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/ 7ol 3. '`V *. FOUNDATION FACTS Boranbar. 1941 pMMtatlM ?MlS l aMOtftly W-l*tUr imm4 ta MMirfal aaaaama iiwain* mmnii) la UMMirlal Hyfiaw ffM4atla. T>*a Fwu4atia la a MtnaliMa naavt* aa inatitutUn arattai tha &aeit af mtoi m laauatry. Ko. 11. of tbs Fousdatlo*ri5^ tbs thansr MfeBdfcFhs [ toS tVD ddjay* v. *- * ".-- sw?- -.-rs.. - ..-**.' "r.>>* 0Trtb previous - . - " sa. /*v*- "'* ** ~ ' . \.. * -' i ' , .. .. a Ust ba of tbs icops 2v - *r.% v?z: inrtssd. of tbs nsssl abstract of litsrstors. v '" ----- - -v- v* ' *i tbar tbfcFroisodlacs of tbiLbiwtLB*r sitb t^A* ***** **' aw ` " ' .*>; > . T%^. <*2 -Ntt PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT Industrial Hygiene Foundation 1100 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, Fennsylvcnip Abstract of cn address on "Protection of lien end Machines" by Edward A. Tama, Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, at sixth annual meeting of Industrial Hygiene Foundation held at ilellon Institute, Pittsburgh, Nov. 12. 1911. b sobers menace to o' threaten our The IB might say the worj American peace e the Defense Wo ur national pre is appropriate to hire year. While the scream of dire divisions may not constitute cn immedia^ vicious, subversive forces are at woi ;e part in the internal defense new to us. We have dealt *1 meeting of rial Hygiene Foundation many of fail to appreciate how velf factory employees. In this 'national defense work the FBI At the request of the , the FBI is engaged in surveying many largo industrial. ing.essential defense products, Through this program we hope difficult for the saboteur to gain entrance into the plants ta work but also to safeguard against accidents which.i^^h\ hrduse shutdowns o. tonal injury to employees. Cur sole interest is in gtmunsaing American Indus * .are not concerned with iegi- timate labor actia^iWw^ Under no circums FBI interfere with the enployer-emplQj^4\^^ionshi?s- t's strength in the future will^djj uninterrupted flow of production lines today. Her defc must operate smoothly Intly. In these all-out efforts the dc Is a key figure. If r loses a week's work because of illness or"' tr'a^cidents,. production >e slowed down that much. With enough such accidents)the ^ttboteur doesn't have to turn a hand - hi3 "work* is being done for him. Of the more' then 2,500 important industrial plcft^ which are on the priorities list to be surveyed by the FBI, survey? of 2,022v|&hnts have already beer, completed. These physical surveys include detailed inspectiow^ar our trained Special Agents of the entire plant properties and coaprehenslv^jMggestlons 're -cie to the plant managements by the FBI. We suggest how a pcrticulas^oient can be betrer protected against the malicious efforts of the spy or saboteur as 'iell as from the more common industrial accidents. Deficiencies most frequently found pertain to the matter of selecting and investigating personnel, identification of employees, guard protection, exterior und interior illumination, fire-fighting equipment, Handling of visitors, fencing of proporty and screening of windows, and protection of confidential blueprints and records. As an example, in one particular plant it was found that fire-fighting equipment consisted chiefly of water pails suspended from the celling or the walls. The survey disclosed that all but a few of the pails were either empty, contained only a few inches of water, or had deteriorated to the point that there were no bottoms at all. Mr. Tamo -- 2 The Federal Bureau of Investigation was designated by the President in 19*9 to serve as a clearinghouse and coordinating agency to handle law enforcement activities in connection with national defense matters. To successfully handle the tremendous increase in its work since then, Director John Edgar Hoover has tripled the personnel of the FBI. There are today over 2,5CO Special Agent3 compered to slightly core than 800 when the Europern "or Started in 1939. The cleric?! force of the FBI has grown from 1,400 to more than 4,400 during the same period. The work FBI is still increasing and if we are to continuance efficient discharge of osm'"3t^ies, our personnel must be increased additionc.