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FILE NAME: Metropolitan Life (ML) DATE: 1936 DOC#: ML017 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Annual Report of the Industrial Health Section f a 1- ' v r / /* ANNDAL REPORT J&a IHDOSTSIAL ffltAT.TH SECTIOM .McConnell, JS** Assistant Medical Director PERSONNEL OF STAFF Dr* W. J. McConnell, Assistant Health Section Miss -Eleanor Rantoul, Research Miss Anne Reilly, Secretary to Miss Anne Conway, Stenographer Medical Director, Assistant Dr. McConnell Director, Industrial Mr. J. Em. Fehnel, Chemist-ln-Charge of Industrial Hygiene Laboratory Mr. Peter Patrick, Technician Mr. John J . Ferry, Assistant Chemist Mr. Austin Long, Assistant Chemist Mr. John MilesnicSc, Porter in the laboratory MAJOR SURVEY Hie survey of the asbestos plants and mines started in 1934 has been concluded during 1936. This included a recheck survey of some of the plants to determine what improvements, if any, hare been effected by the installation of certain equipment designed to control the dust, as well as a number of new plants, particularly on the Pacific Coast. Plants studied in 1936 were: J ohns-Manville Redwood City, Cal. Pittsburg, Cal. Los Angeles, Cal. Lompoc, Cal, General .Asbestos & Rubber Division of Raybestos-Marihattan, Inc. North Charleston, S.C. X-rays of the chests of exposed workers were sent in to the Home Office for diagnosis. In 1936 - 2570 X-rays were interpreted. Over, 3,200 X-rays of asbestos workers have been read in connection with the second asbestos study. X-RAY INTERPRETATIONS In addition to the 2570 X-rays of asbestos workers interpreted during 1936 the American Car and Foundry Company has been continuing to send in for diagnosis X-rays of their foundry employees. During 1936, X-rays of 177 of their workers ware interpreted. We have also been asked to diagnose X-rays from other Group policyholders sent to us by the Group Claim Section in connection with claims. SPECIAL RESEARCH A study was made to determine a method of entrapping mercury and a chemical method of estimation of mercury in the air of a storage battery plant. This was necessary due to the fact that all available methods dealt with the determination of mercury in either the metallic state or in the forms of a -3- chloride or nitrate but not in the state of the oxide. Therefore, in order to determine the presence and concentration of mercuric oxide in the atmosphere of the plant in question a method giving concordant results was developed. The presence of the oxides of nitrogen and their concentration in the fumes given off in acetylene welding were studied and a chemical method adapted which gave a true index. Settled dusts of typical industries were studied and measured to determine the percentages of the various sizes present that might be considered pathogenic. Various new atmospheric dust sampling devices were tried out under controlled conditions to determine their efficiency and comparison with the accepted standard method. Methods for the determination of mixtures of acid fumes and solvent vapors are in process of study and development. SPECIAL SERVICES A great variety of requests for information or assistance on indus trial hygiene subjects are received in this division. These are divided as follows: Reports (Those requests requiring time and research to answer; Group policyholders 64 Non-policyholders and 58 prospects Met. Life Ins. Co. and H.O. 13 135 Special Inquiries (Those requests for which information was supplied but not considered as reports) Group policyholders Non-policyholders and prospects Met. Life Ins. Co. and H.O. 97 180 332 LABORATORY SURVEYS Included in the above number of special services are 12 surveys made by the Industrial Hygiene Laboratory. In analyzing the samples of atmospheric dusts, fumes and gases collected in the plants studied, 819 analyses were made in the laboratory. The classes of materials analyzed were: silica and silicates metals (lead, zinc, copper, tin, mercury, etc.) fumes (lead, zinc, mercury, solvents such as amyl acetate, methyl alcohol, dichlorbenzine, tricresylphosphate, etc.) gases (carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrous fumes, etc.) The companies studied by the laboratory represent a wide variety of industrial processes. Included are: floor coverings, pipe insulation and fire brick manufacture grey and malleable castings foundry asbestos fabricating plants public utilities heat resistant glass manufacture gas and combination range manufacture stainless steel and regular steel products such as open hearth, etc. glass manufacturing automobile radiators and car heaters paint manufacture railroad car specialties Alloy steel manufacture alkaline type storage battezy manu facture china ware - hotel supply printing ink manufacture decaloomania bookkeeping book manufacture asbestos pipe insulation and magnesia blocks mining and milling diatomaceous earth gold mine oil well equipment These 42 surveys represent 8 more than were made by the Industrial Hygiene Department of Connecticut during 1936. FIELD VISITS During the year there were 85 field visits, exclusive of visits for laboratory survey. Included in this figure are 75 interviews in the Home Office. ADDRESSES ASP IHSRTTHGS Dr. McConnell and other members of the division attended 17 meetings of medical and safety organizations and made addresses at 7 of these meetings. Forty- eight newspapers and other publications gave press notices to these addresses in 505 column inches. --5-- EXHIBITS The Industrial Hygiene laboratory held an exhibit at the American Medical Association meeting in Kansas City, Mo. In addition to a display of dust sampling equipment, 24 X-rays of chests of cases of first and second stages of silicosis and asbestosis, fungus Infection, pneumoconiosis caused by exposure to amorphous silica were displayed. An exhibit was also held of these X-rays at the Graduate Fortnight of the New Xork Academy of Medicine. Dr. Philip Pierson, Clinical Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine exhibited this collection of X-rays at an exhibit held in California. PUBLICATIONS Three booklets of the Industrial Health Section were completely revised and printed during the year. These are: Physical Examinations in Industry Industrial Dental Service Protection of Workers in Welding Processes LITERATURE During the year 1936, 11,557 copies of publications were sent to Group policyholders and non-policyholders. Of these 9409 were sent by Welfare Division order but the letter was sent from this section. LETTERS Incoming letters numbered 1,798; outgoing, 1,5 H . HOME OFFICE CONDITIONS In addition to field surveys of the Industrial Hygiene laboratory, the Industrial Health Section has been of assistance to a number of divisions in the Home Office Buildings in studying their lighting and ventilating problems. In -6- connaction with the use of carbon tetrachloride in certain divisions in the home Office to clean type a study was made of the concentration of fumes escaping and recommendations were made of safe methods of handling this solvent. We have also assisted the Physician in Charge of our Sanatorium in analyzing far toxicity the paint used in some of the rooms at the Sanatorium. GROUP ACTUARIAL HEALTH CLAIMS We are continuing to assist the Group Actuarial Division in analyzing the experience of Groups whose claim experience has been unfavorable in order to ascertain the cause. In a number of instances, where the claims would indicate a potential health hazard, we have found It necessary to visit these plants and make an inspection or survey. Reports of findings and recommendations of ways of controlling these hazards were submitted to the Actuarial Division in order to assist them in arriving at a decision regarding rates. In connection with the practice of having Group policyholders defray incidental expenses of surveys, these have amounted in 1936 to $3 ,4-06.20. $509.33 of this amount has been incurred but not yet billed. This is a credit against our travel account. f M i '1 3 2 . 9 / !