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FILE NAME Industrial Hygiene Foundation IHF DATE 1956 DOC IHF012 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Foundation Facts - December i bal) : INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATI FACTS FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATI FOUNDATI FOUNDATION FOUNDATION monthly Foundation Facts is to industrial concerns letter issued holding membership in Foundation Industrial Hygiene Foundation The is a nonprofit association of industries for the advancement of healthful working conditions * Volume 18 January 1956 No. 1 NEW MEMBERS OF F 5The Foundation starts the year with four new member companies its roster They are ce ve me Ss Hadas owt MERA ee Min ainiden dan oe Detroit Steel Products Company , Dow Corning Corporation Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association . Casualty Insurance Company Standard Oil Company of Indiana ap Bah DR BRAUN PARTICIPATES IN PANEL DISCUSSIONS Oo ite Dr. Daniel C. Braun Medical Director of the Foundation participated in a program on ~ Absence from Work Due to Nonoccupational Illness and Injury which was a part of the 16th - Annual Congress of Industrial Health held in Detroit on January 23 and 24. The program had special reference to integration between industrial physicians and private practitioners and ~w ' as arranged by the Committee on Medical Care for Industrial Workers which a joint committee of the Council on Medical Service and the Council on Industrial Health of the . American Medical Association ~.- Use of Records ae Dr. Dr. Braun's specific topic was How Can We Make Better a - ' Dr. Braun also participated in the Seventh Annual Ann Arbor Discussional on Occupational Health held at the University of Michigan on January 20 and 21 ; MFO SPECIAL SERVICES TO MEMBERS ss ok, a | There was considerable increase in number of requests for reprints and for other a. information on published literature during 1955. Five thousand pieces of technical literature - were mailed upon request representing 94 different reprints from the Foundation's stock ~ distributed membership which technical _ such available members ; This did not include literature on aspects of oe industrial health were routinely to the as well as the monthly : _. Industrial Hygiene Digest and the Transactions of the annual meeting - '. 7. Se, More members took advantage of the technical advisory service of the Foundation's staff well Consultation by correspondence on specific industrial health problems encountered by member companies was supplied in 120 instances Inquiries sought answers to the toxicity of a wide variety of chemicals and other compounds hazards encountered in their use and _ . methods of controlling those hazards general information on air pollution as well as data on legislation and on dust sampling equipment and methods effects of radiation and protection against it dermatitis from specific substances medical programs and health maintenance techniques mental health in industry and a host of other subjects : . DECENNIAL INDEOX F DIGEST To increase the value of Industrial Hygiene Digest as a reference tool for those in the field of industrial health a cumulative index on the subject matter abstracted in the Digest for the years 1945-1954 was prepared supplementing the yearly indexes for that period Copies have been distributed to all representatives of member companies who regularly receive the Digest H tion119 726 727 1197 _ 44 429 Industrial Hygiene Digest Index 1957 Analgesic formulation clinical trial ; Aniline dialkyl compounds toxicology exposure and Heinz bodies , Anthracosilicosis nontuberculous cavitation and serum proteins 464 64 354 366 79 Atomic energy cont notes for medical officers bk peaceful uses role of chemist rev plants safe design site selection power plant safe design safety record uses 173 787 1321 1320 384 791 239 Anthrax carriers i . Antimony mines toxicological study , ; Antiseptics disinfectants fungicides and sterilization bk rev : a, ; - Anxiety signs and symptoms . ; Argyria industrial 968 600 bone! : 1368 te 833 . ; 482 Arsenic poisoning neuropathy BAL treatment '. spraying and bronchial cancer 1251 -. 601 Atomic explosions warfare burns compromise therapy 116 fallout bibliography conference 397 1026 1326 effects biological effects on foods -. 395 396 1027 1371 532 658 1172 extent and distribution 252 660 monitoring network near explosions radiostrontium see also Strontium medical organization , 117 903 393 .115 Attendance motivations see also Absenteeism 279 Arsenicals dermatosis - - 35 wh Arsine poisoning . 