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FILE NAME: Goodyear (GY) DATE: 1972 Sept 5 DOC#: GY091 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Consultant Inspection Report RE Asbestos Hazard ' - ' ** The Osborn engineering Company . . : - I-* : ! S t o ? \ ../.m -iV,. j , BSE EUCLID AVENUE CLEVELAND, OHIO 4 4 1 1 4 S e p te m b e r 5 , 1 9 7 2 ' ' T eleph one 21a . b e i -j o 20 . * r The Goodyear T ire 5 Rubber Company 1144 Hast Market S tre e t Ak,ron3 Ohio 44316 A tte n tio n : Mir. Steve'Bodnat * ' Dept. 110/D A,,` ' Ra . . Asbestos Hazard "y:v: V '1; `: ..v' ;,ifvn t/v, A.-J - Dear Steve: ( Mr . Webber o f American A ir F i l t e r and I made an inspection o f th e apbestps ` ' .o p eration l a s t Friday to determ ine a means of lim itin g the asb esto s 'on-"55 : ' tam in atio n to meet Federal requirem ents. .';t ;,l; i *` " Picoposdd'standard would lim it occupational exposure to 8-hour-time-W aightod . average (TWA) airborne co ncentrations o f asbestos dust not exceeding fivip ' I '* f ib e r s - longer than fiv e micrometars p er m i l l i l i t e r . In a l l 'probability-,1,vC ' " allcweb'le concentrations w ill be fu rth er lim ited In the near fu tu re. . . t *. ' Otirr,ih sp e e tlo n in d ic a te s th e p resen t operation- to be exceedingly1d irty 'w ith ' 1 a sb esto s flak es tha s iz e o f snow flak es d riftin g through th e a i r i n g reat concentrations. , v-h '. *.r t r.*v . T o.achieve anywhere near acceptable concentrations, d ra s tic changes, w ijl bo , re q u ire d in equipment, methods and housekeeping. ' The p rese n t f lu f f e r i s extremely d ir ty and requires much d ire c t contact by .. th a o p e ra to r with the asbestos to open the bags, separata th e m a te ria l by hand p r io r to flu ffin g end le v e lin g o f the m aterial in the b in w ith a stic k .-. T ransporting flu ffe d m aterial in an open bln allows the s lig h te s t d ra ft to cause p a rtic le s `to become a i r borne. . Moving1m aterial from the bin to boxes w ith a shovel also causes many a i r ' borne p articles. The weighing 'operation, c o n sists o f adding ot removing m aterial by hand from open containers in the mixing room w ith high a ir movement. Many forming, grinding and s im ila r operations axe performed Ln areas o f high a i r movement with the dust being picked up by the a ir stream. Tha le v e l o f housekeeping i s such th a t most surfaces are covered with dust * h a t w ill become a ir borne with any movement of a ir . GY08-002210 C SV -M K R A Z / 7795 . ' .. " 2 " ,v-To: The Goodyear T ito 5 Rubber Company September 5,'1972 .UJ , 'V7r<\, ' : , ...-inriis o the dust collection bBgs axe * - . To achieve a reasonable concentration: , A ll equipment should be reviewed to lim it emissions. . ( `.'r',5^; ' nMufactBer*i"a*ls" m. us-t be handled in closed c o n ta in e rs. **i*.'^ ,> ij^ . r t t h t o t C=ttoU.d MtophOT. I i k d t o t o t o i S t be f t o o t o to t ..p . t t o f t o of r collectlni eoolptto . K-.- tB-eBtry of the p a rticle s into the space. o to id e tt. * . * " \ , o t o e v ie t o above t o j llriiMi'ri ' r V` v; :n ` U k \ v t . -.i `' ' to la , t o t a c tto t o Very tru ly yours, ' : .. . . fthw?5it mi l - bo ' ' ' ' m t h e qsborN BNGINliBRING COMPANY . TiXryr`<-su- -- ' ' ` ' 'the i . v - i ' - `huiid uvi :: ' .'-GllSnahs M V"cc: J.C . Woodling . ' :.,c.vi.-c1fCl. Z ta e n sa n t-arviji- Drbal ' !\ J .L . Borton . 'j-.i i/: R.P. BauBr '. ' ` 'nu> i i r-' - l riU't -tii: - :* r<:i\ fr-tu :t- ;f-: : , 1 i*. of >-iS ' * ,,. ., . , cu.vt GY08-002211 G Y -0 1 5 6 4 4