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FILE NAME Firestone FIRE DATE 1973 May 21 DOC FIRE027 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo to Akron Plant Managers requesting information about safety & use of outside contractors Ex 367 BC Notes Firestone I.H. J. Eric Mehler to Akron Plant Managers asking about safeguards when asbestos insulation is installed repaired or removed respirators local exhaust ventilation asks if outside contractors are used for this work - -_ Tee = 1. 1. D. E. E. MECHANICAL LAWL LAW ELSES SLAWS LESS MECHANMECHANIICAL CAL B BLDG LDG Firestone Firestone INTEROFFICE MAY 21 1973 TO ALL AKRON PLANT MANAGERS BARBERTON RAVENNA SUBJECT FROM J. ERIC MEHLER REFERRING TO LETTER OF . This past week it has been brought to our attention that one of our plants that we had thought was using outside contractors to remove and install asbestos type insulation was in fact using company men to do this work It was found at that time that . the Threshold Limit Value and Ceiling concentrations for airborne asbestos dust were exceeded In order to bring us up to date on the removal of old asbestos insulation and the installation of new insulation in our area plants please answer the following questions and return them to us by June 1 1973 1 When making repairs on asbestos insulatioannd it removed , is is it replaced with a asbestos type insulation . 2 Are all new needs of insulation met by using a asbestos type insulation install 3 Do you use outside contractors to remove or asbestos type insulation 4. If you are using your own men to do this work how many are involved and how often and for how long does each man engage himself in this work 5 If and when any asbestos insulation is installed or removed what type of respiratory protection is used 6 When removing old adbestos insulation or tooling and ventila- installing new asbestos insulation is local exhaust tion provided to remove the free asbestos dust JEM da cc Dr. L. H. Ballou INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST . Pltf Exh 367 | SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIVE OPDER e CONFIDENTIAL ~ 0011896