* ^ . . The week fallowing Er. Hheatley's, Hr. S&bourin's end ay visit ta Thetforc Minet, I returned to make studies of the dust con ditions in: 1. Mill end Mine of the Johnson Company 2. Mill of the Bell Company 3. Mill of the Asbestos Corporation I started these studies on llondey, October 23 and finished Thursday, October 26. On fridey, October 27 ana Saturday, October 23, I studied the mill end factory of the Jobna-Manville Company at Asbestos. On October 30 and 31 I studied operations in the plant of the iv.C.i>.. Victor Company and the plant of Charles . freest Company on November 1, loll. On Thursday, Hoveaber 2, 1911 I visited the plant of the General Steel lares, Ltd., e Group prospect, in Montreal, with Supervisors frank Roe of Montreal and Eay Campbell of Toronto. I made some observations end tests in this plant and will give the report to Mr. Perry for delivery to the Group prospect. November 21, 1911 fa. lehnel, Chemist iustrial Hygiene Laboratory Jail 1 : I -2- I rise to ceiling height. This was particularly evident in crane operator* s v c cabs over the gas-fired soaking pits in steel mills and over galvanizing pipe operations where the men were exposed to excessive concentrations of zinc and lead fumes. t In addition to the above, the plants of three Group policyholders were visited and advice given regarding hazards or medical service. Our policyholders have continued to send in for analyses, mostly for free and total silica, materials constantly used in the plant, as, for instance, bricks used in blast furnaces, pre-heating furnaces in steel and iron foundries, as well as abrasive powders used in the plants. We have also during the year o analyzed materials used in our Home Office buildings. Requests for plant surveys and information were received from Group policyholders and others in all lines of industry. Some of the more important firms which we have served are: o Allis-Chaimers Mfg. Co. Milwaukee, Wis. Combustion Sigineering Co. Inc. Union Carbide & Carbon Co. New York City United States Leather Co. New York City New York City Idaho-Maryland Mines Co. Grass Valley, Calif. Electro-Metallurgical Co. Alloy, W. Va. \ f Johns-Manville Co. New York City Rochester Gas & Electric Co. Rochester, N.Y. Sears-Roebuck & Co* Chicago, 111. Congoleum-Nairn, Inc. S e a m y , N.J. Standard Oil Co. of N.J. New York City Electric Storage Battery Co. Philadelphia, Pa. Armstrong Cork Co. Lancaster, Pa. Clearwater Mfg. Co. Clearwater, S.C. Otis Elevator Co. Yonkers, N.Y. Continental Baking Co. New York City w wm -3- Caterpillar Tractor Co. Chrysler Corp. O Peoria, 111. Monsanto Chemical Co. Detroit, Mich. Ralston Purina Co. St. louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. General Electric Co. Hew York City Colgate-Palraolive-Peet Co Jersey City, N.J. St. Joseph Lead Co. New York City Carnegie-Illinois-Steel Corp. Pittsburgh, Pa. Curtis-ffright Corp. Caldwell, N.J. Certain-Teed Products Co. New York City General Motors Corp. Detroit, Mich. New York Employing Printers Assoc. Inc. New York City O Requests for assistance were received from thirty-two states of the United States, three provinces of Canada, from China, Santiago, Chile, and from Honolulu, Hawaii. TRAVEL CREDIT Although our budgetary allowance for travel during the year 1941 amounted to $4,000, our actual expenses for travel amounted to $239*67. Our gross expense for travel amounted to $3*366.85, but credits received from Group policyholders for incidental expenses incurred while in the field amounted to $3,127.18, making an actual expenditure of $239*67. RESEARCH STUDIES A method for the determination of aniline was developed in order to <;-- -- ---- -- -- 1-- --- ---- - determine the exposure of employees in a dye house at a cotton mill insured under a Metropolitan Group plan. One of the large Groups engaged in the manufacture of steel uses bricks of a M g h amorphous silica content for furnace linings. Methods for the determination of crystalline free silica are fairly well defined, bnt the Tr*r f MU1 1' -4- determination of amorphous free silica in combination with combined silica, presents a very difficult problem. A fairly accurate procedure was developed. Acrolein, a substance very irritating to the respiratory tract, is given off on fche heating of animal and vegetable fats. As the binder used in core making contains high percentages of linseed oil, acrolein is present around core ovens and in the atmosphere of the foundry after pouring the moulds. A method for the sampling and determination of acrolein was developed. Investigations of unsanitary conditions and possible sources of*~contam- ination were made of the plumbing system and in the Commissary Department of the Home Office. Portable equipment was built for air sampling, using higher voltages for use in field surveys. Equipment for use on 25 cycle alternating current was perfected. Studies are in progress of methods for decontamination in case of air raid gas attacks and for t h ev-c-own*t+r**o*l*" and pr --------! o t e c t i o n of refrigerating -- I equipment. SPECIAL TWOnTBTES Si-r hundred seventy-four (674) special inquiries were receuved during the year. The information requested covered a wide range of subjects, such as the inauguration of a system of pre-employment and periodic physical examination^, installation of a medical department, toxicity of certain solvents, gases, and fumes. Many were occasioned by cases of illness among policyholders and cert- ificateholders, usually chronic and severe, and are pleas for information as to where skilled and honest diagnosis can be obtained. All these queries are carefully considered and the effort is always made to put the individual in touch with the nearest competent medical treatment. X-RAY INTERPRETATIONS Wa have been continuing to read and interpret X-rays of the chests of employees of our Group policyholders. Five hundred twenty-five (525) were received during 1941. MECTTNaS AND ADDRESSES During the year Dr. McConnell and Mr. Fehnel attended 28 meetings in different sections of the countxy. Some of the papers presented included the following: "Mobilization of Industrial Hygiene for National Defense" Chairman's address of the Industrial Hygiene Section of the American Public Health Association* "Respiratory Diseases and Air Conditioning" - Second Symposium on Industrial Health held at the Medical College of Virginia. "Medical Service in Industry" - Address before meeting of the Pharmaceutical Advertising Directors Club of N.Y. "The Potential Hazards of Some of the Newer Solvents" - pre sented before meeting of the Medical Society of the State of New York. Lecture on volatile solvents before a class of Navy medical officers at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr* McConnell addressed Dr. Flinn's class at Columbia University on "Ventilation and Air Conditioning". This class is composed of graduate students in industrial hygiene. Dr. McConnell addressed a group of 96 foremen from the two Camden plants and the Philadelphia plant of the Armstrong Cork Company. r~mv**/s,i. v<* .r .. N * v ; . a V i..a a v .,I * i f ' - * t jrs.vjJV'. i-irr -%i i - Due to .Dr. McConnell's appointment as Consultant to the Division of Industrial^Hygiene of the United States Public Health Service, it was necessary to decline the following speaking engagements: 1. Annual meeting of the National Safety Council - paper on Health Hazards and Their Correction in the Leather Industry Mr. Herbert L. Clover, Industrial Relations Dept, of the International Shoe Company also asked that Dr. McConnell give a paper on the leather industry at this meeting. 2. Home Office Underwriters meeting - paper on the leather indust: 3. American Conference on Industrial Health -- paper on Health Service in Small Groups. 4. Massachusetts Safety Council - dinner meeting with industrial key safety people. 5. Invitation to act as Chairman of Cold Committee of the Ameri Association of Industrial Physicians and Surgeons. 6. Discussion of paper "Health of Executives", Association of Industrial Physicians and Surgeons and American Association of Industrial Hygienists at Cincinnati, Ohio. LITERATURE During 1941, 23,855 publications were sent on request. Of these, 20,189 were sent out through Welfare Division order, although a letter of transmittal was sent from this office. CORRESPONDENCE The inc ^ wg letters to the section during the year amounted to 1, and the outgoing numbered 1,190. -- - - `r r 1111'w^l*ftateaa^t^ HH:?ti-f^ ^ r^*,1iV^tt-'tJ>'-^|-v^^- -7- -~~^re-r- - -`l^ g^j|[_2'''* COMITTEES la addition to serving on a number of committees which have been activa during the year, Dr. McConnell and others have been asked to serve on several new committees and reappointed to others in the year 1941. New Committees Mr. Fehnel has been appointed a member of the Constitutional Committee of the American Industrial Hygiene Association. Mr. Ferry has been appointed a member of a committee to draft a constitution and by-laws for the Greater New York Section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association. Re-annolntments , Dr. McConnell has been reappointed a member of the following committees* American Society Heating and Ventilating Engineers - Technical Committee on Air Conditioning in Industry. American Society of Refrigerating Engineers, Committee #2 Biology. American Society Heating and Ventilating Engineers -- Technical Advisory Committee on Sensations of Comfort. American Public Health Association - Committee on Ventilation and Atmospheric Pollution. American Public Health Association - Committee on Standard Methods for the Examination of Air. Mr. Fehnel has been reappointed a member of the membership committee of the local section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association. Miss Rantoul has been reappointed a member of the Committee on -8- Standard Practiced in the Problem of Compensation of Occupational Diseases for the year 1941 