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Br. X~ 0. Griffith Initial Ks&oal Plant ?l$dt r"v BARBER v. PITTSBURGH CORNING CORF. ASBESTOS LITIGATION D. Cslbootc* Plant. In Juna of 1964, bcetly after tbo Wglaflltg ejperaiiott oi? tka-^^beajkg'plapt, tbo Separteeat of Baolte of til* State of Pacneylvaala porforwsdao^ladnatrlal hygiene wrwy. Tbacr reported that a haaardouo utote dostoccdltlch>axUted at several loca tions tbr*w$ort the plant* They and* % narfiTo?rwcowentiattooo u to bon ibis dasrfc exposure oeild bo occtrollsd. RnilcMttbethio surrey, a nweber of step* were talon to laqpronr* dost coteol./CnsrJa* the prooint visit, tba o*t- dde tesperaturao non lev oo that all oft^e/klnflem and doors wer eleoed. Bo provision, opporontly, bad boon nods to preside tba rotter largo aaoonat of jsaloweap air n^dnd by tbs dost collostTc&^oyTrttwa throughout tbo plant, as malt, the afffoctlvanopa of tboso Arttons Vaa aaWrially reduced. Ibia molted la anna dnirtlnnaa of tea olrla tbo isnoral am of tbo loading and bdl^ operations. Lsea caaeral bdr cebtaadaotloo was noted at tba sawlog operation* There an 18 ooplajoe* ubdHtpna directly wader tba tmlboatos Zn oddltiife, therefore six aaiateaanoa coplcjeeo *ho of tbslr tine in tbo mffiostoe aroa. All of tbaaa eoployeea nr* provided a pro- oeploywect ws^ccadutica. Kcno of tbso, however, aa pot haar* bod * periodic ebaat XHrejr.sN^tl2a all of tba osployoee In tba aroa were provided site dost roaplrstgaBtV the-Only parson observed to bo soaring tbo duet respirator wee tbo pl7M in tbo losdlrg area. Prolonged oopoeure cv*Aa ember of /oars, to hosardeee anouats of asbestos dust sill produce tho pslaeoag disease - aaboatoaia* Sinoe tba Pennsylvania State atedloo in 1964 indtffiated oartoln arena of tba plant sbaro a hasordoua dost cwoditlc* existed/ It is imperative to datenaino tbo offootlvoaooa of corrective sctica taken also* that tbe and to shew, If poaslble, that a hasardous dost condition doee not exist. This Industrial hygiene engineering a * -ay should ba dona ether than by tba State of Pennsylvania. Airtber, it shoul re dons by a group wdverwally reoogaissd so oeapetsot to parfons such a Surrey. Upon request, X will arrange to bare such a surrey eoooeplisbsd. i'ro-evployaent Bodioal sadnrtlwn of asbestos workers should include a thorough history of previous chest disease as well aa a cheat xr*y examination. Any history of cheat disaooe, however borripa, or a-rmy orldenos of seoh disease should exclude , (bat individual working in an asbestos exposure. Periodic eboat X-rays should be taken ad least mvmry too years on all asbestos worker*. Thsaa X-rays should be road bgr a Board oortlfled roentgenologist. These racomendatloas aro ltqwrteoi to proewnt tba dovelspnsnt of asbeotoals awong your eeployooa at fstaro tin*. 7~BB~0ol329l~J AA f:;I U' Tuic; DOCUMENT was not >wr.. DID N ocr.ORD OF r. ;.... z$L.`**Tr^'2 ?****'*t^s: v?***1^ i"-V'a% $ crimt* v :r ./.Zattiai tMHul PlaaA Tlait '' 4-***? **' ** -^r i i . -TK~ v-cJ -;i.r ' ,7 *r jl^*fbraa** or n**&aal Prawfas. op*ct1ao araailaf 2b* l^plaat nadieal prograat 11 In*-- aa? 12^11x7 txxm a nab ef flj--oi*---sld-ibs--it.* t-a*if*twi*t ttbb**upllaadartivoJoPabil^Xlala ccoott aodd**sqpa*t* Car ' * * , ^ ' A gCtoaft of %kla ads* particularly vlth tt nafoar tf'pptwtlal haurta ttii -iii .>**/-'''.;V' 1. ---*"*. Biato tti plwii ' . i 1 -- `-j * `w - f r ; t, - * fck fta'plant noaioal progi-Jui ahoalft b* *stabSX9S& As adsquatalj *qolppd staffed with a Bars* nuS/of uMjad fir*V*aid attoEkSaot* sadar '.3 ' . ' : v ,. . ,tb* prtf*o*i*ti*l dlraotie* of a Howard pbyaioiAa la s**d*d. Tfc* pbysieiAA * 't' *. . ",--i :*i* "1 "*- *' :' aaotJblaar tb* plant P&oA.&ad ifilapanawy or a rsgalar U\i ajad p*ini*ls a epart&laca ** thst"*^ oaa pnrrld* tboroogb tocaladg* f prs>X*aiocal guldatt* , ,* * 4""** >: ts tte dL*pwa*iy t*f ad prwfawlwii^ o^aaaltAtlcwa to plant sanaiwawki ea dzdaadrial atcdsal yroVlwA. -Tba^nxycata of ibis is-plast emtio*! program r * *. r * ' *M b to proold* proper tmwirt of ubr^ rtlafcad lUsaao end J^Jary, cad * *:* *:*- fio pftMda a prrrwAiT* sodloal.progrya |*l^i. Is oiwr of tb* aaaar potential \htairdo la tb* plant, oas oljpluaantll^oostrlbat* to tb* salntasano* of a badtbgr and ffctlv* aork fbro*. jtMdstaae* will b* prorldad as roqalxvd to ootabHab as loftet --M--1 *-- ---- - , -UL* . ' ^ V1 >'*>- fir. B* K Br. S. 0. Xo* B. Grant, M.D* BARBER v. PITTSBURGH CORNING CORP. O'f ASBESTOS LITIGATION vrC^P^ '-. T .- : # ^ ^ if. .< 7 . t`` . > . ,-J JJWJ cv J BB 0013292 | ^ .-. UlT *