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"tH? LOUSVIUS TlMS,FlriPAY, AVGUST--9.i i97,tm4mi D-3l A* Vittone ........ '|1 R. D. ScOtt V r * " ^kj. L. Nelson 1 E. W. Harrington H. Waltemate B. M. G. Zwicker . G. Pow / B. F. Goodrich to upgrade tf. J. Wilcox jp. J. Weaver |R. B. Downey v ;E. B. Osborne ;'R. P. Kenney - A. L. Hatfield - C. R. Flyn K. Greene By DENNIS P0147E LrMt,?8* T** i!*H Wtsue amount of exposure to workers, and coo. dition* for monitories exposure. "he 4 The B. F, Goodrich Co. plant on Belts Lint tsr* it *H1 upgrade U motuicri&g standard was 500 parts per million; it ww 4 changed to 50. tenitrii for "workers who are exposed It was a portion of this temporary gun- > io viayl chloride. dud of which Goodrich was found in vio* i The federal Occupations! Safety and Ution. . Health Administration fOSHA) cited the The standard requires In part that if piiai list mouth for failure to praperiy workers wear a monitoring device on 4 rr.oftitor worker exposure to vinyl chlor their eaifonas to record the amount 01 y , ide. visylehtorida in the air. -" The citsUoa was issued after an earlier . Goodrich had monitoring devices, but f sis tko the plant by a federal occupa none of the type called for is the sUn- f tional hyKcclst. dard. i. Goodrith ha decided not to coolest the A statement by the company said. "The f citetioa. and will bring Its monitoring pro company pointed out to OSHA that in i ~ cedure for workers into line with the fed addition to personnel monitories, 3. 7. f. eral standard. according to Frank FUsa- Goodrich has been doing extensive mo&i-rn area OSHA director. He aid the: .toring even beyond that required in the j ettepesy was eery cooperative. temporary standard.** f; 'ey* t*>p*y cooperative -v -. Toe company said tt islaftalUftg the I procedure* as called for in the standard.; It said it did not contest the OSHA dta-1 specifically, the citation charged that Hon "ia order to settle the- matter k the company failed "to monitor a suffi prompUy." F cient number of employe* so that a rejsra- seaUtlve sample of exposure to vinyl jFUoajca said the visit to Goodrich by F - chloride stay b* determined.** the hyziecitt was prompted by the com- A: Fianagen's office esnpfeaslied, ** did pasy's invoicement with vinyl chloride. : the company, that it did not find exposure levels above the government standard Says drtraicalTarget health haard* when it visited the plant. The standard it o more than 50 parts of vinyl chloride He said the chenriealii a "target health \}/. per million part* of air. hatard~aad as each gets speclai attenUen it. Vinyl chloride is a gas. It i used in the from health and ssfe^ officials. it- production of polyvinyl chloride, a build- It was added to a list which conUins \f ihg-block for many piastres. Exposure to vinyl chloride Is thought to trust the rare iivtr cancer. ngto$ar- soch thmgs as asbestos and lead, after it was determined that exposure to vinyl Iitt" - chloride possibly caused cancer, flsna- -r voma There have been six deaths of for gaesaid. *!" mer Goodrich worker* from that cancer Although Kentucky has its own oceopa-; lr: .sine* 1955. tlonsi fecalth and safety atandadr*. Flsna- i i The latest death was uncovered re zsa said, the temporary standard on vinyl jk cently. Two other workers, both living, also base the cancer. chloride is not among Istiosa. , .. the state regti i!?.: Since the federal standard is more Sp*rks*PnFs arilan f. -""stringent, it applies to Goodrich rather than a state rule, he said. t . When Goodrich announced in January war It sespected that exposure to vinyl Under the federal sample exposure no rale. Goodrich Its? frequently mutt tfean ll; chloride ekuwd the cancer, it striked a -weekly, until it geu resntU showing the '? i-' number of actions by goveraroent and the lesel bdov 50 parts permillion part* of j f Industry. airfor three consocutfve.vreekj. Then the i; One of the government's actions was to --monitoring can be done monthly* as long | j- install a temporary standard on the u co re^ungs are above 50. > 1- " .'r. - . *.- . . --C ^ V; -4 .4 4, v . L .. c- ' ... V.' " iH' : V"W v-r-:.: - r.rf-.-v '.**- -- r - .- -r- .4. r-u..:4,-: - : i. ' - >"..X .- - .. - 4- :: : .,4 -44-. -r Si ' -'-SriL^ i. - - ` .4- < 4 " . - - " ~ : - -4-"'if 4 " "...... - - -y'X : ........ " - 4.- .'.'."'4 " - ";t ".v - 44- - .v' - "4.r =4;. : " 44.' : .if-4 -' ^ - T.r'v -V .-r ' - - " -i ".-.-i 4.` -- V; - BFG29475 CA W o o