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. COPY INDUSTRIAL. HYGIENE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA. INC. 4400 FIFTH AVENUE '' ... Pittsburgh 13. Pa. July LI, 1917 -eooraudus an Plant of - Sou thorn Asbestos Coapan/ Sappies-nting The General Report - freliainary Lust Invctitigetion fur JLo boa toa Textile Institute* . Of Juno, 1917 Pms-Usma. This plant la deeignutad by the latter T La tho general report, and our appraisal of its duetineas suxsarioed In ilxat colunn La Table 1. Our own dost counts wore such lower than those recorded In the conpony's riles* Sines they, however, rare only single eanpJLes, great reliance . cannot be placed on tbeeu life bare, therefore, not weighted then hoevily In electing fl^aree tc represent typical duotinea. The figure* tunicate that dust control is equal to the arer*'0 good' plant of t.be group. lilfferances that 7 appear fro* a superficial coeparlson should not-be taken too literally. Thus, there ie no reason to .believe that .twisting is any less onety in this plant than la any other. lUMmno j Xeearaodus oa ?lcat of Southern labeotoa Co., Suopl&aonting tfa General flecort *Praliai3**7 iiust Investigation for Aabeata* Textile las Litata* of June, 1947* - 2. Oar dost count* are giraa beJLowt Swber 1 2 9 4 Slaps* ed Tine (ais*.) Operations Cost Const 5 5 .5 5 It breathing sons of operator of loose 5 and 6. Or? weaving bat lay beau ex hausted (by 2 to 4 inch branehee) and exhaost under earn at floor level. It Thorsoid loons 15 and 16, end in breathing son of operator. Dcap weevimr. 0.4 6.6 General air, while welling up and down Z aisloe between twisting froses. Only 4 aachine* nmninw. 0.5 General air, while welhlng up and down 0.5 fcieloe botawen spinning CraaetL.------------------ Past. Control Practice* 7b* cospeaj plan* for inntell*tloa of new carding sachlcee will. efrord *u opportunity for la*tall* tion of * first class atodera xNu*t *78 tM. It also aeons that it sill be of great importance to Care spso.if.ic t*t data, enabling us to fnuM accurate specification* for the sost offactive and aconoslcal exhaust spates fjr the particular case of earn Urn 1*11*4. This i* contwatplatsd as e. part of toe proposed lone tern project* The ai*cues ion on duet collactor* (page 12) is pertinent to this plant. The loog-ter* project includes ae one of its earliest objective* the development of rational specifications for either construction or purchase of appropriate duet collector*. . JWW33035 I 3 *acorKia* on Plant of Southern Asbestos Co., Su-pplsxsatiA^ the Sensrel flsoart Frwliainary Cost Investigation for Asbestos Textile loot!tut** of June, 19X7. . la Table IX (page IX. general re-port) ** heT* listed this coatceny as sot having bad any x-r*/ serveJ, because of tha fact that th* Plate's finding* are available a&ljf la a negative ray. Tbo fact is that no iofaraatiou lx available to the coc^axgr ox to incidence of ashestosls. The rvottrxs la this section of tns report relative to tbe impor tance of the periodic radical exasiiaitico cnxt ce visaed la ire li^ht of in* particular prora of the Slots of Horfeh Caroline. Sefora vxtencir.g specific advice on this point v* vouid vast to explore the practices and policies of the State to tee vent *111 be eorXed out rith treat. This ex-- sloretlon would ce e pert of the xedical end of the lon^-tcrx nrorroa, aa outlined in the general report. S.C.L. scean 2sd Engineer JW&33036