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( MEMORAnrxm oa the objectives asp opera?lore of the MEDICAL DEFAHIMKMT OP ETHYL CCEPOnaTIOH - 1953 Objectives The primary objectives of the Medical Department of Ethyl Corporation aret 1* Continuous appraisal of the occupational and public baaards to health associated with the operations of the Corporation# as these derive frcn the manufacture and distribu tion of all of its products (clinical# epidemiologic and physio logic research). 2. Protection of persons vho nay be subjected to hazards froa Ethyl's products or operations; a* The employees of the Corporation; h. The employees of carriers of the products; c. The employees of customer companies vhos handling of these products (principally ETHYL fluids) exposes them to significant danger; d The public 3* Maintaining employees of the Corporation In a state of health# so far as may ho possible vlthln the limits of the medical policies and capacities of the Corporation# and giving advioe and assistance toward appropriate medical care when pre ventive measures fall* Secondary hut essential objectives are those of * 1* Coordinating the activities of the Medical Department vlth those of other departments# notably manufacturing# sal s and EC4690 K 0210  research, to the end that hyglenlo considerations are maintained In a pronlnent position In the conduct of the day** work; 2. Cultivation of familiarity with current pollol s and plana for the further development of the Corporation, at various points of contact, Including that with major executives, for the purpose of providing suoh guidance on hygienic matters as might be Indicated. RoSeri A. Kehoe/HrU: Nodical Director November 84, 1958 EC4691 K 0211 APPEBDXX Operations The operations vixlch are concerned with the foregoing objectives are the following: Direction and Administration The Medical Director Halts his activities mainly t the general administration of the activities of the Medical Department, hut pay* particular attention to those operations that seem to him most crucial: 1. Control of the hazards of the manufacture of tetra ethyl lead; 2. Various current and long term Investigations on the medical and hygienic problems of the Corporation, Initiated by the Medical Director and then followed in his capacity of Director of The Kettering Laboratory. The Associate Medical Director is responsible for the day-to-day conduct of the medical and hygienic operations of the Corporation, with particular reference to the clinical and safety programs. He also coordinates the clinical work of the manufac turing plants with that carried out In tbeCorporatlon, generally, and does a considerable portion of the clinical work himself* Medical Care of Ethyl Personnel The regular clinical and first-aid operations involving personnel of the Corporation, exclusive of the two manufacturing plants (Baton Rouge and Houston) which are operated and budgeted separately, are carried cut by regular medical consultants in Hew York,Detroit, Los Angeles, and Cincinnati, and by Medical Super visors whose headquarters are In Cincinnati and whose principal K 0?1|C4SM 2 activities relate to the medical cere of mploye s of customer companies Da this work are Involved nine physicians and two nurses (one each In Hew York and Detroit)* Medical Care of Customer Personnel The regular clinical supervision of blooding plant personnel (end that required occasionally for other custooer personnel) Involves approximately four thousand persons In some four hundred locations, scattered over the United States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba and certain South American Countries (Venezuela and Chill at present)* These employees of customers are examined periodically and maintained under Instruction and supervision by a substantially uniform and personalized procedure# which thus far since 1925 when this work was organized and inaugurated, has succeeded In preventing the occurrence of lead poisoning among this group despite the potentially great severity of their occu pational hazards* The Associate Medical Director, the three Medical Supervisors, one part-time plant physician, six regularly retained Medical Consultant, and three local medical consultants (in Venezuela and Chili), l.e. fourteen physicians in all, are concerned with the conduct of these medical operations* Clerical and Financial Operations The maintenance of the medical records of Corporation and customer personnel Is the responsibility of one confidential secretary In Cincinnati* The maintenance of the records and correspondenc of the Medical Supervisors and regular Medical Consultants, as those relate t the plants and the management of plants of customers is carried out by one secretarial assistant, who is also the s cretary EC4693 K 0213 y. of the Associate Direot r. The financial natters Involved In the operations of the Medical Department and In the activities of the Kettering Laboratory as these relate to Ethyl Corporation* are handled by a financial secretary* vbo also is the accountant for the Kettering Laboratory* One additional secretary is confidential secretary to the Medical Director of the Corporation* Her vork Includes secretarial responsibilities to the Director of the Kettering laboratory* Boveaber 24* 1952 Robert A. Eeboe, M."& Medical Director EC4694 K 0214