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APFESEDC TO MEWORABDOli Instructions and Regulations for Workmen in the Foundry and Melting Room of The American Crucible Products Company of Lorain, Ohio
prepared by Dr* Robert A. Kehoe, Director, Kettering Laboratory of Applied Physiology College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati
Lead compounds are poisonous when absorbed into the body in sufficient quantity* Dangerous quantities say be absorbed in a short time under conditions of sever exposure. More cesssenly .quantities sufficient to cause poisoning are absorbed over a period of months or pears. It is important, therefore, to avoid day to day exposure ao far as possible.
Lead absorption occurs most rapidly when lead fumes and dusts arc taken in with the breath. 2very effort should be made to avoid breathing the fuass from molten natal, as veil as dust that contains lead. For this reason every wor'aaaa should protect himself and others by being careful not to stir up unnecessary dust while working. Also he should wear a respirator when there is dust in the air around him.
Lead absorption also occurs after swallowing lead. For this reason every workman should avoid handling anything he eats or puts Into his mouth until he has washed his hands thoroughly. Ho food or drink should ever be brought into the foundry or melting room, aor 3hould milk or sandwiches or other things,eaten between meals, be brought into these areas* Workmen should be extremely qareful to keep their food clean.
Children and other persons may absorb lead which is brought into the homo in the form of dust on clothing and shoes. The homo should be kept free of such dusts from an industrial plant. Therefore,
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workmen should not wear their dusty work-clothing home, but should change and bathe before going home*
The following instructions have been prepared for the purpose of reminding workmen how to avoid unnecessary lead exposure. They should be read and followed carefully. It is possible to work with lead compounds without becoming sick* Attention to these rules is your share of the responsibility for keeping your health.
Cleanliness 1. Lo vorlaaan whose clothing is made dusty with lead-containing materials should work in his own clothes. Clothing is to be changed, from the skin out, on arriving at the plant. Work clothes, including safety shoes,are to be worn at all times when working* 2* Your own clothing is to be hung up in another locker provided for that purpose on the opposite side of the looker-room. ;}. At lunch-time, the dust is to be removed as completely as possible from clothing and shoes. The hands including the nails are to be scrubbed clean, and the mouth and nostrils are to be rinsed cut with water so as to remove dust that may have been caught there*
h. Lunch is to b eaten in the lunch-room. bo food or milk or
other beverages are to be brought into the foundry or melting room et any time, and no article of food or drink are over to bo oaten there between seals or at any other time. Otherwise load will be swallowed with the food*
5. Chewing-tobacco, cigarettes or pipes must be kept free of load before being put into the mouth. It is better not to carry tobacco into the foundry and melting room, and it is boot not to chew and smoke
while at work. The tobacco becomes contaminated with dust, and sam of
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this is likely to be svallcved o p inhaled. If you must chev or smoke*
take cape not to put lead into your tobacco* v. When you quit work# hang your vork clothing in the lockers
provided for them. Bathe thoroughly# scrubbing the skin# nails# and hair, (unless the hair has been kept completely covered and free of dust}. Change into your ovn clothing and shoes, and then do not enter the foundry before going host*
Use of respirator 1. When you work in an area in which dust and fumes are soon# hoop away from then as much aa possible. 3?h dust and fumes follow air currents. Keep to the windward side of such currents if possible. Keep to on side of a moving crucible and not behind it# in th stream of fuse. 2. Stir up as little dust ao possible. Hsndl your tools and molds carefully and with as little stir as possible. 2* If you. must work in a dusty or fume-laden area, put on a respirator, 3 that it fits snugly and comfortably. If it does not, return it for repair or eschange* A good inspirator will protect you against dust and. fume* Wear it until th dust or fume is gone or 'until you leave the area in Which it is present
H. The uso of a respirator is specified in certain types of
work that are known to be potentially dangerous Bo not violate this rule. It Is sad to remind you that unnecessary lead exposure day by day my finally cause illness*
General Health I. Good food and regular habits of eating are important to your health* Do not eat snacks between meals. Always eat breakfast
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before going to work. Bat a veil mixed diet containing fruit# green
vegetables# milk* eggs and meat* Bever keep food in the foundry# and never eat or drink In the foundry. Keep milk with your lunch outside the area in which you work* It is better to go without the milk than to keep and drink it in a place where dust gets Into it*
*2. Drink plenty of water.
3* It la not necessary to avoid alcoholic drinks altogether#
but excessive drinking of whiskey# gin# and wine is dangerous for sen who work with lead. Week-end drinking partiesare especially dangerous.
4. Keep the bowels open and regular at all times* If any indig' ticn or constipation bothers you, report this to the plant doctor for advice.
5* Hhvo regular hours for sleeping# and get not loss, than eight hours of sleep at night. If disturbed by inability to rest# report to 'ho plant doctor.
'* When you are sick in any way, whether from a cold or any other thing, report to the plant doctor.
Dotes and Comments on the above rules (a) Provision will have to bo made for proper lookers# a pro
perly designed locker room# a place for keeping lunches# milk and/or
other drinks. (b) Bathing will have to be mandatory. Supervision will have
to be provided for this purpose. (c) Some arrangement should be mde about safety shoes. Men
should not work without such shoos {with reinforced tips} in a place in which heavy objects can fall or be set down on their toes. 111080 my
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ox* may not "be obtainable at present.
(d) Some arrangement will have to bo made about vork clothing
and laundry. 2 believe the present restrictions of the "wages and hour:
statutes aafco it mandatory that there be supplied at the
of
the employer, the same probably applies to safety shoos.
(.' Provision will have to be made to care for said supervise
the uso of respirators * Ta g condition of these should never bo loft
to tho mapZ.oyess.
(f) 'Hhat provision if any, is laad for tho administration of
salt In hot weather? Something should be done about this, sine heat
collapse la otherwise likely to occur from time to time.
(g; The men have been advised to consult the plant physician,
ihorefere some arrangement must bo made to facilitate this, The doctor
.hould visit the plant daily if possible and should have come private
consultation room. 'Treatment need not be given there, but -no fools
that eventually this would ecea about and that a dispensary of nemo
bind would be set up.
(h) The entire set of instructions must be gone ever with the
idea of suiting the situation at this plant . If they are not in simple
enough language, they tmmt be simplified. Iloweve, it is urged that
that portion which explains th hazards bo loft -In in can form re
sembling that suggested * It does not hurt to explain tho dangers. On
the contrary it often helps greatly to clear the air and to point out
'ho need for compliance with the rules.
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