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FILE NAME Colonial Sugar Refinery CSR DATE 1961 Oct 13 DOC CSR086 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter to Manager of Wittenoom with Comments Written by Mr. Thomas on Dust Collection Ventilation after Meeting with Govt Depts a - AUSTRALIAN ~. 19 OCT 1961 ~ io AND DU COLECTION COLLECTS ION COLLECTIOT N COLLECTION AT: . 4 toes - DUST COLLECTION VENTILATION Comments written by 3 ee Thoma's following his meeting with the representatives of st various Government Departments in Perth fe Pe v attached -gyN Piette le eal a . co the dust You must consider san Eventilation - Eventilation Eventilation as being of extreme and take importance . steps : out W- ittencom : are necessary to establish maximum efficiency through- mill and mine and to operate fully with the Government entilation officer while he is at Wittencom Bate Sates os Teg 3 Following on cm comments te comments sr ' comments rae Government ae te: expressecdoncern as Grave for the future of some of ourour employees today by both Dr. McNulty and Dr Latham at a - ae :- , contracted whilst in the Pty Ltd over the past 15 employ employ years of Australian Blue Asbestos Constant reference was made <3 en of the employees could be improvementimprovement in the general anticipated in the foreseeable health 73 i health Se hs, > oe. os a readings these . The circumstances leading up to the source of members was put to the of the Health Department and whilst they accepted the explanations explanations they were adamant to planned and practical approach the problem must be <. high that @ takes ~ J. N. PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT PENGAD 104460 soe : . : . - val @ meet the situation that suggested agreed To a it was and upon The help of 5 W Hart and H P Gregory Ltd be -. . overcome sought to the high dust counts in the primary crushing - station and to substantially reduce the dust now being the discharged finding its to atmosphere and ultimately intake ott underground we edgt t : way into wtttee wo ~ . inaugurate regularly carrying . bsampling To a system of sampling a dust sampling programme covering the entire working area out of . with introduction item Stehneimoirne assist action high noted 5ee >. 7 and taking where counts immediate To assist noted the To assist e aaheinetroductsion tne wherientroduction introduction introduction counts Inspector of Mines is prepared to send the are noted counts b noted Ventilation | Ventilation Officer from his Department to carry out the initial survey recording . and set up the system to be adopted in reading and Res the . results of the Klonimater slide examinations It is felt ty 25 that should these surveys the weak points in the ventilation circuit will be eliminated . carried circuit satisfactory weekly cycle - and the underground and the : eliminated by e underground workingsaccepted satisfactory wee tentatively has oa RR second meeting 11th January 3 months later to been set down forthe * w"ith the scheduled proposals ~ oF ' mill and we the . rectify ayy DirectorEh Zee Gregory Co rDiergecatorrpdinig tehe HPpro pro Managing regarding Gregory the Gregory own Director vs Gregory andPera and We expect of trapping some action the dust collected from es on this shortly If you cannot 3 position in the No 1 Crusher Station with your & W Hart the necessary work engage to do -.