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COt! I"~-TAL OIL COMPANY Division Office Butte, Montana October- 29, 1936 Contacted Hr. Jones, assistant divisional manager. Safety regulations covered In book titled, " Safety Is a Question of'Thinking Before You Act" Tank cleaning is covered in this book starting on page 19. Special reference is made to cleaning of tanks used for storage of leaded gasoline on page 102 '^hls reference is to our regulations, Mr. Jone3 was unable^find a cony of our regulations in his,, office. PLEASE BSE THAT HE 13 SUPPLIED IfITH COPY. It might be well, inview of the above,, to check with Home office of Continental and make sure that all they divisional offices are supplied with our instructions. They had no information as to any storage tanks ever having been spiked but could not be sure and suggested that we secure that information from their Vice President incharge of manufacturering at Ponca City,0kl. Two men,do"all tank cleaning. It is estimated that they spend less than 1% of their time on such work. They are equiped with air line masks but do not use any special clothing except for cleaning tanks that have contained leaded gasoline, in which case our instructions are followed. Gasoline pump repairs -f minor nature are handled,by one of two men metloned above ^at service stations. Major repairs and overhauling 13 done in shop at Butte by the above mentioned men. bout 15 or 20 pumps were repaired at Butte during the last three months. Prior to that very few had been repaired at Butte and they do not anticipate more in the near future. No special precautions are taken for this work. Shop is well ventilated having six large doors. HE 0022953 N22717