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22/ PiPCSTRIll Hrt'.TV SICTIO?: * 1948 Ply-t 'T-e 4 to til of 66 surreys of health conditions sis conducted In the plants of oar Croup polieyboldtrs 67 the ambers of the Industrial Syrians Laborrtory Stiff teirj tie peer 1948* Kill* tils is a decrease in tie sunbtr cede la 1947, tie plants surged ware larger tad, therefore, affected tit health of any aors of our Croup certificate holders. The laboratory, In conj^setion nith the United States Public Health SerrineJ ^rsiertoo': a study of the use of sodlun fluoride during the pourinr of ris steel In open hearth furnaces. This study was taien at tie joint request of tie Unitei Steel Tor'iers of ireriea--3.1.0. and the Republic Steel Corps.--, "he addition of sodlun fluoride to colten steel at the tine It Is poured into ' . nolds helps produce an unusually touy':i steel rhieh i.s free frsr hlor holes. It does not create a health hazard chich could be attributed to the use of sodlun fluoride. This eor.clurien concurs rith the findings tht we hare cade of tests taien of these operations covering a period of tires years. ' la 1935, tie Buffalo, Her Tori plant of tie Republic Steel Corporation ras insured for Croup Insurance, i surrey nas aade of tie plant and reeomendationsl for tlia control of hazards found *ere sent to tie l!an**oent of the Republic Steel Corporation. Based on this service, the Republic Steel Corporation insured the liwes of *1! their employees niti the understanding ti`t every plant rould b surveyed ones every tro years. Ths Republic Steel Corporation is nor re-uestithat surveys be cade annually in all their pleats. i 00545 -2- The Corpianr also cants the laboratory to piss on the posricl* heelth canard* of substituted nr materials and the introduction of new manufacturing processes. This worle alone will Increase the activities cf the field and laboratory staff approad-netely 25 percent. The study of the ateospherle conditionj is the clt7 of Rochester was continued during the yaar. This has been done far the Rochester Gas & Zleetrie Caapeny to detanine chethar or not hrcardous substances are disseminated Into the air of the city fron their ssoke stasis. The Rochester Gas & Electric are building two ner power houses and this study will be continued for two years longer when these new plants are in operation. i great deal of newspaper publicity was given to the fatalities in Dooora, Pennsylvania as a result of suspected pollution of the air fren factory s taels. Cn* of our policyholders who happens to be the largest user of fluorspar ii the 7tHey re-guested us to sale a stud;?- of any possible air pollution fror fluorides tana ting fron the shads of his plant. I!o excessive ccnoantrationc of fluorine of a ha carious nature were found. One of our polioyiolitrs who rarufaotures chromates ha* bed a number of elairs -due to lung ccneer due to chrome. It was planned to erect a building which would hart an efficient ventilating cyste.n to control any haoard -shich would be developed. Our 7entilatl*i Engineer spent sene tins during tie year with tha eoastruotion engineers In going over their plans for the building ana incorporating into th*se plans^,efficient ventilating control?. A lar-e insurance eonpar.y reouestsi the laboratory to sale a series of tests in their nultigrapa units to determine the vapor concentration produce i 0054G 3- by detain^ fluid. Studies *<re also udt of sols* Is their 1.3.'-'. machine rooas end zone suggestions c*r cade to Improve the condition. The following arc tone representative pleats vhich vert rarveyed during year: The Jlintkote Company Allied Industrial Products ^Semins Class Wor'cs .tepublic Steel Corporation - General Electric Company Johns-Venrille Sosnrsv _-- Dianor.d Alkali Coapcnr . Rochester Gas L Eleetrie Corcpcny KeCrory -Stores " Evening Huiletia Test*.--. Biscuit Ccnpiny SUsdtri Bleeciery printing Ce=pan7 ~~~ -taplss collects; is the slants end scat to tie Eor.e C.'.'i:* necessitated tikir; 3,165 analyses. Ties* entailed taelyses of tie re^uitr run of substances suti as sills;, 1 asbestos, lead, cargmess, mercury, fluorine, acids, solvents, hydrsccricr.;, ; .! etc. Studies are being conducted la tis Hone Office Divisions viere 1.3.':. Punch Press aeehines trs operated in an atteupt to find ztjt of elinir.itir.g tie noise,., ' Staples of tie vet-i xatsr cad soap solutions usevi in tie Courisscry ii>:isi:r. *ere teste 1 beccuss some cases of dercatitis ird been reports; to ine -'edict! Division. 