Document RJ85nma7rRBdY9L0D03oV0XnX

FILE NAME: Owens Illinois (OWILL) DATE: 1958 DOC#: OWILL035 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Internal Report - Special Hazards Survey I SPECIAL HAZARDS SURVEY j sas'tfaaxsi ! PREPARED FOR 0UZ~IIZX222& u n o 02*25103 sssm^$ r* *? BY F. W. SETS, CL`X] J . K. BOa?SK! 2 PLAINTIFFS 1| JA EXHIBIT n9 Department * T N A L IF E A F F IL IA T E D COMPANIES Hertford, Connect o -T ^ m rsr: TZZ2 DI7I5IC!! 22TUJ:;, 2 . J# A p ril 2D a n * ISa/ 2 , 19^8 P u rpose! T ea purpose o f th is v i s i t v as to determ ine tb s erplcyeo exposureto d u st In production q p ^ rstio n s. C o n ta c t?: J5-# F . V , S ch l end th e v r it/sr co n tacted !ir . P f e if f e r , F lin t Lrace r, Mr- Ju s tic e ., P crson ael D ire c to r, it * . C ocsexio, P ersonn el A s s is ta n t, ausd J !r *^ i/c * r ie , P ro d jcticr. D upcrirten den t A lso p resen t were Mr. Gardner, D afcty D irecb n r f a r CX /cno-IIlinoiti, and Mr. P au l Shoe, Z in a S a fe ty r r c ii e r io c H eyrasentctivc ukc se rv ic e s th is plan t# f e s s s i u r c sj A ir c a r r ie s were tak en u sin g both th o stan d ard {k**enhcrc = iib iryin c-cr end tiio rd lg o t irp in g c r u sin g isop rop y l. alco h o l os tho c c lle c t ic c n a d iu r, Dust counts vero cods on a lig h t f ie ld fo lla d n c th e procedure a s o u tlin ed by the United S ta te s P u b lic H ealth S e rv ic e . A ir S en p le 12# 1 --H air, !l x c r C ^ r r 4 x s - A sb esto s - taken a t th e b reath in g le v e l o f th e o p erato r oa h is l e f t aide# 3 r d I lia n p a r t ic le s p e r eu '-ic fo o t o f a ir # A ir Dcnpl c lie . 2 -- Jtoircp u lp cr C harginc ~ talren a t the farecih irc le v e l t o thy rig h t c f th e epeaator# A#0 B illio n p a r tic le s par cubic fe e t o f s ir # A ir Sasp l e lie . 1 - H orizontal S p lit t in g Sew --token a t tho breath in g le v e l . o f the operator separatin g tho p ieces a s they case through tho cvzv --iah.cn between tho saw and th e e p e rste r# 51*8 B illio n p a r tic le s p er cubic fo o t o f a i r . A ir S s r p lc D o. A - n etw are F in is.'lin g - G '.crcing end - taken a t breath in g l e v d o f o p e rato r fe e d ing f l a t wero t o th e t x i a saw , l>3 B illio n p a r t ic le s p e r cu b ic fo o t o f a i r . A ir S s r p lc D o. 5 --P la t were F in ish in g - Turnover a t Rubbar - taken a t breathing le v e l o f opercicr 9*5 n illio n p a r tic le s per cubic foot o f a i r . A ir Scrnals Jk>. 6 - Packaging - Taken at the breathing lev el old*.y botween the two ton fillin g boxes* 11*5 rd lH oa p a rtic le s per cubic foot o f a ir * A ir S rry l* 2io* 7 'Boater - taken c t the discharge end a t the breathing lerv'el o f the Wo sen Eppljing. cloth wrapping to th e"% pieces* l *3 cd2-lion p article s per cubic foot of a ir * A ir Sa.-y1o *Jo. 8 - Molded ?ipc - T rip Scar B - taken a t breathing le v e l of operator a s he fed eau* 5*1 B illio n p articles per cubic foot of a ir * A ir Sample ho. 9 - Tubular Mold - taken a t breathing le v e l between the cu t-o ff and s littin g saws* 9*3 B illio n p erticles per cubic foot of a ir * A ir Sacple Ho# ID- Ho* 2 Strippin g lin e - taken e t breathing le v e l on righ t aide o f lin e to the le ft o f the f i r s t operator* 10*2 m illion p a rtic le s per cubic foot o f a ir * A ir Scnple llo* 11 --Bex Car Unloading - taken in box ear la breathing lev el o f ren p ilin g Eenite onto p a lle ts. 2C.D r i l H on p a r tic le s per cubic foot o f a i r * A ir Sasple Ko. 12 - Mixing - Tubular Mold - taken et breathing le v el while operator weighed out and sLxsd up two cceplete batches* 7*5 rd llio n p a rticle s per cubic foot o f a ir . cucsion: To a s s is t in the in terpretation of the above dust courts, vc would lik e to point cut that the rr.risua acceptable concentration o f the duct which i s 1D0 free s ilic a or 1DC asbestos i s 5 sdlldoo p a r tic le s per cubic foot o f a ir * As ve knew that the dust hero i s ooocidorablg' le s s than 1CC free s ilic a or 1CC asbestos, tb csx b ara acceptable U n its E en aralij has bocn established as 10 p illio n p e rticle s fo r an operation o f th is t^pc* tilth rcfcrerco to the above, our re su lts frcca the c ir aerplin s ehow that a number cf the counts ore above tb s -- .. -u?