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FILE NAME: US Gypsum (USG) DATE: October 1, 1969 DOC#: USG 109 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1969 Memo regarding American Mutual Industrial Hygiene Survey of August 13, 1969 Cetecar 1, 1969 Drted Augurt 13, 19*69 Attaabed pleas fia d ecpy o f tb *ub>et rcp o rt. Beth a o lM ad to z ic ort esposuim n in a c itlg s te d . A i jr n v i l i n a ti, tbcrm una p r o b i* la bcth i n u . ZOBT I bara earrceted tb fitrwahald L ia lt Tsluaa (ZL7) beco ce th * iraayali Sebi* b f t n w tb * 7 *1 fo r ubastoa b u lowczvd ir a K IU Icb P a rtici pex Cubie Tom (a p p c t.). O d a lo w rlrts v i l i tb 10.0 ILT fe z SprayScn, te t I tm oot tot* snurtly ho* such. ttecbed A ir J.O to 2.0 1o ffs e t CTily zrecu g XIs k s Approvai r*p irtcr bould. "be -tram by 11 epurat or i ad tho*e ethar tb e t r* utpoead to sbostos or Sjrr*yDa d a r ti. R trp lrctar* houli b* p crio d ie a lly hyglal r a lly deanrd, p referreM y dal l y . Tbere 1 a q aarticn Ju rt bov suefa fortbar yoa eaa radoo* tb durt rpcour*. 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A lio , n co u x tie a l typ nelocurc aboild b* ccruidered. Xrca l i i t ian ' t t c t a lly acloaed, tb *ro could b* a major noie ra d o c tie a . A fte r yea have opportunity to re v isv the ttaebed report aad th ie neao, I r e d d appreciate bearing from yea. lib o veos USG091.1 TAB 2 4 Castleman File: US Gypsum w/c = with cover letter or memo If DATE = 0, undated CD-ROM Document #:USG 1\e> Month/Year 1% ^ published article from trade journal published advertisement from trade journal government inspection results unpublished or internal report unpublished presentation from conference newspaper article ` letter __ memorandum industry warning labels industry sales literature 1 industry recommended practices - meeting agenda __ minutes __ attendee list legal filing of defense legal filing of plaintiff BC notes ] O perating D iria io a 1 GEHEHAI ORDER m Appror^dj c 'T PERSONNEL SAFETY AND HEALTH - MEDICAL Ho. Date Pago C a n ce la Datad L-6-B 12-23-69 3 Pare 3 l-L'lt-69 MEDICAL 1), X -R a y E xam in atio n B . A n n ually {Cant'd) P r e s e n t ly known e xp osu res f a l l i n g in t o t h i n c a te g o r y a re employees i a v o lre d in dry buhr stone d r e s s in g , in h a n d lin g : fir e b r ic k , asbestos, s i l i c a s a n d , n i c a , p e r l i t e , c e l l t e and o t h e r d ia tcm a e a o u s e a r th s and employees involved in sanding o p e r a tio n s . A t th e d is c r e tio n c f the P la n t M anager, any employee upon com p lain t o f lu n g d i s a b i l i t y , frequ en t coughs, p ersisten t c o ld s , e t c ., nay be X -rn y e d . C . General Su p plem en tal In fo rm a tio n Form (No. 0-29^1) -which in clu d e s a d e ta ile d acco u n t o f the em p loyee's l i f e t i m e v o rk a c t i v i t i e s in c lu d in g ; t*-pe o f w ork, k in d s of m a te ria ls handled and le n g th o f time a t each s p e c ific occu p ation tocether v ith p revious X -ra y film s s h a ll accompany the cost recen t X -ray to the Trudeau Foundation, The Trudeau Foundation s h a ll be re q u ire d t o r e tu r n the X -ra y film s to th e p la n t . Each p la n t s h a ll s to r e th e X -r a y film s f l a t in the normal film en velopes, in m etal ca b in e ts lo c a te d in a c o o l, dry area. 1 X -ray film s v i l l co n sist o f a s in g le l V x 1 7 " 'p o stero -an terio r routinej chest projection (X -ray). No p la n t s h a l l p erm a n e n tly h i r e or c o n t in u e a n y in d iv id u a l in th e em- | p lo y o f t h e company v h e r e a p re-em ploym ent X - r a y shovs a q u e s tio n a b l: co n d itio n to e x is t w ithout f i r s t review ing t h e s itu a tio n w ith