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    "ocrText": "August 26,1925.\nCOPY\nDepartment of Labor,\n571 Jersey Av.\nJersey City, N.J.\nMr. J. Roach, Deputy Commissioner\nDear Mr. Roach:\nConfirming my telephone conversation with you this\nmorning relative to certain steps which we have put into operation\nin our plant at your recommendation with regard to handling of our\nluminous material, the following are in effect.\nWe have constructed a hood in which all material is\nweighed and handled. This hood is connected with an exhaust fan which\ncauses a current of air to flow into the hood and so protect the weigher\nfrom any dust particles which may be floating around. We have under con-\nstruction a similar hood to be used in the painting department where the\nmaterial may be moistened before truning over to the operators.\nThe operators have been furnished with goins and rubber\ngloves to wear while painting. The gowns have worked out eatisfactorily\nbut the rubber gloves have not. Owing to the close fit of a rubber glove\nthe hands perspire and cause considerable discomfort causing the\noperators to remove them unless supervision is very close. We really\nbelieve that causing the hands to perspire in this way and oponing the\npores will subject the operator to greater hazard if there be any in\nthe handling of this material htan handling same without the vioves.\nWe have installed a now type of crucible which enables\nthe operator to hold same and stir the material without coming in close\ncontact with the material itself. In the old type of crucible in\nstirring the material the operator would spill some over the edge and\ninasmuch as the crucible was held with the fingers it would naturally\nget on the hand. with the now crucible this has been eliminated.\nTo ask that you reconsider the matter of gloves and allow\nour operators to work without them 88 their use is not practical and we\nbelieve more harmful than without.\nVery truly yours,\nUNITED STATES RADIUM CORPORATION\nHBV:H\nVice President."
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