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FILE NAME Manville JMA DATE 1970 DOC JMA364 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Minutes - Shipyard Meeting at Mt. Sinai RE Shipyard Insulation Problems eat * 0 AL 102222688 102222688 102222688 102222688 . an , ae Research and Engineering Center October 9 1970 4ictated 10/0 Pila 259 Naylor Naylor Naylor CoE=Sf0w08-y GNQ- MOUNT BIXNAI MEETING SHIFTARD INSULATION PROGLENE Dr. Selikoff informed me that this meting will be held at 9:30 a.m. on October 13 at Mount Sinai . Hospital We should plan to seat at Dr. Selskoff office in the Environmental Sciences Department Mount Sinai Hospital at that time He will take us from there to the Board Roos where the formal meeting will start at 10 8.2 In addition to ourselves and several people from Dr. Belikoff's staff representatives from the U.S. Navy Department the U.S. Departamni of babos the Occupstional Health Division of the U.S.P.K.S. and the Shipbuilders Council of Americs will be present I have not received an official agenda or list of attendees but if I do prior to the meeting I will forward it to you oe: 1 . Jabe DHQ N. W. Burleson DNQ AL 102 22 2689 1 D~ IPTAJES NENTING DRIFTANDS NETTEN < HOURIT #LAI 5 info Tad _-- Hy An ae wi Ya / Cadr. Dr. Gnerye Lavten, 05a \ t^r Gods. Dr. Samuel Bartice u Viniton 8 estas t^r Casi Menge: ~ Project Regineer- Puget Sound Naval Shipyards Tolangala Tolangala Jobe O'Neil III Dept. of Labor Barry Rovard Bethelm Steel & Shipbuilders Comall e Steel . * Auston ShiAsbestos p Asbesy tos Sa hipr yard d & Jim Malkers - Asbestos Workers Uniaton KIT_41_MI KIT_41_MI Be. Selikoff Sr. Bichelace Be. Seinen Bill Maitse Dr. 8. Pighter Oeuncen 8 aleday ae Pred Pwur^'veck 26 Penner Charles Charles Ret Bill Raine BalbyePr unedBa alery day RB. SELTRYT - Sumariand Sotandard wien ve PY and MJ Lossis . Analyses of Portsmouth Ms. shipyard work GU) shoved nano mortality ratesas R- . Most shipyari uvidmon is beast on Royal Bavy sulation sulation material Stamphion Dorrins work inalul ing unpubl ioned material - Iter n Me esets helis onn W. Velikot vizitoi WW Dr. Barhos Probably before GR visited 16 Research Center e 1,370,000 people varu vacking in shipyards during bright of UM II With earunver subled -nillim . 014 they Pave signifiemt nocupational exposure te rifrect ) . Will this result in many cow cnnce of otheliama in sear future & Myni Havy has sccepted responsibility for mesothelioma mesothelioma sbsulting from shipyard work in WW -- Mt. Sinai working with than on possible therapy for mesothelia mesothelia Control of peak exposure may renew the hazard exposures may not be significant Occasional RLACTALLQOA. Bx,.idician Gow @ we KNOW insulatore in shipyards were exposed to much sabestos ve other possible inducing agents Be. Aadizois Nuso has been associated primarily with asbestos exposure. But hasard could be from other insulation materials or other materials with asbestor led silicates have pre wo in experimental animals PIEGPU IEGUE ESIOLS PII EGUO ESIL OL Questions of rip vs installation - Risk to boilermakers @ Paites Sumerized observations from visits to 50-100 shipyards in WS had Buzupe - Navy and civilian rdless of his trade shipyard worker gets considerable expeeure to azbestos dust They work right beside the insulation workers. Rixing bestes emmt Ontting insulations Pitting block to pipes or boilere Poor houscheaping Amsuite blanket stuffing Rip-ewt (NOR dune by besten vorkers 2s 3 SKIPYANG MENYING - MOUNT SEKAI pag . laghouses vary effective in trapping asbestos fibres Discussion of types of C equipment Saran After Dr. Selikoff and M meetings he visited all 06 shipyards @ Ras decided that priority concerT is to get respirators woRD in shipyarda WE in process of promulgating regulations Will recommend substitutes for asbestos content materinus materinus muosite blanket and pipe insulation . Will enforce 5 fiber ACGIN standard in shipyards - Require annual rays of shipyard workers exposed to ; : i - Seal off areas while asbestos is sprayed Mandatory use of respirators . Indocrination and annual refreshers in industry hazards for workers Use of disposable work clothes for asbestus workers A Discussed respirators @ fle is Chairman of American National Standards Committee xmmittee to draw up standards for disposable respirators ext step will be to get Bureau of Nincs approved schedule om this. Haspiratore being developebdy four ammmpanies ammmpanies . Bureau of Mines standarde must be published - republished after thirty after announcment and thea promulgated woe 1. thn | en Most insulation installation work is par at 5 fiberu por es Sme arees like spraying give 100 fibero par as -- se airline respirators will be needed Reported on con at shipyard at PlymoutUkh: ~~ Cee | * Rpccemmamen attest EO Bree 9S me we em tee . oe - _ SHIPYARDS NERFINI - MOUNT SINAI <<, Changing Some " Air supply seeks and quita Substitating fiber glass blankets ook wool - for ampsite blanketa filled with - Substituting material - sepecially fiber glasa for asbestos in insulation blocks ste BO sprofa asby esti os on n shg ipe Produce code booklet for the workers - Working with Asbestos - by Royal Navy ( Minister of Defense - Labor Division Noval HI 90/66 @ SOR SE. Personal samplars trades may not be show that indirect anything nearly as exposure to high as the an adjacent asbestos worker is getting other exposUTE Bjra, likoif When you up enough& prevent asbestosis the workers live longer and tims are available to die from lung cancer and mesothelima mesothelima Haloday asked for 3- coments on changed materials and practices @ mm t More cutting sizing done boart ships Th"fltpurbines are 807 sprayed Dundes Piber contant of Thermobestos pi einsulation being refused fren proximately 19 to 7 % - shrynetile insteed of amoeite w We have serious reservations about son- ontaining insula retsitroenngteh ' Nicholson said This raises question of health effort of these substituted substituted materiais IPYARDS $ MEETING - MKNIT SZUKI | ciene. about its ability to prumulgate entornsable regulaSmykasian develagment of up^return Department of Labor is preparing occupational occupational centrels and standards for the Construction industries Labur Department cewe sabestos standard moving down from $ fib to e 2 fr ibes rs Ixindaz need for ilatoi f who at n has been bein done e in this area committen regendenting the groupe present Would that would develop & Manual of Recommended Practises Commitive should include mesne like Don Rradshaw ef WIA. 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