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FILE NAME: National Safety Council (NSC) DATE: 1960 DOC#: NSC490 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: NSC - National Safety News - Published Abstracts SAFETY N A TIO N A L SAFETY CO U N CIL Chartered by the Congrasj 0f United States HOWE OFFICE I A NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL PUBLICATION 425 North Michigan Avant, Chicago | Vcl. 82, No. 3 ED TOR1AL . 1 4 Safety Semantics ' SEPTEMBER I9 6 0 New York Offices: Local Service OfRcc An East 42nd St., New York 17: pubi!*- Service Fund, 639*40 Chrysler Bide York 17. " Cff San Francisco Office: 701 Market St. Sn Francisco 3. ' ^ FEATURE ARTICLES 12 Hard Sell (Diary of a Safety Engineer) -- Bill Andrews 10 Big Buildings Arc Her Beat-- Bob Dorsett U Safety Got a Shot, Too-- James K, Skipton EDITORIAL STAFF Editor: Carman Fish . Associate E ditors: Jamts D. Saul, Robci 2 8 Ten Days of Blindness 10 The Company That Cared Dorsett .Li T echnical D irector: Roy Benson . ContrJbutjno Eoitorsj Hftrry C. Johnson^ 2 Better Driving for the Whole Family-- Richard Tossell and William Sabota Arthur S. Kelly, Harry N. Rosenfteld, C. Smith, R, C. Ellis, Jr., T. J, Nolan J. T. Siedlccki ' w 3 Electrical Test Equipment-- Data Sheet 496 Editorial D irector: Robert L. Meyer .< M anager, P ublications Department: Jack \ 42 Gen. Oruenther Joins Congress Offensive Horner 4 4-- Five Complete Home Study Course ' 45 Showmanship Sells 'Em .... .. - 53 They Built It Themselves ART STAFF 5 4 Congress Exhibitors-- Old Faces and New D ir e c t o r : Ralph Moses 5 3 Str-r-RIPPED! ' C o v br: William Wendland P h o t o g r a p h e r : James B. Lehman .,, 6 ) Safety Month Proclaimed in Pennsylvania 6 i Accidents Anonymous-- Robert D. Gldel 83 Sugar's Safety Harvest-- E. O. Evans Sii Welding and Burning on Plastic Coatings-- ' t Sintemonts and opinions advanced -mw signed articles are personal expressions oM Newton E. Whitman the authors, not nccessatlly those of th || Nntional Safety Council. ^ FIRE "ROTECTION 2(i Big Liquor Problem 7( Fireproof Rustproofing N ational Safety N ews Is published monthly by National Safety' Council. Copy|| right 1960 by National Safety Council. i Printed in U. S, A. Entered as second c)ms| matter June 21, 1921, at iho Post Office ahj 7 Partners in Plant Protection-- John W. Hall and / . C. Robertson Chicago, Illinois, under the act of March 5 | 1879. Subscription rate: $6.50 a year. Sinclef copies $1.10, All prices subject to 10 pc$ cent discount to National Safety CouncljJ MAINTENANCE AND SANITATION members. Quantity prices for yearly subl| scriptions and single Issues on requcstJ 18 Sanitation's Objectives--A lbert J. Burner Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. " P P 'DEPA.RTMENTS 6 Safety Valve 8 Wire from Washington 15 Around the Compass 23 News Briefs 34 Ideas That Worked 48 Coming Events 52 Personals 56 Voice of the Reader 58 Off the Job 62 Occupational Health 64 Small Business and Associations 68 Consultation Corner 72 Library 1U Keeping Posted 127 Calendar Contest 139 New Products 146 Trade Publications THE COVER Mrs. Margretta "Bufly" Rottmayer is aid nurse on the 20>story Hartford Flrcg Insurance Company Group skyscraper cct in Chicago. Hero, she pauses on thep construction site after one of the frequentg lours she makes daily. Although the rigrs| of getting around and treating injured mortjg are more difficult here than in most io dustrial nursing situations, Buffy is enthg Elastic about construction nursing. ' 38,000 copies oj /his Issue were prlnlt& 2 .saiqqsi Notlonol Safety Nev/s, September, 196 tirnmnA `jMWMfmiauraMlA n.limrtHifftwnini'flWlllllll'liBI < 'I" " OCCUPATIONAL H ff.VMWwrwwwi;yg.<xrrtr*Ertasi n>twnwgyr^n^mvmi Abstracts of current literature on Occupational Hygiene, Medicine, and Nursing Roentgen Study Of Silicosis .,! "Roemssn Study of Silicosis 'in Ceramic Workers Who Hava Redaiveci Melnlyre Aluminum Powder." By J. W. G. Hannon, M.D., P. G. Bovard, M.D., ?nd L. R. .`>sinond, M.D. Industrial Medicine and Surgery, Vo) 29, No. 6. June 1960. Pp.( 1K6-289. I T here has been considerable dis- \ :ussion among various investigators whether aluminum therapy is of my value in the prevention of inhalation of McIntyre Alumi num Powder was harmful in any manner to workmen who took this type of additive pro phylaxis in the prevention of silicosis," \ Asbestosis, Carcinoma Of the Lung "Asbestosis and Carcinoma of :he Lung." By J. Andcrsnn, M.D., and F. A. Cnm* pagna, M.D. Archiver of Environmental Health. Vol. I, No. 1. July I960. I>p. 17-32. lilicosls in workmen exposed to sigh concentrations of silica dust .ind whether aluminum therapy does mevent the usual progression of esabiished silicosis. The authors in '.his paper report ,1 study of a program started in .944 in a plant that manufactured ceramic sanitary