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power-line worker by a
co-worker. The victim;
brushed against a' live;
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work, and'-was knocked;
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v'-Hciv a heart --Heart-and .circulation diseases^arejg^ listed - as -.the thirdhighest handicapping fflnes^&^J^iilS -:": U.S.A. Yes, it:- is - true. Heart' diseas'eIscares-'lhe^yiSim^^|,
but in some cases, it frightens the^boss ' ev^mOTelfif:^^" : you are wondering just how muchi.of/a/problCTaJ^islI^s; to hire a heart case; a new bookletwiU^be:of;-mtefSt^^|w
Workmen's Compensation and the" Cardiac: Tr'shdwS^^ ^ how labor, management and the medical profession cooperate to employ and rehabilitate cardiac patients;? It is available from Chicago Heart Association,' 22-W?;;-^" Madison, Chicago, 60602.
Have a heart -- Heart ana circuianon cuscosc^ me
^MistSd^as)' the ^t^4^:in^est4'liuidicapi>lng ^Un^i#.lniithe4l
f;gU.S.A. Yes, it is true. Heart disease.scares the. victim,. ..
but in some cases, it frightens the boss even more! If
4,you.;.are wondering. .just how .much, of a problem it is _...
to hire' a-heart .case, a new booklet will be of -interest--
/'Workmen's Compensation and the Cardiac. It shows
how labor, management, and the medical profession
cooperate--to., employ -and. rehabilitate cardiac patients. =.
- ' It- is 'available from Chicago Heart-Association, 22 W.
: ' Madison* Chicago,- 60602.
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' Asbestos dust and cigarets pose cancer risk -- Ac
cording to a recent study -by- three New- York medical
vg-researchers (and-'reported in the June 6 issueofthe
/0:WdU Street Journal) asbestos workers who smoke cig-
^aurets'liave' a hinetyfold greafar `risk" of dying- ftonfliylung-'--1
- "/cancer' than, persons 'who neither, smoke "nor- work
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National Safety News, October 1967
; inner space -- An artists concept shows
:isl:phantom,-;'cut-away '.view of Lockheed Missiles ,& .
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submarine Deep:QuesLwith : ^
-^%agiiyerfesupport-^module.- -Lockheed studies show; thatr^-*'
move;'divers:: and-'T^ 'd^ft^dipmenipafelwfrom'Hthe: surface to" underwater sites..; a?t.
_ ;upntqFdeepi>suDmergence.vvehicles?aiid"othei5:?submersi|;^^.
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Mf^insurers^who .must^ourrentlv determine seaworthiness . I<QPessdsf'(such'as; the .Deep Quest) on "the basis of
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^concentration v^ues,|as'?'exceeding'':time-weigKted -aver-
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,%^seasec'or : physical condition, or 5) for
/of-Ti^menca/ind;: where ; substances 'ifPmd^w<xsses^-differ:.;--;v-.'. v.,'--' V..
Mixtures. Special consideration should
he given also to the application of these ' valuesn Inh'ass^insrtheT'health^haza: "7which 'may' be associated'-.with'-'exposurev?' to mixtures of two. or more substances. A brief discussion of basic considerations involved in developing .^threshold^limitg : values for mixtures, and methods for their development, amplified by specific examples are. given m AppendixHBr
^Ithcpliysjisjssfied^y, ACGIH' under this a^titie^^i^cjmbligation^ gives the .. pertinent .
and' '-data .with ,.ref-;, .;
Ji^^n^Stdpilefature!^^sources'- that, 'were ^lu^sfofBaseleach-limit. Ea *c'.h---dI-.o' vc-uAm.-.e-:n- -. ' .
'' -Inert"'..or.-.Nuisance71P'articulates7 A"
number of dusts or particulates that oc cur in the working environment ordinar ily produce no specific effects upon pro- , longed inhalation.. Some insoluble sub stances -are-classed as inert(&g.* iron and
steel dusts, cement, silicon carbide, tita
nium dioxide, cellulose); others may be
^For a
it ; is,.7
^|S6ffil^pcmenMtioh^^cbn-v *.
soluble (starch, sotole ofl^IfOil^m^c^v r
^bohate)'r.but7are7df7^c
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activity that. m-c^
iTime^Weighted^'Ayerage 7 . impainhent;`"^fbftere''-may^Bb|Mpi;7
!iMts^Sffiduffisthe^timerwd^ted:>aver--"7: eKminai^.^
* (vegetable^bilsif$^nnc^
tisfactp^^prachc^^way||,offmqnitormg , the case" ;oIheimsoluMe' ^P;mr^rne:iagentSi?for,fcompliance;'With:the -y-. may: be sbmet accumulatibii|in7fheile^'
^limits^thcret;are^certmtt;:; substancesf'for; : . pn^oi7:>.pa^ges^^m^flie^;case^of^me;x;
|l^wfiich'ti^iMii^pf^nate;iIn:hthe!?:iatyr,::7:.:' ; solublesubstance^;thLs'a^
"^gronp^areiKsuDstancesp^mch ^arer<we-':. :.. ;;6ircfiiiarf^
idominantly^fastsactmgiandiwhose thresh^. ;r .fere-::; to;::..
