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r* -f May t&9 1939 Mr John Schaefer Ethyl Gasoline Corporation Chrysler Building Hew York City Hew York Dear Mr, Schaefer1 I have Mr* Wasserman a l e t t e r o f Kay 2nd inquiring concerning our c r itic a l examination of the f a c ilitie s of the Stevens Meta l Products Company a t Niles * Ohio w ith reference to th e re p a ir o f drums. I am replying d ire c tly to you and 1 send you herewith an additional copy of th is l e t t e r fo r your con** ,, venlence in passing the information on to Mr* Wasserman* i f you so desire* Dr. Machle v is ite d the p lan t of the above comp,any on April 10th* He has reported to me in the following term s ''The only possible source of exposure-at the present time appears to be from the handling of the bungs in preparing the drums fo r steaming and in the a ir- te s tin g operations* Old bungs are used in the drums and both th e inside o f the bung and the accompanying gasket may a t times have a fa in t odor* O pportunities fo r skin, absorption from th is source are s lig h t as the bungs are usually handled w ith a wooden plug and the workers hands are almost continually wet* but even th is p o s sib ility can easily be eliminated i f new bungs are inserted when the drums are shipped from Wilmington." wReoommendations. The management was advised as to precautions i f cu ttin g operations and the junking o f drums are resumed* and they were also informed th a t we would recommend the In s ta lla tio n of new bungs a t the blending plant for a l l subsequent shipments." KE 0 0 0 0 8 9 0 We are quite s a tis f ie d th a t th is work Is being taken care of adequately and that the present fa c ilitie s are sufficient for the present operations. ' Mr. Wassermans l e t t e r -of May 2nd indicated th a t the use o f new bungs and new fashets in subsequent shipments is quite feasible* e assume* therefore* th a t th is recommendation w ill be followed In the future. Very tru ly yours* pAKiia cc t o Mr . Sc h a e fe r RoBSrf'T T YekoeT'O? K 0000891 *1 I % Co r r e ct method o f lo o d in : E5 g a llo n s iz e drums o f Motor Fu el An t i-Kn ock Compound, u s in g t h e Acme Un it Load .System In not no Wi Ga r\ A \ \ '7 /p X ( \V k: \ V \- ' \ ' > if / L\ L NOTICE In case there are any d e ta ils in th is method of loading not made c le a r , or not illu s tr a te d in th is drawing please n o tify the Ith yl Gasoline Corporation P .0. Box 688 Wilmington, Delaware. ( In case of emergency phone Ethyl Gasoline Corporation, Penns Grows, N.J. 280 Extension 313 i i* \ 680000 3X Ethyl Tnol'.he Corpjrwt'.". Uanufoturlng Department DuPont Dy World Deepwater, New Jarey e b r u a r y 2 , 1S33