bathroom fixtures t.nd where the average dust expoiures were seven million particles per cubic foot with a quartz con tint of 25 to 30 per cent, At the beginning of this study many of the .32 workers involved had long exposure to silica and showed radio logical evidence of silicosis. Alumi1 am therapy treatments consisted cf six-minute inhalations once a week. The authors point out that plant management had put in engineering control measures to minimize the 1nzard of airborne silica dust, but in spite of these controls, new :ilicotics were being developed each \ ear. For this reason plant manage ment decided to inaugurate a pro tram of aluminum therapy and The a u t h o r s report on a case of asbestosis associated with carci noma of the lung. The literature is also reviewed, and it is indicated that this is the 24th reported case with complete autopsy findings, Many investigators previously have felt that asbestosis predisposes to lung carcinoma. Hueper of the National Cancer Institute reported that 127 cases of asbestosis carcino ma of the lung are on record. The authors in this paper have indicated . that, in their case, the patient had been a heavy smoker until five years before his final illness. They also indicate that two other investigators commented on smok ing and their patients had been heavy smokers. They suggest that any further oases of asbestosis with or without tumors be reported with careful attention to other factors, such as smoking. It is only when all the facts are available that an evaluation can be made of the re lationship between asbestosis and lung carcinoma. prophylaxis. The authors conclude: "1. The inhalation of McIntyre Aluminum Powder can help protect workers from silicosis for 15-plus years. "2. The use of McIntyre Aluminum Powder will prevent or decrease the rate of severity of the usual progression of ceramic silicosis. "3. There was no evidence that the Providing Suitable In-Plant Environment "A Practical Method of Providing a Suitable In-Plant Environment." By K., E. Robinson. Industrial Medicine and Surgery. Vol. 29, No. 6. June I960. Pp. 233-23?. T he author, indicates one must have a basic understanding of how a worker reacts lo his environ before1different method; m |1CJ{{ and ventilating can be evaluate obtain a satisfactory envimuu in a plant, Fie discusses die A.S.t-O Comfort Chart for Mill aiH effective temperature chart. Uj tunately, these charts arc well illustrated in this journal, j over, they can be found Manual, on Vuniiluibii publish^ the American Conference of emmental Industrial Hygiisa With these charts, one can _ mine whether or nni ri.mi euad^ dons are within a toinpor.umr considered comfortable: s s e t The author also desenlw t wltjj many heating systems fail to prtjvl satisfactory environmental cdff tions in industrial plants. The Hi discusses with illustrations hoi control the environmental C39 tions in a plant having upcrttjj such as heat-treating operation volving considerable quanting radiant energy. _ . He stresses that satisfactog stallations must be based on reaction of the individual MS environment rather than supjjg the heat loss based on a cali B.T.U. loss from the building. Arsenic; Chronic Human Intoxication "Arsenic: Chronic Human B. D. Dlnmnn, M.D.. D ae., Occupational Medicine. Volume 141. March i960* T h e a u th o r reviews^ m s _ tions o f chronic arsenic in hum ans, giving the W th erap y , and piognosis* u cates th at occupational ex?0* a rs e n ic a n d its c o m p o u n d s nos p ro d u ced acute and systemic ication am ong exposed , 'A a j A c u te c ase s o f arsen ic in a -- To P"S' 42 National Safety News, September,! Circle Item No. 89-- Reader Service Cord gQ^upaiional Health _fn)in pa8e ^ havc been caised by accidental in1 tlon of various arsemcals. This f as been due largely to the avail a b ility of these compounds in insect Cases of arsenic intoxication have been treated with dimercaproi (B A L ). Hyperpigmentation, if present, has not responded to this drug, nor has toxic hepatitis or cases of the associated aplastic anemia. The author gives 34 references to the study of chronic arsenic intoxication, 5PAlthough occupational exposure arsenic njy be by inhalation or sJcin contact, the most common uianifestaticns are derm atologic, Origin of Pneumonokoniosis Arsenic trioside dust dissolves in . the moisture of skin folds and mucous membranes to cause in" flammatory changes. Inhalation of "Tho Origin of the Term 'Pneumonoko niosis.'" By A. Mciklejohn. British Journal . oj Industrial Medicine. Vol. 17, No. 2. ''April 1960. Pp. 155-160, excessive amounts of dust will lead , Pneumokoniosis (pneumonoco- h o perforatior of the nasal septum. niosis or pneumoconiosis) is a term fpjiThc author indicates that gastro that has frequently been used in the intestinal ani neuritic alterations