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FILE NAME Insulation Contractors & Distributors ICD DATE 1969 June DOC ICD016 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION IDCNA Outlook + section of insulation s " thick insulation take abus is one with properties is for You um silicate { void free . without n resistant to 1250 - ...nt - ... to 'g ---- -- even irns to full dricd out Segmental Ess Nested iest Block " thick your joh t strength t Consult agineer of agineer Products ~ -Published by Insulation Contractors National Association Inc. 3226 Fenton Street Silver Spring Maryland Maryland 20010 S evtAamrwdwath tarr ra 2Smercen aCe E C DCNA outlook Published monthly by IDCNA 8226 Fenton Street Silver Spring Md 20910 301 585-8885 John Pollock Executive Director R. F. Pat Yount Chairman of the IDCNA Publication Committee Officers 1969-1970 A. Marvin Gibbons President Theodore H. Brodie Vice President Duane C. Luse Treasurer F. Yount Secretary J. Kenneth Dixon Immediate Past President Poard of Directors Terms Ending 1969 Wm 4. Bayer MAICAMAICA Jack D. McInnes MICA Homer C. Porter SWICA Leland E. Sweetser AICWS C. E. Thurston Jr AACSS Wm B. Wilkes Large Terms Ending 1970 Gordon W. Harrison CSICA R. F. Yount CSICA Theodore H. Brodie Large Leon T. Choate Large James P. Ennis Large Terms Ending 1971 Palmar Covil AACSS 4. Marvin Gibbons MAICA Paul D. Gauer MICA W. E. Munsey AICWS W. R. Murfin SWICA Regional Reporters MAICA Jeanne Cecilia AACSS L. Hume CSICA Yount William B. MICA MICA William William Wil iam Berglund Berglund Berglund Paul D. Gauer VICA Shilcutt AICWS McCaffree TABLE OF CONTENTS PRESIDENT'S CORNER 7 YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT JOB INSTRUCTOR TRAINING PROMOTING A NEW COMPANY MORE ON SAFETY . WITH EMPHASIS CLOSE LOOK AT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING THE FIVE HORSEMEN 19 LET'S UNTANGLE THE MESS 27 27 BUILDING TRADES PUSH FOR MORE WHAT UNIONS WANT AND DON'T WANT SPRAY ON URETHANE FOAM CALENDAR OF COMING EVENTS IT'S YOUR ECONOMY WHAT'S NEW FROM THE MANUFACTURERS WOULD YOU BELIEVE INDEX TO ADVERTISERS LABOR NEWS 37 COMMON SENSE RULES 44 44 12 NT able duct nd water 4 0000 W& ttsburgh MORE ON SAFETY WITH EMPHASIS New health and safety regulations under the WalshHealey Public Contracts Act have been promulgated by Labor Secretary Shultz Effective May 20 the regulations include changes in standards from those originally proposed by former Secretary of Labor Wirtz Recommended by the National Safety Advisory Commit .. the standards provide for establishing an allow- able level of industrial noise at 90 decibels and for setting a standard for respirable dust at 4.5 milligrams per cubic meter of air In addition a procedure is established for considering variations of those standards which prove unworkable in certain situations The O'Hara job safety bill is introduced in the Senate by Chairman Williams NJ of the Senate Lab r Committee Instead of giving the Secretary of Labor the exclusive right to issue safety standardsas last year's Administration bill did O'Hara bill provides the alternatives of adopting a national consensus standard an establishing federal standard or one arrived at by a nationally recognized standards producing organization Safety yesterday's orphan may be tomorrow's darling Under Secretary of Labor Hodgson tells the Industrial Relations Research Association Less gov- ernment intervention in labor disputes and more safety in the workplace will be an arca of policy emphasis by the Labor Department during the Nixon Administration Hodgson also predicts that Congress will make the first major legislative strides in this subject area that have been made in 30 years by enacting two or three major pieces of safety legislation Construction Before ordering reporting S. 1368 to the full labor and Public Welfare Committee a subcommittee amended the bill so as to include U.S. court review not only for blacklisting but also for alleged violations of safety contract cancellations A clean bill will in the Senate soon of companies standards and be introduced AND WE GO TO PRESS-- Safety Bill Cleared For House Debate Rules Com- mittee paves way for House consideration of con- struction safety standards bill by granting rule allowing one hour of debate and amendments to be offered Meantime Senate Labor Subcommittee rewrites its safety bill along general lines of House measure but with some departures including provision for standards advisory committee of 13 members instead of nine and judicial review of enforcement actions F TYING INSULATION IS EASIER FASTER speeds up jobs as much as 35 2 INSULATION IS TIED MORE SECURELY saves up to 40 of tie wire @ FEWER ACCIDENTS PROFITS GO UP bulky coils of wire gone forever 4 IDEAL'S lb PRECOILED WIRE 12 OR 20 COILS PER CARTON ... SAVES STORAGE SPACE easy to carry no loss or waste Your order for coiled wire filled same day in kinds below 14 to 20 gauge aluminum monel soft galvanized = solid copper covered 