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FILE NAME: Engineering (ENG) DATE: 1941 May DOC#: ENG026 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Trade Journal Article - Silicosis in Odd Places , y . - ^ a w ; > 1-jaatoMU^5T'*.\.***'''' `ir rs d iv k ifcV - t`:i''-T-; ' ; V' v > t7 ^ v ^ `^r -.* .,.*** >Fv~- ^ ip '/ V. *" ' v ~* ~* '--- !' - ;'.\ *! "' -- ' * 1 ` ~ - - ^ -- j _ . ' V; ' '/'' '' "" *' 1 :#%;>k\. '-'" >- '>~,v-V.'L*/..Si-ii.'H/.`. i l i . i f g V . a ` 1-V. 1. . ^ / : ` ` '' ,^ v ^ ^ { / , ; ,1" , s - '"' * MAT, m i 3f silicosis m odd places M^RMALLY, one thinks of finding silicosis haz WHEN YOU LOOK OUT OF YOUR f A ards in the foundries, in the potteries, in the FACTORY WINDOW amL AiLJJuA.- ? floor and wall tile plants, and in the stone cutting industry, but sometimes workmen are exposed to I - N r silica dust in industries foreign to those generally considered as hazardous. Management often does ' S M ' y - W not realize that it is subjecting those who handle silica flour or operate a small unventilated sand blast for a short time each day, to a lung disease that might terminate the life of an employee many years before his normal time. No employer wants to re member that John or Jim died needlessly due to in haling silica dust when, if the hazard had been known, it could have been avoided. . . Management in the Dark Recently, a claim for total disability due to sili- I cosis was awarded to an employee of a paint manu facturing plant. Investigation showed that the man agement did not realize that there was anything in -. the plant that could cause silicosis. This plant man ufactured several types of paint, one of which was a roofing mixture consisting of a liquid asphalt, silica flour and asbestos. The inert ingredients were , mixed with the asphaltum in large tanks. The as . phaltum solution was first pumped into the tank and agitated; then the affected employee dumped silica flour and ground asbestos through a chute, located on the second floor, into the asphaltum tanks. The silica flour was purchased in paper bags. The em .. , ployee cut the bag and dumped the silica. He would ' shake the bag, not knowing that the dust stirred into the air was slowly strangulating his respira ' tHoeiydsidysltiekmewainsed wwoituhldt,hien atismbees,ttoostawllhyicdhisawbalse hpiumr. PROVIDE --? chased in jute bags. Both of these powders cause y f <>* . f --1 a fibrotic condition to develop in the lungs. The dis p i o i r EcrH@ rNj eases are termed silicosis and asbestosis. Had the management known what the outcome might be, not a man among them would have allowed his OR SEA/.! - AUTOMATIC - | S;i( v- '7 .' " employee to work in such a condition. They would have installed a ventilation system at the chute where the silica flour and asbestos were dumped More than 900 W.RJL'S. M od el 10 in sta lla tio n s into the asphaltum tanks. The hazard would have without a single reported been removed in this manner. It is too late now accident-- even over the for this company to help the man who has contracted busiest highway-railroad silicosis, but it can prevent his successor from suf crossings. l fering by removing the dust, according to the Ohio . Industrial Commission. v- . ' v-*'e,*.1..' - W rite for lull Iriails -- . Ask lot Help -- . . \ we have a saieiy plan to ' *m eet your requirements. r,v; Do you have such a problem in your plant? The ' I Safety and Hygiene Divisions of*the State Indus j U J trial Commissions are prepared to assist you in - v* tys-xz.^'%p i . u . ! setsst- s s s m evaluating the hazards in your plant. t ' .y j d .f i" -Vp*? /, 1 . / ,1^ , ,';p --T.' ' Hr^-*r; n f l P r S f 1 J ' W * tr f t t V- jL/u K 'a A t . iV. Vf* 1 - V<l Vsi -