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FILE NAME Industrial Hygiene Foundation IHF DATE 1955 DOC IHF013 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION IH Digest - Foundation Facts - Nov " aR . 6 > oy = INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION to industrial concerns holding membership in Industrial Hygiene Foundation The Foundation is a nonprofit association of industries for the advancement of healthful working conditions ; Volume 17 February 1955 No. 2 SR ohaidh dabd A Lan. Se i DR WEIDLEIN ADDRESSES CALIFORNIA AIR POLLUTION CONFERENCE be rw at Dr. Edward R. Weidlein President of Mellon Institute participated 8 ra in the Statewide Conference on Air Pollution Legislation sponsored by the Calif- Sad fein2 9 ornia State Chamber of Commerce held at the Sheraton Hotel Los = MSecb ieh Angeles on February 21. The purposes of the Conference were 1 to determine we whether additional air pollution legislation is needed 2 if additional air pollution seedzboaalleh legislation is needed to seek statewide opinion upon the principles embodied in 3 Lo ii bE t 1 proposed measures and to lay the groundwork for coordination of research on d . hedpiel Pardeeke 4 tee AAR rep . air pollution . Among those attending were trade association executives labor representatives industrial executives representatives of universities and research organizations representatives of agriculture and others Dr. Weidlein presented a luncheon address on Organizing for Effective Air Pollution Control in which he discussed the method of approach in Pittsburgh which has produced such remark- . a able results that the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County are well on the way of being the cleanest industrial community in the country Much of the credit for the transformation goes to Dr. Weidlein and to the other members of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development who have devoted their talents and energy toward finding a solution to the problem of air pollution in the area INDUSTRIAL NURSING DISCUSSED . Dr. Daniel C. Braun Medical Director of Industrial Hygiene Foundation gave a discussion of the evolution of the practice of industrial nursing and the present status of the nurse in industry before Area 6 of the Pennsylvania League Hospital held forNursing The meeting was CO at the West Penn Toe in Pittsburgh on February . - Sore eee TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICES GROWING i oe. ae - ^' = 2 = The Foundation's clerical staff was kept busier than ever during 1954 bs ae filling requests for reprints Nearly 4,200 specific requests for 78 different pieces of literature were handled in addition to regular mailings to members many other instances the staff acted as source finders for needed information made literature searches obtained translations of foreign articles and where possible assisted the inquirer to obtain articles and other publications which he was having difficultyin procuring Seventy requests of this type the majority of which were stimulated by abstracts in the Digest were given individual attention HAL HYGIENE Foundation 4400_FIFTH 4400_FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 13 PA  a ) Bt pe a . ee IINNDDUUSSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION game Volume 17 FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATI FOUNDATI FOUNDATION FOUNDATION Foundation Facts isa monthly letter issued to industrial concerns holding membership In Industrial Hygiene Foundation The Foundation is a nonprofit association of Industries for the advancement of healthful working conditions - March 1955 No. 3 4 . NEW MEMBERS Added to the membership roster of the Foundation to date this year are the following companies , Corn Products Refining Company . a Crouse Company Industrial Indemnity Company Standard Oil Company of California BOARD MEETING SCHEDULED : The Spring semi annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of Industrial i Hygiene Foundation will be held on Tuesday May 10 in New York m^'s of the Legal Committee will also be held in New York on May 9 A meeting " HEMEON APPOINTED TO TAC COMMITTEE Mr. W. L. Hemeon Engineering Director of the Foundation has accepted membership on the 1955 Technical Advisory Committee of the American Society of Heating and Conditioning Engineers Inc. This Committee provides advisory guidance for a fundamental study to develop a satisfactory method of determining particlesize distribution . - CORRESPONDENCE CLEARS UP SPECIFIC PROBLEMS oo, If that bit of information that could be the key to the solution of a ot : weighty industrial health problem eludes you there is still more source you can check for the answer Industrial Hygiene FoundationtheEighty individuals from member companies availed themselves of the Foundation's - technical advisory service last year by writing for advice on specific industrial health problems Questions posed related to the toxicity of numerous compounds , sources of fumes hazards in the use of specific materials in industry how to control these hazards physiological effects of various compounds health pro- grams and examinations dust collecting equipment and procedure and many other