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FILE NAME: Metropolitan Life (ML) DATE: 1945 DOC#: ML308 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Asbestosis in Manville, NJ Plant 3026. * Dr. Lanza's unpublished 1932 Rep0Et n hiB atudy of the ManviUe, New Jersey, plant workers revealed that 327 of the 1140 workers evaluated -- 29% -- had signs of asbestosis. (The report labeled positive x-ray results for workers exposed to asbestos only at Manville "asbestosis", and called positive x-rays for those who had worked in dusty conditions before their Manville employment "pneumoconiosis"). Forty-three asbestosis cases were found in the Pipe Covering and Cement Departments: The report noted that those departments had the "highest percentage of asbestosis cases". Additionally, the report showed asbestos disease eynong a broad range of workers, including many in jobs which Manville classified as having no exposure to dust, including two machinists (Case Nos. 110 and 321), two ateamfitters (Case Nos. 129 and 130), five packing and shipping department workers (Case Nos. 80, 88, 108, 172 and 183), a pipefitter (Case No. 312), a watchman (Case No. 319), a millwright (Case No. 324), a glove department worker (Case No. 185), and an outside laborer (Case No. 220). In addition, cases were found among those working in the departments where finished materials like firefelt, magnesia, or superex (materials containing only a minority percentage of asbestos) were cut and sawed (Case Nos. 25, 149, and 199 respectively). 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September 28, 1944 SEP 29 Pi. Dr. George M. Wheatley Medical Director Metropolitan Life Insurance Company New York, New York W Dear Dr. Wheatley: 4 I have recently been In communication with Mr. Vandiver Brcwn -nd the local attorneys of the Canadian Asbestos Interests regarding the matter of your proposed Investigation of the incidence of tuberculosis in the Provinoe of Quebeo. I have assured these gentlemen that it would be most desirable from every standpoint if one could obtain more accurate information on the incidence of tuberculosis in this seotion of Canada. The local dootors appreciate that they have a problem but I am not sure that they realize how serious it is. From the claims standpoint in the asbestos industry I think there is a tendency to attribute much of this infection to exposure to asbestos dust. I don't believe that this opinion can be --substantiated because in other sections of this country where there is much more asbestosls than there is in Quebec, the tuberculosis rates are not excessive. In fact in North Carolina there is less tubrculos 1 in those exposed to asbestos dust than in all the other industries. I believe it would be most desirable if your organization could establish both male and female rates in the com munities of Thetford and Asbestos and also as controls determine rates in other Industrial towns of similar size. This would adford the information which is badly needed on the tuberculosis rates among those exposed to asbestos and provide adequate controls. I would be very much surprised if you found any, exoese of tuberoulosls in the fjpoeed male population of the community where asbestos is mined and milled. A bulletin published by the Metropolitan setting forth these findings would do muoh to clarify the local opinions on this matter. We have completed our counts on Mr. Fehnel's samples of the dust taken at Manvllle and find that the total concentrations are apparently low. Most' of the samples contain appreciable amounts of asbestos fibre and we are looking forward to making a comparative study of the material that he will collect in Quebeo in the coming weeks. With best regards, / f ^ / o 886 Sincerely yours, LUGtRH cc to Mr. Erown Leroy U. Gar Director ner> "p r o d u c e d S/C/M/Ms O I! 0 N U Pugt Problttw October 1?, 19AA. ( .,k (I \ \< fi.-yy VP vC.' \ Y** / /\\\ \ (.'>'' A K ^ S r ; * nid an ^ P * * * 1 0"^ on roe this afternoon and wd-discussed sorar1 attera on which I nado a Tow notos, a follows* U HlfttalWMW Jtorth acpoptnonfift - available up to the present tiro for Singoth,> <tu,t"\n<,ttlln* experiments with th* caloinod Ion ^owyf,r# th experiments will ooronanoo nxfc Monday frndKW*^*T0i*u*r*j8<lv*rA^ inco Dr. Gardner decires i?n,Xh.rto"h5Swny:i " ` ',0rle" or *" ot hlgh K ?-ielllCadtsUf bflhavos ln th* *** onnnor es tho natural earth, Dr. Gardner is inclined to believe it will OOS2?0t rurthor ninol experimenta with the calcined dust. This in because he feels that tho failuro tn 5Atrnl * to produce any aarkod results wss due to the tendency of the isafcorial to flocculate and to bo ro? th?' lunK8 boo,iU3 of tho moisture in the h*2**0 traokfu ow?vr# lr tbiB material does not be- 1 sane as the natural earth during the settling experiments, it will probably bo desirable to conduct 5!r^Rri0 of *nlwl experiments. In this event it rony bo necessary to supplement our original 15.000 contribu tion so as to oorer the cost of the additional work. 2 Asbestos Experiments taken by Mr. Fohnol at Hnnvllle have been ' enalysed for tho purpone of determining (r ) the total number of particles of all typosj (b) the miraber of SESi 9 of i!?r? *P'1 thn robber of non-fibrous particles; and (c) the sises of the partiles of each type. The nampltm to be taken by Mr. Fehnol at th-* Asbestos Factory will bo analysed in a similar manner nt Gnranno and a comparison obtained which Dr. Oardner hopes will -?r? \ l,0,a on tbf> relatively small number of films at Asbestos ehowing marked fibrosis in comparison with the filais of employees at Hanvllle. Incidentally, Dr. Gardner indicated he thought a very good lvrJlUr llm}nolon h< bon done at Mnnvillo, since very few of the dust sampios showod any very high concentra- m iftmli?i2<1f K #r2?5'<,nir PfP?d Order No.