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April 17, IN) Dr* Paul L Beat 606 Sooth Foortfc Nctt UttiCVilU, Boer Doctor Deed Va at* Wcfii| teomtegty oatwmd ibMC Um phyalelogleel effeete ol ethyleae dichloride tod viyli4iM llort4i< Both oC tbeee eoopcmde, u yeo kmr n aorreotly uted at th LeolavtUe Plant* U believe that it ia santUl that t partors liver femetloo iMu ea all of ear pirmaei tapetad to either of thin eeopeaode. 1 believe yea have beea ptrtoaisg euh atudlet leoally it ethylaoe HitlQrlN pKWMit aa oatUood ia oy latter to Hr* Belem of February 10* 1*61. Rewmr, 1 otl4 LUa to have %bo procedure# nedifled whereby the laboratory atodlee will be made on blood Mm by The *f .Goodrich Bepertweet of ladattrial Bygiaee ao4 Tokleoiogy at Aim. I would lUa to have the Mm apeclaeaa oeilooted by yeo at the pleat* tie at11 aapply yea with the aeeeeeary ocetaiser* for fMienU| ha am tao Alum* N UI Mai a oiaUmoi of A ml* of eaten* foiloolao the collectloa of the blood at the plant# it cboalf be coagulated ao4 the ceLia eapereted. Qaly the aeruo la to be seat to Alum* the atadlas are to be dm on all paraoBMl oho bate espoenrea to either ethylaoa dlchloride or vinylldaae chloride* and aro to bo ropoatod every aim oftnthe. They are alao to bo deoe a alt aw aaalgaoaa to the mea of either of theao ceopouada* if aboomelitioa ere ma le the atodlee on theta aw aiaiptoea, them you ahoold raatrict Chao free wpaiwa. If yeo vlU advtaa a of the eieaber of container* yea require* Ml forward thee to the pitot for the collection*. Sincerely your** cot Nr. L0. Crwikletao Hr* w.w. BeocNMO Mr* A* vitteoe Bex B. Viiaee, H.S. H.t>. BFG46328 T001809Z pbxl uraocs, njurr to. m* h. jomwar, k.d. mt. 002, *U. 5-H t/u/rs Durik 700 very mtrb. tot yowr kiatf hospitality on ^ meant visit to the LoulsvU.ie Float* 1 enjoyed touring the Plate aid appnelatid the than that yoo, Doug shyfrHT ond tbo various goaorol for--in spent Vick no* X certainly dig not m nqr obvious health kaacds in ay tour and I thlife your people an to bn i i--eartH for naming a wry tight operation while handling products Uhlch eould aaoily nafce far a sloppy and haiarima nark am trmnmiH If not ImndTiiT eem&Uy. Ha tso pcdblaa aceaa with Akb X tbldfc you need bn coatttmd an the obvious solan pcobloa and the potential pcoblai of tfiarfral vapor opoma. So far as the nolan la concerned, yon certainly neon to ham a good bnarlag cen sorsetloo pragma and* in looking through a naabar of meant oodlegcms, It appears to aa Chat tha bnarlag of the plant anploynnn la balag vail protected. All industry la, of course, obligated by OSSA to solus all sola# board problem by antlnaarfnq naans. If this la feasible* I thlafc your approach of tackling your obIm angfnonr log pmMana ona at a tins 00 a find schedule la an excellent plan. Even though you my null bu inspected bofora you ban oolvud all am nolan problem anna, tha fact that you can shoo evidence of a working plan dUfih baa produced raaulta vould certainly Inprnaa may conpllanan officer moot towrdly, So far an tha rfinloal vapor srpneiTas am eoaoomod, X don't thlidt my of no knows exactly ubnm amt pwhtm area da and X chide dm boat approach la dan ana on dis cussed of doing earns vary extensive blond rhmtacry on tha 290 or 00 anplnyuaa dm vs thlafc could pooolhly bn subject to aa advene exposure. Yrm n purely aciantlflc point of vino, eon to valueteat to rsaart to n "shot pn approach", but it soana to an to bn thn only praetiral approach la tha pmannt situation* 1 thlafc that the arrnagnonat dhiafc Sr* Creech hoc node, perm tiled thn iah will do then at $10 per cksbImtlae and taka dm maponalblllty for the nattm testing ycoendam free darning tha tapti to reporting the