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FILE NAME: US Gypsum (USG)
DATE: 1938 DOC#: USG070
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1938 Internal report on dust with cover note to CM Price
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fran ta in rocant years have creatati a widespread in te re s t in
tha adTact od in d u s tria l dust a upon tha vorkar. Already in acra
stu tas lavs hew bean enacted coopensating duat diseases. Cthar
utataa ara considering s ir ila r la c ia la tio n . Urlar those lava cca-
penaation is .-.-rentad fo r d is a b ility fra a breathing h arafu l duat
created or present in t r a working environrant. Tha lavs usually
.Iv a co rar to the s ta ta lab o r d a ta rtro n t to oat up ruloa and ra.pi
la tiona relativ e to dust ani dusty operations.
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A nuaber o 3ta to s bava no o p aciiio lava r e la tin g to d is a b i l i t i a a n i la pad to bava baan cousad by h a m fu l c u a ti In th*3e a ta ta a tiiara a r is ta tha r ht c i &n cployea to c la ia u r la r cocaon In, an injury^dua to nagligonca o i tha eaploycr* uch a casa io t r ia d l e or* a ro tu la r co u rt baforv a judga and a ury. Tha ssolsyae s i s t skenr by a praponiarenca o svidar.ca th n t ha ra s in ju ra d duo to tha naciiganca o tha eanlcyer. Coaaon la v cacas ira erronoive io r ua to daiand Any fu ilu r a on tha p a rt o rune^ars to aop dust c o li act i ng acu irnant snin lain ad or Tollow ;ucd hcusskaapisg principias can bs brought out in a cornali la action
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lu s ts nay bs dividad in to (1'. V a rriu l and (2) nor.-'.iarriui
dusts* S ilic a and asbestos d u sts a ra d e fin ite ly hnavn to bs
h a r r iu l dusts They produce ovar long carious o i t i r a in h i j i
c : m a n tra tio n 3. fib ro s is of tha lun-.a which can be disabling
end avaa causa death dua to corralicv.tiono fro a rubarculoois and
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Host d u sts do not produce f ib r o s is or d i s a b ility --lliay a ra
absorbed in tha body f lu id s . Gy-run, l i r a , clay , r ic e , ra rh la
dusts, i i thay era re la tiv e ly pura, are classed as hsrolsss dusts.
ITevarthaless, e scsssiw com antrrt ie r s o i any dusts have been c-n-
daaaad by sore r a d ic a l a u th o ritie s .Ira a d y , in sev eral 3t a t a s ,
te n ia U n its oi dust in ass, fo r aven tha haralsaa dusts, haw
been s e t up* Thace ray u L itio n s have r.ot e ifs e ta d us so f a r on
our ypaua and lia s operations, but thay w ill not p a ra it us to
operate in a cloud of d u a t. Tha l i . i t s , hcrrarvsr, ar* la v fo r op-
o ratio n s involving s ilic a and asbestos d u st, while they are cuch
higher fo r ypsua and lin o .
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c o n ta in l i t t l e or no a sb e sto s, ro3p ir a to r s are fa r tbs co n fo rt o f tha nan. In duoto con tain in g hi~h norcantar, o f c i l i c a or s s o a s t o s , the respirators should be required to protact arainct tha hauerd. Vertical a u th o r itie s, however, point out that control o f th a du st a t tha 3ourca i s tha prsfarrad oathod o f oroTaction.
Tha IM S rolatin : to du st vary in ach st a t a . riany rww r la s and r eg u la tio n s r o ic tin p to cu at ara bains: s e t up. Tha r a a o n si i l i i y o f knowing what i s required by sta ta la v s or ra'julstdons ra'rts vi.*.h tha TTorks 2&narcr I t i s port o f h is nano .seria l re-- s p o n o io ilit y to soapl7 or e x p la in why coaplianca i s irp o o sifcle. oany .jenoral r a ~ a la tio n 3 cr. d u st e x is t but i f tha nanr.jar i s a-- uara o f t/n se ha can oper e t s T ith a kncrrlsd3 o f tha reg u la tio n in n in d . An In te r p r e ta tio n con always bo secured f r e s our a tto rn ey s a s to what c o n s titu te e co a p lia n ce w ith tb s 3t a t u t a .
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Tha occupational expcrienca of new eapioyaea oust ba c a re fu lly
sc ru tin io a d f o r axpoaura to s i l i c a or asbestos d u sts. Tfith th a e a -
a c tn a n t of occupational disaasa laws, a nusbor of non with, s i l i c o s i s
o r asbaotooia have been thrown out of aoployaant, Thosa nan ray
3aeJc eaploysant a t our p la n ts . I f you hava reason to 'suspect ex-
pauura to s i l i c a o r asbestos d u st in hi.^h concentrations over sev
e r a l y e a rs, th a safe th in g i s to Iiava tha can X-rayed and have tha
Z -ray re fe rre d to Chicago fo r in te rp re ta tio n . Foundry workers, hard
rock r is e rs and sand b la ste rs are apt to have l m ^ fib ro sis due to
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any of tha coopany's products a re ra re ly dust put into con
ta in e rs aai sold. Therefore, potentially, with careless operation
th a ccarany1sr p la n ta can ba very ducty p la c e s. .Social, conscious-
r a s a has been awakened to th a harvard A-ri nuisance of in d u s tr ia l
d u st and we have no a lte rn a tiv e but to rtc o p aies th is and c o n tro l
th a d u st uada in our p la n ts . Control of dust raxst, th erefo re, ba
conoidsred as a sa fe ty prohlaa and d e alt:, w ith accordingly, I t
rs a rs a a n ta a co st of naaufactura which r a ccanot avoid Tharaby
i t boconaa tan a g sn sn t' s re s p o n s ib ility to do th a job w all and do
i t acor.orri.cnI l y .
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7a cocaand to your a tte n tio n B u lla tin ITo. 1-5-1 on th a ELin in a tio n of lu s ty C onditions. Tha n ac^jaasg t re q u ire s conclicr.ca w ith th sa e re re la tio n s by your fo reran , your workers and you.
JSOt'JT Jan u ary , 1933