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August 25, 1964 Cases in this file not included in listing of real and suspected cases. Reasons not listed 1. Suspected exposure and not suspected intoxication. 2. Suspected intoxication too far-fetched to be included. 3. Outside North American Continent. This is only an index of the material in this file although sparse notes will be found in reference to the more significant cases. Cases Listed by Date Date of Correspondence or Alleged Exposure October 31, 1934 Suspected Pb Intoxication - Boston Psychopathic Hospital - Analytical results only. April 18, 1936 Standard Oil Company of Kentucky - Reported 8 months after incident - Tank Cleaning - One of three men became ill and died - Pb suspected - Analytical results from another laboratory unreliable. Autopsy would not support diagnosis. January 25, 1937 Brief letter of notation. One man ill after cleaning tank - Corner Garage at Lyndonville, Vermont. November 3, 1937 Letter reporting illness after tank cleaning in 1931 or 1932. Two men cleaned tank for Socony Vacuum at Inwood, Long Island. Two men ill with very suggestive symptoms. Socony Vacuum paid extra compensation. April 28, 1942 Letter reporting cleaning of a tank which had stored leaded ghsoline about 9 years previous to cleaning. Fuel oil past nine years. No mask used. No illness reported. Wofford Oil Company bulk plant at Americus, Georgia. December 1, 1943 General Electric Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut. Report of man who became unconscious while working in 535 barrel tank. He had taken off his mask. Appears to be clearly gasoline intoxication. December 8, 1943 Taylor Refining Company, Corpus Christi, Texas. Employee unearthed previously buried damaged swing line. Removed parts and buffed. Experienced m.m. and skin irritation and "did not feel well." No further report. 2 Date of Correspondence or Alleged Exposure March 8. 1946 Socal Refining Company - California Construction Company. Man who worked replacing roof on leaded gasoline storage tank, October 2. Felt ill and visited doctor November 8. Saw a number of doctors and one diagnosed lead poisoning. Eventual diagnosis of gall bladder disease. November 4, 1947 Wood River Refining Company (now Sinclair), Hartford, Illinois. Irrelevant symptoms in husky young man continuing 8 months after woik in leaded gasoline storage tank. Urine 0.03 mg. Pb/Liter. June 9, 1948 Company operating tank? Employed by Acme Steam Cleaning Service. Optic atrophy and blindness allegedly associated with tank cleaning. No reply to request for information and urine samples. September 1948 Sun Oil Company. Letter describing complaints of a tank cleaner. Dermatitis of face - "not feeling well" and anorexia. No further information. July 1949 Pana Refinery, Pana, Illinois. Mild acute illness allegedly associated with welding job within large gasoline storage tank. Diagnosis of Lead Intoxication rejected. November 1949 Eastern States Petroleum Company. Suit threatened by disgruntled ex-employee on basis of lead intoxication. No record of complainant having entered tank. No further information. February 9, 1950 Letter from individual claiming he is in "bad condition" and relating it to tank work. Used Texas Company envelope and signed by writers name and Texas Company. Is not a Texas Company employee. No further information. June 1950 California Refining Company. Two out of six employees who were involved in tank cleaning claimed illness. Enteric disturbance in both. Nothing to substantiate diagnosis of T.E.L. intoxication. July 1950 Sinclair Refining Company, Jacksonville, Florida. Report of suspected exposure. No illness reported. July 1950 August 1950 Atlantic Refining Company, Wilmington, N.C. Man mildly ill after tank cleaning. All precautions followed. Symptoms not suggestive of T.E.L. intoxication. Phillips Petroleum Company, Lep, Oklahoma. Vague suspected exposure only. No illness. , 3 Date of Correspondence or Alleged Exposure August 1951 Company? Report of three men involved in explosion and fire while cleaning tank. Urine indicates no lead absorption. November 1951 Air Force,, McCord Field; Washington. Man died while in manhole pit of underground tank while filling tank with jet fuel. Lead effect impossible. September 1951 Texas Company, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Man became unconscious while working in tank. No reason to suspect lead as cause. November 1952 Texas Company, Galveston, Texas. Correspondence relating to irregular cleaning, razing and reconstruction of tanks. No'illness. December 