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' (i O ctober 23, 1940 ..r*. o* 0 . .' ' X" 0 Tear Oscar: \\ . ' . ' 'P Ic se x f indv a tta c h e d :,ir. C. .Fred rayior* 3 l e t t e r oi\ Q ctocor ?.6th, rep o rtin g on an a ccid en t d u rin g tank clea n in g a t the ILiehfieM ..0iljO eiapany' a bulk plant at Bellingham , 'fe ih in g to n . ;J '/ // The n atu re o f t h i s a c c id e n t i s n ot s e r io u s and we a re r e p o r tin g same m erely fox* your records. K E" 0022561 O c to b e r 2 6 , 194.0 Mr, H arry Kuhs, D ear I'larrv: T h is is -.eroly t o p u t o n r e c o r d a s l i g h t a c c id e n t w hich o c c u r r e d to th e p e r s o n who d id th e a c t u a l tenjffdcl'&&iag o f I Tank AlpBo, R i c h f i e l d O il Comrany p l a n t , i l l i i i g h a a 7 '-* a s K io g to n , O ctober 21, 1240: .' ' \ me - A d d ress - "Ujo a lle y , hid-sK ington. D p lo y e r- H a s k e ll P lu m b in g Om pany^ -'B e llin g h e is , C o n tr a c to r Ri cdDie..4iiT--Co:i'p3n3o-'` ... - 2 , F. Berridg, P orescn - C e u ttlo M aintenance \ \ Superintendent f . R. Poc.ioro,/ G en eral' llu in te n e r.e e c u o e rln to n d e n t . 1 from Los A ngeles / N a tu re o f A a c t d s a t r ' ,1-fand o p e r a te d s u c t i o n oump was u s e d tOj' vamp th e sludge o u t Q f " t ir c 'ta n k . T h is was b ro k e n due t o th o h ig h p rh s s u re b u i l t m i by th e slu d g e and th e p r e s s u r e c o n se q u e n tly not sa s e d . Upon co ilin g o u t o f th e ta n k and rem o v in g h i s SfV. | > e n d e a v o re d t o re le a & e th e s u c t i o n h o se f r o a th e pump .and -wet 'S lufl^e^w as thriJlpaf i n t o h i s e y e s . I n ray p r e s e n c e th e . a t t e n d i n g / p h y s iM * u ^ llr ^ - 'I iy le A. G reenw ood, H a ro ld B u ild in g , B e llin g h a m , rem oved th e p ieces o f sludge from and v?aahed them w ith a s a lin e a o l u t i o j ^ a f t e r which an oin tm en t was a p p lie d . A fte r e a tin g -lunch, H r. - a t h i s own i n s i s t e n c e end th e a p p r o v a l o f th e Richfield re p re s e n ta tiv e s - re tu rn e d to th e tank and fin ish e d th e jo b , .//r e q u ir in g a p p ro x im ate ly o n e -h a lf hour a d d itio n a l work a f t e r th e a c c id e n t. D xcept f o r th e n a tu ra l sw e llin g o f th e e y e s, no ap p are n t i l l e f f e c ts r e s u lte d from th e a c c id e n t. Very tr u ly y o u rs, _ ou- * -V ; 1 v L ^ i . " r '' i C. F re d N aylor-' N:C N22570.01