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FILE NAME: National Gypsum (NG) DATE: 1967 Sept 19 DOC#: NG070 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Minutes of the Safety Committee Meeting with Attendee List MINUTES OF THE y S Z T i COMMITTEE MEETING MARRIOTT MOTOR .HOTEL SADDLE BROOK, NEW JERSEY SEPTEMBER 1 9 , 1967 -j PLA IN T IFFS* ; EXHIBITS R * K C & l-teto M r. F . H . Zimmerman, Chairman o f ehe Gyp5vim A s s o c ia tio n S a fe ty Committee, c a lle d ehe meeting to order at the M a rrio tt Motor H o t e l, Saddle B rook, New Je r s e y , a t 8 :3 0 a .m . Those in atten dan ce XL 3 S m n r fa M. P . F in k J . Gregg R . W, H enly J . Tuffy T , D. T olin F , H . Zimmerman P . Kipp A. V . Abnee, J r . F . J . Rogers I r l a t w Cm innatfn a G e o rg ia -P a cific Corporation Gypsum D iv is io n K a is e r Gypsum Company, I n c . The F ll n t k o t e Company The F ll n t k o t e Company N a tio n a l Gypsum Company N a tio n a l Gypsum Company U n ite d S t a t e s Gypsum Company Gypsum A ss o c ia tio n Gypsum A s s o c ia tio n "X . XYPSIW ASSULiAXinN -utttty-*rr tj-t t v A . The chairm an requested th a t the se c re ta ry r e la t e 1the member company resp on se fo r s a fe t y a r t i c l e s t o be used in the B u lle t i n . F o llo w in g a b r i e f d is c u s s io n by th e com m ittee, i t was t h e ir recommendation t h a t each member company s tim u la te employee p a r t i c i p a tio n by u rg in g th e p lan t employees to w rite and submit s a fe ty a rtic le s to the A ssociation . B . The com m ittee review ed th e B u l l e t i n form at and i t was the consensus t h a t i t was s a t i s f a c t o r y in i t s p re se n t form . One member su g g e ste d t h a t a p o s s ib le change be co n sid e re d when th e n e xt B u lle tin mast head is p rin te d . The s e c re ta ry in d ica te d th a t present B u lle t in sto ck su pp ly would be d e p le te d at the end o f the f i s c a l y e a r , and a t th a t t im e , committee s u g g e s tio n s would be s o l i c i t e d . The c o a c it te e requ ested th a t the s e c r e ta r y c o n stru c t a c h a rt showing the In d u stry frequency r a t in g over the p ast fo u r y e a rs , as related to the a ll Industry frequency ra tin g reported by the N ational S a fe ty C o u n c il, and p rin t t h is ch art in the S a fe ty B u lle t in . The se c re ta ry in d ic a te d th a t such a c h a rt was a lre a d y b e in g co n sid e re d for the October is s u e . d o c k e t. The c o o a i tte e d irected th at t h i s item be carried on the . / 22 . "CERTiriCATT or 1CH1T" C/ m . PLAINTIFF'S LS) / 9 / / n i l W ,f huit The s e c r e t a r y su b m itted a " C e r t i f i c a t e o f M e r it" award p laque f o r com m ittee i n v e s t i g a t i o n . He in form ed th e committee th a t th e award c o s t the A s s o c ia tio n $20.00 to purchase and m a il, and r e quested th a t th ey might c o n s id e r adopting an award th a t might have g r e a te r u t i l i t y fo r the w in n er, such as an ash t r a y or pen s e t . The c o in n itte e , a f t e r much d is c u s s io n , d ir e c t e d th e s e c r e t a r y to o b ta in a le s s c o s t ly , c e r t i f i c 3te_-_and_slsg pur.cb.ase. an. ash t r a y fo r the award w in n e r s . ------- --- m -- r-" T o ll owing * -thorough .m d r e o f th e l a s t t hree .e d itio n s o f t h e -S a fe t y B u l l e t i n , t h e c ommi t t e e -s e le c te d one a rt i c l e b y b a l l o t . J h e a a f i r l e *!Dd IXeu-Bem 3 o o r JdJEeT** b y T lv & o b e r tx o n , A s s is t a n t P r o d u c tio n S u p e r in te n d e n t, The F li n t k o t e Company, B lu e Diamond Gypsum D i v i s io n , Frem cr.t, C a l i f o r n i a (A u g u st.1967) wen the award. M r. R obertson w ill r e c e iv e a c e r t i f i c a t e and in s c r ib e d ash tra y fo r h is contribution to sa fe ty . 3 . AIR ATT- STREAM P0LV.TI0N The ch airn an c it e d a few p o llu tio n problem s in v o lv in g p la n ts on a l o c a l l e v e l . : He s t r e s s e d th e im p ortan ce o f a l l com m ittee members keeping abreast w ith l o c a l , s t a te , and fe d e ra l p o llu tio n program s. One member n o te d a r e c e n t problem in v o lv in g th e a s b e s to s i n - -jlu s r r y w here-va- n a - h r r xsf -h u n g-x z a d u r a a .h a d h e m r e p o r te d b y -trihalvLtants o f -the n e i ghb orh oo d s U rroundin g -sr. a s b e s to s -p la n t . I t -was fu r th e r noted th a t c l i n i c a l t e s t s and in v e s tig a tio n s had re s u lte d in le g a l a c tio n a g a in st the m anufacturer by .the c la im a n ts. The chairm an in d ic a te d -th a t a ir and w ater p o llu tio n problem s w ould have a d r a m a tic e f f e c t , on a l l in d u s t r ie s amd th a t, the com m ittee s h o u ld ta k e th e i n i t i a t i v e t o r x e t any such problem s head on i f th e y shou ld occur in th e gypsum in d u s tr y . F o llo w in g a d iscu ssio n o f p o llu tio n problems in v a ricu s in d u s t r ie s , i t was the consensus th a t the s a fe ty committee should have a utore a c t i v e program in t h i s a r e a , o u t l i n i n g th e problem s t h a t e x i s t and what ste p s have been taken to so lv e them . On a m o tio n secon ded and c a r r i e d , th e c c m i c t e c rcco .-m e n ird . th a t the chairm an ad v ise the d ir e c to r s o f th e p o llu t io n p rc'.le m , and suggest that they have p la r t managers jo in lo c a l groups stud yin g p o llu tio n problem s, so as to g iv e our in d u stry g re a te r co n tro l of the probler-" d o c k e t . The com m ittee d ir e c t e d th a t t h i s s u b je c t be c a r r ie d on th e 4 ; v' i 7uJ.1. I t. it