Document rBQnEoKpR6JmkkxD76g3DdMN7

FILE NAME: Goodyear (GY) DATE: 1948 May 4 DOC#: GY004 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Government Inspection Results Er a * rag CT S U T ! X3D M P I-- n v k , MM -- T g. fta k e r, S u p w laU n d w t B lv ln ic odf S afety **d T i l " Onlaribo, Ofcio la re i *$rvar T ir h C e., A ta w 16, O\io On A p ril 27 M M , * Y in ii nade to th e *bve M d eocsjany 1 > ia d a i^ lo l hreloao survey rsqaeeted ty J . T. lid o sy , S afety D irecto r, la a lo tto r dated A p ril 20, M u3. C ontact n i * a k v lth J . T. K l& uyi D r. % tcb , Bedloi.. D irecto r) R. Y. y isk a e , 3*faty p e r rle o ri T* T * Oman, Rsaasr ofa B i* 'l n 7 Y. m a t , la charge a f r l i o f U a Tlisssrutii Y. H. H cfaol, la d u rs * o f fla a ti* aaoarchj D. C. t e t t a , ap*lataodx. of iM U T tii) H. J . O atarhof, D irecto r o f neeaasvh) A. B. l f f t o l , A eeletan t D irecto r Aeeearob) T. . F ish e r, R m n o f A ir foanj E. V. O aro ell, la c*e o f S afety o f r ie n t Cj Jack C raeger, S upsrintandent o f Chenioal atorase a lte Suhroeder, A aeistao t Superintendant o f C hedoal Sterage T. A. P rin g le , S upervisor la chars o f A ateatar Operation* Beat . BaTtaa, ttr ia io n Tancaa o f P a in t DeparteMOt l a F ia n t A? acd iia a rd My e rs, A aalatant Farsean e f P a in t S epartaont la F ian t A. Ttxla oospany MSifaetarea Utm, deep froaaa m ita, natal eaakvta, llfa znfta, bollaana, air tem nattznaaaa and ounhincs aad nuaarooe othar typee of rabbar geeda. The f i r s t to t a aarrayvd nea th a t o f U n P.eeei r r h Departeae t w herein a i l rw - eearob probLene a ra m l y i a l . A t th e tin a o f r i a i t , th e ch ief bnard nan th a t o f ex- poaure to bannol fu se a . A p ilo t p la n t la oonatroctad l a oaa a n a o f V ila r eeear cb building and co tha d ate o f v i s i t I t m n o t in operatio n due to a m e hanl eal breakdown. T his >-- eroh b u ll-lia s la rx tro rw lj eodara and tboaa In oharga c f a l l o p e ra tio n , a n highly train e d In m u arch u r tlv iiia a . Thar ara v a il neara o f tha to x ic ity o f beoaol. I t vaa denied n d rlaab la to plan a re ta ra to th is p la n t when benaol eaa being used end take mpot check te s ta to dotonaino th e oonceotrationa In v ario u s a re a s . Only ona asr. has ecaplained o f bonaol poisoning and ha la n o t engaged In reps ar ch o p eratlcn a a t the p re ean t tin * . In a neetin g w ith v ario u s hoods o f th a dapartvarrte I t was suggested te ist they obtain ln s tn n a o ts which would give then chocks on th e ir o p aretio n s a t v ario u s In te rv a ls so th a t they would have co n stan t ln fo m a tic n o f top con cen tratio n o f any typo o f toxin u t e r i a l th a t thay s ig h t be han d lin g . Ona c u a t ra a lla a th a t In a raaaarch d a p a rtn n t, co n d itio n , chains d a lly 2 tha aacont o f n a w ia l tuodlcd la In a ln a e a r q u an tity ' than m id ba a aad under production schedules. Tbs w rite r woo Inforned th a t benaol waa ea rria d to v ario u s o parations in opan oontainoxv. Da b eliev e s th t th a novwauat o f b antcl diould a ltb e r bo the*Aigh aneloaed system s, o r tran ap o rted In oootainuni having a tig h t l i d . Ya hews 'Awaya bean sad ar the li^ ra e s lo n ti.au a concentration oT 50 p a rte p e r of baaao. vaa conoidared aafa. D ovrrar, vario u s au th o r!tiu s*ca to agrea th a t J$ p a ste p er a lllio n should now be c la s s ifie d aa a safe co n cen tratio n . Aj noon ss ooodltions