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FILE NAME: Pennsylvania (PA) DATE: 1942 Jan DOC#: PA009 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: PA Labor and Industry Review i ; N N s Y L V A H I A BOR INDUSTRY JANUARY ;V i t W 19 4 2 fr: .EALTH IN INDUSTRY NUMBER to-* j LABOR AND INDUSTRY I REVIEW HEALTH IN INDUSTRY NUMBER P 4 K 43 d e pa r tm en t o f la bo r and ind u str y EXECUTIVE PERSONNEL LEWIS G. HINES Secretary of Labor and Industry FRANK K. BOAL Deputy Secretary MARION K. CONNER Executive Assistant Harry D. Im m e l..................... ............................ Director of Inspection William L. Boylan ............... ......... Director of Industrial Standards Charles Kutz ............................................ .......... Director of Mediation William Douglas............. Director of Private Employment Agencies Margaret M. Memmert.........Director of Research and Information Mary Rice Morrow......................... Director of Women and Children Mark Walter..................................................Director of Rehabilitation William H. Chesnut................. Director of Workmen's Compensation George E. Gwilliam. . . Manager of State Workmen's Insurance Fund Maurice E. B o a te .................................... Supervisor of Disbursements INDUSTRIAL BOARD Lewis G. Hines, Chairman Frank Burch . Albert N. Custer Mrs. M. J. Keane Rau . Wilbert Wear James S. .Arnold, Secretary WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION BOARD Daniel G. Murphy, Chairman Leo G. Knoll Wilmer M. Jacoby William H. Chesnut, Secretary Lewis G. Hines, Ex-Officio STATE WORKMEN'S INSURANCE BOARD Lewis G. Hines, Chairman G. Harold Wagner, State Treasurer Matthew H. Taggart...................................... Insurance Commissioner PENNSYLVANIA LABOR RELATIONS BOARD L. G. Lichliter, Chairman Harry Gifford William L. Dickel Jacob Bryerton, Secretary PLEDC UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BOARD OF REVIEW Clarence E. Blackburn Henry S. Lawrence Melvin L. Jacobs, Secretary I pledge allegii I and to the republi \ ! liberty and justict Frank L. Shallow............Director of Employment and Unemployment Compensation William E. Collier, Associate Director of Unemployment Compen ition H. Raymond Mason........Associate Director of Employment Service 2 " s ->c/ i, ! -T 4 K 43 DUSTRY 1 -ector of Inspection idustrial Standards ector of Mediation ployment Agencies h and Information >men and Children r of Rehabilitation en's Compensation s's Insurance Fund ` Disbursements O "ister .ar ARD 1. Jacoby OARD ce Commissioner ^Vrd j. Dickel 17/ J Of r e v ie w awrence l Unemployment it Compensation loyment Service PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO OUR FLAG I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, d to the republic for whioh it stands:--One nation, indivisible, with lerty and justice for all. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page E xecutive P ersonnel of D epartment.............................................. 2 P ledge of Allegiance to Our F lag.................................................. 3 F oreword ................................................................................................. 7 Lewis G. Hines, Secretary of Labor and Industry P ayment of Occupational D isease Benefits I naugurated........ 8 T he H azards of C hlorinated Solvents......................................... 9 Bureau of Industrial Standards Safety W ork in P h ilippin e I ndustries........................................... 12 By Marcelo P. Bueno, Inspecting Engineer Department of Labor Commonwealth of the Philippines Conservation of H ealth of E mployees in I ndustry................. 17 By Harold H. Keller, Manager Medical Department and Safety The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania The Diamond State Telephone Company H ealthy I ndustry I s B alanced I ndustry....................................... 25 Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board T he R ole of I nsurance in I ndustry Safety................................. 28 By James A. Burbank, Superintendent Engineering and Inspection Division The Travelers Insurance Company Organization C hart of th e D epartment T alon, I nc., A T w entieth Century P e^ nsylvania E nterprise 35 I ntroducing F rank L. Shallow......................................... 