^^/ S\ \\5) In^2 fisca^^ear erri^^ne 30, 1941, a total of 68,368 mattersx taining to our>n^lonal degW^Sramrreceived in the 55 FBI field offices^ figure ccapare16JmCswp^Mttcrs in 1940, and 1,651 in 1939. field offices havt^ecrireQMKTin cities of strategic national defend throughout the tJr.i(g$^ls (ff^^ts territories since early in ivil defense cn, cannot tcly mec bank rol Combatting spied u Their every no* mined. Their ways of comnsiictri tion oust be ascertained. Prssii harmful and cculd easily ripe o; Special Agents. vthe FBI resulted in wictions in national However, the s' coisaterespionage and convict, cases of kidnaping or co flgtr th fire. Spies must be nuS^ ^clogrf?>3bttfrod end their contacts detar- d sad their sources of informo' spies and saboteurs would prove work and painstaking effort of our For more than a yc tfer^js^been planning a comprehensive project in civilian protcofRnXh^Tn prepara*t*ion `'is widespread project, the Director sent officials^f^tjpi Federal Eure* of tigr/ticn to England marc than a year ago. ThesejgyWtiicd and observedj^e nd preventive measures used by Scotloi^fc^aruT other civilian de , London and nearby :iti of civilian defense must battles between armies. The far inland and away from the battle "do the uniformed soldiers. Falling bomb civilian defense program* because modem conflict workers in often suffer te and neitaer If America were the object of attack all tho i^d6$trles and reoources t.ur.t contribute to her national defense could be potential targ^^for enomy aircraft. Foremost on any dictator's list would be the rich manufacturing) districts of our industrial northeast. You gentlemen can well imagine the deivd^lon, the human suffering, the economic lose that would result 3hould long-rangg^babcrs release their lethal loads from high in the skies over Pittsburgh, Detroiter Youngstown. That possibility gave riso to our Civilian Defense Courses for Police; programs that arc of benefit to the Chief of Police of the small town os wall as the police executives of our largest cities. I believe you will agree with me that Director Hoover in organizing this widespread project had in mind just such a theme as that of your annual meeting - "Defend tho Defense worker." Long the symbol of tolerance and freedom, doaocracy is today threatened by the doctrines of dictatorship. But law enforcement in America is working togetocr as never before. The spies, saboteurs and subvartera of Baalism, Coocunisn and Fascism will nover succoed while w Americans stand unitad and strong. Industrial Hygiene Foundation 4400 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, Ponna. Abstract of first progress report on a study of "Sick Absenteeism in Industry," among a group of members of Industrial Hygiene Foundation presented by Dr. W. Gofofcr, Senior Statistician, Waited States Public Health Service at the Foundation*3 sixth annual meeting held at Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, ttov. 12. '941. 1940 a qunberof member' es of the Industrial Hygiene Foundry recogniz 0 in the industrial economy by non-o$ tional sickness er.d ifttnrieav ed interest in a study of sick absents cooperationthe American Association of IaduatrijU~F!fliCTr.ns and Surgeons, tea Public Health Service. This intlraracTUAinatcd in the periodib _ he Foundation by 1? companies of aex^neefc data on sickness and noijli les di3riling for 8 consecutlwr^u^raar days or longer. It ism ,in irograss report to praeenfrasomebwt the material yielded bxrWeJy son' pcric uary-Juna, 1941. (SerajjwQ other companies plan to partiMOMfcey but havi by emergency otfjflji^rffts). y Two monthly rs ed^flKratho participating companies and periodically mailed to the latter port of August the data were received by the Public coding, transferring to punch cards, machine tabulrtlon, and participating conpcnies, 8 reported throughout the 6 months while 5 id fro^.2 to 5 months. Almost all of the diagnoses made in connection bsencM^that began *nd terminated during the 6 months' period were repo ayiefe, been^de by tho family physician, and ??