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FILE NAME: Baldwin (BALD)
DATE: 1952 Nov 2 DOC#: BALD007
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Worker's Comp Claim Info Sent to the Industrial Commission of OH from DeWitt Huffman, Industrial Hygiene Engineer
loreaber 2, 1953
0 . At S tra p , P ereonael D irec to r deldwia-Liaa-Haailtoa Corp, Strath .Vaia S t. L ira ,. Ohio Door h r. S trap :
A oopy o f a l o t t a r w ritte n to the Hedioal Department by L eV itt B offnut, lado*t r i a l Bygieae Sagiaoer, ie oaoloaod fo r your inform atica t** uidaaoe.
Fleaee fe e l freo to o a ll oa th is D iyieioa a t any tin e th a t we oaa be o f e e rric e to you.
Tory tru ly your,
O. s . Zalleabaugh, A aaiitaat Superintendent.
Hovraber 2, 1953
Hed ic a l Deportment Iadut r i a l Commission of Ohio Columbus, Ohio
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Oa October 28 1953 * v i s i t was nada to the Baldwin-Lisvi-H aailton C orp., L is a , Ohio, to chaoh c o n d itio n s under which tha above named claim ant had worked.
The company manufacture locom otives, powar o h o rela, and o th e r hoary equipment. At one tima L ile the o la ia a a t worked fo r them, they manufactured ateam looom otives.
Tha cla im a n t1s employment experience with t h is coapany i s a s follow s!
5/8/91 to 3/31/98 to 12/27/98 tc
8/15/50 to 8/2/51 to 8/17/51 to
9/11/91 12/27/98
2/19/99
8/2/51 8/17/51 11/23/5?
Chipper und chain hooker in Chipper in foundry. Chipper in b o ile r shop. Assembler in ereo tio n shop. Chipper, blacksm ith shop. Assombler, hovel asuembly.
foundry.
Tha claim ant a ta tod on one of h ie a p p lic a tio n s th a t he was a ooreaaker from May 8 , 1991, to September 11, 1991. Tha company record. show th a t he vaa a shipper and chain hooker in tha foundry.
A d u st count taken in tha clean in g room on Juno.16, 1992, in d ic a te d a con c e n tra tio n of 27.5 m illio n p a rtio la a of duet par oubiu foot of a i r . foundry d ust haa bean found to oontain from 1 $ to 20^ f r e e a .'lio a .
Tha claim ant worked in tha cleaning room from Marvh 31* 1998, to December 27, 1998. Ha a ls o any haTa worked in th in atuaa o l ^ n l r j room from Hay 8 . 1991 to September 11, 1991 Other place* in whiah the alak aan t worked were a ls o in v e s ti g a te d . The e re c tio n shop is no longer used fo r th a t jwrpoae.
As an assem blur in tha a>10r e 1 assem bly, he was exposed to l i t t l e or no dust and th ere i s no apparent source c f dust containing fre e s i l i c a . Ea may have had occasion to grind with a p o rta b le g rin d e r fo r sh o rt periods of time although no
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la tha w aa la whloh ha vorkvd vara a n g led la wo141a*. Approximately ^oo^faat
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Ihia olaiaaat haa baaa paid laauraaaa for tuberouloaie by tha ooaa*av.
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DaVitt Huffman, . ' In d u stria l Urgleca Kcgiaaer.
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