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FILE NAME Industrial Hygiene Foundation IHF DATE 1953 DOC IHF043 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Journal Excerpt _ Andrew Fletcher . 2 1953 1953 a job commensurate with his physica) condition job commensurate with physical physical thereby prolonging econom job commensurate condition condition thereby thereby prolonging reflected econom sti years Health education education plant in improved improved including employer employer standards outside teeism by certain certain ccoompmanipesanciomepasni,es - in ~plant health programs reduced reduced absen- teeism than % labor plant health programs same and have cut teeism diseases turnover diseases half Considered Considered this any management absen- cut employees, achieve achieve possible posible _ employees many industries industries shown Twelve new members-- Can Manufacturers Manufacturers Institute Inc. Continental Can Company | Sugar Beet ~ McLean Products Company ManufacturingManufacturing Company Kennecott Copper Corporation Rem Titanium Inc. Owens Corning McLain Fiberglas Corporation Fire Fire Brick Johnson and JohnsonCompany Ruberoid Company St, Regis Regis Paper Company Increase Increase Budgeted Expenditures to over 250,000 000 Excess Excess Receipts Receipts Expenditures of at least $10, Year End Cash and Securities of at least $150, 000 000 consultation been been made made Foundation about about 400 field field surveys Some more extensive industrial studies In specific specific phases specialists problems encountered encountered encountered chemistry addition chemistry the Foundation's engineering engineering medicine medicine toxi- toxi- made 150 cology cology have Foundation's work visits confined the throughout the country But Forty basic research Forty two ed to the field, country, Forty-two basic But rescarch is econom- improved employer ed absen- ve cut ; hat a good gram in ect that = in absen- 4 for their tion for 18 years evidenced r ny | - vironmen vironmen vironmen ining of a be- ress ies majority majority made on majority : addition d toxi- y But esearch studies have been conducted at the Foundation's laboratories here Institute and more than 125 analytical studies have been made Mellon at i wthehenee, ta ees ces the A number of the projects carried out by the Foundation have been on an industry basis so that many companies not directly involved in research have benefited from them Two hundred eighteen companies and associations have taken advantage of the field services offered by the Found- ation many on a plant basis Many more have presented smaller lems and inquiries by correspondence and hundreds of prob- on industrial requests for literature hygiene are received each year In addition to the dustrial Hygiene Digest which is sent to monthly In- the member nearly 2,000 persons designated by companies technical papers by staff members and transactions of the annual meetings and conferences are also distributed Nearly 300 such publications have been released to date The companies which have availed themselves of the services offere by the Foundation have better industrial health programs to show for it But even in the most conscientiously managed companies there is still room for improvement of Constant changes occurring in nature of materials and methods processing especially in the rapidly expanding use of chemicals in all in- dustries create new industrial hygiene problems Because ment was a working environ- judged fairly safe a dozen years ago is no guarantee that hazards have not developed in the meantime An industrial hygiene program cannot remain static any more than production methods can on , ter year go unchanged year af- ; companies That is the thinking behind the request of three of the Foundation's member for industrial hygiene surveys of all their wide _ survey was made for two of the plants A plant- companies eight years ago and for the other five years ago The resurveys will permit evaluation of the made as a result of the earlier studies and will changes sitated by altered conditions " point up further changes neces SL Mellon Institute the Foundation the - - Although Foundation can be justly proud of its achievements in 18 years of its existence everyone connected with it knows vote of thanks to that it owes a problems of Without the Institute's great interest in the the human welfare and projects that are of broad community benefit financial assistmaincgehtgniov t ehanvethbeeFeonucndraetaitoendbyItMiesllboencaIunssetitouftethe guidance and that American industry now has such a competent organization to which it in solvingsolving its industrial health problemsproblems . : can turn for help sWuepipdolretin present And it is because of the deep President of Mellon Institute personal interest of Dr. Edward R. that the Foundation has attained its outstanding position - We are very grateful for his encouragement and -