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FILE NAME: Crane Company (CRC) DATE: 1936 DOC#: CRC014 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Trade Journal Article - Manufacturers News Silicosis Committee JIAM.7ACTt.mj M W J ' Silicosis Committee vrrdict ol $10000 against ih rompsny hd ftcrardi hern in aside by the Court of Appesii on ihc ground that no netticene Illinois Manufacturers'Association O. . Mount, Choirm tn O 'ItUuCoOSIS And simitar dixiHi caused Q__ "j-1th t inhaling ol dust have crested such * problem tor all Illinois manufac turers. involving millions ol dollars in claims tor damages m common-law suits, that the only remedy seems to be to include such casts in the Workmen's Compensa tion Act. Several meetings o( the Silicosis Com out. there is weakness. more frct|ucnt colds, bronchitis, inAuenia and presently tubercu losis following silicosis due to irritation. "The question ultimately musi be stilled on a permanent basis with a properly drafted occupational disease law. A uste board to pats upon silicosis sivl similar diset its should be appointed, separase from the present Industrial Commission. The Illi II thr part ol the employer hsd born nuhltdini, bin ihe txpen-e ,,f the case had io be Wriir bj iht rmplojtr Mr. Hirth thought all such cates iheuld 1 be tried under the Workmen's Compensa tion Act. There wis no need ol t jury. The evidence should be presented to eom. mittinns. as was the practice in Canada and Crest Britain. He referred to 128 cases against one employer in bt. U n ii, which hid netted $100.000 for one attorney, if idicoiii ciaes were tried before a com mission, n would be possible to pay the compensation in monthly installments and mittee and its tub-committee ere held during the year. At a meeting on Septem ber 8, it was unanimously decided in intro duce an amendment if possible at a special nois Industrial Commission does not want a lot of lune cases. Dust will have to be stopped at sis origin as s result of more eareful methods in factories. Dissemina if the employa went jck tn work and -showed an improved condition, the award could bt cut down or discontinued. j. L Earlywine ol she Illinois Sicel session of the Legislature, reading as fol lows; tion of dust must be avoided. "hew industries can cupe with this ailicew- Compony stated that up to three nr four years ago, no employer realised the danger Amend paragraph 7 of sectiou J of the tis problem and remain financially sound, from siliemis and other dust distases. Compensation Act by initftm g therein even if they settle tlte eases. There should Twenty years * t v no foundry ever had alter the word in il second line, " vapors,* be physical exam inaiions at least evtry a east of silicosis. If lawyers and doctors the following: "silicon dioxide dust or other six months and if the' workman shows w trt hmest, moss of the cases could be noaiout or poisonous dusts," so that said tuberculosis or heated tuberculosis, he de(tiled, he said. paragraph shall read as follows; should be put in some other occupation. t SUItm Dlastfe "In any enterprise wherein molten metal, know o l twenty men who are the apparent Mr. Earlywint stated he had defended or explosive or injurious gates or vapors, picture o l hrslth. but x-ray examinations oses daring tht last two and one-haiI years silicon dioxide dust nr other noxious or show silicon dioxide." and bad reached tbs condition that silicio poisonoui dusts, or inftammabt* vapors or Dr. Hirvry recommended that those dioxida U tht only dangerous dost He fluids, or eorroiivt acids a rt manufactured, present secure the following pnblieatsum foe thought ft would he sufficient so hmend the used, generated, stored or conveyed in a study of the effect of dust npno certain Act to cover such eases. Every industrial dangerous quantities." distaste: employer of Minois was subject la such Itm frmttlm Ketwrt by tha Industrial Commission of rases sod must ha in a positron tn deland Thereafter add to section 3 a new para graph 7Vi at fallows'. Wisconsin, on "Effect of Owe Upon the Respiratory System." Htpnrt by the Industrial Ccwmiiilot of himself against a racket. He referred tn damages io which 34 per cent ol the lacs went to tht lawyers and mated that if an pla"yAencyredsiusaltbinilgityfrtoomorexdpeoastuhreotfoansilkemen- Wneidscinonnswini,shgdivuinstgfugmeneear,av!aporodraerasndingacoitn*. ahma gwtooyualdbhlaemluedckay