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J * Industrial Comni ssion of Ohio 24h North High Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 7597 Preston Rd., NE. Newark, Ohio 43055 tune 27, 1984 PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT K-19IS hear Mr. T.nnc aster, I an writing to yon to ask for your help and advice concerning a situation which exists in the plant where I work. 7 ?r erro1 oyed by the Machine Parts Maintenance Service (MPMS) of Owens-Coming Pi begins of Newark, Ohio. Sone time ago I realized that a product called TrjuLsJLta w'-ich ",ir, often nachined in my department was, in tcirh, an as^-sios product. No special warnings were given tc t**e employees using it and no special pr-raidions were taken in regard to the hazards of breathing ns^stos dust.. Jt was onlv by chance that I veriried Transit* as asKestos since m^st of the s'metj brought i n bore nr. warning stickers. I did, however, find one sheet wi 'h a warning label. p*ing concerned asout th risks involved, T discussed the ii.se of *rrunsi_t.e wi * be super i n^*ndent ny denrjftirent f Mr. C. oinezzo, and was assured that while he material was asbestos, J would no longer bn s*eirg it used. cor a yd'i 1 e that was fr,.,e. last week one of my co-workers was given a joK w'*ich involve-* M.e machining nr tbjs same material. The size of the s!i*ets and their packaging when tifv arrived at he r>lan^ were different, but ;>- material was th same. Th* employer discu:s-d the safety or t'is rid-rinl with our foreman who was varu- ;n his repyt Wi j ( sni-g-st'd that a vac.cmm br nsr^ during the machining. Th-r was ?br. a fan running at +hr tirr and i-hdust an-1 aarticl's .in thr air W(-re very obvious. This is a very unsafe, unh-a Ithf.,; situation Tor all employers in t-,r area. I would a^preci ate vo'ir inters and i nv-s t i ga i cu into tl':s mafter. Fnr'nsH is a rragm-nt of the material in nu-sfion T rvri^ vour r*:)!v, * RECEIVED INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION JUL 2 1984 OF OHIO CHAIRMAN Vsnec t f ii 1 1 y vrurs, t' / / Q 7 ^ /' uaul 1. flrimm b i | J [ j : i \ nnnn n JViS