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v CONFIDENTIAL Mellon Institute of Industrial Research UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT M e llo n l I lllV 't T S ltV A f c l l l < C n n v <vf llte O r it * in : il oI I h n i* 1m llw ( PROGRESS REPORT for the week ended February Id, 1943 Iln/JS'JnlAL HYGIENE FOUIiDAU Subjects under | which report is > to be indexed! Industrial Fellowship No. 59-9 3 copies made: 1 - Mellon Institute Z- Industrial Hygiene file In protection of the interests of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in the case of the exploded phosgene cylinder, a conference has been held with Captain Munn of the Pittsburgh Office of the Chemical Warfare Service. The manufacturer of the phosgene has denied all liability for the explosion. The attention of Captain Munn vas directed to the I.C.C. regulations on the maximum allowable load for phosgene cylinders, 150 pounds. Records furnished to the Pittsburgh Platen Glass Company by the manufacturer show that the explosed cylinder contained 156 pounds. The weight recorded by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company was 166 pounds. Conferences have bean held with Dr. Kutscher, Dr. Weidlein, Mr. Mitchell and Dr. Hill on the toxicity of perthiocyanic acid. The report on the survey of the Anaconda ?/ire and Cable Company plant is being prepared. The abstracts for the February Industrial Hygiene Digest ere being collected. The Scaife Compeny corrosion problem is nearing completion. ' k spot survey has been made for the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company. k'- intJstrial fellow R: February 13, 1943 T: February 15, 1943 ^ - Jr-r - /oV 3___ ^72---_MELLO!<l INSTITUTE LtQLH-LT' LiiL u'J Li -s-* j \j a on 1999 (`r ill V Ib is ('or> v I I I H r A T i l l , ' m il