982 Artificial respiration see also Resuscitation while sitting 324 ,. Co - aan Asbestos and lung : tumors 506 - Asbestosis with pleural calcification respiratory _ tests respiratory 761 - 1011 : oe " Ascorbic acid effect on work in heat | . 103 Hearing Audiogram see also use in industry loss . say 766 mS, Audiometer automatic group single and uses see also descent Hearing tests 230 769 880 767 Automation Automation bibliography and disabled workers health and safety aspects Sina industrial problems . ; for sulfur dioxide determination Autometer . 277 1200 175 425 538 Asphyxia hazard and treatment -. Asphyxia Ter, 7 . 20 EM Asthma pot : bakers and millers mS in coalminers ae 930 . o 1428 7 638 Automobile oo Se . ee crash injuries medical aspects 439 exhaust see Exhaust automobile we ee s^' Aviation medicine,training . 1104 Athlete's foot see Fungus infections ~ 7 Atmospheric diffusion and turbulence studies 1049 pollution bk rev see also Air Pollution 947 turbulence small scale 422 . Back injuries see also Low back . causes and prevention survey - Bacteria airborne removal glass use in aerosol studies - filters = _.-_.583 _ .583 438 _ 1199 1038 Atomic age see also Radiation role of physician Nuclear Atomic energy see also : reactors industry medical problems sanitation ventilation . 108 530 898 144 Bacterial aerosols in rendering plant Bakers asthma BAL British antilewisite action in poisoning in mercury poisoning treatment mercury poisoning 561 1428 1290 1120 841 3 x INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION ree FOUNDATI FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATI FOUNDATI FOUNDATION FOUNDATION Foundation Facts is a monthly letter issued to industrial concerns holding membership in Industrial Hygiene Foundation The Foundation is a nonprofit association of industries for the advancement of of healthful working working conditions Volume 18 May 1956 No. 5 8a" COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS OF STAFF ie osu 7) an ney ie ae i Mo EAR Sn os fpr nots oe lie . Dr. C. Richard Walmer and Dr. H. H. Schrenk have been named to a W8ulsan committee of five to advise the Board of County Commissioners of ayo! County on what steps should be taken to provide adequate ventilationAlilnetghheeny Liberty Tunnels Others on the committee are Mr. Earle Shoub of the U. S. Bureau of Mines Dr. William P. Yant of Mine Safety Appliances or Company Company and Dr. Rollo Miller of People's Natural Gas i Dr. Committee Daniel C. Braun has accepted appointment as a member of the _ on Standards of the Industrial Medical Association for this year 1 geared. a PRODUCTS OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION sAir Pollution Studies : at aSOT es The problems of air pollution are complex and broad in scope Their solutions involve the knowledge of the sources and properties of the pollutants their behavior in the atmosphere and the ability to identify and determine on - quantitatively each constituent Information the concentration of contaminants ) must be correlated with knowledge of the effects produced by various levels of and ; pollution with meteorological conditions Only when all these factors are planned _ studied in relationship to one another can proper attack on the problem be evaluation and ea This is the approach to the the elimination of air pollution .. which Industrial Hygiene Foundation takes in carrying out its air pollution studies at the plants of its member companies Studies presently under investigation fall into five main categories =e. fee Co Lo. Co . a , a 7 Studies to information atmospheric 1. obtain on the level of pollution . - - 2 37 before a plant is built inorder to establish a base line for comparison Soo. os. - after plant is put in operation The company will thus be able to ose . "ss _- . determine whether or not its operations are adding significantly to thepues air pollution of the area and the degree of improvement required 2. Studies to evaluate existing conditions in the a plant and the extent to which that community surrounding - pollution concern is contributing to the . __ - 3. Seasonal monitoring around the plant to provide a record of the concentration of a particular atmospheric contaminant enabling a company to appraise its responsibilities with regard to the airpollution problem in its area 4. Stack sampling to determine amount of contaminants discharged ~ ; 5. Special research problems | ; Cont on next page 7 i INDU ITA HYGIENE FOUNDATION 4400 FIFTH AVENUE BiTTami imma fen q q ay ; TTS TE INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION Foundation Facts is a monthly letter issued to industrial concerns holding membership in Industrial Hygiene Foundation The Foundation is a nonprofit association of industries for the advancement of healthful working conditions Volume 18 August 1956 ANNUAL MEETING . No. 8 Final arrangements for the 21st Annual Meeting of the Foundation are nearing completion Invitations and preliminary programs will be mailed at a later date so keep the November 14 and open .