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Lowe & , uner &r. ffeogipsoa*s supervision* conducted certain
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h& w&s direcfeed feo keep v#py oreful sote occurred. He' res feoid feo exaaln* every m le&et orn e a weefc, and oftener i t &e#a
look oufe for fcfce deftalte syMpfcbns febafe w
tepisfelo of feble eesdltlQiu
Q. Sr* Lowe ws on cufey &fc fefce ti tfeey beg
thst is* aoved inte fehe nsw .plant?
A I sssigne bis feo dufcy before feto* nove s
feo feh# present planfe. X relieve* hi* fre
subseotenfe feo fefee tXosln of ths planfe, b
Q. After fclo aove vas nade feo tita na pXsab#
yo personan? s#e th lay-out?
A. 2,personallar, ras aot i fehe aew plaafe ua
csloeed ife.
Q. 2id 3>r. Sbeapson vlslfe tu# plaafef
A. as visitad fehe planfe freqaejkfely,
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, At any tins up feo fch* dafee you h&d fefce pi&
meber of yoar deparfeaienfe# elfe&er JSr# tho
otber doctor, consider aondltlens so sarl
shuttlng down of fehe pX&nfe?
A. ve 41b nofe faal thnfe a le^sedlafee e
the laasedl&fe shutting down of febe pl&afe
the MgnufaefeuriBg Comtfefeee feo do so, alfe
X ver woprlad beeanse operafeiona rere fc
that Sr. Theepeoit spoke frQuentiy to the these recommendations effective.
Q. In brief* the suggestions m u e by the docto
of preventive masures which you thought no
as soon as they reasonably required it but
to shut down a plant until they were instal
a . I felt that a reasonable amount of tine, by
weeks, asight fee permitted to elapse in orde
sight carry out the above^menbioned reeooMR
during this period, fey careful supervision
fee kept at work with a reasonable degree of
have Just a&id, we deplored the fact that
equipment had not been Installed before ope
scale were begun.
Q. Did you personally talk so any of the Insur
A. I nave talked to all of the, X feeH e w , -ex
Q. Do you gather fro these conversations that
while they 'were- working in. the plant they m
dangerous ceasedIti*?
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A* y conversations with them have not boon: al
have talked to the with a view to- bringing
to determine their physical conditions, t
safety satter at all as X felt it was not a
I was aware that it had already been fully of the Special Cosmittee.
of August 20# 1924. They were also recommen the latter that was taken out, multlgr&phed, scanagement for the guidance of the head nan Q* Wes Dr. tow fully aware of the contents of August 20th? A. Ko, because safeguarding the employees was n He was assigned to study the cases from the standpoint. Moreover, the report was the pr dnsoline Corporation, and the few copies tha were subsequently recalled at the request of Whet, in brief, is your theory as to the cau five sen? A. rt is tsy belief that so unusual occurrence I believe from statements mad# by some of th occurrence of several ''blow-outs* released a poisonous gas unexpectedly* exposing the emp told of at least two sueh blow-outs, lip to October practically none of the employee ba serious enough to warrant their being placed is evident to me that there must have been a posure to poison suddenly superimposed upon existed end had been observed by &r. Lowe. q. Do you know of other plants where this tetra
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