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.procbsse&>Hencef. itis^dc^rablevVtofccm-';.:
:_trol;. thefcbnoMrti^<^/J)fs^|p^OThY
l^gBpSI
^;o%response;?:areHhesti con-
lates/., in : the'7'air|breatl&7by7 any-'- .indi-^ vidutdp in > keepingi'with'p-good3' industrial V;
;7^^i^t715e| exc^d<^i|It|is^implicit7ih'7t!iese - ;7 . hygiene,' practice.7.;'
^T|^gl^it^i^^^theihiahrier^df>-S2mpling 7'A^
,mppcf7whicheyerdSl^s,"is>r^bm^Qded7
.for; substances'7in^thea^K^^ra^ahchf
';-7sl3a^i^that?is^a^icable^ l:o^a'rMG7f; limit,'
' is 'not\apprbpna^7to^the;:time>wei^ited' |7^/Umitphefeifa|suffiaent> nunff>er bfosam-
7 pies''areneeded"topermita'time-weighted :'-7'Ayefage';"c6hcent^6h*througSidut;a'Com-
piete 'cycle of operations or" throughout
' for7 which' '.'no 7 specific^thne^ibld^liffiits a
have7 beem; assigned. This^liimtlrifbr7 a'
nom^7.wbrk;;7day^<fo^^
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brief exposures' at .higher conrantrativ
Neither does it apply to ;those 7substances
which may cause physiologic' impairment
the work shift. Whereas the ceiling limit' places a defi
at lower concentrations but for which a threshold limit has not yet been adopted.
nite Viindar'-7 which concentrations
Some "inert" ^articulates ire iwci
. .;^wnicnv>.itis. inappropriate... in-;.tne latter. sotuoic juwuu.^ -----------------------
^dommantly^fast^acmig: and. whose tfaresli-
"" on^thisS jrarWcular^response:;". Substances
' "trolled '' by "a celling"C" limit that-should . hot';be -exceeded.`"'It-;js, implicit in - these
definitions ;that the; manner 'of sampling
0td^ydcteTmineKcompUmcewith the .limits.
` for each; group mpst differ, a smglevbnef, sampled that is; applicable to a "C" limit,
is not;,, appropriate' to the-'4ime-weighted
^Jimit0hei^fa^sufScient: number;;o. `sam-,,
: plies; aae-^^<!^%)ijenhifa time-weighted ' average "concentration throughout a corn-
^'|de^cycl(e|of'rbpi^7 !/\ -'
-to-*. .
s&:" ?"r Utfdaryifwhifch ^cbhcehtrations
^.^biiid.;!n6t;?i^'j^r^ttedi;.ato; exited, the
fere - to some' * etxterfn;.twi -rwfithv^,^.rtfwrt. ;-*r. processes. Hence, it is desirable to con
trol the concentrations of - such , particu
lates ..in the air breathed by any. Ind'"' vidual, in . keeping: mthr'gddd;;'iiidustiiiw..
hygiene practice. A threshold limit of .15mg/m3, or 50
mppcf, whichever, is less, is recommended for ^substances :int;thesefcategoric i and
for which no specific threshold limits
have been assigned. This limit,^ for a
normal> work. day/:, does, ..not ;,apply:;to
brief. exposures atvhigher con^ntigtious.
Neither does it apply to those substances
which; may ;'iKuue;phyaologic\iinpdrment
at lower concentrations. but -for which;- a
threshold.: limit has hot yet' been "adopted. .
-Some - ."inert" - particulates'^arev j^ven^; ,in;--:;
Appendix D.
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^|p~ Ug>--i|i|-li--ii--iMioJ^e- f<*e*-x&* rsioris^tiiat;;iare
Simple '.'Asphyxiants^--**Inert*!s.Gases.; or - .
iesefexcumons ignif
^hownl|^wimout^.otKe%si ` ;.l
akinglKti/ro' me
itibnl ^fsubstances^ llowe'dlbj the^esi^atibhS2Skin^|fefer| S'rpio^r+Midlli?preskire/-^/^fSl35^miHg)'#"-;
m paten contribution?
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^to,v;suggest4appropnater measures . . -- ................... ...........
a^preyentiqn^fsfcutaneousi/absoi^tion
tHa^'.t^f|thresholdti'inut-is hot? invalidated.
' -,. 'H^se|;yalues : are/ reviewed^ annually
- bydtKelGohffiiittee-on-' Threshold i Eimits
; ,;fof revision ori additions, as further in^ formation becomes available.
such - physical ;,factors; as: heat;|ultrayioletS? and'; iomz^^rad^6n,;:huimdit^abi&^ mal :-pressihe'%^lbe^lllEe^]^^||h* I added-, stress- on The~body" effects. - from exposure;?atl^aj|tiue&holHf
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^Iimit:|*inay;i`be'; altered; Most. of -'these
J^;stres^:?actJadvefsdy" rtq .-increased the;:;;'>. ri
s^t<mc>resj^t>iise ' of, ahsubst^<*^^^
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^nSItimShold. iiimts^ave'il^t-m^^e^^^
:'. 'ly/'.-factors -:'to guard against adversejef-
fects of/moderate, deviations from normal .;
%f-environments;' the safety;:factors of. most ; C' ^^SnoS5'Sf^noiPlof.' '^ii^a^mai^iitiide'' `v5A?
'<>; as';to;take ''care of gross, deviations. For
example, continuous work at tempera';^&es;;;aboye;90F-orovertime,- extending. . !||^:::^drk-week more/than-;'50; per: cent,-:.j.f;
C-might' be 'considered' gross deviations. In
such'/"instances;-; Judgment must be exer- - ,
^'cised/in>the proper adjustments of the
Vvthresholdvlimit, .values. ";
|j.^<Ndtice^of-Intent',>-At, the, .beginning:, ; r..
..''.`pf- each''year,..'proposed'* actions"of the
^ Committee for the forthcoming year are
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