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Fibekglas Standards OWM1<CO<*MINC rtacnowAS coAPdff*Tia< >< - .'tfdQ** feat *u*y a* ^srajA Isto*r i**. VS . V. fU2t* F4 * 2 .1 UMVAlT, 1940 RECOMMENDED PRACTICES IN HANDLING --------- FIBERGLAS PRODUCTS Woor Icoie-fiMing clothes, such * w notion kwowi thtrr uno oromoty poms. Woxh thoroughly before going home, u*ing plenty of *0* wmfff ood toep. ' SO far *4 w* bar* b*a able to determine thrwith medical nilTfti acd observance and study of n w&O have beta working daJv ow period f serve or eight yrsrs fita Mberglas* product* of aii (dada. tbia saatmal of stoat! incroduert no industrial haaarta or occupational diseases either ia tt* manufacture or euaaequeot handlinv *** '** has diaelated ao resultant injury. Even sensitive tuine <> beenm* >vusoibcU to contact with Eiberjlaj so that altar a few days of handling (be material no further imtabon is likely to be espenenced. The causa oi any wen imuoon can be quickly v- --.*.... uanos or t~/ -*** bh orator and plenty of atlk soap. 4 a* oeattb mord t our plant at Newark. Ohio is above Use avans* for all Ohio industrial plant*. Ordinary minufac\mf precaution* are cscreued to safeguard machinery, to maintain rood housekeeping conditions, and to reduce to s minimum Lb* usual occupational hatards fouad in any normal manufacturing establishment. RECOMMENDED PRACTICES .Though ia no wise essential for health, the following pro tide* are recommended (or the benefit of those who work coastantiy with F'fberglaa products and have a sonaiiiv* sxm: Careful medical observation of the men who have bets working constantly with Flbcfila* material sinew * ** tu im< nave revealed no iod-*ti* l. Wear loose efothin*. ..a wrote, neck >i -m-. wane ordinary work**1** tletbinc u>ay oe used. awest stun and ordinary psats seem to b< preferred. whatever tst co rnurat*'*adprotr*cted exposure has any atfret upon health. - " & Weak thoroughly before going home, preferably in s shower bath usioc plenty of hot water and soap. Since it Is not possible for any workman handing or usinc Rberglae products in other eiabJtah/eenv to aeeuaulste so many hours and year* of constant eoouct with this gstenal. the health observation* at nur Newark plant may be taken 3. It is not desirable to wear cloves, armlets, respirators, or other *Droteceve" dating or equipment, as there seem* to be ieu irritaooft without them. as an indication that Fiberglas produets introduce no am parent baaard to other industries a which they nay be used. 4. DuriSf particularly hot westher some persons with sensitive Slfins oecMiAnally rspenenee a llicM i-r.tation on Oa tba contrary, the very nature of the material, its com their bodies from working constantly with Fiber?)** prod plete flrmaafety, its cleanliness, its chemical liability, and its other charactemoes constantly are eentnbuunc '> uets. Use ordinary rubbing alcohol or calamine lotto* *** Sr. PkMi >b wvaiment ot such irritations. when the la in Mrnct, I & Since FiWglas material is light in weight it usually may be bandied without applying firm pressure or * ftroAt SENSITIVE SKINS craap. This method of handling--by lightly supporting (he l, Persons with sensitive akin* who drat handle Rberglaa material may expeneace an irritation not unlike that *tu<h ia felt when a barber allows short hairs to (all down a man s neck, or when a person chaoses to coarse, woolen under- material rather than (Tsspmr it--minimoee ihr i*idney to develop surface imuuoni in ih* hands before the workmen becomes immune. Ordinarily, after workin* with Fiberglas matenai a fw w*r. This imtsuon is purely mechanical and observation dayt, aenstttvity to it disappears. 1. 01 500 005SVf h