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CCI 3?. K. V. m s e s i l r Sr ev York S a fe ty J . Thi l p ETHYL ANTIKNOCK, LTD. 4 4 KING STREET WEST TORONTO I, CANADA S r. . . Sasderg - C in cin n a ti Stay 2 8 , 195^ O.S. bew ls - .H, ? . '^riroae - fo r onto Bear Less On. May 2 5 th , we a d v ised you by *phon th a t w had been n o t if ie d o f a p o s s ib le lead exposure to four qed exit o f a to ta l o f ten so ley ed by the Toronto Iron Work? who were engsged l a a tank cleaning: r e p a ir o p e r a tio n . Tqe s e n ' s ns-.sea are as follow s! Aye if? Ago 21. Ay ?1 "0 f it le - Fuahcr f i t l s - F o c h m ie (l^ o w eld s -9 c u ts ) T it le - Mechanic ' T itle - -'older lie job in q u e stio n in v o lv e d Tank Y l, 35, 900 TTbJs, c a p a o ity , 11 pis.tin g Hoof typ o, Sun O il Company, .Toronto .'feral s a l , Ifco tank had been in Tended g a s o lin e s e r v ic e and xm-e cla im ed "by th e Kay C onstru ction Co, ItnnM cion ni ne n o n treeto rs o f T oronto), The job was observed b y 2 Members, o f our f l m , -r A., q-nyoke and n y s e lf. On ?-V.y " rd, upon, c o n clu sio n o f the tank c le a n in g , a lo a r t-jn -a ir t o s t was taken by th e w r ite r o f th e atm osphere below th e F lo u tin g Hoof and a deeding o f 1 aicrogram was obtained. On May 5 th , burning o f the. r o o f p la t e s was cossenceA by th e ?or o u tto Iron Forks crew c o n s is t in g o f a t o t a l o f 10 s e n , As n ear ae can be a scer t n i 'irvl from q u e s tio n in g Mr. W lllis a Knox, H e ld Fcrem** fo r Toronto Iron Fork s , our rs~ caend*d p r e c a u tio n s fo r th u s e o f d u st asks- end th e w e ld e r 1s nsask when neeess&ry was f a i r l y w e ll adhered to . As w i l l be noted frost a- scry o f our l e t t e r .attached., w r itte n t o Kr. S. Bicl-icos, A cting F ie ld f?npe:r i n ten d en t * Toronto Iron "Works on A p ril 2 ? , -ff-.,th proposed job had been d i sen ssed in sews d etail*. . One san o f th e erev had been a ssig n e d th e job o f v ir e b ru sh in g a l l p la t e s where c u t t io g was to be doa s , and he wss equipped w ith a dust ~K,pk f op th e w ire bru shi n g operation. On May 1 8 th , th e e n t ir e f lo a t i n g r o o f had been removed from the tank, " On May 2 0 th , th e nbove fou r non f i r s t coemlninod o f f e e l in g i l l Vo were n o t if ie d o f th in o s Tuesday, May 25th , by Mr. S-eorye Duckworth, F ie ld Fnk;iner o f -bon. K E 001.7322 13*V b . . W# P?niC'-'3 *<? My 2.95* !' " O il Costoasy. I t seesas t h a t we were Ant r r e v i o u s l y n o ti f ie d , o f th e c e e rlrin fe o f, i l l f e e l i n g on th e p a r t o f th e rwn riso the"' sywptpTR ^Weire v a ry Fi i.; -it, 'I *s c i te d to you in o'.'r `--hone c o n v e r s a tio n , t h e i r sy v ctm is o r e o r r 'lk i n t ? v e rs tn o o s o f hr. v isi- r- "l ig b i u - c o t alowanh and ns they terr-od it-, the fan? in;-- o f " b u t t e r f l i e s '1 in t h e i r s to m c h . .bon q u e s tio n in g th e non th ro u g h th e oo~ c u e rp .tic n o f V illin r? frio r, I t v a s est& hli& hod th a t no o th e r i l l effect* <=.uch ns lo s e o f s ie e n , voor en n e1 1 to , n au see ox* sre n srsl v-eakaoss, wore o m e r i on nod b y th e .sten. . S evern! o f th e men c o m ic i ned n in o o f s l i g h t s o r e -t h r o a t s -said crroued or chanced lip s . I t 2ecu s Vest - r i o r to Kny b o th , th e man, h airin g worked con t i n Tams'l y or- th e tan-k rnce th e 3 th , os a fi?e*di*y, 8 -h o u r b a s i , had repaved the ro o f and s ta r t e d s r e d ti p g S; n s cone r o o f u s in g ' o ld u l& ie s froia th e ' o re v i one f io s it i n g r - o f on th i^ t i ^ j As c ite d -previously, w ire .brushing o f th u t area of the rlfiten hieh w ould *366095 h e a te -5. d u rin g th e 'w e ld in g o r e r s ttio n we c a r r i e d o u t " T io T to th e a e tn e i e ld in g o p e ra tio n flew s t e e l e h o o n e le w ere u se d f o r th e ro o f r n f i e r a o f t;h cono r o o f b e in g f a b r i c a t e d . 