- ee ak aon The Medical Legal Engineering and Toxicological Conferences will be held the morning of the first day and a Joint Technical Conference will bring all these groups together in the afternoon for a panel discussion on Health Problems Involved in the Manufacture Sale and Use of Toxic Materials : . - Included in the Medical Conference will be papers on the legal aspects of medical practice and on health counseling = ; 8, The Legal Conference will present a legislative review of the developments in 9.645 workmen's compensation a summary analysis of the New Jersey Air Pollution Law and _ discussion of the medical engineering insurance and legal aspects of problems incident zi 3 the to industrial use of atomic energy aren et eas: : * ele The Engineering Conference will take up various phases of the problem of industrial air cleaning including the Public Health Service's engineering program on air pollution con- | 3%, trol research and development of equipment for cleaning of high temperature gases and spread of particulate contamination from stacks There will also be a question and answer period on , : practical industrial air cleaning problems So The Toxicological Conference will take up the subjects of pneumoconiosis occupational carcinogens and analytical procedures . ; . ; The management session on the second day the General Meeting is designed to open new channels of communication between management and technical personnel in matters of industrial health In addition to a paper on this problem subjects to be discussed are trends in welfare funds epidemiology in industrial health automation and systematic : attention to health in operations research > 7 ot DR SCHRENK SPEAKS ON INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE " Company ae ' Dr. Schrenk addressed staff of Crucible Steel of America's Research - and Development Laboratoriyn Pittsburgh on July His subject was industrial hygiene - with particular reference toxicology . . . ee NEW REPRINTS oo, . Departments paper from the Copies are available on request of a on Evaluating Industrial Medical by Dr. Daniel C. Braun Medical Director of the Foundation reprinted Transactions of Industrial Hygiene Foundation's 20th Annual Meeting . A general mailing has been made to all members of the Foundation of a reprint entitled Importance of Biological Research in Industrial Medicine . of the Copies of the Industrial Hygiene Column by Dr. H. H. Schrenk Research Director are Foundation reprinted from the April 1956 issue of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry also available on request The subject for this column is Compilation of toxicity data provides quick reference sources Toxicity of fumigant mixtures H 1278 1369 1372 1331 1293 1351 294 CE CORR Eos INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION FOUNDATION to industrial concerns holding membership in Foundation Industrial Hygiene Foundation The is a nonprofit association of Industries for the advancement of healthful working conditions : Volume 18 November 1956 So No. 11 ANDREW FLETCHER TO BE AWARDED CHARLES F. RAND GOLD MEDAL . Andrew Fletcher President of St. Joseph Lead Company and Chair- man of the Board of Trustees of Industrial Hygiene Foundation has been selected by the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Mining Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers as the recipient of the 1957 Charles F. Rand Gold Medal Award at the Annual Banquet of the Institute on Wednesday February 27 1957 in New Orleans The Charles F. Rand Gold Medal Award was initiated in 1940 to ' recognize distinguished achievement in mining administration In past years the recipients of this medal were Mr. Robert C. Stanley . Chairman International Nickel Co Mr. Cornelius F. Kelly Chair- man Anaconda Co Mr. George M. Humphrey Chairman M. A. _., Hanna Co Mr. Eugene G. Grace Chairman Bethlehem Steel Co Mr. Harry C. Wiess Chairman Humble Oil & Refining Co Mr. Francis H. Brownell Chairman American Smelting & Refining Co