| Summary: | Royal Commission Into Industrial Accidents at the Iron Ore Company of Canada Mines, Labrador City 1979 vol. 2 Processing of ore at Carol project -- Dust at Carol project. Sources of dust -- Medical certificates required for dust-exposure occupations -- Union's concerns about delays in diagnosis of lung abnormalities -- Dust concentrations to November, 1974 -- Windish's survey -- Lung abnormalities -- Excessive dust concentrations prior to 1974 -- Establishment of TLVs -- Malcolm Roberts' views -- Province's concern over airborne dust sampling at concentration and pellet plants from 1975 to 1979 -- Routine and random airborne dust sampling at concentration and pellet plants -- Gravimetric sampling -- Company's dust control improvement program -- Concentration plant -- Pellet plant -- Union's comments on dust -- Comments of provincial officials and province's concern about dust control at the Carol project -- Conclusion -- Recommendations -- Occupational health, safety and training. Introduction -- Health. First aid -- Alcoholism -- General -- Safety. Safety inspectors -- Occupational health and safety committees -- Carelessness -- Contractors -- Good housekeeping -- Noise -- Protective apparel -- Toxic chemicals -- Safety record: Carol project -- Safety procedure -- Lockout procedure -- Light duty -- Transfer of injured employees -- Unsafe conditions -- Company supervision -- Codes of practice -- Training. Direct safety training. New employee's indoctrination -- Safety training for foremen -- Five-minute safety talks -- First aid courses -- Fire brigade training -- Fire extinguisher demonstrations -- Other courses -- Supervisor development -- Semi-skilled training -- Skilled training -- General comments -- Conclusion -- Recommendations -- Maintenance and heavy haulage truck driver training. Maintenance -- Heavy haulage trucks. General information -- Brakes -- Operation of heavy haulage trucks -- Maintenance of heavy haulage trucks -- Driver training -- Seat belts and two-way radios -- Recommendations -- ...
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