problems In each case the Foundation's technical staff had the answers- drawing upon experience in past studies and upon the wealth of information and literature at its disposal Replies often constituted thorough treatment of the subject and extensive references for further investigation Oftentimes reprints of pertinent literature were available and sent to the inquirer Those not yet utilizing this membership service are invited to do so "oa, MYGIENE MYGIENE FOUNDATION 4400 FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 13 PA 22 #DUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION Volume 17 FOUNDATION FACTS April 1955 Ne Foundation Facts is a monthly letter issued to industrial concerns holding membership In Industrial Hygiene Foundation The Foundation is a nonprofit association of industries for the advancement of healthful working conditions No. 4 A MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF MELLON INSTITUTE The first Management Audit of an institution or foundation ever published of has just been completed by the American Institute Management New York It demonstrates that Mellon Institute of Industrial Research has greatly improved cooperation between science and industry in pursuit of their common goals Mellon Institute was lauded for its unparalled contribution to industrial scientific development and to the betterment of public welfare Industrial Hygiene ; Foundation was cited in the report as a sound instance of the kind of range 9: development and improvement in which the Institute engages the | Founded in 1913 by Andrew W. Mellon and Richard B. Mellon the Institute f has been the unsung herion the development of many new products some leading 4 to creation of whole new industries Approximately 1500 patents all of which B are assigned to the companies sponsoring the research have been granted by the government for products or processes developed at the Institute CS Industrial to aa Some 75 Fellowships remain in effect at time each pursuing a range mresearch project on behalf of a sponsoring company Research expenditures of Mellon Institute are 56 times greater today than they were forty years ago 2 the . ( interim one of the finest scientific libraries in the world has been built up also - a : . Hygiene Foundation is proud have been founded at Mellon Institute F and to have been a growing part of it for the past twenty years De LEGAL SURVEY ON NOISE COMPILED ag importance ' The problem of noisien industry is one which has assumed increasing @ importance in recent years Employers employees have become throughly B. health conscious and in many jurisdictions claims for compensation under impairment BE. statutes have been presented for ane of hearing attributable to occupational m exposure To fill the need for reference material on existing laws providing com- w pensation impairment of hearing Industrial Hygiene Foundation had prepared for its members a Legal Survey on Occupational Impairment of Hearing by Theodore f> C. Waters General Counsel for the Foundation References are given in 2 Summary form to state compensation statutes dealing with impairment of hearing and to judicial decisions Copies of the bulletin have been distributed to the H pe membership - . A TRANSACTIONS OF 19TH ANNUAL MEETING by 19th F . 3 ^' & Li : The complete Transactions of the May Annual Meeting will be available of and mailing will be made to the membership as usual Papers from all the sessions sessions have been published under one cover year F HYGIENE of HYGIENE FOUNDATION 4400 FIFTH AVENUE . PITTSBURGH 13 PA . 20TH - ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAMS MEETING OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE Mellon Institute Pittsburgh Pa November 16-17 1955 FOUNDATION Last month's Digest carried detailed information on the General Session of the program to be held on Thursday November 17 the second day of F's 20th Annual Meeting Following is TOXICOLOGICAL Wednesday November 16 1955 - 2:00 p.m. CONFERENCE Social Room Mellon Institute Chairman Anna M. Baetjer Sc ' School of Hygiene and Public Health The Johns Hopkins University Chairman Toxicological Committee of H INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASPECTS OF ULTRASONICS Charles R. Williams Ph D. ; _ Director Industrial Hygiene Services Liberty Mutual Insurance Company PRESENT STATUS OF SOME ANALYTICAL METHODS | USED IN INDUSTRIAL HY~ IENE - 7 Robert G. Keenan - Chlef Spectrochemist - - - Division of Special Health Services . --S/. Public Health Service ae 7 + ee Lae RECENT OBSERVATIONS ON BERYLLIUM DISEASE G. W. H. Schepers M.D. Director The Saranac Laboratory Brief Discussions of Miscellaneous Subjects Pertaining to Toxicology Environmental Measurements and Methods of Analysis nt be yee : cn. JOINT MEDICAL - TOXICOLOGICAL CONFERENCE Wednesday November 16 1955 - 9:30 m Auditorium Mellon Institute RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS AND THEIR APPLICATION IN THE PREVENTION OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE A Panel Discussion Moderators . Anna M. Baetjer Sc.D. School of Hygiene and Public Health - The Johns Hopkins University Chairman Chemical- Toxicological - . H Committee of F - 7 A. G. Kammer M.D. . Public Graduate School of University of Pittsburgh Health Chairman Medical Committee ; of H Participants RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS BY THE TOXICOLOGIST wa A. G. Kammer Don D. Irish Norton Nelson CLINICAL APPLICATIONS BY THE PHYSICIAN David W. Fassett Don D. Irish Ph Biochemical Research Department The Dow Chemical Company Norton Nelson Ph Director Institute of Industrial Medicine New York University Medical Center David W. Fassett M. Director Laboratory of Industrial Medicine Eastman Kodak Company Robert M. Watrous Medical Director M. and M. J. McAndrew M. Assistant Medical Director Abbott Laboratories . 