- proxiaately 95 per cent 'e absences termiRCfecd by return to work. ^he 8 represented by^^verag^opnthly number of 42,884 male and 1,656 fenmLe(&3ifiyeea yielded 1,399 begl^tng absences, respectively, or en average<2tw(C>^ale frequency of 59.3 caSM^pr ly^Op^cnd a female frequency of 120.1,000. The male frequency cases per thousand) is about(9a pP cent of the Pifclic Health Service'\rits, thmj^bffereace reflecting prin- le respiratory group of diseases. Sevdr&ljlf tSd^Mmanies, however, show rates above the Public Health Service -rate, ^yy) With regard to days lost, the 7 of the 8 coh^pies supplying data on tho closing of non-ended cases showed a loss of 51,126 days .gmbng the males. Company rates varied from 1.69 to 3*39 days per male per year, thq-.&tter rate approximating the median rate of 3.33 days experienced by companies repo^ag to the Public Health Service for 1935-37. '5>(3) With respect to the reliability of the rates *nd hencSlthe value of inter company comparisons it is sufficient to state that the rates any reflect the operrtion of many factors among which are the more or less "artificial" ones such as those originating in the various regulations of a sick benefit plan. It may be safely assumed that the rates as given do not present an overstatement of the sick absenteeism situation as measured in terms of 8 day or longer absences. (One comppony* s rate was well above the average for the others and three times higher than one. An analysis showed that two-thirds of this company*3 large total rata was caused by respiratory diseases. Hence the study shows, up the main cause of the ab sences end this enables tho company in question to take intelligent corrective steps)' Since this report deals only with 3 day or longer absences the question arisos of how much is lost by. not taking account of tho shorter absences. An op.:or- tunity to provide an answer to the question presented itself when the requisite dr. to. Dr. Gcfafer -- 2 were sod* available by the 5 year record of one-day absences or longer that occurred among the employees of & public utility company, one that had been operating under a Liberal diaebility pirn for e quarter-century. The ear.lysis of the data showed that although the sales axperlenced annually 900 absences per 1,000 soles, and the females 1,320 per 1,000 females, only 153 absences among the orl.ee end 232 absences among the females extended through the eighth day; in other words, only 17 per cent of all recorded absences among tha malss extended through tha eighth day while 13 per cent of all recorded absences among tho fcaclcjgxtendcd through the eighth day. Further more, of total recorded days of 45 per cent aaone the sales, and par centNaapng the fables occurred otm| The first 7 days of dlachlllty after onset. (In<^rt^r wotwy)on the ^s^or^Thie company's experience, about half^ absences Ind most serious hot5 the sa^iitude of Hygiene Found and overt: points Jtf\bfcefc3ected .wore of the fact that sick `beenteeis&^^nt of the defense program. This report glye^n^ncicatlon of sample of menfeor companies ofrawjjnauatrial the large numbers of an eqsxoyecs, night work, sufficient aTiddnCTihas accixulated which sick absences. TABLE 1. -- Sumary o f data from 13 coq&grii^ re p o rtin g to the In d u M M ^ Hygiene F o u n d a tj^ , January Oo H sa ^auaHiiOs si >* - ^4* 5a 11 a b 1aa3M Vi o J t. >9 u *5 5 a cc si f *.i s1e-a3 ana* e *o* j m9c0 mo a3 3aa vn -t > '3QOS S= it 23 a>o* S 'g 5 aao -J 3 a 3 aa c a -aMo m --4 3 f' M 535 a 23a o 3SOa c0 Ta83 mb C ">^O* "o^Oq ->B 3Wb b3 2 Jo b 23 s3 4a* <aa>M*-*c>an0 ** a. =133 mOs.V. C o BO3 -usb oSsao3 C3 mo* 10. 33ba3 a a(nuaM>e3Oh-*mnNuq5o<bi 8 / Tsble 3.