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FILE NAME: Weyerhaeuser (WEY) DATE: 1975 Apr 23 DOC#: WEY006 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo I J l f t i I jJohnsrM anvjile;; I U -, .'' V.: lo: P. Kotin. M.5. From: G. L= Swallow W. B. Reitze - 4 North Copies: P. P. Geleta - 4 North K. Q. Beyard - 4 South Subject: ASBESTOS DUST SURVEY GSA BATON ROUGE WAREHOUSE CONFIDENTIAL '---------------- Oitttt. April 23, 1975 - v f s. :. . ; ; E. 0- Mitchell - 2 South E.Thies - 2 South File &Chron Authur Heilson of the Tulane University School of Medicine telephoned me to advise that he had personally sampled the GSA Baton Rc?:ge Warehouse once in late March, and a second time on .April 4, 1975. The survey was made at the request of, and paid for by, GSA. The results of this survey have ju st been determined. No formal re port has as yet been submitted. Far this reason, this information should be treated confidentially. It is Mr. Neilson's understanding that the survey came about as a re su lt of a new GSA Safety Man's concern for the dusty situ a tio n he ob m served. Mr. fieilson's survey results confirm that conditions are extremely bad. The survey was made to cover working conditions involved in re-bagping amosite fiber for shipment to Johns-Manvilie. The work was being done by employees of the company with whom lohns-Manvilie has a contract for re-packaging this fiber. According to Mr. Neilson, the general background level within the ware house was approximately 25 F/cc. Airborne concentration ranges for some typical jobs are as follows; Re-packaqing Operator................. 98-128 F/cc Truck Lift Operator....................204 F/cc Floor Saggers......... . . . ; ............139-198 F/cc V-;. -Top Baggers. . . . . . . . . . y. o*.. <.66-82 F/ cc . Sacking ? Banding Operators .. ... ;;"; : ; (out-of-noofs). ;v. .4.2-7.4 f/ cc ^ A*The <re-baggih`g method assed when `Mrl^Neilson rfirs t s fcarted his survey ,, $4E&&[^vflJr-'M '?:r~#&r*Z'U:- %: V- v ^ r.-w i* :.'*:'v W - - & S n yf f 'im w m J'0sl$M** . --` $S BM P P D * !3SferaMlK - CWFPENT^L 1 m '_ 9 4 'AS .x V :-' :,-:;.V,'*y`js.,i.`:.i '.: ?&j tiStSJ '';;:--vN ^:.;-' ___,,._tesplrators were infuse-during this operation. They were not, however, ctyeequipnrenVcohsfsted of coveralls. Theresas.,no-head er footH M M geari^iWn?:-usev:: ;' S'TThhiie>c?re^spiiWratntor<s;: wwpeVrpe uikspedH nonnllytfSwhhiille^acr+tuiralllvy wrotwrklrinnrgi^, K: - / mfisit fir., Heilson estimated at approximately 40& of the total time the; H&&a^employees'were in the warehouse. ' ' ^ ...... . . . .............. ... ' ..................... tihisxontact, thenSupervisor-Of the *6SAwarehouses in the southern t o f the United-States, mentioned the poss h ility that the contract iw tfhave to be abrogated for lack of suitable solutions to the dust Mi mm Ison does not-consider the problem insurmountable.; He immedir saTMiBBtaggTM ^ ^ dnihq-vb t Sags from the tbp of the asbestos .piles , ^ ^ A l t e r n a t i v e used is to lower them using a high lasted' 1 fk rtfbf^ltevilso^^fetHtited.tlying the piastre bags at the top of the | M m ef^^^ey^iiwrmered to the floor. He suggested that a program;" safely Would consist of: ' ' : V -4, < * * <** & > * asbestos to floor level. ; W ^ 5 . 1setter feeping practices;; Msoeipm ' S ii Ison, noted th a t the plastic bags used have one-inch holes perfor- ' _ t,M ` sm^en;approximately 12-inch centers. He assumes these were' - ^ f j B ^gii|ig>bperat1on easier,^howeverthey obviously `6;-mVV^v*n ^ llp e c t iv e in correcting the dust problem. ` ,:S w M - W* W m m&m tm. j p p ' r Wi:.-. ',*}W S .*. . .... . .......... ,-v-^r.^ - f^pIlM^e-Aireadv discussed this si tuati on with Jack Mitchell and Emil Thies .^ iM&'' <?: vf-bM MT004633