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33MORANBIJM AT" REFERENCE TO ALLEGED GALE OF FATAL LEAD dOISONINC GOFTRAGTED DURING TANK CLEANING (GAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA) s Summary of L.D. to ley none conversations with Dr. Earl N. Doty and Mr. I,!. Littlefield, Regional Manager, lies tern Region, E|djiyl Corporation: A contract had been let bv' the U.S. llavy for the clei aning of a I large underground storage tank to the Ship Service CompaAy of San Pedro, California, where the tank was located. Gleaning operations were carried on by a crow of seven sen and had been undei* way for about three weeks (approximately August 13 - 31) On Thjirsday or one of the workgen became *.lb Tj.th severe stomach upsel .. He was admit ted to Lie 7 'arb ar Guild day, August 31, ! O H A. - ` I , )1r1 r ho died very The provisional 01agnosia r ^as Possible Hydrocarbon Poisoning. An autopsy was- performed at the pounty reargue. Presumably tissue specimens can be obtained for eheviical "SEUv G .LS there is any question about the pathological diagnosis, however, an article appeared in one of the Los Angeles newspapers on Tuesday (September 3 or !i), stating that a workman had <3 led from lead poisoning contracted during the cleaning of a oasojlfeme storage tank in San Pedro. liken I tallced with Dr. Doty lie was advised to exanp ne wie ocnei \ tank cleaners, and to take the usual blood and urine specimens, a well as to obtain if possible suitable tissue specimen from the bods of the deceased tank cleaner. Incidentally, the insurajn ce carrier for the tank cleaning contractor expressed, concern as t o v/nctaer lead poisoning actually was the cause of death, and woe ther t wight be present in the other members of.the tank cleaning c eb as well. --o _ The cleaning operatic3ns. had been carried on under, the oh on of a member of the safety group of the EthyT Regional Office, It was reported that all precautions had been, carried on and that the workmen had been supplied with full safety equipment was apparently no evidence of carelessness or other infractions of the safety regulations. :I i\ i K 0017343 ;i1i