results, la good end an dmU groeoad v&th the tooting pra gma* 3m asm atop should ho for no to naan hack mi try to help Dr* Cmach and your people Interpret those raaulta and decide 1 1* hat sort of on-going roaring program la anodod* 2* Which arena la the Plant, if any, need a rhwmdi evaluation In tame of hotter definition of tha vapor aipnouraa lapetmd. Thank you agala for your courtesies during ay visit and X look forward to bearing fra you dm tha tasting pragma la completed* T0028092 ifiZJrak eet R* H. Wilson, M.D. J. L. nelson M* H. Johnson, H*D*, Director tocironnanfal Smith Dnpaifaniit BFG46329 \ iMlsvliUi Ky ur Letter IN 11'' - OKo/^iniz./ *CORKtbHONr`cNCE a........,,,, * CvmkUtm 5>ub| rrt From _ Date rtwa D/0020 * */W (SHOW DIPT. BUOO IF AKRON' t/U/t) Attached la tha rapart of ety racaot visit to yoar plant. Halt Cato md l han agrnad that acvtral of thaaa operations Aould apalm bo re-aralaatad v&tbla tha oaxt maths, l facva alao ffarad ta Salt oar aarrlcaa la my dlMUiioai or approval# of pUos with raapact ea tha aoeloaora of tha cdbors. eat H.W. Tianghaan A. Vlttooa tf,E, HeCarolck USE THE BACK OF THIS SHEET FOR YOUR REPLY IF POSSIBLE FOR M 45)2 I t * 57 LITHO. I, J US * 26083001 BFG46330 August 12, 1262 Report of Visit to Louisville Plsnt ftvatt} t?.*a On August 3 1 6, 1963 s visit was made to the Loulsvills Plant to evaluate several manufacturing operations from the standpoint of industrial hygiene. Recent --tm- lnationa of parsonnsl handling load showed savoral with alavatsd blood and urinary levels* For this reason particular attention was paid to the lead handling oper ations* Folse measurements were made around the cohere to again indicate the severity of this noise exposure* 1* Results and'Discussion 1. H and1 Ida of Lead Compounds! Atmospheric samples were collected at the weigh booth in Building 8, while Trlbase E and basic lead carbonate were being weighed* The results of these are as follows! Sample So. Atmospheric Exposure (Mg* of Lead/Cu.M. of Air) 1 .3 Operator's exposure while weighing Trlbase E 2 3*2 Operator's exposure while weighing basic lead carbonate 3 1*6 flame as #1 All of the above samples were taken with the exhaust fan operating normally end with no visible restriction on any of the slots in the booth through dilch the exhaust is supplied* The above results Indiest* inadequate con trol of the dust arising from these weighing operations. Atmospheric ex posures to Lead compounds should not exceed 0.2 mg./cu.m, of air* Consider able variation in the throe results occurred Ad is explained oo the basis of variations between individual operators insofar as then weighing activ ities are concerned* Considerable spillage of dry pigments (lead compounds or others) was observed oo the floor. This else adds to the general con tamination in the atmosphere. It wee estimated by Management that each of the welghmeo handle, on a average, 500 lbs* of load compounds par day, three days par weak. This level of activity, being not full time, is a aid in the control of the individual lead exposures. However, In view of the above results, the operating charAtaristles of the exhAst fn should be evaluated. Sufficient ventilation needs to be provided to this booth to slntsin s satisfactory working environment. The charging level of Che Farrell-Blrningh Mixer was inspected. Ho at mospheric sAples were collected in view of the modifications which are still being made in this area. 26083002 BFG46331 I 2. Mol-- Expo--i The not-- to--is Incident to the csW operations is this plant have been an an--ms past oaeasl--a and recemmand- atlons mads for chair corraetlon. Sla-- tbs last measurements* however* additional oubars have bean installed. Management