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FILE NAME: US Gypsum (USG) DATE: 1938 DOC#: USG070 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1938 Internal report on dust with cover note to CM Price jJ ^ b i %r.e.M&U. by `fatjUj J Luts^ lLi* j^Ur^A^ y&UAS ^ ' ^ 12 DEFEJNNDpAANNTr'S j^ 4 '1 QSc# .. . 2*. A m ;t 3 T^LArtO!: n .:yr. o?:r- "i:*~3 OCCUTV/THTAL ;? t .r,,*\-n^*v-31 `-yr *<-- tw . frants in rocent years have ere*tod & widespread interest in tha 'fact of industrial dusts upon the vorkar. Already in sera 3tat*s lavs h a w bean enacted ccupensating duat disease*. Other Jtataa are considering aiailar legislation. Uniar those lavs esapansation is .-.rantad far disability iron breathing hamful dust ersatad or pro sent ia tna work!a;: environnant. The lavs usually ..ivs cover to tha atat* labor daparirsnt to oat up rules and rs.di lations relative to dust and dusty operations. C3SS3IT 1AJ A nuabar of states have no specific lavs relating to dis abilities alla*sd to have bees causad by ham f u l cuat In these statss tliars exists tha right cf an asplovsa to elaia under coeson lav, an injury,'dua to nagligonca of tha asploycr. uch a case is triad bafor* a ro{pilar court bafors a judgs and a jury. Tha asrolsys* rust sfcov by a prspondararca of evidence that ha was injured duo to tha naciiganca of tha eanlcyer. Coaacn lav caoaa .ira esponoiv# for us to dafand. Any failure on tha part of caaagsrs to nop dust collacting aquinssnt saintainad or follow ;pcd housekeeping prircipias can ba brought out in a cosaon lav action. 1 JI lusts cay ba dividad into (1'. Vnrsful and (2) son-liamful dusts. Silica and asbestos dusts ara definitely known to bo ham f u l dusts. They produce, ovar long periods of tins in high concentrations, fibrosis of tha lun*.s vhich can ba disabling and even cauca death dua to conplicutiono from tuberculosis and psauacnia. ! Host dusts do not produce fibrosis or disability-- iliay ars absorbed la tha body fluids. Gy-sun, lino, clay, nica, narbla dusts, if thsy ar* ralativaly purs, aro dss s a d ns hamlass dusts. Keverthalass, eocasaivs concentrations of any dusts have been c-niasnad by soca nadisal authorities. .-ready, In savsral 3tata3, nariaia U n i t s of dustiness, for even tha hsralaas dusts, have bean cat up. Thasa redilutions have r.ot &ffacted us so far on our ypsua and line operations, tut thsy will not parait us to operate in a d e a d of duat. Tha li. its, hmover, era lav for op erations involving silica and asbostos dust, while thsy ars cuch higher for egrpsua and lino. 7o cay opraci, rar7.1l'-tien en puralar.ijla duotirsoa la t z s iically ail o tha atataa ne: bu-rirr; ccEprchanaira wr!f=ac' 3 cearen:ction la-3. Tha U 1. laparir-ant o Lur La trincine auch lgislation baiera tha ctatas ind rococssndins cnactiar.t o n i a a and rgulations. Madied authoritios ara ccrsasnins hi..h cnncantroticna o industrial duoto arti point to hi, h in cidano o rsapiratory iniactions in tha cuati' tradaa'aa proo o thai? eentantiona. Tho asdoyar ia hold reoponoibia or ih usi in tha can* a orfcin:j anvirensont. If trio duot injuras or diaculas bis, tha asrlcyar say bava to poy-- hathar it ba thrauh corr*oanatien or corren 1er. 1 ^pr^m T n n q r r?* k-?, -- W--- -i A duaty. plant cnmot b chancad ovmi.,hi into a daan niant. '>; sut batjin no. Th essyasy lus alraody irotallod :luoi collectine oqai-rant in aot o ita "lenta horaire ia r.aeced. Ibis qui^sant nasi h sainioinod et raninos aicisnoy. It met rot 'oc Allcirad ta datariorata du to poor or isropar raiatonanea. A Juot collactins 07cton io .'aoi^r.ad for a aaclic jeb and 12 the conditicna orane* or additions to tha ayctas ira rad, tha ntira arrtas shculd b chachad fer colisetirg flcians7 T.jj a ' aciiver.aas o oust collection i t on point :oa oo ontlral7 d is-rr .tad by -.uat lamica in corroyera, clmmtora, sitara, ato. It ia a lupia esitar in rosi etra ta atoa '.'vuoi loaba. :entrai ih* linai et tha 3curaa. lu.at caliaatora spanisi la Iran tha u caravlarution yen ,iv oioctria rotara. I , Pitar folle!'