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FILE NAME: Goodyear (GY) DATE: 1950 Jan 27 DOC#: GY008 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Report on Decedent, a Former Tire Builder uivisiai or sa/jt i jjid n r-ias January 271 1^5o S p o rt on C l*la Bo. 0 . S . 5022-22, Howard dohnha, Dccedaat - Goo^yw Tire k tobbar Co: On January 2l* and 25 1950, a v in it wa a to the bore n^oed company to r*-ch *ck Uj* concentration In th e ir T ire B uilding Department. THlt v ia it eae made a t the request o f K r. *iv ad the In d u stria l Csatuaeion upon notion sdo by H r. a1 - Indicated in the iieseraadua o f fin d in g s and Order regarding Va* above numbered d e l e . Contact was made w ith Ja ck Sidn ey, S a fe ty D irector) X . 1 . X alao n , In d astrU 1 '.^ ic a l* t] R, * . Tlefcee, A ssista n t S a fe ty D irector sad C . . Sow ers, D iviai'au foreman o f the 7 ira B uilding ? la r .t. Decedent In th la claim w e a tir e b u ilh u r .. According to inform ation o btain ed , he to l i t 2U tire a per alx-hour e h if t . Thera are aixty -o ca t ir e ta U d la g each L ies 1a the room tdjera decedent had worked in B uilding }%, f i f t h flo o r . Decedent* chine warn #11. There are even hundred and forty-tw o (7u2) men eorking d a ily In a e v a rtl CbrparW nts o f the tir e building p la n t. 8C3tt o f theee sen baa had any trouble from b cn ao l. Jlo pure tenaol can be obtained fro a the cement house hare i t is stored hy anyone, not nn t.ie D iriolon ftrwaaa o f the T ire Building Plant That 1 , no aignalur la recog nised to obtain b oaso l. The w riter consider* the aiove stita u o u t to be a very ir v o r tu n t fa c t o r iJ' the adjud i cation of t i l l claim . The only benswl in the tir e b uilding r om ia in the tir e co u en t. There are two grwiee o f tn le ten an t. Oan 1 ca lle d 'h e a v y cement a^i co n sists o f 20 pounds o f o slLd t plus ii6 . lian a o f banaol. The so lid s a.~ resine and rubber. The lig h t * ceaef.t la isade up .-f L parte per volume o f 'heavy* to 6 part per voluse o f be.hsol. Tharv are 6 l s n a il open cans o f about -.nie purl c c p a c ity o f coro caac^.t L i t i l * took, one a t rach t ir e bu ild in g machine, fcaployeea are required to uea a p a it t b.-.si; which la kept . the cure ceaaat to apply a e a a ll aaount o f cesiont to tho a-d^ o f inn drua wtillo t d r a w is revolvin g a t a-, ro x la a te ly 2 .0 rp a . a to;, v itc h wae uaud to check the tiisa axi wsc-lt^reo consumed in d o i g f ; l a o-* r,nrt~ tior-.. I t is vary d i f f i c u l t to riv e an t r y 1 ' h a llo d a s c r ip tio n o f how oac.t in d lv ia u tl. t i r e bu ild ar work*, but genrr/.l .'jivavt a, c*tlun d isc lo se d th a t there woru two : t* o d s o f applying the bantol caaant to tha d rum o f the t ir e m achine. Qua U iild o r aay apply trw cencnt f L - e t , then apply ths viiric-. s ; lya) another may b u ild the t in t f i r s t aid than apply the cement l a e t . One employ, fo r soao rr a e c n , a p p lied two coate o f th ie cimant * ; i i s another only ap plied one c o a t . In the g re a t a a jo r it y o f c a se a , only one coat la a p lie d . 3y the atop watch chock I t was found th at the a -o a,'p ly in g two c o a t a consumed 22/lOOthe o f a minute fo r tha o p e ra tlc n , or uppraciaatalg- 13 avconde. The otnare cone xwxi 9/lSOtlia of a a in u ta, or a;-,:roxi3ataly 6 tr.oode. Tborsfore, tha peerage tirm fo r tha average worVor coneunod in a 6-hour e h if t i s two ain u taa - aim eeconde a t in to r v a l o f bout 15 e t na tea over the 6-aour p e r io d . The w riter war rvqu .od t= obtain tho p a rts per a i l l i o n o f benaol to rt.lch tho docedent hue \cn axv ;sod m m i work. .'iov-rrivi t ;a t jc the w riter v is it e d the Goodyear T ire end Ru:<br Co-,i.Maiy and s'wty two t e s t s a t a t ir e ou.L:'i:H; aac.-tr-e, using as a .r o v e d beaaol in d ic a t o r . The cor.o entratioi;shown or. the ,,.uicuL-o; rarwjed fr-ja 50 to bO p a rt par o il L iu n . In rLoo o f the f a c t th a t t r .y beiiao. v..; or* woxTi thought to oe present in the con* cesm tt because be&sol was incorpo.