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Joint History of Exposure I Date 9-13-1932 On September 8th the three patients began cleja$^& operations on Tank #8 - a 2G,00 3bl storage tank at Hartfordg/erminal of Standard Oil Company^!. This tank had been in continuous use for Ethyl gasoline storage for past three years - no other attempts at cleaning during, that time., The tank had previously been opened at 4 manhole covers and had aired for 5-6. hours. The tank residue con sisted of a? sludge of rust and scale l/2 to 1 inch thick covered by a layer of<; ahou^^^^nche^^^itater and a thin film of gasoline. The supervisor, equipped with an air mash then went in and using a r!rexro^^hdse, connected to an outside pump, succeeded in evacuating nearly all of the liquid on the bottom except for smal], } pools, accumulated in, the depressions in the metal floor. Following this; operation, the sludge was scraped up and put into pails^Mch_ wereupaished.-tout ,,a lower, manhole to the two assistants, and one of whom handled the pails while the ocher opei^leol'. After three hours of this work, Bernard alternated b'p/ bcurh shifts with the men outside for the. remainder of the day. i.o symptoms were noted by any of the men this day or night. Thb following day, Friday, 9-9-32, the work was resumed in the same manner - a man being gmride the tank about one hour in threes Friday afternoon tfHJ^^r/orked inside without masks for 1-l/s to 2, hems maie^ebro ski was inside working for 4 hours withpuigi-maskjg. Gasoline fumes were heavy and nauseating and the- air was filled with a fine dust arising mainly from the floor which had dried out except in the deepe|gindentations - the. dust causing repeated paraxysras of sneezing i** of the men left work early because of illness - all complaining of headache, giddiness, nausea and weakness - none ate much dinner, nausea and headache were more marked and vomiting occurrejd^i all three. Tinnitus noted by Zebroski blurring of vision byftf^PBr The three men averaged 1-1/2 to 2 hours restless - sleep and wereunnpyed by the nevsistent odor of the tank contents. The next day, Saturday, 9-10-32, there was persistence of all symptoms^^vomiting was 'in-creased in frequency - 10-12 times in case of;d^|BBf there was diarrhea and restlessness appeared. The vomitus was bile stained watery mucous in each case and the diarrhea was of liquid stools of normal color. Seen by Dr.-That.day and night symptoms increased - sleep being impossible on Saturday night. Sunday 9-11-32 due to the increaseiin symptoms and marked anxiety of the cases, they were hospitalized, further course in individual's histories.