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FILE NAME: National Gypsum (NG) DATE: 1970 Mar 11 DOC#: NG059 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo - Summary of Health and Safety Council Meeting on Feb 17 w j p ->*-> o D C t j r c . i ' j n i -< .... h .u i 1 i H i i TO: MEMORANDUM FOR FILE FF Chicago #186 - C, P. Kipp SUBJEou Health and Safety Council Meeting March 11, 1970 The Health and Safety Council met February 17, 1970. At this Mr. Cliff Sheckler presented a pamphlet that his committee had developed for each member of the Council to distribute to its customers regarding recommended practices for the use and handling of asbestos products. It was understood that we and two other companies would review this pamphlet at our earliest convenience and advise our approval. The Council intends to print up to 10,000 copies of this pamphlet and distribute the cost pro-rata to each member with each member to receive a thousand copies* Each member may reorder at its cost. Bach member may distribute the pamphlet in any way it sees with any accompanying information. 9 * -*4-Jta4w Cheekier indicated that the threshold limit value for asbestos fiber was somewhat in a state of flux* At present three different threshold limit's exist. May states are still using the old threshold limit of 5 million particles per cubic foot of air with no recommended procedures for tidng samples, mhe Amorioo' a -(I _________J_____1 <r._ _________________________* _ . _ Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists has a temporary standard of 12 fibers per milliliter or cubic centimeter of air which was to become a final standard very shortly* it is under stood, though, that at the next meeting in May, the American conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists will change the ` temporary standard to five fibers. Mr. Sheckler and Dr. Gross of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation of America indicate that the five fiber standard is based on studies in England which indicated that no new cases of asbestosis developed under this type of standard* They cannot guarantee that this wi? e the last value, but feel it probably will be. Johns-Manvllle and National Gypsum Company both cooperated with HEW in the New Orleans area* An agency of HEW examined conditions ^kese companies in New Orleans. This study showed that 12 fibers is a better preventative health measure tnan ^ m i l l i o n particles per cubic foot - that there is evidence 01 much less lung disorder when the 12 fiber TLV is met. of M e r e s t the British have set a TLV of 2 fibers, *Eurer ^ a n outside air. Johns-Manville has a standard whereby if an exposure exceeds 12 fibers, respirators are required: if the exposure falls between 6-12 fibers, it indicates the area " is_out of control and needs engineering and if the area falls below o fibers, they have obtained their objective. 990 b0d?i 0-0510 U nited States Gt ^um Company MEMO POR EILE (Health & Safety Council Meeting) rl March 11, 19 on the Governmental Committee, wanted a 2 fiber ????*?? a?dJ F ? agreef rtoan6edfi*ber1s2 fiber standard! The Committee and then both sides of the argument Now *?aL onJ he the indication ?iassltshatth*etvertyhbeoydycowuilldlnaogtreseupptoort5 TfcibSerSsS. S i e * ls*Dractlcailvnf 1thinff 1!?plnfer' method of taking samples f he P ? st and that the mlllicore method w i n be the accepted procedure in the future. At this meeting it was Indicated that on April 22. 1970 there will b* a P o e t i c a l l y every campus Selativi to the e ^ i i o n i ^ealth situation. This teach-in may spread to some high ^o1 campuses. Nader's Raiders is one of the groups ,r ' this s haa aierted its p * * tS c a s s i s S S d,take precautions against possible damage as a ret teach-in* Nader s Raiders have been cooperating with the 3L t0 *22 to obtaln leSislatlon like the cfal miners ^ Sion W0Jrtcers are trying to Include the asbesto workers and then extend themselves Into all asbestos. tthhey s * ' the le -ly He The Coal Miners' Act provides benefits equivalent to that under the Longshoreman's Act until 1977 with the extra benefits being ?g*d J?y*Soci? K Secury * After 1977* ls contemplated that 5 the States, will pay the increased benefits. The Coal Mine Act is bad for a couple of reasons. One, it permits the Federal Government to get its foot in the door in Workmen's Compensation and second, it presumes that a m a n 's disability Is related to ' his work in the coal mines without absolute proof. If a man has a spot on his lung, he has a permanent partial disability, Mr. Sheckler indicates that if the textile workers are successful. ; ^ y ? ^ WOrk tor y?M for a year' leave for 16 years and come back you save them disability. He indicated that if a man S2S for you for a long Period of time, he will get h f b^ ? ? SiSi he *^U8b worka i*01, you for two years and leaves, i 1 ,>s cancr. Apparently asbestosis could kill some-, body before they developed lung cancer. Lung cancer does not t TM ? ? ove*~nlSht. Johns-Manvllle had settled a claim in New ? ^ a .(orkIHen a Compensation basis for $20,000 for a man who worked for them for 16 months, in 1940-1941. They have also anther claim under Workmen's Compensation of a woman who lived near a plant and allegedly got mesothelioma. On deposit: ;>n, it was found that the woman had worked for Johns-Manville for a lew years during the war and thus they were able to convert her claim from a common law action to Workmen's Compensation. - 2- V99 V0d9 MEMO POR P H (Health & Safety Council Meeting) March 11, 1970 One of the bad things about the Coal Miners* Act is thai* m - <*<, * State ofMNew ?ork llso abllf "Si? pSy f0-Partial disability as a result of lung deen c o n e e TM IL tjl8Bty? e f thin8 spreads, it oould be a matter of deep concern to A. P. Green. Mr. Sheckler indicated that the the6f ? e U o?e? h 2 L ^ h! ASTM J e=lded to study the health hazards in the field of thermo*insulation which would include asbestos and set^tandnrda *5S,0b^ Cti?e waB t0 aae ** oould be done and to 5*" s5eckler was at>le to convince the Committee that the health hazard was not adequately defined bv the m e d i m i & H i jo be able to set a stlndai" 0-l6 ?o^lttee SSSl ap^Svafo? thfL TM eLa?d n0t pree<1 fwa" without - 3- GP014 0667