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Annlaton, Ala* 1, ' April 20,1967 Spilt .Chisao on Aroclor thrum --O'** R. C. Moody Zt* Cm Fuhnsoister> W* D* Pepagcorgo 8. C Carder - -- H* L. Cray a* l. Phillips On tho coming of 4-1S-67 Lea fcatcaan received a call on a leak- lug drum on a traitor of poratlilon* Investigation revealed thio drum to bo Therainol FR*0 (a sals of 60% Aroclor 1242 and 202 . ^ TICS)* . . ' . . . ... . . "l;>: Tho truck driver etatod that the leak uas caused by a split > Chios. Tho drusa uoa turned upside dcr.m end tho load sent on to vV lleu Orleans* The drum and the contents will bo returned to Anniston. . . \ .. - ' . ; .. .' ' * .. . * l .' , / ' : y; ,* Ve experienced a considerable number of similar situations in parathion prior to codification of the shipping containers. A . . year and a half ego uo added too reinforcing embosses on tho . - ^ drum bottom. Since that time mo have got peon a pintle spl it ,< cMia due to fsti&ue. We (including tU L. Cray) feel this has been 1002 effective. . '. ' ;' . ' ;. We strongly rococxvcnd that the seme type of reinforcement bo adopted for Aroclor drums. This involves the manufacturer having to set up a different typo mold. Thin should not odd any additional cost to our drums. _ . ; `` i /dp .(v . i. . V v ; .* '* : . . rs. s ` Of '0; l i '"1'i I V 1. i ' iT/: \'00":. ! >\ %*\ r'\ .v .C'i ' 'i .. 1;-' VJ<.'U-'ji Or-- V DSW 375285 STLCOPC