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FILE NAME: Goodyear (GY) DATE: 1949 Mar 17 DOC#: GY006 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Government Inspection Results siTisa ex axstt nc.ts* IEJCSSA l CQMOISIOB OX OHIO Vr* ; u h B* 7 m hsr, S uperintendent, Division of Safety & ^rg ls-j ' te l--bos 15 Obl Birch 17 2#i? Boi Qoo$reer T ir* and Busbar Co, Akron, Ohi* On fslg u a ry 11 v i s i t a u aadl to th e h o m s&eed company * t th a re q u est o f Jack XUMgr MiK^ M m U r m l Mr* Xiekss, liilita a i StlV Director to d s ta n la e to e th e r e r a n i a d e fin ite tm < ex isted a t th e --Idlng p aretic-- being perita-- d In U --in te s e -- depart--e t ,, t th e company* rim p lo t* C ontact w n ato v i t i t o f f * n d s s y , Tie*--, B. X. M a rc a , S uperintendent o f the rim plant and I , 8 fa ring Chairman o f Dm anion s a fe ty c o n l t t e e . th e re rs fo u r man angsgsd In the v ario u s t n i i o f melding o p eratio n s In a toe --intonano serie 22 oeapany M aintain fe w s h if ts fo r th is to rte, thus allem ixg ad man to eytaA about 752 o f h is t i -- --U ln e on neh six hoar shift* A ccordici to th e company* reerru * the fo u r sou b ara used a to t a l o f f i r s hundred od twenty e ig h t pavida o f rods* This includa both b a r? , coated and a p o d a l b rasin e roda* S d a ia an ex tra--ly a n a li m aost o f roda used by tha fo u r san and -- o f tha D irla to e o f 3fty and Eyci*-- , bar -- r a* countered any h aa lth hanard ban --Iding oparatioo b ars boon p e rfe rro d by oaa man in a lare * a rsa ben sa n e ra i v e n tila tio n in m aintained a t a l l tiso s auch am i a th is Shan tha v i i ta r ausveyed th is --ld iu g area tba e ld e r aa Dot orklag on a maiding jo b , b u t t d id cu t -- abaata o f galv an ised --t i l so th a t the rite ? could aea ju s t h as tha fomaa tra v e le d . fune* aera being d iap ersod In to th e ataospfcere and no high co ncentrations ara being deralopod e th e r than d ire c tly a t tha p a in t o f c o ttin e . By in h alin g sin o fa n e s, s i n sbehae ara so--tlx -- produced in c e rta in la d irid u a ls . I f --Iding on in e coated onta r la la i s performed continuously th e re mould, o f ocraree, be need fo r lo c a l eriuenst. '& e eld er s t a t a i th a t be socxetlnea co ts b o ile r p la t* and, o f course in th is type op*ra tin a he ould be exposed to iro n oxide fn ace. Ouch fuma* ara r o t considered to x ic , hsnsver, they re*y predace ssc jvoo to i th ro a t i r r i t t tea. Du* to cood gen eral v e n tila tio n any n itro u s codia fu ses o r paono th a t nay be foraed in the a ld in i a n sold be o f no hyeio n ie Im portance. The-- tao gases are detrim ental to h ealth i f the elding la perform ed in a confined space each aa in sid e o f ta e ls u lth o u t pro p er v e n tila tio n . Hiero i s s tank type v e n tila tin e u n it -- fa c to re d by the Vine S afety A ppliance Coepany ttaich could be w ad fo r lo c a l v--illa tio n ben fu ses ore baine gur*ted In the cu ttin g o f galvanised Iro n * b a ile r p la te , th e re fo re , e recomnasd ti see o f a tank o f th is type o r i t s eq u iv alen t fo r the re se v a l o f any I r r i t a tin g o r nnelanoo type fu sa s. Eaclneed i s a oapy o f a l e t t e r f r to the Trade-- foundation vhlcn la s e lf explanatory, end say help in a lle v ia tin g any thought Of p o s s ib le s ilic a .hazards in elding. cspoctfully subm itted, Don Earns S afety Advisor