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I/I' H V I i CO K FOR AT ION 1'K 1 IM > I, K I M < HIMIh \L*. ha u >.\ mu < ;k i>i,a vi 1' October 19, 1931 TO: Members of the Vinyl Chloride Safety Association: A list of the attendees at the Hilton Head, South Carolina meeting is attached. Thirty-three companies were represented; twelve of which were outside United States. In addition, there is a tabulation of the results of twenty-six critique sheets turned in at the conclusion of our meeting. The obvious conclusion is that the meeting was a success. The Executive Committee is working on plans for our next meeting and you will be kept informed of our progress. As discussed at our last meeting, VCSA meeting communication can be expedited by using Telex facilities. If you so desire, please TLX me at 586-416 (Ethyl Admin. BTR) your identification number. Sincerely, HGO:wmb Attachments H. G. Olson, Secretary Vinyl Chloride Safety Association SL 8863q SL 088631 Company Name Akzo Zout Chemie Ai r Products Ai r Products Ai r Products Borden Chemical Borden Chemical British 1ndust ria 1 Plastics Ltd. British Industrial P1stics Ltd. Certain-Teed ATTENDEES AT THE VINYL CHLORIDE SAFETY ASSOCIATION MEET IMG Hi1 ton Head S.C. Septembe r 24 & 25 , 1981 Attendee Dr. Her re Steegenga VCM Production, Manager J. T. Barr Manager Regu1atory Response L. W. Allen Section Manager - Process R. E. Varilek Technical Manager Stephen Cire 1 1i Senior Process Engineer Douglas Jones Production Superintendent T. H. MacEwan Deve1opment Manage r D. Middleton Works Manager R. T. Kelly Director of Mfg.-PVC Pipe Plastics Group Company Address We 1p1aatwey iL P. 0. Box 7020 3000 HA Rotterdam - Botiek Nethe r1 and b.v. Box 538 A1ientown, PA 18 105 Box 538 Allen town, PA 18)05 Box 97 Calvert City, Kentucky 5 11 Lancaster St. Leominster, MA 01453 Geismar, LA Aycliffe Industrial Estate Co. Durham DLS GAN England Aycliffe Industrial Estate Co. Durham DLS GAN England Box 1100 Bluebell, PA 19422 Te1ephone No. 215/481-5743 215/481-5743 502/395-4181 617/537-1771 504/387-5101 l. Company Name Ce rtain-Teed Conoco Inc. Conoco Chemicals Diamond Shamrock Diamond Shamrock Diamond Shamrock Dow Chemical E1ect rochemicaI industries Ltd. Esso Chemical Canada Esso Chemical Canada Ethyl Corporation Attendee C, A. GelIner Plant Manager John McCulley Chief Process Engineer Dick Frohreich Chief Process Engineer Dave Lu13 Plant Manager , PVC Steve Broui1 lard Loss Control Supervisor Doug Frey Plant Manager, PVC Robert Oubre 0. Wi 1 ifiski James FL Wallace Process Technology Nino Pellarin Technica1 Supervisor H. G. Smith Operations Superintendent PVC Company Address P. 0. Box 253 Sulphur, LA 70663 South Avenue Pouca City, Oklahoma Box 9 1 Aberdeen, MS 39/01 River Road De1 aware City, Delaware 19706 P. 0. Box 150 Deer Park, TX 77536 P. 0. Box 500 Deer Park, TX 77536 Oyster Creek Division Freeport, TX 775^1 P. 0. Box 1929 Haifa 1 srae1 P. 0. Box 69 Sarnia, Ontario P. 0. Box 3001* Sarnia Ontario P. 0. Box 341 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 Telephone No. 405/767-3634 601/369-8111 302/834-38/6 /13/476-2808 713/476-2218 713/238-9455 Telex 46289 LIF 1L 519/339-2284 519/339-2061 504/359-2672 SL 088632 SL 038633 Company Name Ethy 1 Corporation Ethyl Corporation Formosa P 1 astics Formosa Plastics Formosa Plastics 3 