--Frequency, by cause of cases of sickness and nonindustrial injuries disab ling for 8 consecutive calendar days or longer, beginning during the first half of 1941; experience of male employees in 3 companies reporting throughout the 6 months to the Industrial Hygiene Foundation coopered frith companies reporting to the United States Public Health Service Cause. (Numbers in parentheses ere disease title makers from the Inter national List of Causes of Death, 1939). Annual number of cases oer i ,nnn Industrial Hygiene U5PKS Foundation all Mrnnhi pf eases Industrial Hygiene Foundation ALL DXS HOHINDOSTmL SICKNESS .. RESPIRATOR! Influenza Bronchitis Diseases (115b ?ns Tubei Othez*'resoirf.tory 110-114) NONRESPIRATORI DISEASES' Digestive diseases' Disorses of the stomach (117,113) Diarrhea and enteritis Appendicitis (121)^ Hernia (122a) Other dlgeatirf^K^tfses (U5a,U5d, 116, 132&15&429) Nondigt$r^aibeases the heart end arteries, ritis (90-99,102,130-132) genitourinery diseases (133-158) Buralgia, neuritis, sciatica (8*%) Neurasthenia end the like (port of 34d) Other disooeee of the nervous system (80- 85, except part of 34d, end 8%)........ Rheumatism, acute and chronic (58,59). w "Diseases Of .the.orgme of locomotion, ex cept diseases of the joints (156b) Diseases of the skin (151-153)................ 1.7 1.7 2.3 35 34 255 3.2 All other diseases (45-57.60-79,88,89,101, 103,154,155,156a,157,162)......................... 5.4 3.0 5.6 2.8 69 61 311 7.3 114 112 317 ILL-DEFINED AND UI3N0FN CAUSES (200) 1>Q 1.0 2.8 22 21 316 Average nueber of males .... . . . . 42,88440,546226,512 42,884 40,546 ::^712 Number of companies . . .________________ 8_______ g_______ 2$. 8 8 26 llndustrial injuries, venereal diseases, end s few numerically unimportant causes of disability are not included. 2 Except lnflusnsc, respiratory tuberculosis, and the venereal diseases. 3 From reference 2. TAg.t 4, . Treduency, by company* of cases of sickness nd aonindustrial injuries disabling for 8 consecutive calendar days or longer, beginning during the first half of 1941, according to broad causa group, sax and color; experience of employees in A A _ --. -- -- -- -- *-*------------------eka & MAfi^ha rt ^'aa Twfllf aO4 al flva4 afim Vrt 1WAm+ 4 I^n Company letter All disabillties^ Annual number of cases per 1,000 employees Sickness Nonreapi- Xll-de- Sonin- Respi- Digee- ratory- fined dustrial Total ratory tire ncndi- and injuries diseases diseases gostlre unknown _ i ST- diseases causes WW\ * 20.7 93.7 54.3 ^8, 2,338 34.8 127.0 108.9 24.9 21.3 18.9 99.6 34.8 103.3 90.0 49.8 60.3 52.3 Total 98.7 201.7 120.6 sHl 39.6 9.7 70.3 138.1 110.9 56.4 67.2 50.0 . iMOj* 13.4 40.2 '< ^*3 1,655 A eeee H ee O eeee eee B .... C eee 0 ee ee - 78.1 126.0 176.3 193.9 229.3 - m 37.8 24.6 78.1 114.6 138.7 193.9 204.9 m - 44.3 57.3 50.4 77.5 63.6 m - m 13.6 11.3 m 38.8 16.4 - w 13.0 45.8 63.1 38.8 114.7 disability are not included. Italicized rates are based on leas tbaa 5 cases. There was only one Negro female in the records and no ease - - 3.2 29.2 38.8 8.2 38 26 6 775 352 160 52 246 of reported for her. a S o c 4 i *uU S s V+i Sj i sO No ff^nf m Wyi<fHtNtvN^N<*HC\H> o -* #N 1-4 * P V> o<n OvnOnnNtONHN^NH <M C* C* O W flO v*r> Cd IVQ4 <V^ ^5 >* 8 'fr"vfi Q*O"4 Oj"J'OH"t'Om 5* 3335333 M iH p<n SSSIS"3 r* ______________ & hiOflM TABLE Annual number of dr.73 of disability per employee, by company, yielded by sickness end nonindustrial injuries disabling for 8 consecutive calendar days or longer, beginning during the first half of 1941, according to sex end color; experience of employees in 7 companies repoi'ting throughout the 6 months to the Industrial Hygiene Foundation. Conpon; lette: Annual number of days ner eanlovee^ All dis Nonin abili dustrial ties^1 <y in.luries -- Number of.days of c'ispbiiityv `All dis Nonin abili r.ustrial Sickness ties!/ injuries --------------- .53 5,294 1.60 1,161 2.01 6,567 2.29 13,967 2.57 15,566 3.03 730 J.ll 7,84! ^_______ 508 6? 607 1,627 15*> J4* 4,786 l,C9f* ( fllJifB C=^676 7,202 ^ ^4Vfi2r S3.34 3.38 .97 .60 .49 .36 1.19 4.93 6.59 7.75 10.08 .16 - .63 1.57 4,756 1,C87 5,663 10,834 12,237 676 6,953 6,301 1,321 5,826 9,919 9; 991 450 4,525 he-ro drv: othea'/jSs,les .33 ;.70 3.24 3.65 3.02 1/ '-&Q Lev? ? ^hite females 11 297 1,506 1,746 ?U 1.19 4.77 6.59 7.12 3.51 456 361 IX 615 1,230 456 832 * ^ IX 50^5 565 192 cj U.C33 1-- 58 162 937 963 143 775 35? 5? 160 246 cases" is omitted. For cases not ended June 30, the days of disability vero counted to that fete, inclusive. Mot all companies reported cases be.