the M a n u fa ctu rin g Manager and th e S a fe ty D ir e c t o r ( in whose absence the case should be d iscu ssed w ith the Manager o f In su ran ce or S u o e rv iso r, C asualty Insurance). In an e f f o r t to o ffe r the Trudeau F o u n d atio n a q u a lit y d ia g n o s tic p la te th ey d e s ir e , a p lan t should attem pt t o fin d X -r a y f a c i l i t i e s v ith the follow in g c a p a b ilitie s: G e n e ra to r (1) Capacity 300 M. A. at 80-90 K . V . P . F u l l Nave R e c t i f i e d . (2) An accu ra te tim e r o f no more th an 10 M. secon d s. (Printed in U.B.A.) C Chnr. / Contains re v ise d m aterial formerly on page 7 'li'etl 3 -5 -69 , Operating D ivisio n OEuCCRAZ# C PERSONNEL AppTOTjKlSr SAFETf AND HEALTH - MEDICAL' (Cont'd) no. Date Page t v a n"--e erl*- ' d U 6-b 12-53-69 5 pa?s 5 l-?U-6? 5. Eve Exam ination * P rotection A l l o p e ra tin g p la n ts s h a ll have a s ig h t aeri'EU lA g pifljSJJLi J b il is in p v i s u a l e ff ic ie n c y t a s t in g in s tru m e n ts . T his can he done in coop eration 'with o p t i c a l co m p an ie s, eye g l a s s v e n d o r s , l o c a l o p t o m e t r is t s , th r u eco n o m ical r e n ta l o f s ig h t s c r e e n c r s , or p urchase o f same. Eye t e s t s are t o he perform ed an 1 em p lo y ees, and the r e c o r d s re t a i n e d . T este a r e t o he made an t h e f o l l o v i n g b a s i s : 1 . As a part o f the pre-em ploym ent exam in atio n . 2 . A l l employees a t le a s t e v e ry tv o (2) y e a r s . 3 . P rio r to tra n s fe r to a Jo b v ith h igh er v is io n requirem ent. 1. Any tim e t h e r e i s s u s p ic io n t h a t an em p loyee has a v i s i o n pro blem t h a t may r e q u ir e c o r r e c t i o n . Eye t e s t s are to he in accordance v ith the Purdue U n iv e rsity Job Vision S t a n d a r d s , made o n ly f o r s c r e e n in g p u r p o s e s , a n d . I f i t i s determ ined th a t th e r e is need fo r c o r r e c tio n , th e em ployee in q u estio n v i l l be in s t r u c t e d to o b ta in an eye e xa m in a tio n a t h is e xp e n se . The p la n t v i l l th en s u p p ly employee v it h p r e s c r ip t io n ground s a fe t y g la s s e s a t no ex pense t o the em oloyee, other th an th e eye exam in ation c o s t . I f ac c e p t a b le c o rr e c tio n is not a t t a i n a b le , then t h e e n tir e c a se s h a ll be C r e f e r r e d to the M an ufacturin g M anager and S a f e t y D ir e c to r fo r evalu atio n and comment. When c o r r e c t i v e le n s e s are not n e c e s s a r y , t h e p la n t v i l l f u r n is h em C p lo y e e s v it h piano s a fe t y g la s s e s a t no c o s t . S h o u ld th e em ployees' p r e s c r ip t i o n ground g 'ia s s e s or p la in g la s s e s be l o s t , o r otherw ise d isa p p e a r, em ployee v i l l be req u ired t o pay fo r the secon d p a i r . However, i f th e g l a s s e s are b r o k e n , or o t h e r v is e become u n u sa b le , the p la n t v i l l rep la ce broken, v o rn , or unusable g la s s e s . I f t h e fo r e g o in g t e s t in g re q u ire m e n ts cannot be met v it h borroved in s tru m e n ts , or thru econom ical or fre e t e s t in g se rv ic e s p rovid ed by l o c a l s o u r c e s , th e n a v is u a l e f f i c i e h c y t e s t i n g in stru m e n t s h a l l be purchased. For t h e sake o f s ta n d a r d is a tio n th e Company h a s s e le c te d th e U nited S t a t e s S a f e t y S e r v i c e Company M odel OY?-M ns t h e u n it to be p u rch a sed . 