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FILE NAME: WR Grace (WRG) DATE: 1934 DOC#: WRG235 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1934 Inspection Report by Dr Elkins. Marked Plaintiffs Exhibit 1903. JS c- to * V - V ` --f-- '"M'-'i ?u~br4.v r . on Icrscber 2?, lS?r+. " * asi Decantar 11, 1514 ami to the r.'ulri^vgtos tir.". Telrcle. on `Tovecbar 2S, 1914. ' Sy: H. B. S U l a a Officials cat; - jan rr, :acs LIr. Lauc I'r. Sdwards hr. Hess ***Imr. Jensen I!,r. 7;tert (c::i=i` cLeciat) (plant cuns-rer] (engineer) (superintend-r.t, !*ultiberios !Ir. Hears *. StOK The aore iepertant ccntvcta.-ra underlined. ITots; Dus to tha satura of its business cany cf tha crccerras cf this c-a.uny `.ri unique. Tt-ns -tit it la baliared at'y set ha r*seral practica ara csrued with an tatjris'-: in'; chouli ba treated a* .trnfidastiel until parsed u;cn by ^ -jf :cnp an:*. Tbs Law;* asi klny fhacicul Ccr. as;* canufaturas ;rinertly letax Canasta i.r.i bllid .rocucta, rush as &rl~ st rubber canasta, rubberised retries, asi rubber* bondad hrrha linings. It sus cae asaa cf their* devalo .tisets- Js this last *~~ fiel! t'r.at thay ec .uired the Ihiltihestcs 3cr.pany, which nasufacturas brake linings as tiste: 'ccin.-s cf elf tyres. ` lawey and -llr.y 3c:cres7 ir. i-cr. shoved ce about tha "Isst is Cenbridre. P.ubber latex ia retained in solutions containis*: If, CC cr 75 per cent solids. Is tha :ilute aclutioaa there is about three fourths of a r=r cant cf arzrenia, which hears tha solution at a pH of 11, end so prevents fementation ` er.d spoilage. In tha cost concentrated solutions tha alkalinity is caint&ised by a eixture of caustic potash and a petassiue cocoanut oil soap. Isstonia is prafartbla for cost purtcaea because it eva-orutaa off. Its concentration ia ac low that it ia no problen. except when the ceneat or cococund ia used in wary large puantitiaa. "Tcricua raterials auca as _i.canta and filiara are eeded tt ths lates asistios ir. nai-inj; tsa cor. cune. One ases r.ttritl ia csdifytnr ace; nade frt.r. ba'awax `ni crr*.:r.i* sr.i.-r siI: prasi-rs. Sulfvr ia id.id whcnawer i ^ i s desrvele and rcacible t: : :r the rubb-sr ir. tha c;c;st cr tther rtiurt^ Is tha lisiare for tis c- se rul'ur can sot ba usad hut f*rturttoly us uscured cr taris 1` ia'core ss.tic`'ict-ry. , 'cr seny -urtcs a li-tex cecast ir ir.'aricr te l s ;r*iftrial rubber eculairn, cada by caatin tin. v U arcual/ t^d rucear end then nls.-ersinc/- it with prateetivm collriia ssl suit-ale chasicsls. canent o:' Jila t;~ e sa-cad cuc finer eni cora honogacjcua th&n currospondisg Intax ceaesta, is its cost wea anid tc be the sac; Dist. v . 0. S. Gypaum Co., W. R. Grace & Co. received this document on July 27, 1985, from et al.. C/A No. 82-3142-14 (O.S.O.C. south Carolina). No the plaintiff as a trial exhibit copy of this document has been in Greenville County school found in Grace'mown files. ti. Tartassa said that trare had hear & s^inf errar Tree: latax seeling corrcuads terrari solrer.t t'jsr:cuad3 , but th- t ha Celt that ita had pcssed er.1 :;.} irstaciiiita f_tv._-c rruld sao tu izcra.sed uae aC tua lutax pr-duesc. a ; ! A* W was This 2 J:G.:ry tithe both bar.rol -r.i rc.