1952 Pan American Southern Corporation, Destrehan, Louisiana. Report on the urine of five men who had cleaned a tank. No indication of industrial absorption. June 1953 Canadian Oil Company, Petrolia, Ontario, Canada. Reports excitement of inexperienced E.C. representative. Irregular procedures exposed but not as far as tank cleaning procedures were concerned. No illness. September 1953 Tide Water Associated Oil Company, San Pedro, California. Report of suspected exposure. No illness. November 1953 British American Oil Company, Edmonton, Alberta. Report of men exposed to gasoline containing high con centration of lead. Lead concentrations in the urine of four men within normal limits. December 1953 General American Tank Storage Company. Suspectd exposure. Analyses of urine of five men indicates no industrial exposure. January 1954 Bay Petroleum Company, Denver, Colorado. Two men ill after cleaning tank. Symptoms of nausea and cyanosis. Prompt recovery. May 1954 Sun Oil Company, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mild gastric or psychosomatic complaints of four men out of ten who repaired tanks. Urine samples obtained from 8 of the 10 men,all results within normal limits. Date of Correspondence or Alleged Exposure July 1954 -4 - Bard and Bard, Joplin, Missouri. Pump repairman with diagnosis of lead poisoning threatening suit. No further information. July 1954 Texas Company,, Port Arthur, Texas. Man submerged in sludge to waist line. Only symptoms skin irritation. Urine showed no evidence of significant exposure, July 1955 Clark Oil Company. Report of man working full shift with leaded gasoline saturated trousers. Inquiry precautionary. Had burn from gasoline;. Containers returned unused. September 1955 Cities Service Oil Company, Toledo, Ohio. Man who worked in tank complained of symptoms (headache and general illness). Did not use mask. Blood and urine lead low. April 1956 U.S. Air Force, MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Florida. Considerable correspondence initiated because three civilian base laboratory workers were taken off job because of suspected exposure to T.E.L. and report of excessive lead in blood. Our analysis showed normal levels in blood and urine. July 1956 Cooperative Refinery Association, Phillipsburg, Kansas. Suspected exposure 4 men. No symptoms. Blood and urine lead concentrations low. September 1956 U.S. Navy, San Pedro, California. Report of man who developed nausea and vomiting on about the 18th day of tank cleaning - was hospitalized and died shortly after admission. No report of illness in 6 other men on job. ical diagnosis of hydrocarbon intoxication. Inadequate information. Clin May 1957 Reply to inquiry about possibility of the handling of leaded gasoline having produced a peripheral neuritis. July 1958 . Hess Terminal, Houston, Texas? Two men who worked on tank and sprayed red lead paint vaguely ill. E.C. Houston physician believed lead poisoning probable and thought it confirmed by lead concentration in urine. Man returned to work promptly and lead diagnosis doubtful. September 1958 Wescol, Nordheim, Texas and Howell, San Antonio, Texas." Two men reported ill. Illness related to tank work. Vague information. T.E.L. intoxication unlikely. 5 Date of Correspondence or Alleged Exposure June 1959 \ U.S. Navy, Midway. Report from H. K. Ball of rumored poisoning of 14 men as result of tank cleaning. June 1959 U.S. Army, Koshiba Terminal, Japan. Men exposed in large Japanese underground tank taken over by U.S. Army. Thirty men reported hospitalized. Eight men reported dead. T.E.L. intoxication can hardly be questioned. December 1959 Utah Oil Refining Company. Report of accidental spill of gasoline carrying high concentration of lead. Urine of these men show lead in normal concentration. September 1960 Humble Oil Company, Houston, Texas. Two men ill associated with tank cleaning. Concentration of lead in urine samples within normal limits. Probable gasoline intoxication. . May 1960 United Refining Company, Warren, Pennsylvania. Inspector who entered tanks daily reported to have a peripheral neuritis and malaise. Blood and urine samples low in lead concentration. No date Texas Company, San Francisco, California. Letter concerning Texas Company employee who had diagnosis of lead intoxication. Symptoms and laboratory results given. No logical reason for diagnosis apparent. September 1962 Caltex, Philippines. Reply to an inquiry as to a possible relation between T.E.L. exposure and thrombophlebitis. August 31, 1963 Lester W. Sanders, Sr., M.D. K E 0017240