1.............. 41 T h e Contribution of th e B ureau of E mployment and U nem ployment to H ealth in I ndustry.................................................. 42 I n dustrial H e,' By Mary 1 Bureau c Wages Adding H ealth By M. P. 1 Bedding Bureau o T he R oad B aci Bureau of H ealth i n ' I ni By William Bureau o T h e P ennsylva B ureau of R esi T his I s W hat r I ndustrial B oa L ist of D epart: Page 2 . 3 7 lo i . . 33 PRISE 35 41 iEM42 " TABLE OF CONTENTS--Continued Page I mii strial H ealth of W omen in I ndustry.................................... 47 By Mary Rice Morrow, Director Bureau of Women and Children and Hours and Minimum Wages Adding H ealth to Comfort.................................................................... 53 By M. P. Frederick, Chief Bedding and Upholstery Division Bureau of Inspection T he R oad B ack to W ork....................................................................... 57 Bureau of Rehabilitation H ealth in I ndustry........... .............................. , ................................... 63 By William H. Chesnut, Director Bureau of Workmen's Compensation , T he P ennsylvania Occupational D isease Act (In B rie f).......... 69 Bureau of R esearch and I nformation............................................... 72 T in s I s W hat T hey Say.......................................................................... 75 I ndustrial B oard M eetings.................................................................. 78 List of D epartment P ublications....................................................... ' 92 lg of them ;he United other toxic y designed e different g a workfrom dust .round the riy;tinfi a lying uo)m as iditions. f finely a glaze, /entilai 'spray By so ie haz- THE PENNSYLVANIA OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE ACT Several of the more important as well as more descrip tive portions of the act are here presented in an effort to acquaint the public with its general provisions. T HE present Act was approved by June 21, 1939, and amended June Governor 12, 1941. Arthur H. James, on It applies to disabilities and deaths caused by occupational disease as defined in the act, resulting from employment within this Common wealth, irrespective of the place where the contract of hiring was made, renewed, or extended, however, it does not apply to any such disabil ities and deaths resulting from employment outside of the Common wealth. The term "occupational disease," as used in this act, means only the following diseases: (a) Poisoning by arsenic, lead, mercury, or manganese, their prepara tions or compounds, in any occupation involving direct contact with, handling thereof, or exposure thereto. (b) Poisoning by phosphorous, its preparations or compounds, in any occupation involving direct contact with, handling thereof, or exposure thereto. (c) Poisoning by methanol, carbon bisulphide, hydro carbon distil lates (naphthas and others), or halogenated hydro carbons, or any preparations containing these chemicals or any of them, in any occupation involving direct contact with, handling thereof, or exposure thereto. (d) Poisoning by benzol, or by nitro, amido, or amino derivatives of benzol (dinitro-benzol, anilin, and others), or their preparations or compounds, in any occupation involving 'direct contact with, handling thereof, or exposure thereto. (e) 'Caisson disease (compressed air illness) resulting from engaging in any occupation carried on in compressed air. (f) Radium poisoning or disability, due to radio-active properties of substances or to Roentgen-ray (X-rays) in any occupation involv ing direct contact with, handling thereof, or exposure thereto. (g) Poisoning by, or ulceration from, chromic acid, or bichromate of ammonium bichromate of potassium, or bichromate of sodium, or their preparations, in any occupation involving direct contact with, handling thereof, or exposure thereto. (h) Epitheliomatous cancer or ulceration due to tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil, or paraffin, or any compound, product or residue of any of those substances, in any occupation involving direct con tact with, handling thereof, or exposure thereto. Y ' :Y Y : - ... Y Yi ' ' 'Y 1 <:Y vjY 'Y Y i vv;Y'Y ,;Y . Y-Y" i vYY^vYYY' :;y l `Y<.Y'V`Y ' 70 P ennsylvania L abor and I ndustry R eview (i) Infection or inflammation of the skin due to