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FILE NAME: Lone Star Industries (LS) DATE: 19 DOC#: LS OCUMENT DESCRIPTION:dZZEZ^Z KZ TRANSACTIONS 29th NATIONAL SAFETY CONGRESS GENERAL AND INDUSTRIAL SESSIONS CHICAGO OCTOBER 1940 NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL, 20 North Chicago Council. Inc. U. S. INC. Foreword Transactions of the 29th National Safety i and Exposition of the National < 7-11, 1940, are published in two Volume I contains the Sessions and of the various I n - dustrial Sections of the Council. Volume IT contains the Street an<l H i g h w a y T r a f f i c , the C o m m e r c i a l V e h i c l e . Transit, the Child and the Home Safety Sessions. Volume T is distributed automatically to a l l mem- bers of the C o u n c i l . V o l u m e H is sent to members who nre believed to be interested in the se.ssions it contains. However, other members of the Council may obtain Volume upon request. Many Council members have found it advantageous to tribute copies of the Transactions V o l u m e s to the individual executives, foremen and supervisors of their organizations, who make use of the practical safety information the vol- umes contain to organize accident prevention programs. T h e volumes contain a vast amount of standard ma* terial. E x t r a copies of the Transactions may be obtained as follows: V o l u m e I . one to JO copies at $2 e a c h ; 11 o r more copies each. E x t r a copies of V o l u m e H may be had at 75 cents each. TH E ings Transactions are a condensed record of the proceedof the Congress, T h e papers and addresses and many of the discussions have been edited to delete matter, abbreviate the less portions, and empha- size those parts of particular usefulness in promoting effec- tive safety organization and other prevention meas- ures. The volumes are, therefore, a somewhat ver- sion, compact, practical, and of particular value to the dent, the supervisor and the executive in achieving more thorough accident prevention success. T h e original manu- scripts are available for additional reference, if in the fifes of the National Safety Council. T e l u n i Nati nate onal Safety from discus Cou sion ncil, mat t at er s i ts w h i c h are not seeks pertinent to the aims of the Congress or which may be contrary to the policies. However, it cannot accept responsibility for all the views expressed cither in the papers presented or in the discussions based upon these NATIONAL SAFETY Inc. 2 0 North Drive Illinois II Contents Council and Directors Council Purposes and Program Annual Meeting of Members. Annual Banquet General Agricultural Safety Building Maintenance Eye Fire Control and Fundamental Causes of Governmental Safety Service in Health in Industry Industrial Nursing Maintaining Interest in Safety Occupational Disease ' 91 I n d u s t r y . . . . . . 107 119 .151 165 Plant Transportation Psychology and Safety (Early , 197 i Safety Safety Supervisors r Safety Training Visual Education Aeronautical Section Section Automotive and Machine Shop Section Cement and Quarry Section. Construction Section Food Section Marine Section Meat Packing, Tanning and Leather Industries Section Metals Section Mining Section i Paper and Pulp Section Petroleum Power Press Section Public Utilities Section Refrigeration Section Rubber Steam Railroad Section r Textile Section Wood Products Section Safety Exposition Exhibitors Index 305 743 II National S a f e t y Council, Inc. H O N O R A R Y MEMBERS OF Robert W . Lew R, Palmer AND OFFICERS (1940-1941) Ned H. Dearborn, for Education I . W . M i l l a r d , Vice-President for Finance and Treasurer T. Asst. Vice-President for Finance and Asst. Treasurer Walter Vice-President for Industrial Safety Lew Palmer, for Councils and Public Relations A. V. Vice-President for Home Safety R. T . SoLENSTEN, Vice-Presidcnt for Membership L e s l i e J. Vice-President for Public Safety W. H. Cameron, Director and Secretary EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (1940-1941) H . J, A l p r i c h , Spencer Sons, Inc. J. I . Past President K . B e n n e t t , Safety Dept., Automobile C W. President W. Sinclair Prairie Company of Rhode Island H . E . B o l t , South Bend Civic Safety Council Chas. S. Public Utilities Section F. W. Section W . H . C a m e r o n , National Safety Council. Inc. L. C. C a m p b e l l , The Company R o b e r t W . C a m p b e l l , Past B. C h a n t . Ontario Pulp & Paper Makers* Safety Association New York A. Past President M a r c u s A . Dow, Past President Harold F. The American National Red Cross C a d w a l l a d e r E v a n s , J r . , Mining Section D. Past H. J. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. E. E. G r o v e r , Columbus Southern Ohio Company Harry The Pullman Company H . H a r v e y , Greater New York Safety Council G. T. Hellmuth, Rapid Transit Company 4 OFFICERS A N D Continued H a r o l d G . H o f f m a n , New Jersey Unemployment Com- mission W a l t e r G. Past C. Safety J o h n E . L o n g , Past President Thos. H , MacDonald, S . Public Roads Administration R o b e r t A. Public Coordinated Transport Dr. Yale University I. W. Industrial Gloves Company M i l l e r , Petroleum Section L . M i n e r , E . 1. du Pont dc Nemours Co. Hon. Eliot Director of Public Safety, Cleveland E. J. Jr., Safety Council W a l t e r S . P a i n e , Aetna L i f e & Affiliated Companies L e w P a l m e r , Past President C E. Past President G. H. General Electric Company A l b e r t S. Industrial Relations Inc. J. Construction Section L t . C o l . H e n r y A. Past President A . V . R o h w e d e r , Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Company C h a r l e s S c o t t , Past President F r a n k T . S h e e t s , Portland Cement Association C a r l S m i t h , Greater Cleveland Safety Council C. R. S m i t h , American A i r Lines, Inc. R. SoLEN.STEN, Company J. S o r e n s o n , Traffic Engineer, Chicago John Consolidated Edison Company o f New York, John M. Lehigh Valley Safety Council J. R . T e n n e y , Steam Railroad Section C P. Past President G e o r g e G . T r a v e r , Greater Chicago Safety Council V, T r o t t e r , Automotive & Machine Shop Section D r . C . H . W a t s o n , Past A. W . W h i t n e y , National Conservation Bureau R. V . W r i g h t . Railway Age Magazine A r t h u r H . Y o u n g , Past President DIRECTORS (1940-1941) H . J. A l d r i c h , Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc. F r a n k E . A m e s , Marine Section A . L . A r m s t r o n g , Rochester, Y . V e r n W . A u b e l , Safety Div., Syracuse Chamber of Commerce J, B a n a s h , Past President D. A . B a r r e t t , Steel Corporation W . Beck, States Rubber Company S OFFICERS A N D Continued H. K. Bennktt. Automobile Club of Island C Past President E . F. B l a n k , Jones Steel Corporation H . W. Boggess, Sinclair Prairie Oil Company 0. C, Wood Products Section H . E. B o l t , South Bend Civic Safety Council C B. B o u l e t , Wisconsin Public Scrvicc Corporation C h a s . B o w d e n , Public Utilities Section F. W. Braun, Section A. Metals Joseph A . Elizabeth Safety Council F. B r o w n , Standard Accident Insurance Company W. H . C a m e r o n . National Safety Council, Inc. L . C. C a m p b e l l , The Kopppers Coal Company Robert C a m p b e l l , Past President R a y m o n d A . C a r e y , Evanston Safety Council R a y C a r n e y , Kenosha Safety Council Robert I. Aetna Casualty Surety Company D. B . C h a n t , Paper & Pulp Section D e a n M . C l a r k , Food Section W m . M . C l a r k , St. Joseph Safety Council E d w a r d L . C o o k , Rochester Safety Council J. E . Bethlehem Steel Company . Ned H . D e a r b o r n , New a. Past President C. The Liquid Carbonic Corporation R, A. Cement & Quarry Section W. East Bay Safety Council C. R. D o o l e y . Socony Vacuum O i l Company, Inc. J a m e s B . D o u g l a s , T h e Philadelphia Gas W o r k s Company M a r c u s A . Dow, Past President Ralph W . J r . , Springfield Safety Council & Hampden Safety Council Harold F. The American National Red C a d w a l l a d e r E v a n s , J r . , Mining Section D. D. F e n n e l l . Past President