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FILE NAME: Goodyear (GY) DATE: 1954 Nov 5 DOC#: GY012 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to the Medical Dept of the Industrial Commission of Ohio lorsaber 5* 195^ 2: OJ). 6162-22 Trnnklin T. Neat (Deceased) Medicai Departaeat Indatrial Cornalesion ef Ohio Colunbus, Ohio - Osatlenen: i? Od Horamber 4, 195^, th vrltsr tlaited th Goodyear Tire A Gabbar Coapaay. Ajctod, Ohio, to check condtions uadsr whlch th aborre caaod daoedeat had varked. i The company maoufacturaa tire, ate. ra Tor th paat tvalve years, th deoedsnt vas engagd ih mixing operntions. i vorked la e corcar of th ce&eat houao. Zt vaa M a duty to take varloua compound* uaed le cementa, weigb thaa out oc a scala oc vhieh ras c esali veigh pan. Ai ter r. pacific a a m n t was veighed out, he vould take th veigh pnn and dump th contente icto a large fnnnal. Thla funnel had preTiomaly been lnrcrted in cc opcniag in a mixer. In some eneo a th aixor eontar.ed water or alcohcl. Ooretlwea ths.-e %e-. *i1i latez and water in th mixer. Ton will note in the file there is a letter signed by X. A. Xeleen, Inine trial Hygienist for the Ooodyear Tire and Bobber Co., listing the Materials that the claimant handled. The Toreaan of the Nixing Department verified these material*. 1 Tou will also note in the file that a letter fro Andrew Michaels, Attorney-at-law, etatee that a sample of material called Code lh8 had beon anallaed and found to contain a silica content of 46.36)1. . ii The writer obtained three eaaples of material handled by the claimant. Tha first one is listed aw Code 148 Mica, The other two nro listed aj Code 11? and i These are two types of talc handled by tin decedent. The three eaaples were sec, to Saranac Laboratory for x-ray dlffraotlon with the following results; j Tree Silica Coda 148 Mina Code 11? Talc * Code 1?? Talc 1.3 Bone found 0.7 There is no question that oxer the period of years the claimant worked handling the powdered materials that he was exposed to various concentrations of dust. The writer watched an operator dump nioa into the mixer and it was estimated that the dust concentration would be from 10 te 15 alllion partialee per oubio foot of air. The claimant has also had some exposure to sine stearate because he handled about 60 pounds per day. P.O. Box SSI Reference: The S a r a n a c Laroratory F * r Ut* Study of Tub*rculo*ii, Occupation! D i*****. end Induttrici H yS>*"* ftmndtd by Eowaxo LiviNciTON TUb'DtAU m J8 S J 7 CxutCH St., Saianac U u , new Yo u Deem ber 6, 1954 TU phon: Laboratory 613 Director boO 122 I3UJ3TSIAL C2CCSS3C3 * or Ohio (Sample of *tlce, #143, cod two Maples of talo, # 117 and #122, collected at the Goodyear Tire and Robber Co, Akron, fot Cala Boaber O.D. 6162-22, Claimant franklin T. Meet (Recessed) submitted nadar Mr. Can Raima's letter dated Sorcobar 5, 1954.) X-Ray Mffraction and Petrorraphlo Analysis X-ray diffraction ves carried oat on cheateally concentrated residues. All figures firwn belov ere in tern* of the aaterials as reeelTed. Quarts Mica Roloalte Talc 1 .7s Palanco -- -- mi none found . 45-55 45-55 #122 C.7? t --- 30-40 60-70 Ronald Palley Petrojrapfaer TTid objectives o f T f c * Saranac Lsborkiory/4 non-profit organization incorporated under the Education Law of , \ c w 7 v r\ State are; - - . Rxtearck, Consultation, and Education v