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FILE NAME: John Crane (JC) DATE: 1936 DOC#: JC067 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letters - Railroad Companies - RE Asbestos [Incomplete] TIH22T.T7.0I CJLVS2KL RAILROAD (JO-.7U17Y Chicago 3 HI., Paconbcr 51, 1C36 14.1 T>r .Irmstrong Chinn., Chairman, Railroad Engineering and Shop Committee,, 210 U Harrison Street, Chicago, Illinois Dear sire Referring to our nesting oi Eacoraber 21str, Room 322 in Union Station,, at o it nos suggested that a letter be written by such com* :iiticeman to the Chairman of the Committed making sue]. j".1''roatior.s as deemed nocoasary i'or tlio purpose of no] - in," up a bulletin pertaining to l-ulmonary Aabs.etooia'i I have given this i.iibj:ct careful study or thought on the handling of asbestos iron the tir.a it in received by the Scores Dopar cr.ier.t, which of ocvuv:? . sene is in bloc5c fora which is crated, some is i-uerm an the sheet asbestos and some is furnished in tags, rvhiea J.y ground or known as pulp asbestos, This pulp asssatca in the bug is considered the most dangerous of She throe on account: of the amount of dust in it and I would jur-oiri: that the employes Honkling this aabcetos fre.n c-he tine it is received Mid applied to the boilers should wouv aspirators, giving consideration of course to 0 5 '.or employees working m ;ho vicinity-.. The block aoboctoa cour.;3.. is not as ;.n evous. but X feel that men handling asr.c should bo protected .10 '.'ell ne whort handling the pulp, hven the asbestos in removed from the boilorn at tir.a or inspections either at n o r m e houses or back shops, I would recommend that it bo ret down to the extent that it would eliminate an:.' dust coning fron sane when being removed aid no was' suggested at the meeting* tc be removed iron the boilers at a ties when the least number of employes are on duty, bhile I fully ralisa this cannot bo handled at ell points aliho, but this should bo given some thought, \!o find ot point3 where it i3 nicer.:.ary to ur.e the block asbestos, which has boon remov ed this :>-!s to to rrcuio b ir r.n nber.toa grindi'ig machiner from i.~: <.>o.y.-,v:rt:.or. this in two Cancerous part - i ' the handlii'.g of o.t-ibswsoi* uiv-. in eoncuision. I would rocemncnd that all :i;w.leyor: handling rcbooiios should wear vo.miratora, equip ouch .och..nr!3 as are roirr; need for r.rinii.v, asbestos rith an cxiu-aot s/oto:.;. I 'ovh trie '. to ;olli/7 i-ho h.'.r.d'iag of acb.sitos thr ;v.f:h from the ?.~o it w: *-.coivid until i TEZ 'iiV YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD CCMAITY Deconber 31. 1033 14. i it la applied and I hopo that 3omo of those suycosbiOii'.; T i i l l be b e n e fic ia l in a s s is t in g Hr ifre e lc an. y o u rs e lf in r.ahin.y up your bulletins Yours truly, T ?.. RAIL ast.sr :.!edhanie 0O H 1 I I v icxio. ;t lv ;;,iti3 E 5 si\ p a u l -h t a c c i o n. h . c o , liovorabsr 57, 1C150 V:V:vt V'xnncc rooms T<hers tho furtsa any be restricted veil ..--.s in battery repair roomsy paint shops, paint Gprnyiu<;, .rio Ir. :his connection I noulD be ^lod or descrittive in forcati on or' .neh acilities and opsration3 in tho vario1.13 departnenta, vr/ing aina or th rooiiis or buillinya inveir ai Triti npprennate total cubie feet oi air opaco end nasitua rutabar oi stiiployes involvo* In adnition to "hieh it .va recettnonde c.s a tomporary and imediate aeaoure oi* pro- `t'i:.''