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FILE NAME: Kaiser Gypsum (KG) DATE: 1966 Mar 29 DOC#: KG097 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Seasonal Reminders - Including Asbestos No. U 2 TO: A ll S afety Supervisors C o p ies: P. J . Franklin J . M. G a ro u tte E . H. S c h a p e r J . I . W alker From: L. R. F lic k e r D ate: March 29, 1966 SEASONAL REMINDERS ASBESTOS R ecen t s t u d i e s by m ed ical a u t h o r i t i e s tend to now some p o s s ib le connec t i o n betw een i n h a l a t i o n o f a s b e s to s d u s t and c a n c e r. Be c e r t a i n t h a t a l l p e rs o n s who work in th e v i c i n i t y o f a s b e s to s a re w earing a p ro p e r r e s p i r a t o r approved by th e U. S . B ureau o f Mines f o r a s b e s to s d u s t. FIIMS ON BACK STRAIN A new f ilm , "Oh, My Aching Back" h as been produced by th e U. S . Bureau o f M in e s. I t can be re n te d f r e e by w r itin g th e Bureau a t 488 Forbes A ve., P ittsb u rg h , Penna. WIRE ROPE SURVEY A f i r s t q u a rte r re p o rt on your w ire rope survey i s due in th e o ffic e of the S afety D irecto r not la te r than A pril 15. SAFETY EMPHASIS PROGRAM Your re p o rt on th e f i r s t q u a rte r S a fe ty Emphasis program a t your p la n t i s due in th e o ffic e o f th e S afety D irecto r not la te g than A pril 20. WELDERS CLOTHING T his i s v ery much a "Hot" s u b je c t -how th a t o u r w eld ers and b u rn ers hy w a it u n t i l a man i s burned to in more ways th an o n e . R ecent surveys a re s t i l l w earing flammable c lo th in g , death to co rre c t th is hazard? - 2- HAZAHDS OF SCALDING WATER . T h ree men w ere s e v e r e l y b urned when showered by s c a ld in g w a te r d u rin g a. p la n t o p e ra tio n to c le a n o u t a stopped d ra in . The tem perature o f th e w a te r was known b u t c o r r e c tio n o f exposure by th e wearing o f p ro te c tiv e c l o t h i n g e t c . was n o t ta k e n . Next tim e your men do a job where th e r e i s any p o s s i b i l i t y of. b u m s from h o t w a te r be c e r t a i n and ta k e ALL p r e cautions necessary. VISUAL EDUCATION As a p a r t o f th e c o n tin u a l e f f o r t o f S a f e ty T ra in in g and E d u c a tio n , th e _v| ' ,a f e t y D i r e c t o r i s d e v e lo p in g a s e r i e s o f c o lo re d s l i d e s and s c r i p t jv e rin g s a f e t y s u b j e c t s , ta k e n and a p p lic a b le to o u r o p e r a tio n s . The f i r s t s e t on ey e i n j u r i e s i s now re a d y f o r your u s e . We a ls o have s l i d e s on l i f t tru c k s , l i f t i n g and lo ck o u ts -- a l l yours fo r use upon your re quest to the S afety D irector. m