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Castleman File: US Gypsum w/c = with cover letter or memo If DATE = 0, undated CD-ROM Document #:USG "lb Month/Year j }$%/ __ published article from trade journal __ published advertisement from trade journal __ government inspection results __ unpublished-er internal report __ unpublished presentation from conference __ newspaper article __ letter __ memorandum __ industry warning labels __ industry sales literature __ industry recommended practices __ meeting agenda __ minutes __ attendee list __ legal filing of defense __ legal filing of plaintiff BC notes aelhu^la'IO!: ocl'!1?a~ic;:al : :dZAiz ups 1vents In rocant yoara have created 4 widespread intaraat in tha ad Tact of industrial du.ita upon tha rorkar. Already in acca pt.its lava hava bean enactad coupencatin^ dust diseases. Cthar stataa are ccncidoring similar legislation. Urdar thaae lava ccapenaation is .--rantad for disability fron breathing haraful duat created or prosent in tea working environrant. Tha lavs usually Iv* cover to the 3tata labor daparbnant to oat up ruloa and ref lations relative to duot and duaty operations. C25K5IT 1A? A nuabar of atatoa have no specific lava relating to dis abilities alla-jad to have baan cauaad by hamful dust. In th*3 states tliara exista the right cf an acployea to claim under coeaon lav, an injury^due to nagiigonce of the eaploycr. iuch a can* is triad before a rogular court badora a judge and a jury. Tha ssolcyae root shcnr by a preponderance of evidence that ha vas injured duo to tha negligence of tha aanlcyar. Gossan lav caoaa .jxa erponoive for ua to defend. Any failure on tha part of uana^ara to Icaop dust coilacting equimant snirtalnad or follow ;ucd housekeeping prircipiaa can ba brought out in a conaon lav action. -uota nay be divided into (1'. Vnmful and (2) sor.-lwmful dusta. Silica and aabeotoa dunta ara dafinitoly known to bo harnful duata, 7hay produce over long periods of tins in high c;nsantration3j fibroaia of tha lungs which can ba disabling and even cauua laath dua to corsplicv.tiona froa rubsrculooia and pneuacnii* ' ! Host duata do not produce fibrosis or disability--tliay ara absorbed in tha body fluids. Gyvaun, lino, clay, nice, narbla duata, if thay ara relatively pure, are ciaaaad aa harnlaas duct a. ITeverthalaas, escaaaive concantmtiona of any duata have boon ccn- dasnad by aoca radical authorities. .Iraady, in ieveral 3titaa, nasi am licita of duatinaaa, for even tha haralaaa duata, have bean sot up* Tkaca regulations have r.ot affactad ua ao far on our cyptua and lira operations, but thay rill not permit ua to operate in a cloud of duat. Tha li. ita, however, are lav for op erations involving silica and asbestos duat, while thoy ara cuch hi.ghar for gypsua and lino* ' 1 -2 JT**m TiTlAi. ** *j.aw .u T7T ill J.T..-: ,'-r?** **T'N^ !>>* To cay orcact rsgul'.tian on puraiar.ibla duatir.sca in crcstlc.il-y all of tha atataa new 'zjT;.T.r, ccaorshanoira vrarhrac1 a coatn:?.tion ir-3. Ths rJ. J. Laparirant of Labor La hriacina such legislation tafora tha atataa ;-jcd rococr.sndlrg cractssr.t of r*al33 ard rapulr.tiers. Kodisci! author!Lias arc ccrdsnning hi -h ccrcantruticm of industrial dusts ar.d point to hi, h iacidanca of respiratory infactions in tla cuaty trcdaa'as proof of thair contortions* Tan anuloyur ia hold rosponsibla for th dust in L-ho non* a working arrircncont. If this oust injura or dianblas hin, tl:a asplcy-sr say hrva to ray--ohothar it h through coauanaaticn or cosccn law. .a.,.....