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FILE NAME: American Cyanamid (AMCY) DATE: 1948 Jan 28 DOC#: AMCY031
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Unpublished Report for API Medical Advisory Committee - Industrial Work Clothes: Their Provision and Laundering
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INDUSTRIAL WORE CLOTHES i THEIR PROVISION AID LATMDgRIHO
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la d ia rtria l E y g iealrt, Standard C il Co. ( H .J .)
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JAHUAHT SBth, 19*6
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
?AHABD_OIL COMPARI (B. J . )
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nmtSTRIAL W33Z CL0T3SS : rSEIB ^OTISIQK ASP I^upiafrlDft.
t e i . By PXT S BCSSIB, M.A. ; E.M,
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yk^Jlidustrial H ygienist, Standard O il Co. (H.J.> .r>
Modem p etroleua technology and the production e f e s t h e t i c b y d x o c < ^ t ^
hare in tro d u c e a number o f c expound and proce.ee which nay
health of workers unless c e rta in precautionary eeaauree are F" ***';**;
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rrecaut loner* oeafluree /hied are receiving eTor-increaeiag consideration, s t the j*
tin e le the' issuance of m i s t r i a l work clothing to eoployee* and the in s ta lla tio n j S t l i v e l y J L i l l t ! to insure th a t such clothing io properly.cleaned end melnta
in u r o - r s t* work c lo th e s, properly f i t t e d and m aintained, play a proainant p a r t . i
in an S d u e tr i a l worker* h ealth and-efficiency. This le esp e c ia lly tru e whan i " o S i i ^ t h more or le e . toxic or carcinogenic m a te ria l, o r where elaanlinmaa to jfe
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i n t a l r . ln d u a tria l orean lsatlo n a, aoh a t * . I . in fa n t 1a t o v r > CyaMusid. Company and the Borden Coapaay, have fo r years supplied th e i r employees wlth,^
s o rt clothinfe and have in o titv te d a laundry serv ice. 1 .
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unn than twenty y e a rs' experience has d e f in ite ly shown th a t t h i s jamefcioej
S u b stan tial dividends, both fin an c ial as wpn ea laproved p u h li^ a n d ampl^ree
l i t the sane tin e , there has been very l i t t l e d iffic u lty or re s e rts B O V ^ u lU n J the srovision of work clothe and th e ir laundering on th e p a rt .o f f^cyeee_.lj*
' sot receiving th is ervice nor from lo c a l outside laundries and m erchant.
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In order to obtain d e fin ite data as to the p ra c tic a l aspects of providing worhj
f clothing and the operating of p lan t lau n d ries , v i it have been m i * ? * ? . " r & T ^ works of the duPont Company at Deep Water, lew Jersey ; American Cyanasid^Qoapagtar
Calco Chemical D iv is io n 's p lan t a t Bound Brook, Sew Jersey ; end Borden
; Division laundry a t l a s t Sew lo rd , Sew, York. The infonmxtion obtained d w ln g ^
: fia it 1 herewith b r ie f ly unmerited:
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a- * Work clothe are u sually sued upon re q u is itio n fro tb e employee' to
l iw e rv la o r e t a etore-room at-one end of. the Jtaployw .5srvi*e
F` Booms) or adjacent, th eretou .-There appears, tp he no uniform p ra c tid e ms .to th e Xi
,*clothing supplled w h i^ ehvloualy la determined by,tb d n a tu re ,pf^ th e, -
garmacts make UR
w ife at` the c lo th^in g , w i^th th^e ex*c*e"*ptio*n" "o f sen haqdl^^
working with sc
glvsn wool e h ir ts . ...
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r keeping recorde bf. clo th es issu ed , s '3* * 'J " c i s d ' pis Of such a card i s . th i s dme used a t th e [Bound B K ^ ; ^ ^ .
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rhPT.bgra Work: Upon eap'.oymcnt a ll operators sod maintenance men
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pairs of trousers "two sh ir ts, Wo su ite of Iona, underwear, tw o-large toywle t" 'J '
a cake of soap and a pair of -rc-cdet-eoled sandals. Three sandals *1 JfCpB-vi'*
to , from and taking shower ba-.hr. They are obtained fres.th a Jfeece Wooden Be
Company, Cclucbv:?, Bebraske. tod m et about f if t y een tr a p air. Bpcn requiM t.
nie ferassur., :ui employ*'** r?cfivea two sew towels every six week* and a.new cm
ewei-y --WC kWka. Tee final iaoue o f c lo ttin g is .fr e e a fter which.employee la
w itt -.wo new j.acuee a year at h alf p rice, upon req u isition
foramen.- A l_i
lo ttin g ronteninated or draa-jed to such' an extent that i t mnst be tow ard!;ls*_
rep-aeed at Company .expense . Clothing supplied to'eaplpyees onst Ije'-'jwiturnad-when *
are terminated. .
