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Plaintiffs' Exhibit
Data: June, 1973
Bullatin Wo: G-73-6
Subjact: O.S.H.A. Standards - Re: Asbestos
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (O.S.H.A.) is continuing
Vc its study of asbestos dust exposure. One cannot dispute that exposure to
asbestos dust of high enough intensity and long duration constitutes" a cause related to asbestosis and/or cancers.
It has been pointed out that protection against asbestos fibers and dust is best obtained by controlling the generation of fibers first, and secondly by
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places- This would require using exhaust ventilation devices where work such as grinding, drilling and chamfering of brake lining occurs.
It is also recommended that operators of such grinders, et al, be supplied with and wear protective equipment such as respirators, coveralls, gloves and foot coverings. The latter especially where the employee is exposed to exceedingly high level concentration of asbestos fibers.
Caution signs should also be displayed at each location where airborne con centrations are at a high level. These signs should be large enough for a person to read at a good distance, forewarning of a concentrated area. W. H. Brady Company, tlilwaukee, Wisconsin, manufactures various type signs conforming to requirements of O.S.H.A. standards.
Caution labels or lettering should be affixed to any carton or box that may have its contents reground, reading:
CAUTION, CONTAINS ASBESTOS FIBERS, AVOID BREATHING DUST, BREATHING ASBESTOS DUST HAY CAUSE SERIOUS BODILY HARM.
The Friction Materials Division, Bendix Corporation urges all users of its
asbestos products to show good faith in complying to the various request of
O.S.H.A. We all must realize the health, safety and lives of our employees
are at stake.
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