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Mr. 0 . B. Lewis, Dear 0scart
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Thp; fp llo w in g in fo rm atio n on a n a lle g e d lead poisopi ease has east*
to our, land*
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w hile employed b ] ^ s 3 e ^ e 0 r e a d ie '\IH Son o f Aurora,
Illin o is, exposedan old injury to g a so lia e /^ rifa tw a for a pe^Od of four to
eig h t hours by allow ing a gasoline-soake^/c^iidaga toi Remain on t ^ j l a j u r y a f t e r
the s p ill o f gasoline had occurred.
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' Aa a. r e s u lt- o f ; t h i s i 'o f `'ieoae:' 0
Hr.^m ^B H I*1***to -
consult h is physician la i a a t^ s ^ t it o our
it ion o f b l i s t e r a which covered
h is e n tire body. Our info:
$he tro u b le was diagnosed as- lead
poisoning by Dr. ! . , Y. To
confirmed by an unknown s p e c ia lis t
fro Chicago.' e ,do not
od o r what period o f time
elapsed before the erupt!
cleared ^p] b u t'W do know th a t every tim e t h i s
man a tts n p ta to re tu rn to
whioh involves th e .handling o f gasoline, th e t
eru p tio n recurs-........
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th e pre'Sent
i s ' r e if tT i^ `'ia d e a ity payment >fro**
th e Ind 7 :Insurance Company of North America and so f a r as we know i s n o t
gain fu lly i ployed at th^ 'present tim e.
)ur in te re s t th e m atter is th a t aceording.to th e repost th e ind* n ity payment a re beiag/&de on a ease history-w hich rec o rd s lead poisoning a s a factor '
While I was on th e Aurora t e r r i t o r y ! became r a th e r w ell acquainted
w ith Mr. MeCreadie and during t h a t j tf s ie 't h is ^ ^ wan..ne. ve. r mentioned.....B...e..f..o. r..e.
c a llin g on Mr>'jMeCreadie wewishi-:to^ have* a? T e lle r '^ iv la g 'us th e inform ation which
might be d e sire d . We b e liev e th a t th e a sp ects o f th is ; ease w ill be changed in
no way whatsoever by c a llin g op Mr. MeCreadie fo r su c h ln fo rm a tio n as ay be
desired.
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ery t r u l y yours.
HiJ eoi Dr. E. A. Kehoe
W. B. Heck, J r . S afety Engineer