HOME OFFICE CONDITIONS Our assistance has been requested with increasing frequency by the different departments of the Home Office_building charged with maintenance. These include queries regarding illumination, ventilation, health hazards of different operations, etc. We are also assisting with plans for air raids, especially in connection with decontamination procedure in case of a gas attack. An idea of the range of these activities will be seen from the following* Analyzed cleaner materials used in the Home Officej made 103 analyses. Inspected exhaust hood. Recommended new type respirators. Inspected complaint of cyanide cleaning bath in typewriter repair room. Investigated use of carbon tetrachloride in Transcription Division. Visited the Employment Section of the Personnel Division and the office of Mr. Wilson and Mr. Cunningham. Made recommendations re illumination. Analyzed materials which were reported to have been used by a porter suffering from dermatitis. Inspected illumination in new private dining room for executives. Inspected complaints of ammonia in water supplies of Main Building. Tested two sections of pipe from Printing Plant to determine cause of pipe failure. Tested also for corrosion pipe from Unit No. 6 pantry, warming cabinet and steam return line. -9- Visited a section where multigraphing machines are operating. A solvent (consisting of 90% ethyl alcohol and 10% acetone) is fed to a wick of these machines. PRO DP SiSALTH CLAIMS We have continued to cooperate with the Group Actuarial Division /f- in an attempt to ascertain the cause of the poor claim experience of a number of Groups. POBLIGATIONS The booklet "First Aid Service in Small Industrial Plants" has been revised. The leaflet "Hygiene for Working Women" has been revised. Dr. McConnell prepared a paper on "The Industrial Health Service" for the Metropolitan Underwriter . Reviewed proposed revision of American Welding Society welding handbook. Reviewed article on Tuberculosis. Reviewed revision of booklet "Industrial Safely Education in Schools". Reviewed outline of Mis. Bigler's handbook on nursing. Reviewed ani suggested changes in paper for Executive Service Bulletin on control of hazards in defense industries for the Policyholders* Service Bureau. Reviewed revised edition of "First Aid". Reviewed first draft of the "Report of the Workshop on Camp Standards" of the American Camping Association. 'wygqrr -10- n O i / PLANT SURVEYS ' During the year 1942 nearly twice as many surveys were conducted as in 1941 The number of different industrial plants studied in 1942 was 58, as compared to 30 in 1941 As in 1941 firms engaged in manufacturing heavy metals comprise the major part of the studies, with ore mines second. The industries studied may be classified as follows* Metals 62.1/5 Ore mines 155 Coal mines 8,6 Asbestos plants 8.6 Chemicals 1.8 Quarries 1.7 Wood 1.7 100.0% The samples collected in the plants necessitated making 1,536 separate analyses in the laboratory. Analyses have also been made, as in the past, of materials shipped to the laboratory from plants of our Group policyholders. These tests were mostly for free and total silica. A number of materials used in our Home Office buildings has also been analyzed. In addition to the above surveys, the plants or offices of three % policyholders were visited and advice given regarding hazards or medical service. Requests for plant surveys and information were received from Group policyholders and others in all lines of industry. To give an idea of the variety of firms which request this service, the following ere some of the more important firms which we have served: Armstrong Cork Company Consolidated Gas Electric Light & Power Co Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines American Viscose Corp. Idaho Maryland Gold Mines Corp. American Rolling Mill Co. Standard Oil Co. Union Carbide Co. American Seating Co. Humble Oil & Refining Co. Tennessee, Coal, Iron & R.R. Co. Elackwell Zinc Co. Republic Steel Corp. Kohler Co. Marshall Field & Co. Vickers, Inc. National Enameling & Stamping Co. Montgomery Ward Co. Bethlehem Steel Co. Pendelton Ship Yards Norfolk & Western Railroad General American Transportation Co. Kimball Piano Co. General Motors Corp. Ruberoid Co. Continental Baking Co. Higgins Corp. Atlas Powder Co. N.Y. Telephone Co. International Business Machine Corp. Braden Copper Co. Florida Power & Light Co. Lewisburg Chair and Furniture Co. Norton Company U.S. Leather Co. Virginia Electric & Power Caterpillar Tractor Co. -- Johns-Manville Corp. Baker & Taylor Co. Bell Telephone Laboratorie A.P. Green Fire Brick Co. N.Y. Employing Printers Assoc. Inc. General Electric Co. Monarch Machine Tool Co. Asbestos Textile Corp. RESEARCH STUDIES Due to the increased number of requests for plant surveys resulting from the speed up in production, due to industry's victory effort, more routine work has been loaded upon the laboratory. This additional work has left little time for research problems. The laboratory staff did design and construct a / new type of centrifugal pump which could operate on A.C. or D.C. current o f / 110-220 volts. TRAVEL CREDIT The amount of money expended for travel in the Industrial Health Section during 1942 amounted to 4507.57. However, of this amount 4047.63 was paid to us by the Group policyholders for expenses incurred by our men in the field while conducting plant surveys. Therefore, our total expenditure for travel for the year amounted to $459.94 SPECIAL INQUIRIES Nine hundred thirty-- seven (937) special inquiries were received during the year for information covering a wide range of subjects. This is an increase / / of 39% over 1941 / X-RAY INTERPRETATIONS Before Dr. McConnell left for the Service, he had read and interpreted 153 X-rays received from our Group policyholders. MEETINGS AND ADDRESSES Dr. McConnell and other members of the staff attended 38 meetings during the year 1942. The following addresses were made: Dr. McConnell me.de an address over Radio Station ffABC on "Heat Stroke and Other Effects of Health". Dr. McConnell gave a series of lectures to Naval medical officers at a training course in industrial medicine and surgery at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. He also addressed the Industrial Hygiene class at Columbia University and demonstrated our apparatus for collecting and sampling air. Dr. McConnell continued during the spring semester a class in industrial hygiene at New York University. He had to secure a substitute for the fall semester due to his induction into the Army. Mr. Fehnel gave a lecture to this class on "The Conservation of Man Power". Mr. Fehnel gave a paper entitled "Health Hazards in Steel Mills" at the joint annual meeting of the American Association of Industrial Physicians and Surgeons and the American Industrial Hygiene Association. Miss Rantoul attended a meeting in Washington of the Committee on Standards for Maternity Care and Employment of Mothers in Industry. LITERATURE During 1942, 76,405 publications were sent on request, an increase of 31% over 1941* CORRESPONDENCE The incoming letters to the section during the year amounted to 2,242, and the outgoing numbered 1,368. COMMITTEES Members of the section have continued to serve on a number of committees which have beenactive during the year and attended a number of meetings. The following are new committees and others to which members have been reappointed during 1942. New committees A committee has been formed among Home Office building men entitled War Emergency Committee, to devise ways and means of equipping the Metropolitan Home Office buildings with protective devices in case of air raids. Dr. McConnell and Mr. Ferry are members of this committee and attended a number of meetings and rendered advice and assistance. Dr. McConnell has been appointed a member of an advisory committee to prepare proposed industrial code rules relating to the revision of the Code on the Removal of Dusts, Gases, and Fumes at the New York State Department of Labor. Dr. McConnell has been appointed a member of the advisory committee with Dr. Wittmer and Dr. Watson on intensive post-graduate instruction in industrial health by industrial physicians and the Faculty of the Long Island College of Medicine. Reappointments Dr. McConnell has been asked to serve on the Technical Advisory Committee on Sensations of Comfort of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers. Dr. McConnell has been asked to serve again on the National Association of Manufacturers' Industrial Relations Committee. He was also reappointed to the following committees: American Society of Refrigerating Engineers Committee on Biology Research Technical Advisory Committee on Air Conditioning in Industry of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers -5Commlttee on Ventilation and Atmospheric Pollution of the American Public Health. Association Committee on Standard Methods for the Examination of Air of American Public Health Association