indicated its desire to now nova rapidly on tha reduction of tha-- sol-- exposures. Ear muffs have baan providad to all cubar oparators and their wearing has baan aada Mandatory. This Is commendable. Noise measurements wars aada as indi estad In tha following results: Mol-- Laval (Decibels) Location 99 Operator*a exposure at #2 --wing machine 99 Oparator's exposure at tha front of #1 #3843 Gray Mill Stock being proceseed 102 Operator* s exposure between #2 and #3 cubar with all three cubar a operating 103 100 96 North aide of #3 cubar. Only this cubar operating Operator's exposure at #2 sawing Machine* #1 and #2 cubara operating Oparator's exposure at #2 sewing Machine* #1 cubar only oparatlng. Em-- troubla with stock. #6714 Charcoal Gray Stock baing processed The above results indicate definite noise hasards in tha Immediate area of tha cubars end the need for controls# The above data are expressed only In terms of over-ell levels. An attenpt was ms da at tha time of tha visit to naka an octave bead analysis* but It was found that tha Instrunent was not functioning properly* and therefore* tha-- data are not reported. Tha wearing of ear protective devices by the cubar operators Is a satisfactory control for these personnel. However* it does not provide a control for personnel working in lnediete adjacent operations. Andiograas have not been made of --y of the-- personnel. This should be done now end repeated at least ones aach year -- that a record nay be main tained of the hearing status of each of tike-- employees. Furthermore, ell new assignees to the job of cubar operator should be given an audiogram and not assigned If their hearing loss exceeds an average of 13 decibels in either ear at tha frequencies of 300, 1000, end 2000 cycles per second* er 30 decibels at 4000 cyeles per second. The BFG form for the recording of the-- audiograms Is attached to this report. 3. Generali Examinations for tho-- personnel handling athylene dlchloride or vlnylidene chloride have been started. The procedures to be followed 0 n n o o rm * BFG46332 5 la mlMtiag thiN rtMito wrt dlicun4 vlth Dr, CrtMfa m6 Mr. Cate. The examinations vllt be repeated every slat months. They will iIm be performed oo pre-asslgOMBt basis to personnel entering operations In volving exposures to slthsr of these compounds. Complete blood counts have boon node of laboratory porsonnol handling nitrobenzene. Those results hovo not os yet boon sent to Akron for re view and this should bo done as soon as possible. The other potential health hazard* at this plant were found to be well controlled at the tine of the visit. V.S. McCormick BFG46333 *00C809Z -4BiM lmi for tha vapor is sir Akb to aeesptabla for prolaagad u* pfpw Tha m&liblt avldaoca iritoft that 25 ports por aillisn Is sctnln. too vtoylldana chlortda lo triDifamd froo dnmt{ it m mU4 that o dm laakad at the tong daring tmtftr. Dm to its high volatility (the vapor prasaara at root taoparatnra la approwlnataly 500 . Hg.), high ai^ concaatratioas say ho prodaoed as tha raaalt of looks or spills* tsposarc to 4000 parts par alllion for a fav ataataa prodaoaa "droakanttass" afcicfe aay prognoa to oBcoaocioasBass if tha aaposaro Is oantiasad. f. OparatIona involving nos of athylaoo dlshlsrlda and acrylanltrlla do not appaar to prasant haalth hoaarda la noraal operations* tappUad air wplrators an m abac elanalng polymrlsara dilct hava oantalsad acrylanltrlla 0. So aoloa valuations mre aada* as so changes la iflpaaot had haan nods alnoa aaaanraaanta aara nada raomtiy hy Mr* MeCmlek. Oaorga L Wii f/23/44 BFG46334 S00C8092 tfifoxr or visit to usismu purr ___________________________________ Coring tbo period SoptMbor 1-3, 1964, on