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1955 20tk ANNUAL MEETING INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION TRANSACTIONS BULLETIN NO. 29 I.NDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA MELLON INSTITUTE mTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 13. PA. CONTENTS drnerai Meeting Andrew Fletcher, Chairman Pa?e L Auiin^-s oi Welcome Edward R. Weidlein.Sc.D........................................................................3 i-'oiutiiatioii Facts C. Richard Walmer. M.D................................................................................... 5 ciiH/iiriutr Concepts of Industrial Health Andrew Fletcher.......................................................................................... 8 Tin: Kcouomies of Industrial Health A. R. Fisher................................................................................................ 12 Unttluate Education for Industry's Professional Personnel J Roscoe Miller. M.D.......................................................................................... 19 Kvaluating Industrial Medical Departments Daniel C. Braun. M.D........................................................................................28 Afternoon Session J. C. Warner, Ph.D., Chairman...............................' ... 37 Atomic Power Today W. E. Shoapp, Ph.D........................................................................................... 37 Air Pollution Control in the Chemical Industry M F. Crass, Jr....................................................................................................51 Man. .Measurement and Machine Wilton Marion Krofmsa, PhJD..................................................................... 65 Highlights of the Proposed Model Workmen's Compensation Law Arthur Laraon, LL.D.............................................. 76 1 CONTENTS (Continued) Medical Conference 0. A. Sander, M.D, Chairman............................................. i i> t 1 Legal Confer* i William - Fundamentals of Industrial Behavior: A Contribution From `he Field of Mental Health Christopher Leg-go, M.D...................................................... The Relationships Between the Medical Department and Management Workmen ' I Andrew \ Federal E-v Impact V\'< Harlan L. 0. A. Sander. M.D, Moderator............................................. ........ . nt] Medical Views j | Tli" pt-es^-i*. in C'onipe`i>a B. A. McAleer, M.D...................................................................................... ioj a Mclver Woody, M.D........................................................................................|i; Lcirul Asp*"James L. Management Views Fred Deni*.................................................................................................. ... George L. Ullora..................................................................................... jjr, Medical Asp- Henry H. \ Engineering Chemical-Toxicological Conference j Westay C. Anna M. Baetjer. Se.D, Chairman.....................................................i]y | Protecting : Present Status of Some Analytical ^ .. -- Lucien A. Methods l\ed in Industrial Hygiene H Robert G. Keenan...................................... ...................................... \2\ Industrial Hygiene Aspects of Microwaves & Charles R. Williams*, Ph.D..............................................................j.'U; H Recent Observations on Chronic Pulmonary Beryllium Disease ! Joint Engine* G. W. H. Sehepera, MJ), D.Se.............................................................. i.io ^ Theodore Engineeric v Joint Medical and Chemical-Toxicological Conference J Rpsponsibi! i J. Dewey } Research Developments anti Their Application in the Prevention of Occupational Disease Introducto J. Dewe Anna M. Baetjer, Se.D, Moderator A. G. Kanmer, M.D, Moderator......................................................ir,u Discussion r CONTENTS (Continued) l.firal Conference William E. Zimmerman. Chairman Paste .................................................... i?5 'A'cir:<:ui'!! ^ Compensation Legirslatiw Review -- 19oo Andrew Kaimykow...................................................................................... ITT Kni.-rai Employer*' Liability .U-t am) its Impart Upon Industry Harlan L. Hackbert............................................................................... 189 !'hr rrcMoitation of Medical Testimony .11 i'umpetisarioQ Cases !,ri':>l Aspouts James L. Hill.............................................................................................. 197 MniiVuI Aspects Henry H. Kessler, M.D................................................................................. 201 Engineering Conference Wesley C. L. Hemeon. Chairman ........ 205 I'niicctinjr the Worker in ''Hot Environments" Lucien A. Brouha, M.D_ DJ>c. ................................................................ 207 \di.s.--Measurement and Personal Protection Caul L. Michael, Ph.D.....................................................................................217 Sufm* in the Use of Radioisotopes Herman Cember............................................................ 227 joint Engineering and Legal Conference Theodor* C. Water*, Chairman........................................................ 237 K::;rine**riTig and Legal Aspects of Management's Ki'sponsVbility for Control of Industrial Hazards J. Dewey Dorset*. Moderator.............................................. ....... Introductory Remarks J. Dewej* Dorsett............................................................. Dismission' . 239 239 241 con r coin, jvide the "Vr*r nsi , .unly it is uut * carrier, t will be ig action n ployt`is r v.uinul >ervisio ly. Tt in to Mr. ntrineerollution ' in the rineiplo e none, r to )c lipment e T>robT K0 a com* is most '<*h\ to try at- lustraof air in the a ago, s t>t is: *n the iks by .rough ::i.- -jisnt. There .ire many many communities where the nuisance <iue :n ijiist fail or rciatiwiy coarse panicles depositing by gravity on sur* faces is the nuisance of importance, and yet we rind ourselves uni versally allowing almost any untrained person to rate the relative ..npomnee of emissions in terms of how much fumes or smoke or (uhi jppem to be coming out of the chimney. Our progress is going ;n be very seriously impaired unless we modify that viewpoint. MODERATOR DORSETT: Mr. Jackson. MR. JACKSON: There are many engineering approaches to dust oilection. There are many problems in determining what is the right method of dust collection, for a given situation, particularly when you think in the terms of the types of dust with which we are con \ fronted. A micron is 125 thousandths of an inch, and it is not at all 5 unusual to Snd industrial dust in terms of hundredths of a micron. Wln-n we visualize that we have particles that size to contend with, w realize that the matter of dust control and dust collection is no longer a job that can be turned over to the plant tinsmith. AU of the e ngineering skills, knowledge of all of the most recent developments in-collection equipment design arc needed to insure adequate control. Tlie control of dust and other air pollutants is a job for an expert. If you do not have a qualified staff of your own, make sure that the consulting organization has had ample and successful experience. MODERATOR DORSETT: Let's take up the next question. What is the responsibility of the manufacturer to the industrial conminer in identifying the toxic constituent or potential of the proilnct 1" That is addressed to Mr. Jac-kson and Mr. Gresh. MR. JACKSON: I think the manufacturer has a very definite responsibility to identify to bis industrial consumer the constituents <*f bis products. Insofar as our own industrial health program is con i' .i*rned. I have found little difficulty in obtaining such information. | In general, manufacturers permit an exchange of data quite adequate I io enable the consumer to properly control whatever exposures might | be potentially harmful. MR. GRESH: I go along with that with perhaps a few additional remarks, and that is that if the manufacturer, and I believe this is required by the Manufacturing Chemists' Association who have very 'tpensive and elaborate lalteling codes, puts on a label the degree of hazard of the chemical or the toxic material, what it contains and tfiiat the antidote might be, he has, to a large degree, satisfied the requirements of industry or management. 1 know wirhin our own company, our medical department has [273]