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FILE NAME: New York State & NY Times (NY) DATE: 1951 Nov DOC#: NY104 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: NY Dept of Labor Monthly Review - Occupational Cancer [Continued from Oct Issue] The matena, on this page was copied from the collection of the National Library of Medicine by a third party and may be protected b y U .S. C o S la * w (BOCUMtNT StLIiUiy NewYork State Department of Labor ONTHLY REVI EW D ivision o fIn du strialH ygiene & SafetyStandards V o l. 30 NOVEMBER, 1951 No, 11 lE iefA T OCT 1951: FFICIAL AGENCY IN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE Leonard G reenburg, M.D. Director The chief fu tJtn p srp f rhur Official industrial hygiene agency is to maintain safe 'and healthful working conditions m ? certa*n states, the ends to be achieved are set forth m the Public Health or Labor Law. For example m the Labor Law of the State of N ew York, the Industrial ommissioner is charged with the duty of protecting the workers as follows: 6 "SK tl0n 20- General Duty to Protect Health and Safety of Employees -- All places to which this chapter applies shall be so constructed, equipped, arranged, oper ated and conducted as to provide reasonable and adequate protection to the lives, health and safety of persons\m ployed therein. The board shall make rules to carry into effect the provisions of this section." In certain jurisdictions the charge is not so specific but is rather a part of the general police power of the state and of the Health or the Labor Commissioner. In practice there has been little question of the possession of authority in a given area -- for with few exceptions, the power to enforce is well accepted. r r u While the objectives of industrial hygiene are well crystalhzed and accepted in most areas, it is important to note hat the means of attaining these ends are often left to the decision of the industrial hygiene administrator. For example, m a certain health department, the Division of Industrial Hygiene locates a definite health hazard after study and test. The problem is to achieve correction and control. It is at this point that the enforcing authority has leeway m method. In general, in labor departments, the enforcement of safety rules and regulations is achieved in a somewhat routine fashion, i.e., the inspector is required o issue the orders immediately on perceiving the so-called violation. W ith respect to health violations; the industrial hygiene divisions may, after finding a violation, move to obtain correction by agreement. N ot being successful after a reasonable period, the Division of Industrial Hygiene may forward the papers to the Division of Inspection for necessary enforcement. The important fact is that the in dustrial hygiene division has considerable latitude in ar ranging for compliance with its requirements for the con trol of a health hazard. The Education of Industry - /f)urm<' f ^ st 10 years, health has become a popular Mibject, and along with the increase of knowledge and in- 1Re1pTMrint!e^d i^fSroSOmClATIOH"^Atlantic* AMERICAN IBDSTS1*L terest in personal and public health matters, there has gone a corresponding increase in knowledge and interest in the field of industrial health. The work of the universities he. insurance companies, the Industrial Hygiene Founda- ion the National Association of Manufacturers, the Pub lic Health Service and other agencies has served to inform the industrialists of this country about health, and particu larly, health in industry. This has made the task of what must be done today a relatively simple one The key to educating industry to appreciate industrial hygiene lies m demonstrating the healthful plant working conditions are the basis of: (1) good management- (2) good working conditions generally; (3 ) good union and worker relationships; (4) decreased labor turnover and lost time, and (5 ) decreased production losses and there fore, costs of production. ' In other words, there are so many axiomatic and obvious reasons why healthful working conditions are good for management that it is only rarely that this direct approach fails. Printed matter has also been of great aid. Lastly factory inspectors should be utilized in the education of industry with regard to accident prevention, industrial health and hygiene, and public health. Personnel W ith W hom to D eal At this point, it is well to introduce a fundamental con sideration namely, the influence of company size on the whole problem of industrial hygiene and industrial health. he size of the company and plant determines its admimstrative organization and the choice of persons with whom the industrial hygienist may deal. In the small plant one man may make all important decisions-- he may purc ase as well as sell and, at the same time, be factory super intendent Such an organization leaves little to the choice of the industrial hygienist. He must see the boss of the establishment. At the other extreme, one may find a large . organization where function and jurisdiction are limited and well defined. Here, there may be an industrial hygiene department, a medical department, a department of main tenance, a complete engineering department, a personnel office, a factory manager, a plant superintendent, and one or more safety engineers. Between the small plant and the large one, there are many gradations in size and in kinds of personnel. Thus the choice of the person to whom to report is often made for the industrial hygienist by the company organization. The plant manager or the plant superintendent must be acquainted with the efforts of the 41 fo T ietc T ^ t0 be USCd aS Seed' an0ther Part was Sround In this plant, approximately 20-25 tons o f seed were treated during the months of March, A pril and May. As the seed grains drop from an overhead hopper, through an enclosed chute, prescribed amounts of the mercury com pound w ere sifted on it. T he dusted grain was then moved, by means of an enclosed conveyor, either to spouts for filling burlap bags, or to a grinding mill. In the burlap bags, an exhaust system carried oft the du^t from the gram and excess mercury compound and deposited it under the floor of the building. Bagging of the ground material was done from a port in the mixer. Air tests for mercury, made at strategic plant operations and at the breathing zone of the workers, were all above perm issible concentrations. T h e p lan t was advised as to ways and means o f controlling th e mercury hazard and is cooperating in carrying out these measures. OCCUPATIONAL CANCER A Challenge to the Physician ( Continued from the October, 1951 issue) O th T r O ther M d|- Pa,holoT9 ical d ia g n o sis In cluded* U n d er " C a n c e r a n d M alig n an t Tum ors" a n d R eportable in A ccordance w ith 25-b, Public H ealth Law Carcinoma Sarcoma And Epithelioma of Endothelioma Acanthoma Astrocytoma Brain Tumors Chorioma Chloroma Cholesteatoma Embryoma Ependymoma Ganglioneuroma Glioma Granulosa Cell Tumor (Ovary) fGiant Cell Tumor (Bone) Hypernephroma Hodgkin's Disease Leukemia Lymphoma Lymphosarcoma Linitis Plastica (Stomach) Melanoma any term of which one these words is a part. Meningioma Myeloma Medulloblastoma Mesothelioma Mixed Tumor Neurocytoma Oligodendroglioma Pinealoma Syncytioma Seminoma Sympathoblastoma Spongioblastoma Teratoma Thymoma Paget's Disease (Breast) Wilms Tumor (Kidney) Ewing's Tumor (Bone) Grawitz' Tumor (Kidney) ' s i * * ? ' : TM f M d f c n S ! ? 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