oils, cutting com pounds, lubricants, dust, liquids, fumes, gases, or vapor, in any occupation involving direct contact with, handling thereof, or ex posure thereto. (j) Anthrax occurring in any occupation involving the handling of or exposure to wool, hair, bristles, hides, or skins, or bodies of animals either alive or dead.. (k) Silicosis or anthraco-silicosis (commonly known as Miner's Asthma and hereinafter referred to as anthraco-silicosis) in any occupation involving direct contact with, handling of, or exposure to dust of silicon dioxide (Si02) . (1) Asbestosis in any occupation involving direct contact with, han dling of, or exposure to the dust of asbestos. According to the act, no compensation shall be paid when the dis ability or death is caused by the employe's violation of law, but the burden of proof of such fact shall be upon the employer. The maximum compensation payable for disability and death result ing from silicosis, anthraco-silicosis, or asbestosis shall not exceed the sum of thirty-six hundred dollars ($3,600), which shall, be full and complete payment for all disability, present or future, or for death from such occupational diseases arising out of employment by any and all employers in this Commonwealth. The right to receive compensation under this act is not affected by the fact that a minor is employed or is permitted to be employed in violation of the laws of this Commonwealth relating to the employment of minors, or th at he obtained his employment by misrepresenting his age. Compensation for the occupational diseases enumerated in this act are paid only when such occupational disease is peculiar to the occu pation or industry in which the employe was engaged, and not common to the general population, and occurring within one year after the date of his last employment in such occupation or industry. Wherever death is mentioned as a cause for compensation under this act, it shall mean only death resulting from occupational disease and occurring within three years after the date of his last employment in such occupation or industry. Compensation for silicosis or anthraco-silicosis, and asbestosis, shall be paid only when it is shown th a t the employe has had an aggregate employment of a t least four years in the Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania, during a period of eight years next preceding the date of .dis ability, in an occupation having a silica or asbestos hazard. Compensation shall not be payable for partial disability due to silicosis/ anthraco-silicosis, or asbestosis. Compensation shall be pay able, as otherwise provided in this act, for total disability or death caused solely (as definitely distinguished from a contributory or Tm accelerating c. silicosis, anthr pulmonary tu If it be sho' of disability, the occupatioi employe's occi . employment, 1 The employ shall be the t exposed to the of the length < claimant allege silicosis, asbesl to the point o years, the onb employment th pational disea effective date period of less t not be deemec claim shall be section, and hi When compe by silicosis, ar disease which exposure of five due to such di Commonwealth ease Fund hei Fund), in acco . gins between ( inclusive, the e of the compens monwealth fifty date when disat the employer a shall respective October 1, 194 centum and th( per centum; if employer seven Commonwealth September SO, 1 tional Disease ] October 1, 194'< centum and the centum. The e; provided in this begins on or aft cutting comapor, in any lereof, or ex- andling of or es of animals as Miner's cosis) in any f, or exposure ct with, han- when the dis: law, but the i death resultiqt exceed the 'be full and , or for death nt by any and ot affected by e employed in ie employment presenting his ted in this act ir to the occuid not common after the date Wherever death shall mean v_-^ing within ich occupation . gestosis, shall i an aggregate th of Pennsylue date of diaard. ability due to 1 shall be paybility or death ontributorv or T he P ennsylvania Occupational D isease Act 71 accelerating cause) by silicosis, anthraco-silicosis, or asbestosis, or by silicosis, anthraco-silicosis, or asbestosis, when accompanied by active pulmonary tuberculosis. If it be shown that the employe, at or immediately before the date of disability, was employed in any occupation or industry in which the occupational disease