Mr. James D. Francis Chairman Island Creek Coal Co Mr. Eugene Holman Chairman Standard Oil Co. of N. .; Mining Co. Inland Mr. Wilfred Sykes President ee Steel Co Mr. H. Witt Smith Vice President Newmont Ss a oo * The 1957 citation reads as follows Andrew Fletcner . . bw For distinguished administration in nonferrous mining and metallurgical enterprises _ for his inspiring leadership in the mineral industry and for his outstanding contributions toward furthering the professional interests of those engaged in the mineral industries Pottstown Mr. Fletcher prepared for college at the Hill School the Sheffield Scientific Yale University in 1916. Pa and was graduated from After a year in the Harlan & Hollingsworth went shipyard at Wilmington Del as a mechanic he to Baltimore Md as a foreman for the Baltimore Dry Dock Co. In 1918 became Secretary of the W. & A. Fletcher Co. Hoboken N.-J. and in 1924 was in direct charge the business until the shipyard was sold to the United Dry Docks Inc. In 1929 he gave up his connectiwoitnh the shipbuilding industry to become Vice President and _ Treasurer of the St. Joseph Lead Co. ae . : During the period 1929-1940 Mr. Fletcher in addition to his activities in mining was also actively connected with public utilities as he was a Director of the Engineers Public Service Gulf States Utilities El Paso Electric and Western Public Service With the increasing of his responsibilities with the St. Joseph Lead Co. he gave up all connection with public utilities He became Executive Vice President of the St. Joseph Lead Co. in 1946 and President in 1947 - _ Mr. Fletcher Past President of the American Institute of Mining Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Industrial Hygiene Foundation of America Vice President and Treasurer of the American Mining Congress and President of Lead Industries Associ- Trustee ation He Director and of the following organizations St. Joseph Lead Co. Mine La Motte Corp. Bonne Terre Farming and Cattle Co. Missouri Railroad Co. United Engineering Trustees Inc. Engineering Foundation Societe des Mines de Zellidja American Zinc Institute and American Bureau of Metal Statistics Mr. Fletcher is also a member of the following associations Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Yale Engineering Association Holland Lodge No. 8 F. and M. , Mining and Metallurgical Society Metals London Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Melbourne Institute of - INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION - 4400 FIFTH AVENUE _ Cont on next page : PITTSBURGH 13 PA ee fees ee A RRM eee Se eee oe nae ne + eT Foundation Facts - Page 2 INDUSTRIAL 21ST ANNUAL MEETING OF HYGIENE FOUNDATION The 21st Annual Meeting of Industrial on November 14 and 15 was attended health professions Hygiene Foundation held by 650 representatives of . a at Mellon Institute Pittsbur industrial management and . guests medical Attendance at the technical conferences on the first separated into specialized groups to attend day totaled 522. In the morning the ing Conferences In the afternoon afternoon Medical Legal ChemicalToxicological and Engis they assembled together to participate a Joint Technicale Technicale a panel composed of representatives sale and use of toxic materialsmaterials heering toxicological legal and insurance and of management of the medical professions Despite the large attendance at the session discussion from floor was lively The resulting interchange of ideas and this informa s Foundation's meetings which is the promotion ence participants along with a number of new registrants together open new channels of communication between industrial health Total management and attendance at this session was 503 0) ' together . technical personnel Several excellent exhibits pertinent to industrial health display activities were Boeing Airplane i activities were on Contributor , Company General Electric Mine Company Gyroscope Company the American Medical Association's Safety Appliances Company and the United States Department of Association's Council on Industrial Health Health Commerce and photomicrographs Also displayed were publications of the Foundag illustrating research on industrial industrial dust diseases biological laboratory ..:.. - os carried on in the Found H .. 