10 and 15 coating stainless steel black annealed TEST IT FOR 15 DAYS NO OBLIGATION Write or Phone COLLECT 502-442-1659 JUNE 1969 15 MOUNT SINNED MOUNT MSM SINNED MSM SCHOOL FMEDICINE SCHOOL FMEDICINE of The City University of New York UULATIU UULATIU ETE EE UILIVE PROGRESSPROGES PPROGRRESOS GRESS REPORRETPORSTS FROM THE INSULATION INDUSTRY HYGIENE RESEARCH PROGRAM Irving J Selikoff M.D. Program Direct Vol 1 No. 2 Summer 198 New Mask Undergoes Field Test Science moved out of the labora tories and onto construction sites in April when insulation workers members of Local 17 IAHFIAW in the Chicago area were called upon to play a key role in testing a new type of respiratory mask to protect against job dusts Union members were asked to give their personal evaluation of the ac- ceptability of three variations of a face mask especially designed by scientists and technicians associated with the Insulation Industry Hygiene Research Program IIHRP The project was given top priority when it was learned from a unionwide sur- vey that presently available masks were not much used on the job The survey showed union mem bers had many many for not liking good reasons therefore not present masks Responses offered many suggestions that were incorporated into the design of the new mask See story at left They're not Martians just members of Local mask Each mask is slightly different though Miller Edward R. Grant and James Hupp 17 of IAHFIAW Geld they look alike From testing left to a new type right Alan Although the long objective of IIHRP is to eliminate the generation of asbestos and other dusts on job sites it was considered important Union Union Survey Shows Current meanwhile in develop better protection against breathing dusts unavoid- ably created by werking with insulat Masks Have Drawbacks Drawbacks ing materials It is hoped the newly developed mask already checked out for its filtering efficiency with the HELP Try to convince the men the mask is all important A good respirator can aid our program greatly These comments pretty much sum up the feelings that thousands of insulation workers have about res- piratory protection equipment Most workers find major drawbacks in currently available masks Because of this reaction to present respirators scientists of the Insula- tion Industry Hygiene Research Pro- of a new mask that would be both both both effective and acceptable to insulation workers Such a mask is now in the testing stages of development See story at right The quotations were among re- sponses to a survey of the nearly 18,000 members of the International Association of Heat and Frost Insu- lators and Asbestos Workers Union members were asked by questionnaire about their personal use of masks and how they rated their effectiveness An important finding was that re- U.S. Bureau of Mines will have broad application in other industries where dusty work is unavoidable Three Modds of Mask Tesied Three models of the experimental mask were worn on three successive half work periods by Local 17 members working on the million addition to Commonwealth Edison Company's Dresden Nuclear Power Plant at Morris Illinois Each work er gave his evaluation evaluation of each mask and HRP g gram gave priority to development Continued on center spread i i Progress Reports Vol 1 No. Summer 1969 from the Insulation Industry Hygiene Research Program Editor W. J. Nicholson Ph.D. Published at the Environmental Sciences Laboratory Irving J. Selikoff M.D. Director Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York New York N.Y. 10029 Advisory Council of IIHRP Irving J. Selikoff M.D. Program Director and Chairman E. Cuyler Hammond Sc.D. Vice President American Cancer Society New York N.Y. Albert Hutchinson General President International Association of Heat and and and FFrrFrosoot sstt Insulators Insulators Insulators Insulators and and Asbestos Asbestos Asbestos Workers Washington D.C. J. B. Jobe Vice President Johns- MN.aY.nville Corporation New York Fred L. Pundsack Ph.D. Vice Presi- dent Research and Development Manville Corporation New York N.Y. George W. Wright M.D. Director of Medical Research St. Luke's Hospi tal Cleveland O. 7 PURPOSES OF THE INSULATION INDUSTRY HYGIENE RESEARCH PROGRAM 1. To develop improved methods for minimizing ex- posure of insulation workers to dusts and fumes encoantored in their work 2. To disseminate knowl- edge of these improved methods of dust control wherever they may be applied advantageously and to offer cooperation advice and assistance toward their adoption AyVWAWELE RII see VY uUpu LAWL ICEL Health Expert Join IIHRP William J. Nicholson Ph.D. has been appointed Program Coordinator for the Insulation Industry Hygiene Research Program Announcement of the appointment was made by Dr. Irving J. Selikoff Program Director Dr. Nicholson will supervise over- all coordination between site sampling conducted by industrial hygienists the laboratory analysis of field samples and the task forces organized to