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FILE NAME Painters and Allied Trades PAINT DATE 1976 Nov DOC PAINT045 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Article from Painters and Allied Trades Journal CNON IRCULATING MATERIAL 1976 CORNELL UNIV IVES HALL On the Cover Thanksgiving 1976despite the struggles IBPAT members can be thankful of the potential for progress 4 Journal NEWS AND FEATURES page Inside Front Cover From the General President 4 Study Shows Significant Health Hazards 7 GVP Leber on Union Security 9 Joblessness Worse ThanThan Reported 31 The GST Reports DEPARTMENTS page 19 Labor Beat 22 Canadian Labour 24 Sports and Recreation 26 Financial Report DEVOTED TO THE TRADE INTERESTS OF IN ENTIAL ' COMMERCIAL IN STRIAL @ SIGN @ PICTORIAL COACH AUTOMOBILE EQUIPMENT AIRCRAFT MACHINERY RAILWAY EQUIPMENT SHIP AND SCENIC PAINTING DECORATING fi PAPERHANGING WALL COVERING e DECORATIVE AND ARCHITECTURAL GLASS WORK GLAZING CARPET fiLINOLEUM S OFT TILE fiPAINT AND VARNISH MAKING BRUSH MAKERS AND TO THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT IN GENERAL S. RANK RAFTERY General President 1750 New York Ave. N.W. Washington D.C. 20006 ROBERT J. PETERSDORF General Treasurer 1750 New York Ave. N.W. Washington D.C. 20006 General Vice Presidents BERNARD SNIEGOWSKI Any member or subordinate body publishing programs souvenirs or other documents of any description must not designate them as The Official Journal of the Brotherhood or as The Painters and Allied Trades Journal either upon the : publication itself on their advertising contract forms or stationery 1st District 1443 Westchester Blvd. Westchester Ill 60153 A. L. MONROE 2nd District 7909 Bayberry Drive Alexandria Va 22306 Robert J. Petersdorf Publisher Sam Parker Editor : 1750 New York Ave. N.W. Washington D.C. 20006 JAMES WOLFORD 3rd District 100 Devon Lane Williamsville N.Y. 14221 JACK T. COX 4th District 2212 DuPont Dr. . | Published monthly by the . International Brotherhood of Painters and VOLUME 90 No. 11 Irvine Calif 92664 Allied Trades Second Class mail entry GUY LEBER 5th District . . authorized at Washington D.C. . POSTMASTERS ATTENTION Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to THE PAINTERS AND NOVEMBER 1976 The official journal of the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades organized March 15 1930 Bishop Lane Louisville Ky 40218 JAMES B. COX 6th District * ALLIED TRADES JOURNAL 1750 New Y Ave. N.W. Washintgon D.C. 20006 1887 and the only publication issued under its auspices 8800 Blue Ridge Ext No. 10 Kansas City Mo. 64138 Scription Price 2.00 per year Single copy 20 cents WILLIAM A. DUVAL 7th District 1750 New York Ave. N.W. PRINTED ON UNION MADE PAPER Washington D.C. 20006 3 PRINTED WITH UNION MADE INK ASSOCIATION 2 PRINTED IN U.S.A. The Decade of Job Safety Further evidence on the longterm ill effects from prolonged con- fionly 46 percenotf the non- smoking and 31 percent of the tact with chemicals dust and other smoking workers given the sputum substances dominated the National cytology test for chronic bronchitis Joint Safety and Health Committee and abnormal pulmonary function meeting held recently at IBPAT headquarters in Washington Reports to the committee included the awaited Mount Sinai School of Medicine investiga- tion of the painting trades which examined over 1000 members of IBPATin cities throughout the had normal test results Abnormal- ity in the sputum cytology test im- pies a greater likelihood of develop- ing cancer ; Because the Mount Sinai so study clearly demonstrated the existence of significant health hazards in the painting trades an urgent detailed The National Joint Safety and Health Committee NJS HC meets regularly to discuss a major concern of our Brotherhood job safety The NJS HC brings the accumulated experience of IBPAT and industry together with special- ists in occupational safety and medicine to overcome the problems of safety and health which plague the painters and allied tradesmen At each meeting the com- mittee gathers and evaluates essential information to direct the improvement of job conditions and health care for our many Brothers The NJS is one more tool in the ongoing effort by IBPAT during Decadoef Job Safety United States and the Dry Color Manufacturers Association DCMA study performed by Equitable En- vironmental Health Inc. which evaluated 548 workersin three lead chromate plants _ The Mount Sinai final report 130 pages documenting the acute symptoms of exposure found among painters and allied tradesmen was summarized by Mount Sinai's