_. PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED Exhidit I (Acceunt of interview by Joseph G. Hoffman at Los Alamos Hospital, 3130 P.M., May 17, 1548) Q. A. Could you tell me the atory of what happened, the time interval, how long you worked, etc.? . I Gon‘'t have a very clear conception of the time -- something from 7:30 until 9. The drones came in as fast as we could take care of thea, As soon as we could get one unit off there was another unit put into the revetment. This was on the top wits. I handled four - with . spelled me for two. Then I handled two more. There ware sight of those. Then dropped out. I worked only with top units at the begiming. : Q. This meant that two of you would take hold of the unit from the fork, A. Yas. Q. You were given dosimeters. A. We had protective clothing, an Army fatigus cutfit, an old pair of shoes I had been wearing sbout, and gloves. The shoes I left out there. Q. Kho gava you the gloves? A. lift it off, drop it on the groumd, and leave it at a fast walk? Did you have special garments? I had an rubber gloves and white undertaker's gloves. ZI think on the Yoke shot we used the cotton gloves. ed both the cctton and rubber gloves. This time we I took the left rubber g:ove off because it seemed to be itching quite a bit. Q. After bow many units did this itching start? Ae <Adout one. Q. Did they fit tight? A. Very loose, Q. Could you see the rubber through ths cotton glove? A. Very soon after we began working. wee taken care of. Ho. . After the first plans JI changed cotton gloves once, after we had taken off ths first unit. They were dirty and black. It seemed that the monitor checking thes found they were hot. Otherwise I wouldn't have changed them just because of ths dirt. After we finished taking. off the top wits, Lang left to go bask to quarters to ahower and take a plans. In the: meantime. _- had taken out all the filter papers from the bottom units.Just . PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED COPIED/DOE Frhibit I — 7 CIN IANNIS ES ie:aifWL BY AUTH@RITY OF DOE/oG O ¢ - ‘