Johns-Manville Audit of the Incentive Standard for Pressing Flexible Min-K Panels (1970)

A two-page checklist for an audit of an incentive (piece-rate) job, dated May 7, 1970: pressing 36 by 36 inch flexible Min-K insulation panels in Department 280, under a standard set on July 16, 1969. Under allowances, the auditor noted that a respirator allowance was "not included in std.," and added: "This station has been rated as an out of line dust condition. Respirators were not worn at time of audit." The auditor also found the standard itself out of line, because several steps of the job had changed.

In Johns-Manville's chronology

Johns-Manville's own chronology of what the company knew describes this document as follows:

An audit of Incentive Job Standards was performed on 5/7/70 of the Press Flexible Min K Panels operation. The auditor noted some irregularities. Regarding allowances, the auditor stated that a 10% respirator standard was not included in the standard. The station had been rated as an out-of-line dust station, and respirators were not worn at the time of audit.