>< -'.o TTJAq^ TT* A dusty, plant cannot ha changed ovamLjhi into * daaa riant. >4 nuot hcn now* Ths ccspony fcna already iratallad hast collacting oqui -rant in root of ita "lento wharsllt ia r.secad. This aqui^neirt mst ha caintsirod at ravniaua efficiency* It met rot La illcwed to datariorats dua to poor or inpropar raiatananca. A duat col_actins syutau io -aaigr.ad for & aracifie job and if tha conditions crania or additions to ths syutsa ura :ada, ths antira a.'staa should ba changed for coliactiri; afficins7. T.js ef'ectivsr.sas of oust collection it ona point :za be antiraly oils:tr.tad by uat leaks ia ccrwoycrs, eii^mtors, nicera, ate. It is a .linplu mttar in cost etnas to stop 'root loaho* -..or.trol Lhs uust ct tha 3curca* lust collectors should ha Iran tta aor* torniCar.i.tion you ,iva oiactric rotors. If, iftar follow!::!; L'ood hcttsafceonirp rrintiplos, stooping iuot leaks in oquimant ucd pitting "resent dust coiiuctin;; a- quimant in see ooartir.j condition, -.v.atv coneit1 era 3till prwrvil, then authorities .'or r.aoslad collect in.; a.pii-'tt.nt should ba preptrad aid pruaantsd -m ths basis of cunt olininarion. 'lot first 1st us uaka ths hoot usa of shot ra bzvs* ; Than chtr..'ps arc coda on now aquioaent iavtllod, r.hs uuasicn of dust cunt ho t,Ivan ccmsiiscmiion* TJo installation or rhuspa io couplets without taizin-7. cars of ths-dust i-sesrotad hy tits opar: tier. If eel-setors arc inuicilad* tha authority ohould not La ciocad until cptrovul of tl-a installation by ottts author ities ia oL-toinsd (if auco ia rvp.Urad cr car. ba -bteirsd or. ra- ;pi-oat. :jona irfraquont ops.-, .tiers ars duaty It is not practical to Install collactora to ta'.-: u-ro of tha so altu:.ticra. ?ospi:-o:or3 should to iTaHualo far usa on such j:hs* A "lsr.t rust -l.wai/3 b* - -------- i^ a ^ - -'2 1 -3- contain little or no asbestos, ro3pirators are for the confort of tha nan. In duoto containing hi:h porcontar.e of silica, or saoastos, ilia respirators should ba required to protact arairtct tha hazard. Medical authorities, hoTraver, point out that control of tha dust at tha 3ourca is tha preferred nsthod of protection. Tha lasrs rolatir?: to dust vary in each state. Mary n.y raise and rs.julations raistini to cust ara bains: set up. Tha responsi bility of kaolins shat is required '07 3tat a laws or regulations ra^ts wish tha TTorks 2&rarcr It is rant of hia rano.-erial re-- sponsibility to coaply or enulain why ccapliance is irpoositle. Liary janoral roculation3 cr. dust exist, but if tha can-v'er is auara of tinea ha can operate Tith a .kncrrled^e of the regulation in aind. An Interpretation can always bo secured froa our attorneys as to what const!tutee coapliance with the statute. P?Z7IjU5 1M3T rgQgJrS 0? MT? ggLITE23 J' l Tha occupational experience of new eapioyaee sust ba carefully ccrutiniood for axpoaura to silica or asbestos dust3. ' -ith the en- actnant of occupational disease lavs, a nusbor af non with silicosis or asbsotosis have been thrown cut of aoploycant, Thsse Ten ray 3eJc eaploysant at our plants. If you have reason to 'suspect ex posure to silica or asbestos dust in hi.^h concentrations over assr- oral years, tha safe thing is to have tha nan X-rayed and have tha X-ray referred to Cbicu.-.o for interpretation. Foundry workers, hard rock ulnars and sand blasters ara apt to have lun^ fibrosis dua to dust. ; COTTTTMTL 07 IIJ3T k P535taa 0? TVTF laniga. . i Many of tha coapany's products are =arel7 dust put into con tainers and sold. Therefore, potentially, with carelase opemtioa tha 002:02x7* r plants can ba Ysry dusty places. 'Social cor.scioue- rs baa been awalcaned to tha hanard and nuisance of industrial dust and we have no altarnatira but to mcopnice this end control tha dust sada in our plants. Control of dust raxst, therefore, ba considered as a safetr prehlea and dealt:, with accordingly, It rsaraaenta a cost of manufacture which re ccanot avoids Thareby it baconea rannssesnt' a responsibility to do tha job wall and do it acor.orri.cn H7. .; T7a ccnaand to your attention Bulletin Ho. 1-5-1 on the ELioination of lusty Conditions. The nana^azent requires canrliur.ee cith these reraiationa by your foreran, your rorhsro and you. J50a? January, 1933