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FILE NAME: Baldwin (BALD)
DATE: 1962 Aug 16
DOC#: BALD034
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Worker's Comp Claim Info Sent to the OH Bureau of Workman's Compensation from J.L. Thompson, Industrial Hygienist
T j August' l&j, 1962
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Th# abora naabored alais has baso referrad to thia Division for
a stteaent aa'to the dcadent's'exposera to duat vile voricing vith
tha,Baldwin, Uns, Hanllton Corporatloo, Hwilton, Ohio. Thia company
la now out-of-business.
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. AocordLng .to tha fil, tha clainant vaa esloyed aa a orana
oparator. Hislaet day vorked vas Kay 1, 1959. Tha ille dose not
contain any information ta to the areas vhere tha dcodant *y hve
vorked. .
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Search of our record* indicateethat tfaeccepany oloaad their iron foundry in August,19l*9. They atill oparated a brass foundry Uiee that date. However, there vara no cranes in thia area.
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If the decedent^operated a oranein the iron foundry before 19l9, be vs* exposed to acBca duat containing free silica. Dirt counts tttean in the foundry between 1939 and 19U3 varied fra6.6 to 126.0 Billion,particle* of dust per oubio fotot,of air A* a crane operator this-decedent ay bave worked,in'the.shovel erecting shop,the maobine shop, the fabricating shop, apeoial ariy tank nanufecturing shop, or locomotive and tender shop. There vae noaource of free silica in
these areas.
Tha decedent'a last possible.exposure to duat containing silica, aa a crane operator, would have been Aagust, 19b9.
.. Very'.truly yours,
JLT:MH
Jas* L.-Thcarpeon Industrial Hygienist