.:? f;ood baia*:sopir-; .Trincialoa, ubomissj w t laahs in oqni.-sant und pntiirs " rasant duat collusiin;; aq?iic=nt in ocd orar tir. : prditior., -.'v.rrr soni t i ano s tili pram il, tien authoritisa .'or r.aosiad calicot ir..; a.pii-TL.nt shrcld bo preparad and erecontad -n tha beala o tuoi alisinird.cn. 'lut iira t Isfc uo m ia tha boat usa o hai ra bava. Tnan cher.^-aa are rada en no equianerri iaet-H cd, cha que3 icn o asi oiot ba {van canaiamtion. Eo imt;Ultion or ches- io cseplota oithcnt iakin-* cara o tha-cuut ganaretad by tha ocar-, tiot!. I cel_3Ctcro ara irahallad, tha outharity uhculd nat b# clocad uncil cprrovnl o ta inatailaticn by cttta autharitie s io oltainad ( i suco io rayaired cr car. ba -Ltuirad cr. ra qu-aai. lona irrsquor.t opas,.tiaras ara duoty. l i io net prcetical to Ir e tili colloctoro :a taha a-ir o thoso oituuticrc, aaii-aparo s'nrald fc m i i - h l o u r r o a e n r u c h Jic o . A "lar.t moi -ilaairs b* 1 ^ .*3 - 3- contain lit t la or no asbestos, ro3piratora ara for tbs confort o tha nan. In dusts containing hi~h porcontar, of cilica. or aaoas- 0 5 , tha respirators should be required to protact arainct tha hazard. V-adical authorities, hovaver, point out that control o tha dust at the 3ourca la tha praiarrad oathod of rrotaction. Tha lana ralatinij to dual vary in each stata !iany r*v rolas and regulations roiatinp to cuat ara bains: sat up. Tha rasper.s i b i li tv of knouirs vhat ia required '07 3tat a lavs or re'julatdnns re-its v i :.h tha Tfarltz 3ana;;cr. It ia part of hi3 nanocariai re sponsibility to coaply or explain vhy ccapllanca ia irpoos itia . Llany yanoral rajlation3 or. dust exist, but i f tha caamar ia a - uara of thnsa ho can operata Tiih a .'-ncrrlod^a ai ths regulation in nind. in Irtsrprstation o<-_n alxays bo secured iron our attorneys as to vhat conatitutas coaplluncs vith ths statata. PZ7I33 T75T SgCSISS O? TTZ3 !?!Trr?3 Tha cccupati o m l experienca o na eapioyeea sust ba carafully scrutinirod or arpoaura ta ailica or aabastoa usts. 'Tfith tho eaactrant o occupatlmal dlssasa lava, a nunbor o non ~th silicosis er asbaatosis hay caen throvn sut o aaplyelant. Thss# nam ray 3aek eaployaont at our planta. I ycu hura reason to suspect expauura to ailisa or aabastoa duat in hl^h concantratiopa orar aeroral years, tha sais thing la to liava tha can X-rayad and hava tha Z-ray roerrad to Chicuo or intarprstation. Jourdry vorkars, iard roci cinara and 3 and blaatars ara apt to hora lunj; lbrosia ua to duat. CJTTTTvTL 37 SU3T A P S S t g f 0? tm riSZft . j iiany oi tha coapany'a producta are carely dust tut into con- tainars and sold. Thersiors, potentially, with caralaaa operation tha ccar-any1r plants con be Tar/ dusty places, .Social, cor.scioua- rnsa baa been avakanad ta tha hanard and nuisance oi induatrial dust and va hava no altarnatira but to rccorpd.es this arxL control tha 1st sad* in our plants. Control of dust rust, therefore, ba conoidsrsd as a safatr prohlaa and salt:, vith accardincly It reprsaants. a cost oi rsauiactura which ra ccnsot avoid Tharaby it bocoraa ranassnant's raaponsibllity to do tha job vail and do it sconosLcaHy. : 7a cczaasd to 70x0* attention Bull*tin Ho. 1-5-1 on tha 11nination oi lusty Conditions. Tha najbujenant require coanlionca rith thaaa regulations by your ioraaaa, your workers and you. JSOi 'JT January, 1933