00547 4 4 too-year study has been nada of the use of triethylene glycol for the prevention of eolii and other respiratory conditions. Ope section of our air conditioned fruildinr There about 500 enployses ere located ns used aa the trtaiadat rooa and a control roon ns set up in another pert of the air conditioned unit, Curing the latter half of the past year, the asplayees Tileh had previously bee used as eontrols'nro treated rlth the triethylene glycol, cad tiose thich prerlously had been treated uere now used as controls. Records rere iept of the respiratory infections of both groups and baeteriai counts were side in these rooas. The results were negative and the study was dis continued. ' TT.. The experimental fluorescent lighting installation on the lith floor of. viit 1 ras eorpleted during the year and the report of the Lighting Connittee' has been submitted. A...? t < f During the year of 184S, Cr. UeConnell received 28 conplaints of poor V' lighting. Inspections were zsade and reeo.ucer.iations autnitted far ixproresent. The mount of credit received fron our Group policyholders during the year of 1948 mounted to ?7,166. 51 Thi* represents incidental expenses of travel and nainter.mee in one field incurred 'ay our laboratory Technicians .rile ' surreving the individual slants. The General Heotrie Connery partially pays -5- for laboratory service* is well is for tnrl expenses. The reisoa for this is that the Croup contract ith the Ccnsrtl electric does nst Include service. ' The satire (count spent for travel la the Industrie! Health Seetloa mounted to $7,946.38. One thousand nine hundred ninety-four (1,994) recutita were received for lnforantion end isslstir.ee on industrial health end general health subjects during the yetr. This is in increase of 77 percent over 1947. is in the past, these recuests covered a vide variety of subjects and were received frsa every state in the Onion, as well as froa cany foreign countries. 7b: recuests froa foreign countries were evidently es a result of cur radio end narerire advertisements. i nunber of our Grcup policyholders have ashed our assistance in ressr.-.e.-.din; a doctor to head up their medical units. Sue to the increased use of fluorescent leap tubes, rany policyholders have ashed for information oa the correct and safe disposal of .these tubes. ' Several eases of poisoning have developed frsa the berylliua used in these leaps. Another subject ahieh seens of interest lately it the use of color dyotries in industry to prevent fatigue and prevent accidents. The nigeiir.e of the /jsericca asdicel Association, "Kygeia," carried tn article that the `ietropolitan had been using the glycol vapericers ohier. hud been successful in controlling and preventing respiratory diseases men; the L 00549 00530 - 7- SUtu lr=j. ' l booklet entitled "Decaapressian Slclaiess" cu prepared for tie Derek Ham1. ,-i >*nP~- Airin* tha 7w# Dr. Lutz* Attended 57 seetlnjs tad conferences held in different peats of the country or in the Hone Office 3uiliir. He give e paper at the Fifth Post Graduate Coursa in Industrial L'ediclna at the Long Inland I'edieal College and one on Industrial Hedieire to the Staff of the North Country C0n.nur.it7 Eospital, Destbury, Long Islend. r- -'......n During the year, Dr. VeConnell attended IS seetings and conferences, and ' gave toe lectures to the class of the Institute of Industrial and Social Vedieir.c of the Ken lark University. -- r.t--.-i l*r. Tehntl attended three eonnittee meetings during the 7ear. la"'ttr-s j Dr. DeCannell hts been invited b7 Hr. Edvard Cars!, Industrial Ce=issier.eJ of the Stats of Ker fork Depertrer.t of Labor to becone a aeaber of the Advisory j Coesittee for preparing proposed rales relating to Control of Silica Dust in ^ Stone Crushing Operations. - I . r Hr. Tehnel has been ashed to serve on the Nona.-.stir7 Conrlttee for Uererr- :rr Ccuneil Centers as the representative of the Industrial Hygiene Section of 00551 8 ! the Aatriean Public Health Association. Ha has also batn ashed to aerr* on the Subcommittee on lye Protection of a* the Aserlc^ii Standards Association Safety Code for the protection of Head, Eyes and Hesoiratory Orjans. ' Ihare are attached a fee of the tuy letters va liavt received teUinj of the value of our services* Er. Henry Almond, foreerly I'eiical Direetcr of the Brown Connery, Berlin, Sew Hanoohire joined the Staff of the Industrial Health Section on July J, ISIS. Dr. A. J. Lars* retired on December 31, 1?4? to taJ-ce urn full time his duties oiti the Institute of Industrial liedicint of the V. sr- ferh "*.iT*r:i*.y, ' Bellevue "edict! Center. 0055:: 005r3