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Bound Brook P lea t; O riginally a ll production' b s were giwen c o v e r -a lls, under*
soap and Lowers out recently the Onion has in sisted that th is serv ice bs eytendSd^tp1
aaintenance m . Three se ts o f elottsss are furnished a year.- A a et includes M r
of drawers i winter or' susaser w eight), W o staits^ o f 'long-sleeved 'under-afairts^t-
or sunser w eight), two su its o f cover-*s i I s or two-duog&reee snd two jsek sts
th is clothing had to be paid for over three pay-days, but, i t Is now fr e e .
are "heavy duty" 22 inches t^r 2k ' inches i s s'lar. The. underwear. I s Bticn gtalttl& f
Company, fle x ib le rib /ste a m irtrrunk.' The co v sf-a i; are "Any Surplus* o r /T W a iQ % ^ *
Overalls fraa Paterson , le v Jersey, A ll slfcthiag Is .ste n c ille d V itb the ployee'^r
-heck number;
63-91 Park .as it w ill
, -u les Indelible.-Ink, dtiBtl fren i , t h n sta * !Company; t ,^ v
'.Ioide, B.T. 'et $4 .9 0 per quart. This Ink is esp ecia lly e f f e c t *
luaerous washings.
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v'fctaiforaa, v a lc n a tl ,' 'c o ttt ;'p sn ts, aprons,- e*pa and tw M U rars^
furnished f . ee~BC frM p la n t men. {Production1Workers), platform men, foremen; w h b le ^
sale drivers and lab o rato ry technic iena*. Tpwsls and -Mocks -era supplied to- o ffic e --^
em p ierle a t i t c u n ia th e P rin tin g Shop, ` f e l f e n ta d tow els-are c h a a ^ * d a ily * X / :
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p T ^ t L iih^ries j ^ usually locsted where ihe- u tiiitie a 'fw B te ri 'stesmi gas s ^ . ^ s l s c t r i c i t y ' are re a d ily accessib le fo r example, in coos corner e f th e Xsployae*j|V ' '* Service B uilding (wash and lo ck er rooas) such as a t th Bound Brook P lan t o f t h s Celhl^ Chemicals D ivision of th e American Tysnamld Ccnpany o r I n .a sep arate b u ild ln g 'suoh^aa,''
itbe 30 r t . x 60 f t . corrugated iron b u ild in g a t tb s Chambers Works o f th* duP eat^l *
Company. Borden's laundry fo r the W etropolitaa A rsa*l i e ^ p a r t r f tb s i , .A t l a n t i c ^ Avenue pasteurising Plaza.
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FiUiyjffiST - The neeabaery laundry esuijaasnt depend* upon tb type and qwwtiA^/__ c f vers ci.etaja.fco he processed, Most cotton end woolen wort .clothes with t t a s r oaptj o f white unijmjl* ere araply vnshod and dried end cot ironed. The necessary eqv
ie lieted belfip*
O-iTtere itofltm: Coe ;2" x 72" Troy Premier Wuber (2 se c tio n s) aenufectured h j^ , the Aasrionn Laundry Machinery Coapoay. Capacity 300 lb e , dry clothe. Deed fcae-j*,^' overail, c o v e ra lls , Jacket, e tc . One 36" * 5*" Washer (2 eectiona) asnufsctv by the Trey Manufacturing Company. Capacity 200 lb s , dry clothe and ueed f o r
towels and sock.
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One *0" x 18" has a capacity
Mereury E xtractor, >---n--u-f-a--e-t-u--r-e-d---h.y of 225 wet c lo th . One 28" x 10"
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Asm-lean Laundry Ccnpany and baa a capacity o f 75 lh e. of underwear par hour. Tbe. centrifugal extractor reaewe approximately 50 percent o f th * w atar during the 15 . .
minute# operating tin e . Both extractor, are equipped w ith safety dericee Which pr^vi
covers from being opened whan aachlnas are In o p e ra tio n .' '
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One UO" x 64" Dryer and two 36" x 90" Dryers manufactured hy th e A frican Machinery Company. The two dryers use.forced taam^beated a ir and each d r te * 22?;
pouals of wet clothes per hour a t .a-tem perature of. 100*. Wool C lo th are ^ hangers and dried slowly overnight in a steam-heated <3 ra d ia to rs) p lan t f t t roam a t a teaperature of about 130^ . This roaa can handle about 205 pound
clothes per day.
