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COPY M r. J . J . F rey E. K. Locher Tank C leening A ccident C aro lin a T erm inals W ilm ington. N orth C a ro lin a New Y ork New Y o rk J u ly l6, 1 9 ^ On S a t u r d a y , Ju n e 26, (c o lo re d ), an em ployee o f Tank C leaners In c o rp o ra te d o f J a c k s o n v ille , F lo rid a , d i e d ^ i ^ Jack so n v ille h o sp ita l as the re s u lt of lead poisoning. (c o lo re d ), a ls o an em ployee o f Tank C lea n ers In c o rp o ra t has been confined to th e h o s p ita l w ith a sev ere case of lead p o iso n in g . At the p re se n t tim e he is expected to re c o v e r. In v e s tig a tio n shows th a t le a d exposure p ro b ab ly o ccu rred d u rin g th e cle an in g of th re e 12,000 b a rr e l tan k s a t C aro lin a T erm in als, le a se d and o p e ra te d by Cape F e a r T erm in a ls, W ilm ington, N orth C a ro lin a d u rin g th e days o f June 19 (S atu rd ay ) and June 21 (M onday). These tan k s had n o t been in use fo r a p erio d of approxim ately fiv e y ears and no a c c u ra te re c o rd i s a v a ila b le as to when th e y l a s t s to re d leaded g a so lin e . There is no evidence th a t they had ever been used as blending tanks or th a t g aso lin e in the tan k s had been sp ik ed . E th y l Tank C leaning P re c a u tio n s w ere n o t follow ed d u ring th e c le a n in g o f th e ta n k s , and s p e c if i c a l l y an a i r l i n e mask was n o t u se d . D u r in ^ th e s e two days W B B w a s exposed a t o t a l o f s ix te e n h o u rs and A a to ta l o f nL V ^nours during the tim e sp en t in th e tan k s The same two m en, on b o th jo b s u n d e r th e d i r e c t i o n o f L .A . N ic h o ls (w h ite ), forem an o f Tank C leaners In c o rp o ra te d , had clean ed a n o th er t a n k o f ty-0,000 b a r r e l c a p a c i t y d u r in g t h e d a y s o f J u n e 16 , 1J, and li$ a t Cape F e a r T e r m in a ls . T h is c le a n i n g was o b s e rv e d by an E th y l re p re s e n ta tiv e and E th y l Tank C leaning P re c a u tio n s were s a t is f a c to r i l y fo llo w ed . Our re p re s e n ta tiv e recommended, and was assured by one o f th e p a rtn e rs of Tank C leaners In c o rp o ra te d ,' th a t o u r recommended p re c a u tio n s w ould be fo llo w ed d u rin g th e c le a n in g o f th e ta n k s in w hich exposure to o k p la c e ; th e r e f o re , he decided th a t i t was u n n e ce ssa ry f o r him to be p re s e n t. The M edical D epartm ent's re p o rt i s n o t y e t a v a ila b le , b u t p re lim in a ry in d ic a tio n shows th a t t h is is one o f th e m ost se v ere c ase s o f le a d p o iso n in g on re c o rd . Mr. L . W illia m s, a p a r tn e r o f Tank C leaners In c o rp o ra te d , has to ld a re p re s e n ta tiv e o f our S outhern R egion th a t no le g a l a c tio n w ill be i n s t itu t e d a g a in s t E thyl C orporation. EK Ljrnf E llis K. Locher K u b ( 3 N 7657