111 e f f e c t ? w ere f i r s t com plained o f fo llo w in g s r n ro x in n F a ly a disy 's h a n d lin g and w elding o f th o se plate , fres* the flo a tin g ro o f of th i s tank which had been i n d i r e c t c o n ta c t w ith th e g a s o li n e , Tliesre p l a t e s r e f e r r e d to v e re th o s e o f the' lo v er p a rt o f th s pontoon ro o f. I t *y?,y be c i t e d b y u s t h a t s e v e r a l v i s i t s b y o u r r ev>ra sen t a t i vo o th e .lob d u rin g the r e p a i r o p eratio n wore c a rrie d o u t fo r th e rurrosje of u r th e r ed v is in g silH iam Kaos o f p re c a u tio n s th a t should be follow ed in th ili m a n tlin g and re p a ir op eratio n . Ths a c tu a l in s p e c tio n o f th e r e p a i r jo b b e in g conducted on too o i th e tan k was p-ado b y n s fo llo w in g th e 'n o t i f i c a t i o n t h a t some o f th e ssen w are f e e l i n g s l iigKihltu i lul 'wOifSfKs eift*s ,. fiiuxw a ctwuwa li work vwaans o b serv ed and i t aru-re a ro d a t t h a t tcilm e t h a t :th e re could hs very l i t t l e lik e lih o o d o f lead exposure: to iaea. hone o f th e o th e r s i x a i n t h i s crew costp lai n ed o f an y i l l e f f e c t s .a th e y h-.<I e l so 'been ehgeged a t tim e s i a th e saaa o p e r a tio n a s th e * ram ci o d . A nother o b s e r v a tio n w hich seeaed. to c o n fu te -a n y p a s s i b l e c o h e ir s o f a, p a t t e r n t h a t might b e e s ta b l is h e d a s . t o .e x p o su re s w a s - th a t th e n a n i?ho d i|l a l l o f th e w ire hrashixig w eariag a d u st m s k and a lso u sin g a c u ttin g torch fo r trimming pinta p r e p a r a t o r y to u s e on th e now r o o f , eetw rlnined o f no . i l l at?f a c t s . /n o tq e r lead** i n - a i r t e s t was vc.de on 'say ? 5 t h b y o u r r e r r e s e n t a t i vo end a sa r r o s i ng was o b ta in e d . Two - o iate d i d , how ever, erme in o u r a t t e n t i o n t e s t w ig h t be q u e s tio n e d co n earning th is operation - HE 0011323 Bp* . li W, pander? ? f?, \n < i 1 'h --t p-H h r .t ly yen had, r r v o r r f oar-T1 ' r e 1?; on'*. *.a 4 1*"m Ma-- cofi ture, in t o too tnrJc to s ^ s t i nn r i v e t - , , '-'eld in g r o d , ir o n -'-'Ids se a l ?i n r vl 30 f o r t h -.i t h i n 'h e h o t t er o f t h e t an k w h i ch h ~d f a 3 ? an f " r i n r i h d i v s n t. 71a a op* r a t i o n . `,-f- j s j j " := r t i wl ' - T i i .T i i ?, t h e f l ' ' n r r f t h e t o n '; ---- '- v -.f -(- '-ear. no-- ! o r e ly rsovrd ro v e n t i l a t i o n **.- v*orbsrcs a t i t s iS t. 3o r in vs ntpaxiye roaston th e ras i s tbl m r t i t j u l a r iant&nc d id n o t -..-r Au'-t Te r n o - . -m i io n h r i - ' ,- ti tl-e Vott-T- o f rhf t~nj of,. v a ry T i t t l e d u s t w&s r a i s e d an d th e y d id s o t f e c i i/<ey srsre n e c e s s a ry . 1 - I 2. I t as noted iff u s t i t so o f th e s l a t e s b ein g used on the newly fa b r ic s tod con r o o f had alUToinuEi s g in t on thesi and .no, p reca u tio n had e v id e n tly been fo llo w ed eoa cera in g th e burning a n d /or elding: on the jalininni* -Tainted ourface. I As im -tr u ste d by you , va .hove c o n ta c te d hr. ?. '. G r i f f i n , 'pnyni p-rn. i n '-crcnto c o n c e rn in g arrangem ent ns to th e e * a ir a t io n o f th a fo u r man raft.1tio n e d . xhe 7?rerrrc.i s p e c ia e a se n ! b o t t l e s hare n o t a s y o t b e e n r e e o iv m i hts :/wir 1ro o r a to r y snd a s noon s th ey or a t hand, o,rre rgendnt s hsT# been nde f o r t h e i r <*x*>m1r>i-tlon b y Br. I r l f f i n . 