Dr. H a r t E . Chicago Rapid Transit Company E d m u n d F i t z g e r a t . d , Safety Div., Milwaukee Association of Cont- merce Victor B. Richmond Safety Council H o w a r d B . F o n d a , Burroughs Wellcome & Co. Inc. A r t h u r C . F r e y . Worcester Safety Council L y l e H . G i f t , Peoria Association o f Commerce Safety Council Randolph Rahway Safety Council H e n r y J. G o r m a n , Blackstone Safety Council W. A . G r i f f i n , American Telephone Telegraph Company H . J. G r i f f i t h , Jones Laughlin Steel Corporation E . G r o v e r , Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company Harry The Pullman Company D. H a r r i n g t o n , U . Bureau of Mines 6 OFFICERS A N D Continued Frank H. Harrison. Harvester Company H . H a r v e y . Greater New York Safcty.Council G. T . H e l l m u t h , Chicago Rapid Transit Company J. C. H e r b e r t , Greater Los Angeles Safety Council H a r o l d G . H o f f m a n . New Jersey mission J, H o l l e y , Child Education Section O l i v e r H o p k i n s , Rubber Section S . B . H o r r e l l , The Carey Salt Company M e r r i c k J a c k s o n , Employees' Publication Section W . F l o y d J a c k s o n , Delaware Safety Council W m . F . J a m e s , Philadelphia Safety Council J a s p e r B . J o h n s o n , Madison County Safety Council T h o m a s P. K e a r n s , Industrial Commission of Ohio H , Kelly, Interstate Commerce Commission W a l t e r G . K i n g , Past President Wm. C. Knoelk. Safety Commission W m . S , K n u d s e n , Detroit Industrial Safety Council C. L . Great Northern Railway Company RoY L e e , Contra Co.sta County Safety Council A r n o l d L o c k e r b y , Grand Rapids Safety Council J o h n E . L o n g , Past President J. W . L o r d , Commercial Vehicle Section H . M a c D o n a l d , U . S . Public Roads Administration H o n . A r t h u r W . M a g e e , Commissioner o f Motor Vehicles, Jersey New Roy S. Seattle Traffic & Safety Council R . A . M c A r t h u r , Public Scrvicc Coordinated Transport H. N. McClellan, Traffic Safety Commission. L t d . D r . M i l l e r M c C l i n t o c k , Yale University D a v i d L . M i l l a r , St. Louis Safety Council I . W . M i l l a r d , Industrial Gloves Company C h a s , A. M i l l e r , Petroleum Scctitm H a r o l d L . M i n e r . E . I . du Pont de Nemours R. B. M o r l e y , Industrial Accident Prevention Associations C L . M u r r a y , Mason City-Ccrro Gordo County Safety Council Gen. Daniel Massachusetts Safety Council M . C. N e l s o n . Des Moines Safety Council Hon. Eliot Director of Public Safety. Cleveland F r a n k N e w e l l . Toledo Safety Council E. J. O ' B r i e n , J r . , Safety Council George C . A. The Edison Company W a l t e r S. Aetna L i f e & Affiliated Companies L e w R . P a l m e r . Past D a v i d A. P a t t o n , Newark Safety Council V. P e n d l e t o n , Power Press Section C E. P e t t i b o n e , Past President G. H . General C'onipany J u d g e H a r r y H . P o r t e r . Street Highway Traffic Section A. A. Section OFFICERS A N D DIRECTORS, Continued Counselors, Inc. J- Construction Section L t . C o l . H e n r y A. Past President A. V. Duluth, Missabe Iron Range Henry S c h a f f n e r , Meat Packing, Tanning & Section C h a r l e s S c o t t , Past President Railway Company Leather Industries E a r l S, Utica Safety Council F r a n k T . S h e e t s , Portland Association John Dr. L .a . Ernest L. Skinner, Baltimore Safety Council Bethlehem Steel Company New Haven Safety Council Safety Dept., Nashville Chamber o f Commerce C a r l L . S m i t h , Greater Cleveland Safety Council C. R. S m i t h , American A i r Inc. V. S n e l l , Chattanooga Safety Council R. T . S o l e n s t e n , Elliott Service Company L e s l i e J. Traffic Engineer, Chicago J o h n S p e n c e , Kansas City Council E. Philadelphia. Pa. J o h n S t i l w e l l , Consolidated Edison Company o f N . Y . . Inc. C . S t o n e , Western Pennsylvania Safety Council John M. Lehigh Valley Safety J. Steam Railroad Section Arthur M. Consulting Engineer C P. Past President ( T r