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ChlCAc'j, February 23, 19Z8
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ciuoplwmentltig ivy loiter of November dth, 107.7 havinig reference to yuur file 1-028, ctuourning the roqoirtK&snta of the Illinois Occupational kioeorefi AOt
ltti ny letter of rtovr-nber 0th X handed you cue oom- plots sot of bluo prints unuu up in eooordsuoo with request contained In Co earn 1 btaMgsrs' .\naoelatldu of Chicago Circular OUA-20O3.
1 ulao advised you that 1 had delomted r. :-'ealfft chemical oa^lueer, ts. ma a couplets e.urvoy of aeon cnKlneUouto, shop end ear deportueut on the U1.-C? end Alton to doteralne what no would have to do to e'itply wltn the Aot, ana nftllo reeking tne survey he would Instruct ttse supervision neu each employee perfomtn* work that would Involve ashes tools, slllcosle or lead poisoning no to tho hazards Involved and how the work should be performed to ovoid the hazards,
lr. ..ntiff has nos avnplateil iiln survey aul I Bttooii Copy of r.esomnain) covering conditions that aov oubjoot.certain elnsses of our ewoloyeoe tv too iiazarus of asbestosls, silicosis or lead polacnLng, which alon seta forth nrye und noaiis of correcting those eunultdons ojid llaionUnr tuoa i.ow.r.;*, stiicu Is aolf--exploratory.
Jnrovar, t provide Ventxluting hoods over babbitting* DeltlhR braoo, brngti,.? ar.u nucb operations at yi.jo_iar.ton atop will Involve
considerable expense, and befero soy action Is taken in thin direction
would rsconuAiu tact the renttor to houdlud with the General -idinners' Aaaoolatlca with a vine of bavin# xhea lnl'orn u ss to tho oxaot Dlalsun
requlrments Czr hoods that would bo ooeeptoblo under the Illinois Qceupattonal uleneses :.ot. if tldn ie not uobs, hoods va would couatrust eight.either bo nore olaf.orat* uod oxpaoalv.i than bocossnry, or on the other hand might not went tha approval cf tho uivlalou of Psotory Inpeotlon, I'aport'ont of i.v.nlth, or othr 'itote fApartnsut having Jurisdiction In tne ratter* After we receive ouch Ir.fomntlon vs could then prepare on eatinnte of i: cast to equip tee various lccatlo/is thero tho shove sentlooed operattens are ."orforresd with sultohlo hoods.
Tito rcujoot to ury grlmicro, we sro now eunolderlug
cor.vsrtin*. all, or nearly nil of those tv vet grinders, which will ov.-ld
the purohneo of roujilratcro for wspluyoes ifat now do grinding on dry
grluuors. llowovar, It will still be nuco.esory to purchane nt v.to tlss,
to f<rovide employees lnvolrod, with prop or ;>ruteotlon n;j:iroxlxM.oly the
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70 typo 'A' respirators
87 typo *0* roflfdroVoro
& boao r.niuts 1 hoou roe,-ire tor
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