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THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO DIVISION OF SAFETY AND HYGIENE 700 WEST THIRD AVENUE COLUMSUS. OHIO AXIIX A6S-X870 u. moo wn nuu LLCWTU.TW A COCO JOHM r. SMCEHM JOHN J. 0 ILL KICK Asm 22, 1973 Hr. Barid Mm _________NrMaMl.Himor____ 20200.Sfcoldoo U. Clorolaad, Ohio UU2 Dur Mr. H--t: Mr. taiyol sod 2 Wat U EbJoak 70a for tbo coartasy cad tlm givoa to aa dorlac oar nmt visit oa Jm 13, 1973. Zacloood is 1 0077 * roport that is hoias fowardod to tiM Legal fectloa of the Industrial Coosdssioo of Ohio Xegardlat 0 J>. 138376, The-- Darere. If at cay tlso is tbs facts* 700 shoald fool that this Division can bo of aaslstaoca tojocs e--pony oa ladostrial hygiene or saglnooriag actor* relating to safety, please call oa as. Tory traly years. JKTiJkp Joseph M. Tease, 7.X. ladastrial Hygiene Xagineer i)IEECTOa t alLfthU i*d*8try J 26, 1573 L*g*l taction Industrial Ceadulaa of Ohio Ohio hfirfin buildii* -Colvndna,_ChAo-A3213----------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------- AttanMnni loWn L; Bobbin* Bonn 104 log 0.0. 138376 Thomas Dsvora Cweloini Ob Jom 13, 1973, a visit was nsds to tho plat of Toaaoo, Inc. at Clovaland, Ohio to chock rowlltloM nadir which tha claimant -had verW. *" * Tha caapnaj iifiitiuii anothnnlc and Insulating hot top* for tho stool indaocry, aocaCbande risor In*too, flaataa and metallurgical oh--icals for foundries.. . Startod oork - iapcnabor 9, 1972 Loat 607 worfcod - March 3, 1973 Tbs claimant on* ainployod in/tba department whan hoc top beards am fornod. Bo eerod too (2) -- rh* an tho pulpers and four (4) noncba on tha oron* while La this department. A palpar nokns abone 30 1m noch day.. A nix Is nod* p by adding- silica flour, aabnsto* and rosin to netar is on* of flvo largo pulpar tnks. `About 600 lbs. of eh*** solids an added par tank., Altar appradnetolj an hoar in tho nixing.tanka, tho pulp la dnun off on to a*roans of tha prnpar slsa and shape Co-foot-tho'das irod hot top hoard. Tha uan rod board* an tha* stsekod oe-wbaaled racks which an pat Into own. iftar curing, tho racks an rnwrit fron Ch* on and tha boards an racks fron th* omn, tabs of$ and stack tho cured boards. ;.Ak tha tin* of this rlslc no activity-sop taking plana on I tha plat for* adjacent to cb* pilpr tasks and oaly nlainal actlrlty woa place at th* xit of th* curia* em. So dnac eonnt nns neda, Cbarnfora, loc* It w*s felt chat lc would not b reprabemtatlTw , Mr. Sobore Burih of chli OlvlsloB, boeerer, 'during* tha conrn* of an Industrial hygl*o* survay that h* conducted at this plant on August 16 and 17, 1972 did naka duat concentration n*ifiiro--ts on tho platform of tha pulp*ra by ebro* separata nacboda. Zhao* *n 1)' Millipon nanbrnno flltor for tbs nuurnaac of airborne asbestos fibn', 2).grrviaetxLs nathod for suiarmat cf tirbom dost end, 3) ssidgnt fay 1 ngai nrhrilt FOSECO 1668 *l_*o far the neaenraaent of airborne dost conrsatrstlaoa. lhs fnlloelax nuTfC is takea faun Ki, hxrsb'a report on that eax-eny and nUui to his count* token cn tbejpnlpar pUefnem. *feaaettracts~woT*" and*-., an "tie operating" pLntfooa of the" pulp*re by the pgbcnhtaa.'.dn*crihad. ..tbm. Tbs uketM fibre ea*mt of" 0.09 fibred per indicates no basard. Baaed on inert pnrtleelacea,- thp/daet laanl of 2.1 mijTw per cubic meter end 0.4 --*in-- fact of air donna*-apf r kaaardoua. --If - {burasheuld. bn/*' -algalfleant proportion of reepirabls-frea_xiliea------------------ eb<a ceocleelan mould aoed to bn oodlllW la the coon of the grawlaatrlc Im Anesnt, 1HZ, Ponnlfl It--ay of tUi Diriaioe don visited thia nu and rnoalurtu kin report with the ilfifnnt, "a condition eocotlcmtidg a health-haasxd m not ebaervod dories this visit." & pnlpnr platfnra and nearby rri ness ahou evidence of anetled done and it la vnxy likely that an individual ripening and porting begs wt ailica floor late the arianra could be Tymirf at that tine to concentratloua of airborne rtont donta tales alsaifleant percentages ef fdbn allinn. Zt la poieCad oat heuavar, that thane npneuu nonld eot bn coadnaeae and should diminish quickly aan the natarlal la added and Che nicer, comrad. The observations and naaecxnonnra ~t led and hw ly support thia abnarration. The claiaenz ana hives a pr* snplcymiot physical ehlch did eoc lecloda a cheat **-r*y. . "Tom elalanax ran prcvionsly oployed by the OLLn fh -- l iiT Compaq la Clare lead, Ohio. Be left his job with Chat conpewy v------------of a purported allergy to the chuaLcala need than. While *ih the snbjnnt enplsysr the clalnaat supplied bLion respirator. It respirator. la mmmmry It la considered that this' clalnact vnry probably bed, free tins te tin*, been exposed to coacenrratloos airborne dust contalales nlpxlflcene levels ef iron silica bur that kin vnrfc sms nr nr the polpars and oven ana satis feetcry ffron ao lednftrial hygiene standpoint. fellomiag la quoted tru Su-nakold limit Vnlena of Airborne Cemtabdeota lidoytnd ky the Aenrlcea Ceofarnoce of Conminf 1 lednstrlal Bygienlsts and'hpy her* sapevl ! slgalf trance In thlx cana/ "SncasM ef vide vsjtlstlao la ladlrldusl snecapcablllty, bem* rear, a snail percenters of workers nry arparleaon discomfort fron on substances at concent rat lens at or belo-<: the threshold limit, n nellar percenters mry be affected mare seriously by ag^evetiao of c pr--existing coodltloo or by davalepnant of aa nrmydisease. ary..truly yours. JW:Jkp Jc*affc-.hl.>aeah, /TJC\ Industrial hygiene tztgieea- F0SEC01669