Dr. Ruth Lilis The reports key find- ings 4 5 percent of the painters in the study exhibited symptoms of upper respiratory and conjunctival irritation Most common were com- plaints of irritation to the nose throat and sinuses '38 percent exhibited symptoms of bronchial irritation Most worrisome were symptoms of chronic bronchitis .nonott dividuals who had . presentin in- smoked ciga- ettes thus suggesting the possibility that exposure to fumes and dust may have been at fault 71 percent experienced pre- narcotic symptoms which included symptoms such as dizziness light study with appropriate corrective measures defined and instituted was recommended As presented to Dr. Lilis the committee by cluded thesein- : @ an industrial hygiene assess- ment of the environmental agents the painting trade large a mortality study of a co- hort of painters @ an assessment of risk due to and mineral dusts such as asbestos silica _ a determination of carcinoge- nicity of chemicals used in the trades 'a neurotoxicity study of sol- vents and a behavioral toxicology study of chemicals used in the trades many of which are responsi ble for changing normal reaction increasing times and cident the risks of ac the 'further field examinations of at least 1500 regular painters an un- specified number of bridge and iron painters an unspecified number of ship yard painters who use special maritime paints and chemicals 500 tapers and an unspecified numberof StatesGermai 4 lead cl 4? carcino 4 ratory 1 mium F site of 4: The D dustria histor 548 w the hyp Dick exhilaration headedness unusual and loss of balance epoxy and other special paint work- ers and 4 THE JOURNAL NOVEMBER Digestive symptoms such as nausea vomiting and loss of appetite accompanied the narcotic symp- toms in almost third of the cases ~ finally the development of comprehensive medical surveillance program Because of the importanceof this study to the painters and allied Labor eral Se NPCA SSA F face Significant Health Hazards tradesmen's health and safety an depth article will appear in the next issue of the Journal The committee also discussed the Dry Color Manufacturers Associa- tion study completed June 25 1976 which pointed to a two to three times greater risk of respiratory cancer among lead chromate workers . Since 1940 reports of cancer among chrome pigment workers in Germany Norway and the United States have led to speculation that lead chromate might be a human carcinogen Several studies of labo- ratory animals have indicated chro- mium pigments induce tumors at the site of implantation or injection The DCMA study utilizing an in- dustrial hygiene survey and an storical mortality survey on 548 workers adds new strength to _ the hypothesis... National Dick Murray of the National iq Painting and Coatings Association NPCA presented the details of the mortality study to the commit- tee : The historical mortality survey traced 95 percent of the past and present employees of the three plants finding 53 deaths among the exposed workers Twenty percent of these deaths were linked to respiratory cancer representing a two three increase over the expected respiratory cancer rate in the 1960 male population of the state in which each plant was lo- cated The DCMA study conclusion This apparent excess of respiratory cancer in lead and chromate work- ers is consistent with the hypothesis that lead chromate is a respira- that lead chromate shoulbde re- garded as a human carcinogen A sobering finding of the DCMA study for cigarette smokers all workers in the study who died of respiratory cancer except one were known to be smokers According to NJS participant Dr Heimann of Mount Sinai this signals the need for both labor and manage- ment to alert those workers exposed to respiratory carcinogens that they must not smoke = . _ Though the DCMA study will as- sist the NJS in the battle for job safety the committee pointed out that it is neither conclusive nor inclusive evidence of the hazard of lead chromate and further study will be required a .. The study is not conclusive about tory carcinogen The study concurs with earlier National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health NIOSH reports the hazards of lead chromates be- cause the evaluated workers were also exposed to large levels of zinc chromate Second the number of rane Naitonal wn above during the Health Kalin ; Joint Safety and Committee meeting are from the left Stan of Harry Department Labor Dr. Ruth Lilis MSSM Dr. Petersdorf Heimann MSSM Frank Burkhardt ResearchResearch Director IBPAT Robert