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FILE NAME: Goodyear (GY) DATE: 1959 July 28 DOC#: GY017 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Government Inspection Results JtOy 28, 1#? Nodical Department Bureau of Viortaaen'a Compensation Colnribus, Otio Hei 0. T>. 6?6W2 Ralph I. Toy, deceased. Oentlseant On July 23, 19!??, a visit was mede to The Ooodyear Tire 1 Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio to check conditions under vhich the above ncaed docndorrt hsd worked. The coopsry nanafactum rubber tires end other rubber products. The decedent vas employed bgr this company from June 26, 19hh to September 26, 1958. He worked as a neutraliser operator during the following periods t 3/20A5 to 8/21AS 3ADA7 to 6A3A9 9/26A9 to 6/2V53 B/U/S3 to 9/26/59 riantHo. 1. " " Plant C. During the rest of hie employment with tM7 cawpany, the decedent was on Jobe share be handled rsv rubber or finished rubber product, such as tires. As a neutraliser operator, the decedent worked on Pliofilm production. In the manufacture of this product, natural and synth*tlo robbers are disaolvod in bentone. lfydrogen chloride gas is bubbled through tha aolutien, forming * rubber hydrochloride. Aftar this reaction, the excess lydrogci chloride ia neutralised with soda ash (sodium car boost). Iteeae soda ash ia then removed by 'TQtratlcmr, The rubber hydrochloride ia dissolved in water and the bentene in stripped off. The rubber hydrochloride solution or duny ia then forf to a castinr machine where tha film la formed and dried. The materials uaod in this process am natural and synthetio rubbers, barmone, hydrorm chloride and soda ash. Soda ash ia the only material requiring manual handl ing. Thr ruednun thr.t the decedent would hrro dunped would have been three (3) bags per shift. There mis none oxpooure to bersene vapors in the neutralising area. Readings taken by the cooper v from >pril 1950 to April 19$9 have shown the concentration to average about 25 to 35 ppra. ^ho rarjurai reeding Obtained during this period vac about 50 pp of bensene. There would also have been ecne exposure to benzene vnpore while changing the filter used to remove excess soda ash. A aspirator was provided for use whenever the filter required changing. / * Vor truly y , uInceasitsaVi*.!RW0M3xXa LKt