21st Annual Meeting Industrial Hygiene Foundation Mellon Institute Pittsburgh Pennsylvania November 14-15 1956 FOUNDATION FACTS C. Richard Walmer M. D. Managing Director Industrial Hygiene Foundation _ It is indeed a pleasure to have so many of the Foundation's member 3 companies represented here today The charter members of Industrial - E Hygiene Foundation visualized ment of occupational health on ence here today justifies their it as a unifying agent aiding in the advancean industry front and I think your presbelief that industry needed and wanted such an organization The joint effort of companies to foster health of workmen has been an effective method of dealing with economic problems relating to Industrial health Of equal importance in advancing industrial health are the individual efforts of companies to achieve optimum health maintenance in their respective plants I think the member companies of Industrial Hygiene Foundation are leaders in this respect ; . . We want at this time to welcome seventeen new members to this year's meeting They are , Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation ' . - AMP Incorporated - - Association of American Railroads | Association of American Soap and .. : Glycerine Producers Inc. me . Boeing Airplane Company re me The Cleveland Graphite Bronze Company _ _ oo Dow Corning Corporation Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States Farrell Steel Company Jesse S. Morie & Son Inc. Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Company Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association Casualty Insurance Company Sauereisen Cements Company Sperry Gyroscope Company Standard Oil Company of Indiana Wald Industries Inc. Western Maryland Railway a ae 3 C. Richard Walmer During the past year the Foundation's staff important field and research projects completed a number of Environmental for member companies to evaluate the surveys were made atmospheric contaminants and and to devisedecgorneteroolf exposures to dusts and other veys both at measures Air pollution manufacturing operations and in the outdoor sur- industrial plants were carried out and and area surrounding of a large city was made study of the air pollution problems laboratory is nearing completioncompletion Other projects in this finding and chronic toxicity studies of various included -: dermatitis epidemiological was A major study of industrial completed by the medical staff Another on industrial pulmonary These epidemiological studies studies were diseases is under making available a statistically significant nuremqbueerstoefdcbayseinsdustriafliondrustrial groups thus study way Appointed to the Research Inland Steel Advisory Council were Dr. E. H. Company and Dr. R. E. Eckardt Esso Carleton Company Research & Engineering Three new appointees to the Mr. A. V. Bender National Preventive Engineering Committee are Electric Company and Dr. Lead Company Dr. J. V. Grimaldi E. G. Meiter Employers Mutuals of General Wausau Additions to the Legal Committee are Mr. H. M. Jackson Manville Corporation and Mr. Douglas Soutar American Smelting & Refining Company 4 The Toxicological Committee added three new members James F. Morgan Pennsylvania Railroad Company Mr. L. E. Renes llips Petroleum Petroleum Company and Mr. E. D. Sallee of American Can Company New members of the Pollution Control Committee are Mr. Harry C. Aman of the Air Pollution Control Association Dr. C. A. Bishop of United and Steel Corporation Corporation Mr. Lester V. Cralley Aluminum Company of erica and Dr. G. M. Saunders of Socony Mobil Oil Company Inc. We look forward to working with all of these capable men and want to again again those who have worked so and diligently taken such an interest in We want to acknowledge with gratitude the interest and support of Hon Institute's Executive Staff and particularly of Dr. William A. Hamor his in his his capacity capacity capacity as Advisor to the Foundation has devoted a great deal me and energy to the Foundation's activities We are fortunate in having counsel these outstanding scientists and administrators and to have our use the best facilities and equipment obtainable A recent expansion been the new Department of Radiation Research be specially constructed be for which a new building Again may I say that we are happy to have you here with us today and that you are finding this Twenty Annual Meeting both interesting and able . ES AE at dew ais dalsane d hiopad Sep * - INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION TT Volume 18 Industrial Hygiene Foundation The Foundation is a nonprofit association of Industries for the advancement advancement of healthful working conditions December 1956 : . No. 12 ; NEW MEMBERS OF H At the recent Annual Meeting of the Foundation ; H were welcomed into the organization They are the three