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FILE NAME: Goodyear (GY) DATE: 1949 Apr 5 DOC#: GY007 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Government Inspection Results - Survey of Dust Conditions in Plant sitisioi or iArnri am hidism JH2B5T5IAL tOOOSSID o ? ok Kr, Jauar H, 7luk.r, Superintendent, Division o f Safety and Hygiene, 3cUdine, April 3, Goodyear Tira and Rubber Co., a *i Akron, Ohio s p a m o r y i s r c c s p ii io i a in plat- 1, Cr. ' -irll 5 a T i s i t was so d s to P lan t tZ o f the abo rt naaed conpary to '-.ack condition* under which tap lo ^ z work, 2, Contact a * aada with Ja ck ELdoey, S a fe ty D irecto r, Robort F ltk oa, A ssista n t S a fe ty D ire c to r, and Robert S a lt h , Student Engineer. 3, Company manufactures t l r e e . It. Aa th is la the eecond o f a e e rla e o f surveys to bo s a d * In *M e f i n ' s p la n ts , no reooa nenciatlo n e r i l l bo c iv m u n t il the surrey use beer. completed. 5. Vhroo duet count* wire taken a t the tin e o f th is v i e l t . The- are u follows t (a) 3ASDJHT KHgR - 7E2d3 AESA Tro banbury s ix e r s a r t located on the f l . a r bol o r , with th e ir feed opening extending through the flo o r to the poin t r:erc the count vus taken, Three sen work In c yroup c aeh nnchlno, C.~c aan Trade the nachina a t re g u la r in ta r tt La, r i i l o the other tro eon a c t aa h elp ers. The ,-J.obor end other coaponer.ts <cr*> I r f t in tb-_ ;u (i: Ire Cor approx ima te ly 2 j s is u t e a . Tie rschino operator and one helper weighs the rubber. The teco'vJ helper v jlg h a the cocpound lerre d io rrts. Approximately 350 porunda o f rubber and 12 pound* o f corpouad cot:,x>se a botch. The e ld e st inplncer raa a e t a t tho breathing le v e l o f the n*r. rno rau v cigh lrg the conpcural ln c rv d le n ta , aul about 2 root behind h la . I t was aoout 3 fe a t fron one o f tho two ten who weigh tho aheet rubber. A aaaple was taken f r 5 alnute# and contained 35 m illion p a r ti d o e o f duet per cubic fo ot o f a i r , fo n t o f the dust would be ta lc which annates fr o a the aheet rubber a t the tin e when i t ie toseoa on the '. a le s , Two betchoo w ri weighed during the period of aajupling. (b) UACiiSIS DU6TINO AREA i t the tin e o f the w rite r 's r i a i t to Plant / l cn february 15, he took a dust count a t the tir e dueling are.. This i s described in .-aragraph i>6 o f a re p o rt euh oitted February 13* The count a t that location <ae 29.6 a l l l i o n p a r t ic le * o f d u st per cubic fo o t o f a i r . 1". p lan t i'2 , the dusting ie done i n a nachine. The t i r e s . aaa rough or. a chain conveyor. Tl*e t a l c or eoap-etono la blow;, d u v x 'h s lo tte d nozmles onto the t i r e s . The excess tn le f a l l s into noppert t . a i s c o lle c te d . The d u st ilc h i s not heavy enough to s e t t l e Ls co llec te d in a Pangbom c o lle c to r , and I s then eahaueted out o f th b u ild in g . There i s a second fan which exh austs the er.tra:xw and e x it to the nachine. There was so a i r su ctio n into both r.da of the nachine. There would be very l i t t l e d u st produced by th is op eratio n , f t * aaople was taken to wake a comparison bwtwwen the operations in Plants fX and fZ . f t * lsplngw r was a e t up in the alalsw ey osar the destin e nachine a t breathing le v e l I t was about 10 f e e t Oroa sssaansESEs the in le t en l o f tha arblne and about 3 fa c t A w the paaaagengr i l n ( hlch U m la t m liim b li t n f f U Dm Baapie ooctalned $ m UIlon p a r tic le * e f d as* per cable fo o t o f a i r . I t 1 tb s mritar' a opinio th at a good portion o f th is dust mo the ja o e r a l h r t la c w e l th a r x o . Dm os evidence th a t fa u lty maintenance cm aed neaa a t th e t a le to escape iro n the machine T his use sh e as by a q u an tity or. the f lo o r . The nachioe op erato r s*a e ?3 the area se v e ra l tin e during b is 6 hour aorxin t p erio d , (a) goara mood o nxcsxst T1 B a sire * and lin e r begs a brought ta th is c re a on coim grer. Die casin g has n ot been forced to th a t ir a sh ap e. The lin e r bag ia fo rced in to a te n te r se c tio n o f the m achine, a b ile th e casin g uhleh ia in the form o f a cy lin d er i s p laced betaeen the te o head* o f a p rosa A* the upper bead o f th e p resa l o * , the bug ia pushed o a t o f tb s re cce s so th a t i t f i l l s ih space in sid e o f a t i n , tho# w odneing a n o m ai t ir e sbapr. ld th a p raacu riaad f i l l e r in aid e The dust produced in th is a ra s comas fro a the ou tside ci tilo casing as i t la being bandied Die operator o f the a f i r s t feed s the beg in to tha Pocaea opening, then ho p ic ia up the c ssic g asc a c ta i t on th e lo e e r head o f the p ro a s. Tie thoa carnee* the upper bead o f the p re ss to descend ;.f t a r tho t i is fo rc e d , the eeoond sen o f tho c w tc io a the t i iro n tho p rase end placco i t en a oonvoyur ready to be moved to the curing chamber*. tbs midget iap in ro r sea s a t up s t tha breathing lo v o l o f the prams op e rato r, and absut 2 fe*st fr e e h is n o s t r i ls , Ti-.z sV. sampl e taio o contained 10 tsLllion p a r t ic le * o f d u st par cubic fo o t o f a i r . As prev io u sly s t a t e d , th is d u st could be t a l c or soap-etore A ic h would coos o f f o f tha casing as i t mas being hand led . Location o f the machine mas about 100 fo c t Iron tho coating machine d escribed in ths previous paragraph* I t i s believed th at p a r t o f the d u st thich ana found in tho ^r--a v:.-.r "the tootin g D achira, ensnabed in the area o f Uw b a cc iig s a c h ir s . 6 Coments &-r-d recosaondatlons i l l bo raservad aa previously ctat&i,'. espactfu lly submitted, lU iba 1ms to r u . 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