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FILE NAME: Durametallic Corp (DMC) DATE: 1980 Feb 19 DOC#: DMC002 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter R.A. Glassman FebruaryT.8... Berwick Hazardous M aterials Ref: Asbestos Products Dear Tom: On b e h a lf o f the S afety Conmit t e e , and at th e ir re q u est, I submit to the Product Progress Committee the fo llo w in g reconrnendations r e la t in g to the handling o f A sb estos products sold by OuraiiietaTI te Corporation. I t i s our recommendation th a t th e se su g g estio n s be con sid ered fo r in c lu sio n in the Hazardous and R estricted M aterials G uideline, previously approved. Numerous concepts were d iscu ssed during th e developement o f th e follow in g recom mendations. 1. Duram etallic Corporation has received a com m unication. from one o f 1 t` s primary asbestos su pp liers, suggesting th a t f t is advisable to attach a warning to a l l o f our products, which con tain m a teria ls supplied by him. 2. An in v e stig a tio n o f our vendors la b e lin g and warning techniques show th a t a l l a sb esto s products re c e iv e d by D uram etallic do con tain warning la b e ls . Warning lab el language ranges .from m ild to t e r r if y in g l \ 3. \ | ! ' Duram etallic products are ,,composed and manufactured in such a way that end-user d u st cr ea tio n 1s minimal (due to d isp ersa n ts and a d d itiv es - t e f l o n , e t c . ) . The g r e a te s t danger i s to our own employees during the manufacturing p ro ce ss. However, due to .th e high a sb esto s content o f many o f our packing products, I t i s our opinion th at a warning to users is appropriate. .. 4. The r a tio n a le used t o exclu d e DMC-340 gask et m aterial from the warning label suggestion 1s: w h ile th is m aterial contains a sb esto s, i t is only a minor component o f the se a l .that i t i s so ld w ith and i s shlpoed in a , compressed, precut design, again , m inimizing dust crea tio n by the user. 1 jWe a lso considered th e f a c t th at i f a warning lab el was deemed appropriate, I I n early every sea l shipped .would have to carry th e warning. He recognize ' ' th a t t h is i s a v a lu e judgement and su b ject to d isc u ssio n . For inform ational purposes, I have attached a copy o f a l l th e recommendations subm itted to and endorsed by th e S a fety Committee. R esp ectfu lly , RAGrkas end. R.A. Glassman A ssista n t O ffic e Manager RG11599656 DMC 0144