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3AFETY REPORT RRO OIL & REFUTING COTIPANY Lewiatown, Montana October 26, 1936 General In an lnte~yiew with Mr. Allen and with hr. Jones it was found that . their safety regulations aid not mean much. In fact I would say that they miht just~as well not have any at all. There are no safety Instructions issued in printed form. All instructions are given verbally by Mr. Jones at Safety meetings held at irregular intervals. Only recently one of their men engaged in the inspection of tank cars at loading platform dropped into a tank car to free valve. There was no other person present at time and he was very lucky to get out. He had lowered himself into tank with out any kind of mask and with out ladder of any kind, he was unable to pull hims&lf up and had worn himself out before some one near by heap his calls for help. On inquirygthey^fobndfthat he had made a practise of doing this but in this case failed to notice fhat car was of large diameter aie was uable to get out. The Arro Oil & Refining Company have no company owned distribution, depending entirely on jobbers and distributors. They have no m-'-n as a result engaged in pump repairs or in cleaning bulk storage tanks. I have suggested that they form a tank cleaning cr"a,composed of men that have proven their dependability,for their own work at refinery. That these men be properly equiped with masks and .6rothJLng$, trained in the cleaning of tanks, and that their services he made available to jobbers and distributors. Mr. Allen seemed to think that this was an excellent idea and I believe that such a program nan be out acrosa with this firm. - Refinery As explained above there are no printed rules or regulation on safety with the exception of our3. "r. Jones holds safety meetings at irregular intervals. In view of the case mentioned above his instructions do not seem to accomplish much. .From wo to four men are used for tank cleaning oaeration. They may be any of the men employed at the refinery. Mr. Charles Cox, maintenance foreman,has charge of tank cleaningjbut it Is entirely possible that he is not on the job at all times as he must carry on other repairs at the same time. -r Tanks are cleaned by steaming which may take from 4 to 48 hours depending on sice, then allowed to air until they are cool enough for a wan to enter them, which may take up to 48 hours. The*air is not tested before men enter tanks. To date only rundown tanks hava been cleaned and as they were cleaned in winter it was necessary to clean them In dry codition. ITo^were worn except for cone type. Mr. Jones stectes that air line mngksdferould be used only if tank3 were not properly aired and that if dust only was ncount ered that filter masks would be all they vr-uld use. ' No special clothing is used and boots would only be ?om when sludge /-s 10/ 26/ 56 Page 2 Safety report on Arro Oil 04 Refining Go., Lewistown, ontana. I have pointed out to this firm the desirability of using Boots and gloves as well as clean' cothing for this work. I advised them that such precautions would guard against possible skin irritations and should be used regardless of contents oJytanks. Mr. Jones stated that if necessary to wear air line masks that men would alternate about every 15 minutes. If work can be done with out masks he men might be inside of tanks for as long as two hours. Sludge and scale is used for fill unless it is from high, sulphur crude in which case it is buried. I advised them to bury or b u m any sludge or scale removed from tanks In leaded gasoline service. ' Rone of their tanks have water bottoms and it was impossible to secure sample. . PLEAS?. SEE THAT THIS FIRM IS SUPPLIED -7ITH FOOT VALVE FOR SUCTION LIRE. Rone in use at present kerosene. 0022959