Petersdorf Gen- eral Treasurer IBPAT S. Frank Raftery General President Mark Padow NPCA Roy Brown NPCA Dick Murray NPCA James Destenphano PPG Industries William Duval IBPAT GVP Jerry Wycoff iaWCC Jerry Jones SSA Lou Sline SSA Paul Knobloch PDCA Craven PDCA William Belforte Belforte PDCA L. M. Raftery IBPAT General President Emeritus THE NOVEMBER 5 Members Face Significant Health Hazards cont'd deaths 53 was too small for highly sidering adopting this NIOSH stan- ingly make their products more accurate statistical analysis Finally dard until a more complete stan- relevant to the health and safety of the use of state mortality rates dard can be developed the workers who use them where community mortality rates would be more reliable reduces the study's conclusiveness In the meantime OSHA has developed mandatory guidelines for industry to protect employees A note of good news for the NJS was interjected into the meeting by Stanley Kalin the OSHA ' The study also is not conclusive because the DCMA dealt only with against disease resulting from silica exposure the deputy to Dr. Earl Heath from Department of Labor the health hazards of those workers exposed to lead chromates in production and not with those work- ers who apply the products Dr. Heimann commented that he _ These recommendations involve preventative steps of good house- keeping personal hygiene medical surveillance monitoring and mea- suring of exposure levels employee Since October of 1975 IBPAT has been urging the U.S. Department of Labor to undertake a mas- sive education and training program in the painting industry is just as suspicious of spraying lead chromate as he is of manufacturing and packaging with regard to work- er exposure The NPCA well aware of the limitations of the DCMA study has _. engaged the services of another re- ' searcher to further study the lead chromate problem Following the DCMA summary proposed NIOSH recommendations and OSHA mandatory guide- lines on worker exposure to free sand silica the were discussed by | committee - Once again the extreme hazard to workers was demonstrated to the : committee by numerous studies doc- umenting among other harms the among prevalence of silicosis . blasters $ sand- NIOSH recommends that the per- . missible exposure limit for silica be lowered to .05 milligrams in each cubic meter of air over a full shift sampling of a hour day and 40- hour week To appreciate this stan- dard imagine a room 227 feet by 150 feet by 120 feet with a hour average of ounce of borne silica in it at any one time Of course the concentration of silica could be 10 ounces for one hour and nothing for 9 hours so long as the average over the hour day training respiratory information and blasting improved abrasive prac- blasting tices Lou Sline Silica Safety Associa- tion representative to the PDCA Workers exposed to respiratory carcinogens ... must not smoke indicated that industry would be willing to comply with the OSHA recommendations Sline has also proposed a pilot study on the health of sandblasters which would be sponsored by the SSA The study would be limited to one plant or location and would provide com- plete monitoring of work conditions monitoring as well as medical workers of the Another aspect of the sandblaster : safety problem was brought to the attention of the committee by the NPCA who cited several examples of unsatisfactory responsiveness to worker needs by respirator equip- ment manufacturers ; The committee agreed with the NPCA and plans are now being made to meet with the principal respirator manufacturers to deter- A few months ago the original IBPAT proposal was expanded to include both labor and management in the proposed training program Subsequent meetings between Dr. - Morton Corn assistant secretary for . OSHA Robert Petersdorf chairman of the NJS and Frank Burkhardt secretary of the NJS - support have finally enlisted OSHA . for the proposal The OSHA spokesman said that though OSHA's top priority is for internal training the IBPAT had made such a strong case for the need of an education and training program in the paint industry that OSHA would agree to go ahead proposal cur with step one of the cur ; riculum development ' _ New York Area Notice . The . third annual Stop Ar- thritis Telethon originally scheduled for broadcastin the New York area on November 27 and 28 has been resched- uled for airing on March 19 and 20. Future issues of the Journal will carry more infor- mation on the backed event was not exceeded OSHA is con- mine how much they will will- 6 THE NOVEMBER ship handfu