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FILE NAME: State Industrial Hygiene Surveys (SIHS) DATE: 1939 DOC#: SIHS001 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Indinana Industrial Hygiene Survey
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I N D I A N A STATE BOARD OF HEAL TH
VERNE K. HARVEY, M.D., C.P.H., Director
I n d i a n a . Su-reat*. o-
no
,a iene.
PRELIMINARY INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE SURVEY OF INDIANA INDUSTRIES
by
THE BUREAU OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE
LOUIS W. SPOLYAR, M.D.( Chief JOHN S. WILEY, M.S., Engineer W ILM A E. RICHTER, Secretary
INDIANA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
1939
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TABLE 13-NUMBER OF WORKERS EXPOSED TO SPECIFIC MATERIALS IN INDUSTRIAL OR SERVICE GROUP SURVEYED
Materials
Total all Extrac Chemical Tobacco Clay, Clothing
industries tion
and
and glass and and
surveyed minerals allied cigar stone allied
Metals (N .O .S )* .................. Dermatitis producers . ... Organic d u s ts ......................... High humidity........................ Extreme temperature changes Silica dust............................... Silicate dusts........................... Gases (N. 0 . S.)..................... Petroleum products................. Nou-siliceous d u s ts ................ Lead........................................ Bituminous coal dust.............. Carbon monoxide.................... Organic solvents...................... Alkalis..................................... Paints...................................... Mineral acids........................ In k s.... ! ................................ Sulphur dioxide....................
Chemicals (N. 0 . S.).............. Infections.................................
Salts (N. 0 . S.)....................... Sulphur and compounds..........
Medicinals...............................
36,549 27,599 22,948 15,623 12,921 11,842 11,312 10,844 10,087
9,647 6,884 6,800 6,364 5 128 3,209 2,741 2,381 2 200 2,134 2,115 1,808 1 j 506 li494 1,248
971 901 650 638 606 579 452 411 318 315 296 232 215 213 154 136 132 122 107
77 77 29 26 11 6 2
164 129 27 16 42 761 144 194 179 236
4 3,320
173 1 2
69
2 1
1,185 911 843 435
1,379 131 786 825 901 214 368 201 383 702 512 351 314 223 107 129 67 17 579 202 32 209 212 147 124 5 82 8 168 73 40 10 18 10 8
33 14 2 5
22 6 2
4 1,230
58
379
523
99
190
355 2,548
33
222 1,083
1,942
11
1,675
4
3 2,308
100
1,344
23
22
664
133
4 2,859
22
128
7
3
647
59
3
477
67
260
48
173
27
156
2
13
9
17
22
29
3
247
42
13
3
1
95
3
16
21
22
10
10
57
3
94
149
8
4
u 1
2
159
5
6
39
1
17
10
90
7
4
77
44
19
29
9
Food and allied
399 11,601 2,164 6,102 1,831
10 688 1,550 879 161 112 686 1,028 188 1,033 66 118 303 137 483
11 10 180 795 17 224 161 53 1 4 29 1 54 93
49
Iron Metalsother
Furniture Paper
and than iron Leather and
and Textiles
steel and steel
lumber allied
26,886 8,354 3,025
860 6,746 6,974 4,711 4,909 5,013 3,914 1,794 1,120 3,165
876 529 1,144 993 1,143 ' 75 513 565 44 267 27 97 143 69 28 280 120 189
75 70 25 59 15 12 4 1 38
69
2,959 366 454 94 381 458 413 547 433 716 840 82 233 215 206 412 325 146 11 49 139 64 57 4
100 4 84 70
132 28 93 7 11
6 12 62 20 1
39 10 47 3
u 7
372
397
44
338 1,468
732
330
215 6,448
725 3,751
127
206
255 2,734
8
53
36
5
20 1,534
12
1
20
513
167
43
39
159
267
25
23
281
327
523
36
310
67
29
8
158 1,841
18
15
266
89
40
17
255
109
48
26
538 1,529
43
19
28
63
41
2
337
53
7
5
46
83
25
50
144
58
11
37
37 1,604
27
15
203
66
29
1
689
34
12
19 1,330
1
7
3
116
16
30
2
26
90
352
91
230
57
46
2
12
5
19
12
1
7
11
2
4
19
14
6
2
12
9
1
3
1
5
14
40
2
5
13
23
51
2
40
3
27
4
20
28
5
1
3
4 2
`Includes metals other than arsenic, chromium, cadmium, mercury, manganese, lead, antimony and selenium. I t is chiefly iron, steel, zinc, copper and tin. (N. O. S.) Not otherwise specified.
