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FILE NAME: National Insulation Manufacturers Association (NIMA) DATE: 1966 July 20 DOC#: NIMA001 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Minutes of the National Health & Safety Committee Meeting [NIMA] with Cover Memo -;-ll I X X I N G f U N A i / t N U t N C W l' K K , N . * A s s o c i a Tlot J f iy z\, *`K'> TO ItiE HEALTH Dr. L,, B, Gr-rt Dr, K, PnvEi F . Edward- SAFETY GOMMAT H. Me sic r n , Kaiai The NLMA Executive Committee has asked that the Health b Safety Committee form a team and formulate a program to give presentations at the Insulation Distributor - Contractors National Association. (IDGNA) Regional M eetings. For the purpose of diacusuing this program and other subjects relating to health and safety a meeting has been scheduled as follows: Dater 9:30 A .M . Thursday, June 30r 1966 t7 \ Location: NIMA Office 441 Lexington Avenue New York. N. Y. Room 1004 P lease indicate your attendance at the meeting on the attachment and return it to the NIMA Office at your e a rliest convenience. Sincerely yours JMBrHCL ccr Board of Directors X M. Barnhart f l 377M /hC/#>r/?7 MINUTES of tin: HEALTH > - ' . r r ^ V CO M M UTEE MTA. NATIONAL. INSULATION MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION Pittsburgh, Pa. July 20, I960 The meeting was called to order at 9:00 A. M. with the following in attendance: MEMDERS PRESENT Dr. K, Smith, Chairman Dr, R. Cotta F, H. Edwards Dr, L. Grant H. R. Moale r Johns-Man villfi. Sales Corn. Gustin-Bacon Mig. Company Oweas-Corning Fiberglas Corp. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. The Ruberoid Company OTHERS PRESENT Dr, R. T. P . do TreirUe Dr, P. Gross Dr. C. S. Bishop J. F. Corey J. Destefano J. M. Barnhart Industrial Hygiene Foundation Industrial Hygiene Foundation Owens-Coming Fiberglas Corp. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. Pittsburgh Plate Glass N1MA - IHF PRESENTATION Dra. de TreirUe Sc Gross of IHF talked about a study proposed to CCF pertaining to the biologaral activity of fibrous glass dust. The proposed investigation pertained to the inhalation {net injection) of fibrous glass dust, as foUows: 1. Glass dust without binder 2. Glass dust with phenol-formaldehyde binder 3. Glass dust with chrome binder (Chocc of binders to ne made) ' Animals (ratn ar.d hamsters) arc to be exposed. The investigation is to be terminated at the end of 3 years. *>---- { C O i l f 1 w h e th e r they would -ubim t i P ri3k j >.i t,, i.; '/.A b s e i Uli' '.Kl:: a -- uf ehe m J u j t r y a s it r e la te s to the he a 1tit h a.'.-: rd oi O t t t ' i c ne, d a iib r OU3 glas: UIF in d ic a te d the would be w illing to do so, D rs. de T re irile h C ross then left the m eetin g *#****<>*** t n d e p e n d e n t c o m p a n y STUDY WITH HF 1CGR ;p o ' It was re p o rte d that the follow ing had signed the pro p o sal relatin g to the in tra tra c h e a l injection of m in e ra l fib e rs into the lung: of an im als fo r study: 1. U nited S tates P u b lic H ealth S erv ice 2* P itts b u r g h P l a 'e G la s s U P itts b u r g h C o rn in g 3. Jchns-M anvillc ... , 4. O w ena-C om ing - approval w ill be given m au g u st U. S. Rubber and C crtainT ccd have not as yet signed the proposal. PROPOSAL TO CCF FROM IHF The proposal dated Juno 6, 1966. iron, IHF to OCF wao d ra c u a re d This .tody relates to the biolo8icol eiiects o the udrala.ion ( `">rou* el&ss. After extensive, discussion the Committee voted { ) they consider an inhaiation study at this tim e, but to arc and evaluate the initial results of the independent intratracheal injection study CLINICAL STUDIES AVAILABLE TO NIMA, All the com panies p re se n t rep o rted that no studies of any value w ere a v a ila b le w ith one ^e x c e p.t.i.o n . oO -rc- h a a aa asttuuud vy oofi 1j.400 e m pt -lo yj e e s , and would m ake available only c e rta in data. Follow ing discussion a m otion was m ade, seconded and passed T hnt an NIMA sp o n so re d p ro g ra m be conducted by the Industrial Hygiene Foundation to evaluate the health h a z a r d s of fib ro u s g la s s on h u m a n b e in g s . IHF is to be contacted to stru c tu re such a p r '',, .u n (proep-c ' retrospective) and subm it it to the H ealth h Safety C om nuttc NIMA fo r c o n sid e ra tio n . . 37 7 IP 3 to th e B o a rd ol D ir e c to r s f o r th e ir c o n s id e r a tio n . 1DCNA - H E A LTH AND SA FETY ED U CA TIO N A L PROGRAM The C om m ittee felt such a p ro g ra m was valuable fo r IDCNA. H ow ever, the contents of the p re s e n ta tio n w as not c le a rly u n d ersto o d by all C om m ittee m em b ers. The C hairm an appointed II. M .-nler and C. Shccklcr to outline a program fo r C om m ittee consideration. OTHER BUSINESS (a) It h ad b e e n r e p o rte d by P a b c o th a t a s u rv e y of a s b e s to s w o rk ers had been set up at the U niversity of C alifo rn ia. The C om m ittee advised that studies w ere also being con sid ered in the New England A rea and the D etroit A rea on the sam e subject. ___ The C om m ittee is of the opinion that industry should cooperate with th ese in v estig ato rs. (b) No d a ta w as a v a ila b le f o r re p o rtin g of the r e s u lts of the a ir erosion tests cf fibrous g lass a ir ducts and duct lin e rs. (c) The next C om m ittee M eeting w ill be scheduled when the proposal fro m IHF is received, o r other urgent business arises. a d jo u r n m en t T here being no fu rth e r bu sin ess, the m eeting was adjourned. R espectfully subm itted J. M. B arnhart