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FILE NAME: Shipbuilders Council of America (SHIP) DATE: 1969 Apr 14 DOC#: SHIP038 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: SCA Memo to Board of Directors RE Safety Matters SHIPBUILDERS COUNCIL OF AMERICA T 7 3 D K S T R E E T N. W . W A S H IN G T O N , O .C . 2 0 0 0 3 a O a |3 3 B - 7 ? E a A pril 14, 1969 To: S u b je c t: BOARD OF DIRECTORS b Safety M atters You w ill re c a ll th at at the M arch 5 m eeting of th e B oard se v e ra l m a tte rs w ere d iscu ssed relatin g to safety and h ealth in ship y a rd s . These included: a . Handling of p o ten tially explosive ships by re p a ir y ard s, and b . R evised W alsh-H ealey P ublic C ontracts Act Safety and H ealth S tan d ard s, p a rtic u la rly th reshold lim its on noise and asbestos d u st. As d irected by the B oard, the Safety C om m ittee consid e re d th e se su b jects at its m eetin g A pril Z, and its reco m m en d atio n s to the B o ard , b ased on extended d iscu ssio n , are: A sbestos F ib e r H ealth H azards in Shipyards These problem s re q u ire close scru tin y , prom pt action and coordination w ith p a ra lle l effo rts in o th er in d u s trie s . To th is end, the Council should re q u e st all m em b ers to ,p ro v id e any in fo r m a tio n they m ay have as to stu d ies being m ade of th ese p ro b le m s, v isits fro m re se a rc h groups, and so on. C ontact w ith the public r e l a t i o n s f i r m of H ill Si K n o w lto n , I n c . w h ic h now r e p r e s e n t s Jo h n s M anville C o rp ., and w ith the A m erican M edical A ssociation w as also s u g g e s te d . H andling of P o ten tially E xplosive Ships by U .5 . R ep air Y ards T here a re som e obvious differen ces of opinion on this m a t t e r , and th e re fo re it is re c o m m en d e d th a t a su rv e y s im ila r to th at m a d s in 1963 should ag ain be m ade to d e te rm in e the p re s e n t p o sitio n of the individual m e m b e rs of the Council on th is q u estio n . ----------- ------ -------- PLAINTIFF S t EXHIBIT - | a SBCA5015 | -.7.- ' 7. ......... , r 2 D etails of the Safety C o m m ittee's d isc u ssio n of th e se su b je c ts a re covered in the attach ed M inutes of the A p ril 2 m e etin g . On the assum ption th at the above recom m endations a re a cc e p tab le to the B o ard , a ll m e m b e rs a re re s p e c tfu lly u rg e d to p r o vide prom ptly any inform ation on stu d ies of asb esto s and n o ise p ro b lem s o r v isits fro m re s e a rc h groups they m ay see fit to sh are w ith the C ouncil. W ith re g a rd to the handling of non gas fre e d s h ip s, p ro m p t re tu rn of the enclosed su rv ey w ill also be a p p re cia te d . Y our re p ly p rio r to M ay 17 w ould be m o s t h e lp fu l. Copy to: Safety C om m ittee Edw in M P resident i V A tJ v5 A? P U U