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FILE NAME: Colonial Sugar Refinery (CSR) DATE: 1944 DOC#: CSR196 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Gov't Inspection Results -R8/SP COMMONWEALTH OF A U STR A LIA r-ernoNC i MW11 Teucorathic Aoortea ( . "'NAVTOOCK, M*LOURNt' 330 H.M.AVNAVAL'DOCKYARD. ' VVU-MAMSTOY/N, W.19, ' P.O. BOX :* f t S e c r e ta r y , 1 P ub lic H ealth Department, * e-f- 295 Queen 8 tree t, PET,BOURNE. 0 , 1 . ' ` 1 U PC , N- t? .. J 3 4 4 . 9 ~ FE8 1.944 Dear 8 i r , . / R e c e ip t is acknowledged, o f your l e t t e r o f th e 5 th February, . i 1944, en a lo sin g report of test taken.on the use o f Asbestos P a n e ll i n g and the use o f Zinc Chromate (Y e llo w ) P rim er s o d .F ir e R etardant W hite. 'i . Thanking you fo r t h is In form ation , ' . Yours f a i t h f u l l y , . " ' i'K t E, 0 . MACKEY, . * / '( 1 . EHOR. CMDR/. ' . GENERAL MANAGER.' :-. ':i;V ::-;V- (X) ,V ' : r ''^ - ; A ccoruing to Gloync =;yC yyT ''/p y. ' '.'V :-' .. : -r` . 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T h e.d u st counted in c lu d e o 'fib r e s o r a sb e sto sr a id otaierinoniribV'^tja ' - dust -from a s b e s to s , dust, from, 1he f i l l e r , and ord in ary ;ihe l a t t e r in tM s ca se can-be* neglected*Y i/'.?he' f i l l e r ; J ^ t 'ehicwni'-to Vi-> 15iS o f th e w eight o f the board*.-^The. a c tu h l dusV coutitfl due to t h i s ha : d is t in c t from the a sb esto s could n ot be d e t e r g e d , but it d ia reasonable - to assume th a t the g r e a te r p art o f th e t o t a l cotlnt wag due to a s b e s t o s / - .The ,count, recorded in t h i s ta b le in d ic a t e th a t ;th 6re would b o * o ^ v d is t in c t a oboe to e in hazard fo r p eop le .working in .th e s e 'p la c e s where "thebe to o ts were nvede i f th e exposure were continuous* B y ' ^Cbntinuou^** -'! ; meant throughout the vorxing day, ai\d throughout th e working'yeW v**TV a 'J th e b o d s o f the Aaei'lcan r ep o r t .one m ight ex p ect tihat a aiaall - percentage would chow s ig n s o f .a sb e sto s a f t e r working c o n tin u o u sly -in . such atmospheres for two or-three years* ' ' .y..1 . ;*> -"r -V . ' -* ; u l f i Y * Gxi>0Wr0 i0 only "of the order o f 2-3 weeks' in a"year i t ' i s ''" nop. eonsioered tM t th e hazard i s o f ouch order h s to require''proventivs u' thods. excep t such as a re ugsstbd below* : C : / ' ' .- :' - C on d ition s could be improved b soriihg th 'sh e e ts in 1& op en '.air where t h i s i s p r a c tic a b le , and by .en su rin g th a t a l l p ortholeh a re open, '-. I n 'c e r t a in circu m stan ces uch7-:>ork:in. cabin' or opa'cV which'has'nO to fKn a i r / . i t i s n o t u n lik e ly th a t' dust co n ce n tra tio n s ?ucl A3 to r e q u ir e th e u se o f r e sp ir a to r s' even thogh th work' ' la sted o n ly a short p erio d . fu r h te r .te s ts could t?e'done to<Stertain th is p o in t, should th e circu R ^ ten ces'.arise*\- .'A ll .the 'above o b serv a tio n s' apply t o h e a lth y workers who have n o t , p r e v io u s .t o ' t h i s 'type' o f work* be^n engaged on work in v o lv in g exposure t q a sb e sto s dust*. . I f there a r e anv -.* n ve worxed fo r come years,.in th e a sb e sto s industry,* or' have worked a to r^ tn P riode, w ith th is type o f m a teria l, th ey may'require d u st rsp ir- ators to prevent further exposure. -=. : . V 1 / . - - 0* 0. SHIKL.-. .. . 'V ' O ^fcr& n ces. Mgdio.al _0friper o f In d u s tr ia l K yylene* . ` < - * 1 .0ccuPa t io n -& H ealth (Supplement 1933) In tern a tio n a l' ne pour ox1 ice* ' . . - . - . *.. :. - ... - 2 . Silicosis & asbestos. Lanza p* 387* . . 3 . Ani U^ IV` A fb esto eio in the A sb estos T e x t ile In d u stry , U.e.P.h. B u lletin , h o .241, 1938. , . '' .