7 m a t e d Ad U . e . A . ) y C In d ic a te s Change D i n d i c a t e s =:= u o t ^ f I n d ic a t e s Change In Numbering Sequence Only. iuafci;x-ja_L : ormeriy on page y a n t e a J Operating Division 0E3KA1 ORDER 1 **"". _* 1 Approved; ^ ' PERSONNEL SAFETY AND HEALTH - MEDICAL Ho. Date Pape Cancels Datad l-&Lb 12-23- 7 Page 7 3-5-69 MEDICAL (C a n t' d) 6. A sbestos and other t o x ic D u sts IV . Reporting. (Cant' d) PLAINTIFF'S I, f 83u? exhibit E very June and December each P la n t s h a l l n o t if y Department 170-5, S a f e t y D ire c to r o f th e fo llo w in g , on a p er p la n t b a s is : 1 . Usage o f asbestos (Tons) d u rin g la s t s ix months. 2. Number o f employees d i r e c t l y in v o lv e d in h an d lin g o f a s b e s to s , to g e th e r v ith date and d ia g n o s is o f most recen t chest X -ra y on each o f th ese em ployees. 3. Results of a ll dust sam pling taken during la s t s ix nonths. Note: A sbestos Usage A reas O nly. 1 . Where f e a s i b l e , o n ly non-sm okers sh ou ld be h ir e d . Every p ra c t i c a l attempt sh o u ld be made t o r e lo c a t e e x is t in g smokers to areas of lesser exposure. 2 . Department 170-6, S a fe ty D ir e c t o r and 186, M anager, In su ra n ce , s h a ll be n o t ifie d o f a l l proposed nev uses o f asbestos as e a rly as p o ssib le . Hefer to G .O .B . It-S-B fo r X-Ray requirem ents. DO (Printed la U .S . .) ' " 7^ A In d ic a te s Chimge In Numbering Sequence O n ly . C o n ta in s m a te ria l fo rm e rly on Pare 8 d ated 3-5 -6 9 . PERSONNEL C a n ce la Dated pa g l-itL '5 9 MEDICAL (C an t' d) SAFET AND HEALTH - MEDICAL 5 PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT / 6. Asbestos and Other T oxic D usts Based upon th e p o t e n t ia l h a za rd * t h a t may be a s s o c i a t e d v i t h Ccnpany use o f asbestos and other t o x ic d u s ts , th e fo llo w in g program o f p revention and. p ro te ctio n i s p laced in e f f e c t : I . Establishm ent o f Threshold L im it Values ( T .L .V .' s ) . The Company adopts th e most c u rre n t T . L . V . ' s e s t a b lis h e d by the American Conference o f Governmental I n d u s t r ia l H y g ie n is ts ( A .C .G .I . I .) fo r s p e c i f i c t o x i c s u b s ta n c e s . Where two o r more t o x i c su b stan ces are used sim u ltan eou sly, the T .L .V . v i l l be e sta b lis h e d by the in su r ance c a r r ie r . I I . Determ ination o f Hazard A reas. Each P la n t , under th e d ir e c tio n and c o o r d in a tio n o f the M anufacturing Manager, s h a ll be r e s p o n s ib le f o r e s ta b lis h m e n t o f an a irb o rn e and s e ttle d dust te s tin g and a n a ly s is procram. T h is can be accom plished by aepen able o u ts id e s e r v ic e s o r by use o f P l a n t f a c i l i t i e s and train ed P la n t p e rso n n e l. Person n el tr a in in g s h a ll be arranged through Department IT 0 -6 , S a fe ty D ire c to r. S u ffic ie n t t e s t freouency s h a ll be m aintained to develop rep resen ta i t iv e r e s u l t s under v a r y in g c o n d it io n s . The above program v i l l be complimented by an an n u a l d u st su rvey by th e in s u r a n c e c a r r i e r . I I I . Control o f H ealth Exposure. A ll p r a c tic a l step s s h a ll be taken to m aintain airb orn e dust le v e ls below hazardous T . L . V . ' s . So lo n g as T . L . V . ' s are exce e d e d , a l l ex posed personnel s h a ll be provided w ith , and re o u ire d to w ear, res p ira to rs as approved by the U .S . Bureau o f M ines ra te d fo r pneu m oconiosis-producing d u sts. I t is extrem ely im portant where to x ic dusts a re used or m aintained th a t there be a h ig h le y e l o f housekeeping. I t i s th e r e p o n s i b i l i t y o f th e Works Manager t o p re p a re th e n eces sary prop osals to co n tro l and c o lle c t to x ic d u sts based upon in d iv id u a l and s p e c i f ic c o n d itio n s . j^379l" (Bock) i Indicates Champe In numbering Sequence Only.