Miscel laneous
Mfg
PersoS serviS
2,836 2,088 2,182 1 135
480 260 1,334 930 649 1,070 1,605 182 295 471 379 207 442 101 35 195 9.71
17 156 170 79 80 19 172 221 129 106 98 15
1 35
11 169
6 33 46 2 2 2
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TABLE 14--PERCENT OF WORKERS EXPOSED TO SPECIFIC MATERIALS IN INDUSTRIAL OR SERVICE GROUP SURVEYED
M a terials
Total all Extrac- Chemical Tobacco Clay, Clothing
industries tion
and
and glass and and
surveyed minerals allied cigar stone allied
Food and allied
Iron Metalsother
Furniture Paper
and than iron Leather and
and
steel and steel
lumber allied
Textiles
Miscellaneous
Mfg.
23
Persog servipi
T otal N u m b e r A ll W o r k e r s 247,817
4,704
M etals (N. O . S . ) t ........................... D erm atitis producers............ Organic d u sts.............................
Extrem e temperature changes.
Silicate du sts.............................. Gases (N. O . S.).................... Petroleum products................ Non-siliceous d u s ts ............. L ead ............................................. Bituminous coal dust........... Carbon monoxide.................... Organic solvents.................... Alkalis.................................... Paints.......................................
In k s-- *..................................
C hem icals (N. O . S . ) ......................
Alcohols, esters and ethers.... Salts (N. O . S.).......................
Sulphur and compounds.. .
Halogeaated hydrocarbons ... C hrom ium .................................... M edicinals..................................... A sbestos d u st........................... Organic acids................... Aldehydes..................
14.7
3.5
11 1
2.7
93
0 6
6.3
0,3
5 2
0.9
4.8
16.2
4.6
3.1
4.4
4 1
4.0
3 8
3.9
5 0
2 8
*
2 7
70 6
2 6
3 7
2 0
1 3
*
1.1
*
1 0
0 9
0 9
0 9
1.5
0 7
0.6
0.6
*
0 5
*
0 4
0 4
0 3
0 3
0 2
0 2
0 2
0 2
0 1
0 1
0*1 ...........
15,741
7 5 5 8 5 4 2 8 8 8 0 8 5 0 5 2 5.7 1 4 2 3 1 3 2 4 4 5 3 3 2 2 2 0 1 4 0 7 0 8 0 4 0 1 3 7 1 3 0 2 1.3 1 3 0 9 0 8
0 5 0 1 1.1 0 5 0 3 0 1
1,035 0.4
36.6 18 4 3 2 0 3 2 1 0.4
0 3 0 3
0 3
*
15,343
8 0 3 4 2 3 1.4 12 7 10 9 15.0 8 8 4 3 18 6 0 8 4 2 3 1 1 7 1.1 1 0
*
0 1 0 1 1 6
* *
0.6
0 1
0 4 0 6 1 0
*
*
1 0
0 3
17,456
0 3 0 6 14 6 6.2
0 6 0 1 0 8 0 1
* 0 3 0 4 0.3 0.2
*
*
0 2 0.2
*
*
* 0.1
*
*
*
* *
35,464
11 32 7
6 1 17 2 5 2
1 9 4 4 2 5 0 5 0 3 1 9 3 0 0.5 2 9 0.2 0 3 0.9 0 4
1 *4
*
0 5 2 2
0 6 0.5
0 *1
*
0 2
n 9
80,728
33 3 10 3
3 7 1.1 8 4 8 6 5 8 6 1 6 2 4 8 2 2 1.4 3 9 1.1 0.7 1 4 1 2 1 4
*
0 6
0 .7
0 3