General Tire & Rubber General Tire & Rubber ^ Georgia-Pacific 1 B. F. Goodrich Great American Chemical Great American Chemical Attendee Ceci1 P. Loeche1t Technical Supervisor H..G. 01 son Chief Supervisor PVC Charles Markowitz Regulatory Affairs Bill Hage r Personnel/Safety David Magee Manage 1--Maint./Engineer G. Brumbaugh Production Manager R. L. Laundrie Environmental Manager James F. Gabbett Technical Manager Glen D, Schaaf Manager Manufacturing Process John C. Floros Dona Id C. Kist1er Company Address P. 0. Box 341 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 P. 0. Box 341 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 P. 0, Box 320 Delaware City, Delaware P. 0. Box 320 De!aware City, Del aware P. 0. Box 271 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 P. 0 Box 68 Middle Road Ashtabula, Ohio 44004 Akron, Ohio P. 0, Box 629 Plaquemine, LA 70764 6100 Oak Tree Blvd. Cleveland, Ohio 4413 650 Water Street Fitchburg, MA 01421 650 Water Street F i tchbu rg, MA 01421 Telephone No. 5047359-2193 50V359-2652 302/834-4575 302/834-4573 504/356-8725 504/687-6321 617/343-6973 617/343-6973 't. Company Name Great American Chemical \'1 Goodyear Tire & Rubber la Hooker Chemical Hooker Chemical Hooker Chemica1 1 <1 Chemi sche Werke Hills Ag. 7 Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. Pet rochemica1s & Plastics DIv. T 1 Keysor Century Keysor Century Attendee A1 Simmons Dan Snyder Production Manager PVC David M. Connor Technical Manager Joe A. King Harold F. Dubec Manager-Safety & Environmental Cornpl lance Bernd Terwiescb VCM/PVC Production Manager John T. Vaughan Production Section Manager PVC Kenneth S. K. Law Director Engineering Robert J. Babbitt Operations Manager Company Address P. 0. Box 708 Richardson, TX 75080 5408 Baker Avenue Niagara Falls, New York 14804 P. 0. Box D Perryvi1 Ie, PA P. 0. Box 69`J Potts town, PA P. 0. Box 699 Pot tstown, PA Postfach 1320 4370 Marl West Germany P. 0. Box 3 Hill house Works Blackpool FY54Q8 Lancs England 26000 Springbrook Road Saugus, CA 91355 P. 0. Box 308 Saugus, CA 91351 Telephone No. 214/783-0533 716/283-7682 301/939-5000 2 1 5/326-2000 215/326-2000 Telex 82911 o cwd Telex 67483 I Cl PLHn 805/259-2360 SL 088634 5 Company Name Montepolt me r1 1J Nippon Zeon of America, t nc. 'L- M Norsk Hydro S.A. Norsk Hydro S.A. 2 C P.P.G. industries P.P.G. Industries 2 ^ Pan tasote Pantasote Pan tasote Pantasote Attendee Cami11o Ce 11 a Marty Matsuo General Manager Technology Per Rangnes Operations Manager Lverre Kristensen Section Manager PVC Ben Reynolds General Pbreman VCM Kenneth Lee Manager Product Safety Everson Weekley Safety Supervisor Henry Rzempoluch Plant Manager K. K. Sheth Manager Resin Production Nate Sofer Vice-President Manufacturing Company Address TES/PVC Largo Donegani Mi1ano Italy 201 E. 42nd Street New York, New York 10017 Porsgrunn Fabrikker 3901 Porsgrunn Norway Porsgrunn Fabrikker 3901 Porsgrunn Norway P. 0. Box 1000 Lake Charles, LA 70602 One Gateway Center Pittsburg, PA 15222 P. 0. Box 19 Point Pleasant, W.V. 25550 P. 0. Box 19 Point Pleasant, W.V. 25550 26 Jefferson Street Passaic, N.J. 07006 26 Jefferson Street Passaic, N.J. 07006 Telephone No. TX 310679 212/972-0243 Telex 21764 hydro n Telex 21764 hydro n 318/491-4930 412/434-2604 304/675-1020 304/675-1020 201/777-8500 SL 088635 Company Name ^-3 