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FILE NAME: Owens Illinois (OWILL) DATE: 1951 Feb 12 DOC#: OWILL087 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Internal Inspection Report & Response Letter t/ll/ll ! Ce ik>D4ey, February 6, I9 b l, the periodic h ealth lnapeotlon v a i ad* o f th* B erlin plant o f the la y lo D iv ia io n . onferenoea war* h*ld with Georg* Walker, plant naat#r, J i * Chandler, pereonael d irector. Dr. Banry Schwarta th* new plant phyaioian, and I n Dole Jordan, I . S . , the plant nuree. Thl* p a rticu la r t r ip wa* wad* o arly th is year to a> to M e t th* xwv plant doctor and u i a r any question th a t say have arioos in h i* *in d . Z alo wished to develop our awdioal plan fo r c iv ilia n defease. Because o f i t * lo c a tio n , th* plan t 1* probably not too vulnarabl* to d iu ^ i oxoept in te rn a lly . Severthelesa, i t I t believed that tht di pen ary and i t t personnel thou Id al*ay b* prepared fo r any eaergenoy. Th* dip#nary ha* on hand the required 80 day reaenr* o f dressing, a n tise p tic* and other cu rgio al M a te ria l. They a lt o Maintain a a a tla factory energeney bag. Wa reooKBnded further eon tideration o f f i r a t - a id e la it e t by the Anerloan Red C roat, and th* blood typing o f eaployeea. The plant physi cian la 1 eloae eontaot with lo c a l and atate c iv il ia n defenae planning and w ill pata en to th* p lan t Manager and peraonnal direotor auoh p e r ti nent pedioal planning aa May lnvolva cur plant cr i t * people. The regu lar t r ip through the plant vaa Made with J in Chandler and i t waa p le a tin g to note the lnproved hou*keeping throughout* A m i c o a tlc c operation began to date and fro our vlevpolnt had few haiardt or r ie k a . B i l l Batard had Made c e rta in reoo m n d ation a and they were In effeot* -IQonerr Conclut ions taqtcrUrct lu the A r to r ia e , nd fie ld and rOftoarch fin d in g prormn t l t nom al bandlinc o f Kylo product* 1 ta ie fro a ft h e *l& rU n d p o ln t. The usual preoautiw ary asasurw talon fo r an? p r o je t oontaiaing Aaboatoe are neodcJ tn ft continued ftjxarufe to b e a til* ooncntrftt#d Eaylo M t.' < 1 Cont The factory hipped duet to the Laboratory taken fron the duet collectors as deposited free the none*! sarmfecturing operation. A roon v u constn*cted 8 * 8 * 6 . In one oomer o f the loan hopper erected end fille d with teylo duet. ^7 *0*2 of e peddle that rotated inside the hopper * eloud of dust **S goneretod. This esu aaiatained tigh t boun per dap* fir * daps per week, and for four hoore oq Saturdays. The roett was operated for ore than five roars. About hSO aniaals an scad la the axporinent and socae of thea lived continuouely dust root for as lone as throe rears. {'At regular intervals aniaals were k ille d and the lung tisruce xaolnod to detandne the nature and extent of dust reaction, the tissue ere also alyeod to estiaato the aaovmt of Kayl duet retained in the lungs of aniaals exposed for definite periods of tla e . The conclusions o f the research, work done with Kaylo & a t on aniaals warn (1) That there Is no possibility of developing Siliooeis. (2) That there 1s no danger of developing Asbeetoeie 1th noreal handling of Keylo products. Test shewed that eoetlBued exposure to onoeotratod Kayla <fct Inhaled over a loog period e f tie* as payabl e o f producing in aaiaals Increased tissue groelh typical e f Asberterts. The reaction as wilder than shat pun Albertos dart odd produce. (3) That the dost has a s li^ U jr mfnvDreble laCLasnos qpse a tuberculous Infection after extensive sxposTjre ever a long period P i ile a . - s- that Haa Oeeno-Iliinols Pore to Investigate the Health Aspect of K*ylo I t has a Jsv > been eerdintl policy o f the Co*g>any that the Safety end Health o f its employees end the Bho handle end nee their products be properly protec to *1. Oess-Xllinois wade three types o f i irreetifstioos: A. A ll employees o f the plant ere giver, pro awp loywent jfeyvical ejMcinatione including oheet X-rayw end annually thereafter. Since the eery beginning o f the p ilo t plant operation no aployoe has shown any evidence o f lung damage, dem en tis or Other physical eilaents treoeeble to the handling o f Ksylo. r<. Arrangements were do 1th the Bew Jars;' State Health and it labor Departaecta, Vorknea'a Coaspeneatioo Insurance Carrier and tho Industrial Hygiene Section o f O reae-Illinoie for special investigations end recxxsscodation*. Both forfcasn'e Cci^ensation elaies