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FILE NAME: Union Carbide (UC) DATE: 1974 Oct DOC#: UC088 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Major Hazards UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION MINING & METALS DIVISION P.O. BOX K ;l l I 1 t -\ i. THE DISCOVERY COMPANY KING CITY, CALIF. 93930 TEL: 408-385-5961 October, 1974 E. A. Piersall Grand Junction Colorado Subject: Major Hazards Recognized major hazards at the King City location are as follows: 1. ) Breathing asbestos dust. 2. ) Operation of fork lifts. 3. ) Operation of motor vehicles. 4. ) Propane and natural fuel systems. 5. ) Outside contractor's ore truck, - mining and stripping operations. 6. ) Acetic acid storage and circulating systems. . 7. ) Sodium silicate storage and circulating systems. 8. ) High voltage - electric - sub station. 9. ) Southern Pacific switches and railroad crossing. 1. ) All employees are exposed in varying degrees to asbestos dust. F. H. Larrison has contacted all our employees and covered the danges of breathing asbestos and smoking. A booklet called "What Every Employee Should Know About Asbestos has been given to every employee. Air sampling is done monthly by our quality control supervisor. the Cal-OSHA limits. Dust levels are within The dry areas of the mine and plant are considered respirator areas. All employees working in these areas are required to wear B of M 21B rating respirators. 2.) Fork lift operations have been made less hazardous since a new road way and ramp have been installed. The fork lift and people traffic have now been seperated. Fork lift traffic in the plant is still a hazard. Yellow warning lights are installed on top of all the fork lifts. 3. ) All company vehicles are equipped with seat belts. Company cars- trucks have lap and shoulder belts. The bucket loaders, scrapers and dozers have roll over protection and seat belts. All employees are required to wear the safety belts during the vehicle operation. Tiui n% "C.nui:. siU nos T-135, an e t t l o w c o * l ownduM. it i ifi-rl f MOlluc' .i iiy TiSuit-yn & Hoil.ncjUvi>thCo.. a iu l* k l* r Y of O iannm d in w n u UCC 000154 A2424 1 GO'lL) fdi- rutt lion. l-'.ajor Hazards (2) .> the - io" rl, ? r l ! d the tanks. iVst " i i ; o iV iS i; " ; " "a110"5 i a u ' o i cement should ,, v e t vchlcla. from running Into natural gas Is piped la from P. 0. & * '* L" ` i t a f l X L ' l i n e r w l t h ^ e m e n t ' exposed next to the plants soot I* " rallcar'durolled In this area, the steel ^ r s ^ ^ ^ t ^ ^ ^ ^ r ^ r ^ ^ a o n ^ o ^ t ' i f n a t u r a l gas line and meter. 5.) The outside hasard at times. All contractors , qare required to follow the plants 15 mph ^ : " S t Sta S . V i y S . Porhllft cross - f f i c wlfh - e ore trpehs pose s o m e - ^ - Traffic.. Acetic acid storage and circulating s p s t ^ h a . out the system. The storage tans n* handle the 6.500 gallons the s s ' h . i i s ^ S ' n . ' S t S : i s - k r i i s ; " . r i i r 4^ . - - - tank's total volume. 7.) Sodium silicate storage and circulating system 1. not much of a h* ; d; J * " " " "" tank, has the same cement curbed drain away system as the acetic acid. The stor g s ^ i e m holds about 8,000 gallons which th. plant waste water pond can held with no problem if a rupture occured. - : ; si ^ t ais isolated until the ground is found and repaired. 9.) Southern Pacific's switches and railway crossing. The rail ^ o s s i n f . ^ S i j n a f & hazard during viorking hours. All emp ^ e ^ rneTh t sige raii switches are iiS S iLS W h T p 2 li -- ! " i f a switch were left open to our siding it would surely cause loss of life and great property damage. Other than earthquakes and floods, natural hazards are minimal at the plant. no adjacent manufacturing in the area. There is Breathing asbestos dust is the o n * major haaard that is continually * . the upon. New dust collectors, hooding systems and clean uP enforcement 0reaciy v air borne asbestos dust. Very truly yours, u n i o n c a r b i d e conpbr a t i o n /C - / x Robert J . luronk'qyte S a fety Engineer * RJK:sp 24242 UCC 000155