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Material Sabati,t t e d ! R eq u ired t m m Blood S S S p f a S * J# * B m lG k * m h $l C o r p o r a t io n , Load & aly ses ORIBE ' A n aly sis num ber Volume S pecific G ravity Mg. F b /L ite n BLOOD A nalysis lumber w eight Mg. P b /lo o Drains Mg* P b /lo o Grams 6qa- 7 o3 ? 14o m l. 1*001 0 .0 4 0A-7G89 1 0 .8 0.03 (speetrograpfaic} 0.045 (B ithisone} Ih& l e v e l s o f l e a d c o n c e n t r a t io n in t h e ur; n and th e b lood ar e w e ll w it h in th e u p p e r normal'- l i m i t s . K & 0017353 Signed Samples CoH o c te d s Samples Received; > 2 0 -6 0 > 22-60 S a m p l e s R e p o r t e d ! > 27- 60 Materiali Subm itted: Required i Urina and Blood: 9-22* 6o by Dr* S* G B urdick# E th y l Cornoi^atlom. Houston Plant . Lead Analyses m iim A nalysis lumber Volume - S p ecific G ravity 1%. P b /L it e r BLOOD A n alysis lumber W eight Mg* F b /lo o Grans Me Ffc/IGO Grams S0A-T086.! So m l. ; 1.024 ; 0. 0-8 ; m0 A T 0 8 3 ; 10*5 Gr-aiaa 0 .0 4 C sp e c tr o gr ajih io '} 0 .0 3 (D it h iso se } Th l e v e l s o f l e a d c o n c e n t r a t io n in th e uriti arici th e b lo o d a r e w ell w ith in the u n cer norm al lim it s. K E 0017354 Signada S a m p l e s C o lle este d Samples Rosei, veda Samples Fe pox te d s 9 SO-60 *22-60 9-27-60 i n t e r -o f f i c e . CO RRESP O NDENCE 7SO M Kar l V. K it z m ille r J . G. Bu r d ick , M.D. ADDKEK AUI)H CK! C in c in n a t i, Ohio H ouston , Texas n t 'Bj'E c r G a so lin e St o r a g e Tank I n c id e n t DATE Je ptarane r 20, I 960 T h is n or n in g I r e c e iv e d a t e lep h o n e c a l l from Mr. St a n .E sk r id g e o f th e Sa l e s Departm en t who st a t e d t h a t two men, em ployees o f Vacuum Tank Company, were c le a n in g a g a so lin e st o r a g e t an k f o r t h e Humble O il Company t h a t h ad c o n t ain e d t h e ir "Golden E sso " g a so l i n e . The men h ad w orked ap p r o xim at e ly an h ou r an d f i f t e e n m in u tes in t h e t an k , had. gon e o u t f o r a fewm in u t es, an d th en r e t u r n e d fo r ap p r o xim at e ly f i v e m in u tes when one o f them p a sse d o u t an d th e o t h e r became d iso r ie n t e d . They v;ere iramedia t e l y reserved and t ak en t o th e L i t t l e York H o sp it a l in H ou ston . T h is a l l o<c u r r e a betw een m idn igh t and fou r a.m . At noon t od ay I v i s i t e d t h e h o sp i t a l , t a lk e d w ith an d exam in ed t h e p a t ie n t s an d o b t a i n e d a sp o t u r in e sp e cimen an d b lo o d le a d specim en from each o f th em. Mr. a h e alt h y youn g wh t e r a l e , ap p r o xim at e ly 20 y e a r s o f age st a t e d t h a t he was t h e1 one who :sad become con fu sed in th e tan k. That he had f e l t com pleuely w ell sin ce en terin g th e h o sp it a l, h avin g had no h eadach es, n er vou sn ess, i r r i t a t i l . t y , or an o r e xia. P h y sical exam in ation was e sse n t ia lly n e gat iv e . Mr. a M exican of. ab ou t th e dame a ge , was th e o t h e r p a t i e n t . He sp o Kfiv e r y l i t t l e E n glish b u t I was a b le t o g e t a r e aso n ab ly good h i st o r y w it h t h e h e lp o f a v i s i t i n g r e l a t i v e . He st a t e d t h a t h e h ad been in t h e t an k th e same le n gt h o f t ime a s bu t th a he remembered p r a c t i c a l l y n ot h in g o f th e secon d t r i p in t o t h ^ r a n k T He st a t e d t h a t when he can s t o he was in th e h o sp it a l an d h is on ly com p lain ts were t h a t he had s l e p t m ost o f t h e m orn in g an d t h a t th e b u r n ed a r e a s jjeon h is h ip s an d t h igh s were p a i n fu l . He was e a t in g h i s lu n ch an d a p p a r e n t !^ e n jo y in g i t , an d s t a t e d t h a t h e h ad no h ead ach es o r n e r v o u sn e ss. Exam in ation r e v e ale d some 2nd d egr ee b u rn s over h is low er abdomen, b u t t o ck s and t h igh s th at were ap p ar e n t ly ch em ical b u r n s from t h e h yd r ocar b on s in line f l u i d rem ain in g in the tan k. I h ave t a lk e d w it h t h e ir p h y sic ia n , D r . Edward H. Dew, an d h e w i l l o b se r v e b oth men c l o s e l y fo r t h e n ext 36 h ou r s f o r an y e'v id e n ce o f organ ic lead in toxication . V. K i t z r .i l l e 2- - Sey :. 20. 19o0 I air, sen d in g t h e .speo.borixt.^r>- f c r q u a n t it a t iv e ies in- c a l l e d by phone when th e iii.e:.s I o b t ain e d t o th e Ke vLer in g d ier.erm i n al ion an d w ill a op r e ::l a t e laboratory' t e st s ar e complet e. 'Tv, `Ik Mr. J. 7. H en drick