seek solutions to the particular problems of the insulation industry He also will serve as editor of Insulation Hygiene Progress Re- ports Dr. Nicholson joined the program this year after having served for eight years on the staff of the Watson Laboratory of Columbia University where he directed research in molec- ular biology and also worked on instrumentation for the automatic detection of abnormal and cancerous tissue cells He is a graduate of the University of Washington where he held Atomic Energy Commission and University Graduate Fellowships In referring to his appointment Dr. Nicholson emphasized that it is particularly important for academic scientists to become involved in the direct needs of society The ivory tower of the university no longer exists To me this program is im- portant and exciting because it offers the opportunity to apply the tools and knowledge of the sciences to the practical health problems of construction workers and the general popu- Duncan A. Holaday a veteran in occupational health work has joined the Insulation Industry Hygiene Re search Program as a consultant to several task forces studying specific health problems of the insulation industry Among his first responsibilities are the directing of field tests of respirators developed for use by insu lation workers and the selection and testing of a feasible contained air supply mask Mr. Holaday comes to the HHRP from the U.S. Public Health Service where he served for 25 years with the Bureau of Occupational Safety and Health During this time he was Chief of the Occupational Health Field Station in Salt Lake City for 14 years and later served as Deputy Chief of the Bureau His experience has included the organization and direction of inten- sive studies of health hazards in spe cific industries particularly those associated with uranium mining He is a recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal of the Public Health Service and the Distinguished Service Award of the Health Physics Society Occupational health problems created by the use of insulating materials are manifold and their solu tions will not be simple Mr. Hola- day said on assuming his appoint appoint ment However the fact ; industry labor and scientific groups are concerned and are cooperating to reduce the hazards is assurance that practical answers will be found Dr. Nicholson Mr. Holaday Cd i oT Insulation worker Bill Sheppard gives HRP staff consultant Duncan Holaday his onjob reaction is new respirator Results of Union Survey Continued) . gardless of a mask's efficiency it was too seldom worn even on dusty jobs primarily because of discomfort and : interference with breathing This par - ticular finding stimulated the IIHRP effort to develop an efficient and ac- ceptable mask that would be worn More than 12,000 members answered the questionnaire nearly 8,700 of them replied to the specific questions about evaluation of the masks About 5,000 men found the masks unsatisfactory some 3,700 } thought they were satisfactory How- ever the fact is that those who said the masks were satisfactory did not use masks any more often than did those who did not find them satis- factory Only 4 percent of the workers said they always wore a mask at a dusty job and almost 30 percent said they never used such protection .. Here are some comments by union members that helped IIHRP scientists as they sought to develop an efficient and effective mask On a hot job the gauze may be come saturated with sweat very early in use and the dust particles soon adhere to the mask making breath- ' ing difficult There is weather and mask condensation in leakage around cool the Most masks are designed to filter visible size dust particles They are of no use in filtering dust of microscopic size Awkward to breathe through and impossible to wear in some areas due to closeness of work Also tends to obstruct full vision Worker dissatisfaction with available masks fell into these categories Discomfort 37 Interference with breathing 21 Problems with filters 14 Unavailability of masks or replacement filters % Inconvenient to work with % interference with vision % Ineffectiveness % Condensation problems % No problems with existing nasks % Results of the survey have been analyzed by scientists and hygienists associated with the IIHRP In de- signing the new mask they realized two essential features were impor tant 1. The mask must he acceptable to insulation workers terms of comfort breathing vision effective filtration etc 2. Effectiveness must be measured in terms of keeping out fibrous dusts West Coast Sites Two industrial hygienists associ ated with the Insulation Industry Hygiene Research Program have completed the second phase of a country survey of insulation industry trade practices Particular emphasis on the trip was given to observing conditions in shipyards William B. Reitze and Ralph D. Hindmarch visited private shipyards in Scattle and San Diego and U.S. Naval Yards in San Francisco