HOME OFFICE SERVICES As in the past, our assistance has been requested on frequent occasions by the different departments charged with the maintenance of the Home Office buildings. These requests covered advice regarding illumination, ventilation, health hazards of different operations and materials used, etc. In addition, our office has been represented on the War Emergency Committee, a committee charged Tilth the responsibility of plans for air raids in Home Office buildings. This entailed a number of conferences and testing of various materials to be used for protection. Dr. McConnell was in charge of decontamination procedure in case of gas attack. He gave a number of lectures on poisonous gases, methods of detection, physiological action, first aid treatment, etc. to members of the decontamination squads. A few of the requests follow: Information regarding inflammable solvents in use and methods of storage in laboratories. Shatterproof tests on electric light bulbs covered with garinol were made to test its efficiency. Information regarding control of refrigerants in case of a bombing raid. Analyzed food from Home Office cafeterias. Advice regarding elimination of faulty plumbing. Analyzed specimens of urine of claimants for permanent disability. Reviewed proposals regarding defouling stations on the Pacific Coast sent in by Dr. Shepard. Inspected the Typewriter Repair Room to see if they had carried out our recommendations regarding the use of sodium cyanide. Information regarding a fire-proofing compound which is effective in proventing cloth from igniting and bursting into flame. Analysed sample of the lacquer cleaner which is to substituted for Utility Wash. Analyzed sample of Protecto-Kote thinner Information regarding the formula for making "supertrooical" bleach used to decontaminate floors, walls, etc. in case of a gas raid. Temperature and humidity readings of eight of most congested air raid shelter areas in Home Office buildings. Information regarding the composition of bottled gas. Information regarding toxicity of fumes from creosote sprayed on wood in connection with a double indemnity death claim. Recommended use of G-M--E 1 mask to be used by the attendant in the Sanatorium laundry to prevent inhalation of formaldehyde and ammonia fumes. PUBLICATIONS Report of the survey of the leather industry entitled "Health Hazards of the Leather Industry" was completed and appeared in the May issue of the Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology. C o p ie s of this reprint were sent to industrial hygienists and those particularly interested. Dr. Fred O'Flaherty of the Department of Leather Research of the University of Cincinnati arranged for the report of the leather survey to be reprinted in the trade journal "Hide and Leather". Dr. McConnell rewrote his chapter in "A Textbook of Medicine by American Authors", edited by Dr. RusselL Cecil. -7- Lr. Joseph. E. bar, iiditor of Philosophical Library requested permission to use Dr. McConnell's article on "Mobilization of Industrial Hygiene for National Defense" (which appeared in the American Journal of Public Health" as a chapter in a book on "Public Health in fia r Time". Dr. McConnell prepared a "Memorandum on Protective Measures Against Common Implements of Warfare". This has been given a good deal of publicity and reorintsd in the New York State Journal of Medicine, k digest of the article was published in "The Digest of Treatment" by J. B. Lippincott Company. The demand for this memorandum has been very great and it has created a good deal of interest. Dr. McConnell wrote a paper on "Indoor Environmental Atmosphere and Its Control" for Medical Clinics of North America. Copies of this paper were sent to state industrial hygienists and to a selected mailing list. Reviewed two articles by Dr. Victor G. Heiser of the National Manufacturers Association on "Defense Workers' Lunch Box" and "Pack a Lunch a Man Can Work On". Reviewed Chapter II of the 1942 Guide of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers and. gave suggestions for rewriting it. Reviewed paper entitled "Physiological Reactions of Workers in Hot Industries with Atmospheric Conditions of Various Relative Humidities", published by the Research Committee of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers. Reviewed pamphlet on "Health of the Workers". Reviewed article for Nursing Bureau on "Communicable Disease Technique". Reviewed revised edition of First Aid booklet. Reviewed instructions to be sent to our nurses regarding their participation in air raid emergencies. Reviewed and offered comments for revision of Rabies booklet. -3Revised our booklet "Air Conditions and the Comfort of Workers". Reviewed article on "Showers" to be issued by the Policyholders' Service. Bureau. Commented on paragraph on "Health Hazards in War Production Aress" which appeared in November 1942 Service Digest of Policyholders* Service Bureau. Commented on new book issued b y U.S. Department of Labor, Division of Labor Standards entitled "Arranging Shifts for Maximum Production". Reviewed the revised edition of Conquest of Typhoid Fever booklet. Prepared an article on "Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever" to be sent to an agent who is in Army. Reviewed Health Bulletins for Teachers for the School Bureau. Reviewed and offered criticisms on articles prepared by the Policyholders* Service Bureau and members of the Welfare Division on health hazards of industrial processes. THF INDOSTRIAL HEALTH SECTION AND THE WAR Since the outbreak of idle war and before, there has been a great increase \ in requests from industrial firms for information regarding the hazards of processes \ and the toxicity of solvents and materials newly introduced in the plants in connection with the war effort. The following requests were received from firms and individuals so engaged. Surveys fiuberoid Co. (survey of four plants) - make asbestos roofing for `-- government projects. ' ~~ -- Republic Steel Corp. (recheck surveys of all plants and mines) - make - -- - shells and all kinds of steel Blackwell Zinc Co. (survey of two plants) - supply zinc for war projects. Geo. D. Roper Co. - make shells -Si- General American Transportation Co. - make P.T. boats Sundstrana Machine Tool Co. - make machine tools Maremont Automotive Products (make springs and mufflers for tanks) Asbestos Textile Corp. -- make cloth and brake linings for government Onion Carbide Co. -- (requested surveys of seven plants) -- alloys for making steel___ Kimball Piano Co. -- make desks for the government Armored Force, Fort Knox -- study of armored tanks and army trucks Armstrong Cork Co. -- shells, insulation, linoleum for battleships, etc Walter Kidde & Co. -- fire extinguishers In addition to complete surveys, eighty nine requests for assistance were received from the above and other firms and individuals and from Navy and Army bases. These requests covered such subjects as adjustment of workers to changing shifts; relative hazards from electric shock from the use of alternating and direct current in weldingj toxicity of emulsifying or wetting agents, chlorinated paraffins, ?nd barium peroxide and other compounds? information regarding a twin chemical cartridge mask? hazards of explosives manufacture? hazards of handling TNT; sub stitutes for tetrachlorethane in airplane factories? recommendations as to how to hPTiolA an epileptic and fit him into industry? information regarding hospital-bed reauirements in city to take care of increased personnel due to war work. There has been a very increased demand for our booklets on welding, first aid service in small plants and the first aid booklet. The requests for assistance on methods of maintaining the health of personnel hare also increased. -10- In 1941 Dr McConnell was appointed a consultant of the United States Public Health Service to make a survey of the medical facilities available in industrial plants. This work necessitated consulting with the Directors of State Industrial Hygiene Divisions and visiting plants in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Jersey City, Tenton, Bayonne, Baltimore, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Lansing, Chicago, Louisville, Indianapolis, and Boston. In localities where these representatives of the Industrial Hygiene Divisions were to make the visits themselves, Dr. McConnell discussed with them the survey form to be used, methods of presenting the survey, etc. He personally made visits to 49 plants in different sections of the country. Dr. McConnell reported for active service with the War Department on August 28, 1942. TESTIMONIALS Attached are copies of several letters which express appreciation for our service StlttMff FOR 1QA6 OF VX3RK OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH SECTION Surveys contducted toy Industrial Hygiene Laboratory .................. 40 Analyses made in Laboratory.................. ...................... 