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50 FRANK A. PATTY THE INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE SURVEY AND PERSONNEL 51 demic interest only and serve little purpose in the promotion or control of health. The hygienist should develop control methods for all exposures and have them not be presented; and requests for control should be limited to those confaj^^K^jjitionsdnvestigated and weighed by competent, responsible investigators. The "big sufficiently crystallized to present to the plant management. Any unusual hazards found during the plant survey should be pointed out to and discussed with the . physician or nurse, in order that by co-operation and knowledge of the complete picture both the industrial hygienist and the plant medical department may be aided in their work. The medical director is health-officer for the plant, and, as . stick|' will prove more effective if reserved for the class of management that fails -rtf. understand the necessity for and value of the control of harmful materials. SaLp',t S. Records and Reports i f,,,*. r, *(There should, of course, always be a written confirmation report of the such, it is important that he have knowledge of all information developed as a result of the survey. At the end of the survey, if not before, the plant manager or personnel direc findings and recommendations. This report may vary from vf` bj}?ffunbound typewritten one to a pretentious and voluminous manuscript, in - attractive and expensive binding, depending upon the nature of the relations tor, the production superintendent, the safety engineer, and the maintenance engi surveyor and the surveyed and whether "dressing" is necessary, as neer should be acquainted with all significant findings along with recommendations upon the artistic temperament and literary ability of the surveyor. It is or suggestions for control. Objections may be raised, some of which can be over - mojjgilikely to be read when brief, but should always be sufficiently detailed to come, whereas others may prove that alternates to some of the original proposals are more practical. It is obviously desirable that any major control program be explained and "sold" by the industrial hygienist to the man who pays for it, the .Adglish the necessity for the recommendations presented along with it. Notes ^^^^'.inffidwhave been made in a field notebook as a permanent record from which to., \3fjp:'develop,,the report; the practice of jotting down random bits of information on man who supervises its installation, and the man responsible for unimpeded pro duction; otherwise, misunderstandings and objections are almost certain to arise. i of scratch paper that may be lost cannot be too strongly condemned. Details '*'* *' j|^||&i9rded on sPot are ^en forgotten; and reports written from' memory, The alternative to "selling" the control program is the use of force. Unfor ^^ffiuglj^they may be sufficiently accurate in certain instances for control purposes, tunately the use of force has been overworked and may have been a retarding SNauL^ihpost certainly inadequate for legal record. Unless the original notes made influence in the promotion of industrial health. The words of a very famous Ameri- "Xqnifrh.cjjpb at the time of the survey can be produced, any record of atmospheric can'can-wel-l"be*applied-herei-JiSpeak'Sof-tly-and-oar-ry~a-big--8tickA-There-arerof-- icrinriiiLonsja-a-plant-offer-ed-as-ev-idencedn a-court-may- be open to question. course, instances where dangerous conditions exist and where the plant operators ^^^|is important that the report of a survey reach the plant, management while neglect or refuse to put through a satisfactory control program unless, forced to do so, but these exceptions to the rule should not set the general pattern of relation ship. The condition is certainly not improved if some untrained or uninformed rep situation is fresh in mind, never later than 30 days after the survey and jlra^gipiy within two weeks. The value of the report is enhanced if it is delivered ^5n?ji&ujon by the surveyor, or this result may be achieved by a personal call as resentative of an official agency finds an unimportant exposure or potential ^^^mp^-the management has read the report, in time to explain or support any exposure and, without proper evaluation of conditions, forthwith demands the in stallation of expensive and unnecessary control equipment. Too often, unneces ^imjlu{gs,, or recommendations that may be questioned! Even though a recom- mM was MPGSd upon at the time of the survey, if it arrives at an in- sarily, his trip may have been followed up by a written order somewhat as follows: mroWlffi6 ^me> or enough .-to have been forgotten or even for interest "Pursuant to an inspection of your premises you are hereby officially notified to provide exhaust ventilation that will be effective. . . . You are allowed 30 days ' ' gr-aned> management may assume an antagonistic, attitude-necessitating TM||||||efcper8onal contact. Reports or copies of reports should never be, presented in-w-hi.ctetp?cpmply3vit]y'h;is-s>rderAThe-infor-med-plant-managera-whpAalso-has-at-- ^^^^an_plantjnanagement-without-the--k-now-ledge~and-permission-of-the his disposal:4ul^ijle'^-f^itr&ial',ljygiene service to evaluate properlyMs-exposures and control needs is likely to avail himself of this assistance in order to point out any errors made incohtrol recommendations; and future demands from the offend ing mit,mayJ,mmediatalv,met.w.iifo^ opposition without.ptoper,con8ideration of their soundness. This practice of unnecessary force has not been confined to any group but has been found occasionally in all industrial hygiene groups, federal and state, departments of health and labor, government and insurance, military and civilian. The future course should be more toward the educational ' "selling" of sound control measures and curtailing the use of unnecessary force to get compliance with recommendations. Obviously, unsound recommendations _ j|ffl'$iSave to depend upon presenting by. mail only the recommendations devel- a survey, and omitting all information pointing to-Nthe- necessity for ea|gim,en.datipn! is_,to,W9rk under a,handicap.,that..wilhunaterially..lower r' rrcntage of recommendations receiving compliance. To have the recom KvriEii^tions delivered in person, or followed up, by someone who. is able neither ofgfuss,them intelligently nor to defend them is worse than having no personal SSip||'Likewise, the more time that elapses between survey and report--beyond p&ssary for preparation of the report--the lower will be the percentage-of g^Jpffidations complied with.