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FILE NAME: Kaiser Gypsum (KG) DATE: 1966 Mar 29 DOC#: KG097 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Seasonal Reminders - Including Asbestos No. U 2 TO: A ll S a fe ty Supervisors C o p ie s : P. J . Franklin J . M. Garoutte E . H. Schaper J . I . W alter From: L . R. F lic k e r D a te: March 29, 1966 SEASONAL REMINDERS ASBESTOS R e c e n t s t u d ie s by m e d ic a l a u t h o r i t i e s tend to now some p o s s ib le con n ec t i o n betw een i n h a la t io n o f a s b e s to s d u st and c a n c e r . Be c e r t a in t h a t a l l p e r so n s who work in th e v i c i n i t y o f a s b e s to s are w earing a p ro p e r r e s p i r a to r approved by the U . S . Bureau o f Mines fo r asbestos d u st. F I IMS ON BACK STRAIN A new f i l m , "O h , My A ch in g B ack" has been produced by th e U . S . Bureau o f M in e s . I t can be re n te d f r e e b y w r it in g th e Bureau a t 488 Forbes A v e ., P ittsb u rgh , Penna. WIRE ROPE SURVEY A f i r s t q u a r te r rep o rt on your w ire rope survey i s due in the o f f i c e o f the S a fe ty D ire cto r not la te r than A p ril 15. SAFETY EMPHASIS PROGRAM Your re p o rt on the f i r s t q u a rte r S a fe ty Emphasis program at your p la n t i s due in th e o f f i c e o f the S a fe ty D ire cto r not la t e x than A p ril 20. WELDERS CLOTHING T h is i s v e ry much a "H ot" s u b je c t ^ show th a t o u r w eld ers and b u rners ay w a it u n t i l a man i s burned to in more ways than o n e. R ecen t surveys are s t i l l w earing flammable c lo th in g , death to co rrect th is hazard? - 2- HAZARDS OF SCALDING WATER . T h ree men were s e v e r e ly burned when showered by s c a ld in g w ater d u rin g a p la n t o p e ra tio n to c le a n out a stopped d r a in . The tem perature o f the w a te r was known bu t c o r r e c t io n o f exposure by th e w earing o f p r o te c tiv e c l o t h i n g e t c . was n o t t a k e n . N ext tim e your men do a jo b where th e r e i s any p o s s i b i l i t y o f. b u m s from h o t w ater be c e r t a in and take ALL p re cautions necessary. VISUAL EDUCATION As a p a r t o f th e c o n t in u a l e f f o r t o f S a fe t y T ra in in g and E d u c a tio n , the _ v'J'a e t y D i r e c t o r i s d e v e lo p in g a s e r i e s o f c o lo r e d s l i d e s and s c r i p t jv e r in g s a f e t y s u b j e c t s , tak en and a p p lic a b le to our o p e r a tio n s . The f i r s t s e t on eye i n j u r i e s i s now re a d y f o r your u s e . We a ls o have s li d e s on l i f t tr u c k s , l i f t i n g and lo c k o u ts -- a l l yours fo r use upon your re quest to the S a fe ty D irecto r. m