*, which would +??? i v,iflowi?5 lftbel upon ny materials conwill*?8 i8 hlf',1 9 ,1^ of asbestos or allies whore they to dut!brt 0d Und8r 0>ndltion9 likely to give rise 7 "piliiSTM,. Thl? ifnterlBl m y give Rise to Poisonous or Injurious Dust, AVOID BREATHING 2i;JSi2n0r,S^ nit1"1 *#, like nine, to say andi enn Aonily ho ca lled ptotrisonnoout s"l i kin ma ifniegruarlaptioviesons .\ u S i n v hii dJJorfc the meaning of that word In its \ i22iXf! Minftr*l poisons produce an \ I * a u lt* *herona dusts require exposure ' fci*0 o^ 0ntrtlon s over long periods of nrnnHJJ* bi in * 9 tbat the uso of any such label *s the 5oSJiii?r?er would frighten a great many pooplo and Srhbi nJ ?0?d# H 9 U t (1 that he would considor ?cl i b i . n2t *only us199 to t Bl9 islending R-W?iarlnl containing 100^ quarts, whioh is the worst of the non-metallie dusts. * thafe Perhaps in making our objections ale EE*!TM.* r*n"ortBhl* compromise ho stated that he couM fl!}y 8U0h 1,1hoi or one approximating in nnv iLn* ;ppli* d to raatoriela containing those dusts +h*?ni * P* ??kn|I<l i? aay nothi n' of XSC.' When I told him tihioooEt*i^twEh?SnlhVdi.fP*r0Sb0abl*L1Ca19199ford8* iltahbo1theonresubletsatonst-opermodeunotu1p Sthh!e*absurdity of thehepro9ptnotsfatld, thnt tWL xanple 1pointed taloniiU?>,2r28r lfl9Uf bowovor. allies, slate, w?fh *!b9toa sjwuld certainly not be lumped togotW- iii 9Ub9tRnC08 Bentioned under proposed Order 2nf hich fr,trb Poisons, He stated that thero wait TM SS?nm?or; M i nCiU(1inS Jh(m 8lon wlth poisons ouch in OriiS1iift,lyi ^ ufRi some of iho others roferred to ^ f u r t h e r pointed out that since the s prodVod h? bentos dust is a mechanical I1 eniltSrl2?(4l!l\hi?0 ch?lcftl "?* Ef u could not reaction Possibly (as occurs in the bo called a poison, l!d Xhbei?Jii hM inon**ln}uri TM 9 un<Jor any circumstances uPL \ Z u n l b I , % S S do ^ i o " p" 1",nt* "nd r,"d0 *u" w . Vandiver Brown# ^V? THU SA;i:!,C LABORATORY FOR THU LTUuY OI- TUL:.CULOSI3 SAIUd.'AC LAilu, J.Y. f> 'ir. V andiver Urcwn Jo h n s- an 7 i.x^.0 u o .p o ra tio n 22 H ast AC-,'.-. E tr s .t . Uew York, Uo*.; York Dear Ur. brcv.n: J u ly 15., 19/ . I am ...nppy to in fo n i you th a t we have ju s t retu rn ed 'fro:.! a n- r"r ^ J,rL ,lSC0:!":5"> Quebec. 1 took w ith me our rocr.t.qenolo-i-t / . "uf 2r". aj.ro _r. \ e s t a l o f tho orth C arolina S ta te I n d u s tr ia l C o^n ission ' :r.? rrrr1 f e r i e n in t h is f i e l d and has seen a great d e a l of V * .i:i ; S y 'luh Dr. Stevenson we reviewed and read between : : : \ i : lrr . rKi =r2U - ,V n.e Ar?" f i l n s in h is f i l e =- "'e found only two cases Cr ; u Z TM u a Snoso:i as quest! enable f i r s t degress a s b e s t o s is . l ,, Zs. ^ rejTv ''J t - d isco v er th a t th e two ex p erts did corroborate me on p revious ob servation s th a t a sb e sto s i s was a r a r ity in the A sbestos-T hetfora area. , t ' lv .>e ' """~b a loss; to explain the situation because of the "!? 3111 v;n-ch certainly should be capable of causing r?'*'.^38"35 ln workmen. The only difference that we can ce< jr* th- ^ similar plants in the U. 3. is the absence of ' ii-r-. r-ev.-ever, - count whether this is the significant factor. tt;-; :* ssobe-ssb`0oo~ "c" , r =a n!s- ww e" r' w r v"by rme `'-a:uPg0uAs tl.ta nH>ewwrii*lel 5 cmoel l et hc at t a hire- bios r npela nsn-ionlge sto o=f-o 00 3ent to t h i = la b o ra to ry ana he w ill r e ta in th e "'--7 `- T V U 2" '* " f hc?3 tr `aL bT ~`s ^ ln g such a study in Quebec and ccn p-- .fe io u u s im ila r sam ples aw - a n v i l l e t h a t we may a r r iv e a t sons c o n c lu sio n . ou,, rr!?^ls 175 the~ ib seemed highly desirable if 1 were to report J;.-Dn ,vith asosstosis J- should make mention of the clinical and vr.v ::-tfirlC!,,V lf,e ;'fta Arasricsii Continent. In order to do this in an author!taanov^; navs tae cojJ.abcration of the clinicians and roentrenolo-i-s bd ^r2; veStai ff. :;srt that Join me in the venture. 'They wo^ld ly W0; v ^ r "n`d tnini: We aiht produce something that would be definite- r^e;Wl^`ilh ^ ^ fguCa JR4t ^Sht be desirable to have our Dr Robert [lit " S i ^hat h:i"0 been taken at Thetford. Dr. Stevenson felt that Si nd.I;?uld be vei7 ^ have then sent doves to us. This ould Xray abnorcr.ul^i^ stA-lstlcal analysis and information on the incidence of various Lnfor~ a lio n 3 v ^ Pu b llc a L io !`> o f c o u rs e , v;e must have th e f u r t h e r f j-q - M, T' "'* *.f`,ner i: COLint3 m." supply and wc must examine more film s afrpop r..o v- acl. T r i c o n t e x t i l e p la n ts . 