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FILE NAME: US Gypsum (USG) DATE: January 1,1938 DOC#: USG029 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1938 Recommendations regarding medical examinations for new employees. [ - O p rtingl Division EXHIBIT Ji_ MEDI CAD EXAMINATIONS No. 4-2-1 Date 1- 7-38 Sheet 1 o f l Cancels Sheet 1 Dated 10- 4-37 EXAMINATIONS REQUIRED ... ns (except Effective immediately, all ^ ^ ^ p ^ p g / ^ i i r e n i p l o y e e s ) at Oakfield, Jersey sales and plant office an A* ^ stoS shingle Plant will be required to pass City, and the East Chicago Asbestos jningxe r . satisfactory physical and X-Ray examinations. ' ... v rnnulred for less than thirty days will not day period if still employed. ^ end o f the t w r t y NATURE OF EXAMINATION --------------------T v , of a physical examinationand The examinations will consist o P y c h L t . taken from a .lightly different angle. two X-Rays of the - . . + > , a Saranac Laboratory, Saranac Lake. The Company has made arrangemen ^ ^ Laboratory personnel will H.Y. to supervise the medical arrangements with local assist the plant managers in akjg the examination required and doctors and instruct them as to t h e ^ n a t u r ^ ^ ^ al50 interpret the the method of making the X R y rt to the plantmanagers. X-Rays forwarded for examinationand report xo n y FORMS AND RECORDS, The forms and records ill consist of the following. (a) Occupational and Medical Record - Form Ho. 2238 - Revised. (b) Physical examination " (c) The X-Rays (Subject to exception) (d) Monthly Report of Examinations - Form Form Ho. 2 2 3 8 -Revlsod and Ho. 2239 and ^L^oStUld " permanent personnel records at the plants - except at law does not permit plant to retain X-Ray . . The complete record of ^rproperly^identifiedP and filed flat in locked steel cabinet. X-Rays snaix * * * a fireproof steel cabinet. EXAMINATIONS J '' , i n i fill in form No. 2238-Rev. as fully as p o s s i U e and The plant personnel will fi^ 1 f tha mc,dical history at the time the ex send to the doctor for completion 01 xn amination is made. , The doctor will make the examina nnd X-Ravs and fill in answers to ail form Kq . 2239 which are starred with questions on the physical th an asterisk will be asked only if the an asterisk. Questions not ^ [ k e d j i t h an a advisable to have them doctor notes some c o n d i t i o n * ^ ^ form8 and X-Rays to the plant manager answered. The doctor vi acceptance or rejection of the applicant, with his recommendation as to th P In the case of plant s'which do not^ e o p a XX-Rays Rays on file, ^ the doctor shall for the X-Rays, submit an interpretation which shall do f . _ / Indicates change this issue. No. 2-5 X ELIMINATION OF DUSIT CONDITIONS Date 4-d-43 Pace 2 of 2 New Bulletin RESFIPATORS With the exception of lime plants, where the Martindale Protective Mask is satisfactory, only respirators approved by the Bureau of Mines may be pur chased and used for protection against dust. t The following respirators have received the Bureau of Mines' approval for non-poisonous dust, but must not be used for protection against poisonous gases, or where the hazard is lack of oxygens M.S.A. Dustfoe ^ M.S.A, Comfo * American Optical R-1000 American Optical R-91G0 Willson 200 . 7/illson 750 . Chicago Eye Shield 94 Care of R e s p i r a t o r s Respirators shall not be interchanged between employees and shall be sterilized regularly by one of the folloviing methods and before reissue to another employee s a. Wash rubber and metal parts with soap, brush, and warm water and steril ize by immersion for 10 minutes in a solution of formaldehyde (one part of 40 per cent formaldehyde solution and 9 parts of water.) b. Wash rubber and metal parts with soap and water, and sterilize in a 3 per cent solution of carbolic acid, a 2 per cent solution of lysol, or .a 70 per cent solution of denatured alcohol. c. Subject respirator to sterilization in a moist atmosphere of'antiseptic gas, preferably formaldehyde, for a period of 10 minutes at room tempera ture. . After sterilization respirators should be rinsed in water and dried. Filter, felt screens and lastic head bands shall always be removed before steriliza tion. . ' '