is a hazard,- it shall be presumed that the employe's occupational disease arose out of and in the course of his employment, but this presumption shall not be conclusive. The employer liable for the compensation provided by this article shall be the employer in whose employment the employe was last exposed to the hazard of the occupational disease claimed, regardless of the length of time of such last exposure: Provided, That when a claimant alleges that disability or death was due to silicosis, anthracosilicosis, asbestosis or any other occupational disease which developed to the point of disablement only after an exy sure of fivQ or. more viiLTi., i.iif ariiy employer 'able shall be the last employer in whose employment the employe was last exposed to the hazard of such occu pational disease during a period of six months or more after the effective date of this act; and in such cases an exposure during 'a period of less than six months after the effective date of this act shall not be deemed an exposure. The notice of disability or death and claim shall be made to the employer who is liable under this sub section, and his insurance carrier, if any. When compensation is awarded because of disability or death caused by silicosis, anthraco-silicosis, asbestosis, or any other occupational disease which developed to the point of disablement only after an exposure of five or more years, the compensation for disability or death due to such disease shall be paid jointly by the employer and the Commonwealth (out of moneys to the credit of the Occupational Dis ease Fund hereinafter created in the State Workmen's Insurance Fund), in accordance with the following provisions: If disability be. gins between October 1, 1939, and September 30, 1941, both dates inclusive, the employer shall be liable for and pay fifty per centum of the compensation due and the (Occupational Disease Fund) Com monwealth fifty per centum thereof. Thereafter, depending upon the date when disability begins, the proportions of compensation for which the employer and the (Occupational Disease Fund) Commonwealth shall respectively become liable shall be: If disability begins between October 1, 1941, and September 30, 1943, the employer sixty per centum and the (Occupational Disease Fund) Commonwealth forty per centum; if between October 1, 1943, and September 30, 1945, the employer seventy per centum and the (Occupational Disease Fund) Commonwealth thirty per centum; if between October 1, 1945, and September 30, 1947, the employer eighty per centum and the (Occupa tional Disease Fund) Commonwealth twenty per centum; if between October 1, 1947, and September 30, 1949, the employer ninety per centum and the (Occupational Disease Fund) Commonwealth ten per centum. The employer shall pay the full amount of compensation provided in this act for disability or death in all cases where disability begins on or after October 1, 1949. LIST OF DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS, JANUARY 1,1942 The following publications of the Department of Labor and In dustry are available free of charge, unless a price is indicated. Re quests for free publications should be made to the Department of Labor and Industry, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Requests for copies for which a charge is made should be addressed to Bureau of Publi cations, Division of Documents, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. SAFETY REGULATIONS Abrasive and Polishing Wheels, 1937 Affecting Employment of Minors, 1939 Affecting Employment of Women, 1941 Bedding and Upholstery, 1939 Boilers, 1938--Price $1.00 Brewing and Bottling, 1939 Canneries, 1937 Cereal Mills, Malt Houses and Grain Elevators, 1939 Compressed Air Apparatus, 1939 Construction and Repairs, 1940 Cranes and Hoists, 1940 Dry Color Industry, 1940 Elevators, Escalators, Dumbwaiters and Hoists, 1939--Price $.10 Electric Safety, 1939--Price, $.20 Explosives, Storage, Handling, and Use of, 1939 Foundries, 1937 Head and Eye Protection, 1940 Health and Accident Hazards in Tunnel Construction, 1939 Hours Provisions of the Woman's Law, 1938 Industrial Home Work, 1938 Industrial Lighting, 1940 . Industrial Sanitation, 1940 Labor Camps, 1939 Ladders, 1940 Laundries, 1937 Lead Corroding and Lead Oxidizing, 1937 Logging Sawmill, Woodworking, Veneer and Cooperage Operations, 1937 Machine Tools, 1938 Manufacture of Nitro and Amido Compounds, 1938 Manufacture, Storage and Transportation of Fireworks, 1938--Price $.10 Mechanical Power Transmission Apparatus, 1940 Mines Other Than Coal Mines, 194(>--Price $.10 Miscellaneous Hazards and Conditions of Employment, 1941 Paint Grinding, 1937 Pits and Quarries, 1939--Price $.10 Plants Manufacturing or Using Explosives, 1940 Plant Railways, 1937 92 L ist Power, Foot and Har Printing and Allied I Protection from Fire Class I Building; Class II Building; Class III Building; Class IV Building; Construction, Insta! Systems, 1941 Construction, Insta! 