This course serves as the next step of the curriculum and leads to classroom training.

03-DEC-1999 09:56:50 Report: R3000G0 McHugh Freeman, DM plus 4.2d Receipt Report Selection Criteria: Receipt TyperPO Sort Criteria: Master Receipt Number, Receipt Number, Receipt Type, ascending Report Type: Detail Master Rep 000000024125 Whse Carrier Vessel 2626 NONE 123CHEMCEN Master BOL Recvd Date 12/03/1999 Rcpt Auth # Type Receipt # Sts Customer 45192788 PO 000000024469 CMPL Rsn Item/Desc UOM Expected X10223230 LB 4,000.000 W-6132 BGXX LEAD SILICATE Quantity ----Received 4,000.000 Damaged 0.000 UOM LB Expe 0 Receipt Totals 4,000.000 4,000.000 0.000 Report Totals 4,000.000 4,000.000 0.000 0 ****** End of Report ****** N 30850

17-DEC-1999 10:08:06 Report: R3000GO McHugh Freeman, DM plus 4.2d Receipt Report Selection Criteria: Receipt Type:PO Sort Criteria: Master Receipt Number, Receipt Number, Receipt Type, ascending Report Type: Detail Master Rep 000000024628 Whse Carrier Vessel 2626 NONE CHEMCEN Master BOL Recvd Date 12/17/1999 Rcpt Auth # Type Receipt # Sts Customer 45194587 PO 000000024741 CMPL Rsn Item/Desc UOM Expected X10223230 LB 4,000.000 W-6132 BGXX LEAD SILICATE Quantity -- Received 4,000.000 Damaged 0.000 UOM LB Expe 0 Receipt Totals 4,000.000 4,000.000 0.000 Report Totals 4,000.000 4,000.000 0.000 0 ****** End of Report ****** N 30839

_ Cadmium, lead suspects.

Joe Ledvina has volunteered to lead a discussion on the rule and its impact at the May 10th meeting of the Health, Safety & Environment Committee.

Cadmium, lead suspects.

Figure 3.2.1.b Figure 3.2.2.a Figure 3.3.1.a Figure 3.3.1.b Figure 3.4.a A typical thrust-penetration rate curve for a percussive rock drill .... 22 A peristaltic drive...................................................................................25 Air motor driven lead screw...................................................................26 Air motor driven lead screw and rotation.............................................. 27 Air driven piston.....................................................................................27 Rod-less cylinder approach...................................................................28 Alternative stinging arrangements........................................................ 29 Model of stinging arrangement for analysis.......................................... 30 Face locking device...............................................................................31 Pi-reactive muffler details (De Woody et al: 1964) ............................ 34 Pi-reactive muffler arrangement on a SECO 215drill .......................... 34 Damped drill steel test arrangement.....................................................36 Initial and subsequent penetration results of firstprototype ................39 Water flushing modifications................................................................ 40 Proposed aluminium tube section........................................................ 42 List of tables Table 1.1 Table A-1 Table B-1 Table C-1 Table D-1 Relationship between noise level and exposure time for the South African noise equivalent (Neq) of 85 dB(A)............................................................... 6 Drawing details inAppendix A .......................................................................47 Drawing details inAppendix B .......................................................................60 Drawing details inAppendix C .......................................................................64 Drawing details inAppendix D .......................................................................67 3 1 Introduction Drilling and blasting remains as the primary method of rock breaking used within South African gold and platinum mines and requires the use of approximately 20 000 pneumatically driven rockdrills daily from a total rockdrill population of approximately 50 000 machines.

In addition, the air samples were also analyzed for lead (limit of detection (LOD) = 2 gg/filter), cadmium (LOD = 1 gg/filter), and chromium (LOD = 1 gg/filter).

Airborne dusts are of particular concern because they are well known to be associated with classical widespread occupational lung diseases such as the pneumoconioses, as well as with systemic intoxications such as lead poisoning, especially at higher levels of exposure.

For the reasons set forth below, Westinghouse respectfully submits that this discovery, as applied to Westinghouse. would be unduly burdensome and would require Westinghouse to invest massive financial and manpower resources which far outweigh the likelihood that this effort would lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.

For the reasons set forth below, Westinghouse respectfully submits that this discovery, as applied to Westinghouse. would be unduly burdensome and would require Westinghouse to invest massive financial and manpower resources which far outweigh the likelihood that this effort would lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.

Page 6 CONTENTS ^ OSHA Activity OSHA revises confined space rule...................................1 Willful violation penalties increase five-fold................2 OSHA extends comment period on indoor air quality........................................................................2 Proposals transfer sole responsibility for respiratory protective devices to NIOSH...................................... 3 NIOSH proposal reclassifies respirator particulate filters................................................................................. 4 Modules to upgrade respirator requirements................................................................... 4 OSHA selects four new training centers.......................5 Top 1992/1993 violations................................................... 5 OSHA delivers record breaking lead penalty...............6 Proposal targets fall hazards in longshoring...............6 Guidelines to help you meet the new PPE requirements................................................................... 6 PPE impacts on general industry..................................11 Safety Matters Danger from above - hard hats protect workers...... 13 EPA Activity Freon Release Brings Citation from EPA.................. 14 Proposal Removes Pigment Blue 15:1 from Toxic Chemical List................................................................ 14 EPA compiles radon maps for Upper Midwest............................................................ 15 "Safe & Secure", Television Show Highlights Keller's Official OSHA Safety Handbook..............15 RCRA updates inspection manual................................ 15 Seminars and Workshops...........................................16 OSHA Activity OSHA Revises Confined Space Rule OSHA recently published a technical amend ment revising the Atmospheric Monitoring sec tion of Appendix E to the confined space rule (29 CFR 1910.146).

For the reasons set forth below, Westinghouse respectfully submits that this discovery, as applied to Westinghouse. would be unduly burdensome and would require Westinghouse to invest massive financial and manpower resources which far outweigh the likelihood that this effort would lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.

For example, only 85 of the 5245 pages in the massive textbook Modern Medicine by William Osler and Thomas McCrea published in 1913 are devoted to cancer.11 It would be almost 50 years before studies on teratocarcinoma would lead to a reassertion of the embryonic rest theory of cancer, in the form of the stem cell theory of cancer.

We see that Willem Prinselaar will do the European regional overview as well as lead the break-out group on issues management.