T. H. Boyd to C. E. H. Tintle on Blocked Aisles and Exits at the Passaic Plant (1954)

A one-page office memorandum of April 15, 1954, from T. H. Boyd to C. E. H. Tintle at Raybestos-Manhattan's Passaic, New Jersey, plant, headed "Aisles and Exits." A New Jersey State Department of Labor inspector had gone through Department 38 the day before, and the plant was "being reported for several violations of blocking exits": aisles to fire escapes on the second and third floors were blocked by piles of belts or were too narrow. Boyd asked that foremen be told it was their responsibility to keep aisles and exits clear, and added that the inspector had also objected to the amount of rubber cement on the third floor, since only one day's supply of cement and solvent was permitted in manufacturing buildings.

In Johns-Manville's index

Johns-Manville's attorneys indexed the Sumner Simpson Papers. Their index describes this document as follows:

Informs of inspection of Department 38 by the State Dept of Labor. States that the company is being reported for several violations of blocking the exits. Requests foremen to be informed that it is their responsibility to keep aisles and exits clean.

About this copy

This is document 05794 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.