.r. '*ut in all sudi oparationo Giiplcy&s be rcouirod to ."3r.r rearurators rrhen er^ogetl in oueh cpsrations in o m l l rvans '.v.' ..n .location ubara eccessivo duirea ero uoually en:.'u:v;ar`r r .Jilicosias .:V.a ansarci in T,hi 3 connection dovelous l'rora con- :v or. abrasivo subsiunceo auuh o.s troia euery brinder, /.vi > ; aliar, a-.;c, (Ilota.;- hor'cabla "rimore are oxcluded >- .' .-uio ov.t thio dora ~o t lo&sou th ortpXoyor'S lia - ' - . l ' v : :'lc -vorvb or r.ilicoGis developing and i t vould to v v. bo TreOratal;/ raquire cucii rr.ipioyee ucirr; vand er; ;ucix no I r arie js v n riu ers "b ich r.uy be n >--? to sovovoi b.ours in :ui " .tour day io '.70or ro i r - ? .v.; 3 v irile ;: onyaroiU .Tot e n u d e r a 'a r e exnluioA) ; \ x.y j-.iop or toc, ano or itoro prender aro en- '-.v*. v>. . ,-.i Ita .Tyro.paio ero vae y.70 or nero hours in . a , :;: i t bscorna3 0. -violntion or ho preconi rule, : coa.vsccacin. i t xay bo round nf.7 i::c.b?-a to e ith o r cor.- vcrv. or our dry fariniera to 'oc rrin d e ra or ceyre.gato '.noce - 0.ehi no 3, I t i s lo siro d that, in l'c m a tio a bo urniali- :vtnp lo c a ti ?-n. nunber o i a r lu o r a , apvroxiicato t ie col .. o ab 3 o ;a io v.'. ih in 0 heurr totali, cubie Poct o f -'.~r ice in th roou r i t h th r-.axvriur: nunbor o enployos ..aocar.oaio, ilo 'xv.lII'.v;or aabostos lx;r,'inr; oould 'nero bo ili7C.V.vtd nflaps ila rnrsv. sitantion to be :,ot is tho :r.ovvi 1t' .l.vy'.i':-: rcr'.locomotiva bollare., t'xe rinding ud ero;tan parvi .juoh aa io done ut ccv. points and th '..rndli;r; oi o.u.ia. Il ':ov.id rpponr ot ."reab importarino to mir.iine this basarci ns much a;., poso iole and ri is sup~ c:et id that re roiraan from tTindR^ any aoro o2 this layyriy xii th U*ato od Illinois Guch inotruct.ior.3 nera issued -.y .r.c 1cast ano oi' the other linos* It '.5 :tj thou'tlvt, and '.;:e expect to rohe cone exporinonts, .' l v i -u i . .r:L 'a o i p i c ii. a, co,' .lover,Lor 27 , 1C hi V.u.j by ottin;;- :ho la-ryiny on the boiler before renovi::~ i t . hurt at/or-srpinG the Ito nan 7 arto ?n vato e fid ir. v.p hilo vet that t;o oar. avoid e a c e u i v s asbe at.os dust m at she curse fins roc J a m the lac," i.ig v;ithoit via u.-.e of the rrindor., It is -uyjesiod that tuia or cone aprrcrrivr.o practice ho follo.rcd jo safeguard tliis operations ir. addition to refinirin;; kha employes .30 enpawsd to near respirators., It is also sury-sated that the renovai cf Indian;, insofar as ' p r i n t o e -lone in locations hero employes enyorywi js '"rrh nay nci he in doto contact r n th i t . ft should be uadoratooG that on employe0 so affected !u.d. not I-.c-vo bioa actually cacar,oil is the particular cc- vvoation vie i f t i t v/cri: involves contact the lia b ilit y 13 the nano as i f he 7;ora actually co occupied. It la not niyaifiaaot that our : a.'o rds io not indicate instances therein such diseases velar ad no the inforient ion by reason of the ruoli`;ho act "ill undoubtedly result by ourcsatioxi in -i;-r. on h 'iinted in Lis traces of a iciness heretofore rob - : L no'.rr'... for the further study of the cv iff-; v.ih a v 1 ov to developing nuch infcruatioii as ''.ay .i.!;"-i-toprious in. tho clavoloruont of nan rule?: to supersede '-.or.a new in effect and particularly for n r f f o n t in oppos 'dif u-\h ru'.oo no ".ay bo propensi that would appear nn- ro f'or.nola or .V.mractlce.blo^ fill Loners,, .?enfiala,, !!ullons on l Gusli,,, pleans review all such activities with in th.vir yur iodic lion in the Stato of 111i m i 3. Bivins me the i.forir.'utioii specifically requested above0 together co. inert0 as to ounrestions Cor aramliato protective ~2 ararci which are contained herein', 0 . I . InlSnGOd '.'.iiijtsr Renani'.. G0 Vt