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FILE NAME: BF Goodrich (BFG) DATE: 1984 May 11 DOC#: BFG067 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Internal Memo RE Failure of Third Attempt to Pre Weigh Asbestos for the Polaris Insulator Compound i n s W 37 " atCef t WaS ag3in made C Pre* weigh asbestos for Che Polaris "S and Fr 1C0BP ; , , ASvrT SCed' Mr- Mark KennedY followed chis operation r . r00ni (2 3 -c )- Hls findings and experience were disappointing US ratinS Co sa^ cke deast> in spice of previous instructions and communxcatxons, this job was started (third time) without the necessary quxpment and people awareness in place. Mr. Kennedy was reluctant to' e ay t e project again, so he took last minute actions to personally . acquire tape, labels, vacuum equipment, etc. and the job was started. exghxng was to continue today and Mark made sp ecial preparations this mornxng only to find out when he went to the job s i t e that the operation had been postponed. Mark's experience and a c t i v i t i e s related to'the p roject are summarized in the attached. B i l l , I brxng this to your attention as an example of the kinds of problems we ve encountered. Asbestos particularly is a material which BFG risks serxous l i a b i l i t y i f not handled properly, and with this experience I would suggest that we shouldn't be handling i t at a l l . I think you w ill agree that despite mutual intentions, this job did not go as planned. Your thoughts on this matter would be most help fu l as well as advice as to how we should handle future situations such as t h i s . I'm committed to provxde you every assistance as to how to materials may be s a fe ly handled. v c c : J . Boyd L. Brinkley M. E. Kennedy D. Cross E. B. Katzeruneper, Jp. 000500 Gt