-Inning prior to Jrrruary 1, 1941. Such cases have been omitted even if they had been reported by some companies; hence the days in 1941 accounted for by these c:ses arc not included In the table. industrial injuries, venereal diserses, and few nunaricrlly unimportant cruses of disability arc not included. WHAT THE RESULTS OF ABSEHTEEISM_AUDIT MEAN TN DOLLARS AND CENTS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR LESSENING ABSENTEEISM INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION ANNUAL MEETING. PITTSBURGH.PA. NOVEMBER 12a. 1911 ANDREW FLETCHZR many employers and employs*a may have th^t in th* past - namely: ) ble and somewhat complicated publis^jd \, actually mean? ost of absenteeism - ja?L is sick, why a employer be . Is it really collecting abaci wbat good is it of view? * and expense of *r it la obtained, Just "money" or any other point 1. Absenteeism S The informstioje 'Has been co Public Health Service and<&iant3y by the Industry structivMtoa^raightening as to through absenteeism. I statements should be on and not confined to eight Foundation is both contime that is being that the data and enc* of an* day -.vp h- St. Joseph Lead Company, of which I am aa offiesryilind which, as you may know, is th* largest miner of lead oro*/in themSnlted States and one of the larger sine producers, keeps the/d^fca on both a ons day and an eight day basis. The shorter period is use>b*caus absentee ism of more than eight days is obviously less thatt for a shorter period, and we are most anxious to have as much information as possible so that corrective steps can be taken to lessen the t^p0loat. We also express absenteeism, instead of by the number of^J^ea per thousand employees, by th* percentage of shifts lost, as this basis, in our opinion, more vividly indicates to our operating men the amount of time lost, and therefore th* percentage of lost production and profits. Statistics, just as accounting statements, must be current and easily understandabls by the min in charge of production. It is, of course, always intareating to know why a parson diad, but from my point of view I would such rather know why he is sick, so that steps might be taken to prevent death. Pag# No. 2. 2. The Cost, or th# "3ollara ar.d Cent#11 Angle of Absenteeism There are attached hereto certain absenteeism figures of the'ot. Joseph Lead Company, which show that onl7 about 6.C% cf all absenteeism is the result of accidents while at work. The other cooperative percentages may jae Interesting for those who wij^flto study the situation in detail, g to handle t: Lem from a rather bread point of ;ht of empha lg^he "money" loss of absenteeism ible wayarof reening this loss. Lead Company has made a serious effj; se involved through accidents whi] have done so, not because cf # dollars saved by this procodJ 'YS^ias indicated by the follgislnrJ ures from ick in 1923, was spent by t of accidents was whereas in 1940, the cost of accided roll. djp&ars of payroll work, and the cost s of payroll; cents for safety, and per hundred dollars of pay- The comment might be expense increasing over nine times, aa^tn^rccideht coat o Ing cut about ?Ot, tha actual saving ijftoejRa^y the difference in cost, which is $1.71 per hundredj^dlljirp of payroll ($3 This is, of course, al saving is far gre per^than (although this iir- only Southeast ilissour1'^am^aRts iut $35,000 per .use it does not include the h&pfn ind; costs. These in osts are, the extremely adverse eMi^eo cident on a own person and family, the expense of^redlac injured man th the resultant increased cost of supervision^spofl^p cf material, lower output, plus the cost of repairing equipment thet'luy have been damaged in an accident. _ ^' About a year ago, llr. Harrington, Chief of the Healtfrgid Safety Branch, rJ. S. Bureau of Hines, made the rather startling estid^t^Lto me that *r.e indirect coate amount to about three times as much as tM^jLirect costs. With a direct cost of 97 cents, or approximately one doTljU^)the indir ect costs would, therefore, be about $3.00, and the total cst about $4.00 per one hundred dollars of payroll. With a payroll of five million dollars, the accident costs may, therefore, amount to $200,CCC per year. Even though the time lest through accidents is only about 6$ of the total absenteeism, we cannot estimate the total absenteeism less by multiplying