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FILE NAME Manville JMA DATE 1975 DOC JMA292 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Meeting Minutes with Attendee List National Steel and Shipbuilding Council of America MUPBUILDERS MUPBUILDERS COUNCIL OF AMERICA . 2 : a 3 * A : ih _? Industrial fealth bjinute Safety Committee ^ menting of the Industrisi ilonith and Safety Committee s^> be Shipbuilders Council of America was held at the office of be Concil Concil Watargate 600 Washington DC June 12 1975 at 9:30 A.M. , : ~ Present were: John A. Chantrey George L. Bowen Fr. Darling T. 1. Daugh^'rill Vernee E. Duke ee ane Chairman " . - " Avondale Shipyards Betklebern Staci ; National Steel & Shiphidg Ingalls Shipbuilding * Alabama Drydock & Shipbldg T. E. Savage GaMz . Sy l^,p J. Madison Smith Paul J. Souss R. Ken Townsend Saurie T. Walton E. Ruddy . Norisik Shipbuilding & DD - * Cen Dyn E lectrBiecs + Jacksonville Shipyards Gen. Dyn = Quincy Shiphidg Jacksonville Shipyards . Sun Shipbuil& dDi D nCog. Shipbuilders Shipbuilders Council Re 7 a " Safety and Health Review Cammission Departom f e Lan botr I kom Sline President Sline Industrial Painters Inc. and a : To ofStiheliSiclaica Safetys,Association Inc. Houston T3 exas PrePsriedseindtenantdEdSwian fbe eAssoctiat1iodnywelacnodmerweldceomedvtiheewemdembrbieefrlys of - of status the shipbuilding industry He re- oe : , Oe shipbuilding if Fok eaeshtipb4uildingas4 O4gfe*mEeronis _ eo . Without objection the minutes of the regular meeting held 4 March 19 and to the special mesting held April 30 i. were eved submitted . . NATIONAL ADVISORY ADVISORY The Secretary reported that Robert J. Wayne of Oakland California formerly affiliated with Kaiser Industries was being considered for appointment as management representative on the by National Advisory Committee mm Safety and Health and that his appointment had been undersed theShipbuilder^Council of America OCCUPATIONAL NOISE STANDARD STANDARD The Commition had baiere it a copy of a letter dated March 21 1975 directed by the Council to the CBHA Decket to Officer s^,nignendoisteheexhpanodsluinrge oafnpdroposead ssuubbsseeqquueenntt lleetttetr er dreagutlaetidons May 12 1975 requesting oppotor apt pearuatn thei int fory mal public bearing on the proposed meise exposure standard scheduled te commenJcunae 23. The Committee corrthe e cs orp reso pon n ~ dence in detail and agreed that the positions stated should be covered by representatives of the Council at the public hearing Representatives of the Council at the public hearing were ta imalndu oo , Chairman Chantrey C. W. Stallard M. Avondale Shipyards Inc. Newport News Shipbuilding Edwin H. Toothman E. P. Ruddy Mr. Chantray indicated Council's appropriate statement would be developed to support the Council's various positions and that all necessary preparations would be made to assure adequate repre- puntataitothne Cou pubn licc heai rinl g 'The Council is scheduled to _ appear as Number 54 on a list of 81 potential witnesses and , probably would not be reached until late July thus leaving ade fa probably probably for preparation of until late thus fi BR EH ws SO a a , a ee re ore pte Committee StatWOeRmKERS s Wy S 0 the following itomsperkamt - the sharemen's and Harbor Workers pensation Acti Zederal Workmen's Compensation Standard Latislatian PRODUCED . A draft bill which reportedly is ta bo introduced shortly by =; Senater Williama as a follow te legislatian on which hearings were held in 1974 by the Senate Comm oni Labt or t ande Pube lic Welfare but which was not acted upon by the Committee The Secretary stated he would reproduce and make available to soch _, member of the Committee a copy of the bill when formally int. ra- duced by Senator Williams oe 2 Status of Jurisdictional Guidelings \ The Committee reviewed pending cases which would whi decided proav ndi prd ovie de jurisdictional quidelines for the determ of ci ovn eraa ge t of i shio pyan rd employees under the Long Harb ando Harr bor Workers Compensation Act 42 amanded Specific attuation was brought to a lectur dated May 2 1975 from the Associate Sellsiter for Employen Beme^-itaDepartment of Labor directed to a small best yard responding responding to a general inquiry as to whether playara en- gegud in the recreational boating industry are incinded Workers be provisions of the LongshoreumndaHnar'besr Workers Compensation Act as amenid n e 197d2. The lethat ldaethr at small beat yards and their employees are covered by the Act, The Commai gret edt theeles tter la not encouragintgo offerts under way to circumscribe the jurisdictional coverage Workmen's + Federal InvolvementInvolvement in Workmen's Compensation Maime 3 The Committen reviewed recent developments concerning problems of the emplayer which arise because the regional rep- Employment Standards resentative of the Administration ongago ja excessive involvement in afforts to assure the awareness of . shipyard employees of their rights under the compensation gtatece, Based on the discussion the Committee agreed this pelat where it could be handled . tx 1m: +, Durtihin s dig scussion