18 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 14, 1984
C. R. Gillespie to T. G. Swanson on Asbestos Handling Procedures Committee Feedback (1984)
Memo from the chairperson of the Asbestos Handling Procedures Committee reporting the results of a review with T. G. Swanson and W. C. Young of the committee's recommendations. It lists accepted changes and completion dates covering maintenance…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 11, 1985
W. L. Thomas to W. E. Ballard and Others Calling a Meeting on the Asbestos Insulation Replacement Project, with J. G. Roy's No. 2 Steam Plant Proposal (1985)
A February 11, 1985 memorandum from W. L. Thomas called a February 21, 1985 meeting to plan an asbestos insulation replacement project at the South Charleston plant and attached a December 27, 1984 proposal by J. G. Roy. Roy's proposal outlined a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · March 27, 1985
J. G. Roy to J. F. Dodd on the Plant Project to Eliminate Asbestos Exposure at South Charleston (1985)
Memo from J. G. Roy to J. F. Dodd about a project to eliminate asbestos exposure at the South Charleston plant, starting with the No. 2 Steam Plant. It summarizes a February 21 kickoff meeting and a meeting with an insulating contractor, objects to…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 27, 1984
J. G. Roy to T. G. Swanson on Asbestos Insulation Replacement at the No. 2 Steam Plant, South Charleston, with Attached Elimination Program and Related Notices (1984)
A December 27, 1984 memo from J. G. Roy to T. G. Swanson transmitted a proposal to phase out asbestos insulation at the No. 2 Steam Plant, South Charleston, with an attached 49-item work list. Later pages hold an April 1985 memo on protective gear…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · June 28, 1985
W. C. Young to Plant Managers Department on Asbestos Exposure Effects and Potential of Non-Insulator Crafts, with Plant 514 Asbestos Dust Measurement Printouts (1985)
Internal memo of June 28, 1985 from the South Charleston Plant to the Managers Department stating that plant asbestos dust measurements were below OSHA limits, but the writer questioned whether any level of inhalation exposure is safe without…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 25, 1986
W. J. Vincent to J. K. Corrie and Others on the New Asbestos Construction Standard (1986)
A September 1986 memo from W. J. Vincent transmitting a summary of the new OSHA Asbestos Construction Industry Standard. The attached summary covers the 0.2 f/cc permissible exposure limit, the 0.1 f/cc action level, monitoring, respirators,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 25, 1985
I. L. Beckett to W. E. Ballard et al. on Minutes of the Asbestos Insulation Replacement Project, Phase I Meeting, South Charleston Plant (1985)
Memorandum giving minutes of a February 21, 1985 meeting on a project to repair and replace asbestos insulation at the South Charleston Plant. It records the 1985 funding limit, the choice of six departments to start with, the plan to use…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 29, 1987
S. B. Kovach to T. G. Swanson Transmitting SHARE Inspection Results, with Audit Team Reports, South Charleston Plant (1987)
Cover letter from the SHARE Coordinator at the South Charleston Plant to T. G. Swanson transmitting findings of a SHARE inspection held July 29, 1987. It sets a 90-day deadline to address deficiencies and 30-day progress updates. Three attached…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 16, 1983
W. C. Young to T. G. Swanson on the Stay of OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard for Asbestos (1983)
A one-page memorandum reporting that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the Asbestos Information Association's request to stay OSHA's emergency temporary standard on occupational asbestos exposure. It states that the order bars OSHA from…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 5, 1984
W. C. Young to T. G. Swanson on Court Ruling Disallowing the OSHA Asbestos Emergency Temporary Standard (1984)
A one-page memorandum from W. C. Young to T. G. Swanson, with copies to others, reproducing a summary from Occupational Safety and Health Reporter. The summary reports that the Fifth Circuit struck down OSHA's emergency asbestos standard. Young…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 15, 1983
W. C. Young to T. G. Swanson on the Amended OSHA Asbestos Standard at South Charleston, with OSHA Exposure Estimates and Emergency Standard Text (1983)
A December 15, 1983 memorandum from W. C. Young summarizes the points of OSHA's emergency temporary asbestos standard (effective November 4, 1983) that would affect plant operations. For each change (the 0.5 f/cc limit, employee training, respirator…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 17, 1985
I. L. Beckett to J. F. Dodd and Others on Project Scope for Safety/Health Insulation, No. 2 Powerhouse, Building 151 (1985)
Memorandum setting out a project scope for removing, replacing or sealing deteriorated asbestos insulation in the No. 2 Powerhouse (Building 151) at South Charleston, West Virginia. It describes the capital and removal work, safety and environmental…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 15, 1983
W. C. Young to T. G. Swanson on the Amended OSHA Asbestos Standard (1983)
Memorandum summarizing the points of OSHA's amended emergency temporary asbestos standard, effective November 4, 1983, most likely to affect plant operations. It lists the changes (the permissible exposure limit cut from 2 to 0.5 f/cc, training, and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 26, 1985
W. E. Ballard to R. G. Link on Asbestos Insulation at the South Charleston Plant (1985)
Internal memo reporting a follow-up with Corporate HS&EA on removing asbestos insulation at plant facilities. It states the corporation has no requirements beyond government regulations, summarizes the asbestos programs at Seadrift and Institute, and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 14, 1983
Bill Young to Maintenance Area Superintendents Forwarding OSHA Plans Asbestos Exposure Limit Reduction Report (1983)
A one-page Union Carbide South Charleston Plant internal memo transmitting an attached Occupational Safety & Health Reporter article on OSHA's plans to lower the asbestos exposure limit. The attached BNA report (July 7, 1983) states…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · February 14, 1984
W. C. Young to C. R. Gillespie on the Reliability of the Asbestos Screening Test for Insulation Materials (1984)
Internal Union Carbide correspondence from the South Charleston Plant, dated February 14, 1984, on the plant's use of an 'asbestos screening test' developed by NIOSH workers to check old insulation materials. The writer lists four…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 26, 1987
S. B. Kovach to P. R. Desai and Others Transmitting SHARE Inspection Results, South Charleston Plant (1987)
Cover letter dated October 26, 1987 from the SHARE Coordinator at the South Charleston, West Virginia plant, sending department heads the findings of the October 14, 1987 SHARE inspection and setting a 90-day deadline to address deficiencies with…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · November 2, 1983
C. R. Gillespie to T. G. Swanson on Removal of Asbestos-Covered 3-Inch Line, Building 303 (1983)
Internal memo describing conditions found during removal of an asbestos-insulated 3-inch pipe line in Building 303, including that asbestos was left on the floor after the pipe was rigged out. It recommends changes to Maintenance Safety Procedures,…