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FILE NAME: Allied Signal Bendix (ASB) DATE: 1979 June 28 DOC#: ASB024 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Newspaper Article with Handwritten NotesAsbestos Linked to Deaths; WCB Orders Investigation oi>\4^{ ^ J 0 7 ty t u > ^ t - - e * x . /y>~J& \ , '-- ^ ^ 1 ? "/i^_ Q ru 2 -. (y^ + A ja.. >jb yrrJ&xs - jJ U ^ A tvx ^ ,. h*.^Lt.~ fi^oL ct^ oi_ s r 'Jg**y- : - r ^ fr y '\lN m ^ W 'V r& tW CB_ jo r^d7e?Ar/s*<ri;nvestigHat^iro' ini M i By PAUL PALANGO A full-scale investigation by the , Workmen's Compensation Board will be launched immediately into what are believed to be Asbestos-related cancer deaths of three workers at a Windsor* automotive company, board chairman ** Michael Starr said last night Mr. Starr said Information submitted yesterday by the United Automobile Workers indicates the three men, who have died since 1873, were victims of cancer11o--f th1e larynxi. The men worked for Bendix Automo tive Co., which operates two plants in Windsor --- one to produce brake lin ings, the other to assemble them. They were Identified as Henry Bednarjck, 57, Nelson Masse, 62, and Edward Rogers, 63. Mr. Starr said be did not know the exact dates the men died, . / John Moynahan, president of UAW Local 195. told Mr. Starr the men were, long-time Bendix employees and that the union suspects another 20 to 30 employees may have been victims of asbestos-related cancers. Mr. Starr said the three cases before the board would be considered as claims, and a full-scale probe y/ill be . launched to determ ine if any other cancer victims worked for the comp* n*. . "They (union officials) have handed a lu of research data over to us that we haven't yet had. tim e to took a t^ he * said. r ; One UAW spokesman told the board the union is seeking compensation bene- ; fits for widows and survivors of tho three workers and any others whose ! deaths may have resulted from an a * l beMstor.s-reMlaoteydnailhlnaness.complained that - - t Bendix has been uncooperative with the union regarding the asbestos prob- lem. He also said he is worried and * alarmed by company plans to stage an ; open house Aug. 11, when children will be admitted to the plant. Mr. Moynahan said the union is not sure how safe the J plant's asbestos dust levels are. ' * "We are concerned about children f being exposed to them," he said. :V Mr. Starr said the board first accept- * ed cancer of the larynx as an industrial" disease, in May, 1978, and has studied . many such cases since then. V . Tom Shafer, president and g e n e ra l. manager of Bendix's Windsor operav lions, said the company has had "sever* al cancer-related cases" in the past and* was aware the PAW intended to bring some cases to the board's attention.. ; *. Mr. Shafer said Bendix has "done lot in recent years" to Improve its a& .4 bestos dust control standards* , *3^ " We, in fact, are operating well w m ' '>. r ^ in established limits" for asbestos con-- centrations, hesa&T* '