are ocrroctad ao th a t a beoaol run way bo s ta rte d , th a w rite r w ill aaks a re tu rn v i s i t to th is wveearch dspartsasnt. In Departoent Ilt6-A, on thu th ird flo o r, p lio f lln la asm}.fa c to re d . Large aoounta of benaol ars used In V ils departeasat. V arious type va^hlnea each as d ry e rs, spreaders, bI xmtw, e t c ., a rs a l l exhausted. There a re , however , a f v areas o f th a p l o t end a fo e ooadltioos w herein an enployoe n ig h t be subjected to so ec tre u e ly high ooncentre- tlo n of beoaol. The benaol t e s t taken a t the fr o n t and o f the dryer showed 120 p a rts p er w ill io n . Tbs aeployess working on th is d ry er are w ell aaasra o f thato x ic ity of benaol and have been in s true te d to , and do, wear re s p ira to rs titan thay are req u ired to e n te r tha fro n t end o f tills dry e r . The door v tic h lead s in to tho dryer i s narked, irtettrating th a t re sp ira to r* m ist be donned before setra n o e. This d ry o rla #C. A sprvadar, *100 fa , co n tain s an o tffactiv s esh su et grwtsn but a te e t shoved 120 p a rts p e r wi l l ion under th a dam . Again, agtlnyaos uaa re s p ira to rs whenever they onto r th is sw adcr. On one o f Vwao sp read ers, a t th e bock and, th a n vaa a doer which to rs no warning aa to th e n ec essity of woering a re a p ira to r. The w rite r o b tained a ooncontretio r. of over 1,000 p a rts p er a1I lia n J u s t In sid e th la d o o r. T)w buad o f th e D apartexct eU tod th a t no one workod lnaide the back o f th la sp read er. S o t, n e v e rth e le ss, th ere ots n door th ere loading Into th e uachanioal w ortdnga. I t i s q u ite p o eslb le th a t a BAintenanco aan, o r aona o th ar e^ilo y u e, n ig b t e a te r th is ro an . In eo doing, be would su b ject iilnsoK to an ex treo aly dangerous co n cen tratio n o f bonsol fu m e whlob n i ^ t evoa prove f a ta l. 2 as th erefo re recacnsading th a t warning eigne be p osted . th is door and tn a t entrance bo obtained only w ith a w ritte n o rd e r fre e t i e aaperintem dent. T *t XYB SEJIQJU aT U U Y5 JO KOISIABJ i ja #32, oa th fo u rth H o ex , la D aparteent 1-A thr* =* *oc*tfc- ator (u m i. Ttmm stare * carne co n tain fcsneol. I b t e s t U Jo a t t h -io? o f * U ok, V a t* t shoseA 500 p a rto por trillio n o f b em o l. Tho la fb rs o tlo a o b tain ab le to '"*< > th a t eoo o r ora ap lo y e* * would apeod pprartm at ol y ono b ear p e r gr * m ee -<- I f th is be th e oase, th e m are eapoeed te d e f ila te beseo l h e e e d . f ie r e am no xhaasfc y s io m c a ta lp e o f th le te t a t th e o p o n ala. 1 b e lle r th a t W e le a v e ti rsoovegy rateo . X w oo nad th a t a sp ec ia l xbm st g ratae be b o lli e o o a d th e tope o f theee s p e d iv a eo th a t no asploywe would be cq>oaed to high >nw i] fttBM. ' la D ^ertm sB t 273-A afpOcyees ere engaged la pouring le a d in to io id e . Ttm te s s e r a te o f th e Im d 1 pprturim atoly 725^7. The oocpaay hae experienced no lo ad poleaning cases t th is 1t*** peering operatio n and dee to the f a c t th a t th e tco p erat= ro la eecireneiy lo r , C3* a t a p o in t vfcereia high csn c e c tra tic n s o f lead fames do n o t davolap, I do not t e l i n e th a t a le a d heaard e x is ts . On sy aoeend v i s i t to tb s p le a t I p la n to o b tain a le a d sam p le ehiah w ill shoe the a c t eanceK tm tlon o f le a d fb a ea. X a s n o t e r ta t i? o eaoened abont th le poterlo opa n tic a but th ere m u to be