588 results for “Union Carbide Corporation”, page 11 of 30
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 15, 1968
F. D. Dexter Transmittal of Asbestos Workshop Presentation on Considering Divestiture of the Asbestos Business (1968)
A one-page memo from F. D. Dexter transmitting the text and charts of a presentation given October 11, 1968, at the Asbestos Workshop. It states there was general concurrence with a recommendation to consider divesting the Asbestos Business if a…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 13, 1968
Calidria RG-144 Resin Grade Chrysotile Asbestos Product Data Sheet (1968)
Two-page Calidria Asbestos product data sheet for RG-144, a refined chrysotile grade for liquid resins and plastics. It lists typical physical characteristics, describes how the California deposit and hydraulic refining differ from Canadian…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 30, 1968
R. S. Wishart, Jr. to Kenneth Rush and Others Recommending Divestment of the Asbestos Business (1968)
…S. Wishart, Jr. to Kenneth Rush and a long list of Union Carbide executives. It states that, after a review of the Development Division's programs, the asbestos business's history and near-term economic prospects…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · May 9, 1969
J. A. Riddle to T. Frank Tobin, Stedfast Rubber Co., Enclosing Asbestos Toxicology Report and Describing Respirator Requirement (1969)
Letter from J. A. Riddle, Plant Manager, to the plant manager of Stedfast Rubber Co. enclosing an "Asbestos Toxicology Report". It describes Calidria Resin-Grade 144 as nearly pure chrysotile, distinguishes crocidolite, mentions the new Walsh-Healey…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 23, 1966
A. E. Smith to J. A. Riddle Forwarding Report 66-T-53 on the Annual Dust Collection Inspection at King City (1966)
A cover memo from the Engineering Department in Niagara Falls forwarding Report No. 66-T-53 on the annual dust collection inspection at the King City plant, with the recommendations of E. E. Hogan. The attached report, dated September 19, 1966,…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 28, 1964
C. W. McGary and G. W. Rausch, New Enterprises: Chemical Reactions of Asbestos, Status Report (1964)
A Union Carbide Chemicals Division R&D status report on attempts to react chrysotile asbestos with activated vinyl compounds (mesityl oxide, acrylonitrile, divinylspirobi(m-dioxane)). It reports that the additions were unsuccessful, that only acrylate salt…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · August 20, 1969
N. J. Setter to F. D. Dexter, W. S. Young and L. P. Jehle on The Asbestos Market in the Flooring Industry (1969)
Internal correspondence from the Chemicals and Plastics division in New York on the asbestos market in vinyl-asbestos (VA) and asphalt floor tile. It estimates total asbestos tonnage and Coalinga producers' share, tabulates estimated VA tile…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 3, 1968
R. E. Joyner, M.D., to Walt Morrison at Seadrift Plant on Asbestos Health Hazards and Dust Controls (1968)
Letter from R. E. Joyner, M.D., to Walt Morrison at the Seadrift Plant, answering questions about asbestos. It describes asbestos as a cause of lung fibrosis, gives a recommended maximum air level, recommends periodic chest x-rays and exams, and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 21, 1964
Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on October 1964 Dust Survey of the King City Mine and Mill (1964)
Internal correspondence reporting McDaniel's October 1964 visit to the King City mine and mill. It describes dust conditions at the mine, review of dust-counting procedures, and air-borne dust sample results in the mill, with the highest count (17.3…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · 1969
D. S. Kamens to Paul W. McDaniel Transmitting King City Dust Count Data (January and February 1969)
Two internal letters from D. S. Kamens at King City to Paul W. McDaniel of the Medical Department in New York, dated January 10 and February 3, 1969. Each transmitted dust count data (MPPCF) for the bagging, palletizing, refining, rock fiber and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 14, 1967
N. H. Ketcham to Dr. G. F. Johnson Forwarding Industrial Hygiene Digest Abstracts on Asbestos and Cancer (1967)
A short note from N. H. Ketcham to Dr. G. F. Johnson enclosing abstracts from current literature on carcinogenic properties of inhaled asbestos, with copies to R. M. Berg, B. J. Cottrell, C. U. Dernehl, M.D., and Fred Williams. Attached are six…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 1968
Two 1968 Letters Between J. A. Riddle and P. W. McDaniel on Mesothelioma, Crocidolite, Chrysotile and the 5 MPPCF Dust Limit (1968)
Two internal Union Carbide letters. On January 11, 1968, J. A. Riddle at King City sent Paul McDaniel a San Francisco Chronicle article on mesothelioma and asbestos and asked whether 5 MMPCF was still adequate and…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · January 11, 1968
J. A. Riddle to Paul W. McDaniel on a San Francisco Chronicle Mesothelioma Article and Asbestos Exposure Limits (1968)
Internal Union Carbide letter from J. A. Riddle at King City to Paul W. McDaniel in New York, enclosing a San Francisco Chronicle article on mesothelioma and asbestos. Riddle asked whether the 5 MMPCF dust level…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 28, 1967
Bert Murray to D. C. Willard transmitting dust survey of employees cutting and installing Kaylo insulation (1967)
A cover letter from Bert Murray to D. C. Willard, sent with a resume of dust determinations for employees cutting and installing "Kaylo" insulation, says further air sampling is needed. The attachments are a distribution list, a 1965 report by H. H.…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 10, 1968
E. J. Markiewicz to Dr. S. Chwastiak on Polyox and Tergitol TP-9 Treated S-G200 Asbestos for Drilling Fluid Application (1968)
Research memo reporting wet-opening tests of S-G200 asbestos treated with Polyox WSRN-10 and Tergitol TP-9 for use as a drilling fluid additive. It states that the Polyox-treated asbestos opened no better than untreated asbestos and that Tergitol…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · December 28, 1964
Compilation: C. E. Metten Trip Report on Asbestos Flooring Felts (1964) and R. G. Woolery Monthly Summary Report on Asbestos Research and Development (1967)
The exhibit combines two Union Carbide documents. Pages 1-2 are a December 28, 1964 trip report by C. E. Metten on a visit to the Union Carbide Nuclear Division Research Center to discuss asbestos flooring…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · April 9, 1969
N. H. Ketcham to W. T. Barker et al. on Asbestos Air Sampling for PRESTONE Canning Plants (1969)
Internal Union Carbide memo from the Research and Development Department, South Charleston, concerning asbestos and PRESTONE canning. It said P. G. Bonin's March 18, 1969 precautions on inhaling asbestos fibers were correct except for the…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · July 7, 1966
Paul W. McDaniel to J. A. Riddle on June 1966 Dust Counts at the King City Mine and Mill (1966)
Internal correspondence from the Medical Department reporting dust counts taken at the King City mine and mill on June 22-23, 1966, in millions of particles per cubic foot (MPPCF), with remarks on each location. It recommends respirators, better…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · September 21, 1965
H. H. Warwick and B. L. Murray, Plant-Wide Survey of Dust Breathed by Employees Cutting and Installing Kaylo Insulation, Plant 514 (1965)
A one-page industrial hygiene survey summary on airborne dust breathed by insulators who cut and install Kaylo asbestos insulation at Plant 514. It reports seven tests, including 24 breathing-zone samples, with an average dust concentration of 5.2…
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Company document · Union Carbide documents · October 29, 1969
G. Acosta to P. W. McDaniel Transmitting Monthly Dust Counts from the King City Plant, with Dust Sample Sheets (1969-1970)
A one-page internal letter of October 29, 1969 from G. Acosta at the King City plant to the New York Medical Department enclosed the October dust counts, taken 10/21/69 on swing shift. The rest of the exhibit is typed and handwritten dust-sample…