Promoeiones Ind. Mexicanas S.A, (PiMEX) Attendee Jorge Zarate M. Plant Manager 1 Rumianca Chemical Div. Arnold C. Werner General Manager 52 `1 She 1 1 Chem i ca 1 R. G. Heller Process Manager She 11 Chemica1 W. G. Me Kee Enginee r 7 Solvay & Cie Marcel MSTvan VCM Technical Manager 3 \ Tenneco Oarwin Rhoads Manager Safety 6 Loss Prevention SL 08S636 f 2- Un i on Carb i de CA L-1 0 3 3 Wacker Chemie " GMBH CT\ ^ Wacker Chemie GMBH D. Galen Reese Department Head Herbert Deuschl Manager PVC Production Kurt Fendel Manager Production, R&D, App1. PVC Company Address P. 0. Box 60^ Carretera A. La Resurreccion #73 Puebla, Pue Mexico 375 Park Avenue New York, New York 10152 P. 0. Box 2633 Deer Park, TX 7753b P. 0,, Box 10 Norco, LA 70073 33 rue du Prince Albert 1050 Brussel Is Belgium Park 80 Plaza West Saddlebrook, N.J. 07662 P. 0. Box 1*71 Texas City, TX 77590 22-Prinsregenten Str. 8000 Munich, West Germany 08263 Burghausen West Germany Telephone Ho. Telex 1781258 P1MXME 212/759-5IA0 713/^76-7395 50A/AA1-/90A 201/6A6-3891 713/9118-5627 1. Overall impression of 1981 meeting Excellent Very Good Good 2- Most interesting part of the program True confessions Surveys Computer safety Safety engineering methods (Huls & reactor lockout) Luncheon speaker & regulation update Training film Safety program 3. Least interesting part of the program "None" ~ Computer survey Regulation update Safety program Operator training Surveys 4. Topics you "would like to see more" True confessions OSHA-EPA inspections Present balance OK Questionaires Safety engineering methods Foreign presentations Other suggestions: Risk analysis . loss prevention New process technology Effective safety programs Health studies & findings Spills & other operating problems Foreign regulatory update Maintenance of old equipment VC1 production problems Atmospheric vent preventive methods Transportation emergencies 5. Topics you "would like to see less" No answer or "none" Government regulations Other suggestions: General items Survey reviews Poor and/or unprepared presentations 6. Suggestions for improved meetings No answer or "none" Outline for each paper presented 4 16 6 17 4 3 3 2 l 1 13 5 4 3 1 1 5 4 3 3 3 2 17 5 10 5 SL 088637 6. Suggestions for improved meetings (Contd.) Other suggestions: Continue surveys Report on commercial safety devices European participation in surveys True confessions first Emphasize safety rather than regulations Increase European contributions Open shot on program for additional presentation of true confessions More effective use of visual aids Split group: PVC topics, VCM topics More on training procedures Compile all papers in small book Keep meeting in resort area 7. Comments on meeting facilities Very good Poor meeting room; hard to see & hear No answer Reservation & travel agent problems Transportation from Savanah difficult Be specific in designing questionnaire 9 9 3 2 2 1 8. Should VCSA meet annually? Yes 25 9. Preference for meeting location: resort or major city Resort Either location Major city Resort desirable; not necessary Alternate No answer 10 5 4 3 3 1 Suggestions for future meeting locations: San Antonio, Texas San Juan, Puerto Rico Orlando, Florida Los Angeles, California Kansas City, Missouri Chicago, Illinois Quote "Houston is not a place to hold a meeting" HGO 10-15-81 O88638 S^