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FILE NAME: Westinghouse Pennsylvania Archives (WHPA) DATE: 1959 & 1969 DOC#: WHPA007 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: WH Irwin Plant Documents Westinghouse Irwin Nothing asbestos specific 1969 Field report at M ica plant with Operation/Hazard/Control Measure matrix 1959 summary letter from inspection M I H .I 9 0 0 J c v . 12 6? p e g io n ___________________________ _ _ __________________ - . . .nr urr. fmirovict h ica In su latio n s & Chemical Mixos fo r bonds n i T F n r ACTIVITY Feb. 1 A 1 9 6 9 COMMONWEALTH of PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT O f HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH FIELD ACTIVITY REPORT m EMPLOYEES 73 vu- TOTAL . lit ? COUNTY 65 INO. COOE 36 ADDRESS Box U, Irw in, PERSON INTERVIEWED Mr, Watson Penna, PURPOSE'. INVEST.; SURVEY; m S P L L L PRELIM .: F.U.I CONE.: VISIT; S P E C IF IC HAZARD OR CONDITION coM PL.; r e q u e s t : so u r c e WORKERS EXPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS W R I T T E N -----V E R B A L ZIP 156W TITLE A sst. PHONE JV12-G63-70OO Supt, ACCOMP LISHEO YES NO IN PROG . ' ..r- ` ' * TOTAL PUNCH CARD FOLDER dhange3 on fro n ti - Physician - Dr. Roland Keddis (on c a l l ) , 101 C lay Piko Road Nurse - Mrs. C rin er, R .N . ( f u l l tim e). S a fe ty Supervisor - Mr. Rhodes - Supervisoro f In d u str ia l R e la tio n s. Rec. o f su b stitu tin g fo r benzene acccmp. Operation Molding Dept. Cutting Fiberboard Preheating molds ( E l. 200F) Coating Mold Sanding Bonding Pont Enclosed Mining Crinding P lato making (El-200F) Drying Stripping Hazard nC risco n m ist (veg. o il) D erm atitis As on P/C plus AlgO^ dust A3 on P/C Epoxy resin dust As on P/C over Unit has LEV to outside G .V . in area G .V . Minimal amount o f mist present Reproductii 350 Norjrti Strec-f, '.Harris! * r PA P/\ ' * *- i. As on P/C plus BJI 2301 r e s p .a v a il. Unit has L .E .V . to outside co llecto r As on P/C Unit has L .E .V . to outside Enclosed unit with L .E .V . to outside r* BY D. A. Klimchock- &-H ~ ffloby WINS, Operation Hazard Control hearing Fiberglaa dust S e ttin g up mold D r illin g it Sanding Forming mold D erm atitis MEK peroxide & epoxy rosin mist Fiborglas dust P .V .A . vapor D erm atitis Plaster dust Per. hygiene plus b a rrie r croama and gloves a v a il. L .E .V . - Trunk exhaust 7ent. to outside Occas, oper. Brush appliod do. & wetted by above L .E .V . to outside Per. hyg. Protective glovos & b a rrie r creams L .E .V . to outside c o lle c to r in wetted form IXist rosp. a v a il Dampness R it 0 Lab - Basic chan, used. Hood w ith L .E .V . to outside Reproducira of an continued OPERATIC!) Ehclosed mixing (continued) Grinding Plate making Dept 2 lines of Plate machines Hand p late molding Sp ecial work Steam table 2 Tape machine Cutting Tape Weatirwhouse Electric Corp. (Mica Plant) HAZARD Sodium Cyanide dust Tele duet "C a b -o -sil" Duet (Cabot C o r ., N .T .) Sodium s i lic a t e mist D erm atitis Mica dust Shellac dust Acetone vapor Heat Carbon monoxide CONTROL KEASUf P . P, Equipment Organic vapor respirator Rubber gloves & aprons Personal hygiene Local exhaust & cyclone collecto r Local exhaust - 1600 LFM at enclosure Automatic operation Alcohol vapor Shellac mist Mica dust Heat Alcohol vapor Shellac mist Mica dust Toluene vapor Heat Shellac mist Mica dust Shellac dust Ceiling exhaust fans Canopy hoods with with exhaust fans L. . slo t vents on each side of table Enclosure it L. E. fo r beater r o ll 1600 L F H Local exhaust with wet c o lle c to r Reproductor t C: Reco Report o f V is it to Westinghouse E le c tr ic Corporation Mica Products Division P .0 . Box k lk Irw in, Pennsylvania On June 9 , 1959, & v i s i t was made/^o t h is plan t fo r the purpose o f introd u ction to our se r v ic e . This plant manufactures the tape which i s used to wrap the c o ils on generators. P lant population vhich was form erly around 500 has now dropped to 162 workers. The health service co n sists o f a nurse's o f fic e and la rg e treatment room. The f a c i l i t y i s adequate fo r the small number now employed K r. Frank S t e in le , In d u s tr ia l R elation s Supervisor, wa3 very gracious and d is cussed at length some o f the labor problems which he encounters. He fe e ls th a t the trend toward automation has caused much anxiety on the part o f the employees and that they are unduly alarmed since the progress toward automation proceeds very slow ly. H' stated that in Westinghouse Corporation, automation i s c h ie fly confined to the new p la n ts . This does not displace vorkers already employed. He believ es th a t th e ir em ployees s t i l l view vdth suspicion much o f management's e ffo r ts to provide good health Mrs, Jane Slo an , plant nurse, has been employed fo r 9 y e a rs. D rs. Koosei and Gross are the p h y sicia n s-o n -c a ll. They do not v i s i t the p la n t. Employees are sent to th e ir o ffic e fo r pre-employment p h y sica l examinations. Mrs. Sloan operates under med ic a l directives signed by Dr. Frank Gray at the East Pittsburgh p lan t. Mrs. Sloan does not belong to any p rofession al organization and has become some what is o la te d from p rofession al co n tacts. She does not know the nurses in the two Viestinghousa plan ts in the same v ic in it y Rsprdttt