Long Beach and San Diego They also vis- ited commercial and industrial sites in Detroit Seattle San Francisco and Los Angeles to study how industry conditions and practices on the West Coast differ from those in other parts of the United States which had been previously visited The applica tion of insulation materials by unions other than the International Associ ation of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers also was studied for possible health hazards IIHRP industrial hygienists have previously visited construction projects and fabricating shops in the east midwest south and southwest sections Wayne Kelley International Orga nizer for the Western States Confer- ence of the IAHFIAW and local union and industry representatives accompanied the HRP team Dr. William Nicholson IHRP Program Coordinator and Duncan Holaday a staff consultant joined the team in the Los Angeles area Field Tests of Mask Continued out improvements for the disposabletype respirator When this has been done further field tests are planned We are trying to develop a mask that is both acceptable and effective because one factor is no good out the other said Dr. Selikoff Director of the Environmental Sciences Laboratory al Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and Director of the IIHRP No mask is effective if it remains in the tool box or clothes locker The field trial was under the direc- tion of Duncan Holaday a consultant to IHRP Assisting him was Dr. William J. Nicholson Program Coordinator of the HRP and George Reimschussel of Johns search and Engineering Center who is working on the mask design --- peo to Control Product Dusts IIHRP Attention Procedures for controlling and eventually eliminating possibly harmful dusts produced by solid waste materials on construction johs are getting attention from the Insulation Industry Hygiene Research Program IIHRP As a first step IHRP representa tives met recently for a discussion of the problem with federal and New York City officials The problem is more than one of controlling dusts from insulating materials said Dr. Irving J. Selikoff Director of Mount Sinai's Environ- mental Sciences Laboratory and also of the IIHRP We are concerned with the total population exposure to dusts that one sees from the great variety of material on every construc- tion site Experimental chamber in which new coating process is shaking loose from various containing materials seen Coating is sprayed out of nozzles on ring applied to prevent dust from A section of pipe covering is A new coating process has been developed to prevent dust from shaking loose from various asbestos taining insulation materials as they are jarred during shipment or handled on the job The process consists of applying a microscopically thin coating of a wax material to open sections of such propdruodcutctss as pipe covering elbows and blocks The coating is pressure on the products be- fore they are packed in shipping containers Developer of the new technique which is still being improved is Elmer B. Hurley a research associate at the Research and Engineering Center of the Manville Corpo- ration in Finderne New Jersey Development of the prouess from the Insulation Industry Hygiene Research Program's overall reduce sources of dust at construc- tion job sites Dr. Hurley said the coating which consists of R wax substance mixed with water is easily and quickly applied through a unique type device It dries by itself within 10 seconds and contains no toxic materials he said The material is slightly tinted to provide visual proof that the surfaces of the insulation products being shipped are covered he said Originally developed as a corrosion inhibitor for various metals the coat- ing reduces abrasion between items in a shipping container This further prevents production of dust Dr. Hurley said research was un- derway to packagepackage the coating mate- in rial aerosol containers for use on job where insulation products Joint Study Discussed The March 20 meeting saw agree ment on the desirability of a coup erative IIHRP project to study and recommend ways to col lect transport and dispose of all construction wastes 3 At the meeting for the U.S. Depart | ment of Health Education and Wel 2 fare were Dr. Marcus Key Acting : Director of the Bureau of Occupa- tional tional Safety and Health Russell : Cummings Cummings Jan Campbeli 3 4 Campbeli and Cummings Campbeli Jan of the Bureau of Solid Waste Management K. K. L. Johnson of the National Air- ;| Pollution Control Administration and Gerald Hansier of the Bureau of Consumer Protection and Environ mental Health Sciences Also partic ipating were Austin M. Heller Com @ i missioner of Air Resources of New York City Dr. Selikoff and two members of the IIHRP's Advisory2a Z Council J. B. Jobe and Dr. Fred L. g re Pundsack both of Johns Manville # " feel we have begun action that 3 will bring significant results to this4 serious problem Dr. Selikoff said In New York City alone 