4 a 2 Wednesday November 16 MEDICAL CONFERENCE 1955 - 2:00 m Auditorium Mellon Institute Chairman O. A. Sander M. Associate in Medicine Marquette University Chairman Medical Committee of H MENTAL HEALTH AS A PART OF THE MEDICAL PROGRAM Christopher Leggo M. Consultant in Industrial Medicine ' Menlo Park California THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT AND MANAGEMENT . A Panel Discussion Moderator O. A. Sander M. Medical Views - a- _ Walter G. Vernon M. _ 7 Assistant Medical Director Radio Corporation of America ~ |. -McIver Woody M. Director Retired Medical Director _ . Standard Oil Company N.J. N.J. ' - Management Views Fred Denig Vice President Koppers Company Inc. George L. Ullom Manager Industrial Relations Titanium Metals Corp. of America George L. Ullom JOINT ENGINEERING - LEGAL CONFERENCE - Wednesday November 16 1955 - 2:00 p.m. Conference Room Chairman Theodore C. Waters Miles & Stockbridge Baltimore Md Chairman Legal Committee of H ENGINEERING AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIAL HAZARDS . A Panel Discussion Dorsett 7 Moderator J. Dewey . ~ General Manager . . Association of Casualty and Surety Companies H. Glenn Gardiner M.D. Medical Director _. Inland Steel Company J. T. Gresh Assistant Director Dept. of Personnel Services American Brake Shoe Company Wesley C. L. Hemeon Engineering Director Industrial Hygiene Foundation Hugh M. Jackson Manager Industrial Health Program Manville Corporation Jerome Follack Program Consultant Social Security Dept. International Union UAW James J. Reid South Carolina Industrial Commission : f S. | HYGIENE INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION _ Volume 17 FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATI . . FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATI FOUNDATI FOUNDATION FOUNDATION November 1955 news Foundation Facts is a monthly to industrial concerns holding letter issued membership in Industrial Hygiene Foundation The Foundation is a nonprofit association of Industries for the advancement of healthful working conditions . : ~ : No. 11 professions Nearly 600 representatives of industrial management and the health met at Mellon Institute on November 16 and 17 for the 20th Annual Meeting k | 204 oa8 206 __| Health leading problems facing industry today were discussed by some 40 industrial health specialists and management executives The diversified program allowed ample time for questions and discussion and for exchange of information on * * possible solutions to many of the problems a PS PAN aS at of . wonege 2 : ; - - 3 Attendance at the technical conferences on the first day was as follows Medical 157 Toxicological 127 | Engineering 117 Legal 75 Attendance at the Conference totaled 476 and representation at the eneral Meeting on the second day was 490. os Total registration for the meeting was 574 -"" Topics on the program for the management session included the economic pects of industrial health industrial applications of atomic energy the relationship man to machines the problem of air pollution graduate education for industry's sofessional personnel an appraisal of industrial medical departments and current ends in workmen's compensation ; . . lo 2508 Equally informative were the technical sessions held on Wednesday anagement anagement executives and industrial physicians participated in panel discussion at Medical Conference aimeadt more effective functioning of their related duties Conference rough better communication No a feature of the Medical Mental health as a part of the medical program was ae oe Toxicological i A Joint Conference was an innovation .~ year which met with enthusiastic response - Toxicologists _ and industrial physicians ticipated in panel discussion on research developments and their application in the revention revention of occupational disease _~ Also held for the first time this year was a Joint Engineering eference which featured a panel discussion on engineering and legal aspects of eagement's responsibility for control of industrial hazards At the Engineering Conference papers were presented on work in excesely hot environments noise and safety in the use of radioisotopes ; The Legal Conference included a legislative review of workmen's com- maation for 1955 a discussion of the Federal Employers Liability Act and its ; Cont on next page PIRAL HYGIENE HYGIENE FOUNDATION - 4400 FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 13 P. I Foundation Facts - page 2 7 presentation impact upon Industry and medical and legai legai aspects of the testimony in