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FILE NAME: Melrath Supply and Gasket Company (MSG) DATE: 1946 DOC#: MSG002 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Report of Dust Study . . .*/. COMKOHWEAIiTH O F P EM H S Y LV A N IA D E E A B T 1I B S T .o p . H E A L T H : B U R EA U "01? IK D U S T R I A L H T G IS K E . . , R e p o r t o f P a c t S t u d y :; V. . ^ 'I '.v ' ,, - A':'- `. ' . [*.'' ~7 * :' ..'.'.* '^ : - ' : ^ r M s ira th S u p p ly and Gasket' Company Jiargarat_ >/:.'Philadelphia/: PiUi^^nia:;'|^.%,-':; . .' Ju n e .a n d ' M o W s ib e r / l94S ^ : . / ' . ; At the requast of Mr. Prank X.Tasso/ ifcnagar,; dust, studies war mad at th * Above p la n t b a fo r and a fte r ^ h o ^ ro n o v a W ^ ^ exhaust eyetea* ' i f f l c o M E a m T i o i B : /_ ' in view of the finding no;rooomendati&iV;iff''aoe8*aryi.::''''' " " f . DETAIU3D F Iir o ilG s J # ^ ^ .;; ' . - . "v This plant was engaged in the e a n ^ g and uiping of prensad wood board* It was typical of wodw^king/plnta^ xoept-for^the' oompositlon of tha material. A* i* evidenced by the: results of the study..'the; dust concentrations had been reduced by the renovation of the .exhaust system.';Mor so than the dust con centrations, the improved housekeeping has proven the wisdom of repairing the ductwork, hood*; and fans. The additional changes that the management has in mind such as the elimination of the rest of the old ductwork, the plaoing of individual movable hoods over eaoh saw,; will improve conditions further. Studies should also be made on eaoh machine to datermine the maximum number of boards that can be sawed at the same time, without creating in amount of dust too great for the air velocity at the face of the hoods to overcome. ^s^o&cSotT d en Origin 'H a a m 'Cfwfit b ^ fh vs ..Vi.v. > COMONEALTH OF .v-V; . ' -.--DEPARTMENT OP BUREAU OF INDUSTRIAL H Y G IEfe:S^ ^ :>Uv fi- {ppijp -i :. Duot^cenco^xWloni^^ '-' ' " . v , Msi*ftili:-:Spply;"and...&stirt;'.Canpan^ ^|?}2135.`:Mkrgarjpt^Stret r ' v-FhildlphiaPei8yi,^ '^ f "y j ; Sampling Location'. ' . *:.!. v '*.*i Machine $1 ' J"V. ti^ /d o n o i^ iiR ^ Mlllioh 'of particleVpen^cubio^fc^ " June, 1946. ;J November i.1940<kff P,"'^ U'fi-h}l'i 6 .2 ^ 'W ^ : 14.4 .-v ;;iv,:v. ..:;'vv .:.,.r .* -8*0 T Remark Machine fe.ohino3 achine #5 Machine $6 69,0 ' 84.0 21.6 27,3 Machine #7 Shaper on Second floor Shaper on first . floor Distribution1 copy - Bureau Director 1 copy - plant 1 copy - Philadelphia.office 2 copies - file Tfill not be operated until hoods are plaoed over saws Not enough cover.....cr age supplied by hood ' ^.^Study^bjw./..v' Taylor, Ind. Hygiene Eng. F.:J Willard,Jr., Ind. Hygiene Eng T.-Buckley, Sanitarian Assistant H. Simon, Sanitarian Assistant a cwn ARCHIVES KteiKP, m i7i2s~ao