Document 3NmNY2mR6BN0adQZqpDK6Qed6
FILE NAME Corning OC DATE 1969 Aug 22
DOC OC116
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Detailed Grievance Statement RE Dust
and Working Conditions in OC Berlin Plant with Cover Letter
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August 22 1969
M. D. Burch Director of Personnel and
Industrial Relations
Corning Fiberglas Corp.
P. O. Box 901
Toledo Ohio 43601
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Dear Mr. Burch
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I am attaching hereto a copy of a statement
received from Berlin New Jersey I have had
a series of problems with apparent working
conditions and the for itself Since
attached this has
statement speaks been a continuing
thing there must be something that can be
done to correct it
I have to point
the transmittal
out in the first that this matter
paragraph
is not in
of
our
constitution but was a resolution developed by the Health and Welfare Committee
I of course will have the opportunity to see you on Tuesday morning and we can discuss the
matter in more detail
Sincerely
LWM njr
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Lee W. Minton International President
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unitters unitters should be made a grievance after they are dis
and the Union Committee feels that the Company is either
too slow or not going anything about this serious
name
of
the
Local
the officers of
Local
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matter
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Committed file a grievance on the following items
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dust condition throughout the plant We are calling
for immediate correction of this dust
Calling for
a regulor floor cleaning program that would be followed each
shift
of
the
operation
of
this
plant Calling
for dust
correc
tion at the Flatware Finishing Line
at the
box station These men are
continuously being subject to a
concentration of dust at the boxing end of this line The entire
line condition is not good Router area needs correcting
Batch mixing dust needs correcting The hazardous method of
feeding batch to this department by a lift truck should be dis-
continued The method
fans
the
of
cooling molds
with
large
powered
on
floor of the Production Department should be dis-
continued and another method installed This keeps a constant
agitation of dust spread throughout the production area
number of vehicles moving back and forth in the production area
continuously stir up the dust Some methods should be devised
to minimize this traffic and keep the dust on the floors at a
minimum
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,The use of fiberglas pads after they deteriate and burn This
keeps a constant amount of fiberglas dust and other dust into
the atmosphere by the cages passing in front of cooling fans
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dropping off of lift trucks and is a constant source of
ey "* tion to the employees
(( The saws need serious attention
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Special ,
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SpecialAssembly Department The Lines Nos 1 2 and 3 where the
men strip this dust method should be corrected instead of the
method now used of blowing the dust into faces of one man from
another
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The method their load
of bulk loading material where the
into the bulk system Here there
trucks
discharge
the
dust
from
these
trucks
blows
into
the
is carelessness and
plant in a large cloud
The '
ventilating of the Douthern area over the top of the Dowtherm
pumps Any ventilation coming into this area must pass over the
pumps and contaminated with Dowtherm fumes before it gets into
the plant Another method of ventilating this area should be
devised
High noise level from machinery - steam leaks
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The Local Union and the Safety Committee are further calling
for An educational program to aware the employees of this plant of
the seriousness of the contents of this dust so that
() is very familiar with this fact and through their daileyvewroyroknewill do whatever they can to reduce the amount of dust
pry
Attached to this grievance will be an additional list of requests
by the Safety Committee for other improvements
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