~htha sol-nut cscaats ur.i csrr- suri3 . The lattur ssrstituta ahtut tut third a s? the total, rr.d it rss seid th- t prcarbly aai-it ye* r three -ut.-tart or t.to aclrart ecatcunrs -cull ha as.de Cr*r. r_vhthi. The' ae-ctlled-selrort roca is t.i* acr*r.u -'L.-.a cT ea iacltted building. It ia :biut 31 z 1 C x ..tu contains tr;o aizer3 , -rr naphtha e;l v rrol jrodue*, .*.* ectinly. Isch rAxnr heirs -.brut f hunt red ;cil.:ns. ilr.rosure to -he crlT'r.t ns7 t-ccur jhiaCly ia.'three ;:licsa: tha -usp r:t~, t':1 olrant r .:r.f -.nd ruddlsr err, ir. hie': the Cinishad c*a?at is - le^rai inio rrrar..* `*:r thic-.eat. Ia fcha -rasp rear, chart is sees lsrs.rga.oC rtf*r, or s-fcr.ad t; 'a, hut tha soaps *ra eparread *rr. subside, end ths roar is rersly er.tarad. Ir. 'I Ilia tha .trur.s there is uarcubtadlr scua'exposure, but tha grsatsst har'rd is certainly ir the sclrnrt.xccru - . - The solreat it rrdinarily -xrtac -hrfurh ft rtatar lata tha uisar. The scirrsrs are hst7 7 spiral srepeu hr.i"-5 s -rich w i s t sad ta>*r tha sr.ell tieces '* rather rhich arc irtroouesd. Scr rest is :t tired ir t`ts cpsrt-tion, st th-t the tanpsr'turs .>* the aixtura is raised, tha outsids cC th3 rizsr being *.bc7 s h;cy tar.-,artcure rhea the tr-.-cess *r.r etrsrved. Tha r.ircars ere closed arcs-.t er. tterirr ir. tha tap h.tu* Ir" re 1C* tr/.ich is serened Ircsely arse t rhsr. rrtarislc *r> ha'r erred, -.-her. tha btteh is tairg.ir- ester, ad .tea it i.? rilrr; rc tiad. The iitita er r-bbar. (cut ia srall piacas! tubas sena tiaa, ss tha sartral lasers are tcra apart 2 7 head cr they ere Cad lata tha cachire. ana other ^t*ri-tls, avch as rs.x, ara usutllp* a d `.ad. Ia the crerstioa obaarrad irssacticr.s tC tha hatch as it res heiag rir:ad rare Crec.ueat. As tha to-1 oi tha zix-r is about fire Coat free the Clear tha taaceacy is Cor the -orlaaan to put hi3 Ccca close to the opeairg ia looblrv ia at the beteh. ` hiafly oa the kind of robber etch oC Ciri shad prtdx t is > nuddlar. Tha hilarpiai- starati cr. required to rtba :ut tha residue! :r. tha 5 .hr.t^-r.cs is pavorad is S' :ut t.traa Caet r .". ...2:, :u. t.'.e -s.- -r .zl;.~z th-'i* t- ,.or t-ar -~Ci - -hex: ha 12 ala-air., ait th* resiaua. The xtrertal;- rise.us eri *lss'"`' ruse xts said ta ccr.tisir. :rly isi.'f/ per c_r.o oC aulii3. Its rarer p--!S3ure './uld preso::! tip ha a pncivbly nere t:.oc CC. par car.t cC th-t cr pure bearti, but tha riseetity nC tha natura shtull cut tern its r: ta oC erap.-ra- tioc e.r.r.i:i-:r*-'3l7. . . M. R. Grace fc Co. received this document on July 27, 1985, from the plaintiff as a trial exhibit in Greenville County School Dist. v. 0 . s. Gypsum Co., et al., C/A No. 82-3142-14 (U.S.D.C. south Carolina). No copy of this document has been found in Grace's- own files. 5 PLAINTIFF EXHIBIT // ................... - ' end bov* A1*bltch.eerTin hsr.:cavrsotionp.e-radi.r. Tka *. The tti. 1 1 o-.