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FILE NAME Bechtel BECH DATE 1969 June 3 DOC BECH043 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Minutes of the Construction Committee - Safety Summary of Current Employee Safety Incidents ; . q J. Robson ( Construction Committee Minutes | } R. E. Atkinson June 3 1969 J. A. Barton Jr. Labor Relations Safety San Francisco 4: A 53 7e) , re . tis wae * . q q mid- T. mid- T. Dexten | ad ad ot The Procurement Department has advised of a work stoppage on another ; contractor's job due to spray application of a new type of fibre f supplied by Combustion Engineering The Asbestos Workers International Union has been very active in publicizing z the health hazards cancer associated with asbestos and the other unions may F possibly use this as an excuse to demand additional compensation in the future I poe 4 The Safety Department recommends that management consider placing insu- 'q a lator subcontractors on swing shift whenever possible BG . A serious incident occurred on Job 6600 when two 56 rebar columns a because the 2 x 2 x 4 cone anchors were placed on 6 x 6 timbers toppled , injured which acted as skids Two Ironworkers were seriously as they rode columns down the p A Bechtel Associates engineer was injured on Job 8813 when a vessel being sold cleaned by Allied Chemical operations personnel ruptured causing the Fveackisdelbutronp s ee xten nteutnwt konbr olwona ck t walels The Bechtel engineer allegedly received The Safety Department notes that an increasing number of weldersare working i protheeadcprtotieco tin on It is folly to condone this unsafe sot If one of these individuawelrse seriously injured or killed Bechtel could be held negligent a. The Safety Department requests Construction Management to comment to job supervision if they note this problem during site visits J. A. Barton Jr. Batchelo 00003940