Health and Safety Program of Johns-Manville

This document is not a research study but an undated proposal by George W. Wright, M.D., on how the Johns-Manville company (J-M) should organize its health and safety program. It names no asbestos fiber or specific disease and reports no quantitative exposure or health measurements. The author's impression was that J-M came out of the Second World War without an adequate program, and the author wrote that events of the past year or so strongly indicated a need to re-appraise it. The author proposed that the commitment come from the top of the company and that one person with the needed expertise and direct access to the President run the program. Industrial hygiene and toxicology, safety, the medical program, joint management-labor efforts and government-regulation compliance would come under that person. The author was unsure where Workman's Compensation belonged but saw merit in including it. The author noted that J-M had had no professional toxicologist and that meeting government rules was not enough. The author also favored adding protection of product users and nearby communities. A closing chart showed the proposed grouping.

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From J-M's medical library

This copy comes from the Johns-Manville medical library. It was among the papers J-M kept in its medical library without an index entry.