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SAFETY REPORT SOCOUY VACUUM ( ViHITE F-AC-LE) R e fi n e r y a t C a sp e r , W yoBiing Hovcmber 6 , 1936 P a r t y C o n t act e d - Mr. P . D. Cun n in gh am , A s si st a n t Su p e r t in d e n t . Gen eral Safe ty P rovision The o n ly p r in t e d i n s t r u c t i o n t h a t Mr. Cun n in gh am c o u ld fin d in f i l e s was a b o o k le t t i t l e d , " A ccid e n t P r e v e n t io n M an u al" Th ey h ad o n l- p a r t one w h ich d e lt e n t ir e ly Tilth sa r v ' ce st a t io n w ork. T h is book was d a t e d Decem ber 1 , 1931 an d w as i s s u e d b y t h e St a n d a r d O il Compan y o f Mow Y o r k . They cou ld fin d no o th er p r in ted i n s t r actio n s on sa fe t y . I su gge ste d t h a t t h ey w r it e t h e i r home o f f i c e f o r in fo r m a t io n . Sin e ab ove book w as m arked p a r t one t h e r e a r e su r e ly oth er^ p a r t s t h a t d e a l w ith r e fin e r ie s. Ur. C. P . Su r f--r d o f t h e ir Kan sas C it y o ffi c e h as com p lete ch ar ge o f safe ty work. p r e p a r e s b u l l e t i n s on sa fe t y an d co n d u ct s m eet in gs a t v a r io u s t im e s. I t i s up t o U r . G la ss an d Mr. Cunn in gh am t o se e t h a t in st r u c t io n s ar e fo low ed. A p paren tly he issu e s v e r b al in st r u c t io n s. G '- o r a l sa f e t y m e e t in gs a,re h e ld a t t h e r e fi n e r y a t i r r e g u l a r i n t e r v a l s . Tank Clean in g. . They h ave h ad no o c c a sio n t o c le a n g a so lin e st o r a g e t a n k s b u t e fo llo w in g p r o c e d u r e -would b e fo l l o w e d . U r . J am H um ph rey, g e n e r a l fo r e m an , w ou ld s e l e c t a s k i l l e d man t o a c t a s gan g fo r e m a n . Th e c an n o t t c ' l a t t h i s t im e whom i t w ou ld b e . He w ou ld s e l e c t a crew o f rom 2 t o 4 men fr om y a r d gan g t o do w or k . T an k s ;/o u ld b e st e am e d u n t i l g a s f r e e a s sh ow n b y t h e u se o f a Bu r e l l G as I n d ic a t o r , and th en allow ed a i r u n t il c o o l. I f tan k had co n t ain e d 1 aded g a so lin e o u r i n s t r u c t io n s , w ith w h ich r . Cunningh am in f a m i l i a r , w ou ld be fo llo w e d . I f t h e t a n !: h ad n ~ t c o n t a i n e d l e a d e d g a s o l i n e t h e men w ou ld w ork w it h o u t m asks u n le ss c o n d it io n s w ere d u st y in w h ich c a se f i l t e r m ask s o n ly w ould b e u se d . A ir l i n e m ask s w ou ld b e w orn o n ly I n c a s e s 'where i t v?ao i m p o s s i b l e _ to fr ee tan ks of gas. I f sc r a p p in g o f sc a le n e c e ssa r y i t w ould be done in a d ry c o n d it io n u sin g n o n - sp a r k in g t o o l s and f i l t e r m ask s. In c a se o f le a d e d g a so lin e sc a le w ould be rem oved io wet c o n d it io n a c c o r d in g t o o u r i n s t r u c t i o n s . For. n o n - le a "o g a so lin e t a n k s th e q u e st io n o f c lo t h in g w ould be up t o t h e e m p lo y e e s v it h t h e e x c e p t i o n o f r u b b e r b t o w h ich v/ou ld b"* w orn a t a ll tim es. Con clu sion N22714 Q?p.2znn vi/