1974 Asbestos Air Survey Results at King City (1974)
Internal Union Carbide letter marked CONFIDENTIAL from industrial hygiene engineer Paul W. McDaniel to F. H. Larrison, Jr. at King City. It transmits tabulated results of his June 19-20, 1974 airborne asbestos fiber survey, with…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 12, 1976
Ralph Zumwalde (NIOSH) to E. A. Piersall Transmitting Two NIOSH Papers on Asbestos Exposure and Mortality in Hard Rock Gold Miners (1976)
Cover letter from Ralph Zumwalde (NIOSH) to E. A. Piersall (Union Carbide Metals Division), March 12, 1976, with cc notation to Larrison and Thurber Gillam et al., 'Mortality Patterns Among Hard Rock Gold Miners Exposed to…