-. l i r i t s end servers! ore clo sely approaching tho U n its. A ir Se-rplfte Hoc, 1 , 2 and 22, which are tho ciedng operations, are acceptable, as la also Sarp b lie, . --^ V hilc toMng A ir Sasp le I'-o. 1 , wo did note that the bagged osbcstoc was q u ite wet, in f a s t eoae were actu ally dripping. This would help eon- _ .derably to keep tho eaount of asb estos dust dour.. In d iscussin g th is ~ c o tte r, we round th at .th is p la it had received a large ekipnent e f asbestoc ' and i t was cocoasary to store th is outside, so that the rain s had thoroughly ret tfci s a c te r ia l. XT i t would be possible to wet down a l l barged asbestos be Terr i t i s epened and rdxcd, we fe e l that the dust txposure in the nixing operations would be greatly reduced, Ko would suggest th at th is be considered. r -- Ai r S scp ls J5c. 3 shows a dangerously high' count. In the operation here, which i s the s p littin g o f f la t ware on a band e ss, the tan r eaoviag tho p ie ce s separates the two pieces end the dust i s die to th is handling o f tho vane. Tho band caw i t s e l f does not create too p rest a p rb b lss, a s i t i s equipped with a dust co llecto r which i s working qu ite effectiv ely Vo f e d th st an esnsugt sy ste s should be in stalled which d ll r ecove t h is excessive dust ih n the breathing area o f tho xaaru Ke noted that th is operator was not w cari-x a re sp ira to r* Use o f a re sp ira to r fo r t h is oper at ion should be xaand&iccy A ir S ssp ls Ho. A shows a high count a ls o . As in tho operation discussed in tho above paragraph, the dust i s not duo to a s ;ia g operation but rath er to a handling o f the f la t ware. The operator In planing the f l a t were on the lin e s t i r s up considerable d u st. The sew co llecto r i t s e l f appears to bo rocking o ffo ctlv e ly . Here again wo f e e l that an exhaust cystea should be considered fo r reaeval of the dust fra a the breathing le v e l o f th is scan. At the tin s of th is v is it , th is operator was rearing a re sp ira to r and we f e d th at th is i s e sse n tia l fo r th is work. ^ The re su lts of A ir Sarple 7io. 5 are approaching the threshold l i d t a . At th is point a ran turns over the f la t ware cs i t lecvoc tho Ho, 1 rubber.. Tho rubbers are a carding operation which, onccths o ff tho f la t e re . Recently a brush os in sta lle d on the '*o. 1 rubber to reoovo loose dust fr e e the top eurfcco a fte r carding, T:JLs appears to be quite e ffe c tiv e . Ve did noto that there had been on enhaust' hookup a t tho end o f the b e lt o f tho !3o. 1 rubber and th is was net connected up. Xf such wore connected, we fe e l th at the dust here night bo reduced s t i l l furth er. The can wording here as using a resp irato r and re f e d th at th is i s & desirable p ractice. i y A ir sn rp ls lio* 6 was taken a t the packaging o f f l a t icme. Her two ? non v.-oro placin g the n e t v.-ere in carto n s. Again tiro dust was duo m in lg to the handling eperation. Ve would suggest that further stu d ies bo nnie fo r renevire -dust free:ih-c ware a s i t eenes o ff the So 2 rubber* ?crv.cpo ad d itio n al brushes lx re could elin in ate co at o f th is dust# Ctno rnn on the lin o v&3 wearing a re sp ira to r. Ke would llkn to see both ran wearing rocpiraior3 Cor th is e r r a t ic s Cur Sonple So 7 was Ich cm a t the discharge end o f the router where th ree men wore applying ft cloth backing to the pipe covering. Our oftspln hero i s above the threshold U n it, but th is hi?i count nay be due to th s edheaivo spray being ftfplied to the p ie ce s. In our o u stin g , vc noted th at the p a rtic le s had a tendency to burrh tegethcr, which would in d icate th a t the adhesive spray was a lso soaring o the count ?o r t h is reason ue are net overly concerned with the re su lts bore* A ir Snrrxte Ho 9 wso taken e t tubular so ld fin ish in g Tfciscperatico i s perferood by one nan who operates two cars Besides the co lie s tore tm the s c .a , th ere i s e lse e s n a il exhaust fan In beck o f tbo machines. T h