AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 150 NORTH WACKER DRIVE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606 OSHA ISSUES FINAL LEAD STANDARD REDUCING PERMISSIBLE LEVEL TO 50 ug/ m3 A final st andard for occupat ional exposure t o lead which reduces t he permissible exposure level from 200 t o 50 ug/ m3, based on an 8-hour t ime-weight ed average concent rat ion, was promulgat ed by t he Occupat ional Saf et y and Healt h Administ rat ion on November 14.

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copy fo r E t h y l Ga s o l in e Co r po r a t io n Ch r y s l e r b u i l d i n g 405 L e x i n g t o n A v e n u e New York June 20, 1040 20 ALL LTISI0K 'ASSESS Ocutlssaan* Tho p a s t teo weeks have seen a g ro a t d e a l o f a c t i v i t y aswng o ar D ivision ;&n&sor3 and o th e rs i n attem p tin g t o foraulat plans f o r a concerted program on Safety# Imports liar te e n raaoivod l a t h i s o f f ic e anti a re now i n process o f study by v a rio u s in d iv id u a ls in t h e Palos and Hodiosi Lepartaascb* `ills sta n d ard ise d syatan which can bo ap p lied t o our p ro b lem i n any division# should be forthcoming and av ailab le to the d iv isio n o ffic e s in a reasonably s h o rt b in s# - oorhspa i n te n days o r two weeks from noer# 2he purpose c f t h i s le tte r # however# i s to advise t h a t duo t o our prolirdn&yy a c t i v i t y w have apparently made c u r lic e n s e e s th in k nor e serio u s ly o f th e s a fe ty problem* and a s a consequence i n a t le a s t se v e ra l d iv is io n s , .vs ore rso e iv in g q u ite a larg o tnsabsf* c f re q u e sts t o su p erv ise ta n k cleaning# At l e a s t ta o d iv is io n s a re tti^taaMasxaaad in th e handling o f th o se re q u e sts end uo stro n g ly suspect t h a t th e s e sane co n d itio n s e x i s t , o r w i l l e x is t elsewhere# Aoports receiv ed t o elate in d ic a te beyond doubt# t h a t we w i l l need ?

Zti&d In scale frosi tank $01, Gulf Refining Company, Toledo, Ohio* This tank was recently cleaned and then was disreaantled for scrap* Side Scale (Area of 100 aq* ft* or 12 sheet) Analysis Husaber iiOA-59^9 Sample total 8l gm Sample analysed ** 10*0 gm Organic Fb * Q.QOQZg (0.2 mg/ 100 ga) ^ Inorganic Fb 0*38 (880 ta^/lOOgjaa) Bottom Seale (Area cf 10 sq* ft* or 6 sheets) Analysis Ihrasber =* Sample total Sample used Organic Fb Inorganic Pb 255 @KS 10 gss G.Q5 (0*5 rsg/l30 gasjv' 2*2^ (2200 mg/XGOvrasj Samples Heoeivcds 11-14-1*0 Samples Reported* 11-26-40 K H 0022388 cl LOV 9, 1940 Dr.

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it \ INTBR-OFFICB COm U PONOKN CC H "O Et hyl Ga so l ine Co r po r at io n Daxton Office Mu t u a l H o m e B u i u j in g 120 We s t Se c o n d St r e e t Daxtoi,Ohio March. 21, 1934.

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lou may recall our discussion in Tulsa at which tinse you mentionedithat the Continental Oil Company at Artesigi had another -* tank which was almost an exact duplicate of the one in which the accident occurred.

Ap ril 25 1925 Dr R B H* Grndwohl Gradwohl La b o r a to r i e s 551I4.

IN REPLY IN G A D D R E SS D ivision of Research G rants and Fellow ships FED ERA L SECU RI T Y A GEN CY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE N A T I O N A L I N ST I T U T ES O F H EA L T H B e t h e s d a 14, M a r y l a n d A p ril 4 , 1949 In reply re fe r to our RG--1970 OOKFIDMTIAL D r.