2,494 Home Office Inspections .............................................. 62 Travel C r e d i t .................... ..$2,405.26 Special inquiries handled toy mail or conference............... ......675 (An inrease of approximately 125/6 over 1945) Literature sent (industrial Health Series) ......................... 3,6^4' Publications completely r e v i s e d ................. 2 Publications slightly revised....................................... 1 Leaflets r e v i s e d ........ ............. ............................ . 2 Other publications written and published ............................ 3 Confrences in Home O f f i c e .................. .....1............. SO Field visits to Groups .......................................... ... 14 Other field v i s i t s ...... ........................................ . 36 Meetings attended by s t a f f .......... ......................... ...... 6l Dr. Lanza has been made a member of the Board of Trustees of the Trudeau Sanatorium and Foundation. A ventilation engineer is now available in the Laboratory of In dustrial Hygiene for consultation in planning new ventilation and exhaust systems and necessary revisions of those in use. We have secured the services of another chemist in the Laboratory. The following are a few of the more outstanding research jobs con ducted by the Laboratory. -2- * i The Rochester Gas and Electric Company was visited by Mr. Fehnel to outline end supervise a program for the study of atmospheric dusts and gas pollution. The company is planning to erect a new steam electric generating plant which will take about two years to build. The Metropolitan is to make studies each season of the year of the normal dust counts and supervise the study of the dust fall and sulfur dioxide concentrations in the City of Rochester before the erection of the plant. After completion of the plant and when it is in production, we are to supervise check studies to see if the plant causes any pollution of the air which will be detrimental to the health of people living in the vicinity of the plant. The Metropolitan was asked to do this work by idle Rochester Gas Company on the advice of the Republic Steel Corporation for whom similar work has been done. A study was made of the possible exposure of employees to hydrogen fluoride generated by the addition of sodium fluoride to molten steel when pouring rim heat. The study was made over a prolonged period to determine the extent of the exposure of employees before this method of making steel was put into operation. Recently a strike was called at the Ford Motor Company due to complaints of employees who had been exposed to the irritating fumes of hydrogen fluoride generated at a similar process. It is interesting to note -that before any new process is developed or any new materials are used in the plants of the Republic Steel Corporation, the company requests the Metropolitan to make a study to determine the existence of any possible health hazards. i___ Tests were conducted on certain days of the week for three consecutive weeks in the carding room of the Manville, New Jersey plant of the Johnsr tv IX - 3- M a n v i U e Corporation to determine the dust pollution that could be expected when carding,and spinning four different mixtures of asbestos and cotton. ^ This is another example of tests being made by the Industrial Hygiene Labor atory of contemplated processes in the plants of our Group policyholders be fore being put in production to eliminate any potential health hazards. Triethylene Glycol Study In certain areas in the new building (Unit l) the air supplied to the sections is treated with triethylene glycol as a method of air sterilization. We have taken air samples in the sections with the impingers and absorption tubes and made quantitative triethylene glycol determinations. Considerable work was done in checking and adapting the analytical method used. By adapting a special filter, we were able to use our Electrophotometer in the analytical work in these determinations. The results of our study to date indicate that the concentration of triethylene glycol vapors in the atmosphere is not at the optimum quantity and, therefore, no positive results are indicated nor can they be expected until the triethylene glycol concentration is increased until it reaches the bactericidal or killing range. Tcl.S O M - 1300 Johns-Maiwille CORPORATION SfiSI October 3, 19U 7 Ma n v il l e .New J ersey V. J. McConnell, M.D. A 't. Medicai Director, Industrial Metropolitan Life Insurance Co 1 Madison Avenue Hew York 10, Hew York Health Section Industrial Health Surrey Your letter Sept. 22, 19^7 Ve here at Manville are very well satisfied with the way the surrey was conducted at our Kanrille Plant and the careful manner in which the records were prepared for our Industrial Health Program. Governed by the findings of your Mr. Petrick and Mr. Dierlnger, we are carrying on a program of improvement and ex pect from time to time to call upon your offices for recheck surveys of improved areas. BJS/dg Enc Yery truly yours BenJ. T. Stanton Safety Engineer INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE SURVEYS May 1948 - April 1950 Company Republic Steel Corporation Truscon Steel Company Rochester Gas and Electric Company Mutual Chemical Company Republic Steel Corporation Union Drawn Steel Company Republic Steel Corporation Union Drawn Steel Company Diamond Alleali Company Republic Steel Corporation Truscon Steel Company Republic Steel Corporation Republic Steel Corporation River Terminal Railway Republic Steel Corporation Upson Nut and Bolt Division Republic Steel Corporation Steel and Tubes Division Republic Steel Corporation Dillworth-Porter Steel Division Republic Steel Corporation' Union Drawn Steel General Electric Company General Electric Company Armstrong Cork Company Republic Steel Corporation Dillworth-Porter Steel Division Armstrong Cork Company Republic Steel Corporation Union Drawn Steel Division Location Youngstown, Ohio Rochester, N.Y. Baltimore, Maryland Hartford, Conn. East Hartford, Conn. Painesville, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Pittsburgh, Pa. Massillon, Ohio Pittsfield, Mass. Iynn, Mass. Pittsburgh, Fa. Pittsburgh, Pa. Beaver Falls, Pa. Beaver Falls, Pa. . 0180 Company McCrory Stores General Electric Company Johns Manville Products Corporation Republic Steel Company Central Alloy District Canton Plant Flintkote Company Armstrong Cork Company Johns Manville Company Republic Steel Corporation Plants and Mines Republic Steel Corporation Vance Iron and Steel Company Republic Steel Corporation Steel and Tubes Plant Republic Steel Corporation Niles Steel Products Republic Steel Corporation South Chicago Plant Allied Industrial Products Corning Glass Works Republic Steel Corporation Union Dram Steel Plant Universal Foundry Four Wheel Drive Company Grede Foundries Grede Foundries Hamishfeger Foundry Bundle Manufacturing Company Eagle Manufacturing Company Location New York City Elmira, New York Waukegan, Illinois 1/ Canton, Ohio New Orleans, La. Jackson, Miss. Manville, N.J. Birmingham, Ala. Chattanooga, Tenn. Elyria, Ohio Niles, Ohio Chicago, Illinois Van Wert, Ohio Charleroi, Pa. Gary, Indiana Oshkosh, Wise. Appleton, Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin Waukesha, Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wise. Milwaukee, Wise. Appleton, Wise. 0181 -3- Company Ladisfa. Company Bucyrus Erie Company J. I. Case Company Republic Steel Corporation Moline Plant Bucyrus Erie Company Bucyrus Erie Company Republic Steel Corporation Republic Steel Corporation Buffalo Plant Eastern Tool and Manufacturing Company Republic Steel Corporation Canton Plant Republic Steel Corporation Stark Plant Republic Steel Corporation South Plant Republic Steel Corporation Massillon Plant Republic Steel Corporation Massillon #1 and #2 Republic Steel Corporation Berger Mfg. Co. #1 and 2 Republic Steel Corporation Culvert Mfg. Co. #1 and 2 Republic Steel Corporation Truscon Steel-Company Grede Foundries, Inc. Smith Steel Division Grede Foundries, Inc. Liberty Foundry Division Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. Benson Mine Location Milwaukee, Wise. Milwaukee, Wise. Racine, Wise. Moline, 111. Evansville, Indiana Erie; Pa. Detroit, Mich. Buffalo, H. Y. Belleville, N.J. Canton, Ohio Canton, Ohio Canton, Ohio Massillon, Ohio Massillon, Ohio Canton, Ohio Canton, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Milwaukee, Wise. Wauwatosa, Wise. Star Lake, N.I. 0183 Company Otis Elevator Corp. .Johns Manville, Corp. Johns ManviHe Corp. Evening Bulletin Congoleum Karin Columbian. Hope Company Otis Elevator Company Johns Manville Corp. Manville Plant Johns Manville Corp. Research Division Eagle Pencil Company Eickok Manufacturing Company Bausch and Lomb Optical Company Republic Steel Corporation Republic Steel Corporation Sayreton #1 Coal Mine Sayreton #2 Coal Mine Virginia Coal Mine Sayre Coal Mine Spaulding Ore Mines Edwards Ore Mines Spaulding Stripping Operations Alabama City Plant Thomas Plant FikesviUe Coal Mine Armstrong Cork Company Floor Covering Closure Plants Location Yonkers, New York Nashua, N.H. North Billerica, Mass. Philadelphia, Pa. Kearney, N.J. Auburn, N.Y. Harrison, N.J. Manville, N.J. Manville, N.J. ^ New York, N.Y. Rochester, N.Y. Rochester, N.Y. Brooklyn, N.Y. