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FILE NAME: International Harvester (INTH) DATE: 1977 Aug 2 DOC#: INTH013 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER A u g u s ta , 1977 M r, J. K . Dobk ' Plant M anager SUBJECT; A sbestos In re sp o n se tp y o u r note re g a rd in g c u r r e n t a s b e s to s p ro ced u res I have a tta ch e d a le tte r issu e d in 1975, P h y sic a l ex am s w ere given to a ll em ployes who had e v e r w orked w ith a sb e sto s a t M elro se P a rk including w elders' who used to w ork standing on a Sheet of asb esto s p ro tectin g the wooden flo o rs. We had one re p o rte d c a se of a sb e sto sis which la te r p ro v ed to be o ld T , B. s c a r tis s u e on th e e m p lo y e 's lung.' Since the le tte r w as issued we have re p la ce d a sb e sto s gloves with leath er and w ool,and stea m pipe w rapping a re a ll fib re gla s , Pow dered asb esto s is used only by the pipe shop and b o ile r house under s tric t ru les, review ed three m onths ago. A sbestos cloth is used by m ainte nance d ep artm en ts to p rev en t w eld s p a tte r ih re p a ir O perations, This m aterial does not create a dust h azard . Special handling procedures a re follow ed by em ployes working w ith a sb e s to s bushings and b rak e linings used on our tra c to rs . JLSrja.b A ttachm ent ce: A. E . Herzog