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FILE NAME: Goodyear (GY) DATE: 1964 Oct 21 DOC#: GY025 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Government Inspection Results V -, . bxm ieii or SAVST7 aid sn x n ; ... :,vv ,, IBB pmomiAZ. GOHRXSSZOtf OF OHIO . October 21, 19&> .The Oooyeer .Tlre 4 Rubber Coapeny Plant. 2 , Depariaant 225, . R acial DepkrtM nt .. A im , O h i o \ .. . 1) On S e p te u b e r 16, 19 6 b a r i a i t m a oade t o th e ab o re naa#A d e p a rtn a n t to cheek c o n d itio n s taoder u h leh esployeea worked.' T hls T islt- as aade e t tb e raquast oT th e th io u and th e req o eat vas eonourred in by the Ranagaaant? 2) Contet mm aade w ith Robert Hanning, S a fety D ire c to r; Lee W alker, D iv is io n S u p e rin te n d a n t; T JT Haasl e y , C hanas o f th e Union S a f e ty C o m ltte e ; V5 L. Wadworth, S e c r e ta r y o f th e Union S a f e ty C o M ltte e and B. L. Runf o r d , V ice C h alrn an o f th e Union S a fe ty C o o n itte e , a s e l l a s Hog a r Corano u lo , Union Reparseent a t i r e , B eo laia D e p a rte e n t. 3) The company r e o la la e ru b b er f o r u s e In v a r io u s p ro d u c ts . 4) Flow S h eet: Haw Rato r i a l - S crap Rubber ( in e lu d in g fa b ric ) Orlndlng (rough) Screening Grinding (fin ish ) Screening S ep aratin g (magnetlo) D igesting (w ater, o il and ste a a ) D issolving and Honoring Fabric Screening (aolature aqueezed out) Squeezing (ao latu re ro lle d out) Vacuuming (tu b es) V -eum ing (to n k a; 6 o r 7$ a o is tu ro r e n a ln a ) nixing (clay and e l l added) R efin in g (Bough; these a re r o l l s ) Refining (Finish; these are ro lls ) (Rubber Slabs are th s p ro d u ct) 5) The Reclaim D e p a rto e n t.o ccupies f i r e s t o r i e s o f a se p a r a te b u ild in g . The f i r s t f lo o r , which la a p p ro x la a te ly 2 5 0 ' x 200' x 15* to tb e low b a y , o o a ta ln s se v e n ty -tw o 30-in o h r e f i n i n g B i l l s . Thera were open windows o v e r th e h ig h bay which waa p a r t o f th e f i r s t f l o o r , n o t o o re re d by th e f i r e - s t o r y b u ild in g . There was a s l i g h t fo g o r 1 s t In th e a i r oa t h i s f l o o r . There was a l s o a s l i g h t o d o r o f r e e la ln o d rubber!) I t sh o u ld be p o in te d o u t t h a t c o n d itio n s we r e p ro b a b ly a t t h e i r b e a t a t the time o f t h i s v i s i t ; th a t th e r e was good a i r move ment throughout the p la n t and In the v ic in it y o f th e p la n t. In a d d itio n to th e windows th e r e were e x h a u s t fa n s which d l a - charged a ir outside the building. 6) In v i s i t i n g a l l f i r e f lo o r s o f th e p l a n t , i t waa n o tlo e d th a t many o f th e ex h au st fa n s d is c h a rg e t h e i r c o n ta m in a n ts o u t- aid e the p la n t and the contam inated a i r had an o p p o rtu n ity to re -e n te r the plant a t the saae flo o r and a t th e flo o rs above. (6-Contlnued on page 2) . - ^thatT;tbe'irdbber- too connected to th e oauatio teak oodld >be rnplaeod: by?* n n"M p a o t'-I-ro n -pip * a n d , th e re-b y , rad.a.eo. ^.th o e e e identhaxand*:;' The:, o a u atio u sed 1* case to two p e rc e n t so lu tio n ." .. ' l l - - 1 * i t ' 1 * * P ootot^jat^lO O ^/3 ad'iO Q W t;, .s ta t e e s f o llo w s : so/*:j^ :* -*v *\ "v - - t i T - B B g B I U W ... . - :. . : .. ?*iW ou tiet.froa everrseparator" or fro'every % / ' coll ector shell',discharge the- a ir .oeotaaiaanta.'".. . ,' .o o lle o ted b y th e axhaus t a y s t e n i n stiohnenner- ; v-v that the discharged sa te r la ls ehalX not;re-enter the working, aroa la^lajnrloaa concentrations ^ j: *1002t LOCATICa Of AJB SUPPLX omiHSS 0* ^ > . A ir supply openings o r ln lo ta through which air. a s t e r s tb a b u ild in g_ o r ro o a i n w hich th e lo ccia l e x h a u s t s r s t as ea . il sa*ilnn o p e r a tio n s h a l l bo i a o l a t a d f r o a any known aouroo o f o o n ta s ln a tlo a f r o a crataide o f the building;* . I t would be d i f f i c u l t to e s ta b lis h by te s t s th a t .the th resh o ld " 11*1fr ralu o o f o r d if f e r e n t o o n ta n in a n ts had been ex ceeded*-'-Stifflo o to aay th a t any r e o la ia p la n t i s an u n p leasan t p la n t In which to work o d I t would be v e ry d i f f i c u l t to onto c o n d iti.o n.s .Id e a ls . ' t . , - .... 8} I t la suggested th a t co n d itio n s in th is p la n t could be enhanced I f wore s ta c k s ware o o n atru o ted f o r exhausL .fans fo r d if f e r e n t o p e ra tio n s. Even fans f o r g e n e ra l exhaust v e n tila tio n should be diecharged In to sta c k s7 D eU ltttt >K u?fffs-an , A ssistant C hief, E ngineering and Hygiene DH:aw