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. fti City, Ala. Birmingham, Ala Pikesville, Ky. Lancaster, Pa. Company Republic Steel Corporation Youngstown Plant - Open Hearth Dept. Otis Elevator Company Universal Foundry Universal Bundle Corp. Four Wheel Drive Location Youngstown, Ohio Harrison, N.J. Oshkosh, Wise. Milwaukee, Wise. Clintonville, Wise. In addition to the firms listed above, the Waukegan, Illinois Plant of the Johns Manville Products Corp. sends in dust samples periodically and they are analyzed by our Laboratory. We also have been conducting a survey of the atmospheric conditions in the City of Cleveland for the Republic Steel Corporation, and in the City of Rochester for the Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation. SURVEYS PENDING May 1, 1950 Otis Elevator Company Hamilton Works, Ontario, Canada Corning Glass Works Coming, N.Y. Armstrong Cork Company Closure Plant - Metal Cap Johns Manville Corp. National Lead Company Titanium Alloy Mfg. Div. Niagara Falls, N.Y. Mathieson Chemical Corp. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Niagara Falls District Office Niagara Falls, Canada American Can Company Tydol Oil Company 0184 MEMORANDUM August 24, 1950 MR. FRED ULMER, MANAGER GROUP DIVISION A* I ain attaching a list of ths Groups whose plants were surveyed within the past two years together with a list of surveys pending which we expect to complete some time during the year. Of thi3 group, arrangements have been made to contact Republic Ste9l Corporation, Corning Glass, and Jones and Laughlin. It will not be necessary to contact General Electric a3 they are now conducting their own surveys and will not use our service. The following organizations should be notified: Johns Manvilie Products Corporation Armstrong Cork Corporation Ctis Elevator Corporation Grade Foundries Bucyrus Erie Rochester Gas and Electric Mutual Chemical Corporation Universal Foundry Four Wheel Drive H a m i s h f eger Foundry Rundle Manufacturing Company Eagle Manufacturing Company Ladish Company Evening Bulletin Columbian Rope Company Hickok Manufacturing Company Universal Rundle Corporation The remaining companies have either U 3ed or services very sparingly or the type of service given did not include field surveys W. J. McConnell* H.D. Assistant Medical Director Director, Industrial Health Bureau 0166 laccaraiA! g i 2s sumisa May 1948 - August 1950 f.spublic Stoel Corpo r a t i s m T ruscon Steal Company - Xoungstoma, Ohio Onion D r a m Steel Company - Hartford, Conn Unie D r a m Stool Company - East Hartford, Conn, Truscon St-aou. Company - Clave land, Ohio Glsvaiand riant - Cleveland, Ohio Hiver anriinal iiallway - Cleveland, Ohio ELuon hut and holt divi aion - Cleveland, Ohio Steel end 1'ubca Division - Cleveland, Ohio Dillvorth-t'orter Steal division - Pittacurgh, Pa, Union Orano Steel - Ga^siHon, Ohio Union Orami Steel flivision - Beaver i'ra-Ls, Pa Central Alloy District Canton Plant - Car-ton, Ohio Vance Iron and Steel Coa..any - Chattanooga, Tenu, Steel and Tubos riant - Elyria, Ohio hiles Steel Products - hiles, Ohio South Chicago Plant - Gaihago, Illinois Union Braun Steal Plant - Gary, Indiana Moline Plant - Moline, Illinois Oetrolt Plant - Detroit, lich, Buffalo Plant - Buffalo, H.X, Canton Plant - Canton, Ohio Stark Plant - Canton, Ohio South Plant - Canton, Ohio Massillon Plant - Massillon, Ohio `assillai 1 and #2 - Massillon, Ohio Berger *ifg Co* *1 and 2 - Canton, Ohio Culvert i, Co. &1 and 2 - Canton, Ohio Brooklyn Plant - Brooklyn, H.X Sayerton # 1 and #2 Coal Mines - Birmingham, Alabama Virginia Coal Mine - Birmingham, Alabara Sayre Coal Mino - Birmingham, Alabama Spaulding Ore Mines - Birmingham, Alabama Spaulding Stripping Operations - Birmingham, A labama JSdsard* O r e M i a o Birmingham, Alabama Alabama City Plant - Alabama City, Ala Thomas Plant * Alabama PikeavUla Coal Mino - Pikearille, Kentucky I oongtoma Plant - Open hearth Department - Chateeagpy Plant - Lyon Mountain, B .X . Old Bed and harmony Minee - Mineville, K,X. Troy Plant - Troy, H,* Penokee Ore Mine - Ironwood, Michigan Tobin Ore Mine - Crystal alia, Michigan Susquehanna Ore Mie - Kibblng, Minnesota St. Paul Ore Bine Hlbhing, Minnesota Stevenson Ore Mine - Bibbing, Minnesota Xoungstovn, Ohio . 0167 2 Ganarai lsctrc Company Pittsfield Plant - 2ittsYiolct, lass, Lynn Plant - Lynn, iiaao. ladra Foundries - Elvira, N,Y, Armstrong Cork Companyt L&ac&star Plant - Lancaater, Fa, Beaver Palla Plant - Beaver Falla, Pa, Jaekson Plant Jacason, Miss, Pittsburg Plant - ?ittaburgn, Pa, Johns i&nviile Products Corporation t Waukegan Plant - Waulagan, Illinois Manvilla Plant and Raoarch Division - Banville, Nashua Plant - Nashua, Naw Hampshire North Billerica Plant - North Billerica, Mass, N.J, Otis lsv&tor Corporation! Yonkers Plant - Yonkers, N,Y, Harrison Plant - Harrison, N.J, Jones ani Calighila Stasi Corporation! Benson Mina - Star Lake, N,Y, Grada Foundries* H U w i i n , Steel Division - Milwaukee, Wisconsin Smith Steel Division - Milwaukee, Wisconsin Spring City Division Waukesha, Wisconsin Liberty Foundry Division - Wauwatosa, Wise, Bucyrus Erie Coapenyi South Milwaukee Pleat - South Milwaukee, Wisconsin Evansville Plant - Evansville, Indiana Brie Plant - Erie, Pa, 0168 - 3- Ford Instrument Company - Long Island City, U.7* Rochester Gas and Mlectric Company - Rochester, H.X. Mutual Chemical Company - Baltimore, Maryland Diamond Alkali Company - Psinesviila, Ohio .icCrory -Stores - Us* toe's. City Flintkote Company - 3 Orleans, La* Allied Inaustrial Products - V;.n Tort, Ohio Corning Glas^ Series - Charleroi, Pa. Corning, NX. Universal Foundry - Gahkoah, ~i3C* Four Tihoel DfcLve Company - Appleton, Tisc. Harniahfeger Foundry - Kilwaukae, Tfisc. Bundle Manufacturing Company - Milwaukee, Wise* Eagle Manufacturing Company, Appleton, isc* L&diah. Company - Milwaukee, 7iao* Eastern Tool and Manufacturing Company - Belleville, H*J* Evening Bulletin - Philadelphia, Pa* Congtleum H a i m Company - Kearney, H*J Columbian Hope Company ** Auburn, N*7* Eagle Pencil Company - Hen fork, 8.1 Hickok Manufacturing Company - Rochester, 5*7 Bauseh and Lomb Optical Company - Rochester, 8*7 Universal Bundle Corp* - Milvaukee, Tfisc, Four lhael Drive - Clintonville, Tfisc. Greyhound Bus Company - San Francisco, Calif Tydol Oil Company - San Francisco, Calif* American Can Company - San Francisco, Calif North American Aviation Company - Burbank, Calif* . 0169 I n addition to the firms listed above tae Waukegan Illinois Riant of the Johna-kanvilld Products Cor?, sends in dust samples periodically and they are analyzed by our laboratory. W e nave also been conducting a survey of the atmospheric conditions in tuo City ox' Cleveland for Republic Steel Corporation and in the City of Rochester for Rochester Gas and Slexrtric Company. SVEXS PIN DiliG August 24, 1950 Otis elevator Company cilton V crks, Ontario, Canada Johns Danville Corporation Asbestos and funro Mines, Canada National Laad Company Titanium Alloy Ufg. Div. Niagara Falls, N.I. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Niagara Falls District Office Niagara Falls, Canada ftrmstrcng Cork Company Dunkirk Plant Dunkirk, Indiana 0170 ISDOSTHIAL HYGIENE SURVEXS COMPLETED LOSING 19^6 Company Armstrong Cork Company .V Manowell Department Closure Plant Floor Division Beaver Falls Plant Pittsburgh Plant Diamond Alkali Company The Evening Bulletin Location Beaver Falls, Pa. Lancaster, Pa. Lancaster, Pa. Beaver Falls, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa. -Painesvillp, .Ohio Philadelphia, ?&. Date February 6, 1948 April 5-7, 1948 March 17-April 7, 1948 August 3-6, 1948 August 9 - H , 1948 January 12-22, 1948 March 15-16, 1948 General Elaatrie Company River Works (which includes the Everetts Steel Foundry and the Everett Aircraft Turbine Company) West Lyxm Plant Pittsfield Plant Elmira Plant HoCroxy Stores Corporation (We are conducting special testa for tkif conoern) ..- Otis Elevator Coagcny Schenectady, 8. X. Lynn, Hass. West Lynn, Mass. Pittsfield, Hass. Elmira, New York New York, 8. Y. Harrison, 8. J. April 19-23, 194 June 23-July 16, 1948 July 19-23, 1948 July 26-Aug.5, 1948 Week of Sept. 27, 1948 July 1948 Aug. 30-Sept. 7, 1948 Republio Steel Corporation Study of Sodium Flnorlde with representatives of the 0. S. Public Health Service (in oooneotioa with this study. Hr. Fehnel visited the Cleveland, Warren, Xoungatown, and Canton, Ohio plants* Be also Bade several trips te Washington, D. 0.) Deo* 10, 1947 to February 19* 194 \ . 