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A* A Bed slip com it oe 'Kplayoo vfn hat biei usdieally, identified u haring ens of fchrw starts of petoeaanlsils of toei^atienal origia*
B* A .Sink slip easels an eepleyoa, uhe hat boon etdieaily identified at tr>trLb\- shoving si^s of petuwctsiioeie,
C* A Quo clip seas it o oeployse idle hat bisn sodieall/ identified at baring a ncn-cscupatioeel 1tag condition* (Ordinarily, this otreon i* prpqptly told of hit conditio) xid sanegaoent it prseptly slortsd*}
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hero ?1 Bod slip easts* Tho Ebctor hat advised aanapstnt to keep these ^^lorsot out of taade dust* forty-tin of these otplojoot hart boon tild `by tha Castor) of their eeaditlta end are althor in dust free areas or i^a-`.rearing ratpirators on part or all of tbatr Jobe*
Twonty-fiTo identified Bed clip easts hare oat been told of their condition end ore not necessarily in duet free jabs*
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Zn 1955 v surveyed tbs plant sad diecovered 50 Bed eases* Zj into 1937* soet of the caeca had been told of their sedition end were "jefijf* plarrd*
r.na lain 1957 to lets 1961, sods Bad slip eases were retired or had tspiral now oasts had boos discovered each year* The average nvsbor of easts
^alnta at about 50 with frea 46 to 50 knowing of their condition and being '^`.foly" piaeed*
In lots 1961, the reading of X-rays of equal physicals fell behind* In July :jid August, 19&, Cr* Sslth read ell dsUs^uant I-rsy*. lie reported 2* tew Fed r-jkos* .* stated that com of the new cut* should have fcssn classified - xi earlier X-ray. (For wuaplet Dr* Pitts reed an 2-ruy of January, IS61 :nd said It van not a Hsd ease* Or* Bnith read an X-ray of January, 19c2 sad
laid it vns Bod aid further, the Janua^r, 1961 X-ray should have been Bed*}
Or* fteith icads
throughout J4t and has a broader lasuladge of Verfccn
Ccapcnaatita liabilities cn 0.D* easoc In tbs U-S end Coeds*
7roa July, 1962 until new, only tuo nsv iled slip employees have beta told at
;tir essditlesi*
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eaoee bo returned to tbe Ksdical eUyurtcnnt rwcordo cad t>3& 37 aow "poooiblo* j&euaoeoaisaie eitn bo ityt ir, the Kcdical record* enl/* (*) Zd order to flurry1 out this policy, th S.-tft7 doparteent rill ocllsst uU ?iak elipa la it poaaaasiea and la the (=710700*0 periar*l flit and ratsss then bo the Uedisul dopurtaru* 0) Th* Xedleul depertsuat will ebook that pro par notoa uro nauj la the aaployoo*o aodlsal reroru aad will then daatroy tha ?iak alip. (l) Ma*j*r will iaflora Svpertauadtnt* one Suporritor* to fieoiroy oil raaord* or oedea idtloh refor to ?iak alio case** ' . . , ,
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Cl) Froa a aoral ftwdpoint, eaplemo* identified u hreinj pnc\=ocor.lriic should be tsld ef their condition promptly*
!z) Frsa u ethical standpoint, 'Doctors should tail these peepla of thcl?
condition presptly#
w) Fres a practical standpoint, If vs tell 25 persons the7 ere
j*K/coniotic within the next Z to 6 neekajthar* aaybe an
undesirable panic or naar-pwlc*
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Cl) As en capleyre uho is an untold F.sd slip esse naees up far hie ensual p>trsieal, Xtdleal, Safety end nanagnstnt psrsannei vdH piece e tap priority on clawing his Job sad telling hia of his condition. (Tv.'e pis; vill ii to tell 1 in January, 5 In February, } la .March, 3 in April, 3 is Her, 3 is Jteae, 3 la July and 4 la August. Thus U>a basking -.ill be evepleted by Septeaber 1, 19# 6) )
(Z) Safety end Xsdleal personnel will amags to hedle "pretlcs'' cases iimt*
-) Safety and Kedied personnel '.HI drev-op a aehedule of aausl
axi-instlona of these untold Rod slip rases la order to sroid tush probluoe of telling two orployeeo in ths ice* dspartsnt ia the trso
aoatb that they are Sad slip cases*
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t#e have approximately 225 Fink slip eases* In each ease a Doctor has tdrisod soiegcaaat - "leap this aopleyee out of toede duet*"
Cl) Tbo Sbotor has set told tbs aopleyee ho is a "possible" ecso*
(2) tfonasoaaat cannot heap the nployeo out of dust if they canset toll the cBplsyue the reason for thair action*
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At a coating of C L Cheekier, Dr* Carlsa, Scyd Kulder, X* C. Cnith, J* D* Andersen end 8* C Oracae ui January 17, l?6Jt ths FirV^ dip case ?=blea vss* discussed*
Zt i flanemlly agreed that aaiagcsant cannot *t this tins, hscile tha ;:rab*.~ of tailing 225 Fink oaaoa at thair "yeasihle** eenditicn, heaping thm ui
free Jobs, and steering then out of taperssy dusty Jobs which ecao up '...H.-A'i a Job alaaaifioatlsa ahjoge*
T!r Shecklsr nnntitnsd that at the MotrlH* Flat, thorn am :n Fii: flips*
AH lnfdrsctlen cn the subject Is kept la the liedLvsrl record if tbs I'sp.lsTue
tad la vt/riMd carefully by ^*dicl porsmasl at
eaunl physical*