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FILE NAME: Westinghouse (WH) DATE: 1975 Oct 21 DOC#: WH042 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter re Decision to NOT Documenting OSHA Violations T. if?* tinghouse Electric Corporation ..'i i? ' ? $ < ? . ? ; a.s W iwlMjui* a ka v 0>rwi WniurenPemt.ytvanii 15272 October 21, 1975 'Jv/A-V-' .Mr.' V/ayne Brooks . ^Organization Resources Counselors, Inc "ffr-t*;-?':1625 "I" Street, N.W. ' friV-*'.:'^Washington, D.C. 20006 ; `:'1*/: Der Wan: v As you recall,. I spoke with, you a'week or so ago-with \ : 0 O' - respect to an issue- that concerns :.us within Westinghouse >. 5Electric Corporation. ,As you. know, we are extremely ,T V/ .concerned 'that we of fer.safe ;w o r k .places to. all 'our . . employes. \To. effectively .accomplish this: we feel there .. r/.;i5* is a need to -audit our facilJ ty and because of tjie size ~ %'/*''of the Corporation document the deficiencies we/see. *-/. . /./ Those deficiencies which would require some capital `/v expenditure require an assessment of monies needed to : V . remedy the problem,. I am sure you can appreciate that in: accomplishing this sort of a survey numerous -documents . * are generated, which, should they fall into the hands of-. / . OSHA pursuant to a subpoena, could indeed serve as a basis for a willful violation. Because of the possibilities I have referenced above,, we \ have tended to steer-away from documenting any possible . OSHA violation which we do not'.think we .can fix almost . ..immediately. In other'words, if the situation is not ' one that lends itself, to being remedied in the very near . future, we will not record it nor generate any documents that reflect that we are aware of the possibly violative ' situation. . - -./ If, in your dealings with OSHA or any officials- from the Department of Labor, you could get an assurance that the Regional Solicitors will not, in litigating a particular violation, subpoena documents which would reflect Corporate knowledge about those alleged violations, it would be most helpful to us. With that type of an assurance, we could > Mr. Wayne Drooks October 21, 1975 *, then feel much more at ease In accurately and fully assessing : any and all situations violative of the Occunational Safety O- .and Health Act. * * I looX forward to hearing from you on this subject. Very truly yours'j A Ronald G.Aifighi Senior PJ& j' tw