a v e r . (rrcater Chicago Safety Council V. 1. Automotive & Machine Shop Section E. Albany Safety Council Dr. L . General Electric Company J. Superior Douglas County Safety Council Stanley Chemical Section D r . C . H . W a t s o n , Past President W. W e a v e r , Textile Section A n g l i n W h i t e , Safety Div., Birmingham Chamber of Commerce S. E. W h i t i n g , Lilierty Mutual Insurance Company A . W . W h i t n e y , National Conservation Bureau R. W r i g h t , Railway Age Magazine Arthur H. Young. President J. Duluth Chamber o f Commerce 8 Council Purposes a n d Program The National Safety Council is a non- profit, cooperative association whose tive is the elimination o f To achieve this objective the Council advocates the following program o f safety activities: 1. Creating I n t e r e s t Safety. People will try to prevent accidents only when they are convinced of three things: (a) that acci- dents are really a serious problem, threaten- ing personal happiness, industrial efficiency and economic security; (b) that accidents don't "just happen," but that each one has ascertainable causes; that acci- dents can be prevented. The basic require- ment in a national safety there- is a dramatic and effective presentation of these facts to more and more people. Finding Accident Accident causes are not the in any two in any two cities, in any two schools. They are not the same f r o m one time to another. Every Industrial every every school and every other public o r private or- therefore, must study the causes of accidents in its own group, so that pre- vention efforts always w i l l be directed at the things really responsible f o r accidents. 3. Maintaining Interest i n Safety. Peo- ple retain interest in very few things of which they arc not continuously reminded. Therefore, it is the task o f the the the the school, the public and every other educational to keep reminding the worker, the driver, the the housewife and the child that freedom from de- pends caution, and that the way is the right way the way-- from the standpoint not only o f human sat- isfaction, but of social and econ- omy. 4. Engineering Improvement. Many arcidrnts occur because equipment is faulty. The punch press is the auto- are worn, the stairway is crudely built, the is defective, the stop sign is obscured. The avoidance o f requires that safety be built into every piece o f machinery, every home, every school building, every highway. We must insist that the things we whether a or a stop a band- or a blast safe things. And we must be willing i f necessary to pay a higher price because o f this safety realizing that i t is true economy to do so. 5. T r a i n i n g for Safety. Many accidents occur the injured person some other acts in an unsafe manner. This unsafe act often is committed because the involved never has been taught how to <lo the job i n the safe way. Therefore. l>oys and men and women, must be taught how to work, how to drive, how to cross the street, how to live safely. This teaching and training is a joint responsibility of industry, of schools and of gov- ernmental groups and of parents in the home, Supervision for Safety. Many who know well the method o f performing an act nevertheless are involved in accidents because, due to hurry, fatigue, or some other they do not per- f o r m the act in what they know is the safe way. we good foremen in industry, alert patrol boys in our diligent police officers on our parents in our These, through wise guidance o f those under their can greatly minimize the of accident. 