1 t r u s t t h a t t h i s p ro p o s a l may meet w ith c u r Veiy tr u ly y o u rs, Leroy if. G ardner, ii. D. D irecto r -- P 71 U . " U s ... l/ Insurance - Mise correspondence 41-87; listings of policies; Maritime Commission supp Budger Estimates for Insurance; War Dept Insu Ramts; Manual of Instructions for purchase/ administration of insu; insu policies; red transfer sheets; int answers IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JOHN\D. MCDANIEL, e t a l ., P la in tiffs vsJOHNS-MANVILLE, et a l ., Defendants NO. 77 C 3534 SEP 17 79 a* NOTICE OF FILING TO: ALL ATTORNEYS OF RECORD (See attached Rider) JOHNSON, CUSACK & BELL LIM ITED PLEASE - , - TAKE NOTICE ,,, ., ,th aMt on -- September ' 1 , 13 ' '! i,mmnm1mm9m7tf9m there was f i l e d with the Clerk o f the United S tates D is t r ic t . Court, for the Northern D istr ic t of I l lin o is , Eastern Division ANSWERS TO INTERROGATORIES a copy o f which i s attached hereto. BAKER & MCKENZIE 130 East Randolph Drive Chicago, I llin o is 60601 312/aCBE0ffi5 861-2792 _ ______________ :, ^ - `"'COMPANY State of Illin o is ) ) SS County o f Cook The undersigned, on oath, s ta te s th at a copy of the above and foregoing Notice of F ilin g was served on a l l attorneys o f record by mailing - a copy on th is `13th day of September, 1979. . Subscribed and Sworn to th is 12 day c* - ------- r COONEY & STENN 77 West Washington Street Chicago, I llin o is 60602 Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & F uller 69 West Washington Street Suite 2700 Chicago, I llin o is 60602 Kralovec, Sweeney, Marquard & Doyle 39 South LaSalle Street Chicago, I llin o is 60603 Clausen, M iller, Gorman, Caffrey & Witous 5400 Sears Tower Chicago, I llin o is 60606 Isham, Lincoln & Beale One F ir st National Plaza Suite 4200 Chicago, I llin o is 60603 Epton, Mullen, M iller & Druth 69 West Washington Street Chicago, I llin o is Shaheen, Lundberg, Callahan & Burke . 20 North Wacker Drive Chicago, I llin o is 60606 Lord, B issei & Brook 115 South LaSalle Street Chicago, I llin o is 60603 Peterson, Ross, Schloerb & Seidel 200 East Randolph - Suite 7300 Chicago, I llin o is Johnson, Cusack & B e ll, Ltd. One North LaSalle Street Chicago, I llin o is 60602 Darci L. Rock Trial Attorney, Torts Branch Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice Washington, D.C. 20530 Edward Moran A ssistant U.S. Attorney Everett McKinley Dirksen Bldg. 219 South Dearborn Street Room 1500 South Chicago, I llin o is 60604 Jenner & Block One IBM Plaza - 44th Floor Chicago, I llin o is 60611 (L ^0 ,, IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION JOHN D. McDANIEL, e t a l , ) - ) P laintiffs,) ) v. ) No. 77 C 3534 ) JOHNS-MANVILLE, e t a l, ) ) Defendants.) ANSWERS TO INTERROGATORIES NOWCOMES the defendant, METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, by i t s attorneys, BAKER & McKENZIE, and for answers to in terrogatories propounded by the p la in tiff s state as follows: 1. Has Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ever performed stu d ies for Johns-Manville Corporation and/or i t s su bsid iaries and prepared reports and made recommendations to Johns-Manville Corporation and/or i t s su b sid iaries based upon the information obtained in the stu d ies? I f answer i s affirm ative, state: (a) The nature of the stu d ies, reports and recommendations. (b) The date Metropolitan undertook the task of making such stu d ies, reports and recom mendations. (c) The name, address and position of the person or persons who prepared such stu d ies, reports and recommendations. . (d) The*date or dates such studies, reports and recommendations were provided. (e) The manner in which such stu d ies, reports and recommendations were provided. (f) Attach hereto a copy of a ll stu d ies, reports and recommendations Metropolitan provided and ' a ll w ritings and-documents referring thereto. ANSWER: Yes. In response to subparagraphs (a) and (b ), where a v a ila b le, the Industrial Health Section of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for the ye&rs 1924 (when the Industrial Health Laboratory was founded) through 1951, (when the Industrial Health Laboratory was d iscontinu ed ), copies of the relevant excerpts of which are attached, reveal the following references to inspections done for Johns-Manville Corp. plants which e s s e n tia lly concerned an evaluation of the dust control system in each plant studied: i) Surveys of asbestos plants started in 1934 and concluded during 1936. Such in vestigation s included recheck surveys of some of the plants to determine what improvements, i f any, had been effected by the in sta lla tio n of certain equipment designed to control the dust, as w ell as surveys of a number of new plants, p articu larly those on the P acific Coast. Plants studied for Johns-Manville Corp. in 1936 were those located in California at Redwood City, Pittsburg, Los Angeles, and Lompoc. i i ) During 1937, 1025 x-ray film s of the chests of employers of the Asbestos Quebec Plant of Johns-Manville Corp. were read and interpreted and a report was sent to Mr. Vandiver Brown, attorney, at "Johns-Manville Corp.'s New York City o ffic e . - i i i ) During 1941, 1942, and 1943, requests for plant surveys and information were made by and given to Johns-Manville Corp. iv ) In 1945, Mr. W.G. Hazard, Director of the Industrial Hygiene Division of the Department of Health of New Jersey, was ordered by the War Production Board to make an in v estigation of the Johns-Manville plant at Manville, N .J.. Mr. Hazard accepted the findings of ' the inspection made by the Industrial Health Section of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, made his report to the War Production Board, and the case was closed. v) In 1946, t e s t s were conducted on certain days of the ( week for three consecutive weeks in the carding room of the Johns-Manville Plant at Manville, N.J.. v i) In 1947, 1948, 1949, and 1950, surveys of a number of Johns-Manville Corp. plants were conducted. Two le tte r s from Johns-Manville Corp. regarding such surveys are attached. However, in response to subparagraphs (c) through ( f ) , the records of the s p e c ific nature, dates, manner, and re su lts of such te s ts and studies are no longer contained in the f i l e s of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. In vestigation continues. 