1r. s t a f f . A con-tiuueus check lino bson condue ie d t o tha v e l i e r e o f th r :sh i n cos i t s s f e l t riccopary t o g a t th e a inondi*?.*.?y i o Or* G r if fi ., re nu T g e s t c d . "h 9 ne 'ra c n n tin v p g v e r k sud s r e n o t now f e e l i n g any i l i e ff e e t . fh e '?n C il Company E ngineer ra d th e f o r c a t o Iro n `hrfcs G eneral 'uro r i nt o n e -sz era h ig h ly r r p r o e ia i t ve o f our a c tio n and the a s s is ta n c e ronderei by y-ar he-Trt-nrtnt in lo o k in g a f t e r tha w e lfa r e o f tJiece man. Any o o an en te or s u g g e s tio n s by y o u r P e re rtia e n t c o n c e rn in g t h i s F ir tie u i- '- .r in c id e n t onici be .Tsrprseiaied, k indest regards. , lory tru ly yours, h ?P /;V ' h.e.1. 3n ? . r e a r s e . KE 0017324 COP I ZT.3L ANTIKNOCK, LTD* AA K ing S t r e e t T e s t TORONTO 1 , C anada. A p r il 2?7, 1954* H r. 2. Dickson, Acting F ie ld .Superintendent, The Toronto Iro n Tories .L im ited, SZ9 E a s te rn -Avenue, Toronto, O ntario. Dear Hr* Dicksons A t th e tim e o f o u r n e e td n g y e s te r d a y a t th e Sun O il Darapany, Toronto T erm in al, m ention vaa c a d e to you t h a t we would be p le a s e d to forw ard a co m p lete s o t o f o u r s a f e t y .b u l l e t i n s f o r y o u r f i l e s a s l i s t e d b elp w . G leanout Openings f o r O il S torage Tanks P re c a u tio n s f o r lien filte rin g Tanks t h a t Have Con.ta.inea Leaded G asoline Use and H andling o f Tanks th a t Have Contained- Leaded G a s o lin e by th o s e n o t f a m i l i a r w ith P eteoleusa In d u s t r y S a fe ty -P r a c tic e s * Hew Welder* s H ead -P iec e f o r Work i n T oxic A tm osphere C leaning,Petroleum Storage Tanks, S ection B - G asoliii e Tanks, The H azard o f Lead A b so rp tio n a s s o c ia te d w ith th e Cl waning and R epairing o f G asoline S torage Tanks Itecoramended P ro c e d u re f o r D ism an tlin g Tanks t h a t ifc.v Contained Leaded G asoline Mesaorandxss oh Tank V e n ti la ti o n -Safe H andling o f P etro leu m P ro d u c ts . We would c a l l y o u r a t t e n t i o n to th e b u l l e t i n e n t i t l e , nRecommended P ro c e d u re f o r D ism a n tlin g Tanks t h a t Have C o n tain ed L e a d e d 'G u so lin e ?i You t r i l l n o te from t h i s b u l l e t i n , t h a t fo llo w in g th e thorough c le a n in g o f a 1isaded g a s o lin e ta n k , c e r t a i n p r e c a u tio n s s h o u ld b e ta k e n by men engaged i n th e d is h a n t iin g o ra t i e s to a s s u r e them ad eq u ate p r o te c tio n a g a in s t th e p o s s i b i l i t y o f r e r tiling d u s t which m ig h t c o n ta in le a d compounds*, P r o te c tio n o f y o u r workmen on ttii s o p e r a tio n may b e acco m p lish ed by e i t h e r th e w earing o f a d eq u a te dug- . m asks a n d /o r trie co atin g o f th e p la te s w ith a l i g h t o i l to p re v e n t th e cre a tio n hd d iasen in a" tio n o f dust during th e dism antling o p eration. I f t h e r e i s any f u r t h e r in fo rm a tio n we can f u r n is h y r ar Depar t ment , k in d ly . - 'v is e , and we s h a l l b e p le a s e d to c o n s u lt w ith you on L ie r .i t i er . Very tr u ly y o u rs. SEf f L ANTI KNOCK, LTD. . S .F , Penrose