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FILE NAME: National Gypsum (NG) DATE: 1968 Nov 7 DOC#: NG016 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Recommended Practice Booklet with Editing Notes I re g re t th a t I w ill be unable to attend the f i r s t meeting of the Aoocstos-Cement Products A sso c ia tio n , H ealth i. S a fe ty C ouncil, on Thursday, Kovenber H i, due to f e d e r a l Advisory m eetings f o r th e f u l l week In Boston* As I understand i t , or.e nf the ite r .s on the agenda w ill be the proposed i booklet th a t Johns-K anville and the former e o s c itte e wish to p u b lish . I have co r.p letely reviewed the b o o k let and have node a few recommended changes t h a t s a y be o f use to you a t th e m eeting n e x t week. The n a je r changes I th in k you w ill fin d w ill bet COTHPt SHTXT l i t l c ra n g e d iro n "Recommended H ealth and S afety P ra c tic e s" to "Recommended P ractices" \ i COTOKTS - Pare ? Removed se c tio n head lin e "For H e a lth 's and S a fe ty 's Sake" Changed wording in two of the th ree recorr.en cations to cake item s more su ggestive f o r advice to b u ild in g and co n stru ctio n in d u s trie s which i s the b asic purpose of the booklet, IimoDUCTia; - P?re 3 Bid ocnsiderable rew ritin g in th is area to change statem ents which could ( be used a g a in s t th e In d u stry in compensation o r law s u its Have attem pted 1 ) to take "scare" wording fror. the booklet* \ HOUSrr-EnKO P are h f Have ^removed wording cucn a s " e x c e ssiv e a irb o r n e d u s t" and " c irb o -n e Contam ination" -- d ic r .'t f e c i th a t th is wording i s n ec essary , SK I?! IK S , HATDLriG ASS STOjtACT, - P a r e g - -Dag -consaderaole re w ritin g cn th is se c tio n again removing wording such as "Environmental health problems", "excessive airborne", "excessive dust" arid,"Snviroinental health haiArds", I think the rew ritten sections s t i l l - the purpose and i n t e n t of the b o o k let, but take o u t ,th e (* sc a re n portions of the writeup i 36409 A# * F e y R cccm enced P r a c t ic e s uoqIzLc hoverbrr 7 , l i L I Pr.:*e 2 FASRIC.'.TIO)' ATP A " I I C ' I I S . Much o f t;u .s s c c ts o :. hr.s been n e n tio n e c i teres. I fes.1 th a t as rew ritten. Pare 6 revratte r apr-in the alor.p th e lin e r of purpose ar.c i n t e n t p re v io u sly is s till kept ESS?2IW.T0riy E O U IP iin - Pare 7 Very l i . t i . l e cs:argc nere - j u s t removed "bureau o f ll^ncs erproved reap equipm ent". Do n o t f e r l i t i s n e c e s s a r y x r.zt th e V. S . huretu c f lb_n<cC be s in g le d o u t a s th e o r ly approved equipm ent th*.t could be uscc# l'ou a.r e i.o t v r itin c a fe d e r a l code, you are w ritin c a eu^pestive booklet fo r peep1 c in the b u ilc in p end co n stru ctio n in d u str ie s# Even in v r it in y c fe d e r a l codi., th e Bureau i s n o t nar-eb o f f i c i a l l y -- ue orl;; use the word approved# In conclusion , I fe*.l u:ni I no'* chan cd th e purpesr and i n t e n t o f v ir c r im in a l b o o k le t to o L:ucl.. I have t r ie d to keep in r.ir.d t'.r.t i t i r c a l" a rrccrrcndfsd p r a c t ic e f o r r r p lc y e r s rod cr.oloverr in thr b u ilc in p m d c r "- r tr u c tio r . indue tr ie r , v t o are h?u*dlinp rr.b applyin** /.rbprto i--Crvrr.t pro. :ct. I co r o t f r r l t h a t t :r Council or ^r.uurtr c wT'y w v r j . v * c r codt i`or t i c h a n d lin ' o f A sbestos--Cement p r o c e e d . This ir er:.r . f e d e r a l, s t a t e and sor.rtir.es lo c a l povcsrj-.entn# Ih e Ccrr.itVr. should krrp in r in d th ? t or r e c e n t us Sep.Lsr.bcr 2 0 , S e c r e ta r y o f Labor T i l l r r d V ir tr published in t l ` c y istr r , propo-o-' r utler- s a f e t y ar.d kcr.lt: stn r .sa r c s f e r f e d e r a l su p p ly c o n tr a c ts ur.r-r the s ls r .