newest members of : Association of American Railroads Association of American Soap and Glycerine Producers Inc. Minneapolis Regulator Company APPOINTMENT TO H BOARD OF TRUSTEES Director of Personnel Relations General Motors Mr. George A. Jacoby Foundation at _ was elected to the Board of Trustees of Industrial Hygiene 5 ten Corporation the membership meeting in November signs . e signs * FE ' z d by -. CUMMINGS MEMORIAL LECTURER NAMED -been upon Foundation has Dr. H. H. Schrenk Research Director of Industrial Hygiene Association selected by the Board of Directors of the American Industrial Hygiene the recommendation of the Awards Committee as the Donald E. Cummings Memorial Award recipient and lecturer for 1956-57 TWO CHAIRMANSHIP POSTS FILLED BY H STAFF MEMBERS meeting . meeting acceptable places _ Dr. H. H. Schrenk was appointed Chairman of the ASA 37 Committee at held in New York.on December 6. This committee is charged with establishing concentrations of atmospheric contaminants in the atmosphere of work > Dr. Braun Daniel Industrial Chairman of the Commission on Medical Director of the Foundation has been appointed Health and Hygiene of the Medical Society of . : - 7 - the State of Pennsylvania . ot tee REPRINTS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST ~~ Reprints of technical literature by H staff members now available on request- - are as follows - Silicosis The Topographic Relationship of Mineral Deposits toanHdisJta olmoegsicM. L. - Structures Paul Gross M.D. Marian Westrick Ph.D. 1956 McNerney B.S. Reprinted from The American Journal of Pathology flVol XXXII No. 4 pp 739-775 in White Mineral Oil Upon Rabbit Corneal Epithelium Action of Detergents and H. H. Schrenk Ph.D. C. William Weisser M.D. Marian L. Westrick Ph.D. 1956 Vol 14 Reprinted from the A. M. Archives of Industrial Health September PP 265-268 . ** ** ae ek THE FOR STAFF OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION EXTENDS ITS HEARTIEST WISHES PROSPEROUS AND HEALTHFUL NEW YEAR A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON AND FOR - Pee eee ee 4400 FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 13 PA Bioeth oats re Industrial Hygiene Digest Index 1956 Aroclors vapor toxicity 1022 Atomic radiation see Radiation) Aromatic hydrocarbons see Hydrocarbons Arsenic in cigarettes and air cancer problem 1420 Audiometer automatic 386 915 Audiometric tests see also guide Hearing tests 1335 Arsenic trioxide safety data sheet Arsine poisoning cases fatal case Arthritis as from pneumatic tools absence rheumatoid and pneumoconiosis 1283 1284 338 : 260 773 Automation challenge to management effects on labor _ medical aspects . and worker welfare Automotive exhaust analysis hydrocarbons in unburned fuel determination 829 732 856 730 821 1241 822 Artificial respiration see also Resuscitation 18 apparatus testing ) Back pain employability of patients Bagassosis 862 1037 Asbestos inflammatory response . and lung cancer new views workers lung cancer in 89 _ > 1190 379 Asbestosis bodies see also Pseudoasbestosis bodies and cancer lung 250 251 598 case respiration study _ roentgenographic complications 779 1190 1189 1188 912 Ascorbic acid in benzene poisoning 501 Asthma baker's flour synthetic fabrics ee , a 7 - and Atelectasis preumoconiosis - _.) , 254 1038 _ 1448 _ . -91 Bakers rhinitis and asthma BAL - action in uranium poisoning in cadmium poisoning | Barium sulfate dust radioactive pulmonary effects radioactive elimination from lung Barrier creams see also Dermatitis protection from radiation _ silicone tests succinic dinitrile in BCG and coal dust effect on lungs - Belt conveyors - in coal mines safety 254 493 - 340 265 543 596 29 1414 908 1376 - Atmospheric pollution see Air pollution - Benzene and alkyl derivatives . toxicity cee ~ ~ 1431 358 Atomic bomb atomic warfare , content of petroleum solvents . 888 - oe -542 1216 -- data sheet oo co ' burns treatment cataracts statistics 7 1478 determination in air - 1065 1066 1352 - : 886 ; . effect on bone marrow . ~ eye . burns oo. a ; . effects mechanical injuries treatment radiation . . effect on food . ol. : 929 267 1217 1474 . 1215 exposure estimation TL and sterility hazards in tire retreading skin absorption - 224 57 769 1301 58 injuries Atomic energy application industry and community health environmental aspects health and safety insurance legislation power plants radiation hazards 539 : 925 1207 1206 1213 1226 1050 Benzene hexachloride air and food contamination effect on blood clotting tolerance by animals for residues 1311 1312 235 234 761 3