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PLAINTIFFS EXHIBIT fevoofecr 2/, 1950 Mr* Tod Lent*. Safety Direeta* Toeh&ioal Gontor Oono-Illlnoio (Hoot Colony 1700 Meotnood Avonuo Toledo* CMo Dni Mr* Lxrtxi Cneloeed, lest your information, It copy of t lotto* to th# Medical Departaent cx&alttad to at by Ur* Donald M* Ruaory, Xnductrlal Hyfienlot* If thl DivioIon can bo of aoilttanoo to you t any tine, ploaao lot no know. Yfjry truly yooro, ?. c i ('jure ').'yb r JAMES K. FLDKBJ* Superintendent y November 24, 1938 Medical Depart*nrt Industrial Commission of Ohio Columbus, Ohio Gentlemen* Bai 0> D. 107001 John Ddwerd Donlala On November 12, 1930 a vialt mo node to the Cwenm-Xlilnols OUas Company's Technical Contort 1700 Westwood Avenue, Toledo, Ohio to check conditions under adtich the above neaed claimant had coked* The operations at the Technleal Center are in the fora of a development laboratory* The claimant eas employed by tha company free Aina 16, 1930 to Septaeber 10, 1936 as s furnace operate** Ns was dismissed as of September 13, 1936 for aflulpllttery reasons. The position of Airneee Cperster consists of watching temperature gauges and reading them, changing batch cane, awiaping the floor area, and watching the feeder operation and making ad>>st*#nts on it* Tha operator handles materials containing free silica but does net come In direct contact with tbv, since they arc in closed containers* The batch etna containing tha ingredients for the particular mat erial being run are nede up on another floor and then transferred in monerell buckets or cans to the furnace area* These cans are closed containers so no dust exposure is encounterad in changing than* A east Is positioned over the doghouse of tha furnace and allowed to "choke" f*d into tho furnace. Since there la no fall of batch through the air, n dust is produced. The feeder operation la enclosed so that no du3t v>x' .sure results fro* It* The dust encountered In sweeping would crnta' . very little n nn free sillCS* dust survey -ad* by Aetns't Hertford Office on February 21, 1937 s'iovr: dust exposure in the area of the furnace operator to be negllgadla. Just concentrations In this area are about equivalent to eutalda c rxj i 11 ns, T'".ari> was n<' visible dust in the air. Very truly yours, DONALD . RV'Stir Industrial Wyglsniat