and group insurance d a l * ere studied to determine I f exposure as e factor In scy sickness. Bone of these invest! gatlore and rtudiae have fhoen any connection between working with Kaylo sax! the physical w ell being o f the eeployoo. C. o*ne-Hlinoie has followed cloedy the experience o f people In the fie ld who trot, f i t sod handle Kaylo U r ie l . Bo ooeplainte have been received fra say user reflectin g sty health or pfcysical Upairweat on the part o f the people bundling Ksylo U r i e l . Oood reports hat bean reoeired fran thm eawpering the working with and headline o f Kayla to other sterlale. S . Arrangement were wad* with the Saranac Wboretoxy to ooedoct periwente on the health u p se t a f Kayla duet, th is woi t rUrW d in XpU5 and oocrtinued e e til ooupletioo is lp$2. 2% p lcred the Wftture o f long reaction in animals Bho breathed Keylo duet. the le tte r *r> 1b *n engineer!*: tern wJdch aeans the rat that faaat throng one inch o f inwulatioo. Good iaru lstioe H I le t nlcr a nail aaount o f hoot pass through. I t ; than the T 1 factor 1 Xoat. (heat lo a i). Fro thie the trade moe leylo originated. I That 1b teylo Material Karlo arterial is a olid forned bp * ehenical reaction of lin e , .Viite and, and water, with fiber added to give tournees. That are layls Product / Kaylo product are nade in two different ai{^te knows u l i ^ t , about 1C pounds por cubic fo o t, and hoar.7 boot 2G pounds per 0ubic fo o t. The heavj a te ria l ie used fort Roof Tile Doors Core Material V a il panels The lbt aterial ia owed fo r; Pipe Insulation Teeeel Insulation Flat Block Insulation Xe gajlo a Ms* Material Isyl ie a relatively new type o f lnaulatioc etroctural e taria l. BxperiMBtal work ww done with the aasufactare o f this Material ee arly e* IF^O. I t was la that O w e-niineis fir s t turned it attention to th is new arterial and a p ilo t operation atarted ia 1&2* / OWENS-ILLINOIS GLASS COMPANY tA Y L O DIVISION INTRA-COMPANY CORRESPONDENCE Hr. George E. White Attention of Cenerai Office - Toledo, Oblo Decasber 9i 195? Subject In corsplianoe with your instru ction s, we have Bade t stucfy o f e ll available data on the health aspect of |aylo duet end sp e cifica lly re latin g to lung in ju ry. We ere attaching 3 copies o f the analyse which wee prepared with the objective of publishing in panphlet fo r t. Considerable tiae has been pent on this subject with Dr. Shook and B ill Ilasard, both o f what ie major contributionsj end also contact were Bade with people in Sales to get th e ir thinking (Ifesera. Hankins, Shunan, Baber, Casey, Long, and Lugar), The report la based on experience in the factories and in the fie ld and research findings o f The Saranac Laboratory. Suggest the fin a l draft of the proposed published paaphlet be review ed with Or. Shook, B ill Haaard, Dutch Nouhaus and id Dodd. CWHieg Tours very tru ly , m Curtis . Howard The di epeeeery i s m i l , com pletely quipped and probably adequate for the amount o f a e d lca l and au rgieal work performed. The dootor and nurae are working under a handieap but are doing the beet they an. The duet situ a tio n le not good. Tverythin^ to prevent eontaaination auet be ooverad and that la not alwaye eaey. there aleo le inadequate storage epaoe. Cartons are un s ig h t ly . V ererthelees. a fin e Medical Servio e x is te and we know i t w ill continue. Periodic ehest X-ray o f employee have ndt been done completely inoe 1946. The plan was dieoontlnued apparently when I t in t e r fered with production. In 1049 a plan was suggested by ue but not follow ed o u t. Me doubt I f any damage has been done exoept th a t no* B i l l an* I w ill h e sita te to a lt e r our previous recommendations fo r yearly cheat X -ray s. So* we do not have the c o p e t e a to ry . fix aye they w ill ta r t p eriod ic X-raye o f oheste again th is y e a r. The ehest X-ray is done on pre-employment exam inations. Lee Henry, an em ploye who ha been re lie v e d a t plant e le c tr ic ia n because o f a heart co n d itio n , appealed to me fo r h e lp . We diseueeed h ii case completely with h ia b u t, under the oirouastanoee, could not o ffe r h ix any h elp . We did advise re-examination by the levy and better adjustment to a quieter l i f e . J i x and I went to the home o f Hr. Margaret G iffo rd fo r a fr ie n d ly v i s i t . The unfortunate woman is su ffe rin g fr o a e d e b ilita tin g con d itio n and has not auob longer to l i v e . C .r . Shook, M.D Medieal Director