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FILE NAME: Baldwin (BALD) DATE: 1953 Nov 2 DOC#: BALD037 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Worker's Comp Claim Info Sent to the Industrial Commission of OH from DeWitt Huffman, Industrial Hygiene Engineer 4 lovoahur 2. 1953 0 . A. 8tup, Poraonnol D irecto r 3>l(fari rwtl ---H ao ilto a Corp. South Mala S t. U n i t Ohio Door Kr. 8tuap: A oopy of a l a t t o r w rltto a to tho H edieal Dopartooat hy B a ltt B uffm a, la d u a tria l Eyiima* X tfL attr, la aaoloaod fo r jo u r la fo ra a tio a and ffUldaAM. Ploaao fo al froa to e a ll oa th ia D iriaioa a t aay tla o th a t va caa ho o f aarrioo to you. Tory tru ly ycura. OSXlaoi 0. 8. Kallanhau^h. Aaelatant tupariatoadont. t Xeveabe* 2, 1953 JUt O.B. 6Q*H~22 John P ra tt Medical Departaent I n d u s tr ia l C o*aissioa o f Ohio Caluabus Ohio C en tleaen : On October 26 1953 a v i s i t was made to tho Bal dwi n-T.i l t oa Corp., Lisa Ohio to cheek co n ditions under which th e above named claim ant had worked. The company manufactures looonotlves power ah o m la , and o th e r heavy e q u ip u n t. At one tia e while tho claim ant vorked fo r th ea, they aannfactured tea* locomotives. Tbs c la im a n t's estplcyment experinnoe w ith th is company i s a s follow s] 5/3/41 to 9/11/41 Chipper and chain hooker in foundry. 3/31/48 to 12/27/48 Chipper in foundry. 12/27/48 to 2/14/49 Chipper in b o ile r shop. 8/15/50 8/2/51 8/17/51 to 3/2/51 Assembler in em otion shop. to 8/17/51 Chipper blo ek eo ith shop. to 11/23/52 Assembler, shovel assembly. The >--** s ta te d on one of h ie a p p lic a tio n * th a t he vae a ooreaaker fro a Ilay 8 , 1941, to September 11, 1941. The company reco rd s show th a t he vas a chipper and chal a hook e r in the foundry. A d o st count taken in the o le a n ii ro o t on June 16 1942 in d ic a te d a coae e a tra tio a of 27.5 ttiia n p a rtic le s of dust per cubic fo o t of a i r . foundry d a s t h a s been found to eonta in fro a 100t to 20jt f r e e e i l i o a . The o la ia a n t vorked in the cleaning rooa fro a March 31, 1948. to Beoeaber 27, 1948. Be a ls o m y here vorked l a th ie sane clean in g rooa fro a May 8 , 1941 to 8epteabr 11, 1941. Other plnoee in which th e o la ia a n t vorked were a lso in v e s ti g a te d . The e re o tio n shop i s no lo n g er used f o r th a t purpose. As an assem bler in the shovel a s s s a b ly , ho vas exposed to l i t t l e o r no dost and th e re i s no apparent source o f duet co n tain in g fr e e s i l i c a . Be aay have had occasion to g rin d with a p o rta b le g rin d e r f o r sh o rt p e rio d s o f tin e although no I John Pratt Sovaober 2* 1953 apleysa waa aogagad l a th a t work a t tha ti* a o f th a r i a l t . 8 a ra ra l aa;?loytW8 la tha a ra a La which ha worked wart engaged l a w ald ir* . A pproxiaataly .300 io `. f r r w han ha w r ic k , aiac or tig h t playact wart g ria d la g an t t t t l gtairt and t i a i l a r p a rts 1th M all portabla griudara. 11though tha to gaara had hoea alaened l a an a h r a a lr t b la s t, there say hara baaa a m>'1^ u o n n t of burnk-Ln ta a d oa th m . th a thoT tl ea*ably b u ild lj* i t approxim ately 600' x 300' z 30 to tha ro o f. Ia mlraga would prorida r a l a t i r a l y good v a a ti la ti o a fo r th in buildrlo g . h i t l a s t azpoaura to dost o o a talaia g f r a a t i l i c a would appear to be an UaoMtar 2?, 19*8. t h i s claim ant has baaa paid lasuraaoa f o r tu b ero u lo aia by tha oapaay1a inauraaoe ccaapany fa r tha f u l l tw ta ty -a ix weeks o f the p o lic y which waa fro Deoaabar 5. 1952. to ay 31* 1953. Tary tru ly youra J2LH:aaBa Sac. DeVltt Euffasan, In d u stria l iygiero Hngiaeer.