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rook-Plantt" One 42* * ft* Ecrwood Washer and two 42* * 54-* Marwobd Washers manufactured hy tha taericen laundry Machinery Ccepeny. One JO* and one Eotrux Extractor manufactured' by the American laundry Machinery Ceapeny.^Twelee ;
Zone-Air Dryer*.manufactured hy 'th American' Laundry Machinery Coapany. Thi, ^ also has an overhead monorail syirtea fo r tran sporting laundry fro th a w ashereto
extractors and then to the dryer.. - V
anrdon Company: Tovr B tail* B teei Smith Dn*s Waaher mad*'by' th e tS it
Laundry Machinery Company;-> T h.E xtractar,'weds by the. American Laundry'J-----3 Company. One Eorelone Diyer.^-AlS c f'th i* equijaahl. hw been if a rric about
Modem EoulBmrtT:3 & f o ^ ^
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design of laundxy mseblhWy'Toro high pwiduotioa ste rile -c le a n ashing e d ty jtip m 4
possib le saapowa^itoihu^iMwetiBo*'- o f^ ft :da'-pnsh-tuxttoe etw iro lle d . ;.Bare ``ye-
oxaaples of
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f^pBttdi:cr~bwppisnttinr unit for operation,
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ends guttar-eplaab iaad eoapy idtoxa. ' Trowed d e s i g n av`su p p lies^ ':, _
steam al watar. B uilt to do th*:job b etter, fa ste r, a t 1 .cohtjfy
Uses AC 220 v o lt/' b cycle,.,.3 phase a lactrle poaar,. Trica f;e .h .ttt h d )j
42" x 54" w ith 4 BP motor', Capacity.225 *bu W c lo t h /
-------bZ" i Qk" v ith ? I P ix r t ^ ,i3 e |^ 350 1h*^
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"CASCAIS AOTOKATIC COOTEOL^ designad f o r uw a e .li oampaalpn' m ii^ w ith '
any American Cascade Washer^ t o aUtceHCtlc^ly perform a ll, aj -- t--m: eJ
the b est predetorained washing ro n su la. it* eayea waehaaix J 9
operation. Pries f,o .h . Cincinnati 'fo r
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t : f "7: surplus water from washed laundry
h:-.'s aor* rap i l.;-. - K.rV increase* nrciccnicc end cu ts labor cost by
".iainsfcing a.'J sa-i - .
o ' work fre a time I t is unloaded from the
weaker* u n til i t if . V ^ v ' i kechdaicslly at th e daap assembly or various
fin ish in g depertar n*... * rri-.t t . i h Cincinnati- fo r the 50" is th e most
?;r u r a l ly u t-ei, vr> *s >capacity o? ;20 lb s. is $5860. 00.
''I.C52-AIE EKIUiG TUMBLES' incorporates en en tirely new p rin ciple of tumbler
engineering which enables i t to dry a ll c la ssific a tio n s o f *aundry work
rapidly T i1* at ejrr.reiwily low cost due to concentration o f heated a ir in
"sene"' where verb is r*t thoroughly opened up for greatest exposure to
the rring a ir . This resu lts in lower fctesm and power costs and sweeter
ssiBlling work - - became greater effectiv en ess of the h ig h -v elo city ,
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heated a ir ionite drying le'ee dependent on beat. Work i s dried more ..
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n atu rally, as rftoen hung in `a strong, warm breeze. Price o f the 36 _x 30
SCKB-AIR DKTISC m siia couplets is $7^5 f.o .b . Cincinnat i , Ohio.
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a j,a r a SESSOSNEL - The ::baabers Veris Laundry sta ff has foreman and'seven ' `
men on t t s :C0 A.X. tc hi 00 I\M sh ift and sne man on the k:Q0 P.M. to 22:00 Midnight;.
The wave rate at present ie $1-37 per hour plus a $3.00 per day bonus.
The Bound Brook Plant Lauodiy has a s ta f f of a foreman and eleven men:
on day s h if t, six men ca afternoon s h if t and two men on the midnight s h if t,
women working one s h if t of eig h t heuro making necessary g arm en t'rep airs, k l j . .
a t the hirin g ra te of $1,335 per hour fo r 30 day*; $1,065 p e r hour f o r "the i m t
days, e f ta r which the washers 'and countersen get $ 1.10 per hour.
