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t . its Louisville; Ky. pleat were related to occupational ceuse3, ..: -7.7^2/.y,v:ry.v^. ?+Zr `t'' , :%.*# ^,:V.4 * "--'-i.' k * ^ - r m V\ . * * 1 v'lJ * < , ,. I ' '* ' v'- ,, . ^ l' ` ,- Dri Maurice H. Johnson, the Company's director of environmental, -;K .-j* V4\,, * `.-jV .r>'-y;vv - v=- y ' * " / * 'J/ ^ -V '" *-- -1 ; \4,/: r -v . . ^ - * * * j: - ' * health, .said he had recently received medical reports concerning the death r - .*/-= of an esploye late in DeceoberiT A review of radical records uncovered that ^ ... ... t . r,, '-1 ' , .. ,, r viVi "v--*'* ; ;* * - "i"".. ;S ; ; '-1 * - f - V^ tvo other employes had apparently died from the same cause -- one in d- t V J September, 1971 and one in March, 19731 The reported causes of death are - v . . ' -*T-- : '; -.//. r, - ^ subject-to verification, he"added,JV:^Aii :''-Z ''d-'j r;". - ' 1.. ^Awareness of.this grouping," said Dr, Johnson, ^warranted a thorough - .!;V. .The B.F. Goodrich Company has heen conducting programs to 'reduce" coo1', " ejfposures to hydrocarbons, particularly vinyl chloride, throughout its `.> . j ' . ,, \ -V operations, llhile ail^lants ware operating at levels veil below those ^ - ..o^ , . npreSscribed bvy Federal government standards, a successful effort has hbeeeenn;VV* SftWV- tcade to reduce, levels in these plants to approximately one-tenth those7. 1!r v.; r cpocified, . ; '-y s. V- ,;J ':lV * (rorc) CUSAROSS 02227 ,!%'>-i,TMTM '.i*0 i'*:'.'. V ":' '' "' ?-- J-- iF'* '; j -' -'' ixF ?i r-^i * /.'^';if fV Sf' v\'\' . ( y 4 '-' ;v _ 4u'^ , t, ,. . . ^ A % I I* . . . * *, T - * 4 T>fct -f *..'.-. - *w . * - ;.Si *+*,,* AW fc IMfe^ BAnVIfl^lAa^aX- .-- -A A J1. -" *v l&gg[jB|||| A '. ;X Che Company has engaged Tabershaw-Cooper Associates,. Zee* of Berkeley, : /A... .v , A A.,./-,;'.;- - _ ,v v.. Av- . .>--:.;/ . ; ' - ' V -: -r r ir->i - : '<::'s ' ;, "' Er* Irv*tlg &* Tfberchav, one of the country** foremost experts,''' -A --V;.^ . .ifit'fci'S.fiJ ^BSmSSS ' ' J`( >4 In the field of-M __it_ _ i .. 1 J _ d1 public,,_ .t. f f andkA rl .*ocAc.^u-r.pational lihftert a1 lth Oan4d safety,l1* ^rt #--*rr 4iVs supervisingn i * rm i t ) *J v'-` .,JJ ; i.-\,vv .* A-fck' the work of this consultant fira," Dr. Johnson said.'/A . A <5-- The Company has instituted a program of explaining the now information, ``yy ' ; sad steps the Company is taking to all employes involved in vinyl products ' A " v-- . ' . production. 1 In addition, the Company he* put into action a program to reduce exposures to vinyl chloride end other hydrocarbons to the ninitnxa ,: -~ i'fyCy-->> . V *Ve are providing medical examinations to all employes involved in :v fV'/ ,i-AA--V : any phase of vinyl chloride or polyvinylchloride production and reviewing ; . . \.\f - -'.'1`7. av. ailable medical^records of any'M-daets:c' eaos6ed foroer or retired employes***-VA - `; vir^ Dr* Johnson sald,f. , ; *4t*i\:c-; /W''fOfe have assured officials of h'lOSH and the state of Kentucky that i will continue to provide them with any significant new information as -i>d ' it develops,** he caid, . . - -0- C~,C i-l sC. ` CUSAROSS 02228