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raapast to axpoaora to tha seating, Vo voold not aapaot tha aynjrtona
rafarrad to a talnf duo to tha TS-W10 Shotting* fha Opinion npmiad hy
Dr. Goman, that tha raportad alefcaasa night ha pathological, Swada ,
goita raaaonabla, no sash txperiaaees ara ansauntarad from tlna to tins,_ -J
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Tha nraptwo nantlonad hy tha anployaoa ara not typlJMl
Of theaa daa to usual Industrial arpoauraa* they do not Indlaata
serious oonplalnto, dlad yen art foUevlag through and finding ant
tha tonpoaltlon of tha leaguer.
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063477
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BAKELITE DIVISION
UNI N CARBIDE AND CARBON CORPORATION
REPORT OF CALL
Division N.
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Material Lsbs
L. S* Burnistt, Jr*
Name g, S. Iryy Ship Trr
Brooklyn, le* fork
Address.......................................... Mr* Iyer* Chemical Section
IOIVE TfTU)
Mr. *111son, Chaalewl Section
Ur* Cilberi, Industrial Hygiene Mr. Kirk, Grfetj Cepertasat
Confidential
Lt* Coaacader Gorin, Medical Cep.rtaen^ALES bulletin.
Changes in Personnel
Disposition Last 3 Copies
Mr. J. E. Hoolah-CCl Mr* B. S. BUes-UC3 Mr*. M, G, Sobinsoa-SB
B. B*le~300 Xtdleon
Mr* /111boo. of the Cheatcrl Cectioo of tbs S^teri'le Labs hrd cfelled the Bew lork office rnd advised th?t they bad encountered sobs trouble with some Vinyl!te* rigid sheeting purchased from Virginia Plrk., Therw shoots werw oor
Vf-1310 ClfT l/l* thick carted with * *'hite vinyl l&euer end over the shite 1*0 uer mother costing of m black lf.c,u*rp total thickness of the costing approx imately ,007". It had been reported by me of the foremen la the machine shops that when this material was mschinec on a lathe that two or three workers bed complained of ill effects from fuses cosing from the *Tiaylite" sheet stock. Called to investigate*
Three or fonr workers la the machine shop had claimed that es s result of fuses from, the "Vinylite* sheet when it was machined easeed nervous tension, un-
vsacl pressure la their eras end lege end ea anpleteant feeling la their gaas* The above mentioned gentlemen were trying to determine if any of the Ingredients la our rigid sheeting could hr vs caused these eoapl&iate. la iaepectlag e disk cat fron Virginia Pick's sheets there was ao indier lion of say deooaposltioa
f the a; terlil. Mr. Allison had taken eoae chips sad ptrtielly dissolved then in eerboa tetrtchloride and the resulting odor *ti ehAracterlstie of the acrid
odor given off by vinyl resins. This odor wrs supposedly ceasing the trouble.
Explained to the shove amitimed gentlemen thet our VS-1J10 formulation ni
approximately 9*-97J etrright vinyl chloride in vinyl seetote copolymer resins, 1-fi tin stabiliser, blue toner end possibly e very smell percentage of s lub ricant* Pointed oat tb* t the eh/rf cterirtic vinyl odor which they thought night here ceased the trouble * ruite evident la all tour fabricating operations
and thet the mill nan particularly would be subject to this odor continuously during -VMf ittft. To the best of ay knowledge, we h&we newer had say problems of sickness
to this odor but ell of our e-r.uip*eat ws ventilated. Mr* >111ten and Mr. Kirk -' Mtined to be fsmllier with the various chsnic-jl properties of -all the materials
Mood tn the Vf-1310 fomulfctlon rod were of the opiidoa that nens'of them would
Me harmful. They plea on checking with Virginia Plek to obtefjf^tbe fprmulelion of the vinyl coatings used on these sheets to see If posslbly thtO'Oenld have reused the trouble. Made the suggestion thrt this problem coald-bw eUeeleted by shooting
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PRINTED IN U. A.
Name Jatftrtfl L:ba
ADDRESS
BAKELITE DIVISION
UNION CARBIDE AND CARBON CORPORATION
REPORT OF CALL
Division No. S
bv.Im Do Barnett. 3r>
Changes in Personnel
CONFIDENTIAL. Sales Bulletin.
Disposition Last 3 Copies
e Jot of elr tax th* disks --teea it
f;chioed, but they rere of the opinion
tb-* t the euouat of tork to be done on thie type of a; tericl would hi rdly Jus
tify e uipaent eh; ages.
y l*t c.^nvernt tion cn thle vlrlt *' with Dr. Goraua vfco ns the herd f the 3-.vl Dirpenetry. fie me of the opinion tbft this reported eleksess night *1I be pcyclK>lot'ie=l. fta stated that generally ray worker eho beesae ill while orbing in the ship ytrds would report very ruickly to the Dispensary. In tbir Pi.rtleulr.r fi oef none of the workers reported la to his. Ae thought ih^t possibly they h:d gone to t pries te doctor end the problea bsi been diegaossd es ctueeci by the pintle sheetr since it wee t anterifcl not previously htndled la the machine shop.
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Sr. Silli:* suggerted th; t a copy of this report of cell be sent tc you for your convents. It ir difficult to determine whether this complaint ie eutheatic or po-.sibly pcychologlo 1 r- Dr. Ccra.n peeaed to think. It is felt th?t it should be tr.-cked down tt such te por.rible in oroer tip t our *fioyllte* sheet stock sill aot get iay blcck aork for C-overaaent Applic* tloaa*
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