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SAVANNAH. GEORGIA , / / STNMHD O IT JMPANY OP y ' KENTUCKY t \ Reorder No. 912 PARK BRAND FOLDER M EDI UM HEA V Y W EI GH T f. . ->**r- m m aUu x Dear Oscar, J E. O. J. |P.M. P, j ,5.G. R. .. 1 * i S. !.3. !1 R E T U R N T O <3. C. i~. Tills 111 supplement the information t Saturday afternoon concerning the possible ployees of the Hammond Iron '.forks of Hammon ed gasoline terminal storage tank at the Sa Standard Oil Company of Kentucky. On July 18th and 19th, 1942, our repre of tank Ho. 1 which is the tank involved in terminal of the Standard Oil Company. This was not cleaned lead-free at that time. A representative at that time is attached her You will note from this report that th to dismantling the tank. On Monday morning Mr. S. C. Anderson's office at the Standard cussed plans for dismantling this tank. Ra office and told me that it was their intent day morning, but that we would receive subs this sometime later in the day when they wo would start at the time designated. I aske the plans and procedure for dismantling thi ly gone into some detail with the Standard Atlanta office about the manner in which th special emphasis being put on the desirabil form with our "Precautions For Men Entering Gasoline". "When Rahn originally discussed August 3rd when he called me from their off entire work of dismantling would be carried It was definitely understood that they woul the outside and would lower the plates to t The plates were then to be cleaned lead-fre Oil Company with proper equipment, and then During Monday afternoon.M r . Anderson m in touch with Fred Rahn or me, evidently wi the work was to start as planned on Wednesd left Atlanta for Washington on the two ctal KF 0021 i 98 Anderson was to provide us with this informa About five o'clock in the afternoon no this, and knowing that it was desirable to n in order that he might arrange his plans to day, our office called Hr. Anderson to obtai time Hr. Anderson stated that the work would about nine o'clock, and accordingly a telegr instructing him to be present at that time. I would particularly like to point out paragraph of Tom Tennent's letter which read Hr. Tolbert in a conversation he had with Mr. office Monday afternoon, he told Mr. Anderso the tank and that Mr. Anderson said that sin let them go ahead." From this it is rather evident that by Hr. Anderson at five o'clock to obtain confi this work on Yfedfie.sday, he evidently had inf work had already started and that the men ha being properly equipped. On Saturday morning, August 8th, Tom Te and gave me the information contained in his is attached. I immediately, with Fred Rahn, and attempted to see Mr. Anderson or one of available, however. I then attempted to see but he was away from the office as well. I who is Marketing Assistant to Mr. Hodgson, e and he promised to get in touch with Mr. And possible and v/o.uld let me know what their in he talked with Hr. Anderson. Soon thereafter I called you and subseq Sutherland, telling him that I had talked wi that Dr. Train in Savannah examine the three Shortly thereafter Mr. Anderson called cilious attitude from the very start towards that he could not in any way see that there the tank had been steamed for ninety hours. talk that the three men who had been exposed that we be notified as soon as possible so t all right, it could be reported to you for a should make a trip from Cincinnati for a mor KF 0021199 After quite a lengthy discussion in w in a reasonable way the potential possibil tion, as well as the undesirable phases of the dismantling from the inside of' the tan ment whatsoever for protection,and which w Monday morning, Mr. Anderson became very b were unreasonable and arbitrary in our req cleaning and repair and dismantling work o storing leaded gasoline by the Standard Oi we were far more lenient vdth other compan fact that Tom Tennent was on the job and t recommendations for handling this work in been set up by our Company. It was then necessary for me to point as long as Tom Tennent had been on the job tions of the regulations prescribed by our entered the tank from the time he arrived on Saturday morning, and that in addition his men have copies of our "Precautions Fo Contained Leaded Gasoline". He then state any instructions of any kind,but when furt he had the sheet giving "Precautions For M Contained Leaded Gasoline". This I knew t vided them not only for M s office but for and construction crews in the field, and I in the air-line mask trunk that is used fo After admitting that he had these precauti cover the situation involved. He was then on this sheet w M c h refers to the precauti Mr. Anderson made a large number of e been done as well as for the fact that he for continuing the work Monday on the insi had been removed from the outside during t on the ground, one of w M c h was the fact t contract and that it would be necessary to to see whether they would prefer to go ahe recommendations. I told Mr. Anderson that to tell them what they must or must not do orders to the men of the Hammond