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FILE NAME: Ford (FD) DATE: 1973 May 16
DOC#: FD119
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: M em o - Asbestos Exposure - Test Track Kingman, AZ - Form Letter from Legal Dept to N otify Exposed W orkers
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Intr Olflce
Mr. J . A. K o lle r , Maanar zploye Protraila Deportment Cenerai C ervices
Parconrval nd O rg a n iza tio n S u ff
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S u b je c t: A sbestos Expceure - T e a t T ra ck , Kingman, A rlto n a
A re cen t study fo r a sb e sto s d u ct a t tlw su b je c t lo c a tio n d toclooed an exposure i n e x c e s s o f OSliA l i n l t a . The la w a t a t e a wc n u s t n o t i f y t h e employe found t o have tli_La e x p o s u re . I t Is t n e ip ln lo n o f th e O f f i c e o f t h e G e n e ra l C o u n se l, L abor R e la tio n s and o u r s e lv e s , t.he i n t e n t o f th e l a v w i l l be r e t i f a c h a r t n o te ia p re se n te d t o l he em ploye a t tb e tr a c k in on in fo rm a l manner by tlw oafety en gin eer.
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Pq b e lie v e the fo i'cn a n should b e a b le t o e x p la in th e h e a lth and s a f e t y p r o te c tio n p ro v id e d em ployes w here ouch p r o t e c t i o n la needed a ;d t h a t h e makes su re em ployes dbido by th e req u irem en ts.
F u r t h e r , we b o ll e v e h a v in g th e o a f e t y p e rs o n n e l d e l i v e r t l n o te in -narson s t tbe t r a c k 'f i l l provide an o p p o rtu n ity fa r d is c u s s 'o n end thus le s s e n th e p o te n tia l u n d e s ir a b le a f f e c t a l o t t e r w ould hove './lien opened a t bene b y the em ploye.
We raccranend t h a t a co p y o f t h e n o te b e f i l e d v l t h th e em p lo y e'o m e d ica l r e c o r d s in th e M zd ical D eportm ent and a n o th e r copy be o e n t to I n d u s tr ia l Hygiene f a r
f i l i n g w ith tho study re p o rt.
c e : D. L . B lo c k , M.D.
7. J. Dary
Paul 2 . T oth , Supervisor I n d u s t r ia l Hygiene S e c tio n
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