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PUBLIC *HEALTH SERV <br /> MES q� N <br /> SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY ?° ,�oG <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION r 'y <br /> Ernest M. Fujimoto, M.D., M.P.H., Acting Health Officer <br /> 304 E.Weber Ave., 3rd Floor • P. O. Box 388 • Stockton, CA 95201-0388 P <br /> 209/468-3420 <br /> RO-LAB AMERICAN RUBBER CO. , INC. <br /> 8830 WEST LINNE ROAD <br /> TRACY, CA 995376 <br /> On Thursday, August 3 , 1995, I responded to 8830 West Linne Road as <br /> a representative of San Joaquin County Environmental Health upon <br /> request by Larry Navarrette of the California State Fire Marshal ' s <br /> Office (CSFM) . I arrived at the above address at approximately <br /> 1530 hours, in attendance were Chief Le Blanc and Captain <br /> Arganbright of the Tracy Rural Fire Department, Henry Wright of Ro- <br /> lab American Rubber Co. , Inc . (Ro-lab) , insurance investigator Don <br /> Kelly, and Larry Navarette of CSFM. <br /> On the morning of August 1, 1995, there had been a fire at the Ro- <br /> lab facility at the above address with considerable damage done to <br /> one large building. An investigation by representatives of the fire <br /> department, insurance company and the State Fire Marshal' s Office <br /> was being conducted. The presence of the San Joaquin County <br /> Environmental was requested to aid in evaluating the potential <br /> health hazards that would be encountered by workers entering the <br /> burned structure . <br /> I was asked to provide a chemical hazard assessment of the involved <br /> structure based on an inventory list, (provided by Mr. Wright) , <br /> CAMEO reference materials on some of the chemicals, a brief tour of <br /> the site, and interivews with firefighters . My preliminary <br /> findings were as follows : <br /> 1 . The chemical solutions had been incinerated by the fire <br /> and the normal hazards of exposure from a volatile liquid <br /> would not be present . The most probable routes of <br /> exposure would be inhalation of particulates containing <br /> chemical by-products of incomplete combustion and dermal <br /> exposure from direct skin contact with contaminated <br /> cinders . Firefighters had entered the area daily since <br /> the morning of the fire without breathing apparatus . <br /> 2 . The potential hazard from dry powders that had not been <br /> consumed by the fire. These chemicals could pose a <br /> potential tial respiratory hazard. <br /> y <br /> A Division of San Joaquin County Health Care Services <br />