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Westinghouse Corporate Documents Summarry charts 10/26/00 2:24 PM Westinghouse Corporate Documents Summary Westinghouse Documents That Show Knowledge of Asbestos Health Hazards Exhibit No. Date P-West-32 February 5, 1938 P-West-33 February 10, 1938 P-West-33 February 10, 1938 P-West-202 P-West-135 January 11, 1946 Description Westinghouse product specification for blanket insulation Air Hygiene Foundation References to Recent Literature on Dust Diseases Air Hygiene Foundation References to Recent Literature on Dust Diseases National Safety Congress Memo from E. C. Barnes, to Assistant Works Manager of South Philadelphia Works Comments "The filling material shall be 100% long or medium long loose asbestos fiber, brown Amosite, evenly mixed brown Amosite and blue Crocidolite, or other approved grade ... p. 2, Abstract from Pittsburgh Medical Bulletin 27, 71 (January 22, 1938): "Silicosis, anthraco-silicosis and asbestosis are not compensable for temporary or partial disability..." p. 7: Abstract of Pathological Anatomy of Asbestosis, W. di Biasi. Arch. f. Gewerbepathol. u. Gewerbehyg. 8, 139-55 (1937): "The author presents an exhaustive description of a fatal case of asbestosis,..." "The use of water repellent asbestos insulation has recently replaced some types of material formerly used in ship work. For protection against dust or possibly asbestosis from such material, it is recommended that both on ships and in shops, or where the material is prepared, it be dampened and that dust respirators be worn, ..." "The use of asbestos in the manufacture of lagging for heat insulation on steam turbines as carried out in Department W-13, presents a potential health hazard due to the possibility that workers may breathe asbestos dust..." Westinghouse Documents That Show Knowledge of Asbestos Health Hazards http://www.egilman.com/courseroot/asbestos/westinghouse/westsumm.html Page 1 of 5 Westinghouse Corporate Documents Summarry charts 10/26/00 2:24 PM Exhibit No. Date Description Comments P-West-135 January 11, 1946 Memo from E. C. Barnes, to Assistant Works Manager of South Philadelphia Works "During recent periodic physical examinations of employees in this department, it has been observed that there are several cases which show lung conditions which might possibly be associated with exposure to dust in this department..." P-West-135 January 11, 1946 Memo from E. C. Barnes, to Assistant Works Manager of South Philadelphia Works "The [unreadable] room should be designed with smooth walls and a smooth floor, and a vacuum cleaner provided for cleaning the floor and table so that unnecessary dust would not be raised due to sweeping or similar cleaning operations.." [emphasis added] P-West-127 May 14, 1948 EC Barnes to RL Miller, Manufacturing Engineer of Sharon Works "The dust from drilling or cutting this micarta will produce skin irritation in many persons and definite precautions should be taken to avoid exposure to those dusts ... this location should preferably be segregated ..." [emphasis added] P-West-127 May 14, 1948 EC Barnes to RL Miller, Manufacturing Engineer of Sharon Works "It is desirable to clean all the dust off of the pieces before shipping them to an assembly department. It is also desirable to remove any rough edges which would be a source of irritation. All these cleaning operations should be done in the area which has been set aside..." P-West-47 January 2, 1953 Safe Practice Data Sheet printed by Westinghouse for Asbestos "Dust from asbestos materials may produce a chronic lung disease if it is breathed in sufficient concentrations over a period of years ..." Westinghouse Documents That Show Knowledge of Asbestos Health Hazards Exhibit No. Date P-West-132 July 24, 1957 P-West-203 February, 1963 P-West-119 August 24, 1976 Description Speicher to McClimans, Safety Supervisor Ceramic Abstracts Large Rotating Apparatus Division, Asbestos in LRA Progress Report Comments "[Unreadable] sets of Safe Practice Data Sheets have been issued to the various Westinghouse plants. A recent partial survey has indicated that these SPDS are frequently not being used ..." Abstract of KG Schmidt. Staub, 20 (6) 173-180 (1960): "All asbestos dusts should be treated as being injurious to the lungs." [emphasis added] "The hazard of breathing large quantities of asbestos dust has been known since ancient Rome ..." [Page 2] Westinghouse Documents That Show Knowledge of Asbestos Health Hazards http://www.egilman.com/courseroot/asbestos/westinghouse/westsumm.html Page 2 of 5 Westinghouse Corporate Documents Summarry charts 10/26/00 2:24 PM Exhibit No. Date P-West-135 January 11, 1946 P-West-135 January 11, 1946 P-West-134 April 30, 1946 P-West-128 June 11, 1954 P-West-132 July 24, 1957 Description Memo from E. C. Barnes to Assistant Works Manager of South Philadelphia Works Memo from E. C. Barnes, to Assistant Works Manager of South Philadelphia Works Memo from EC Barnes to P Edelman, Safety Engineer Speicher, Administrator Industrial Hygiene, to WE Mckeldin, Safety Supervisor of South Philadelphia Works Speicher to McClimans, Safety Supervisor Comments The present exhaust system over the table where they fill and saw the blankets does not satisfactorily remove the dust from this operation ..." "There is one other operation which should receive some further attention, in the one room where they mix an asbestos compound with water and apply this wet mixture to the turbines..." "This afternoon I was in Section E-5 and noticed the operation of the [unreadable] Zephyr Saw at Column 40. This saw was cutting asbestos materials and created a large amount of dust which was being breathed by the man running the saw..." "With respect to the room in which asbestos cloth is being cut ... [i]t