*
0 1
0 *2 *
0.3 0 1 0 2
*
* *
9,474
31 2 3 9 4 8 1 0 4 0 4.8 4 4 5 8 4 6
' 76 8 9 0.9 2 5 2.3 2 2 4.3 3 4 1 5 0 1 0 .5 1.5 0.7 0 6 *
1.1 *
0 9 0.7 1 4 0 3 1 0
0 1
n i
2,056
0 3 16 4 10 5 6.2 0 4
1.0 1 0 1 9 1 1 1 8 0 4 0 7 0 8 1 3 0 9
* 0 2 2 4 1 8
0 7
*
0.3 1 5 4 4
0 6
0 7
18,757
2 0 7 8 34.4 1.1 0 3 8 2 2 7 0.8 1 5 1 7 0 8 1 4 1 4 2 9 0 1 1 8 0 2 0 8 0 2 1 l 3 7 0 1
*
1 9 0 3
*
* *
0.1
12,075
3.3 6.1 6.0 2.1 0.3 0 1 1.4 2,2 2 7 0 6 15 2 0 7 0 9 12 7 0 5 0 4 0 7 0 5 13 3
0 5
0 3 11 0
1 0
0 8 0 4
0 *2 *
0 1
*
0 4
8,232
0.5 4 0 45.6 33.2
*
0.5 0.3 6 4 0 4 0.2 0 5 0.6 0.5 0 5
*
0.3 0 1 0.3 0.4 0 1
* 0.2 0 3
2 .*8
0.1
0 1
*
*
21,822
13 0 9 6 10 0 5 2 2.2 1.2 6 1 4 3 3 0 4 9 7 4 0 8 1 4 2 2 1 7 0.9 2 0 0 5 0.2 0.9 1 2
*
0.7 0 8 0 4 0 4
* 0 8 1 0 0 6 0 .5 0.4
*
0.2
4,931
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1 7 0 6 0 8 0 2
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0 3 1.5 0 1
0 3
*
0 2 1.3
0 1
1 7
1 2
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Chemical and A llie d Industries
Exposures: Table 18 shows the number and percentage of workers
,
rosed to the specific materials in all chemical and allied industries, ac-
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TABLE 18--CHEMICAL AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES
M a t e r ia l
T o ta l
No
%
E x p lo siv e s e tc.
N o.
%
N um ber and P ercent of Workers in E ach S ub G roup E xposed to Specified Materials
F e rtilize r
G as w orks
P a in ts and v a rn ish
P e tro le u m refin eries
Soap
B lack in g , sta in s e tc
C h e m ic al w orks
C o m p ressed gases
N o.
%
N o.
%
N o.
%
N o.
%
N o.
%
No
%
N o.
%
N o.
%
D rugs
No
%
G lu es
N o.
%
G reases
N o.
%
O ils no t P e t.
N o.
%
C o sm etics
N o.
%
(N .O .S )
N o.
%
T otal N o. W o r k er s E m ployed
1 5 ,7 4 1
M e ta ls (N . 0 . S .) . ..
.
A lco h o ls, e s te rs a n d e th e rs .
S o l p h n r ......................
H alo g en a ted h y d ro ca rb o n s . .
A s b e s t o s d u s t .........................................
L acquers--
-
O r g a n i c a d d s .................
H y d ro g e o su lp h id e .
-
A n t i m o n y .............................................
1 ,3 7 9 1 ,1 8 5
911 901 843 835 786 702 579 512 435 383 368 351 314 223 214 212
202 201 168 147 131 129 124 107
82 73 67 40 33 32 22 18 17
10
A l d e h y d e s .....................................................
10
C h ro m iu m .
..............................
8
A m i n e s ..........
....
-
6
5
C y a n i d e s .................................................