-.cite operator s the r.ixer, se r the floor, between the uizuew si :fce ni'.isr, but * little ?r ->ne sida scat of the tico. Tba efficiezcy of tuts 37stec of ver.tilntion seers dcrevhct -jiasticcible. Tests on ti^e eir ir. this room (ct.de 6 7 tba insurtscft cccrcn^) showed 3 C t i s t t r ; * tcnditiocs, kcvrevar, it whs said. The acs ourhlz- or. this job tre ,,Ivan blocd counts every f m e Tenths 2nd ss a rule ure transferred after sir. to nina acaths. ITo rsal cuses of benzol poiauninr havi been iro-untersd. *7. reres This ctra-tu.tin rutarial is u rixtura of,about five ptrts coal`ter pitch end one part toluol. 71"e etc. cr.3r.ts nr hatted in cixinr, end ver.tils.tinp- equipnant has bwen -ordered for the process. The fucos did not seas bad at the tins t flrtske! oaten w.-s observed in the open cixer. . *?.ubbar bonded brake lin.in.__ notarial: Jertain iraha linio s, especially those fer hvAvy work, are nf.de free asbestos to uhiez rtrbon black one :th*r substances sap be aided, cni rubber lata::. The veri.,us n teriule aro r.ized in a pa;:er beat in* rechine, strs?d on a fir- tersen end t.-.e veter cocked out, then proused in a h'/ira-lic ;ro.<o, cured uni br.urht to the .-roper thickness ith a sar.-infe ntcri.-- . T* ' V r o ttwration is tell ventiIntel, cut the rethod of fsadir. the paper be-tar tras said -to be iur.-y and needs intror r nt. "robzbly su-.a such ns than ns :r.s o-rhed tut at Tal.:ola, -ill be applied rere. ITone of these process's trefe lit operation.' * . . 4 f4ictl leather: . soft fci3or'tsnt c* sr is :o.:sed thr urh a Inter, sc" * .- w . sulfur, tcicrirr tt-tt:r, att., :r.i Thor, tror seras t" rentad rolls .There the vator er.i rrr.rnia m e fiv-j- off and the fibber is curad. An exhaust systeo provides T:.' the renoval of t. s t m e r i a ;iver off (astir.:tad st three pounds, or bout si rtf c;.':io fact, .:.-r t o u t ;. t * * * c ^s*rr** * 3 j r. ^ ^ if - rioio in orbar-to ftt-ach n e : r:lla -17 If tk 3 in -'or t *c lor./ tha pacer in cor.tfct .'ith the hot rolls tends to diotr.-1 .v- ta. liven the short, s t e m urovife'cly n.rte v.ay cause variations in ;t- itv in the finished notarial. I ? .t i*** '4 j; m .r* 4 -* . * u.. rX*^ 4#*hrtuph a cclanior W * m IfW 4 cufien .<4 e44^f* ^2*on her, soratifes ircri.-r._bi." tr.a-;reuoTul cf >'u-onia is n-i* in i t -- ni:. .round t.tt "ic'nizs . l n 2 e *i C * 5 **--* ' - r ..4 .... t , *, *-* - w ^- ' Cvv;r ;r?*iust3 : Soa*i lir/.*, uaii in t>. e * 1 i n {* ^ ,* * ) - * e m , ...... , v i l.-rf.- trr-5tti'. -.re -.loo -- t-.-ials. ' *<*e :r.o H. R. Grace & Co. received this document on July 27, 1985, from the plaintiff as a trial exhibit in Greenville County School '..'Oorb in. -Lea ane, tJ 1.J1* nLcrit<e .*'s.uri n. ' 4ea .* I Diet, v. o, s. Gypsum Co., et al., C/A No. 82-3142-14 (O.S.D.C. south Carolina). No copy of this document has been found in Grace's ora files. PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT , Cilarrfen ani telasr.e ur- assi es -rasar?: tir-ia. Carioc tjtra- ttlcrtie la nia' v.ted for 3~~ ^urrocss. ^aranti;' these ara usai ir rel- tiiTcly amali er.carta, irotiiar arali usa of barsoi la la slerrirs ot dra=a. W. R. Grace & Co. received this - * document on July 27, 1985, from the plaintiff as a trial exhibit in Greenville County School Diat. v. 0. S. Gypsum Co., et al., C/A No. 82-3142-14 (O.S.D.C. south Carolina). No copy of this document has been found in Grace's own files.