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FILE NAME: Kelly Moore (KM) DATE: 1973 Jan 4 DOC#: KM017 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from Liberty Mutual to Kelly-Moore Paint Co. -ti-' / L IB E R T Y M UTUAL United California Bank Building, 315 Pomona M all West, Pomona, California 91766 Tel. (714) 623-6965 J a n u a r y A, 1973 U r. /U O r z o w fn s k i, P l a n t M g r. K elly-i^ oo re P a in t C o., In c. 1400 So. Campus Avenue O n t a r lo , C a l i f o m 1a Dear ir. Drzew tnskf: T h is le t t e r w i l l c o n firm o u r co n fere n ce on Decem ber 6 , IS72, On S eptem ber 7 , 1972 M r. J . T h o m a , L ib e r t y M u tu a l I n d u s t r i a l H y g ie n is t , c o lle c t e d f i l t e r paoer sam ples in s e le c t e d a re a s o f th e O n ta rio p la n t fo r a n a ly s is fo r a irb o rn e a sb e sto s c o n c e n tra tio n s . The sam ples wore a n a ly iz e d In o u r H op kinto n L a b o r a to r y u t i l i z i n g a phase c o n tra s t m icroscope. !l o re v ie w e d t h e a t t a c h e d D a ta S h e e t w h ich I n d i c a t e s t h a t a l l o f th e em ployees in th e a re a s where sam ples w ere c o lle c t e d a re e x posed to a sb esto s c o n c e n tra tio n s In excess o f th e c u r r e n t ly a c cepted Threshold L im it V alue o f 3 fib e r s o f a s b e sto s g re a te r 4 h a n 5 m ic ro n s In le n g t h p e r ml 1111 I t e r o f a i r b a s e d on an e f g h t h o u r work day and th e proposed T h re sh o ld L im it V a lu e o f 2 f ib e r s g r e a te r than 5 m icro ns In len gth p e r m i l l i l i t e r o f a i r . As i n d i c a te d , th e c u rre n t T h re sh o ld L im it Value is based on an e ig h t h o u r w orkd a y: h o w e ve r, i t c a r r i e s a 10 f i b e r p a r mi f i l l I t e r c e i l in g w h ic h was a ls o e x c e e d e d . As i in d ic a te d t o you , M r. Thom e and members o f o u r s t a f f r e c e n t ly met w it h 'r. M oore in San C a r lo s and i t was d e c id e d t h a t n o a c t io n w i l l be taken in O n ta rio u n t il o u r recom m endations a re co m pleted a t th e San C a r le s p la n t and a re s u rv e y co n d u c te d . O u r recommenda t io n s w ould be e s s e n t i a l l y th e same a t th e O n t a r io p la n t . i p re se n te d you w ith a copy o f the San C a r lo s p la n t E v a lu a tio n o f A ir b o r n e A s b e s to s iie p o r t o f J u ly 7, 1972 f o r y o u r r e v ie w and re c o rd s . As a r e s u lt o f M r. T h o m e 's O n ta rio P la n t E v a lu a tio n Su rvey, i t Is recommended th a t: LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE C O M PA N Y HOM E OFFICES: BOSTON EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYERS KIVI 01257 - 2SAG PALER Empty bags o f a s b e sto s and o th e r m a t e r ia l a r e b a le d In an open b a lo r . T h is can add to th e o v e r a ll e x c e s s iv e co n ce n tra tio n s o f a s b e sto s f ib e r s In th e work en viro n m en t. C o n se q u e n tly, I t Is s u g g o s te d t h a t th e b a le r be e n c lo s e d a s much a s p o s s ib le and e x h a u s t v e n t ila t io n s h o u ld p ro v id e a v e l o c i t y o f n o t le s s th a n 80 t o 100 lin e a r f e a t p e r m in u te a t any o p e n in g w h ile th e b a lA r Is In th e c ru s h in g o r b a lin g c y c le . Yours very tru ly , ><. V . E c k a r s a l l . . Loss P re ve n tio n C o n su lta n t RVE:eb c c : M r . M. L a m b e rt, G e n e ra l M g r. - S o u th e rn 01 v . i-ir, W. D s s e ld o r f , P r o d . M g r. M r. w. E . -Moore, P r e s id e n t M r. G . W. V o c h a t z e r , S e c r e t a r y - T r e a s u r e r ^ -T ir . R. M ille r , Prod. Mgr. KMX 00620