126 results for “General Electric”, page 6 of 7
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Government report · JM Document Review · September 18, 1942
Industrial Health Survey of the South Portland Shipbuilding Corporation and the Todd-Bath Iron Works (1942)
What it shows The general recommendations say that "as in other yards," supervision of the departments handling asbestos pipe and breeching coverings was inadequate, and that "Asbestos dust is dangerous to breathe, but the work can…
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Company document · Sumner Simpson Papers · January 31, 1944
Leroy U. Gardner to Sumner Simpson Agreeing Not to Name the Employer (1944)
What it shows Simpson had asked that Raybestos-Manhattan's name not appear in any general publication (his letter of January 19). Gardner agreed: "I shall, of course, refrain from mentioning the names of any particular…
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Company document · Motley 1000 · December 5, 1947
Asbestos Textile Institute Board of Governors Minutes Electing 1948 Officers (1947)
…Meeting Minutes, 12/5/47 - Board of Governors. Related documents Asbestos Textile Institute General Meeting Minutes on an Air Hygiene Program (1947) About this copy This is document 28 of the Motley 1,000, from the…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · November 27, 1948
Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to W. A. Young on Asbestos and Silica Hazards at the Toronto Plant (1948)
…"but not for general publication," that men there sometimes developed "rather obstinate cases of pneumonia." He advised taking dust counts so that good counts would help "dispel any rumors which may arise," and suggested telling the…
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Company document · Sumner Simpson Papers · January 3, 1940
R. B. Davis to W. E. Casey on Improvements Before Dr. Gray's Visit (1940)
…after the new year. Davis, the general manager, asked his staff to make improvements before the state's visit. In Johns-Manville's index Johns-Manville's attorneys indexed the Sumner Simpson Papers. Their index describes…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · January 19, 1944
Sumner Simpson to Leroy Gardner on Reviewing Raybestos-Manhattan's Manheim X-Ray Films (1944)
…company was "alright" in Gardner's records and for "the Metropolitan Insurance Company," "but I mean general publication." The letter answers the request Gardner raised with Brown earlier that month (Gardner and Brown on the X…
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Magazine · The Asbestos Worker · 1941
The Asbestos Worker, 1941
…Library Pages on this site about the products and companies these issues name: Asbestos Rogue’s Gallery Johns-Manville: Report of the General President (Johns-Manville office conferences on Local 6-B and 32-B agreements…
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Magazine · The Asbestos Worker · 1942
The Asbestos Worker, 1942
…Library Pages on this site about the products and companies these issues name: Asbestos Rogue’s Gallery Johns-Manville: Report of the General President (Armstrong Cork Company to distribute and apply Keasbey and Mattison heat insulation…
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Company document · Sumner Simpson Papers · September 5, 1946
Asbestos Textile Institute Dust Control Committee Minutes on Dr. Vestal's Plan (1946)
…North Carolina, Mellon Institute and Metropolitan Life, for a report to the October 3 general meeting. Stanton also reported on respirator tests and agreed to circulate an outline of J-M's industrial hygiene program, and…
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Company document · Motley 1000 · June 17, 1943
Ernest Muehleck to W. W. F. Shepherd Enclosing Gardner's Letter on Tuberculosis and Cancer (1943)
…asbestosis made workers prone to tuberculosis, putting the high English rates down to "more general social-economic factors." He also told Brown he could not promise the final report before January 1944. The letter reached Turner …
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · September 16, 1948
Johns-Manville President's Bulletin No. 59 on Capital Spending (1948)
…listed proposals is for the correction of substandard working conditions. The Bulletin states that J-M's policy in general is to provide good working conditions, but it has had to suspend improvements because of the…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · November 15, 1940
Vandiver Brown to F. G. Lippert on Metropolitan Life and the Jarratt X-Rays (1940)
…11/15/40, to F.G. Lippert, General Headquarters, expresses the concern that Metropolitan Life is not very enthusiastic about continuing to examine and interpret the pre-employment x-rays made at Jarratt. V. Brown says…
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Magazine · Asbestos Magazine · 1947
Asbestos Magazine, 1947
…vice president, to promote an understanding between the company and employees. July 1947 July 1947 22-24 Market Conditions. July 1947 July 1947 38 J-M's vice president and IPD general sales manager, C.G…
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Magazine · The Asbestos Worker · 1943
The Asbestos Worker, 1943
…1850 to 64.87 in 1942) Jan. 1943 January 1943 (Vol. 12, No. 2) Editorials & Essays Editorial page (masthead; notice of General Executive Board meeting, March 1943) Jan. 1943 January 1943 (Vol. 12, No. 2) Mr…
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Magazine · The Asbestos Worker · 1946
The Asbestos Worker, 1946
…Contractors & Agreements Treasury ruling on income tax withholding and travel pay for Local 2, Pittsburgh (letters from A.F. of L. General Counsel Joseph A. Padway and the Treasury Department) Jan. 1946 January 1946 (Vol. 12…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · September 9, 1944
Bell Asbestos Mines to Canadian Johns-Manville Enclosing Union and Company Briefs to the National War Labour Board (1944)
…Commission, and since the presentation of the union's brief, 28 workers have been forced to stop work because of their health. In general, insurance covers a portion of the wages lost, due to illness, but…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · June 27, 1949
E. M. Fuller to the Building Products Division on Contract Insurance Coverage (1949)
…s General Attorney. With respect to product liability claims, if a customer claims subsequent to an installation that insulation caused injury or damage, the claim is to be referred to J-M's Insurance Manager, General…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · August 15, 1944
Joan Ross, Survey of Female Employees in the Canadian Johns-Manville Textile Department (1944)
…ventilation; (2) fatigue; and (3) higher absentee rate among women in general as opposed to men. Ross notes that the dust situation in the Textile Department is worse than in any other department in the factory…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · September 2, 1947
Letters on the Sixth Saranac Symposium, with Its Compensation Program and Participant List (1947)
…Smith's letter shows that the doctor running J-M's clinic at its largest mine had general safety and accident duties rather than a focus on dust disease (compare his plan with Cartier to review…
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Magazine · The Asbestos Worker · 1945
The Asbestos Worker, 1945
…12, No. 10) General President's report concluded: thousands of Plasterers and others working as "emergency Asbestos Workers"; International Form Joint Trade Agreement signed with the United States Heat and Frost Company Apr. 1945 April 1945…