Iron Work work, but that we certainly are in no posi which it had been handled so far, nor give K 0021200 I would like to go on record as stating that at least four of our employees,includin Mr. Anderson on various occasions about our as well as the details involved in the "prec Tanks That Have Contained Leaded Gasoline", luke warm to our program and while not openl actions and attitude shown that he felt that of our Company are unnecessary and unwarrant wherever possible he would be inclined to cu our recommended safety precautions in tank c unless une of our men were there to observe of attitude exists with only one other of th men in our Division. This is a Mr. F. R. Sc Construction Engineer in the State of Florid we have a man with whom we work, Mr. Joe Cul Schwarz, and whenever difficulties are exper can very easily be straightened out through Both Mr. Anderson and Mr. Schwarz appar we are "tilting at windmills" and because of ience in construction work they are quite su about this type:of activity and what is nece involved as anyone else does. This is certainly not the general attit tion in the territory, since this type of at by any of the other State organizations, and received nothing but the finest cooperation the Atlanta organization of Standard in any engaged. As you probably realize, much of the wo engineers in each district office of Standar under Mr. Giossop of the Louisville office. detail in this report purposely-since the ma Louisville by Mr. Anderson. There is in my you may be contacted by someone in the Louis desirable for you to have all facts at hand Tom Tennent has observed the men who we the time that he was in Savannah, and throug apparently had felt no physical effects as a had spent in the tank. It is my feeling tha Dr. Train will probably show that the men ha K f 0021201 situation in order that he may know the enti some additional help for future activities. Vie have discussed with Tom Tennent his matter of the men having been in the tank i to this office, or in an emergency, if no on have explained to him the possible consequen ly and completely a matter as serious and i the many safety discussions which we have h with all of the men in this Division, there recognize and realize how important and ser be. GPHsro cc: Hr. J. G. Martin Mr. H. A. Mack Enclosure (E 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 DIVISION MANAGER G.P.Ro s s e r A SSI STA NT D I V I SI O N M A N A G E R Jacksonvil August 8, M r . Alan 0. Tully. "nci\!Lr,n* Cr. Aun'st Jrd, I receive a tele-ran iron the ard Cil Co. of Mentuc'cv was dismantling './ed n esd ay, Au gu st 5t h . bepinninp work a t 9 A. J drove to Savannah Tresda'-' afternoon, arrivin Standard Terminal as scon as I ch ecked into th 1nuid ated, they no 1cn^or have a. te rminai 3.IVd with was the watchman. V/he'-a T sked ,hr:ro the next day, he informed me the;y hai :cr-ir7. and that thev:an had d u s t left`for 'non "t 3.rrxv3.1 3 I1. the termini no xt mo pvj, I ,ion f'ororon for t,be Standard Oil Co., thr: e, .r'd d- in- other sma11 repair jobs aro1?ni t! f;r the Hamxond Iron V/orks. of M a m o n d , Pa., h u-im'' - the tank. These men had worked inside th havir.- removed one section fro?- the bottom pan had welded 2d8 bracket lu.-s to the shell on th steel scaffold on the inside of the tank. T tallied vr'th I>. Tolbert, asking him who had !!e said that he had not done so, as his instruc t: enter the tank without the presence of an S authorize their entry, lie certainly condoned i be dismantled, a.'d not telling them not to ent in a conversation he ''ad 'with Mr. S . Anders o W.'~' Vor> 1.'1 Anderson that the "'en v >rd^r 'at- sineethev had already starte called the Atlanta Office, to find Mr. Tullv Mashin-ton. As ran were nowworkng outside roof, and apparently all in pood health, I wai call the Office and report the situation. About 10 o 'clock Wednesday rominy, Mr. Robert s'perintendert for SCMY, arrived fren the Atla seriousness of the situation to Mr. Adamson. M that the ta: k was t^ be d-s-antled fre-n the ou or not it was in the contract. I sumposted tha KF 0021203 G. P. R o s s e r I BTA NT D I V I SI ON M A N A QER Alan Tullv - f2 1st in Louisville, ar he did not think the h sv there wasno$ point in calling Atlanta. all said that he had dismantled other ta" recti:or.s of the country, He said the" had been p4 jO. _- (a fire bcse and sura" in*? then v/ith oil. h >nra" the nails v;ith oil. since they had previ h o se. I t o l d h i we could try it a d see w'nat n r i c r t o ac t u al dismantling. The shell of the an ol d co.y* air-brake tan): filled v/ith; d l /n`7gL ^ 1- , t a d w i t i an air coa-ressor, ad using a p>riTr - h i s was :o take th Cj- '' l a t e s o; me -round after disnantiin t i n n e d . the - e n t ,r y . y* **'- yl o n t h e F'jridci.'- . r . h e " d o notv/o rk or. 8 a t " r d a v o y o r r r h`o r n : n TM nr;y f i n o r a Q 19 V v- ''h o n.dav to s t a r t d i e ss : J* fro-n y o u to tl'.e co rtr?ir,r T s h e l a r r j ng,7 r --gy Y va g 1 an d i r s i st t h n o o n e e n t V e v' r t r i " " n " rs . 0021204