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FILE NAME: US Gypsum (USG) DATE: Undated DOC#: USG097 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Undated internal report titled Dust and its Relation to our Operations C C i y ? A T T O 17A L P I S S A S ! U 37S r p Q ? 5T . ______ -- _____________ c r e a to i s r e c e n t y e a rs hxra cre a te d a irid esp read i s t a r a o t in. the e f f e c t of in d u s t r i a l dusta upon the Troricer. A lread y i s sous s t a t e s la v s hare bees enacted co sp e so a tisg dust dioeatoes. Other o txte o are co n sid e rin g o i s i l a r l e g i s l a t o r s Under these la v s cospenoxcton is granted fo r d is a b ili t y fr c s b reath in g harmful d u st c re a te d or p re se n t i s th e working es t ir e ns ent- The Irjrs u s u a lly g ir e p o re r to the s t a t s l i a r deparm enc _to s e t up* ro les a sd r a g u la tin s e r e l a t i x * to d u st and d u sty o p e ra tio n s. c c l m c ^t r ^ t r t i e s a l le r e d 4^, hare b e e t caused by harmful dust, us c s e s e sextos th e re x is ctos the r i g h t Of as coloree to c l x i s u sie r coreo1 ;a = s 5 I i 5 5 = e th e em ployer. Such a Case is t r ie d b e fo r e a re g u la r C ou rt befo re a judge and a j u r y . tt a e n sla v e - --xuo--t s- h- --rr w. y. -a -* -- * -------- e th at ha eras pence o f Sha 5=3 l a y %-fi ,*-* out i s a Co; * i ;et or f o i l r r good h w^mm*ee* Tirso C 7 TT5T Oussc mar be d ir id e d isto (1 ) h x r a fu l a sd a sb e sto s d u sts are d e f i s i t e l y iccoem to be Utoer these c a n d i t i c as chey produce, o ver the Luugs v n ich c x s be d is a b lis g and e r e s f r o s tu b r c u lo s is *nd pzauaonia... ( 2 ) cas-aaLraful dusts. S ilic x hsrafui tsder co rt is ccnditicu long periodo o f tese, fib r o s is cause dexth due to c c o c llc a t in u body f l u i d s . Gypeux. i i s o , c l a y f mica , marble duo pure ^ are cixooed as h a m le ts dusts. Soverthelooo o f a s 7* dusts hare bees Condemned by oeae n o d ic a l a s e v e r a l s t a t e s , mmcirrxs l i s i t o o f d u o t i s e s s r fo r e r are ah so.rbed i s the T i f they are r e l x t i ext eo s i t e conc e n t r a t iano r i t i t s . Ai ------ a*f--AT/* 1 i s *a+ the h a r d so 0 d u sts 1 hare bees s e t up. These re g u la tio n s hare s o t a ffe :ed us so f i r i s our a*~/T"2* ru s asd lin e o p e ra tio n s * but they T i l l s o t perm it uo to op erate i s a cloud of duet*. T z * l i s i t o , h av e re r, are larr f o r o p e ra tio n s i s r a l r i s g s i l i c a asd asses too d u s t * ah 1 1 a they are such h igh er f o r g y p o u s'xsd l i s e . .................... - * -- - *cA? to c sifi^ r- n r r r r r r g c - ^ iL v r a f l: say expect regulation os p e m isrih la dustiness is p r a c tic a lly a ll S ^ t e o sow h avin g comprehensive rrcricoon's c o n p s s s a tio s l a v s . 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