| US3 RARahre Tan Sea aaa aS iak oe ™ : epee : PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL:REMOVED EXHIBIT C | | Los Alamos, Hew Mexico 1 July 1948 t ’ Statenent - For purposes of simplificatian I will assume that the event which may have given rise to the hand injury occurred during the removal of filter samples from the units mounted on the drons planes, which opera- a " eA ns ° tion consisted of setting the top filter units on the ground after the wee Te, Reak eo Mindi hoist had lovered it fron the top of the plane. The second ranipulation was the removal of the filter paper from the unit and the placing of the ToERO RET eee paper in a suitable lesd container. The time consumed for each operation | was in ths range of fifteen seconds and the total number of operations was ten. Medium weight green cotton gloves wers used at all tines. Two feet long tonga were available for our use in grasping the filter paper, but the presence of a fairly strong wind mads the grasping of the paper . somevhat precarious. J chose not to use the tongs for this reason. Later events seemed to have proven this choice injudicious, After returning to Los Alamos no immediate injury to the hand was noticed. Approximately one veek later the index finger and the middle finger of the left hand showed a slight reddening. On May ll, tvelve days after exposure, I had my band examined by the medical group. counts were taken on May 24 and 15. Exhidit C COPIED/DOE, On May 28 the band was suffi- On June 3 I returned to work, - PRIVACYACT MATERIAL REMOVED i: R Blood On May 16 along vith ths men from the / third test I was admitted to the hospital. ciently healed to warrant my release. . = ro” =e 5 . _ CLASSIFICATION CANCELLED BY AUTHORITY OF DOE/OC ‘) ~ » .. O@ f ff - /“¥ "7 HE, 3 9/17¢84 ‘C