2. Has Metropolitan L ife Insurance Company ever undertaken an in sp ection of any Johns-Manville plant? If answer is affirm ative, state: . (a) L ist the date and place of such inspection. (b) Id en tity of the person making such inspection. (c) Attach to yoiir answers copies of a ll reports or memoranda of in sp ection . (d) Attach copies of your answers to interrogatories o f w ritings and documents referring to said inspection. ANSWER; rontinues. See answers to Interrogatory No. 1. Investigation /5 3. Has Metropolitan L ife Insurance Company been sued in 7;any other Court in the United States on allegation s sim ilar to the >bnes s e t forth in p la in t if f 's Complaint in the above en titled cause? I f answer i s affirm ative, state: - (a) Name of p l a i n t i f f ( s ) . (b) Court number and Court where case is pending. (c) Name and address of p la in t if f 's attorney. ANSWER: Yes. Attached i s a l i s t of a ll information requested. - 4. Has Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ever conducted stu d ies concerning the p oten tial danger of breathing sig n ifica n t amounts of asbestos fib ers? I f answer is affirm ative, state: (a) Date or dates of said studies. (b) Name and address of person or persons conducting studies. (c) Location at which the studies were performed. (d) Name and address of person or persons to whom reports were made of said stu d ie s. (e) Attach to your answers copies of a ll studies, reports and/or recommendations made by Metro politan Life Insurance Company. bj. ANSWER: Yes. Based on, where available, the annual Reports of the Industrial Health Section of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for the years 1924 through 1951, copies of the relevant excerpts of which are attached, the following references to studies conducted by Metropolitan L ife Insurance Company concerning the p otential danger of breathing s ig n ific a n t amounts of asbestos fib ers can be found, and a t tached i s a copy, where availab le, of each such study: i ) Study of the Raybestos-Manhattan Plant in Passaic, N.J. in 1934; i i ) Studies of the Bridgeport and Stratford Plants of Raybestos-Manhattan in 1930, 1935, 1936, and 1939; i i i ) Studies o f the Raybestos Plants in Charleston, S.C. in 1930, 1934, and 1936; iv ) Studies of the Raybestos Plants in Mannheim, Pa. in 1930, 1935, and 1939; v) A report of the physical examinations of asbestos workers at Thetford Mines, Quebec in 1930; ' v i) An a r tic le e n title d "Effects of the Inhalation of Asbestos Dusti on the Lungs of Asbestos Workers" by Dr. A.J. Lanza (now deceased) in 1935, a copy which was published in Public Health Reports and a copy issued d ir e c tly to Johns-Manville Corp. . v i i ) An a r t ic le e n title d "Asbestosis" by Dr. A.J. Lanza C published in the February 1, 1936 issue of the Journal o f the American Medical Association. v iii) An a r tic le e n title d "Air Sampling of Asbestos Dust" by J. Wm. Fehnel (now deceased) of Metropolitan L ife's Industrial Health Section published in an issu e of Industrial Medicine in 1939. . Any other studies which were conducted are referred to in the copies of the excerpts of the annual reports of the Industrial Health Section. Based on information and b e lie f, these and the above enumerated studies are the only incidents involving Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's conducting studies s p e c ific a lly concerning the dangers of breathing s ig n ific a n t amounts of asbestos fib e r s. Investigation continues. C:harUles /ft) ' f t . M. Preston State o f New York County o f ) SS. CHARLES PRESTON, being f i r s t duly sworn upon his oath, I n s ta te s that he i s the Associate General Counsel for Metropolitan flfrv.ifa Insurance Company; and that he has read the above and foregoing answers to interrogatories and that the same are true to the best of h is knowledge and b e lie f. SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to t h is c7tk- clay of , 1979. D t I L t m $ Notary Public _______ D. HONEST NOTARY PUBUC. State fNwYotk No. 31-4624475 Qual. in N. Y. County Certificate lod in New York County Commission Expires Maxch 30, 1980 Charles M. Preston )'!:K;i:v ;o:;n ;i3, " '. /i ! . . : * \ ., , Dm 6o . 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E. PiARKER From: W. B. REITZE 0003 ............... , ,. Internal Correspondence Dk.: NOV. 26, 1975 Copies: P. KOTIN, MD Subject: OCCUPATIONAL DIS 1 SOME TIME AGO I DISCUSSED THE DATA CONTAINED ON THE ATTACHED SHEET WITH YOU. THIS IS A LIST OF ALL THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS CASES AT THE MANVILLE/FINDERNE COMPLEX. THE FIRST COLUMN INDICATES THE DATE OF DIAGNOSIS. THE SECOND COLUMN DESIGNATES THE NUMBER OF CASES DIAGNOSED IN THAT PARTICULAR YEAR. THE THIRD COLUMN INDICATES LENGTHS OF SERVICE IN YEARS. IN OTHER WORDS, IN 1932, FOUR CASES OF PNEUMOCON1OS IS WERE DIAGNOSED. THREE OF THOSE FOUR CASES HAD 12 YEARS' EXPERIENCE. ONE HAD 15 YEARS' EXPERIENCE. IN 194-3, THREE CASES WERE IDENTIFIED-- ONE CASE WITH ONLY TWO YEARS OF EXPOSURE, THE SECOND WITH 1U YEARS OF EXPOSURE, AND THE THIRD WITH 27 YEARS OF EXPOSURE. AS YOU CAN SEE, MANY OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THOSE EARLY YEARS HAD VERY FEW YEARS OF EXPOSURE BEFORE THEY CONTRACTED SOME DEGREE OF PNEUMOCONIOSIS. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE IN THE YEAR 1971, SIX CASES WERE IDENTIFIED. IN 1972, NO CASES WERE IDENTIFIED. IN 1973, ONLY TWO CASES WERE IDENTIFIED. IN 1974, TEN CASES WERE IDENTIFIED. THERE ARE MANY CONCLUSIONS THAT COULD BE DRAWN FROM THIS DATA. THERE ARE MANY EXTRAPOLATIONS THAT COULD BE MADE FROM THIS DATA. AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE ARE CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN A VERY MASSIVE STUDY OF OUR MANVILLE POPULATION TO FURTHER OUR UNDERSTAND ING OF THE ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASE QUESTION. THIS STUDY IS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DR. JERRY CHASE WITH ON-LOCATION ASSISTANCE OF CLIFF SHECKLER. BECAUSE OF THE SIZ! THE STUDY, WE WILL,-NOT HAVE THE COMPLETED RESULTS FOR AP- S PROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR YEARS. HOWEVER, MANY ANSWERS X SHOULD BE FORTHCOMING AT THAT TIME. LI!`JL W. B . REITZE ATTACH.  o ij u j j n Q y g \ * M etropolitan Life Insurance Company Leroy A. Lincoln,P n s i d , n t l One Madison Avenue, NewYorkio,N.Y W il l ia m J . M c C o n n e l l , M.D. A s s i s t a n t Me d ic a l D irec tor February 16, 1951 Mr. Hugh M. Jackson Johns Msnville Products Corporation 22 East 4.0 Street New Xork 16, N .Y. Dear Mr. Jackson: The following are analyses of air samples collected in the Manville Pxant by Mr. E. Culvd.ck on February 2, 1951, and received in our Laboratory on February 9, 1951. Samle N. Date IS 2/2/51 Descriotion Dust Percent K.P.P.C.F. Fibre #114 L Frame Dept. Sample taken 5.7 in aisle between machines #1 and 2.. No exhaust nor protective equipment 22.0 19 2/2/51 #114 L Frame Dept. * Sample taken 7.3 in aisle between machines 2 and 3. 16.6 20 " 2/2/51 i?114 L Fr_me Dept. Sample taken in aisle between Machines 3 and 4 10.7 IS. 6 21 2/2/51 #114 L Frame Dept. Sample taken between machines 5 and 5204. 9.9 13.8 22 Blank 13 particles - per counting field. . Very truly yours, f m. Fehnel, Director Industrial Hygiene Laboratory Health and Welfare Division O O -J > u ! ! O 5 7 OHq. Be* 91 a. I. rnjlme - Banville ( Indentrisi Health ferver - Banvills Planta January - February 1947 have reviewed the report forwarded by tie Mo tropo11ten Lifo Xasuranoe Company following thoir survey of the Banville Planta* - M b m thoro ero aarnal roas ln vfaloh conditions ara definitely unfavorable, as would sppraalata irisa as to abat tapa ara being takan to aorraat the hasarda invaiavi. . .. In general, there are conditions ehieh represent potential silicosis hazards ln the Tastila, Cement, Magneala, Asphalt and Rigid Single Departments) axoasslvs exposure to lead ln the Basking Department -- both of ahlsh feould resolve inmediata attention* Zt might be vail to review pages 21, 22 and 23 listing thewpeeifis reoonendatlons and tv indisate tfhat asties is being taken for seek. -?-,r. , . " v- -i^ .... . . t I. X. Jacksoa . . # ,r . A. X.Fishar -r .. . v I 0. Iv t "` ` J. f. fooiari " -.v-* j- -.0. . m t a _ * . . .. ' ' i. Mr. tandiver 3ro*n General Headouarters M anvilla G0a e ra i February 3, 1917 D iet. 1/31/l7 I am attaching herew ith some data"on dust counts a t M anrills facto ry . The fig u res shown in the f i r s t column on the l e f t are those that hare ju st been compie ted by Metropolitan in the.nonth o f January. The p en cilled fig u res to the right of the f i r s t column are counts that were taken by M etropolitan in 1931 in sim ilar lo c a tio n s , that i s , whan th is equipment was in another building. 'Opposite the second column of typed ;figu res, we hare put in counts taken by the Hew Jersey State Health Department in 1911. Three of these as shown are In the id en tica l .spots where M etropolitan took their counts. From the counts taken recen tly by Metropolitan, you w ill see th at at no lo ca tio n in t h i s department i s the count below f ir e m illio n . The counts are a ls o much higher than those taken by th e State o f Hew Jersey but the equipam t used i s d ifferen t and i t is our understanding that Metropolitan g e ts much higher values with th eir equipment than does the Hew Jersey S ta te department. In other words, w hile we hare check fig u r es, they are not arrired at by the same method and are not of much value fo r comparison purposes. I w ill be pleased to ta lk with you on the `phone about these a fte r you hare bad a chance to studF them. JEBxHM J . E. Begert end. f PLAINTIFF'S - EXHIBIT SX4S-Q U* JT** I //* / iSul -.___ 'i... Tttat.* of JM. Cor?i Sappl**>t l U*a f" " u * to` . E-ii c/^trmn;j*jrmret<fg ^-- . , u u f *i* " * "t ucj^ * 4 " *" -- ,, u. f,, ,, . *.* -- -- u * ,im i* " . . 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IN D U STRIA L H Y G IEN E FO U N D A TIO N O F AM RICA, INC. 4 4 0 0 n F T H V N U * P t T T S O U H O H 1. P A . Jui7 U , 1947 M-- Orango* on Plant of * , Job04-asaTlULe Corporation . ' * Suppl*attac . faftinAJWPiCi . ' fra ila lo* 17 Luat Xavoatlgatloa for boato* Txtlla Ir,t i tuto* Of Juno, 1947 iMgtlno . * TU* ,al*at U Jsl|^v&tod J la m oor&l roport* Ti* uaaary of da Cine 1a colitaa J of T'oi 1 e*y bo coaptrod ottb *11 oxcopt planto C *nd 1 T>r* la * coaoUUntly hlfbor duntlaaca la 11 op*rtion* la gplU of th* fect tb*t l*r*o tomo of xoc; ur boon tapnete for Ciat contra!, oqulpooat. Tb* -iit count dato do Imt'.cata a* ti ofactor/ control of *i t ia MvUt: oporatton*. - . * uapoct tta t Uio aojor euo af tr.o potar dual e*jriitlA* f' rooult* fron Uw practico of rotrala ir froa Uto U * &ouao U Uso n t roo*. Tbl ohoold bo lavo ti atoil (o di cu** tea of roe1reala lian, pfo 1?, anaral raport). . . ' . * JHH33Q45 t . hm . -'r-- ' f^groLlalmyy Dust Survey for Aabcetos Textilo Instituto Juno, 19^7 estimated h :cids::cs OF asbestoses C io incidence of