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FILE NAME: Owens Illinois (OWILL) DATE: 1952 Dec 9 DOC#: OWILL053 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Internal Report - Health Aspects of Kaylo Dust & Lung Injury O W E N S - I L L I NtAOYLIOS DIGVISLIOANS S C O M E A N H ' INTRA-COMPANY CORRESPONDENCE C *& cn l Office . Toledo, Ohio Ur. George E. White Artntk>n of Decaaber 9i W ? Subjtct In co.'splianoe with your in struction s, we have nads a stucfy o f *11 available data on the health aspect of Kaylo duet and sp ecific ally re latin g to lung injury. e are attaching J oopiee o f the analyses which w* .b prepared with the objective of publishing in panphlet fo rt. Considerable time haa been apent on th is rubject with Dr. Shook and B ill Hazard, both of whew Beds major oontributionej and also contact were made with people in Sales to get th e ir thinking (Itesrrs. Hankins, Shun&n, Baber, Casey, Long, and Lugar), The report is based on experience in the factories and in the fie ld and research findings of Iha Saranac Laboratory. Suggest the fin a l draft of ths proposed published p*=?H et ba rwriev#d with Dr. Shook, B ill Kaaard, Dutch Neuhaus and Bd Dodd. C W H ieg Tour vary truly, dwt Curtis 1. Howard The le t t a r "F" i s an nginwirinG tern w5iich naans the rate that beat foe through one Inch o f in ru latio a. Oood in sulation T i l l le t only t r a i l anount o f hoot p u t Ua*ou^. i t ; than the F 1 ffcctor i * lew. (heat b n ] , Ft th i* the trade twee Xaylo originated. I That la Kaylo Material Xaylo n etorlal le a o lid fomed by a chenlcal reaction of lic e , white aand, cod water, with fibers aided to give to u rn e es. ^/j That are Xaylo Products Xaylo product are aale in two dtffem n t weiijite known as H f r t , about 1C pounds per cubic fo ot, and heavy, about 20 pounds per cubic foot. The heavy a te r ia l l a * * ! fo ri Poof Tile Doors Core Material V ail panels , The lic h t sate r ia l Ll M l fo r: Pipe Insulation Teasel Insulation f l a t Block Insulation la Xaylo a Wsr Material tay lc la a ralativaljr new typ* o f inrulatinc and rtro ctu ral n a te ria l, S zp e rlsta l wort was done with tha wcmfactort of th is n ate rial as early As 1?30. I t was in 1?3" V t Oswna-Xllinois f i r s t turned i t s attaatio o to th is new n aterial and a p ilo t operation started in 15b2* - 2- th at Sag O en e-H lin ois Dor to InvuaticsU the Health Aspect* of Xeyl? I t hw alsreye been a cardinal policy of the Coopany ih&t the Safety and Health o f i t s eaployeoe and those 'So handle and woe th eir product bo properly protected. Owens-Illinois d a three type* o f iirrertigsttoas: A. AH enployee* of the plants were given pre~eplc7 BNJt physical xacinatiene including chest X-rtyr and annually th ereafter. Since tha aery boginning o f tha p ilo t plant operation no employee has shown any avidecce of lung danage, dame t i t l e or other physical ailaenta traceable to tha handling of t ^ l o . 1. Arrangenantc re ado with ithe Bern Ja rs;' State Health and Labor Departnecte, Vorfcsen,f Conpcnsation Insurance Carrier and tho In d u strial Hygiene Section o f 0 *e = -lll ro ls fo r a p o d a l invert igatio d i and rocceam-dations. Both Xoikaao a Ccc^enaation d a l e s and group insurance d * i e were studied to daU rsin e i f exposure was a factor in auy s to le * . Bone of these investigations and studies have shewn any connection between working with Xaylo and the physical w ell being of the eoployeo. C. Cw sns-Illinois has followed closely the experience o f people in the f ie ld who out, f i t and handle Xaylo a t e r ia ls . 0o o c ^ la in te have been received fro acy wear re fle ctin g say health or physical Upalrweat on the part o f tha people handling Xaylo U r i e l , Oood rwporte hara been received tr a a that 9amparing the working with end handling o f Xaylo to other s a t e r ia ls . 0 ., lrraoe=ent* war wade with The Saranac Laboratory bo conduct axperSjwsnta on tha health aspect o f Xaylo duet* This work started In 1 & ad ecctinued w t i l c o ll a t io n in 1?S2. I t snjOored tha Batura o f lung reaction in aniaal who breathed Xaylo dust. Contd Tto factory shipped duet to the Leboawtoxy taken from Ik* duat collectors ts deposited free the corral Eiffmf&aturing epsretiocu A rooa * u constructed S z 6 i 6 , In one orner o f the roan a hopper was rooted and fille d with gaylo dost. By emu* of peddle that rotated lneicJc the hopper a cloud of duet v&e generated. fhla was ftintained eififrt hour per day, fire day per week, and for four boor oc Saturday, The roon m operated for aore then flvw year. About U5o ni na ls were wod in the aocporlxsent and kcb of then lived eontimscraly In the daet rooa for a* lone as three year. ('At ro^Jlar Interval anlwal wore killed and the lung tiaeuoe exaained to drt&rwlns the nature and extent of dust reaction, ib * tlstuaa ware also alyod < to estiast tha eaount of laylo duet retained la the Xxnga of anioale exposed for definite periods of tlm . ft cooduatooe f the research work done with Kaylo duet on aniwala wri (1) That thera la no p o ssibility o f drreloping Blllooela. (2) That there la no dancer of developing Aabcatoeia with norwal handling of Eaylo product. Tart bowed that ooestinued exposure to oonoontreted tayle duet Inhaled over a long period of tine m s oepeble o f prodoclsg In a d m ls incre&s-ed tlsroe growth ^rpieel of Aebertecls, The reaction v u wilder than vt*it pen Alberto doet would prodaoe. (3) That the duet hag e li^ iU y wafir*ureble laflasnoe pec tcheroulou infection after rUnelve ^ o e v rear a long period of t i n . - t - donerai Conclutions B qorien ce ln tbe c t o r l , end / le id end r*oarch /indine hav* ptfvren tiut nom ai band Ing o f J^'lo product 1b refe fron * health rtand- polnt. usual precautionary naxBurm* taJen fo r any product oontainine Ifb o ito a are needed to a contimi*! uaporune to fcaatlly ooncaentratad Eaylo dttBt, ` I, i