th e p o ssi bi l i ty , l a enee a th m o e ta t opere*log toa twsp e ratu re o f V --i t should f a l l to fto e tio o , o f a Aangsroo* a lta a tic n d e v e la p ln g . m Qq>srt&est 1W , in th e fo a l tank a re a , m e ro o s b u lle t p roof tan k s a re being o an stro sted . T his le on s rrre e o 'tj a ll lig h te d aad e li a o tlle te d a re a , th e form ato abated th a t they h are n o t m perlenced * y d if f ic u lt? fre o d e rm a titis or header be a rea though v srio u s types of cattant e ere b e ll uswd* tbs fo rm en s ta te d th a t th ere i s no bar ar i In a ly o f these in n e it Re s ta te d th a t U sy bad had one case o f d e n s e tttls b a t th e ley * iirro l e s s not engaged In a iy p astin g operatio n b o i worked I s an o th er departm ent ad jacen t to the fu e l tank a re a . The r ito r could fin d no d e fin ite occupational d isease heaard in th is departm ent. m ? la n t /3 , Deparbeeat J3U, H r Teen D iv isio n , approxim ately th re e hundred and twenty a p l y e se are engaged in making s i r foco m attresses and a n tc n ib lla cu sh io n s. Op to th is tin e th e r ila r as g re a tly ligarosaed w ith the co n d itio n s In th e doparbaente th a t had been -risit e d . I ee m r j th a t I cannot sa? th e aama fo r till* A ir Pom Dapwtment. In c>eking the f i r s t a id re co rd , I found th a t from tweoV to t h ir ty o ssee a f d a m a titi* had developed in th is deportm ent o ra r a p eriod of nonthe. At th e p re se n t tim e th e? are op orating fo u r s h if ts o f six hours each. I t as sta te d th a t i t le ver-/ d if f ic u lt to keep th s departm ent in a clean condtic o due to U s high p ro te c tio n nooesaery. Only in SAM of a breakdown an i t p o ssib le fo r tho imo ts s te sa th e anchina o r flo o rs . Tba a lrfo m operation is porferwod in to area W .ich has a ro sy 1a t c e ilin g and probably an excessive m ount of v e n tila tio n would in te rfe re t l t h th o pro cesses o f production. On* osa hardly p o e t erployoe* to keep sod m aintain d e s a lin e e s in a d ap artao n t la re the machines re nyt only in continuous o peration but here they alno throw o ff nata r ic i in to the working a re a . I belie* th a t cond itio n s in th is room ooold be g re a tly improved and C o rn etilla p ra c tic a lly o lia inatod i f th s f lilla ,-; o p eratio n i s ro -d asig n ed . An eeployee o u st gauge the eacunt of M aterial en terin g the nold a t tho p resen t tin s . I f an eaaees i s poured, m o tlw employee, using a le v e l, o u st r aoova th is s e a s , end to ss I t in to the next sold on tie conveyor. Sio error-run i s q u ite h ig h . As a n a tte r of f a c t, i t looked to ao lik e a te r r if ic aste of n a te r la l. A fter th is mold i s closed by mechanical a c tio n , again a consid era b le eaom t o f n a te r is l i s fo rced o u t a t th e edges. This nat e r i s l , being ro b b er, adherea to th e v ario u s p a rte o f th e conveyor c a aleo f a lls to th e flo o r. I t cannot be r a w e d except by the use of s te s a . In o rd er to do th is , th e o perations would have to be # m t down. 7 suggest th a t the tech n ic al and engineering departaonto have a oonfaronco to d erise agre and mean s by -.lei a sp ec ific m ount of n a te r la l, s u ffic ie n t fo r tiw proper sn lding o f the a r tic le , cm be su to aetlo a'1! ? ganged. TV.la would p revent the la te x rubber fre n covering th e aeployeea from heed to fo o t as i t now does. X vns info m ed tiia t the s tirrin g o r Jlp ^ln c machine as to be nerved to th e second flo o r w ith in a few weeks. The cererosi tie n of th e n o ta ria l oeaas to be co n stan t sed I eo> wandering why so unnjr a g ita to rs o r whl; ;iinc aocM nes am used, ould i t bo p o s s ilis 'jo whip th is noto r i d in ons a-.