asbestosis among onployeea of those plants wher* employees vere examined in recent years, shows a marked variation as indit ed by the following: . " Plant A has rocordcd cases diagnoood as asbestoois to the oxte i '''about 20 per cent, and in the past nine years has compensated, on the aver- tj/o cases per annua. Total textile ec^loyacnt about bOO. - `- t Plant' C on the basis of a recent systematic survey, eotiaatea asbestosis incidence to bo about three to four per cent. Plant D has rosuits frea an incomplete survey in vhich four cas-vere found aeons thoso volunteering for examination with a total textile ployrent of around 150. They have compensated one case in about 10 years, Three more are pending. - . plant H vith a textile employment of 300 tis&z five or cix cssee '^annually that the physician believes show early changes duo to asbestos. Plant J ha3 counted potential cases of asbestosia amounting in number to about 20 por cent, comparable vith Plant A. The other plants have conducted no oys ternstic x-ray ourvoye of their own and have no information as to incidence among their employees. , Hone of thcoo has had caocs requiring compensation. . Vhilo vo have no complete data on history of employment and labv tumorcr In th. so-roral plants, it is apparent that thcro ia, at liaat ouj elaUy, a asricod inconsistency In this picture. Also, it io clear that DiUJSl'BIAL EfGISiE FGUI.TA7I0N OF AMERICA, INC, 41*00 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh 13; B* . '~Z^sZ-5 \ RSPOP.T OF KEL2MB-'A H EJST HJTESTIGATIOil `f o r AS2S3T0S TZXULE HISTITUTS JUNE, 1947 By M .C.L, Etrson Head. Engineer < In d u str ia l Hygiene Foundation o f America, Its By John F. McMahon ' Managing Director n f'/l-T'-l H L t No. 0 9 8 0 6 / 0 1 '9 5 1 4 : 0 6 ID:LANIERFAX6500 ;, f , Xeilahaa, Z. Z. 7 , ( 4 aopl*) ;j. f . Stanton . i, P. Iltorieh /I. w, mttanbarfar J t * U <*' ' ' ' ` j(, ? Burk* J C. E . C a r lo u c * .............. ~ 6. L. Abbott *' '' " /y. J, Waka* .. . - /I. guahlaek * /1* P. Taubnar. J*u : ' 7fl. 3. Fabal . - ' - ' a , c. sale* ... ''* : h . S in s MoQrath . .v . ' ' ' : 0 .. - Tctil e IT oopiaa la all war aaot out. ** \4 *W* f pmt a $ m In the course of the discus*ions covering the d irection end eope o f the survey the follow ing points ere considered worthy of record A. . The d e sir a b ility of standardisation among meatsr companies on dust eouat procedure and routine is obvious* B. Inquiry into the p r a c tic a b ility of using as many "net* . operations as pessibla in the oanufaeture of Asbestos , T e x tiles* appears to be w ell warranted. It was f e l t that the present sa les department and customer objections to t e x t ile s malo by 'wet* operations were based to soca extant on a natural resistan ce to change rather than on a true comparison of the respective products Because "wet* operations are so e ffe c tiv e in reducing dust at the aource, inquiry should be directed towards these possibilities C. Mr. luttanberger volunteered to send Mr. Heaton a group o f oatalogs and other litera tu re relatin g to asbestea t e x t ile machinery so that Mr. Hemeon could fam iliarize him self with the units involved, prior to h is survey v is its * t IUBBIS D. McKDJKZY Acting Secretary & ltr s ?o b e . ca n t o by m s fflB Y H I t was agreed that as many aa practicable of the member company t e x t ile plaata should be v isite d during the course of the fie ld work. The following l i s t was recommendedi Ssssssx Asbestos T ex tile Co*. Zac. Location i'arth Brookfield, Ass. 7 * STanielia Burke it Co. {forth/ieId, Yt * Carolins Asbestos Co. Davidson, N.C* - Garloek Packing Co* Fhlmyra, N.Y. . Tchna-Kar.ville Corp* t a n v ille , H. 7 . ' Seasbey <k Matt iso s Ambler, Pa. < Philadelphia Asbestos Co. Norristown, 7a* ' Raybestos-Manhattan, Ir.c. tanheim, Fa Raybestos-tanhattan, lac. Charleston, S. C. Southern Asbestos Co Charlotte N.C. ` Uhloa Asbestos k Rubber Co. Chicago(Cicero)111 mivinjALS in : a s a comtanies for survey contacts It e s s suggested that Ur. lieK inney w rite to a l l member companies and obtain the name of the individual at each plant who is to a et ae contest man e ith the Industrial Hygiene Foundation in th e ir survey work over the forthcoming months. This l i s t of t/ companies and contact-individuals therein, w ill be sent to Ur. Metahon who can then make h is arrangements d ir e c tly with the member ecs&peaies aa to when they would lik e to v i s i t the various p lan ts, the individuals they would lik e _ to talk w ith, the range of information d esired , etc rmat i NOTES on the meeting of the Air Hycien Committee held Februery 5* 19h7 at the Mellon In stitu te , Pittsburgh Fa# Ef I ponsrsiAi yoir.:s fondt: on J. F. Us^ehcB Menaging D ir e c to r C. L# Kemeon Heed Shgineer F. R. Holden Head Chemist Sr. vfelaer Medleal Director saaro s x scriLS p srm T S H. F. Stanton. C cm ittee Qxairman Johns-I.'anvilia Corp# r r * u Brieh icU*sbey & Jittiso n B * Luttenberger Raybentos-Manhattan, Inc II, s . K sI'II^ c Y Vsnager " t r t3Z? T cr tva The Industrial Hygiene Foundation proposal for a preliminary survey, as approved at the generili meeting on Cacomber 12, 19ii7* forted the basis for th is meeting. The objectives of the survey, as outlined in th e ir proposal, ere read and discusaad in scoe d e t a il, and no changes ere found necessary. The major purpose of th is meeting as to make plana for a ss is tin g the Industrial Hygiene Foundation in starting tht ork of their surrey. 