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FILE NAME Allied Signal Bendix ASB DATE 1979 Sept 27 DOC ASB086 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo RE OSHA- Repeat Violations Date September 27 1979 , To John Riopelle Letter No. From Charles Eads Subject OSHA - REPEAT VIOLATIONS RE YOUR MEMO ON SEPTEMBER 7 Cleveland Tennessee I have compiled a list of our violations that were issued on March 14 1972 and May 24 1972 1 Employees exposed to sound in excess of permissible levels without application of feasible administrative or engineering controls Example such excessive exposure were operators of the following compression mold grinders 6-26 6-27 Block width saw 2-6 Compression Mold saws 2-2 and the sandblasters 10-18 2 Sound levels in excess of permissible levels without administration of continuing effective hearing conser- vation program 3 Employees exposed to asbestos dust in excess of five fibers per milliliters without the use of appropriate engineering methods of control Example of such exposure was the operators of Block briquette press 15-2 4 Employees exposed to asbestos dust in excess of permissible eight hour time weighted average without application of required engineering controls Example of such were operators of Disc briquetting presses exposed to eight hour time weighted average concentrations of 11.7 and 15.8 fibers per milli- liter Reference to Item : In our meeting here on September 18th the following readings were taken and present noise regulations with Oshex and Associates we are still in compliance Bob Andres with the Sand Blasters Compression Mold Block Saws Saws 88 to 90 86 to 88 DB 86 to 88 DB The Compression Mold internal and external grinder readings were 92 to 94 with the old Bonitron hoods and 94 to 96 without the hoods We made a new hood while Bob Andres was here on his visit and lowered the noise level one DB 800-631-6989 PLAINTIFF'S 800-631-6989 800-631-6989 800-631-6989 80-631-6989 800-631-6989 800-631-6989 EXHIBIT 800-631-6989 80-631-6989 847 PENGAD PENGAD PENGAD Date September 27 1979 Letter No. Page 2 He is shipping us some different accoustical materials to be installed in the new hood We should know within four weeks whether we are in compliance or if we need more engineering controls As of this writing we are not in compliance You know the story without going into any more details Reference to Item 2 A hearing conservation program was instituted on April still in effect for todays regulations 17 1972 and is Reference to Item 3 and 4 Engineering controls were installed in April 1974 to reduce the employees exposure to asbestos dust below 2 fibers per milliliter and are still in effect today The present average exposure readings are .1 to 1.0 Charles Eads CE jka CC D. Stone R. Willig R. D. L. Carter J. Fountain E. Elkins R. Blair