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FILE NAME: National Safety Council (NSC) DATE: 1945 June DOC#: NSC220 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: NSC - National Safety News - Pneumoconiosis INDUSTRIAL HEALTH (From page 34) El iL t i ii:i^i^iiiiiiii^iif p a c k e d . m -substan tia l b o x e s '--naans/tr u h s u a awd miM&ssutp .a iifip ifg rt? . qpf # rl M, .f,r -' :# /# 0 ACCO-- 'ESULAR YPf i!i !KiS!iM'll-.:'.:,M,.,::ili "J' r /- - M :ir,'. w s iili ahhdobl valued o f hypnotics in acute poisoning, and: on the condition of the vasomotor tend :respiratory centers - and the central nervous system 'flexes in the terminal stages of'D D T poison. Wg- A : Results indicate considerable species .difference-..in- the. effects produced by administration -of DDT. For instance, the rabbit shows; severe and uniform liver damage while the cat shows scarcely any. Possibly the metabolism of this substance is not the same in the two species which possibly ac counts for the difference, lo w protein diet warns ro comrifaute slightly to tire general toxicity but does not maceriallt alter the susceptioitliy ot the liver to the- toxic action of this compound. Studies on the action of a senes or hypnotics and related compounds ir. acute D D T poisoning in rats indicate good- -antidotal effects, from urethane and to a lesser degree from ditan tin, j ' ^n'* J. CAfAfaeis.-- Ii':iH|ii|Vlf'V.; WAmmmwcK ir te s 1 ,A , vi, \ i %\- SJt im t I 1 ' V 4 U,, iosi5 ^ From the jo n rn .J of the American .AWical Association, March 24, 194$. Many other conditions besides sili cosis and benign pneumoconiosis may CLI-Tc CI'CA-C..'- .KtriIIi.-|i' ^ m produce;; a similar x-ray appearance of !'.the;lungs. Among these are spreading | cancer;: .Hodgkin's Disease, miliary tu ito a id Campbell Cotter Pins berculosis, lipoid c pneumonitis, and parasitic and'fungus infections of vari ous kinds. ' Diagnosing between pneumoconiosis * Acco and Campbell Cottar Pins are doing a first-rate job for of any variety and any of the above conditions depends largely upon the many essential-'industries. We draw our own wire for these good cotter pins to assure clinical features of the case, a search ing. history to establish or exclude- an occupational exposure to dust, a thor uniformity. Their shanks are parallel--and they close all the way to the shoulder. Users sometimes say a blind man could ough physical examination and ap propriate. laboratory study. I t is impossible for the: x-ray spe insert these pins. cialist to tell the difference between Other good features: easy, positive locking--quick removal --cleaned by tumbling--packed in substantial boxes with the modulation resulting from the re active fibrosis produced by free silica in the lung tissues and the shadows 01 dear, legible labels and numbers. In addition to regular materials, both types are available pseudo-nodulation cast by Ihe opaque substance itself in benign pneumo coniosis. Therefore,'in, order to differ in Monel, stainless steel, brass and bronze. Steel cotter pins may be had in electro-galvanized, cadmium plated and entiate between silicosis anti benign pneumoconiosis one must have recourse to a much detailed occupational his coppered finishes. tory and, whenever possible, firsthand knowledge o f the environmental con t - l f i i t l l l l 1C C O Voric, Per., g a llo n , Chicago, Qanvtr, Ottroll, lo t A n g tln , Now York, ^ "yJL PhifacfoFphfa, M foburgh, Son Francisco , Portland, Bridgeport, Conn. ditions surrounding the worker. Fre quently m industrial hygiene survey o f the plant must be made to deter AM ER IC A N C H A IN DIVISION mine the nature and concentration of the dust to which the employee is AMERICAN CHAIN & CABLE wwk in Businessfor Your Safety exposed, Advanced silicosis with conglomer ate nodulation is often a disabling clis- 36 Notional Safety New*. Jum , l* * & ease, and when silicosis is complicate-! Oby tuberculosis it is 'fta,-. Asbestos when extensive,, reduces palmon, ventilation. This may embarrass & Jheart'and induce cardiac.fail are. Benign, pneutoocniosis produca nothing but "shadows cast on a roen< genogrini." : ` For these reasons it is,unfair to Hi, worker, to, labor and to industry a;, the- -clinician and tfae: Kwnigeoologis to., take their responsibilities lighilwhen they are 'called on to distiti&u', between, silicosis or asbestos is on r one hand, and benign pneumoco>v on the other. Physical rrorr: i iormtirid','1 /r.;i sL wk'j Impaimtertf r'rti:nf !ov *.v Amri.-n , ;}0 4 S , This report presents the results oi -i stud}' mace of jr-i: pertorman;:; 2,858 physically impaired male female workers as compared with 1 of 5.523 able-bodied male and fen workers o f similar age, experience -uv,: occupational characteristics from standpoints- of accident experience, production and efficiency, sick -Mitceisms and employment stability The average accident frequency ids* fot the 'physically impaired was fourni to be higher than true average frequency rate for the able-bodied. An excessive iv n:>er of accidehlar in certain physical .l'.iv t dassS contributed' heavily lo the i.ccident frequency rate of the msi a:nd group. However,, the physically imp.uired experienced ;proportionately Ii sv severe accidents m an the aide bodied. here Is evidence th at a psychologic element relating co some type; phvdcal impairments plays an irnpor tant role in causing; significant vuu.u to n s o f frequency rate among tba several classes of physical defect::! found among impaired workers in dan studv. Althougghli teas psycnologk ekj J ~ o ~ ---------- r ~ J ---------- c j , ment also exists among the afale-bod;ea, it has greater -ignitkance am*# workers with certain, types of physical defects from the su.ndpoinfc oi preven tion of further nr aairmenc by second injuries and decesmining a safe thresh old of absorption of physically sa* paired workers inio terrain types id industries without raising over-all ac cident and severity rate or production costs in those industries. This psychologic element in ao-1' dent proneness cannot be measured Oi :altered, either by ordinary interview W by matching physical capacities or othee qualifications to physical and other demands' of jobs; li can to some exteiitbe detected '.bcfpng-: ''employment by means of tests winch partially measttwt UiHaiHtl- %****& M*:. Jama. I'NS-. - lb ,, ,1,1 V ' l! / V (vSatety tel a be ffSafiu Isow-n litaiagt! opera sys H liKti; P'.n iff;