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FILE NAME: Westinghouse (WH) DATE: 1971 Oct 15 DOC#: WH022 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to OSHA Reporting High Dust Levels at Plant and Giving Specifics for Inspection O'--> T "*' ,C.2> w - oJ-.- tfyJ ^ Oot.15,1971 ' " 529 Playford Ave. S E.l!eKeesport,Pa. 1503^ Eon* George Guentber Labor Standards Director Occupational Health and Safety Tbe Labor Department Washington,D.C 20515 Dear Sir: When tbe Federal Health and Safety Act was passed in 1970 a newspaper story stated:"Guentber saidhowever,he will be relying to a great extent,on employes to report safety and health violations" At the Weutlngbouse Electric PCB plant in Trafford,Pa. a radial or radlao wheel in TC-20,when cutting or grooving LEVERS,gives off a pollution that is almost unbearable. An aisle draft picks up these fumes and carries lgto TC-70 and TC-90. Are the fumes tosio? I don't knon. No one in tbe ' plant is a bio-obemist. What's it like? A pungent undescrib- able. i * When you send your inspector there,tell them in TC-20 to begin outting LEVEES on the cutting wheel. Then go into TO-80 and before long you will wish you bad taken along a gas mask. It's ridiculous to breathe these fumes half the night or day when a large "bbod" or outlet re-location can correct it. Talk to management? I am a sub-division steward on the second shift and have been to the top executives of PCB - two union grievances have been to no avail. The head of PCB,Mel Goetz, told mei"We are waiting for funds.." However another newspaper story featuring OHSA attorney Paul Martha (enc.) reads:"But a company won't be allowed to plead povertyMartha said,because tbe law says'an employer doesn't have a right to jeopardize a worker's health." (A few lines in tbe story deals with "material being cut.."J Send your inspector up to Trafford Westinghouse PCS soon - to TC-20 radial cutting wheel. Tell them to cut LEVERS,then come over into TC-90 and breathe or try tobreathe. 77e have been after management to correot this situation Tor a year. If there la any retaliation by the company toward me for this letter you will bear from me again. Please send me OHSA attorney Paul Martha's Labor Dept, address in our area. KirDvj) V.l. -- r<vt*--; .*' ... . . I .< .* e m #. I, FES - 71272! { /o-if/i/ii V f'i Area C:l:. Very respept-fUlly-^ours.,__ OEPARrir-Jl'n? [AUO! ' . L , B urtJu wl U j v Pete RoteQ.ll I 7 liV! M # .