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The Borden Company's laundry has a foreman a t $71.00 p er week, fiv e women a t
per week, one seamstress a t $L6.C0 p sr week, a d riv e r a t $61.00 per. week who c o lle c ts ,; .y1
and delivers the laundry fx-om the. various branches and s ta tio n s ,
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There eppears to be very l i t t l e labor turnover .among th e p la n t laundry w ortow -'t^^;^
The average service a t t i e Borden Laundry i s 15 y e a rs , 8 years a t th e Chambers. Works
Laundry and 5 years a t the Bound Srook Plant- Laundry.
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amxkt ot taiutort w w rprsfn - a Chambers Works Laundry does from 750 t o 850.
bundles (pantB, s h ir ts , underwear, socks, tcw cls, coveralls and jm p ere) per day.
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This is approximately i,0 0 0 jp iecec o r about two tons dry weight.
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P lan t Laundry on an average does about 3600 c o v e ra lls, 7200 s u ite
of underwear
tow els per 81 hours,.
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The B o rd d H H B h y i s the' only one i f th e lau n d ries v is ite d th a t fin ish e s any .
work, the otheriTaSty do "rough dry work" . On th e average th ey fin ie h weekly WO "
cce te, 460 p an ts, 200 aprons, 12 cape, 10,000 tow els, 175 uni email , end 75 hlrtsl
La the Bough Dry c la s s , th e d a ily average', output is 1000^ c o a ts, 1000 p e a ts, 80 to u sle ... y^
and lo unionaxie.
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LAfiypRT PBCCKPOKSS - There i s , o f co u rse, sows v a ria tio n In th e Laundry Brbcedure-
a t th e various laundries v is ite d , however, th e procedure a t th e Chsafeers Works Laundry
vhich is outlined below ,,U t.-picai: '
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tag a.r/rsila ato ljr 2-3 ouniioe, are received
ia ii" i r~m the earicva -r-r./y.- .-usee or gurajs truck 2ach bundle 1 tie d and
tm -t-g s c d , shoving a n n 't ciir.CK cumber, lvrae end chau^s-house. The bag are
ep erri er.i bundles placed c t -.'c rtin g able. Cue man removes te g aid paaaea .
>uLdL.e c:. to another worker vbc eaters same aid number an a lavaary check sh e e t,
r.ra v xar. -neb caxls out p ie ;.3 by namo (pante, e h irt. socks, e tc .} , which eeeoad -
nun e ste rs as check l i s t . A cumbered id e n tific a tio n safety p is (10 to a se t
obtained fre e B. Bocastes & Company, Camden, Hew Jersey}, is pinned to each . .
piece of clothing. Clothes ure separated in laundry baskets as to woolens, towelst
underwear, and socks; p a rt* , s h ir ts , e te . The clothes are then washed as follows:
A, Clothes (not from dye o p e ra tiana;
Operetica Piase W&fih
.Sude Binse Binae Binse Binse
B. , 12 02.B. instead
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Ingredients UBOd
Motor, P e rlite
5inplei Simplex water
Water Water Water
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Clothes from Dye f.-pe-rat<arm are washed as above with th e -exception that
of P e rlite ;a lk a li) is used instead o f 8 o z s ., and 2k ox, of Simplex
of lo ozs.
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1O0# Dry Clothes
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' JL ool Mafehiae (Hot from Bye Oper a t io n s) a re washed l a 78 gallons o f water
100F. with one p in t o f Depend IS Paste par* 100 lb s . of d ry clo th es f o r 10 minutes " '
and gives two rin ses w ith 78 gallons ,o f w ater a t 100F. f o r 5 minutes eaph, > . 1 -
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extra wash. laundry bags are washed d a lly w ith wool clothing.'
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in the washing operations are products from B. tohnetaam '.> Co., - .
Mew York and Chicago. DuPonol- i s Paste 1 a DuPont -preduet.) , r ,
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vrcz.3, -:'7 are l e f t ;*
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r '.ex tracto r; where approximately AO galleon
of " -re ?.?taidant CK .An ac,rci-n rol:'ar;r-ts risduct made by the DuPont Company^
e c ittic n '1 .1 Sp. gr ,! is :.2dsL. ll- r h f j are sea ted in t h is so lu tio n fo r two m inutes, ^
vrtr." ted dried. Th? s -.ijiic n i t .ec-v red, brought, up to the o rig in al stren g th and 'j g
reutri All pieces
~?.ted c lo ttin g are ctesped (3 diagonal b ars) with
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v stsr sclu ole y e lie v i j e ' "lithcocl" P Tellcw 3 0 'a n te , a dye starch mixture node 3
by Ctanoers Wcrie D u?': feeporjr P e-hriral laboratory and ep p lled by a rubber etacqp),
before they are returned t ; the areas. This gives area supervision a check oo asa
vtc ere required to wear 3ucfc ilo ttin g .