1941 Fireproofing, 1938 Grandstands, 1941 Operation of Motioi Storage and Handl Film, 1930 Specifications for St; Railings, Toe Boards, < Safe Practices Recomi Spray Coating, 1941 Stationary Engines, 19 Textile Industries, 194 Trenches and Excavat Tunnel Construction a: Unfired Pressure Vesst Window Cleaning, 193! Bulletin No. (In or; 5 Laws Administe 1938 edition 13 The Personnel 1926 15 Safety Organize 18 Opportunities a Eighteen in th 27 History of Child 29 Hours and Earn 1929--Price $. 31 Hours and Earn duatry, 1930-- 33 How Many Are . 35 Hours and Earn Industry, 1931 RY 1,1942 bor and In dicated. Reepartment of sts for copies eau of Publiia. Price $.10 1939 rage Operations, AvJ rks, 1938--Price snt, 1941 L ist of D epartmnt P ublications 93 Power, Foot and Hand Cold Metal Presses, 1940 Printing and Allied Industries, 1938 Protection from Fire and Panic: Class I Buildings (Factories, School, Public Buildings, etc.), 1940 1 Class II Buildings (Theatres and Motion Picture Theatres), 1941 Class III Buildings (Places of Public Assembly), 1941 Class IV Buildings (Apartment Houses, etc.), 1941 t Construction, Installation and Maintenance of Emergency Lighting Systems, 1941 Construction, Installation and Maintenance of Fire Alarm Systems, 1941 Fireproofing, 1938 f Grandstands, 1941 Operation of Motion Picture Projectors, 1940 Storage and Handling of Photographic and X-ray Nitrocellulose Film, 1930 Specifications for Standard Fire Escapes, 1940 Railings, Toe Boards, Open-Side Floors, Platforms and Runways, 1940 Safe Practices Recommendations, 1930 Spray Coating, 1941 Stationary Engines, 1940 Textile Industries, 1941 Trenches and Excavations, 1939 Tunnel Construction and Work in Compressed Air, 1936--Price $.15 Unfired Pressure Vessels, 1938--Price $.15 Window Cleaning, 1939 SPECIAL BULLETINS Bulletin No. (In ordering, specify Special Bulletin) 5 Laws Administered by the Department of Labor and Industry, 1938 edition 13 The Personnel Policies of Pennsylvania Department Stores, 1926 15 Safety Organizations and Accident Statistics, 1929--Price $.10 18 Opportunities and Conditions of Work for Minors Under Eighteen in the Glassware Industry, 1927 27 History of Child Labor Legislation in Pennsylvania, 1928 29 Hours and Earnings of Men and Women in the Silk Industry, 1929--Price $.20 31 Hours and Earnings of Men and Women in the Hosiery In dustry, 1930--Price $.10 33 How Many Are Jobless in Pennsylvania, 1931 35 Hours and Earnings of Men and Women in the Knit Goods Industry, 1931--Price $.10 94 P ennsylvania L abor and I ndustry R eview 36 Women Workers After a Plant Shutdown, 1933 37 Asbestosls, Part I, 1934 38 Report of Governor's Commission to Investigate Special Polic ing in Industry, 1934 39 Pennsylvania Labor and Industry in the Depression, 1931-1934 42 Asbestosis, Parts II and III, 1935 44 Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, 1935-1936 45 Earnings of Women Workers in Pennsylvania Manufacturing, With Special Reference to the Clothing Industry, 1938 46 Survey of Carbon Disulphide and Hydrogen Sulphide Hazards in the Viscose Rayon Industry, 1938 47 Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, 1937-1938 48 Department of Labor and Industry's 1939 Accident-Prevention Contest ' 49 Department of Labor aad Industry's 1940 Accident-Prevention Contest PERIODIC PUBLICATIONS D epartment R eport Pennsylvania Labor and' Industry Review ^quarterly) I ndustrial Statistics Building Operations in Pennsylvania Municipalities (monthly) Changes in Cost of Living in Pennsylvania (quarterly) Employment and Payrolls in Pennsylvania Industries (monthly) Industrial Injuries in Pennsylvania (monthly) Industrial Injuries in Pennsylvania (yearly) Labor Relations Report of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (annual) Safety Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Industrial