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FILE NAME: Union Carbide (UC) DATE: 1974 Mar 26 DOC#: UC195 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Call Report - Call to Frank Zimmerman, National Gypsum - Safety Committee Meeting Til`<i.. P. C. Norris Tnurce J . E. Dals'i KC- Fi le NF- Fi le PLAINTIFF'S * e x h ib it Union Carbide 276 P .C . Sox 579 \ Iaga-a - 3 , ' s , ' . y . I43C2 By H,B. Rhod" Date 3/?6'79___ pul l .Nane Address Mfrs. of National Gyosum Company 325 Delaware Avenue " Buffalo, NY Building Products !nterviewed Frank Zimmerman OBJECTIVE ,, ,, Zimmerman and the writer were Quests at a meetino of a safety committee of the Gyosum Association. The objective was to oet T ? aCt r' Ur dr3ft f th s Dro?osed 0SHA TM rl< standards tSucied on b r i e f l y ^ P' ant ma"ufact" re f only OBSERVATIONS Those in attendance were: Frank Zimmerman Jerry Moore Herb Carlson Corporate Safety and Health Division, National Gypsum Safety and Health National Gypsum, Buffalo Manager, Technical Services, Gypsum Asso ciation James Cornell Ken Freeman Safety Director, U. S, Gyosum L. S, Gy'S urn Tom Cna-bers Grand Rapids Gypsum CALL REPORT - 2- fiationai Gypsum Company B u f fa l o , NY f'arch 25, 1 Jack Shull of National Gypsum who is chan man of the Gypsum Association Technical Committee was also in and out o f the meeting several times. The background and basis for the revised regulations was pre sented to the Association Committee. The type of dust levels that oc c u r r e d ^ th eir Denver tests and in several other tests (including ours) were discussed in d e t a i l . They had selected th ei r t e s t conditions to represent the worst conditions on the assumption that tne f i b e r counts would be low. They could then use the data' as a basis for not l a belling products etc. The general concensus was that f i b e r counts could ranoe from around one to up towards ten depending on the type of compound (gen eral ourpose or topping) being sanding, the s k i l l with which base mud job had been done, i . e . how much had to be removed, and atmospheric conditions. I t was also recognized that i f asbestos were not even present, they had serious s i l i c a and nuisance dust problem" With this somewhat dubious sit uat io n on sanding as backgroung the prooosed work practices were reviewed in d e t a i l . There was general a greement that they are tech nica lly fe a si b l e but there was real concern for their econimic impact and whether they could be policed in the f i e l d . No further suggestions on other Dractices were made. The "wetping" of dry-mix in the f i e l d also continues to be a particulary d i f f i c u l t prop!em with no real a t t r a c t iv e alter na tive offered. The handling of asbestos from the r a i l car and in the plant was discussed for a short time. U. S. Gypsum stated that they consider that car unloading is the most serious plant dust problem they now face, National Gypsum and Grand Rapids Gypsum were in agreement. I mentioned our moves towards boy and p a l l e t shrink wrapping. J/M has talked about the same thing but has not been w il l in g to make any t r i a l shipments. The gypsum comDames are also in agreement that they are going to nave to i n s t a l l some s c i*t o* automat1c bov bandlina f a c i l i t i e s or a very good hood system. Jim Cornell (U. S. G.") claimed"he has never seen a boy opener that worked well and even with exc ellen t hood f a c i l i ties i t was going to be hard to stay below two f ib e r s . ADDE5 NOTES I talked a I t t t l e with Tom (Red) Chambers of Grand Rapids Gypsum m Kansas City. T' ey stem to be quite large and he controls the formu lat ions , He did not know Tom Norris but did mention an Amsco man who he understood was our d i s t r ib u t o r . A c a l l tnere by Tom P. Norris is suggested. Typed 3/29/7A cam