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FILE NAME: National Gypsum (NG)
DATE: 1967 Sept 19
DOC#: NG040
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Minutes of the Committee Meeting with List of Attendees
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SEPTDSER 19. 1967
Mr. T . K . Z i c n e m a n , C h a i m an o f the Cypsua A s s o c ia t i o n
Sa fety C or=lctee, c a lle d the neecing to order at the H arrio tt Motor' H o t e l , S a d d le B r o o k , New J e r s e y , a t 6 :3 0 a . a . Those i n a t t e n d a n c e
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C. J . Saturnia
K. r . rink
J . Gregg R. V. Henly J . Tuffy T. D. Tolin F . H . 2 i rune m a n P. Kipp A. V . Abnee., J r . P. J . Rogers
Celotex Corporation . . i
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
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K aiser Cypsur. Cc=pany, in c .
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The F lin t k o t e Ccr.par.y
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The F l i n t k o t e Company
National Cypsue Ccrpany
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N a tio n a l Cypsur Company
United States Gypsus Consany
Cypsun A ssociation
Gypsus Association
1 . GYPSVM ASSOCIATION SAFETY r . V - E T I N
A . The c h a im a n requested that the s e c r e t ^ - r e la te the
nec>er company r e s p o n s e f o r s a f e t y a r t i c l e s to^ e us " * " *' " * t i n . Tollowing a b r ie f discussion by the c o - .- t t e e ^ i - .s th e ir
r e c c n o e n d a t i o n t h a t e a c h e e a b e r eorpar.y s t i n u i t e -* f ; e *
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p atio n by urging the p la n t employees to w rite and suotttt s u e y
a rtic le s to the A ssociation.
B . The c o = i t t e e rev iew ed the B u l l e t i n f e r n a t and i t was
th e c on sensus t h a t i t was s a t i s f a c t o r y i n i t s p r e s e n t o r _ .
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camber su g g e ste d t h a t a p o s s ib le change be con sid ered w e n
B u l l e t i n c a s t head i s p r i n t e d . The s e c r e t a r y l n i ` c " e ^ h J ; B u l l e t i n sto ck supply would be d ep leted at the nd o . the f i s c a l y e a r ,
and at t h a t t i n e , c o n e i t t e e s u g g e s t io n s would be s o . c . *-
The eocxcittee requested th a t the s e c r e ta .,- c c m .t .u c t a
c h a r t showing the in d u s tr y frequ en cy r a t i n g ewer t * 9 * * b v th e
as related to the a l l industry frequency ^ V t h e T a V t v U , t .
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The chairnan c i t e d a few p o llu tio n problems in v o lv in g p la n ts on a l o c a l l e v e l . He s t r e s s e d t h e ir .p o r t a r .e e o f a l l c o m m itte e n e r .b e rs k e e p in g abreast v ia h . l o c a l , s t a t e , and fe d e r a l p o ll u t i o n p rogram s.
One member n o t e d a r e c e n t p ro b le m i n v o l v i n g t h e a s b e .s to s i n r y where a number o f lu n g carcinom a ca ses hac been re p o rte d by i n h a b i t a n t s o f th e n e i g h b o r h o o d s u r r o u n d i n g ar. a s b e s t o s p l a n t . I t v a s fu r t h e r noted th a t c l i n i c a l t e s t s ar.c ir .v e s t ig a t ir n s had r e s u lte d in le g a l a c tio n again st the m anufacturer by the c la im a n ts.
The chairman in d ic a t e d c h a t a ir and w ater p o l l u t i o n problems would have a dram atic e f f e c t cn a l l in d u s t r ie s and th a t the com mittee should tai.c the i n i t i a t i v e to meet any such problems head cn i f they should occur in the gypsum in d u s tr y .
Follow ing a d is c u s s io n o f p o llu tio n problems in vario u s i n d u s t r i e s , i t was th e c o n s e n s u s t h a t th e s a f e t y com m ittee s h o u ld have a eiore a c tiv e pregram in t h i s a re a , o u tlin in g the problems th a t e x i s t end what step s have been ta k e n t o s o lv e them.
Or. a m o t i o n s e c o n d e d and c a r r i e d , t h e c o m m itte e recommended t h a t th e chairm en a d v is e th e d i r e c t o r s o f the p o l l u t i o n p r c l l e m , ar.d s u g g e s t th et they have p le r .t r.r.r.a:;err jo in lo c a l groups s tu d y in g p o l l u t i o n problem s, so as t o g iv e our in d u s try g r e a te r c o n tr o l o: the p ro b lem s.
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