compensation cases of media Vy f i : e . membership to the Transactions of the Meeting will be published of the Foundation and copies will be g . . chemical Company's Hygiene Foundation's A number of excellent exhibits industries and health institutions in the illustrated some the activities cine in Steel was the field of occupational health activities subject of The Weirton Steel and medicinemedicine icals Corporation's Corporation's exhibit showed an Company's exhibit The National Institutes of Health industrial depicted ocupational health program inservices tion Industrial occupational health services developed toxicology laboratory staff silicosis | by its exhibit showeda new research a Cn tthe ee fda TL mevaaee wee toate oe pee ot oe cee, . . ek aa . fo ter, ret heEME Et a testy cS .. makemake y to make ge cities dramtic dramatic In at Mellon ? measure gram for 4 20th Annual Meeting Industrial Hygiene Foundation Mellon Institute Pittsburgh Pennsylvania November 16-17 1955 FOUNDATION FACTS by C. Richard Walmer M. Industrial Managing Director Industrial Hygiene Foundation This meeting is a milestone as it is the 20th Annual Meeting of the Foundation The fact that is most impressive and most gratifying about the growth and achievements of the Foundation over the past two decades is that everything has been accomplished through the unified efforts of many diversified industries There is no disputing such clear evidence of industry's interest in the health and welfare of its workers and consumers It is an - E expression of Americanism at its best In 1935 twenty companies came to Mellon Institute to seek answers a 3 to the problems posed by dust diseases industry The Foundation was formed a E to carry on scientific research program on specific aspects of the subject United P. Today the menbership roster numbers 380 companies throughout the States and the activities of the Foundation in the industrial health field have B. branched out far beyond the original assignment Special studies made for a member companies have reached the 700 mark Included are over 400 extensive field surveys and approximately 100 on specific phases of industrial prob- E lems encountered in the plants In addition the Foundation's specialists in engineering medicine chemistry and toxicology and law have made over 200 for - - Thousands requests technical literature have been filled each + year in addition to regular mailings to members and the staff has on many- - Occasions supplied literature and bibliographies on subjects about which members needed information This year so far twenty reprints of - technical literature including papers by staff members and other pertinent material have been made available to the membership Transactions e of this meeting as in the past will be published as well And of course Industrial Hygiene Digest goes out monthly According to repeated com- The from our members it is a valuable aid in keeping up to date on new meinnftosrmation cumulative index the ee ut by in the field of industrial health The need for subject matter abstracted in the Digest through the years was pointed several members As result a Decennial Index has been prepared ed ed copies copies will be mailed to all members shortly _ oo re SS. C. Richard Walmer strengthened representatives We like to feel that through valuable to you in through the years these meetings too have in fields other thanaffording an opportunity to get together with proved your own so that lines of and problems ironed out communication can be a We hope that all of you , and particularly every opportunity to call on the Foundation's staff to welcome at this time eleven eleven new members to the new members will take "ail They for assistance I would like , > this year's meeting ar ~ Company Baugh Chemical The Beryllium Beryllium Corporation i no Corn Products Company ', | Crouse Company .._. O27 Crown Zellerbach CorporationDetroit Steel Products Products Company . Industrial Indemnity Company - ~ Mechanical Industries Inc. - _ etn Ce OO - 7 Olin Mathieson Corporation Pittsburgh Steel Company ee oe Standard Oil Company of California moderni- Two complete medical zation of surveys were made which resulted in the existing medical programs programs to encompass health maintenance activities Extensive air pollution investigations continued throughout the year The work carried on by the Foundation this expenditure of a year involved a budget quarter of a million dollars expect to end the year with a balanced balanced Figures were cut close but we budget Our total cash and securities amount to 175,000 175,000 , and Mining Company Vice Vice Elected to the Board of Trustees this year were Mr. John Bugas President Industrial Relations Relations Ford Motor Company Mr. Oscar A. Glaeser President and General Manager United States and Mr. Harvey B. Jordan Executive VicSemePlrteisnigdeRnetfionfiUnngited States 4 yRichard Walmer el Corporation Mr. Carl B. Pollock Megheny Megheny Ludlum Steel Corporation took is year Vice President in Charge up the duties of Secretary & Proszczon Three new appointees to 3rd Motor Company Mr. Frank ; and Gerald A. Weiss Rome the Legal Committee are Mr. James Sand C. Wachter Pennsylvania Glass