1 Post-It ' Fax Note " J ill tot 7671 Data '6-1-i 5 * pages^ --From fonia, bx, 4 tilde*,' TM '~"4,S-<prr-/ofi a2 o y 1  0064 1 At f - 10 - - N a tio n ^ organisation end the Metropolitan Chapter; ana a nether of the American Public Health Association. ~' * lr. Patrick is a saober of the Metropolitan Chapter of the JLnericaa . .# In d u strial Hygiene Issoclation. t.t t Durin* the yeer, 8,390 copies of our booklets in the Industrial Health Series vere sent on request. Dr. KcCarnell, who t *s granted a leave of absence on August 27, 1912 to take charge of the Industrial Hygiene Section of the Office, Chief of Ordnance, Safety and Security Division of the United States Amy, returned to the office in Novesber. His headquarters were in Chicago and he repre sented the Surgeon General of the TTar Departrant in the Ordnance Departnent and traveled a ll over the country to plants manufacturing, loading, >> and storing explosives to investigate health hazards. He ras pranoted to the rank of Colonel, 21. C., A.U.S. in May 1915 and ves awarded the Legion of Dr. Lanza returned to the office an January 1, 1915 a fte r & leave of absence since March 1912 vfaen he l e f t to heed up the Division of Occupational Health in the Preventive Medicine Service of the Surgeon General's office, Ear Departnent. Ihe Division maintained an In d u strial Hygiene Laboratory irhich ras located a t the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene in Baltimore and 00G40 - 9- Menber of ta Committee on V entilation of-the American Public Health Association. Meaber-at-large of the Sectional Cormiittee on Ventilation Code of the American Standards Association. Member of the Sectional Cossittee on Exhaust systems of the Americas Standards Association. O fficial representative of the American Medical Association to serve as a member of the Sectional Comittae an Building Code Eeaulremer.ts for Light and Ventilation of the American Standards Association. Member of the Committee on Climace and I t s Halation to Air Condition ing fundamentals and Member of a Committee dealing Kith a l l research activ i ties involving the relations of a ir conditioning to vorkers in industry of the American Society of Eeatimg and Ventilating Engineers. Member of the Committee on Ventilation and Atmospheric Pollution, llember of the Committee on Standard Methods for the Examination of the Air of the Americas Public Health Association. . . Member of the Technical Advisory Committee on Sensations of Comfort of the American Society cf Heating and Ventilating Ecgineers. Member of the Committee on Biology of the American Society of Re frigerating Ihgimeers. Member of tbe Industrial Relations Committee of the National Associa tion of Manufacturers . Mr. f ehr.el is a member of the American In d u strial E/giena Association nnfirw V - S- Addressed the Annual Conference en Health Education a t the Rew Tort Acades^ of Medicine. He subject of the ta lk was *2oe Opportunity of Health Education in Industry*. fin^nr'rTT.g . Dr. Lanza is a sesber of the foU ovirg coccittees: Menber of the Council on Industrial Health; Chairrar of the Conrittee on Professional Relations; ifenter of the E ditorial Board, Occupational Medicine of the Aaeriean Uedical Association. Chairrar, Industrial Medical Comittee and cenier of the Board of Trust ee's o ' the In d u strial Ej&iene Foundation of Arericc. Chairman of the Industrial Medical Subcommittee (Health Advisory Council) of the 0. S. Charier of Cozr.erce. Vice-Chsirran of the .Industrial Health and Medicine AdTisory Conrittee, Procurrent and Assimer.t Service of the Federal Security Agency. Mercer of the Medical Board to advise The United States Enployees1 Conpensaticn Comission on red ical aspects of d is e tility c la irs . ii Dr. McConnell is a eeaber of the follonizg com itteess Feilos of the American L'edical Association and the Arerican Public Health Association. . f ' Merber of the ectica Council cf the Division of Industrial Hygiene of the Anericaa Public Eealth Association. Uer/oer of the Scholarship Conrittee of the Aserican Association of I r d u strial Fhysicians and Surgeons. r n N. t. I - 7- Attendance i t the annual sessions of the In d u strial Hygiene Pounda g e 3 a t which ha presided ores* the medical sessions. Attended the meeting of the New England Section of the lceriean Indus t r i a l Eygiene Section of the Jsericsn In d u strial Hygiene Association e t Boston-and gave. a short paper an the present status of pneumoconiosis. .Attended the meeting of the Medical Advisory Committee of the United States Chamber oX Commerce). ' Attended the meetings of the Council on Industrial Eeclth of the American Medical Association. Attended a meeting of the Committee on Physical Examinations of the American Medical Association with tie Veterans Placement Committee of the War Manpower Commission at rashingtcu, D. C. Attended and presided over the Regional In d u strial Health Conference a t Chicago, I llin o is . Attended a Symposium: on Industrial Medicine held at the New Icrk Post Graduate Medical School and spoke on "The In d u strial Physician's Responsi b ility to Isprove Industrial Hygiene". Gave an address before the S t. Louis Medical Society Symposium cn Pneumoconiosis on the subject of "Recent Trends and Developments vith Respect to the Pneumoconioses". 