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sm-ting end Bundling; A fter clothes have been d ried they are so rted on numbered
books cn moveable races. The racks are then ro lle d to outgoing "bundling" ta b le w here
each man's clothes i s checked with o rig in a l "check l i s t " , th e n bundled. Bundles a re .*
packed in the Change Bouse Laundry Bags (which have been laundered). A fter ty in g u p ' .J*
and tin -tag g in g a carbon copy of-th e "check l i s t " is placed in each bag which ie o f ,.3
value to the change house attendants In handling d is trib u tio n o f clo th in g .
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Sharp e r tlc le s , such as razor blades, l e f t in pockets of d irty clothes presents a serious hazard. Care must be exercised In handling laundry p in s. Clothing con- - : ' taainsted v tib toxic m aterials such as Botenaphthylaalne, Benzol, e tc ., are g}ves ar special treatment a t the Laccretory before being sent to th e laundry. They kept separate and handled with rubber gloves.
Bound Brook Plant Laundry Procedure; The washing o peration a t the Bound Brook'. J
Laundry is very sim ila r to th a t outlined above except th a t a l l co v eralls are g lv e ^ t.
a 10 to 15 minute eo&k in en a g ita te d so lu tio n of A pounds o f Soda Ash la 80 gallons' 5
of water a t if,0P ., rin sed , then vaabed fo r 20 minutes in 9 oz*. 9Sf Armours Soap
Powder in 6c gallons of water a t 150F. In a Norwood Cascade Washer, rin sed , placed
in a cen trifu g al e x tra c to r fo r 20 minutes and dried 20 to 30 minutes In a Zone-Air.
drier. .
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The following formula has been recamended fo r laundering work clothing so ile d F
with grease and grime:
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to i of soap, or k p e rts of Sodium K e taa llleate to 3 of soap, and add
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s u ffic ie n t t o th e wheel to give d esired amount' of suds, f o r f l a t work
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and eons colored goods, 3 p a rts by weight of soap and 2 p a rts o f Sodium '
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OABHKB'i'b - The Chambers Works of th e duPoot Company rep o rt
th a t o o v e ra l|^ H F u n d 0rv e a r on the average w ithstands 1? to 20 'washings before they
must be re p lj^ jP g r I b i s 1 probably duo to the type of compounds, encountered ra th e r''
than to tbs laundering operations.
The Bound Brook P lan t of the Calco Chemicals D ivision has bound th a t the l i f e
o f th e ir co v er-alls is 130 washings; and t h e i r underwear, about 200 washings,
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_____ T o tal Cost. Of. Laundering Work Clothes - According to Hr. A. C. Pease, General Superintendent o f the Bound Brook Plant Laundry tb s t o t a l co st ( including la b o r,
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m ateria ls, re n t, li g h t, steam, w ater, In te re s t and am ortization) of laundering work 7 ' .H,
clothes 1b $0,035 per pound of dry clo th es. The cost of la b o r and m aterials alone
is only 10.C16 per pound of dry clo th es. The b est p ric e th a t could be obtained from
outside local laundry was $0.00 per pound dry clo th es.
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Mr. V-. S. K ite, Foreman of th e Chambers Works Laundry rep o rta th a t th e to ta l.
c o s t, including a l l d ire c t and In d irect charges was about $0.'O3 'per poind of dry *
clothes
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We were usable to secure the coat te r pound of work clothes laundered e t -
the S tat :uv Vert rinnuttry o:' Bruton's ra re Products, however, to re are the prices
ciurgcd ! . tfc-j various depto-taoste haring work dose.
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30U32 c:.r: vork , Coats ..........
Paste . . . . . .
Sags
Pult e r Bags
$0.05
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0.015 0.015
0.10
0.395 ' 0.015
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Drivers ' S hirts ...,i* O v e r a lls ........ ..........
Jewels
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Purses' Dniforcw . . .
Doctors' Coate ........
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9 P ? L P _J 9P l~ At a ll points v isite d th e re ves general agreement
that i t v&s good buc inc.'.'p" to provid? work clothes sad undr,r v ;s r to estplcyeos
on Jobs which involved exposure to tonic aci i r r i t a n t m aterials or p articu la rly
d irty Jobe involving c-ii, gv-iuo: . griai? y*l soot. I t vas aleo conera lly agreed
th a t a plant laundry troycx-ly e-uipjjed utd operated v-s e y- -ofi t able invectsseat
which insure! tnat
r . c-r.or- vculd be prer-criy laundried usd aain tu iaei.
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