the accident percentage by some fixed amount because all operating men know that even under normal conditions there will be sick ness and, therefore, extra men are carried on the payroll to insure reasonably normal operations. The direct loss of absenteeism is the amount of wages paid these "extra" men,- just as ths direct lose of accidents is ths campsnsation and msdical cost. From ths tablss attached, Pag* No. 3 it is apparent that in Southeast jiisscuri, the shifts lost through ab senteeism is 2.33$ of the total shifts worked, at the Bclraat nine 2.3$, and at Josephtown 1.7$. It nay, therefore, be reasonably assumed that in our operations possibly 2$ extra men are being carried; with a force of 5,000 men, there are possibly 100 extra men whose earn- would approximate $180,C0O.<^mis figure may be considered as the The "indirec fteeism losses are probably first as jecl because a man works efficiently up whereas in the case of sickness, a fuJA^ 'done before an employee is forced to Using the accident indirect cost and miscellaneous absenteeism ims^ufc^pera- $540,000, which with the directdVairjSEkes & sr, it must be appreciated th^'t&o'natter what will be some sicknas^^nd miscellaneous can reasonably employee in a oximate the absenteeism it, multiply the number of 3. Production Lost by ___ In war-time it is ab ism be reduced to a minimum, because basic comMd^uVscannot be rmed into finished goods without a reljrfdftejV flSced r.umber^O' labor, and skilled mechanics astfQwJKcult to find, have heard astonishing estimate*Opf'^*8 amount of copper/; t we will consume in thii>&u&fcy for war and civilian , amount of kilowatt are to be required for su //S^hough I have at lought that, if the demands are ` reat as indicated, we may even run short of sea water ps that we are "building, - my inner reaction, however, /always'<beex that we could not poesibly use the enormous amounts of raw tmatsrl&le^because, as already stated, a worker can only consume a defiite amount of material and kilowatt hours. 77e can, of course, consume jap^e materials if we can secure mors workers, but as a representativea statistical service stated to me, "There is it possible to obtam^O million more workers which will be needed if the indicated consiaSphpta for war and civilian purposes is accomplished?" From purely a pra^&fpai point of view, it seems to me that wc should reduce civilian consumption to the extent necessary to meet war-time necessities, and from an squally practical point of view, that more man hours of deployment should be secured by decreasing the amount of time lost through absenteeism. k rough approximation of the production loss can bs determined on the following basis: each worker in the United States loses about 8 days per year - if wa can save 50$, or 4 days, we save 32 hows per worker; with about 7 million persons in defense industries, we would save about 200 million hours of labor, which is sufficient to build 100 destroyers, or about 300 standard cargo ships. Page No. L L. Improved Community Health la realrabla In connection with reducing absenteeism because of sickness, the problem is even greater than in the case of accidents, because, in addition to working conditions and employee attitude, sick absentee ism is affected by the employees' horn# life, his housing, his food, his/fcility to get prompt and eff^orarc medical service, and above aT^jjiy the general sanitary coed^ioaa in the locality in which he livetf^The Stv^aeph LeacCcnmpa^'has for the past twenty years been sw^^ly Anises ted <ux^ie general health of the communities in whiKitsvpriifesiBiJ^wtraBions are located. We have ape with the firm realization that tb lean wer or expect something for no frankly the school children of today emploje^PfriJSSWirrow, t are interested in t^a^mnerWl health ve done and wilL^wn^phe to do cdfiit^pPihlngs for' ess\(Bi}not philant^qjawyMaaons. We have, example, given fl^e scho^l^flcEwen, we have spent hundreds of thousands ^TMtc? and satisfactory sewerage systems and ^Hen built. The coaauni- ties and our men apprecl s and realize the soundness of our policy that money oved working and living conditions is worth while, and cents" angle