T. H. Boyd to J. R. Persak on a State Inspection of the Mill Room (1951)

A one-page office memorandum of July 3, 1951, from T. H. Boyd of Raybestos-Manhattan to J. R. Persak, with a copy to N. Finch, about a visit on February 13, 1951, by R. L. Higgins and C. Froelich of the New Jersey State Department of Labor and Industry. They came to inspect the Mill Room after the union filed a grievance asking for coveralls for all men there, and saw the exhaust ventilation at chute filling, drug weighing and Banbury mixing. "They stated, off the record, that they saw no conditions to warrant such an order," and recommended only that two floor-level chutes be covered with grating so no one could fall in.

In Johns-Manville's index

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

States that two representatives from the New Jersey Department of Labor visited the premises on 2/13/51. The men inspected the Mill Room as a result of a grievance filed by the Union. The Union wanted to have coveralls issued to all men in the Mill Room. The state's representatives said, off the record, they saw no conditions to warrant such action. They did suggest coverings be placed on the chutes to prevent an operator from falling in.

Related documents

• New Jersey Department of Labor and Industry, Order No. 4823 on a Press Safety Stop (1953)

About this copy

This is document 05786 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.