0171 2 Company Reputilo Stal Corporation (Continued) Union Dram Steel Co* Location Hartford, Conn. Union D r a m Steel Corp. .V Brooklyn Plant E. Hartford, Conn. Brooklyn, N. Y. Ideal Foundry & Machinery Co. Newton Falls, 0* Niles Steel Products Dir. Niles, Ohio Warren & Niles Plant Warren-Nilea, Ohio Truscon Steel Company Young3t o m , Ohio Truacon Steel Company Dept. and E Annex Youngstown, Ohio Corrigaa-McKinney Company Cleveland, Ohio Truecon Steel Company Upson Nut & Bolt Company Stal & Tubes Division Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Union D r a m Steel Division Beaver Falls, Pa. River Terminal Railway Cleveland, Ohio Dillworth-Porter Division / Rochester Gas & Electric Company (Study of atoospherio conditions in the City f Hoohester, N. I.) Pittsburgh, Pa. Rochester, N. I. Teleregister Company Diamond Alkali Company East Orange, N* J. Painesville, Ohio Date June 16, 1948 June 17, 1948 February 3, 1948 Feb. 4-5, 1948 February 3, 1948 Jan. 20-Fe >. 6, 1948 April 26-May 3, 1948 April 23-29, 1948 July 13-18, 1948 July 27-28, 1948 July 23-26, 1948 July 22, 1948 August 2, 1948 August 20, 1948 August 11, 1948 Jan. 26-Feb* 6, 1948 May 24-June 12, 1948 February 18, 1948 July 30, 1948 0172 Coatnanv Prudential Insurance Company (Oetermination of solvent vapors at SSultigraph Units) Prudential Insurance Company (Determination of solvent vapors at Multigraph Units) Prudential Insurance Company (Discussed feasibility of noise elimination in 1.3.X. Machines) - 3- Location Newark, N. J. Newark, N. J. Newark, N. J. "1 Date January 9, 1948 April 9, 1948 August 10, 1948 Metropolitan Home Office Services (Conducted noise determinations in the Home Office 3uildings) August 10,11, 12 and 13* and Sept. 9 th. 0173 ^^'; .t'^:' ' V 'Ol f. Hi*" ,v " i s a o 3 T a i & nzaijis su&yata jiM ?Lz'ZQ %*u s a i ?a b Coaosav Armstrong Cork Company ^ Manosell Department {,- Closure Plant U Floor Division L Boavar falls Plant ./ / `-'ritfcaburgh Plant / Diamond Alkali Company The Evening Bullstin Location Beaver falls* Pa. Lancaatar, ?a. Lancaster* Pa. Deavar fulls* ?a. Pittsburgh* Pa. Painesville, Ohio Philadelphia, fa. Data Fsbruary 6 1948 April 5-7 1948 **.arah 17-April 7, 1948 Au U :t 3--6 1948 August 9-11* 1948 January 12- 22, 1948 March 15-16, 1948 ^General Electric Company L/ River Works (shloh includes the Everetts Steal Foundry and the Everett Airoraft Turbine Company) t West Lynn Pleat ^Pittsfield Pleat ^ Elaira Plant Schenactady, 2. Y. Lynn, Hass. - We3t Lynn* lass. Pitt3:ield, Mass. Elaira, See York April 19-33* 194 June 23-July 16, 1948 July 19-3 3, 1948 July 26-Aug.5, 1948 naak of 3e?t. 27, 1948 McCroxy Store Corporation (fe are conducting speoial tests for Ifcls o n o i n ) Na* York* 8. Y. July 1948 Otis Elevator CeapBnv '''tSTS V: ` Iiarriooa* 8* J. Aug* 30*Sapt. 7, 1948 Rapublio Steel Corporation ^ Study of Sodiun Fluorid Ith reprsentatives ot thir U S. Publia Hsalth Service. (In oonneotion ith thls study, Sr Fehnel visited tbe Cleveland, farro, Youngstom, and Canton* Ohio plant R also aado aeverel trip to Washington* 0 0) Deo 10* 1947 te February 19* 1948 0174 i - 2- Company Dooatlog dapublic Steal corporation (Continued) Union Draws SVsel Co. */ Unica Dravsn Steel Corp. ^ Brooklyn Flint 1/ Ideal iounury h flachinery Co. 'Siilea Stavi Products Div. ' barren b "lies Plant c''Truccai! ."itesi Company Hertford, Conn. 5. Hartford, Conn. 3 ooklyu, . ? Uevron Palli, 0. ilos, Ohio '''a.-ran-i'i'llea, Caio Ioung Jt-'n , Ohio ^ / T r u B a o n Steal Company Dept. 8 and S Annex y Corrigen-ticSinney Coapsny y Tra soon Steel Coapany Opaon Sat 4 3olfc Company iou-ii.Jto-m, Ohio Cl07>land, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Clevoiend, Ohio Stsel & lube4 Division */'2alon Drawn Steal Division (/ River Terminal Sailsay -- 1)111xorth-?ortar Division Clovelaad, Ohio 3 -inver Falla, ?a. Cleveland, Ohio Pittsburgh, Pa. l / Rochester Cas & Sleotrio Company (Study of atmospheric conditions in the Cityjif flochestar, 8. Y.) Rochester, 3. Y, V i iTelaregistar Conpeay Diamond Alkali Coapany East Orange, H. J. Painesville, Ohio 1 2*M June 16, 1918 June 17, 1918 February 3, 1918 r'eb. 1-5, 1918 February 3, 19113 J^n. DC--Fe . 6, -918 A. ril 26-Uay 3, 1918 April 23-29, 1918 July 10-- 18, 1918 July 27-28, 1918 July 23-26, 1918 July 22, 1918 August 2, 1918 August 20, 1918 August 11, 1918 Jan. 26--Feb. 6, 1918 May 21-Juae 12, 1918 February 18, 1918 July 30, 1918 0175 Coapggqr Prudential Inaurano# Coapeny (Ceteraination o solvent vapora &t l'ultigrapb Units) Prudeatial Inaurano* Qoaptay (Detenaination of solvent valore at ^altigraph Units) Prudential Insurance Gorapany (Discussed feasibility of no3a alialaatioa in I.B.S* Enchinas) -- 3-- Location nesark, N. J. Hasard, fS. J. {3 3 J# Metropoli trun Hoae Office Services (Conducted no3 deterainutiens ia the i'jae Office Buildings) x;u t 10,11, 12 aai 13# nd Sept# 9 tii. January 9, 1948 April 9, 1948 August 13, 1948 0176 r //> ^ 1vrS PLANTS SCHEDULED FOR SURVEY REPUBLIC STEEL CORPORATION Vance Iron & Steel Company, Chattanooga, Gulfsteel Company, Alabama City, Ala. Thomas Plant, Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham Coal Mines,. Birmingham, Ala. Tenn. Steel 3t Tube3 Division - Elyria, Ohio Niles Steel Products - Elyria, Ohio Steel & Tubes Division, Femdale, Ohio Pennsylvania Coal Mines Iniianola, Pa. Russelton, Pa. Crescent #2 Mine Clyde Mines #1 and #3 Brownsville Junction Coal Mines Chicago District South Chicago Plant Grand Crossing Plant Moline Plant Gary Plant Northern Iron Mines Troy Plant, Troy, N. I. Port Henry Plant - N. I. L. C. & V. Railroad Port Henry, N. Y. Minesville, H. I. Lyon Mountain, H. X. Youngstoma, Ohio Area Youngstown Plant Lake Erie Limestone Corporation Trusooa S t e e l vCoopany, Youngstown, Ohio . Los Angfloi* California Unid^j$un Steel '* ` 'v` ARMSTRONG CORK COMPANY Jackson, Mississippi Plant South Braintree, Maas. Plant Camden, New Jersey Plant Kankakee, Illinois Plant -0-0 0177 F L i m O T S COMFANY \ New Orleans, Louisiana Plant. ALLIS CHALMERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY Milwaukee, Wisconsin. JOHNS MANVILLE CORPORATION Hanville, N. J. - Special Tests. ROCHESTER GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY We are conducting a series of tests to determine atmospheric conditions in the city of Rochester, Raw York WESTON BISCUIT COMPANY Passaic, Hew Jersey GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY Mr. Patrick is at the present tine conducting special tests at the Elmira, 8. Y. plant of the General Electric Company MUTUAL CHEMICAL COMPANY OP AMERICA Special consultant service. MO CROHY STORES OQRPQiilAXIQM Wo a^-H5CrLC-.V-o. nducting a series of special tAsta. POOR WHEEL DRIVE AUTO COMPABX Clintonv illa , Wisconsin UNIVERSAL POUNDRY COMPANY Oshkosh, Wisconsin 0178 A lile * ladurtrtri Proda! rie* Cut OH starlo Stai teabteer OH Aa-nfttt U w w * c u t i * o* Aa*rie** Metti Oh Arxstrset Certe Ob Aebe*to Cari botto Kfccuf&oturinf Co* Atlanti Sefltelag Corp* Bte lite Corportttea B&aaete ad taub 0?tieni Co* Soli Etne J . C. B r ill Co?*? Brovn Co?*? Suayro Eri* Coeptagr C*r?*ettr t*l Co*?*njr J* 2* $o** Ce*?ap Cibo PhftimtUMMttiel fresaci, Ine* Cle&r*tr K*n*fsaturine Co* CnIabU So? 0* Coiiioltof-lhiir Corj* Corning al* orte BitttOSd A lia li Co* **! unfM rtuxii| Co* Sag f s il Oh Sstr tool od teff* Co* tboattt A IdlooH lao* Eleetro-Kettllorgloti Co* To Srealof M U * U th m a tte t o* Fiore Pipo Feoadry &nd Keehioe Co* Fsr teteoti Brio Oh Vrerete un sottet Oh deaerai A irtruft 6op Q*a*r*l Flaolrie 0 S t a m i A*rie Treooporttttctt Ce* erodo f w M rt| A* t* Q m m U r o Sciti Oh S I O M O ' ___n____:____ O h '^--i-'- laterlalm lJ i 0f J irofooio Otiti Oh Jotio-Kaarltt Coffe JTOtetiMt 6epngr lo ti ad Len itila Steel Qotfe Etawady Volvo Oh H it* r 1|44 od OH* Iteti ' ^ un mm nm f L&eled Chriatr tty fredaeto Ce* Lodiate CeajMuqr Ua*tr S r it i 0* L w * t a 8tee* te* Libbef-GweiuHford 01** Ce* Letti v ili Cessent Ce* gatfelo Cfc*ele*l Cor?