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FILE NAME: Shipbuilders Council of America (SHIP) DATE: 1969 Apr 14 DOC#: SHIP062 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo to Board of Directors - Safety Matters SHIPBUILDERS COUNCIL OP AM ERICA 1730 K STREET N. W. WASHINGTON, O.C. aOOOS 202|33B-772S A pril 14, 1969 To: BOARD OF DIRECTORS ' Subject: Safety M atters You w ill recall that at the M arch 5 m eeting of the Board several m atters w ere discussed relating to safety and health in ship yards. These included: a . Handling of potentially explosive ships by rep air yards, and b. Revised W alsh-H ealey Public C ontracts Act Safety and H ealth S tandards, particularly threshold lim its on noise and asbestos dust. e re d th e se sAu bs jde cirtes c atet ditsbymthe ee tiBn go aArdp,ritlheZ,SaanfedtyitsC oremcmo mittme ee ncdoantisoidns to the B oard, based on extended d iscussion, are: A sbestos F ib er Health H azards in Shipyards These problem s require close scrutiny, prom pt action and coordination w ith p arallel efforts in other in d u strie s. To this end, the Council should request all m em bers to.provide any in fo r m ation they m ay have as to studies being m ade of these p ro b lem s, visits from research groups, and so on. Contact w ith the public relations firm of Hill & Knowlton, Inc. w hich now re p re se n ts Johns M anville C o rp ., and with the A m erican M edical A ssociation w as also suggested. Handling of P otentially Explosive Ships by U .S . R epair Y ards T here are som e obvious d iffe ren c es of opinion on this m at te r, and th erefo re it is recom m ended that a survey sim ila r to that m ade in 1963 should again be m ade to determ in e the p re se n t p ositio n of the individual m em bers of the Council on this question. PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT SBCA 5015 exhibitstickercom 2 D etails of the Safety C om m ittee's discussion of these sub- _ jects are covered in the attached M inutes of the A pril 2 m eeting. t On the assum ption that the above recom m endations are * acceptable to the B oard, all m em b ers are resp ectfu lly u rg ed to p ro vide prom ptly any inform ation on studies of asbestos and-noise prob- - t| lem s or v isits from re se a rc h groups they m ay see fit to share with H the Council. 5 With reg ard to the handling of non gas freed sh ip s, prom pt return of the enclosed survey w ill also be appreciated. | Y our rep ly p rio r to M ay 17 w ould be m o st h elp fu l. * Edwin M --jjerrd* P re sid e n t * Copy to: Safety Com m ittee S .s 4$4 e $3J5 -3 ,4 -L* jS5t Ji.-a '4 ,W< 'Ss S3