-'.Ud in tho csrv c a : n t , a rep ort to th a t e f f e c t warn Node. However, on a eecond ir .v -jtlg a t io n i t wts d is c lo s e d th a t a product c o lle d ^ e x in a , which 1 tha cv?pany'a code none fo r a j-ot.roleu.'i naphtha, waa a la o used ?J co n e id era b la an oin t a t tho tir e building a ta tlo n a . Thia petrolaum naphtha would, e/ co a rse , a ff e c t the benaol Lu dicttor which would i c t than hew a tr a s readljjg f o r b e n s o l. B pitar o * tl* te s to *i toa w m t o f rrap v U er** * 5C , tbu* lciw in g tbo bgnsol coBBBotamiloM fr o tbo r ig la s l c o n c r tr ftti o f fro n 50 to 00 p rt* per 't u to cas e f fix a 25 to Uo porta per *111le o . Tb, bensol aboca ft u er loa *grsb N ^ yle od eu ld, o f coorsa, enly ebov tos booaol f js j* prosead et tb at p ertleu lsr 3nto n t. To ftttoept to um a toj> urlw a oacotr*i.oa by y otbor aetoed tosa to banaal lad isa te r to c t i t cxireowly d lffie a lt fo r tho wasao that too c o ll to t loa c f aaoplao Tor cbonicol oalyals nuat b cubie f o o i o f f t i r . Tto W orar a p erlai o f t ic * 00 as to e a lla e t ftt Isa st usad to U to to e t. ouly p e il* V 1 0 Of ft cobir fo c i o f ftlr per telaste, toos ran u irtaf ft toa Icuto oadpling p arlad . la to toa d o c to parlad o * ocoaoutratisas, batorvor thay 9ay t o , era c c n t la a lly bftlsg 4 boto br v w tllftU o n rad bar to acnvaaet o f to drux ahlsh acto &o a i t a . To prove t o la , ft m i rentar uaa uaed to lo h abo*oi to at a novoaaot * f a lr i too *de o f too droa jo alled 200 lin e a l fp a . too vritar daw set Ino* o f any artood hieb oould dotorain* too top eoacwtrat ca o f boaool la too or raquirlag oaly s is seconda MoyUng U n o. Svea i f toar oro cao, tola ax eoeend* cernid aot bo eoostrued to obo ft concentration coaparable to ft aix-heer QTpcouro. To oonplao oro token th an aito ep t to ohe tho general coacentratlon o f hcnsol la U a lr ruad too tir e fcoildlng co rtin a . Z t xvqulrad tan slratos to tobo o u h soplo. S u p la f l * w U ln a aben tho coro oaaoot veo f lr v t a p ila d and la th brreUtlrag ono o f tho operetor. Zt boatklnod fro a 10 to 15 porto p*>r n tlilo n . Sau^lc /2 u taSun toso tho cecast *#r applied to tho spInning dnu. Cc-stlmcRio s e llin e uno m intftlned n a toough tho oporotor altod aoy froa th numMao to bang a tiro oa too ocPTo.rcr l is o . Sanlo #2 conta lnod fru s $ to IO parto pr V . 11lo a . Thono -pies cero cm usas a apela! typ* of obw loal aaalysie and under tho ouporrislon a:' tho v r ita r hy S r . Scinco, In d u strial ^ rgio aist fo r Goodyear, ito too halp of on a a a ly tica l efaoalst ln tho Ooodyaar Laboruiory. Doto ron ftrt rperioncod an alytical analyat. Thoir Ucftnlque ls o f too hJgheat ardor and tho rvault o f th e ir aorte ls not oahject to gosstlon. TSui r i t o atchod oaoh and *rory opsrctloa nocoas-ry to ccaplato toe m a ly v le . . I t as toought by toa w rltor to a t too doco-tont nay hav coa* in to can to ct v ito c `. r ia l eoctaln lng bcxaol han h* *oo!d toa rubhor oos|>cunds oTf h ia honda. In ln v a s t lg a t l la c lo ad th a t ln toa s a la chango houao, or ato rccna, toora l t a can o f co si o l fum labad fo r to la purpos*. Cna snployM aald to a t oven to u t la un-. nocoaaary aa p ia la acap ad a cto r waa o ffo c tlv e ln rsnxrriim th* rvbber oospounda raad lly , Thla o al o proaccta a probit ln hlch oaa coruiot c p o c irlc a lly polnt out t oc>danVa top cxnosuio to beoscl funes. C* has orisld ondur to aoiaanptlan thal 35 parta par a ililo fi o f bcnsol w* a safe ocnrantratlco. The fruitlnuAl dil\<tl en uf th* banaol fune prodnoad ln th ls *lm to nryllr-r.tlcc. o f core enmont aeen. to tos rito .*, to b* ala>t lnf-oaslbla fo r adeguata uatorainatloiu Ce asnot Ju s tlflB h ly **3' th a t th dacadaat hM bsd no xprsuro to b en so l. Ser e*n l t b* otated th a t b* hat had a^poaum to h igh co n cen tratiw ia. Hia coepoaure to hlgh ocooontratlaao oald b* o aly cw srU ry. Th r lto r v ito co to U to f u l l ru sp o n slh illty fo r 1.1 u lscA lo u la tlo n or toc T ir s i 'onxol detorrJLnctlun by tho bviixol ln d lsa to r. Two la tte r ham bean ritte n rogurartlng th poroaotage o f bunsol In lh rubhor o o i- ent nnphtoas furrlshed Goodyear by Th* Hay ILefining Co^an y o f Sab in o *, HlchJ^raa and h7 Tho 'sooevult 011 Oo^-sny o f K t. lO aaoant, U lo ltla a , boto o f whloh Goodyoar codo as "T axln e*. Jpoo rvcelpt of toe aberro in fo rzu tlo n , a upplaosntci7 nrport v i l i be nufceilttod Incorporatine auch InfomoMon th r o le . R sap actfu lly su b slttrd . DHfai -< Xtt KASXl SATCIT ic v is c e