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FILE NAME: Baldwin (BALD) DATE: 1942 June 23 DOC#: BALD014 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Inspection Report - Lima Locomotive Works, Inc. -iv: A i'. /v.v r&p-ir: V : - - I :'..> . 1U4maaXOmfc<mi* U' * Wtrk,<.Z'aY*. . . 'Vv;V;.i'. ' w > / ./ W l VV ' .(A .p ;, ' f y * ^ .;V- '': r V ;.x ' -' -, A' '."V:lV..'''iV'; 'fi : \-V, \l '";<! w ' . \y >'i \ V V **>* '1 ' *s; * ' 1- ', - i ' -/'*'. 0B U *M St ji < \ ' .v' ' J w r*P*rt u ir it t t i t m ky Ur D*IUV f f # . *** for your lafArit&tloci aui. uidin##i'.', <y V-5-** .VV?'V'*- ' ' '*' ___ ' ...J CiapllLaee wi$k tk rtMamo^KU MutU 1 m ' .> 'AUvlly, m U \ ttaWHaJJty la k u lii^ ^ tkA :'k-'.'.'* ; ' Xr" i **t , a i n v .- -y 'W; : " ~ u , v ' ., . ' ' . . Ttry tm iy yw , "'7' < .. : *v* 6up*rintondcii Vi r toiuum /no. ` >7 Y '.. .. ;'-'I \ y .J': y - .^ 0 ^ :k ''S m m Mr* Thou* P* Keuxns, S u p t. D iv is io n o S a fe ty and Hygiene The In d u s t r ia l Cetm iaeion o Ohio Colum bus, Ohio In r a t Id o * Locom otiva W ork*, Ia t L in a , 0 On June 1 6 , 4ha a r i ia r , accompanied by U r, r , 1 K la it o f th ia D iv is io n , v ia ita d ih a above named oom pany.Thla v i s i t vua nada on tha in it ia t iv e o f 4ha v i t a r la o rd a r 4a ehaok dua4 a o a d iilo n a b efo re any e la in a f a r a illa a a ia a r t f ile d r a lh e r th an w a itin g u n t il a la in k ia baan file d * fo undry Sup erintend ent* S afety ; Aaalatast T h ia c p e tty aanuf net urea eaatin g a fo r lo co m o tive s, power s h o v e l , raneo, and soonerd a l ca e tlu g s. Tho foundry ia lo o atad in a b u ild in g about 600* x 100' x 60* ie the top o f the a e n lte r w hich runa tita f u l l len g th o f the b u ild in g . Th ere a ra ft e x h a is t fa a a ih |x }lM t, , `l t w hich p lan e th a ahakeeut ta la a p lan e* Thera l a an a w d aver th a shakeout* Sand ft` on tha nolda ia dumped through * (T a t i n f in to a hopper lo o atad in th a flo o r and conveyed to tho aend p re p a ra tio n eq u ip ment* In t h ia equipment th a m a te ria l ie aareenod, n o iatan ad and put through a n u lla r * I t ia oonvtyad to hoppora fro n w hich th a aend ia waived in to th a fla n k fo r th a making o f m olds* Tha shakeout ta k e s p la ce a t n ig h t at t in e a st and o f tho b u ild in g where the aand p re p a ra tio n m aehias is lo o a ta d Tho fo u n d ry was o r d e r ly but th e re w as coneid a ra b le d rie d sand on tho flo o r fro n w tileh d u st would o r ig in a te . f a u lt le s s P a r t ii* Compound w h ich ia a a il io a p a rtin g compound, ia eu p p lied to the m olders* Tha g le a n in g room ia lo o atad n * * e xte rn io n to the fo u n d ry and i s sep arated from tho foundry by a p a r t it io n . About 30 em ployees work in tho o lo an in g room g rin d in g eaatin g a w ith p o rtab le g rin d e rs and about 30 omployooo arw en gaged ia tha ehipp ing o f o n atin g B . The b u ild in g in w hich th ey w ark i a about 120* k 6 0 ' x 60* to tha top o f Die M onitor which exten d s le n g th w ise in tho b u ild in g . Two exhaust fane a re lo o ata d in th * anda of the b u ild in g n ear th a to p * C o n sid erab le d u st woe observed ia tha cle a n in g room and s e v e ra l anployeea w are w earing r e s p ir a t o r . A ll amployaaa wwru w earing g o g g la a. Ttaraa a ta tia n a ry g rin d e r* w hich a re not v e n tila te d arw lo ca te d ia th e ela& aiag ra e n and 6 r a t t le r s w hich are v e n tila te d ere lo ca te d in t h is room* Sand b la s tin g ia dans Ju t h :; open a h rrb y two employee w earing b a la sto (n o t a ir U n a ) and Bureau o f U inaa approved re e p irt*> rs. They use sand o f ln rg o p a r ti la a l i a . They s ta rte d sand b la s tin g a easting', when th e w r it e r w ei p ro te st and t)n aloud of b la ck duet from th ia o aatin g co m p letely o b lite ra te d th a two sand b la rte ra from v ie w . I t ia* neoeeaary to cloee the door in the le a n in g room to keep th ia duet fre n d r if t in g in to th * cle an in g room. In th a o p in io n o f tho w i t e r t h is ie a ve ry bod co n d itio n which should be co rro eto d * Duet Sow plea (a ) /, sim ple tiik-.ri o ver n p erio d of 5 m inutes a t t/M cen ter o: -no c la w in g room and fo r 'ho la s t a U iu :: v on a c a st in the c e n te r of the room, l i c i t - . of d u st w r cub ic lo o t o f a ir * F * a ,, w h ile w alkin g aro w d 2 or 3 m inutes o f th a sample co ntain ed 27*5 e lm * pfer. (b ) Ttw noxt eutopic was taken fo r a period o f f iv e m inuta 'a t ftiSS P .U * , near t!i* e/ui be o u t . Pour mon were o h o valin g end through the g ra tin g se v e rin g th e hopper in the flo o r d u riit- th e tin e tho ampie u token* Fo r th re e and ona- h lf iiin u te a tn* w r ite r stood where th e air.m oved passed him to th e p o ist wbar* tilo : w t wns o riy in n t . s from th eaa fo u r men| th e ro tsaln in g y* one--h a lf nunuto oe etood .,i e r i duet from th e fo u r men n h o velin g sand would bo in clu d ed in thu antr.pl, tiu uampl* contained l b . l m illio n p a r t ic le s o f'd u s t par Oubio fo o t of h i r . TV axhauat on th e ahakaout was not run n in g a t th a tiam th ia {f" Orti, Ino, ' V- '.. ; : ' ' S n i s s s **%.& ti. \hu .pi. M *^ .n * a *1?v a,urtM ttoloo f.dttat **r o u .io .t S 7 # * " * io hu :* j * U 9 ^ : . t h lQ I \ I ., o o .a ta JId i.d ^ IIi! W . * * * :. * flr r* a1 Ua* n tm iL t w n, s A . ; . . . s t s ^ d sitas *^l .3k 4 ^ > . 2, k3, ^f l w55r 7, ^5T -, 'l, .. . . . 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