'Lectured on silicosis t to the Fourth Iear nedical students at the University of Pittsburgh. . Attended a Symposium on Pneumoconiosis held in Montreal end gave a shsrt pap?. 00637 00636 - 5- in hich f r a i l , flour end other products are shipped, as i t n s necessary for tAeir ecployaes to enter thes* ears. ` Another policyholder vented to know the to x ic ity , i f any, of chlorinated phenols - methods of safe and other precautions. Another question vhieh is being asked with increasing frequency is the effectiveness of the aluainua dust therapy la the traatnent of silic o sis. Several questions as to the effectiveness of odorizers end ozone hare been received. Our Group policyholders are again sending ir. fo r interpretation I-rays of the chests of th e ir esployees, now th a t our doctors have returned froa service. Questions having to do with a ll phases of medicine frsa a ll sources are sent to Dr. Lanza's office. These cover a vide range, i . e . , cancer, heart disease, coronary throabosis, asthaa aad hay fever, nephritis, etc; i - 3- Representatives of both labor and sanagenant of the SLJer Corpeny at Ford City, Fa. requested the Metropolitan to aaks a survey of conditions in the plant to detaraina the asistenca of a s j health hazards. Our findings were acceptable to both factions. Attached are copies of a few le tte r s froa our pollc7holders testify in g to the ralue to than of these surveys JLNilTSES ' . The atnospheric saaples of dusts, fanes, and gases collected in the plants by our technicians necessitated salring 2,199 separate analyses in the laboratory. BCLE o m : i is-Jr.'iiS Our office has continued to be of assistance to a cancer of divisions in the Hone Office, p a rticu la rly the Hone Office Service Division and the Medical Division, in inspec'izg unhealthful or dangerous conditions arising throughout the buildings. In th is connection th is office w ill ache periodic j sanitary and in d u stria l hygiene inspections of the Ccrnissary Division. The inspection w ill include aathods of preservation of food, refrigeration, food and disposal, dishwashing, vem in control, and cleanliness generally. Inspections w ill also include such- work operations as paint spraying, lead soldering, welding, other operatioos where advents and tonic n aterials are enployed throughout the building. Pluabing In stallatio n s w ill be inspected occasionally fo r v iolation of sanitary codes and regulations. i l l c le r ic a l n a te ria ls used ly our Building Divisions w ill be analyzed i - ---.--- 1 ------------------- - 1TM ---------- ---- -------------------------------------- -- --------------- 0 0 6 3 - 2 - Is the plant accounting for a 1urge J^bor turnover* . Due to ths fa c t t b it va h*Te periodically been urrsyla th is p le st, Mr. Hasard asked that ire sake the rarrey. Our investigations indicated th at the asbeatosis hasard was adequately controlled and had been fo r a nusher of yeara.__ttr.__Eatard aceept- ed_ear findings end sade hia report to the Far Production Board. The case v u dosed. ' B e Buberoid Cospany of Gloucester City, N. J . elso asked for a survey of th e ir plant a t tha suggastion of Mr. Hasur d and our findings were accept ed by the Few Jersey State Departsant. B e Industrial Hygiene Division of the Departsant of Health of llabaca vas pla r r tr g to survey the iron ore sines of the Eapublic Steel Corporation in Birsisghas, Ala. and the Cospany asked us to sake a check of conditions prior to the sta te 's study so that they would hare a clean b ill of health. Mr. Dyktor, Director of the Bureau of In d u strial Hygiene of the City of Cleveland, Chio sade a visual survey of the Corrigan-Meli-rey plant of the Repuhlic Steel Corporation. After learning th a t the Metropolitan vas super rising the plant conditions affecting the health of the enplcyees, Mr. Dyktor said th at i t would not be necessary for his Depertnent to sake a survey. B e Hatiocal Carbon Cospany of the Union Carbide Corporation a t Cleve land, Ohio asked the Metropolitan to ccsduct a surrey of th e ir Analgan Miring and Drying Depertnent a t the ftine the State Departnent was conducting an Investigation of working conditions. Havwver, the State Decsrtncst did not have the proper ecuipnent nor the personnel to take the te sts and the Metropolitan was asked to coupleta these studies. V* f 1HN01L REPORT OF IEZ EiDUSTPJLLL HZAL2S SECTION 1945 " FLl.Tr StTOTgrs laboratory of Industrial Hygiene conducted sixty surreys of health condition. In the plants of cur Croup policyholders, t t . . . consisted of n r r ^ r , of a plants, is well is recheck surreys la plants of a auaber of our policyholders which request that we aak. th es. periodic checks to d ****** * * * * * * a0t W h e a lti *" * * developed ad, i f so, how they eta be controlled. Ifcey also wanted to know i f the fune and dust con tr o l systens in stalled on our recorcendation a r e e ffic ie n t. the following instances of se rriss nay be of in te re s t to show how the ' W0._ Of --e Metropolitan Life Insurance Conpany in the fie ld of industrial hyjiene is accepted by eanagerent, erployees and the Dirisicns of Industrial Eyj-ene of the State Depertneats of Health: ft Bates Manufacturing Conpany of Je s t Orange, H. J . requested a surrey of health conditions In th e ir plant because th e ir grievance comnittae, consisting of representatives of management and labor, wanted such a surrey oade to use as a guide in inproring conditions in the plant. llr. IT. G. Hazard, Director o f. the In d u strial Hygiene Division of thT Department of Health of Hew Jersey was ordered by the War Production Board to make an investigation of *he plant of the Johns-iianvills Corporation at - W i l l , on the basis that there were a number of unhealthy yorking conditions q0&3 H 1 '.\(1L . S -E C / - 9 J>V jM A/'*/ pUJ|!i 0U|q tuouinoop ih jo A;i|tnb *ui o n #i 51 `aoiiou