7. L e g i s l a t i o n for Safety. Avoidance o f accidents the adoption and scien- tific enforcement of sound lation on traffic, on industrial on public on home construction and maintenance, and on many items of per- 9 300 in which courses are given shop mathematics, materials and methods of aircraft rules and regulations, aircraft radio, internal engines, etc. Each apprentice is at the same time carry- on his regular work schedule in the shops; is assigned to assist a qualified l i - censed mechanic, and his classroom work does not interfere except to the extent that he is f r o m the shops i f a class in which he is enrolled is conducted during his who seem to possess most completely these qualifications. I n a further effort to only the best in the arc made to administer <lextcrity and manip- ulatory to each of these men in an effort to some indication of his true mechanical aptitude and intelligence. tests are inclusive and broad in that they require eight hours to and were chosen upon the recommendation of experts in vocational guidance and em- ployee work shift. An apprentice's work assignments arc ar- ranged so that the work he is doing at any time is closely related to the subjects he is studying i n class; likewise, the entire training program is set up to provide f o r an apprentice spending a given number o f months in each department of maintenance. The applicants finally selected are employed as stockrunncrs or cleaners, where they have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the various airplane and engine parts. They serve in that capacity generally f o r or 12 months, at which time they arc placed in the apprentice mechanics* training As the program has developed, the proh- A l l shop supervisors who have apprentice of selecting capable and dependable mechanics working under make a to place in the apprentice training periodic report to the o f appren- school has itself become somewhat tices and the Apprentice Committee con- the persons selected must possess cerning the rating appear- the intelligence and mechanical aptitude cooperation, conduct, health, necessary to master a highly technical craft, quality of ability, and desire to learn as the stability, energy, and per- and actual severance to complete a four-year training program. Persons placed in this school who do not have the tenacity to see it through, represent a rather substantial loss in time and money. Throughout the entire four-year training the apprentice is taught theory principle in the classroom and has practical instruction and experience i n the shops. Though Airways has found that Experience has indicated that those appli- this method of selecting and training cants who p e r f o r m best arc those who have mechanics requires a considerable had at least a high school education w i t h amount of time and some expense at the some mechanical training and outset, i t has likewise found that the per- Further, i t is found that those applicants sons so selected pos.sess the necessary qual- f r o m families mechanically inclined gen- ifications to capitalize on this extensive prove more satisfactory. training program and that in the long run, Keeping these things in mind, Airways carefully selects f r o m the rather large group o f men who apply, tho.se a considerable amount o f time and money is saved and a more highly capable airplane mechanic is generally produced. ADJOURNMENT A m e r i c a n S o c i e t y of S a f e t y Section Officers 1939-1940 W. B r a u n . Employers j. Jones Laughlin Steel Hydro Electric Power Wis Pittsburgh, Pa. Toronto, E. B u r n s . National at Council, Inc.. A d a m s . International Co., N Y American Association, New York, N. Y. J. I . Engineer. Chicago, B e c k , United States Rubber Co., New York, N . Y. R. Union Carbide Corp., New York, N Y Wisconsin Public Milwaukee. Wis. B u r n s , Kan.sas Safety Calif, (San Francisco Chapter.) City.. Mo. (Kansas City Chap- F r a n k C o n r o y , Union Carbide Co.. Niagara N . (Niagara Frontier Chap- R Pittsburgh Plate Cxlass Co., Crcighton. Pa. (Western Pennsyl- vania Chapter.) E. D o n o v a n , Standard Oil Co. o f California, San Calif. F a r l i n , Consolidated tan hapten) Co. of N . Y., New York. N . Y. (Metropoli- H. F. G i l b e r t , American Cyanami<l Co., N . J. (New Jersey Chapter.) Roy G o d w i n , Philadelphia Electric Co.. Philadelphia, Pa. (Philadelphia Chapter.) United Gas Pipe Line Co., Shreveport. La. (Gulf Coast Chapter.) McA. Industrial Commission of Wisconsin, Madison, E v e r e t t F. K i n g , Lever Brothers Co.. Cambridge, Mass. (Boston Chapter,) E. The