as well as from the human!tar 5. Suggest!01 Methods AbsentSevern fcfcuaption that some y cf obtaining information following suggestions: nvinced of the then I offer When the check-up is undertaken, tell it is being done, that the information ot affect their personal liberties, and thatdefinitely shews certain conditions to be then the Company will seriously attsmpt to d remedies. For exv&ple, if it is found that a more time is lost from colds than from accident! company might well consider the desirability of avallabis protective cold pills or vitamin capsule! sun leaps. If it would appear from absenteeism figufes that an epidemic was starting, workers might be sent home immediately upon feeling sub-normal, and not be allowed to return without a doctor's permit. It is also suggested that tha company's or a recognized local physician should talk to the men collectively at certain periods, that these talks should be stenographically reported and then mimeograph copies mailed to the man's home so that there would be some discussion on the part of his- family - if a man has already heard the doctor's- story, he Fill be dispoeed to diecuss the pamphlet and, in so doing, will improve biaself as well as others with the doctor's suggestions. Another constructive method rrouid be to follow our procedure of giving to the men or their families the Metropolitan Life bulletins on colds, penumonia, tuberculosis, etc. 'absenteeism, it should be definle wages become and the more overie more time that men will endeavor te, Cd or some slight ailment to cover le or some equal attraction. Therefol and in the issuing of any pamp some must not lose their sense of - . *ess the de^^^e ef [ion that jgrf$2is^&idustry has satis- fectorily handlecrrirthlems' oductfQvNMs and financing, when the information u&Suhs ar< ere is no reason why we cannot readily lesseaf^abmntei herefore reduce the great wastage to employees wages, to industry due to loss of earnings, and to our '* to lost production, - thsn, industry will have or ns i^t^hcrs in forwarding ths ideals and purposes of don Page lie. 6. ST. JOSEPH LA^ rnwFA?1 -- SOUTHEAST MISSOURI MINING OPBUTIOITS ABSENTEEISM REPORT FOR TSIF.ftgMIirE TZ5K PERIOD ENDING 7-.00 A.it.. Scot. 28. 1941 Industrial Mon-lad' Infli* Mas " >and Panuoonia Respiratory Tuberculosis Other Respiratory Diseases Teeth and Guos Stomach, Except Cancer Diarrhea and Enteritis Appendicitis Hernia Other Digestive Heart Hemmorhol OtherfldSMuO^Wry Diseases GeniwSfrjAry Diseases Neuritis and Sciatica iseases of Nervous System logons of Vision Ear and Mastoid Process Rheumatic Diseases Lumbago, Myositis, Etc. Skin >1seases Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Ill-defined and Unknown Causes Illness or Death in Family Miscellaneous Personal Reasons Total 11.970 2.33 22 5-3 This report includes payroll men and salaried men who are limited to maximum hour provisions of ths Fair Labor Standards Act for thirty-nine week period between December 29, 1940, to September 27, 1941, inclusive. Bonne Terre, Missouri October 21, 1941. Page Nr. 7. ST. JOSEPH LEAR COMPACT -- nxTiUT 1HNING OPERATIONS. NORTHERN NEN YORK ABSENTEEISM REPORT FOR PERI03 JANUARY 1, 19A1 TO FEBRUARY 28. 1941 Industrial Inj Non-industrl Influtn Tons Nssa^MsiMA and Ann Throat^^ronehitis, EteS Respiratory T.B. Total Respiratory 01s Teeth and Guns Stomach, azcapt Cancar Tiarrhaa and Sntaritis Appandicitis Heart Nervous System Lumbago, Myo^t Oiaclplim Ili-defiAfiAd '^TJhknown Causes Il^^L^amily ?eous Personal Reasons Sr - Car Trouble TOTAL \ Page No. 8. 3T. JCSEPH COMPANY -- JOSEPHTCTTN ZINC SMELTING 3PE5ATICS5. PST^SILVANIA RTn.AARy rVVt nrrrs ' ILLNESSES 1939-1940-1941 INATING SEPTS,fflm 30TH 7-Eay Absentees Reported es of 1 Day or More Ind.Hygiene Std. 1939 <3 14Q____ 1941-Term.Seo.30 1941-Term, i No. ^fo. Tays No. Cays No. jst Cases Lost Lost Cases All respirato^^. Appendectomy Chronic Appendi Digestive Tri Hemorrhoids I Liver..^M&wf^and Bidder 2 TeetK^id^JWwalgia 1 Typhoi?and Scarlet FevtfV^ Back Ailments (included in^y miscellaneous 1939 & 1940) Miscellaneous 1' Mon-Industrial Accidents 2. 