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Exhibit A
Alumagel Safety Alert
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
SAFETY ALERT
89-02
SUBJECT: ALUMAGEL MIXING/HANDLING
AREA OF CONCERN: EXPOSURE TO CHEMICALS
WHICH MAY CAUSE MEDICAL PROBBLEMS.
DISCUSSION: THE PROLONGED EXPOSURE
TO THE CHEMICAL NAPHTALENE, A COMPONENT IN ALUMAGEL, MAY CAUSE AN
IMBALANCE OF LIVER ENZYMES. ADDITIONALLY,
THE
CHEMICAL BENZINE, A COMPONENT IN GASOLINE, HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE
A CARCINOGEN.
RECOMMENDATIONS: HELICOPTER OPERATIONS HANDBOOK (FSH
5709.12) LISTS TWO CAUTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MIXING OF GELLED
FUELS.
- 45.35b(4) PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND
- 45.36a(1) HAND MIXING
IT IS A SAFETY
RECOMMENDATION THAT THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES BE INITIATED:
- USE
AN OREGANIC VAPOR RESPIRATOR INSTEAD OF THE CLOTH MOUTH COVER.
THIS IS AVAILABLE THROUGH LABROATORY SAFETY SUPPLIERS,
PART NUMBER T-1868,
PHONE
1-800-356-0783.
- LIMIT EXPOSURE TIME OF INDIVIDUALS PERFORMING
MIXING OPERATIONS TO 4-5 DAYS OR ANY APPEARANCE OF THE FOLLOWING
SYMPTOMS: NAUSEA,
HEADACHES, RESPIRATORY
PROBLEMS, OR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.
- ENSURE THAT ALL PRECAUTIONS
ARE EXERCISED TO ELIMINATE DIRECT EXPOSURE OF THE SKIN TO ALUMAGEL
OR GASOLINE.
Bob Martin
National Aviation Safety Officer
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