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*1 COPY . INDUSTRIAL-HYGIENE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA. INC. AAOCy FIFTH AVENUE . Pittsburgh 13. Pa. ' July LI, 1917 iaaorandua an Plant of Sou thorn Asha# ton Coapany Sapplassuting The General F.eoort . freliainary bust Investigation far Asbestos Textile Institute* . Of Juno, 1917 Ws.t,JLlgjg.g. This plant is deetgr.uUKi by the letter F In tho general report, . and our appmisal of Its buatinasa eucsaAri^ed La tliat colunn la Table 1. Our own dust ccront3 wora such loxer than those recorded la the coapany's riles. dine* they, however, were only single saaplaa, $re&t reliance cannot be placed on tta*. Vs have, therefore, not weighted the* heavily in selecting fl^nrea tc represent typical dustiness. Thu figure* intricate that dust control is s<;ual ta tho *ver--a good* plant of tho $roup. Dlfferoncea that u7 appear fro* a superficial comparison should not be taiceatoo literally. Thu*, there i* no reason to .halier* that twisting 1* an7 lea* cuaty in this plant than La any other. * PLAINTIFFS I EXHIBIT f 1 imo ^f V tfeacrandu* on ?lnnt of Southern Asbestos Co., iuoplasanting the General. Export *Praliain*ry gust Investigation for Asbaatos Textil* Iaatltnta* of Junet 1947. 2. Oar dust counts are given belowt Suabwr Slaps*4 Tlae (Sins- j Operations Coat Count 1 2' 5 At breathing zone af operator of locas 5 and 6. Dry weaving but lay bean ex hausted (by 2 to 4 inch branches) and exhaust under -m.ro at floor level. 5 At Themtoid loo* 15 and 16, am in breathing *on of operator. Donp weaving. / .5 4, 5 General eir, while vailing; up and down Z aisle* botueen twisting frunes. Only 4 aschin&s ronninv. General air, while eslAinsj up and down a 1 si os batwe-en sp innirL-: ..f resell*------------- 0.4 0.6' 0.5 0.5 goat. Control Practices Tb* eonpaay plana for installation of new carding -echinse' rill afford an opportunity for install* tlon of a first class arodera exhaust ajutaa., It also neana that it will be of ijreat iaportanee to hare specific teat data, enabling ua to fmoe accurate specifications for the aoat affective and ecotioaicaJL exhaust a>'3 t*a imr the particular esut* of earn inn tilled. This is cont*platad as tu part of to* propocod long tarn project. The discussion on dost collectors (page 12) is pertinent to this plant* The loc.'j-tara project include* as one of its earliest objectives the development of rational specificationa for either construction or purchase of appropriate dust collectors. .. JWH33035 -aror><iu* on Plant of Southern kabeetox Co., Suppicaantintf the Conor?! flu part, *?r*liixinar7 Ctist laves fciga.ties for Asbestos Textile Institute* of Juno, 19X7. . 3 , SrtJaJL la f.-bl* II (peg* 1Z, general re-port) here Hated this company * not bavins; had cny x-ray survey, bac^asa of tha fast tim.t tha J.la.ta1 c finding* era tvelLibla oalj la * negative cay. The fact is that txo infar- aatiou It available to tb-e conpsny to Incidence of &ab& taste. The renoris In this section of tiis report ralxtive to tbs Impor tance of the cariodic radical sxaaiwiticc -set t ct visaed in the lifcbt of in* particular program of the State of .forth Carolina. ;fora axtencing specific adric* on this point va toroid vuat to exydlore the practices usd policies of the State to see tbni vill bo corked out rifch tra. Thi# ex-- oloratlan eould ca & pert of the medical ami jf the lon^-tcm pra^ras, as outlined ic. t>* r.eceral report. E.C.L. Eaceoa Saad Engineer JHM33036