Jifudhgamegnott oUf MSISMfoOr, dioxide dust or other noxious or poisonous dusts, shall constitutt an accidental injury Kepoet by a commission appointed by Governor hnchen on occupations! disc*set. himself after iff the court costs wtrt paid. He referred tn in unsuccessful tttempt far which compensation shall bt payable under this Act' issued by the Pcnnsylvaaia Industrial Com mission, Harrisburg. lo secn an amendment tn the Workmen's Compcnmtkt Act it the lait session of the Alter a brief presentation of the par-, Journal ol tht Amtrku Modini Asso- Mams General Assembly, the (silure bring pose of this meeting, Dr. A .U . Hsrvey c f S T w A S w I i m of the Crane Company was called upon to l . hrgriy due to the fan that the employers discuss "Siliemis and Duse Diseases from a I#gol dinrrte arm Ml OMid. The prtant plan waa to Medical Point of View." I A. C Hirth of the Owvne-lMasie Class imiodact an amendment tn the Workmen'! Silicon and similar dost diseases. Dr. I Company, ta&ed s tht " tin t Aspects of Compensatimi Act. which would inelude Harvey pointtd out, confront tlHmoas and \ Silicosis and Qthtr Dost oisoasit*`*" tilicso dioxide and other dust disettes, and every other state. A few months ago it SIam case, involving dost diacasas coo- It ho Mentary tn obtain an agree- was estimated damage claims involving sthatrd a racket, he stated, but the problem ym with organised tahr to the amend JWWUIOO had either beta tried or sta r te d ..b.a..d....i.t..s....s.e..n..n..a..s...s..i.d..e.....W....h..ile many costs ment is rdtf ta htre the proposal sub- Probably doable that Imount at the praams were fnudukM. to employer timid not go tniitid ht the Gavcnmr'i eaO lor a Special time confront employers. Compenisria* is ban conn with their fraudulent banner Sestina, and also for the rrason that a two- asked of industry for certain workers who as a basis. Massy esses we bnoo fide. thirds vu of tht Legislature was ecas- presumably art disabled, bat fat reality a There might nr might ora ha liability. airy to mss* the passage of the proposed tribute is being levied upon industry by Pur M years there hat been knowledge amDenarviimdoRn.kCiatriscpe. neosiuasteanLketai.lked no the tpheorssoenwsluw>haore cgleatitmingtothabetribtauitnerefrdo.mTthhet tthaiant ctyeprteasinnfdidsueasst.esTwhetrelawmunruednembypicaetres importance oi luring the amendment in- money is going to smart dncMrs and that a workman should have safe plate hided in the tall fee a special session ant lawyer s. In which to work. Fnr twenty years there pterropuopsewditthhatrMeprr.esEenartalytwivtenseotiaklaebtohre. nut "Thirty years ago." sold Dr. Harvey. hat been more or k it kanwlcdge til duel "h was predicted that a gradual increase diseases m various countries and for fif- W. F. Cmcembe ol the American Man of lung diseases due to occupational dust lem years this country has been srodyktg ginavnoaltveinSgurISiUCBom&pMantty,instadtaedmatreie-nwtiiereeasoenl might be spewed. but no <mr canceled the the effect uf dust upon tbc respsrasory sys growth ol thousands of eases. It has Wen tem. tbr court dockets in New York. called a depre-smn disci*--tht plaiatiff has nothing to iota and may hart tome Mr. llinh ruled that she subject of >fe citI legislation enrering dust haesrds had F. H. Elam a i the American Steri Foondrira. suted the kervau d n o t ol rnm ptntatsuo cases in Pennsylvania n-vrring silico thing to gain. been eon-kkred in a number oi stairs ami sis amnuMsd to about 8 per rent. "Silicosis and simitar diseases art caused in stwral states laws retain to the hassrri by tht nhalatiun of microscopic panicles' hid beets entcUtl. in Mitra where such CwMiaowtthh E d itas Company. Chi- of tdica which lodge io the tunas and de taws were nut in effect, plaintiffs tank their rag. has filed with th t Iilm ni, Com velop slowly--the progress of die ifi-etse citimi fur dsmlge before ennunoo Is merce Commission i tenes of industrial depending upon the quautisy inhaled and the courts. This was txetedingly rxprnsivt ratr changas which should interest many tune of ealeisure. hvmptmns aptuar (oe tnitiloyrrt. Tht Pnmrytvsnia Pulvtr- tiiaunlaeiurrrs in Chitago. T h t rom- slowly, with hortueM ui brrutlt and diffi iter raw bad ro-t PW.OAb fnr Irtal ex- p an r's contract department , prrp artd culty m breathing. The appetite is capncs- iwn-es. iiwlu-liiig a record of die east. A lo give lull information.