2,000 tons of waste a day arise from construc tion work Four million men through out the nation are involved with some phase of construction The presence of federal and city officials at this meeting meeting is indicative of the magni the con~ ETA Usputes Id alert of any the no- inform natial natial n resenta- parently on with I would he Fedxpected stration board red re- . selling 2 board tionary i't slow le laat I most ulder As out- ALA AND IT STILL GOES UP Continued from page 35 ments all public employees and domestic servants with an hourly guarantee of 1.45 on February 1 1970 1.60 on February , 1971 and 2 one year later p Bringing all workers under the ove time provisions of the Act and a ne f The Coming Polystyrene Insulation Fellas ol ZONOLITEfiDYFOAM TUFHIDEandfiBOARDS for coolers and freezers BLANKETS for tanks and large diameter pipe covering BILLETS for fabrication pay overtime after eight hours in a day and 40 hours in a week p Repeating the provision which allows gratuities to be offset against the minimum wage > Removing off for farm react the 2 the present 1.30 workers so they minimum cut- also In support of the bill Congress- man Dent says an increase in the minimum wage is the only way for the working poor to escape poverty and make employment a reasonable alternative to welfare LABOR NEWS unorganized regions such as the South -A new bargaining combine backed by a huge strike fund eager to match muscles and wits with conglomerates | t We support IDCNA objectives We want your business and will do our best to service your needs from our plant facilities Contact : ZONOLITE DIVISION W. R. GRACE & CO Attn Dyfoam Department 62 Whittemore Ave. Cambridge Mass 02140 Phone 617 876-1400 Shultz tells assemblage ending wageprice is prime domestic concern of Administration and asks delegates not to bargain contracts on assump- tion present rate of inflation will continue in future Get Involved Schoemann Tells Members United Association president exhorts local unions to participate in planning of mode cities programs in their communities to prevent adoption of unacceptable approaches toward utilizing area residents under theory the unemployed and untrained can be turned into " instant instant building building building tradesmen ttrradaesmdenesmen The current price spiral can- not be blamed on labor or business as it is an inevitable result of overly expansionary fiscal and monetary policies during most of the perind from 1965 to 1968 Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Paul W. McCracken tells the Collective Bargaining Forum in New York City He predicts there will be a slowdown of gains in real output plus a drop in productivity sharp increases in unit costs and declines in profits per unit of output with Building pay The average hourly pay of building workers was 5.32 an hour as of April 1 the Labor Department reported Wages rose an average of 1 percent in the first three months of 1969 compared with 0.4 percent in 1968 Raise of 3.25 an hour Five contracts signed by five building- wages and fringes by 3.25 an hour during the contract term The Iron Workers Union rejected the settlement Tradesmen Swarm To Capito Hill Some 3,000 building trades- men gathered in Washington for 14th annual legislative conference listen to long list of speakers then advance on Congress Congress CongreCssongreCsosngress Congress to up support for their legislative program~- with accent being placed on enact- ment of situs picketing and safety standards bills Labor Secretary JUNE 1969 Total Of Minority Apprentices Expands Labor Department reports that number of minority group youths indentured as apprentices through recruitment efforts of Out Secondary Boycotts May 12 markup of H.R. 100 to legalize secondary boycotts at construction sites was posponed by the House Special Labor Subcommittee reach programs throughout country Nixon Administration Readles rose by 1,050 in month period ended March 1. This brings total of Occupational Safety & Health Bill The Nixon Administration is ex- placements to 2,758 over month pected to introduce a broad Indu Court Sustains Jurisdictional trial safety bill designed to dignten and safety standards on the Strike Violation Court of Appeals for Third Circuit affirms NLRB has said the major thrust of the holding that Operating Engineers acted unlawfully by ignoring Na- tional Joint Board award in favor of Iron Workers and continuing to strike to force employer on N",,w motivate performance by States and employers to remedy deficiencies President Nixon is expected to issue a statement on the subject Jersey nuclear power project to assign job starting and stopping electrical welding machine to its mem- bers But court dismisses Board's finding that union conducted second- ary boycott to support its work claim New Healey Regulations issued new Healey Safety Regulations the week of May 19 which differ from those issued in January in three major areasnoise air pollution and coal dust wattle