is fan was net running during car t e s t * Tho operato r here was not w earing ft re sp ira to r* k ith the ecchcurt f a s in operation, tho counts here n igh t be reduced enough co th at a rc a working here would not naod t o wear a re sp ira to r* A ir S sa ^ ls Jto, ID was taken on the So* 2 strippin g lin e * Although the count i s only 10*2 m illion p a r tic le s per cubic foot o f air, we f e d .th at tho eaount o f dust here i s g reater than sheen* Ve were not able t o s e t up our oquipnont to get a true ccmple o f U general breathing le v e l o f e l l ten working here. There appears to bo an excessive count o f dust ctirre d up when the a d d s are hrolaon open and ths ware removed f r e e came* Ve veto told th at consideration has been given to an exhaust c y stc s fo r tM * opjeration. Ve would very rmch lik e to see one in sta lle d h ere, but in the scanLlnc we f e d re sp irato rs ohould be worn here Mono were being used a t th is tisu . vx 2a tho bcoc car unloading (A ir S a srle Ho. l l ) the awn wero handling ' bags o f io n ite This i s ft fo ra o f Cree s i lic a * There vas considerable d u st here due to tho type o f bag used by the .shipper and a lso due to begs breaking in tbo car* 2 t would be d esirab le i f arrcngcam ts could bo redo v ith the su ppliers to vise a leakproof bag and to stack theca in the c a r so th at they would net be broken by the rurversnt o f tho ca r* The t*k>hero were a l l veering ru sp d rsters and they should be worn a t e l l t i n fct th is operation* ! c -ecV.cd on th u r c r r ir .- .t o r p ro jr c n a t t h is p lr j- .t. * U n i t h * t i t X5j n it ccrx u ? `-0 w ifu r.s-Iix tn .jj.5 i otc-rid .^ d o . ? l.e i w e r e p r o v i dud w ith p o sp irjv tc ra t u t th o y c h n j e t h e i r win f i l t e r s . In t b s s ir c in c dc;:.irt,-x-r.t we "c und & J^ r.p ir.;v r I n a crj-ton i>n a d esk i n q u i t a eh ;sty a r e a . Tko c c v r f m m rxr>t t i g h t r.nd d u s t cr.u ld so u p i n , co n tam in atin g ti*o r e m p ir o t c r , ifo a r c ro& usrx:;xiiS t h a t th e r w a p ir a to r -rc.-prnr. ho rev iew ed w -th t!< s p e r ju r e o f b r in g in g i t up to O w in a - I llin o ia stan dards. 2n d is c u s s in g ** x *"J*ay wo fin d t h a t p ro d u ctio n v o r lis r s e x p o se d to d u st ara giv en x -ra y s o rce a and fo r a i l o th er en ployoes once e v e ry two y e a r s . X -ra y e a r u s e n t t o D r. Tritfc) t t S are n ^ c Lar.o f o r in te r,ire ta ti'v n . T iairc h as been no ru ported c a se s o f e ith e r s i l i c o s i s o r asb y u icsis a t th is p la n t. A ttsck u d o re a l i s t o f r o c o n r e r r ic tio n s which we f e e l w ould i s p r o v s co n d itio n s a t th e p la n t a '.d d e c ro so e live o ccu p atio n al d is e a s e exposure. J.IU io b in so n si / ') ? ? 4 O C T-SiTBIS K/JLO IT-SZO'A s s l l 'J, J. p jsafisaA iios 1 . A review should be cade of tbs present resp irato r prograa In'order to brine i t up to (X.-nrs-Hlinol standards end should indndo the relieving i A* Two respirators should be provided for each employee exposed to dust so that cnc recpirctcr can be cleaned, checked end ste rilise d while the other is beir used* A clean duct--free cabinet should be provided for cicrege of respirators at sose eorr/onient place whan not in uso C. Saeacnc should bo assigned to handle th is cleaning cn a daily basis - possibly the plant nurse 3 3ecpirstorc. ahould be worn in a ll dust producing areas which ircludo teke-off at the sp litte r, charging of fla t wars lin e, unloading box cars, cclded stripping, between rubbers ca fla t ware lino, end pp.cte.cing of H at tare 2 A study should be jsade in regard to the peosibllity of installing eud'-guct systems in erdor to reeve the excess dust iron the operator *s breathing tors where fla t ware i s roooved fTca the sp litter, where fla t vero i s charged on the finishing lin e, and on the So 1 and Uo2 stripping operations 3 Tins section of exhaust should be connected up at the end of the bolt cn the Vjo* X rubber* 4 would cuggect that consideration be given for providing a vaouua cleaning aystea to elininate bend brooc sweeping and clewing down of overhead