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FILE NAME: Owens Illinois (OWILL) DATE: 1951 Feb 12 DOC#: OWILL048 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Internal Report tA*Ai Cc Monday, February b , <19^1, the periodic h ealth in sp ectio n m Bede o f the B erlin p lan t o f the Kaylo D iv is io n . Cenferenoes ore held with Deorge Walker, p lan t teenager, 1 Chandler, personnel iir e o to r . Dr. Eanry 6chvartt th* u i plant p hysioian , and K s s Lola Jordan, I . I . , the plant nuree. This p a r tic u la r t r i p n wade e a rly th is ye at eo aa to se a t the nee plant dootor and answer any questions th a t way have a rie e s in h i wind. I also wished to develop our awdioal plan fo r c iv ilia n defease. Because o f i t s lo c a tio n , the plant la probably not too vulnerable to dan&ge except in t e r n a lly . fc v e r th e ie s s , I t la b e lltT e d th a t the dispensary end i t s personnel should always he prepared fo r any eaergenoy. The dispensary has on hand the required 80 day reaerve o f dressin g*, an tieep tloe and other *urgloa2 a a t e r ia l . They alao aw intain a a a tla factory energency hag . We re froaa*Died fa r th e r aonalderatlon o f f i r s t - a i d e la it e a by the Aaerioen Red C ross, and the blood typing o f eap loyees. The p lan t physi cian ia la oloae eontaot w ith lo o a l and sta te ciTilian defense planning and w ill peas on to the p la n t wanager and personnel direotor aueh p e r ti nent wedioal planning as aay involve our p lan t or it a people. The regu lar t r ip through the plant was wade with J i a Chandler and i t m p leatin g to note the Improved housekeeping throughout* A Dev c o s t l y operation began to date and fr o * our viewpoint had few hater da or r i s k s . B i l l Retard had Bade ce rta in reooaoendations and they were in effeot. The dispensary 1 n a il, oapletely quipped and probably quite fo r the amount o f wdleal and eu rg io al work performed, the dootor and nuree are working under a handicap but are doing, the beat they an. The duet a it u it io n la not good, Bverything to prevent contamination )jst be oovered and th a t la not alvaya ay . there alao ia inadequate etorage apace. Carton* are un s ig h t ly . Xeverth elesa, a fin e Medioal Servioe exifata and wa knov i t w ill con tin u e. P eriod ic eheat I-ra y a o f employee a have ndt been done ooap letely inoe 1946. The plan fraa diaooDtinued apparently when i t in t e r fered w ith production. In 1P49 a plan waa cuggested by ua but not follow ed o u t. We doubt i f any damage baa bean done except th a t now B i l l ani I w ill h e sita te to a lt e r our previous recommendations fo r y early cheat X -ra y s. t Jgow, ,*re do not have the complete s to r y . J i c eaya they w ill e ta r t p#riodie X-rays o f oheats again th is y e a r, the cheat X -ray la done on pre-employment exam ination*. Lee Henry, an employes who ha been re lie v e d aa plant e le o tr ic ia n because o f a heart co n d itio n , appealed to m for h e lp . We discussed h i* case com pletely with h ia b u t, under th* circum stances, could not o ffe r h ie any h e lp . We did adTiee re-exam inations by the ITy and better adjustment to a quieter l i f e . Jit> and I went to the ho** o f lira. Margaret G iffo r d fo r a fr ie n d ! v i s i t , The unfortunate woman i t su ffe rin g fr o d e b ilita t in g con d itio n and baa not aejoh longer to l i v e . C . f . Shook, M.D Bbdioal Director