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Fr* D. B* ham OFFICE OF THE SAFETY SHGT-BEEB August K , 1942 Cass of Confirming Telethon An in v e s tig a tio n o f th e above s u b je c t re v e a ls th a t* 1* H r .f l^ H f e h & s been employed b y G oodrich p r io r to 1934 , ' . lo f t aSPiias re-h ired 7/lo/l9S 4. 3 Tie has been engaged i n th e p ro c e ss o f Lead S i l i c a t e from 5 /l3 /l0 4 2 t o 8 /2 /1 0 4 2 , th e l a t t e r o f which was th e l a s t d ay lie h a s worked w ith th e e x c e p tio n o f one day in w hich he m s o ff , namely J u ly 23 - (Claimed . sore feet}* (. 3* Since ha was a b se n t f o r a p e rio d o f ovor 7 cays sin c e 8/2/42 h is record card was re fe rre d to the Labor Deparism t* . 4* About one week p r io r t o 0 /2 /4 2 , he to ld Itr. b i l l e r t h a t h is f e e t h u r t and w hich JTr* M ille r assumed was from stan d in g a g re a t d e al and n o t in any way d ire c tly asso ciated w ith m a te ria ls used in th e process in which ho was engaged# fie d e f i n i t e l y made no c laim a s t o cause* 5* Before w orking in le a d s i l i c a t e o p e ra tio n s , he was em ployed' in th e same b u ild in g a t P la n t 3 - (315) in th e washing o f sy n th e tic rubber and was ab sen t from o/L4 to 4/23 due to illn e s s , according to h is record card. S* The le a d s i l i c a t e o p e ra tio n c o n s is ts o ft (a) A 'eighiag 3 0 f o f le a d a c e t a t e ta k e n from a drum in to a s c re e n box on s c a le s # Drum,, box, and s c a le s a re i n sid e of a -ventilated booth and in which any dust a r r is in g i s d ru m o u t of t!is back o f th e hood and away from th e operator# (b) The box i s hung on a drum and d is s o lv e d w ith w ater* (c ) S i l i c a t e of soda i s made up in a n o th e r drum* (d) There i s a l s o a pump on each drum and th e s o lu tio n - from th o two d r m s i s then pumped in to a t h i r d drum, radioed and p r e c i p i t a t i o n th e n ta k e s p lace# (e ) The s o lu tio n i n th e t h i r d drum i s th e n pumped in to an ME 001674.T D r. B* 3 Lo*re .;"G* "2" . Case of 150 g a llo n ta n k and then onto a screen f i l t e r to a d ry e r pan in to cake form* - This operation has been c arrie d on fo r years and has n o t affe cted th e h e a lth o f any o p e ra to rs engaged i n i t * ITe a ls o n e v er c o n sid e r ed the asp ect of th is process a s s e rio u s , n e v erth ele ss, and perhaps as an extreme safeguard, sa fe ty reg u latio n s in e ffe c t in other bonafide lead operations were ap p lied a t the onset of the lead s ilic a te operations and have been in e ffe c t ever since* Theyc o n s is t of (a) Providing and compulsory use of re s p ira to rs in a d d itio n to w eighing and d u s t removal system* (b) fu rn ish in g c le a n c o v e ra lls a t company expense (e) llo e a tin g o r tobacco chewing i s perm itted * (d) Sulphur soap to. d e te c t any lead d e p o sit on the skin is provided and used* (} O perators a r e provided w ith e x c e lle n t b a th in g f a c i l i t i e s , hot and c o ld viato r, tow els and double loolcers and a 15 m inute tim e allow ance, a l l a t company expense* (f) Regulations are enforced* At a r e c e n t n e s t i n g , Thu C* Sm ith, Union Commit t e e nan s a i d , he had seen th e day before and h e , ^ H |H |, to ld I'r* Smith th a t he had J u s ^ r e t u m e d from. C leveland a n d tn e ^ H -d s d o c to r th e re s a id he liad s u s ta in e d a case o f le a d poisoning* r,e to ld Smith th a t he had n o t had th e c lin ic a l re p o rts ^^y n ^io v rejv er. Conclusions The w r i t e r lias observed th e se o p e ra tio n s many tim es and to th e b e s t of my know ledge, and r e g a r d le s s o f th e o p in io n vie have had a s to th e r e la tiv e ly minor h e a lth hazard, the lead s a f e ty ru le s were always in e ffe c t and c a rrie d out# . ^i^rO U Z A T w , IM , n* ^ 3^3 5- . i- i- * P Pljyti. t u Ja ^ @ cLij^ , ,j . /SLk-&-^ LJL<s nr< *< 3/ / lJ2^ iTy~ r--o~ P u L* Schneider h ^ U L^ . / / to 9t 4 L l. gtiM -. tk ' t-- djL* y 0 tn-cru-