Talc coating on gaskets found hazardous to worker.(Brief Article)

Gislaved Gummi AB manufactures rubber produces including rubber gaskets. James Westberry worked for a company in Greenwood SC that bought gaskets from GGAB and used them in manufacturing skylights and windows. Because the gaskets were difficult to handle without a protective lubricant, GGAB applied a coating of talc to the gaskets prior to shipping.

At first, Westberry worked upon a production line next to the area where the GGAB gaskets were divide [i]or[/i] sever Later, he changed to the position of gasket cutter which required him to dislodge the gaskets from their boxe and place them in