* two u n its , th u s o lia in stin g the nan? hip; lug o p eratio n s on th e so -c a lle d *iasrry-so-round*7 Thin oarry-o-round ilo o throws th e rubber in m ay d ire c tio n s a d on th a d ate o f v i d t fron one tc th rso inches o f rubber ss deposited on th is u n it. Han are req u ired to take the cans fro.-., tho aorry-go-round and wash th en . In so doing, fw ? are oxpoeoi to t 'w ch fu icu ls in tho rubber p lus w ater. I bellcvu i t would be p o ssib lo to doeign a u n it w ierein those cans could be placed in h at w ater J e ts - o r s te m J e ts - to ru ten at i e a lly " wash then. The can tai uso-a co-Ld revolve in th is enclosed u n it. 2 suggest th a t th is pro h laa be prseented to th s engin ow ing d e p a rta m t. C2i ato end of tho conveyer lin o , an aaploywe o u st rwaove th e s a tir a sows o r 3- t o o a rin sin g u n it ad piace tha la * o e a lrlfb g e . Ti'Sa la sa ctn cw ly rt operw ilca d th e a ^ ` njaa should be fjw uitoed p ropmr c lo th in g ao th a t h la re g u la r clo th ee w ill not b t la t a i co n d itio n a t a l l tla o a . In th e ro a r o f th is a i r foam a lt, employees ara tp r ty lag a carbowax on a c id s . Tbare la a eeam tant tor. around th is opaaraUoa and l i eo d d ba aU slasV od by dipping tb s a d d a la to a r a t of r e t . Tba e * a washrooms la tb ia M visloo t r a Dot a c la a a aa they should bo< Vm aad modero washrooms should ba provided f o r th e can b u t I f ir a ly b a lla i th a t lisa f i l i l a ; o ra tio n la the oouroa o f tro u b le la th is ftg>ertoBBt. Of couree, th e other oper>- atlo o a tovild ba ra-daalgnad l f (tarm atiti* la io ba al U ln ato d la th is Iw partcw nt. Cki the dato o f r i s i i , ev id en tly ro b b er bad a n te re ! tb a d ra in s n ear th o c a o trifjg e "=- -'a a ta r o o d d n o t ba r emoved fra the flo o r . I siaoerm ly bc?a th a t Hanaceomat 111 s*o a t to ta to a n tic a aad lig rc r tb a wortdag o co d ltlcn a b aro . In P la it C, la th naa a lr fo n u n it , ih s cand it i oa ara weary good. Thapr bara aa -*-"* n a u and tba aehlaexy la a ll anclosed Tba a lr Oca a a ta rla l la rlaaod in an system and tba w rlta r o a g re a tly p lsa-- d w ith ta la a a s a lt . There io , howwrwr, tba a*oa p r o b i o f f i l l i n g tba mold* and l t la <piile poaaih ls th a t canditi*:.* la tba f illin g room bara s ig h t becco eocparabl# to those la the o ld p la n i, th a t la , t.a rubber may adbara to tba courrayo r lin a . Tba c o r c a r la in s t a liin ; a a a p lio film u n it In t h is p la n t and tv ilo l t la fa r fra c c o v ia t e , orna ean eoo tb a t adequate exhaast gystams w ill bo used to elim inate high ockvcam tratiooa. I b a lla re th a t before V ila p lio film u n it 1 placed in operation aderiate efaacka should ba male to dotarzdna tba coooao tfc tio n a o f the bacaci fuaoo. In the r tts n ln l storage, Oopartosai t&X, oonaarous ehaoloala ant stored such aa bonool, carbondlaclphldo, a te . Tba chemical storage la a(popped w ith explosion proof lig h t s . Tba target are a ll grounded and ttaare la a ^ ffin k lo r ayataa throughewt. 