16 results for “General Electric”
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · June 9, 1955
Asbestos Textile Institute General Meeting Minutes Rejecting an Autopsy Study, with the Asbestosis Research Proposal (1955)
Two pages of minutes of the Asbestos Textile Institute's general meeting of June 9, 1955, in Philadelphia, presided over by F. J. Wakem of Johns-Manville, with the two-page Air Hygiene Committee "Proposal for…
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Company document · Motley 1000 · June 9, 1955
Asbestos Textile Institute Minutes Calling an Autopsy Study Ill-Advised (1955)
…Its index describes this document as follows: ATI Meeting Minutes, 6/9/55 - General Meeting. The proposal for research recently submitted to the Institute by the Air Hygiene Committee covering the two projects: (1) a cardio…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · December 30, 1958
H. M. Jackson to All Industrial Relations Managers on Threshold Limit Values for Mixed Dusts (1958)
A one-page memo of December 30, 1958, from Johns-Manville's general headquarters to all industrial relations managers, by H. M. Jackson, manager of J-M's industrial health program, on applying the threshold limit…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · April 6, 1954
H. M. Jackson to G. S. Smith on J-M's Own Threshold Limit for Asbestos (1954)
…TLV). In Johns-Manville's chronology Johns-Manville's own chronology of what the company knew describes this document as follows: Jackson Memorandum to G.S. Smith, General Engineering Manville, 4/6/54, Re: Threshold Limits…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · September 14, 1953
H. M. Jackson to O. B. Westmont on the Lompoc Housekeeping Procedures Manual (1953)
A short memo of September 14, 1953, from Johns-Manville's General Headquarters to O. B. Westmont at the Lompoc, California, diatomaceous earth plant, answering his letter of August 20 about the plant's new housekeeping…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · September 29, 1959
H. M. Jackson to R. B. Frandsen on Threshold Limits for Asbestos-Cement Products at Waukegan (1959)
…of September 29, 1959, from H. M. Jackson at Johns-Manville's General Headquarters to R. B. Frandsen at the Waukegan plant, answering Frandsen's letter of September 18 on threshold limit values. Jackson wrote that…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · September 7, 1955
Asbestos Textile Institute Air Hygiene Committee Minutes on the Quebec Mining Association's Report (1955)
…earlier the textile makers had turned down an autopsy study because of its implications about cancer (June 1955 general meeting). In Johns-Manville's chronology Johns-Manville's own chronology of what the company knew describes…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · December 18, 1956
H. M. Jackson to Schilling on the Travelers Dust Survey of the Manville Pipe Department (1956)
…to Schilling at the Manville plant on a survey of the pipe department in "P" Building made by the Travelers insurance company's laboratory. Jackson writes that the counts "in general" showed adequate control, with exceptions…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · March 18, 1958
Johns-Manville Memos on a Caution Label for Marinite (1958)
…Herbert Morton Ball, J-M's secretary and general attorney, warned that a dusty situation at the Newport News Shipbuilding yard "may result in extensive legal liability" and urged a label on the back of the…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · August 5, 1952
Johns-Manville Correspondence on Herbert Miller's Threatened Asbestosis Claim (1952–1953)
…dated 8/5/52, concerning a claim from Herbert Miller. Hall reports: "In accordance with our general understanding with Messrs. Parsonnet, Weitzman & Oransky that all alleged asbestosis cases would be discussed with us before any petitions…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · July 27, 1951
H. M. Jackson to Arthur J. Vorwald Asking for a Fiber Count Standard (1951)
What it shows The dust limit then in general use for asbestos was five million particles per cubic foot, a count of all particles rather than fibers (see the 1947 limits of the American Conference of…
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Company document · Motley 1000 · September 5, 1957
Asbestos Textile Institute Air Hygiene and Manufacturing Committee Minutes on Dust Sampling (1957)
…Epidemiological study conducted by IHF sponsored by QAMA is in its final stages. Related documents Asbestos Textile Institute General Meeting Minutes and President's Message (1957) About this copy This is document 55 of the Motley…
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Company document · Motley 1000 · March 1955
Asbestos Textile Institute Air Hygiene Committee Minutes and Proposal for Asbestosis Research (1955)
…asbestosis is reviewed in detail. Attached is "ATI - Air Hygiene Committee Proposal for Asbestosis Research," 6/55 (handwritten date). Related documents Asbestos Textile Institute General Meeting Minutes Rejecting an Autopsy Study, with the Asbestosis Research Proposal…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · April 1, 1954
H. M. Jackson to T. R. Turnbull on Fiber Counts Above J-M's Limit at Waukegan (1954)
…Cement and Magnesia Departments, March 10-15. Jackson attaches copies of Travelers' analysis report. While in general the dust counts indicated good control, there are several sampling stations, particularly at the feeding operations, in which the…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · June 25, 1956
S. E. Williams to H. M. Jackson on a Customer's Question About Colorlith Dust (1956)
…of pigment (carbon black, burnt umber, or chrome green depending on the color)." The memorandum refers to Research Center File:4224. Related documents J-M General Engineering Report on the Waukegan Transite Pipe Dust System (1949)
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · December 6, 1956
Dr. Daniel C. Braun to H. M. Jackson Sending Lung Cancer Literature for the Asbestos Textile Industry (1956)
…pulmonary asbestosis and is not merely a possible sequel of exposure to asbestos dust" and states that "claims for compensation will become of increasing frequency due to the general increase of carcinoma of the lung." Dr…