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tinghousB Electric Corporation (`JiruvOY laiift Pil'sUjrah Pew.yitfnii 15#2 October 21, 1975 3SU`-' Mr.' Wayne Brooks r^tT::- > Organization Resources Counselors, Jnc. ;^1625: "l|' Street, N.W. ` ^Washington* D.C. 20006 " . ' Dear Wayne: ; . . .. - As you recall,. I spoke with you a week or so ago with : ' '' respect to an issue-that concerns-us within Wesfcinghouse ' Electric Corporation. As you. know, we are extremely ",T- . " 1 - . concerned that we of fer\safe. work. places to all our . tt'V employe's . \To;' effectively., accomplish this we feel there " is a need to 'audit our facil.3 ty and because of the size : V : `of the Corporation document the deficiencies we see. ' ".y Those deficiencies which would require some capital = 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 . f* 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. Ip 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 he most helpful to us. With that type of an assurance, we could l Mr. Wayne Drooka _ 'T'i >t: to be r 21, 1975 then feel much more at ease in accurately and fully assessing any and all situations violative of the Occupational safety . . and Health Act, ' I Ur, r