would be very desirable to ventilate the room more effectively so that the amount of asbestos dust in the breathing atmosphere would be further reduced..." "The circle saw in Section A-20 that is being used for cutting asbestos board should be very much better ventilated ..." [emphasis added] Westinghouse Documents That Show Knowledge of Asbestos Health Hazards Exhibit No. Date P-West-231 March 27, 1961 Description Memo from WE Piros to H Mower Safety Engineer P-West-130 January 29, 1973 Letter from Speicher to WG Craig Comments "Air samples were taken during the horizontal boring and facing of asbestos casings in Section MA-3 ... [t]he dust concentration became so great that the operator could not remain at the machine during the operation ..." "We found excessive ceiling concentrations of asbestos fiber by a factor of two when the asbestos cloth was torn by hand. This frequently occurs in an operation when people are removing a section of cloth from a roll of asbestos cloth." Westinghouse Documents That Show Knowledge of Duty to Warn http://www.egilman.com/courseroot/asbestos/westinghouse/westsumm.html Page 3 of 5 Westinghouse Corporate Documents Summarry charts 10/26/00 2:24 PM Exhibit No. Date Description P-West-176 November, 1956 21st Annual Meeting of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation P-West-176 November, 1956 21st Annual Meeting of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation P-West-176 November, 1956 21st Annual Meeting of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation P-West-176 November, 1956 21st Annual Meeting of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation P-West-176 November, 1956 21st Annual Meeting of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation Comments Dr. Zapp: "any substance that when improperly used may produce harm by chemical action, should be provided with an appropriate cautionary label or statement, et cetera. " (p. 251) [emphasis added] Dr. Zapp: "Now it seems to me that the manufacturer has a very definite responsibility to his customers and to the public, and that is to point out to them how his product can be used with safety. Nothing can interfere with that responsibility..." (p. 254) [emphasis added] Mr. Oviatt: "Of course, if a manufacturer should find out in any one of numerous ways that the reseller is failing to put the notice or the warning or any material part thereof on the packages, then he should call the reseller's attention to it. If the reseller persists in disregarding those warnings, then I believe that he should stop selling it to him for his own safety." (p. 255) [emphasis added] Dr. Bachman: "I can only add to Mr. Hatch's remarks by calling attention to an action one company is taking. ..." (p. 258) Moderator Ahearn: "Mr. Baile, I believe to complete the discussion, you ought to answer this question: 'Are present labeling laws adequate with respect to requiring warning and preventive measures as to toxic qualities? ..." (p. 270) Westinghouse Documents That Show Knowledge of Duty to Warn Exhibit No. Date Description P-West-176 November, 1956 21st Annual Meeting of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation P-West-176 November, 1956 21st Annual Meeting of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation Comments Dr. McGee: "Therefore, I would say that we must give the employee that knowledge so that he can understand and use it in coming to a conclusion as to why he must do certain things to protect himself." (p. 272) [emphasis added] Dr. Bachman: "I would like to comment in reference to earlier questions. To maintain safety awareness you must say that a company has to tell its employees what the nature of the materials is which they are handling, whether they are toxic or carcinogenic, because you can never have a safety program unless you give the people working with toxic or carcinogenic materials such information. I don't think that was adequately emphasized before." (p. 276) [emphasis added] Westinghouse Documents That Show Knowledge of Hazard to Bystanders http://www.egilman.com/courseroot/asbestos/westinghouse/westsumm.html Page 4 of 5 Westinghouse Corporate Documents Summarry charts 10/26/00 2:24 PM Exhibit No. Date P-West-40 March 26, 1955 P-West-57 1958 P-West-230 March 6, 1970 Description Comments Process Specification; Making and Attaching Glass-Filled Asbestos Cloth Covered Thermal Insulating Blankets "Caution Clause: Do not breath dust from fiberglas or asbestos. Avoid contact of fiberglas on asbestos with the skin. Workers handling fiberglas or asbestos must be provided with and use a well ventilated room, and blanket filling operations must be conducted under a hood provided with sufficient draft to carry the dust particles away from the workmen. In addition, the workmen must be provided with and use goggles and shoulder length gloves of an impervious material. Use respirators on any job where the dust is not properly carried away by the hood." [Emphasis added] Process Specification, Application of Asbestos Compound by Spraying "The operator should wear an air-supply type respirator. Keep flames and sparks away from the insulation material." Memo to J Welshons from ZR Ross "In the future, add the following caution to all cards covering Micarta, Moldarta, Molded Composition, etc., which contain asbestos. Machining of [unreadable] produces asbestos dust. Do not breathe dust. Provide adequate ventilation. See SPDC A-20. Following is a partial list of the cards that should include this caution. I suspect that I missed some when I reviewed the cards. [29 cards on the list] Westinghouse Actual Warning to Product Users This Table Intentionally Left Blank By Westinghouse - No Warnings Given http://www.egilman.com/courseroot/asbestos/westinghouse/westsumm.html Page 5 of 5