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/4)ex NEW YORK OFFICE June 28, 1979 F. W. Enoch, M.D. ^ C. Ho Borcherding Attached hereto is a suggested write-up if and when we have to notify employees of overexposure to lead, asbestos, etc. gest. I am sure there are several "add ons" that you can sug What I am trying to convey to the employee is there is potential hazard to their health but I don't want to scare them to death. We recognize our responsibility to: 1. Provide a work environment that is not hazardous to the employee's health. 2. Alert employees to any potential hazard. 3. Comply with the law. This, of course, is not an easy task because to eliminate certain harmful materials from products or processes may be like trying to take the liquid out of soupe If successful it is no longer soup. This being the case we then have to either engineer the ex posure to the harmful to safe limits or change work habits to reduce the exposure to safe limits. When you give me your changes to this "notice to etnployees" please don't be so technical that no one but you understands it. I solicit the input of all part: pied. /d Attch. CC: Messrs. L. F. Keenan E. F. Potts C. B. Mallory D. K. Rennie ABEX-198 SPNY 003708 SCF-ABEX-2260 DRAFT June 27, 1979 Our recent Industrial Hygiene Survey indicates that the area ofmay from time to time exceed the limits for asbestos or lead in air as established by OSHA. Measures are being taken to engineer these excesses out of existence but it may be necessary in the interim period to reduce the daily exposure by job rotation or to use respirators to the same end. Abex has had an on-going industrial hygiene program for over 30 years. Our medical department through our mobile x-ray unit and specimen sampling for lead has monitored our employees exposed to as bestos and lead in our plant environment. Recent government regula tions in force and pending have emphasized the need to continue and indeed improve this monitoring not only for absestos and lead but for literally hundreds of other elements. The warning on tobacco packages and saccharin sweetened soft drinks is evidence of this increased government regulation. We strongly recommend for your own safety and well-being: 1. Do not eat or smoke while in contact with materials containing lead or asbestos. SPNY 003709 VJrJ f i 2. Wash hands and face before entering the lunch room. 3. Wear the required approved safety equipment to avoid over-exposure in the area cited in our opening para graph. I tI. A i- - - - SPNY 003710