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SAFETY COMMITTEE O. B . L e w i s ; CHAIRMAN Et h y l , Ga s o l i n e Co r po r a t i o n Ch r y s l e r B u i l d i n g 405 Lex in g t o n Avenue Ne w Y o r k J u ly 19, 193s D r. W. 3F. M achle . K ettering Laboratory of A pplied P h ysiology C ollege o f M edicine , Eden Avenue, C in c in n a ti, O hio. hear D r. Machie: Further to our le t t e r of Ju ly IS th regarding hazards to tank c a r lo a d e r s , we have a l e t t e r from Jim K rick re g a rd in g a c a s e th a t h a s come to h is a t t e n t io n . I f you have responded to our le t t e r , there is prob a b ly no n eed f o r a n y th in g fu r th e r on i t , a lth o u g h Mr. K rick d oes m ention any inform ation which you care to forward should be sen t to Mr. E. E, Brown, S u p e r in te n d e n t, K e n d a ll R e f in in g Company, Bradford, Pennsylvania. Very tru ly yours W:GCL E n clo su re 0LEA17 HOUSE OLEAE NEW YORK J u ly 15, 193S Mr.-'E. C, Murphy D iv is io n Manager New York C ity Bear D ick, ES: KENDALL .REFINING CO. BRADFORD PA Case W hile a t th e above p la n t on a tank c le a n in g job on tod ays d a te , th e above s u b je c t was a g a in d is c u ss e d . In my l e t t e r o f J u ly 5 th I e x p la in e d t h a t Mr. S .E . Brown, th e s u p e r in ten d e n t, would a p p r e c ia te a l e t t e r from our m ed ical departm ent s t a t in g th a t th ere was no p o s s i b i l i t y o f a man a c q u ir in g le a d p o is o n in g in th e o p e r a tio n o f lo a d in g lead ed g a s o lin e tank ca rs a t th e r e la t iv e sm all amount o f lea d in g a s o lin e . I exp lain ed th at i f the M edical Department w ished to send any. inform ation to the K e n d a ll R e fin in g Company, th e same sh o u ld h e a d d r e sse d to Mr. Brown. The ^ P H & t e . v e r e q u e ^ j e ^ t h a t K e n d a ll's In su r a n c e p e o p le come to see them. At the p r e s e n ^ tim e , i s r e c e i v i ng a c e r t a in amount o f money from K en d a ll's S ick n ess B e n e fit In su ran ce. However, I f lH ^ ^ n o w wants th e com-, s e n s a t io n f o r an o c c u p a tio n a l d is e a s e , which would be W c f f i s much. f. The K en d a ll R e f in in g Company h a s r e q u e s te d from D r. J .G . M cCutchecn, th e B ra d fo rd D octor who i s t r e a t i n g ^ H ^ H ^ t h e l e t t e r from th e s p e c i a l i s t s a t the Pennsylvania- S ta te H o sp ita l a t W arren^renna. This l e t t e r r e fe r s to th e ir d ia g n o s is , w h erein th e y c la im th a t th e cau se o f the nervous d is o r d e r may be due to b r e a th in g lea d ed gas o lin e fum es. Dr. McCutcheon exp la in ed th a t he had d i s cussed th is w ith Mrs, and th a t the l e t t e r was p e r so n a l and was marked fo r p r o f e s s io n a l u se o n ly .^ n e e x p la in e d th a t he would show i t to any Insurance D o c to r s. Mr. Brown o f th e K e n d a ll R e f in in g Co. does n o t know what to do a t the p r e s e n t tim e . I f the c a s e i s n o t a n o c c u p a t io n a l d i s e a s e , i t sh o u ld n e t "bG t'llT*n Gcl over to the in su ran ce company, At the p r e se n t tim e, I b e lie v e that he is turning th e c a s e o v er to th e in s u r a n ce company and l e t t i n g them h an d le i t from then or.. I t w ill then be no to prove th at i t is an o ccu p ation al d is e a s e . You can s e e from th e ab ove t h a t th e c a s e h a s come a n ear an:a lth o u g h we a r e n o t in v o lv e d , I b e l i e v e th e r e a r e c la im s th a t t h i s man h a s a chrcn le a d p o is o n c o n d it io n . A lth o u g h , no d ou b t, he may be s u f f e r i n g from stom ach u lc e Mr. Brown a g a in asked i f our M ed ica l D ep t, would forw ard him a l e t t e r s t a t in g the e x p erien ce o f our m ed ica l departm ent and whether or not th ere i s any p o s s i b i l i t y o f a man a c q u ir in g le a d p o is o n in g in th e o p e r a tio n o f lo a d in g g a s o lin e tank c a r s . I su g g e s t th a t we ta k e some p a r t in t h i s c a s e in d e te r m in in g e x a c t l y whst i s wrong u T h e y would v e r y much a p p r e c ia t e th e l e t t e r a s so o n a s p o s s i b l e so th e y may b e in a b e t t e r p o s i t i o n to tak e w h atever a c t i o n i s n e c e s s a r y , You can see from th e above th a t t h e r e may be s e v e r a l p la c e s w here an u n fa v o r a b le a t t i t u d e may be ta k e n , e s p e c i a l l y among th e r e f in e r y p e r s o n n e l. Blending O perators. On t h i s c o n t a c t I found th a t th e y w ish e d to have a new man exam ined f o r th e E th y l b le n d in g o p e r a t i o n s . They have two men a t p r e s e n t and one o f t h e s e men has been tr a n sfe r r e d to an o p e r a tio n in the fa r end o f the p la n t . They b len d sev en days a week and r e q u ir e two o p e r a to r s. - 2- On t h i s c o n t a c t I fo u n d th a t a new o p e r a to r had "been "blending f o r fo u r or f i v e 'days, and I c a lle d th e ir a tte n tio n to our M edical D epartm ent's R u les and R e g u la t io n s . McDonald i s t h e nano o f th e new man and I r e q u e s te d t h a t t h e y n o t u s e him a g a in u n t i l he was exam ined "by our M ed ica l D ep artm en t. I inform ed them th a t i t m igh t "be p o s s i b l e f o r our M ed ica l D ep t, to exam ine a new man in th e n e x t sev era l weeks. . In v iew of. t h e i r r e q u e s t f o r an e x a m in a tio n c-" - - - - - "r g g e s t th a t a t th at tim e our M edical D ept, in v e s tig a te the case o f .. Yours v ery t r u ly , (S) James S . E rick