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FILE NAME: Saberhagen (SBH) DATE: 1943 June 14 DOC#: SBH017 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Proposed General Safety Standards Standard 49, Article A-5, Asbestosis copy S e a ttle , Y.'.-.shii.glon June H , 1943 150 Hr, Jehn I . Horner., fv r.erv ircr of Safety Bipartx.-.nt of ^cLor 4 ir.dust.riis S tate of V.erhfngtcn Olympia, Y.ishingtcn Dear Hr, Uergp.ni RE: Proposed Gcncred Safety Standards Et;.nc.-;rd 19, A rtirle A-5. ; : : L : 7 r ; i ? Our Association has giver, due c o n * ictrk iicn to the above centioned subject and s u tn it to you the follow ing recommendations. InafT-uch as any dust t/hich s ig h t occur in any of our operations during the application of m ateriel in which asbestos sig h t be used i s not of any d if ferent character from the ordinary dust th a t is d evelor.ed in thousands of occupations, we fe e l th a t i t i r adequately c la s s ifie d under Standard 45 in the general cle re ific a tio n of "naaarcs and P ro tectiv e Devices.'* The re la tiv e quantity of asbestos in the n s te r in ls th a t use the name "asbestos" i s quite s s a ll. As a n a tte r of f a c t, magnesia i s 85? of most of the pipe covering which is generally re fe rre d to as asbestos amongest those uninformed. In cur e n tire p ra c tic e of handling asbestos in the S ta te o f Y.'a:hington, and our Association members have been in th is business over 40 y ears, we have no knowledge of anyone who is even acquainted with the coined word Asbestosis" much le s s ever hevirg contracted the d isease, YTe fe e l th a t i f such a so-called disease were advertised to the general p ublic, and our workmen ir. p a rtic u la r, th a t i t would give then an excuse upon which to place claims fo r a l l so rts of a llie d ailm ents and our p a rtic u la r in d u stry would be unduly burdened by such p a ra s ite s . Our C ennittee, consisting of Ur. V. S. Jenkins and Hr. ?. F. Bellamy, who were interviewed by John E. Morgan and Herman Luft a t th e Smith Tov.tr o ffic e s of the Department of Labor 4 In d u s trie s , rep o rt th a t th e recorded sin g u lar ease of Asbestosis as noted in the medical journals occurrto' in England some 40 or 50 years ago under must unsanitary and inhuman working conditions. Sir.cc th is fe ro ip i disease has not cone to our a tte n tio n , we fe e l i t should be l e f t in Europe where i t belongs anc not brought to our lo c a l communities and e aate h y ste ria and fe a r asongest th e fam ilies of our contented workmen who are bow enjoying good h ealth and liv in g to a rip e old age, which i s sig n ific a n t of the Pipe Covarers Union as compared with th e oth er tra d e s . These s t a t i s t i c s o f your Department confirm the soundness f t h is argument by the low ra te which we have, and we wish to contii u- enjoying t h i r lov. ra te by not allowing our standards to be a d u lte ra te d . T herefore, we h e a r tily recommend th a t th is e n tire Paragraph A-5 be deleted from your code, and pledge our cooperation to your Safety S t-n d srJ r, which as we in te r p r e t them, i s using good coraion sense on a l l occasions. Cr. 11 our o ic r-tio n n v.1un* the r i g h t o ; t .`mount of c u :i o.i.-,ht a ris e from any wa-it.:, your r. p rrr.n l alive w ill ccrowr t h - ` i-uvv pro cr v e n tila tio n and rcrj.ijv.tory devices, liowivcr, whun i t come r, to in.si 11 in;* cur mat* r i a l in cr.*r;*c.! q u arters of v c s.elr., ..e have proven th t i t t r of more vulue to coir 1dvr s a fiiy in r r 2rri C'v*nS " * r TVPer v i:ic n an<. not allowing him to bo cncu;jl>erj! with re n p ira tc m , a ir hirer;.-, hot'U", e tc . C0522b c to y<m for favor.M e action in this; m-.t'er, v<. r.-nnin /*\ Very tru ly yours Koir.ir..j-rT i w . i n s A rro a m c N E ll i o tt Cf F cr'.rt Sucre ttr y * * t CO 5227