- v.r n lc y I'm', l i e C~- /c* I r e a l i s e th a t v . i s * n o t ap p ly to c o n tr a c to r s in t~ e t u i l r i n - - : ( c o n s tr u c tio n i n d u s t r i e s , b u t \;h:;t I nr. su yir.7 i s ..........t h i s i r a r ^ it c lir .r t v t v i l l be fo llo w e d by o th e r f e d e r a l , s t a t e ar.c l o c "l ro v em r.cn ts i r pro: .ul**-air. * h e a lt n ar.u m f e \ , ctn r.d rrir f o r e l l in d u s tr y . r n iir n Attachment D irecto r o f Dafc-t. 3G-110 earners ErmODUCTICK...................................................3 H o a s iT f c P tto ........................, ................... 1 S '.ippii.'c, itA'rsuno a::d stohac3F...............................................5 FAimcivriai av.d APPUCATia;.................................................6 [> Rr.s?r?jaoPT K quipr-n 7 f Three n a jo r p o in ts to keep in rin d in the handling end npplyinr of r.Jitf.rials containing asbestos i ...............Keep dust to a n in im r.. ^ -.ear approved re s p ira to rs vhen exposed to dusts. . . . . . . . .K ain tain pood housekeeping a t a l l tin e s . i i ft 3G-11:2 ! prr.iOD'Jtrrra: The d isc o v e ry end p ro d u c tio n o f hundreds of n a tu ra l and synthetic ra te r ia l including asbestos-eesieit products has developed sp e c ia l p ro te c tio n equipment snd p ra c tic e s and should be employed by o i l in the industry* M anufacturers of asbestoe-cerent products have fo r years been taking p ro tectiv e neasures to elim inate exposures to the in h alation of dust to i t s workers. The h a n g in g end a p p lic a tio n o f a s b e s to s -c e n e n t products i s very d iv erse and ranges frer. the in s ta lla tio n of a single piece to extensive opera tio n s involving c u ttin g and r.achining by nechcnicnl equipment. t h i l e care should always be ex ercised , sp e c ia l precautions are necessary vhen dusts are generated as the re s u lt of saving, d rillin g or other s i s i l a r operations. R espirators should be vom* The A sbestos O rien t Products A ssocia tie n rccar-er.d s the follow ing p ractices fo r handling and applying tts'Destos-cet~.cnt p ro d u c ts i n th e b u ild in g end con C struction in d u stries. Contractors snd applicators are urged to study these reesm m ded p ra c tic e s c a r e f u lly and to see t h a t th ey arc observed by n i l workers handling asbestos-eencr.t matc r i a i s . I t i s in beBt in te r e s t of both ecqiloycr and enplcyer to sec th a t a ll sa fe ty reg u latio n s and p ra c tic e s re s t r i c t l y observed and enforced. -> 3611 o '$SSfrattiS*4 KEC?C"!JE;D mCTICTS t I [ [ t \ F CR KW D UXG JLVD APPLmiO I ASETGiGs-cz>r.:r: t p ^ v r* s l lilr BUILOZND A2.L- cc, .s:.`iuc:io:: L'S 'JSTaITS f I 1 Prepared by } susto s cT'rtr: p.osvcts adt. c i-*.?:::' | ! I 3 G -U * ; 1- i s . HQT?5rK rrr:o An organised Housekeeping proirrar. should he ra in ta in ed in e l l areas snc on a l l operations a t a ll Uses* A r jjo r source of dust i s iron loose Katericlr., scrap and debris d istrib u ted throughout the job area and d isintegrated by tranpling or., running over, e tc , Kuch of i t can be cHu-ncit'd by exercising sinple pood housekeeping p ra c tic e s. S pecific standards and p ractices designed fo r providing sa fe , d e a n and orderly vorking con d itio n s should be defined. E fficient supervisory control, planning of eysUaratie cleaning plus day to dry follcrw-up are the basic requirtnents for dust control and in ju r / prevention. 