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FILE NAME: General Dynamics (GED) DATE: 1969 Apr 14 DOC#: GED017 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo - Board of Directors - Shipbuilders Council Safety 3 SHIPBUILDERS COUNCIL OF AMERICA T 7 3Q K S T R E E T N. W . W A S H IN G T O N , D.C- 3D O Q S a O S |3 3 B -V 7 S S April 14, 1969 To: Subject: BOARD OF DIRECTORS w Safety M atters You will recall that at the M arch 5 m eeting of the Board several m atters were 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-Healey Public Contracts Act Safety and Health Standards, particularly threshold lim its on noise and asbestos dust. ered th ese sAubs jdecirtes catet ditbs ymtheeetiBngo aArdp,ritlhe2,SaanfedtyitsC oremcmomittmeeencdoantsioidns to the Board, based on extended discussion, are: Asbestos F iber Health Hazards in Shipyards These problem s require close scrutiny, prom pt action and coordination with parallel efforts in oher in dustries. To this end, the Council should request all m em bers to .provide any infor m ation they may have as to studies being made of these problem s, visits from research groups, and so on. Contact with the public relations firm of Hill & Knowlton, Inc. which now rep resen ts Johns sMuagngveisllteedC. o rp ., and w ith the A m erican M edical A ssociation w as also Handling of Potentially Explosive Ships by U .S. R epair Yards There are som e obvious differences of opinion on this m at- te r, and therefore it is recom m ended that a survey sim ilar to that mad in 1963 should again be made to determ ine the present position of the . individual m em bers of the Council on this question. P- LEAXINHTI--BIFITF_ 'S- ticker coir 2 je c ts are coDveerteadilsinotfhteheatStaacfheteyd CMoimnumteistteoef'sthdeisAcuprsislio2nmoefetthinegse. sub On the assum ption that the above recom m endations are acceptable to the B oard, all m em bers are respectfully urged to p ro vide prom ptly any inform ation on studies of asbestos and noise prob lem s or visits from research groups they m ay see fit to share with the Council- With regard to the handling of non gas freed ships, prom pt return of the enclosed survey will also be appreciated. Your reply p rio r to May 17 would be m ost helpful. Copy to: Safety Committee Edwin M, -^ " rTTh President P*2 v 5t-