Ihave been reported on some occa literature in a discussion of dust diseases of the lungs. The nonmed sio n s in the past 20 years, but most gfeports of systemic involvement ical man has often been confused ns to the definition and origin of the p r isin g from occupational exposure ^'predate con em p orary literature, term. Pneumoconiosis is a term used to p C ases of occupational cancer in-volving skin and respiratory pas sages have been reported. describe a variety of lung conditions involving inhalation of dust. It sim ply means there is dust in the lungs. These condtions may or may not PRESENTING FO R THIS F IR S T T IM E Ait All-Purpose ."SHIELD OF SAFETY" PLAQUE be disabling. Prof. F. A. Zenker of Erlangen, Germany, introduced this term in 1867. The author has translated mto English the original German articles describing a condition which he called siderosis (due to the inhala tion of iron oxide dust). ,, In Zenker's paper "Iron Lung-- Siderosis Pulmonum," nomenclature is discussed, and the generic term .pneumonokoniosis is introduced. It may be of interest to readers to quote the conclusion of this article, in which many terms used in de scribing dust conditions of the lungs have been coined. "For this new form of disease, [ coin, by analogy with anthracosis (which designation will soon be adopted generally) the name sldero sis of the lungs and one can.then 5B-10 85*11 53-11 5S-|a BS-10 , TWO TOf 15 Jcv/elori B iontc EtchlnfC wHl Or<sn Eiuuuiod 'S h lfli of S tfsly " BObi.. _ Qtnulno W*Inu( PUduo W 'x llm AWARO 0* MERIT PLAIN fU BON AWARD CF HONOR PLAIN RI3BON. NO EMBLEM Expwl Hi id Enrn1nrt t( per lo ti . Write (or P m 40-Pigo Cstalog 5191. Son o i ' Dhplay at Booth 43 SAFETY AWARDS & INCENTIVES NATIONAL SAFETY CONGRESS 310.05 Each WILLIAM! JEWELRY & MFG, CO. tpt. IIS'! 10 South Wabash Are. Chlcogti 3, HI. CEnlrol -501B designate as phthisis siderotica the most serious ulcerated forms, as illustrated by our first case (red phthisis as opposed to black phthi sis). "After we have learned to rec ognize authracotic. and siderotic lungs, two varieties of the disease, which are identical in all essential points with respect to mode of origin and symptoms and differ only Si: Circle Item Nc. 88-- Reoder Service Cord in the nature o i inhaled dust, we `National Safel r Nows, September, 1960 PROMO (}/{ $ ' y0V 0 tM Pro-M o-Lite g en era l-p u rp o se liquid detergent saves you labor and money on a full range of floor cleaning |obs. Excellent for resilient and sealed wood floors, . . forms no soap scum on contact with free lime in old cement or terrazzo surfaces . . . for complete stripping or simple daily maintenance - . leaves no slippery film . . . use' with muriatic acid to clean and neutralize concrete floors in just ONE operation! Write for gs. informof/on MASURY - YOUNG CD. 76 Roll nd Slreet Boston S9, Massachusetts OFFICES IN PRINCIPAt CITIES " I * 131 Circle Item N). 90-- Reoder Service Cord For Dependable Service... . . . 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One would then require distinguished in dividual forms as pneumonokoniosis ' anthracotica, siderotica, etc. (or just briefly anthracosis, siderosis)," Siderosis is due to the inhalation ,'of large particles of iron oxide and produces a red pigmentation, which may produce an X-ray shadow somewhat similar to silicosis. It is nondisabling. Hazards of Microwave Radiations '`Hazards of Microwave Radiations." By Kuo-Chicw Quart, B. E. E., M.D. /ndujIrlal Medicine and Surgery. Vol. 29, No, 7. July I960. Pp, 315-318. but at an elevated temperatm^ When the rate of energy absorption* is increased, there will ba a continu ' ous temperature rise which W|fl ultimately lead to death. The radar bands now in common! use are the "S" band with a fa . I quency of 2,880 megacycles and a wave length of 10.4 centimeters and the "X " bands with a frequency of 9,375 megacycles and a wave! length of 3.2 centimeters. Investiga- > tors have reported that high-inten-* sity 10-centimeter micro-waves haye killed animals, such as rabbits and' rats exposed in a constant 3,000watt field lor 22 to 75 seconds, Death is attributed to the general increase of body temperature which leads to thermo-paralysis oi the respiratory center. Certain tls| sues of the body are not equippe, for heat dissipation and temperatun regulation. Examples of these aF the eye and the hollow viscerathe gall bladder, urinary bladder, anc| parts of the gastro-intestinal trac " Only one controversial fatal cas has been reported of accidental ex posure to microwaves. This is an excellent review of general applications and effects of microwave radiation. The author points out that the human body is capable of dissipating heat at a rate on the order of 0.01 to 0.1 watts per square centimeter body surface. 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