lodsttriol 1iygiM aomy u oodo at Cb LoaisrllU ftoit of Tho B.F.Goodrich rh--lcol Conpony. Following on our rocn--onrlotlooo --d tbo ronlts ot this wmy. 200S809Z A. liyrort axhoaot notiUtioi t tbo akip boiot an tbo 4** Forroll lino* B. Inpronro tbo work hobito of poro-ml weighlog plgnaota t tbo booth in Bnilding *. C. Cnpbooise tbo noceeoity of good portanal byglono an--g por--nal bond* Xing tonic notaxi.nla --ch mm iood and --tlnany oonpoandt* D. Prevent tpllXoga of vinylldono chlorldo in d--n b--dllng operation a* II. to--lta In order to evalnato potantlnl health hoaorda, oir aanpXoa vara fab-- at eevwral operationa. Tba to--it# follow* A. Load Kg. Load Por --. i tf air Mmmxkm 0.S5 Workn-- a onpa--ro voighlag Pi Bnilding g. t 8-1 in 0.64 0.07 mm #1. Uorb--'a espo--re --idling flpoat 8-10 in Bnilding B. 0.40 0.02 0.02 8--a at #3. Uoigjhn--*o expo--re at B--tcbalHinor-oxtrndor oporati--, pro--log 8737 Block 289 contain ing Pignoat 8-1. Ion* ao #3. 1.34 Ueighn--f > expo--re ot 4"Forroll, procoooing 2737 White 132 containing Pigpent 8-1. 1.12 Ovor 0.80* mm #7. Bono a #7 ond 8, procoooing 82467 Slato 260 jum t.inl.a VI *$--plo ***** with MSA Onlvaroal S--plor. fte--It cannot ba oxpreeeed nora erectly. BFG46340 - 2- I. StJtiLftU "fflutha__________________________________________ 0*4t Ma*1! apenvt l|hla| Coda 70814? ffariim; Oxide) la Balldlag - 2 0.38 Sms as #1. 3 0.01 exposure at B--eh>l Klxer-extradar o^tntlai processing 8937 Black 284 i^nttlii<>| 708147. 4 0.03 tai m 03. 3 0.04 Aatlamy la tm+ frm alii an extruder lime. * 0.37 Ualghaaa** wpcwti at 4* ferrell, processing 8937 Wilts 132 containing 700147. 7 0.1 Sam aa #4. C. Vlarl Chlerlde Darla# Clemiae ag Mmerimr <10182-712 Ualn) MBU ffOl TrtTl!aiaii Ssscdu C00S8O 9Z 1 130 Cleaner*# expeaura MU aonpUo lowar third af mil, My #23, CUrgt #2234, Building S. 2 120 Cleaner* e ctyiari tklwliif hsrdmad aatarlal 2m agltatar. Sam laeatlaa aa #1. 3 120 Clamor*a exposure scraping batten a# paly* Sam loeatlm aa #1. 4 Lees than 30 Cleaner9# exposure ottlie ier^ii| lewr third af mil. My #13, Charta 07447, Building 1. 3 Sana Sam aa #4. 4 Barn Sam aa 03, scraping an battm. 7 120 CUmar's exposure ahila aeraplag lamr third of mil. My #17, Charge 02243, Building 18. 8 120 Sam aa 07, aeraplag half my up mil. 4 150 Sam aa 07, scraping battm. 0. Viuylldaoe Chloride Daring Folymrlsev Claming After Charges at type 222 Balldlm. 13.1-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- s^ci. ftm. nitTiidro. atwUi* -------------------Sae&du---------------------- BFG46341 23 Cleaner*# exposure too aimtee after clean* lag started, scraping lower half af mil. My #15, Charge #5411. D. (CtiaM4) SmoU o. novlldoao Chlorlte "ffflrtl. 2 23 tm #1, two atwtic Utor. 3 10 SiftlUr U III i, Toly #14, Charge #3418 4 13 Seen u #3* 3 10 Slaller to U 2, Voly #18, Chart* 43423 4 10 Sato 84 #3* These conceatratlone agy ilo isolate mm cia 1,2-dlehlornethylene, kt calculated aa vtayliku ehlovld*. It eeuld aot ha aaparatad by the ana lytical Ucklqna used. 4. Eipontt to lead at the il|h booth la Building usually exceeded tha presently acceptable Milaa Iml of 0,2 ag* par cubic cator of air by a wide MTfia, Tbla caadltloa appear* to ba cauaad prlaarily by poor work habits which reduae the effectiveness of tha ventilation ayataa. Lead ccapounda arc habitually epilled cute tha aeala plstforui la tha precaaa of spaaing paper bags to ba filled. It was acted that cue workman craated a cloud of lead teat ehich eavwlepad hla and the area to hla rear. Thia lacraaaed tha exposure af all paraaaoal in tha vicinity. Tha weighaaa** expaaura to lead at tha gltip hoiat of tha 4M Farrall unit eaa far above tha praaaatly acceptable daw level. Airborne duet la S*Mratad when the hoiat detape Into tha adxer. hot all of it ia captured by the aahaaat fan. Sum teat ia ao doubt aea&torod over a large area of the dll too*. The welgtaM's exposure to load at tha Haaochal Mlxar-estrader oparatiae waa well below the praaaatly aceeptahla earlana level. 