Sand Cable Corporation Hall Corpora Corpora Nergaisy Additions to the Medical Committee were Dr. Melvin N. Nergaisy ge Texas Company Dr. Norbert J. Roberts Standard Oil Company > Mi Dr. Kenneth Smith Manville Corporation +5 M. The Research Advisory Council added one member Dr. W. ted States Public Health Service M. - , valuably the already All of these men have The Foundation's activities contributed to e^ To them and to the many other fine Commiitntduesetrsialwe and essionalleaders on the Board of Trustees and Technical ^frezese^ ^frezesss industrial we ar Extend our sincere thanks And of course we want to acknowledge with gratitude the of Mellon Institute's Executive Staff dived these dived from these men the Foundation has apment obtainable In addition to the wise counsel counsel counsel for its use the best facilitiefsacilities and and - your _ All of you here today and the other members of industrial industrial have shared in the growth and accomplishments of the FoundationFoundation organiza- Without maintenance dent have does not progress can s of expression responsibility accordingly Industrial self an a real interest in promoting health maintenance la in~ be made This is certainly not the case with the Hygiene Foundation Affiliation with the member.comFoundation of the will to accept and to act accordingly industrial health concerned is a He a .- . . a ustry member.com- acordingly projects and safety iealth and nteeism better is is better We o be done ge ng and too ze ave a direel gh o iddles stilE cold stilE MRAM Sat? NS MANAGEMENT SESSION SPEAKERS were left to right President Northwestern University and Dr. Daniel C. ector of Industrial Hygiene Foundation Dr. J. Roscoe Miller Braun Medical Dir- : : COMPARING NOTES ON HEALTH PROBLEMS FACING INDUSTRY TODAY are 1. to Andrew Fletcher President St. Joseph Lead Company Dr. A. J. Lanza Presidents Commission on Veterans Pensions and Dr. F. B. Trudeau Jr. President Trudeau Institute CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGICAL CONFERENCE SPEAKERS were left to right : Williams Director Robert G. Keenan Division of Special Health Services United States Publis Health Service Dr. G. W. Schepers Director The Saranac Laboratory and Dr. Charles R. Industrial Hygiene Services Liberty Muumi Insurance Company At right is Dr. H. H. Schrenk Research Director ai Iniustrial Hygiene Foundation - NISE Engineering ar HOT ENVIRONMENTS were two topics at the Engineering CoConfnerencfe erence C. of speakers eodore Hatch Research Adviser and the Wesley Foundation discuss the program with speakers Physicist Physicist Mine Safety Appliances Company and Dr. Hemenn Engineering Hemenn Haul Michari LucLiuecnien Lucien Brouha Haskell Laboratory for Toxicology and Industrial Medicine os Industrial Hygiene Digest Index = 1955 anvdlany . : . -. Air pollution cont report Great Britain sampling instruments state control study Detroit 1014 123 886 . 344 345 Antimony poisoning industrial Anxiety and stress bk rev . Argyria see also Silver EDTA treatment possibility 184 634 pretest threshold limits visibility measurements from waste disposal 1281 883 743 744 Aroclor see chlorinated diphenyl . Arsenic compounds hazards inagriculture Air sampling and samplers filter media . for microorganisms - 124 - 215 1021 991 content of tissues and lead neurological effects poisoning blood effects - pollution driven syringe 7 7 Arthritis and stream Air - control in Texas 127 7 of elbow occupational exposed bk rev : . con, Lo . - 1352 . 1127 Air travel and upper respiratory infection 469 : Alicnohionldiucstry rehabilitation . problem drinking in industry 7 . Aldrin - poisoning effects on nervous toxicity by skin absorption Te 784 1338 - 270- 270- a - system - 1374 1373 1086 Allergy testing constitutional reactions 1052 fl rheumatoid rehabilitation -role of trauma -_ Artificial respiration - use of carbon dioxide negative see also Resuscitation . Asbestos workers ~ lung cancer pulmonary disability Asbestosis 1055 aes 2 . _ . are Lo : wos we Aluminized clothing - 207 ; after cessation of exposure symposium Aluminum workers warts in 282 and tumor of peritoneum American Academy of Compensation Medicine American Academy of Occupational Medicine annual meeting 6th bk rev annual meeting 7th . Committee on Education and Certification report 773 15 Feb. p V ; 157 Ascorbic acid in heat exhaustion Asthma and bronchitis in chemical industry industrial . and emphysema breathing exercises in industry from textile dusts Yokohama Aminophenol meta toxicity 1083 Asthmatic in industry Aminopyridine poisoning 70 Athlete's foot epidemiology - Amyl nitrate vapor toxicity 681 , Atmospheric pollution see Air Pollution Anemia aplastic TNT poisoning lead see Lead Aniline detection in air Anthracosilicosis and cavitation Anthrax agricultural and industrial Anticholinesterase see also Insecticides compounds effects effect carbon disulfide 824 1415 60 1301 829 819 Atomic energy in industry see also Nuclear insurance problems 974 327 personnel protection Atomic warfare blood effects effects of dust effects leukemia eye burns hazards estimation health and safety problems psychological reactions tests public protection 989 375 723 988 1136 724 1411 Aud sir Aur in