1 reooccnnd that tho motor Bbich is a ^ e t predaoar be r -- cved fre a tb ia storage u n it and a norw e xp losive motor s u b stitu te d . I aa w d o r ia g Why Qoo$rea? does not sou f i t to us c o lo r marking f o r the va rio u s p ip * . One may th in k th a t t h lj la not njocasary but ee ! avc found In n sg r instances tb a t man have dlsoocnmctad the v r n g pipe tharsby causing In ju ry , pr op e rty damage end. In earn Insta nces, death. 1 do ne t b e llsve th a t i t is asking too much to p a in t thaae p ip * co n ta in in g to x ic m a te ria ls, w ith the proper designated c o lo r. In b ep arto sn t 2711, asbestos la used in the poo ling o f m in su latin g m a te ria l. The asbestos i s obtained frees two d iffe re n t concerns and * - teu typec are blended to g eth er. In tba blending o p erations v arious exhaust syatasss a . . _eed to renova th e sh o rt fib re * , the copper fu se Ire and a aandllko m a te ria l. The w rite r wan su rp rise d to fin d froct ton to fifte e n pounds o f wondlike m aterial p a r Unusand pounds o f asb e sto s. Ou qy second r l e l t , I hope to obtain u eanple o f th is m ateria l which in o il rsap o cts cisu lrV , sand and w ill, i f approved by th e G canlesion, have cn x -ray d iffra c tio n run on th is m aterial which w ill daf tr ite ly give ua the parcam tage o f fre e s ilic a in t-.ia ao -o allsd sand. Thera i s no a ilio o haaerd ccnnectad w ith the raooval of th is sard becauct the p a rtic le s are aitrm ialy la rg e and drop to th e f lo o r. I f i t la sand, uho m luronic par tic le s o f course would s t i l l be p re sen t In thb asb esto s rod would ba c a rrie d over to a d u st c o ll* o to r. Kac are req u ired tc go in to th la d a st o o llo c to r a f te r l t is s lu t d o and shovel the fin e asbostoa duet fra a th e Hoot* in sid e th* co1le c to r in to tru c k s. They do n o t wear re a p ira to ra . Tbia i s a d e fin ite asb esto s hazard and should be e lln in ato d . Vo man ^ o u ld be allowed to go in to m f type d u st c o lle c to r wtian cloaiung i f they axe not supplied w ith approved ta re c i o f Vine# du et r a v P a te r a . Uan are reegtired to toovel aabostca iro n tra c k s in to the m lxars aad again In h ale soae o f th e d u s t, Tho w rite r was lafunead th a t w ith in a few months th is o p eratic-, nay be charged to autooati/j f i l l in g . Thera are shaust grrto n a on the m lxara b u t th e shoveling o p eratio n couoej the aapoaure. In nla n t X-Dock, they uro naniifacturlng deep fre e M u n its and thoue unit are painted Lr. 'opartoont y j.i, c a lle d Tori: P aint Line. This p a in t lin e has, on one sid e , a w aterf i l l 3yJton and the exhauxt systoo I s removing a l r a t the rr.t o f 200 cubic fa e t p er ninute. r a to r f jd l ^yatusa arc v a il doylgded but the p a ia tiic o f tho verioua p a rts of V* rafi-ig arato rs p.i'oocnt a co rv licato d pr o b i n . Thar# are f iv e p a in tora npraying cabinet *nd doers in thlo lin e . Tcoy are l i t e r a l l y covered with p a in t disa to tha apnea in v i c h lhay s u i t work in o n k r to qpany the m aterial* , fo r c o u p le , they st;p`. a'und batnoen the rnfaciet ^-stoo and th e p a in tin g operations to p a in t one aids c f the door, iihmn t-'^y apr^- tho la rg e eahinarta, th e oahirort I t s e l f prevents the iwvwsant of a ir into the oxhauirf. syston. I b eliev e t h a t th is p a in t lin e Lb coly 8 IV 'Stia ri la ie o serrar far ti lare* H * . Xf ti dea sena tene la avarilo*! 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