8, Exposure to aatlaeay at all locatieaa checked waa belev tha praaaatly acceptable aerial level of 0.5 ag. par ateic aatar of air. Expoaure at the kip hoiat aantleeed above will ha reduced euhataatlally rhea tha aacaaaary atapa have beau taken to control airborne lead. C. Goad poreonal hygiaaa la iaportaet la pravaaticu af abeorption of toxic aatarlala auch aa Lead aad entiaoay* Thorough waablag of tha bauds prior to eating aad cooking ia particularly laportant. D. exposure to vinyl chloride vapora during polyaeriser cleaning waa well below tha praaaatly acceptable eaxtane level of 300 parte per aillion parte af air ia tha three polyaariaara in which sanplaa were taken. E. Vinylldaoa chlorite aay prodoee organic Injury to the liver end kidneys upon repeated exposure. At tha present tlaa there ia no aatabliehad BFG4634'1 4 Mdm lw*t ter tte npir ta Air tideh it acesptabla ter prol|i4 potato* Tha avallafcla arldsoos ladloats* that *5 part* par aim-- ie KUlVt. tea* vlnyllilai chlorite is transfarrod fra* dnat; it aba mU4 that a dm ImM At tha teat duri| tea to It* high volatility ttfco vapor pnasara At roo* ft--gsratara is approximately 300 aa* Bg#), high Air coocaotratloas mmy te prtecto as dw nsalt el tasks r spills* Exposure to 4000 parts par allllaa Cat a stetoi pratecss "drunktaatsa** uhich aay progross to aacsascioosaas* If toa txpoaara is eaetlBasd* f. Operation# invoLriag uss af athylao# d&cktorlto and sarylooltrlls te not appaar to prosant health tesards la non--1 operation*. Supplied air rasplrators an oata tes cleanlog polyaaerlvsrt hhlte ten eeatalnod eerylonltrll*. C* Ko solas mloitlcni oars aarts as m eteogas la aplpmt ted teas aate alaea --wnainti ran aate rasratly hy hr* KcCexalek. Georgs L. U 9/23/64 S0OS8O9Z BFG46343 J. L. Nelson Cleveland Office Febru. LouuTstsvilla Plant Kentucky Department of Health Report Here is a copy of a report the Kentucky Department of Health has sent us concerning their recent visit which I described to you In Cleveland on January 30th* I have also sent a copy of this to McCormick* As you note, they are expecting us to arrange a meeting with them and though not mentioned in the reportc they have Indicated to us that represen* tatives of the U.S* Public Health Service should also be in attendance* We have left it with them that we will arrange a meeting In late February or early March* We prefer early March and Or* Creech has indicated that he would like very much for Or* Wilson and McCormick to be present* I have left ft with BUI to select a date agreeable to alt concerned and to let me know his preferences so that we can proceed to finalize the meeting arrangements, or If he chooses, perhaps he would prefer to make the arrangements htmsetf* As you also note, I gave them the expected costs of these water cleaning installations at their request* Ordinarily, we would not make known equipment costs, however, since the equipment Is not a production or new product installation and the hand problem Is so serious, I felt that It was appropriate and in our best interests to give them frank Information on this substantial expenditure being made In an effort to solve this problem* Our contact on this matter Is John H* Cal Ms, Chief Industrial Hygienist, Occupational Health Program, Division of Environmental Health, Frankfort, Kentucky, Phone 5^*3380* 26086001 dot attch cc: W* E, McCormick H. P. McMath L* G*Crunk1eton BFG46344