* KeCrory Etere* E*t& X*fc Co* histouri Portlaad C*=eat Co* Kontante Cbeede^l Co* ^ttttt&l Cbeoil Ccapany cf serie* l&tloBfel Slattali Co* Satisua.1 Lad Co* Risttet Cfeaie*l Co* M nette Handrad Cor? Citte Tile Co* Otl Elevator Co* fesa Steel Ctttt&g C-* Phoenix 01ta 6* EGA Tietor Cei Lt4* Bayfcettet K*nlttt# le Belateli Steel Cor?, Huheetr 0*0 *d Slattici Co* George * Saper Cor? t i l i Pate Ist* ttee Kttteoroid Oh Rundl* Jiaf*etariim Co* Seallitt Steel Co* r. A* salite 6o* Stt&dord Bleeoteerv end m a tta i Co* Tteaoto ed Setto Co* Coleo Carteld Co* S a iw w l foaodry Co* Cnivertel Sandle Co* Vale Lettimittg OH s"S3 ,5f,iShif!.lS*4iao"' (Rooietttr 0o ad i l etri ti* ) C ity o f devoltttdf Oteio CSeptttett Steel Corpor&ttett) 0179 INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE SURVEYS May 1948 - April 1950 Company Republic Steel Corporation Truscon Steel Company Rochester Gas and Electric Company Ss* Mutual Chemical Company Republic Steel Corporation Union Drawn Steel Company Republic Steel Corporation ''V Union Drawn Steel Company Diamond Alkali Company Republic Steel Corporation Truscon Steel Company Republic Steel Corporation Republic Steel Corporation River Terminal Railway Republic Steel Corporation Upson Nut and Bolt Division Republic Steel Corporation Steel and Tubes Division Republic Steel Corporation Dillworth-Porter Steel Division Republic Steel Corporation Union Drawn Steel General Electric Company General Electric Company Armstrong Cork Company Republic Steel Corporation Dillworth-Porter Steel Division Armstrong Cork Company * Republic Steel Corporation Union Drawn Steel Division Location Youngstown, Ohio Rochester, N.Y. Baltimore, Maryland Hartford, Conn. East Hartford, Conn Painesville, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio * Pittsburgh, Pa. Massillon, Ohio Pittsfield, Mass. Lynn, Mass. Pittsburgh, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa. Beaver Falls, Pa. Beaver Falls, Pa. -2- Company McCrory Stores General Electric Company Johns Manville Products Corporation Republic Steel Company Central Alloy District // Canton Plant Flintkote Company Location New York City Elmira, New York Waukegan, Illinois \/ Canton, Ohio New Orleans, La* Armstrong Cork Company Jackson, Miss. Johns Manville Company Manville, N.J. \/// Republic Steel Corporation Plants and Mines Birmingham, Ala. Republic Steel Corporation Vance Iron and Steel Company Chattanooga, Tenn. Republic Steel Corporation Steel and Tubes Plant Elyria, Ohio Republic Steel Corporation Niles Steel Products Niles, Ohio Republic Steel Corporation South Chicago Plant Chicago, Illinois Allied Industrial Products Van Wert,* Ohio Corning Class Works Charleroi, Pa. Republic Steel Corporation Union Drawn Steel Plant Gary, Indiaca Universal Foundry Oshkosh, Wise. Four Wheel Drive Company Appleton, Wisconsin Greda Foundries. , _ Grede Foundries7 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1 Waukesha, Wisconsin Harnishfeger Foundry Bundle Manufacturing Company Eagle Manufacturing Company Milwaukee, Wise. Milwaukee, Wlio. Appleton, Wise. 0181 Company Ladish Company Bucyrus Erie Company J. I. Case Company Republie Steel Corporation Moline Plant Bucyrus Erie Company Bucyrus Erie Company F.epublic Steel Corporation Republic Steel Corporation Buffalo Plant Eastern Tool and Manufacturing Company Republic Steel Corporation Canton Plant Republic Steel Corporation Stark Plant Republic Steel Corporation South Plant Republic Steel Corporation Massillon Plant Republic Steel Corporation Massillon #1 and #2 Republic Steel Corporation Berger Iffg. Co. #1 and. 2 Republic Steel Corporation Culvert Hfg. Co. #1 and 2 Republic S$eel Corporation Truscon Steel-Company Grede Foundries, Ino. Smith Steel Division Grede Foundries, Inc,. Liberty Foundry Division jones and L a u g h U n Steel corp. Benson Mine Location Milwaukee, Vise. Milwaukee, Wise. Racine, Wise. Moline, 111. Evansville, Indiana Eriej Pa. Detroit, Mich. Buffalo, N. Y. Belleville, N.J. Canton, Ohio Canton, Ohio Canton, Ohio Massillon, Ohio Massillon, Ohio Canton, Ohio Canton, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Milwaukee, Wise. Wauwatosa, Wise. Star Lake, N.Y. Company Otis Elevator Corp. Johns Manville, Corp. Johns Manville Corp. Evening Bulletin Congolewn Narin Columbian Rope Company Otis Elevator Company Johns Manville Corp. Manville Plant Johns Manville Corp. Research Division Eagle Pencil Company Eickok Manufacturing Company Bausch and Lomb Optical Company Republic Steel Corporation Republic Steel Corporation Sayreton #1 Coal Mine Sayretor #2 Coal Mine Virginia Coed. Mine Sayre Coal Mine Spaulding Ore Mines Eduards Ore Mines w *' Spaulding' Stripping Operations Alabama City Plant Thomas Plant Pikesville Coal Mine Armstrong Cork Company Floor Covering Closure Plants Location Yonkers, New York Nashua, N.H. North Billerica, Mass. Philadelphia, Pa. Kearney, N.J. Auburn, N.Y. Harrison, N.J. Manville, N.J. Manville, N.J. ^ New York, N.Y. Rochester, N.Y. Rochester, N.Y. Brooklyn, N.Y. Birmingham, Ala. a Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Alabama City, Ala. Birmingham, Ala Pikeavilie, Ky. Lancaster, Pa. Company Republic Steel Corporation Youngstown Plant - Open Hearth Dept. Otis Elevator Company Universal Foundry Universal Rundle Corp. Four Wheel Drive Location Youngstown, Ohio Harrison, N.J. Oshkosh, Wise. Milwaukee, Wise. Clintonville, Wise. In addition to the firms listed above, the Waukegan, Illinois Plant of the Johns Manville Products Corp. sends in dust samples periodically and they are analyzed by our Laboratory. We also have been conducting a survey of the atmospheric conditions in the City of Cleveland for the Republic Steel Corporation, and in the City of Rochester for the Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation. SURVEYS PENDING May 1, 1950 Otis Elevator Company Hamilton Works, Ontario, Canada Corning Glass Works Coming, N.Y. Armstrong Cork Company Closure Plant - Metal Cap Johns Manville Corp. National Lead Company Titanium Alloy Mfg. Div. Niagara Falls, N.Y. Mathieson Chemical Corp. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Niagara Falls District Office Niagara Falls, Canada American Can Company Tydol Oil Company 0184 Rochester Gas and Electric Company Rochester 4 N.. Tf. E. Hughes, Manager Employee Relations Department Mutual Chemical Company 1348 Block St Baltimore 31, Md C. F. Tarr Vice President .V Diamond Alkali Company P. 0. Box 430 Painesville, Ohio Dr. J. K* ork Medical Director General Electric Company 1 River Road Schenectady 5, N., Dr. B. L. Vosburgh Medical Director Armstrong Cork Company Lancaster, Pa Mr. A. S. Keen Safety Director Flintkote Company 31 Rockefeller Plaza lies fork 20, B.. Mr. K. P. Heubner Insurance Manager / Corning-Glass Works Coming, S.. . Dr.- J o h n W. Brown Medical Director pnivfaal Foundry Oshkosh,fis c i, .... Mr./Cari^.'Mtiellar %- * v* -3*. For Company': ,lr. Robert O l i ,^ ' WorkaManager G rede Foundries South 1st St. Milwaukee, Wise. M r ^ James J. Evens vca President :"Wi W?'-: Hamishfeger Foundry 4400 West .Hation&l Avenue Milwaukee 14, Wise. Mr. H. 0. Menck Vice President Rundie Manufacturing Corporation 3305 West Forest Home Avenue Milwaukee, Wise. Mr. R. J . Habermann, Personnel Manager Enameled Cast Iron Plant Eagle Manufacturing Company Appleton, Wise. Mr. Desens, President Ladish Company 5481 8* Packard Avenue Cudahy, Wise. Mr. George Bitters, Jr. Personnel Manager Bucyrus Erie Company South Milwaukee, Wise. Mr. C. K. Charlton Vice President in Charge of Manufacturing J. I. Case Company Racine, Wise. Mr. W. . Anderson, Treasurer Eastern Tool and Manufacturing Company 129-147 Blpofield Avenue Bloomfield, N.J, . Miss C. J .7Wheelwright ' Jones and Laughlih Steel Corporation 3rd A venue and Ross St. Pittsburgh 30,^Pa*..;. : Hr. F.,W. Kelsey:' . Supervisor of, Safety; a n d Welfare Otis Elevator Company. 260 Eleventh Avrts y ,: New fork, 1V ." `. Mr. William J. Niederauer Safety D i r e c t o r ^ Philadelphii' Eveaing Bulletin Filbert and Juniper Streets Philadsljjhik. 5, . Dr. Fred Richardaoci ; Medical Director : 0185 Congoleum Nairn Company Kearny, N.J* . Hr* I. A. Magnus Insurance Manager ; Hikok Manufacturing Company Rochester, N.I* Mr. James ITeldon Director of Industrial Relations Bausch and Lomb Optical Company Rochester, N.I. Mr* Smith, Safety Supervisor American Can Company 100 Park Ave. New fork 17, H.X. iir, L. V. Taylor, Supervisor Health and Safety 0186 Republic Steel Corporation ,/ Rochester Gas and Electric Company. (Arfc y / Mutual Chemical Company C J// Diamond Alkali Company jj- ^ General Electric Company /3 / j Armstrong Cork Company (Jt/'T ^w^_ Flintkote Company /? ^ ^ j / lf^'i ^ ^ *~*^*&` -^^5" > W Allied Industrial Products / Corning Glass Works Jhlrb-' ' S UniTer3al Foundry r M I v^Jjkz ^ ^ kr L/^ < -/Four Wheel Drive Company /(// /I'w, /hAj >^^v. / Grede Foundries ^yr^o^ < y Harnishfeger Foundry fpL P < O-P ' ? * * & fSff* trfi ' ^ . L, ..^ Bundle Manufacturing Company yy/ Eagle Manufacturing Company P % ^ jbt^JL^a) v/Ladiah Company J j u ^ L ^Bucyrus Erie Company e < ^/* P*~*- W T '^ ^ 2 j \1 J. I. Caa Coapany t^a^, ' V . _, V Eastern Tool and Manufacturing Company*^ . . . . / Jones and Laughlin Steel C o r p o r a t i o n ^ ^ ivator C O . J W . - ^ V e A ~ _ ^ yi fe4 ^ ? S 5 ^ T r**w *e *---1--- ...... ... tl . ***** . A jAL.lcIld*uJkd*'*^lL I . ..i J - I fr . ;. *> L A ' ' Haim Company for*, a i 11 - Hiokok Manufacturing Company Jt>Ar+*** f - irt Av. .U i^Z \/ Banach and-Lamb O ptical Coapanqp^^ / -Amerioaa Can Company .' '\ ' 'V;V ' ' '*r . ` ^ 018? % (* Republic Steel Corporation Rochester Gas and Electric Company Mutual Chealcal Company Diamond Alkali Company General Electric'Company Armstrong Cork Company Flintkote Company Allied Industrial Products Corning Glass Works Universal Foundry Four Wheel Drive Company Grade Foundries Haroishfeger Foundry Rundle Manufacturing Company Eagle Manufacturing Company , Ladish Company Bucyrus Erie Company J* I. Case Company Eastern- Tool and Manufacturing Company Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation Philadelphia Evening Bulletin -T. . sx Congoleum H a i m Company Hlckok Manufacturing Company Bausch and L o m b Cptical Company American Can Company \ i 0188 ms.i