Safety Conference, 1940 (annual) Unemployment Compensation Pennsylvania Employment (monthly) Reference Library Bulletin (monthly) Report of Activities (weekly) Trends and Totals, a Summary of Activities Veterans Placement Activities (monthly) Weekly Financial Summary (monthly) I Workmen's Compi Workmen's Cc Volumes J Volume y Volume X Volume 2 Volume X Workmen's C( Volumes 1 Volumes ! Volume X Volume X Volume 2 MI! Bedding and Uph< Kapok Feathers and I Hair and Its 1 The Sterilizati Child Workers Child Workers dents to IV Employment Employment ( Part I. Est Hours for Six January 1935 1 Part II. Sui for Sixty-Five December 194< Part III. Ai and Average B 1935 to 1940, i Employment 'l Thirty Thousa: I ndustri-`-L T omew Industrial Hon Three Cents ai work in P< Labor Relations Rules and Reg 1939 VIEW 13 ite Special Policession, 1931-1934 try, 1935-1936 i Manufacturing, ustry, 1938 Sulphide Hazards stry, 1937-1938 cident-Prevention ,, 'snt-Prevention ) arterly) lities (monthly) irterly) iustries (monthly) * 1 (annual) 'fety Conference, [monthly) List of D epartment P ublications' 95 Workmen's Compensation Workmen's Compensation Board Decisions (annual) Volumes III to XVII inc......................................... (each) $.75 Volume X V I I I ................................................................... 1.00 Volume X I X ....................................................................... 2.15 Volume XX ......................................................................... 2.25 Volume X X I ....................................................................... 1.50 Workmen's Compensation Court Decisions (annual) Volumes IV to XTV inc........................................... (each) $.75 Volumes XV and X V I .......................................... (each) 1.00 Volume X V I I ................... 1................................................ 1.50 Volume XVIII ......................................................... 1.65 Volume XIX ................... V ....................................... 2.25 MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS Bedding and Upholstery Kapok Feathers and Down Hair and Its Substitutes The Sterilization of Bedding and Upholstery Materials Child Workers , Child Workers in Pennsylvania, an Analysis of Industrial Acci dents to Minors, 1934-1939 (published in 1940) E mployment Employment Conditions in Pennsylvania Industries: P art I. Estimates of Total Employment, Payrolls and ManHours for Sixty-Five Industry Groups, for Each Month From January 1935 to December 1940, inc. Part II. Summary of Index Numbers (Base 1935-1939 = 100) for Sixty-Five Industries, by Month, From January 1935 to December 1940, inc. P art III. Average Weekly Earnings, Average Hourly Earnings, and Average Hours Worked per Employe for the Six-Year Period, 1935 to 1940, inc. Employment Trends in Philadelphia, 1933 Thirty Thousand in Search of Work, 1933 I ndustrial H omework Industrial Homework in Pennsylvania, 1937 Three Cents an Hour, an Intimate Picture of Industrial Home work in Pennsylvania, 1936 Labor R elations Rules and Regulations of Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board, 1939 l \ i' i i . i I! : I f P ennsylvania L abor and I ndustry R eview M inimum Wage A Minimum Wage Budget for Employed Women in Pennsylvania, 1938 Occupational D isease Occupational Disease Compensation--Report by vania Commission on Compensation for Disease, 1933 the Pennsyl Occupational Powers and D oties op D epartment Organization and Functions of the Department of Labor and Industry, 1938 R ehabilitation Restoration of the Physically Handicapped, the Pennsylvania Program for the Reestablishment of Disabled Persons in Use ful Employment, 1934 Vocational Rehabilitation for the Physically Disabled, 1934 Safety Recommendations for the Development of a Safety Program, 1935 Unemployment Compensation Administrative Research Bulletin First Biennial Report, Unemployment Compensation Law, 1938 Supplement to First Biennial Report, Unemployment Compensa tion Law, 1939 Rules of Procedure, Unemployment Compensation Board of Re view, 1938 Statistical Information Bulletin Workmen's Compensation Workmen's Compensation Supplement, November 1934, Report of. Governor's Committee on Workmen's Compensation Admin istration and Advisory Committee Graphs