Coal Co.. Pittsburgh, Pa. L l o y d , National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D . J. E. L o n g , The Delaware Hudson Railroad Corp., Albany, N . Y P a i n e , Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.. Hartford, Conn. *A. S. Industrial Relations Inc., New York, N . Y. A. R o h w e d e r , Duluth, Missabe Range Railway Duluth, Minn. Ocean Accident New York, N . Y. General Electric Co., N . Y. J. S. S h a w . Hercules Co., W. Smith, Co. Chicago, H. S. S m i t h , Union Carbide & Corp., New York. N . Y. F. Buick Motor Co., Flint, Mich. C W. Traders Insurance Co., Dallas, Texas E. W h i t i n g , Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Boston, Mass. Mine Safety Co., Pittsburgh, Pa, Chairman 301 Safety Congress His habits are slightly above the average, but not beyond the of of workmen i f they try to attam higher standards. Z His physical habits are than the average of the group he supervises. His moral habits are above average but he not a moral prude and docs not try to or condemn workers. 4. His emotional habits are such that he he can do every job than his best men. 8. He exhibits intent to be fair decision. (He w i l l be he exhibit fairness only does not too often and there is never any evidence of intent to be unfair.) The range of each of these detennined by the way the group This may seem too low f o r some o f us. One 1 "an even keel" but can show righteous personality attributed to me by that or shed a tear of human hen 1 want a Maybe thy when everybody knows the situation dc- that is why his 8 6 men and it. why he had a very bad record of 5. His dress and appearance is neat hut not out of keeping with his a foreman must wear a of rather than overalls.) 6. He speaks xvith his men rather than or fl/ them a language by correct diction, enunciation, and pronunciation. swear at i f he smiles when he does so.) 7 He is a good judge of proper perform- ance and knows how to direct but respect i f he insists on showing that and safety of production. The fact is that unless you are willing to have your personality attributed to by the group you lead, have no right to be called the leader. only do you have no but actually not be the even though you may be desig- nated as such. I f and when you are per- accepted by the group to must your you they promote efficiency on the part of the individuals. ADJOURNMENT Cement and Quarry Section Officers 1939-1940 General Missouri Portland St. Louis. Mo. A. Universal Atlas Co., Y. M, The Stone Co.. Pa. J. Portland Cement Chicago. News Letter D e m p s t e r . Canada C ement Co.. L t d . , Montreal, P. Canada, Engineering Committee Chairman--*], ZooK. Lakes Portland Cement ( Buf- falo. N . Y. Membership Committee A. Lehigh Portland Co.. Allentown, Pa. Program Committee P. The General Cru.shcd Co., Easton. Publicity Committee Lawrence Portland Pa. Committee Adams, S. of Mines, Members at Lone Star Cement Corp. New York, N . Y , *W. H . B a k e r . J . Baker Co.. York, Pa. D. B a r r y , Universal Atlas Cement Co., New York. N . Y . J. B o y d , National Cru.shcd Stone Assn,, Inc., D. C. B. Pennsylvania-Dixie Cement Corp., Nazareth, Pa. J r . , Warner Co., Philadelphia. Pa. *F. B . Dewey Portland Cement Co., Iowa. S. W . National Lime Assn., Washington. C. F. E. T o w n , Medusa Portland Cement Co.. Manitowoc. Wis. *A. The New Haven Trap Rock ( New Haven, Conn. Co.. D. C. Officers 1940-1941 A . D i t t m a r , Universal Atlas Cement Co., Hudson, N . Jice M . G r a v e r , The Crushed Stone Co., Easton, Pa. Powell, Portland Cement Co., Cleveland, Ohio. J. R . Portland Assn., Chicago, Letter D e m p s t e r . Canada Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Canada. Committee Lone Star Cement Corp., New York, Y . Committee Henry A. Portland Pa. Committee The General Crushed Stone Co., Easton, Pa. Committee A d a m , Lawrence Portland Co., Northamp- ton, Pa. Committee W . A d a m s . U . S . Bureau of Mines, Washington. D . at Large-- H . B a k e r . J. E. Baker Co.. York. Pa. E. D . B a r r y , Universal Atlas Cement Co., New York. Y . Chairman