5
P h o sp h o ru s
2
8 8 7 5 5 8 5 ,7 5 4 5 2 5 0 4 5 3 7 3 3 2 8 2 4 2 .3 2 2 2 0 1 4 1 4 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 1 0 9 0 8 0 8 0 8 0 7 0 b 0 5
0 3 2 2 1 1 1
0 1 0 1
1
84
0 5
267
1 7
2 24 3 36 8 95 9 10 7 15
2 24 1 12
1 04
5
1 9
2 08
24 9 0 1 04 1
19 2 2 6 4 48
6 22 1 04
1 12
15 5 6
62 1 1 2 "-133 49 8
5 60
5
1 9
1 04
4 48 16 19 0
2 24
1 04 28 10 5
1 04
1 04
2
4
166 1 1 37 2 2 3 9 54 9 54 8 4 47 28 3 19 11 4 4 24 12 7 .2 15 9 0
4 24 51 3 0 ,7
14 8 4
4 '2 4
678 4 3 7,659 4 8 .6 1,584 10 1
12 1 8 1,170 15 3
83 12 2
782 10 2
23
3 4
314
4 1
29
4 3
596
7 .8
28
1 8
70 4 4
50 3 2
56 3 5
13 1 .9
19 2 8
134
37 5 .5
7
1 0
2 03
17 2 5
7 6 11 1
78 11 5
79 11 7
4 06 5 3
8
1 2
2 03
465 494 380 222 135
86 225 134 231
99 2
58
30 51
28
6 1 6 .4
2 9 1 8 1 1 2 9 1 7 3 0 l 3
*
0 4 0 7 0 1 0 4
19
49
3 1
67 4 2
139
8 8
160 10 1
20
4
0 .3
28
1 8
75 4 7
6
0 4
42
2 V
0 3 5
6 09
10
13 0 2
8 12
2
4 06
2
1 01
68 0 9
2
1
6
0 1
10 1 5
1
o '? 6 5 0.7
351 5
18 112
38 6
13 1
10 6
12
3
2
7
2 2 1,156
1 4
76
h 1
92
31 9
24
10 8
48
44
1 7 123
1 1
61
4
3 7
29
0 3
80
2 8
25
1 7
51
2 0
60
20
80
3 4
5
42
12
0 9
0 9
39
3
0 6
34
2 0 3 1
7 3
6 6 8 0 2 1 4 2 3 8 10 6 6 3 0 3 2 5 6 9 2 2 4 4 5 .2 1 7 6 9
0 4 3 6 1 0
3 4 0 3,
5 7 2 9
1 0 .1 33 2 .9 10
2 'o .e
14 ' 1 2
150 1 ,0 2 ,5 2 7 16 1
19 0 8
72 2 8
199 7 9
51
2 0
72 2 8
42 28 6
53 2 1
5 83
64 2 5
8 53
48
1 9
4 2 7 181 7 2
7 47
73 2 9
2
1 3
74 2 9
6 40
12 0 5
2 13
58 2 3
1 07
13
0 5
80 3 2
3 20
14 0 6
8
5 3
9 04
1 07
16 0 6
106
4
2 7
82 3 2 12 0 5
152 6 0
15 0 6
2 0
io
0 4
7 03
76 3 0
65 2 .6
1
28
1 1
3 01
10 0 4
3
1
6
2
5
2
47
0 3
5 10 6 8 17 0 1 21 6 12 8
1 21
3
6 4
1 21
3
6 4
2
4 3
1 21
1 21
133 0 8
12 9 0
1 08
2 0 15 0
5 38
23 17 3
3 23
y 53
2
1 5
3 23
7 53
21 15 8
7 53
3 23 4 30 16 11 3
3 23
24 18 0 7 53
6 45
4 30
2 15
1 08
46 0 3
5 io 9 1 22
1 22
1 22
4
8 7
3 65
1 22
1 23
1 22
2 43 5 10 9
4 87 2 4 .3
1 22 4 87
77 0 5 816 5 2
8 10 4 12 15 6
3 39 2
9 11 7 2 26 3 39
36 4 4 17 2 1
2 26
8
1 0
16 2 0
2 26
0 2
52
6 4
12
1 5
94 11 5
20 2 5
4
0 5
3 04
5 06
3 04
H
1 3
4
0 5
L ees th a n 0 1% (N. O. S ) Not otherwise specified