3611 T" r " 3 C s:irx i 3 , K/.}33Li::o ahd stoiac?** Under n o rr.sl co nditions# t r i t lo a d k in d lin g and storage of asbestos*cc:icnt products including roofing and elding singles# f l a t and corrugated sheets# asbcstoo-ccnent pipe# etc choulu presen t no problzs i f the safety p ractices ana regulntio n s are observed and enforced, When h a n d lin g in d iv id u a l p ie c e s of f l a t and corrugated asbestos sheets# core should be taken when p la c in g one s h e e t on to p o f th e o th e r to avoid creatin g dust end breakage. I f breakage of acbestos-ccr.cr.t products occurs, broken p ie c e s of n s t e r i a l should be clean ed up and disposed of to av o id d is in te g r a tio n by trn r.p lin g on# ru n n in g over# e t c . Handling and storage of bags containing oebestos f ib e r , c e re n ts, e tc , p resen t no p ro tlrs:, provid in g bags a re unopened and n e t broken. Open or broker, bags should be rep ack ed , r e c e d e d or d i s carded to prevent oust d istrib u tio n throughout working a r e a s . S p illa g e should be cleaned up ic r.e d ia tc ly . 3 G -U 5 k "SBiSa FAKtiCATia: a:*d ap. uc/.7ia; Vhen moving csbestos-cei'ient products to cnn f r a i the fab ricatio n s ite , individual pieces cf r.a tc rid o ehould be handled w ith care to avoid breakage end dust. F ab ricstier* of asbestos-careent products involving c u ttin g , d rillin g # eavir.r* e tc* , should be ccne in a canner th a t w ill niuir.dse duct* The use of proper methods, to o ls and equipment v i.ll co n trib u te considerably toward dust ab aten m t. Vbcn c u ttin g , d r i l l i n g , saving, e tc . on a repeated b asic v ith power equipment, n cch aricn l d u st c o lle c t in e systems adequately designee to remove d u st fre e the source should be used* In confined spaces lac>^u:r exhaust e ru ijn e n t r e s p ir a to r s should be worn. Kever ex h aust equipment or areas in to o th e r vorV. areas* Provide v actc co n tain ers a t a l l f a b r ic a t: cr. and a p p lie stio n are a s. Dis?03P cf unusable r a t r r i a l im e d i a t e l y , Keep flo o rs and su rfaces clem * Dust and ercall p a r tic le s created during fa b ric a tio n and a p p lic a tio n should be cleaned up* Vncvur. equipment is recemer.dcd fo r th is cleaning. If vacuum equipment cannot be used, v e t down v e ste m a te ria l before sweeping and shoveling. K ecpirato ra should be vom during a l l clean-up operations* 36-11G i A r;:spi?-j*.to?.t re^ irean Only epproved re s p ira to ry equipment i s roccr^r.dcd f o r u se . The effic ie n cy and e ffe c tiv e n e ss of th is equipment i s dependent upon proper care, cleanin'; and caintenanse. A system atic procedure ei'.ould be established to insure th a t th is ie done. L is t of approved re s p ira to ry equipment car: be obtained free* U. S. of America Standards I n s titu te 10 East hOUi S t. New f o r k , 1..Y . 1DC16 American I n d u s tr ia l Kyricnc A cuocinticn 1L12? Hrovoat D e tro it, h i chi pan LDC27 U. 5 . Department of the I n te r io r C Bureau of Hines Kincteenth and E S tre e ts, l l . i . W ashington, D. C. 3G117 -7-