discussion Deputy Commissioners suggested there le a definite 6 ra the situation a pie OM : . The disc alsu e is ndics atei d tho e en ast lead has vota are going up One member reported ^ beltlhatetfhe a 4 , TY oe yordseserves yordseserves far claims are becoming known to claima . ' =F The Chairman BAROUSE he would wadertake preparation of completed en _, ' Get of draft guidelines whieh, o ae and reviewed by fz * : & of ! anehnt o% Fed BU (Oe) olLeAaeNG:5 i a oe - Ban "i ny _ 7 3: hie . RS 2 * -/ Ef | mt that ge fee thas hed the a d am tha _prend discuMIOSH Safety NJOSH fence silca ealom tm presntaio eomnitec Comite Standrs posibly made avilbeavilbe Emeloynt Council Comite might the ladutry the mater lunch st Mir, Employment Comite might might be Comite, posibly AdminstraionAdminstraion : the la industry industry Standrs for consideration Adminstraion Sline is Comite considerat posibly adeption recomndatirecomndati Employent should consideraton and wasthe Charges should its avilabe The recomendation meting Adminstraive the ComiteComite Stendar October already this User Charges merly Harbo Compensatio 1976, Longshoremn's might made Adminstrave thet to Longshoremn's Longshrem' Paymentand Harbo Terace Longshrem' Workes Compensati Comite copy furnished thebeteto adminstro Compensati industry meting. thanked adminstraion Departmen shipbuldng poselby mater priations which Reem for Mr, be The Comite priatons priations the budget insurainncseurance cariers lavoled. 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Soe re * 3 The Secretary reported that restp o programs o progrn ams ws hice h bes d ' been undertaken undertaken by the Council on shipyard programs for the OO OR : control of lead and on shipyard policies rajative to reporting 29 in coverle attd er dated April 18 1975 to the Committee bad been reproduced without company identification and copy of the sollated responnen wa in s the Agenda jackets It was agreed the Secretary would enclose a copy of the results of the survey with the meeoft theimen etig ng See attachment AIX KETONES STANDARDS The Committee had beureit proposed OSHA standards on six katones that had been printed in the FEDERAL REGISTER May 8 1975 witha request that commenta be submitted to CSHA by Juma 20 1975. The notsi izc e se et Au5g as u the s datat for beginning of public hearings on the proposed standard Following brief discussion it was the consmous the Council should submit views and arguments on behalf of the industry Mr. Raddy noted that in all likelihood an extension of time would be granted which would make the submission nsuch s document BRIDGE CRANE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIORS ae . Comell had been contacted by The the Secretary reported William B. Marx Executive Director American Bellar Manu- facturers Association as to a possible problem arising from pre- visio lanta he 1975 editoifotn he NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE NFPA 70 7a5dopted by the National Fire Protection Association at its Annual Meeting May 20-24 1974. Section 610-13 of the Code pertaining to wiring for cranes and buista previdos that contact conductors along ruways cram bridges and memoralis contact be permitted to be bare but shall be guarded and and memoralis etary indicated he would take etope to further ^' oat F OCCUPATIONAL us BURN oy te racy hy, LS "" a ; : Council receive emia oo - In early May the Council receivaen he + mch Support Division ^/akingwhether ~s . , a + in developing Guidelines for the Protection seme industry input Portable Tools and make such a an andd asaknedd ship repair industry . sildinsilgding consultative committes to be formed to guide the in fulfilling the objectives of the study The Secretary ontractor la touch with members of the Committee at indicated he would be ; ; a later date DOCUMENT - CRITERIA DOCUMENT - ACETYLENE AND CARBON CRITE ACR ETI YLEA NE ROXIDE _ The Committe's attention was the FEDERAL REGISTER REGISTER February in which NIOSH asked for submission outablish"nng^sale types of recorda and Instituta Secretary indicated that he would keep an eye out for these documS and labels relative to acetylame and carbon uurning devices dioxide It appears that NIOSH had contacted at least one ahip~ for this data to help Stanford Resourch yard directly asking criteria Instituta contracter with NIOSH develop criteria documents when developed chemical substances on for the purpose of developing ctrhietJaurniea2d3ec1u9m7e5nFtsEDERAL subsequently was published in an REGISTER 40 FR 26390 - 26496 vepoctive would be published by NIQSH and CHA and because technical th of the large number of of this ; _ The Secretary elt thatnabteucraeusreelated to health oo vepoctive subjects : 2 atise reqtu o ^i valr uate e thd ese requests from a technical vr omali preliminary review subcommittee should be formed the documents could be referred by the Secretary fer brief discussion a the of such a subcommittee nee ned ed for establishment were selected by the Chairman for five companies : . on the subcommittee an ta Sa PRODUCED : it | . 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