420 98 137 4 13 6 72 23 13 1 \60 8 375 122 36 57 65 55 TOTAL .195 232 1,501 43 S92 Average time los^fc^^as* 3.70 Days f78 BayogA 6.43 Days Exposure (to&QySr 740,452 Ave&tttjxpcer of employees 347 43^ A ^` accidents (lost time ^iAly) 7 / 108 / 135 Annual number of cases par 1000 males 363 446 124.9 In addition to the above listed cases, the following had nd^been terminated wi: time lost os of September 30, 1941: ) Non-Indus trial accident 1 case 2 dayK33tet Gall Bladder Operation 1 " 32 " ^ Miscellaneous 1 " 9* " * Includes one case in which former employee reported that he would have to have an appendectomy at his home (some distance from Josephtown). Subsequent brief corres pondence did not reveal definitely whether or not he had had the operation. He was subsequently dropped from payroll. ** loes not include one fatality Industrial Hygiene Foundation, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. Abstract of "What's Haw In Industrial Hsalth," raport of the Founda tion's Medical Committee, by Dr. A.J. Lanza, Chairman, (Assistant Medical Ciractor, Metropolitan Lifa Insurance Co., N.7.) at sixth annual masting of Industrial Hygiene foundation hald at Mellon Instl- tuta, Pittsburgh, Not 1941. trial hygisa sot up thora Scientific Ihacrgoncy works HasaarchrCb^MX, and tha Rsaoa4n4rDcTelopment, also an n&dustrlal Health 0 othor auh-oo--ittea on lnd attention being given to both ' health in all types of defense trial Hygiana in the Bureau of Navy and also in the Medical for'the progress that has been made in 1 health of tha Industrial workor. In is Health sad Welfare Services mt, both directly stodog from t Tor ^2alth Committee, ttee, ontltlod the nlted States Service, the National Departments, Office of Scientific in tbs Research Council, there is parsafibri^P identical with that of the ^arrangement provides for adequate a and research phases of industrial n additioh, there is a Section on Indus- ie of the Medical Department of toe On the gove: the Bureausof Industrial, so that at pr territories of the Philippine cooperation ^vision of Industrial" -ordinated and integrate his country. In addition, sc r-camltteea in tbs defense health and aorale. has seen an increase in State 5\&re 34 such bureaus, plus the ration. These bureaus, in National Institute of 1 ^et^as has never before been activities are repreces, namely nursing, The Division of Industrial Hygiene of the Stated Public Health Ser vice has appointed an industrial consulting nurse. In evaporation with the National Organization for Public Eealth Nursing, which has also appp$hted an Industrial nurs ing consultant, a staff education program is being developed^which is expected to be available in January next. This program is planned for the use^of visiting nur3e associations which are in a position to include service to lndusfjtt among their activities. Nine states bare appointed industrial nursing co its in their Bur- oaus of Industrial Hygiene. The Coamilttee on Nutrition in Industry of the Board on Pood end Nutrition of the National Research Council was created last Spring as an advisory body to the government on natters portaining to the nutritional status of employees in defense industries. To date the Caslttee has concentrated mainly on the collection and the evaluation of pertinent material; attempts to stimulate a nationwide Interest in the problm; and the furnishing to manufacturers and other interested parties, upon re quest, what advice it la in a position to give concerning the foodlng of Industrial mrkars. Or. Lanza - 2 As the probias of the nutritional requiraiaenta of industrial iwrkera has not been adequately oxpiorod, the Committee, as part of Its implied duty of collect ing tha factual data upon which any recommended remedial proceduras must ba based, has undertaken to institute controlled nutritional studies in several large indus trial plants, located in various sections of the country. Sub-coamittaa on Porso ons in Industry is especially intores ed in al morale. This Commit s'setting up a program aimed at both t educatlo: subject. To aid In correlating tha ad aateri is being prepared. This will make to industrl i, and industrial physicians a weaUA tyfJMa'terlal which should b when emotional problems arise.^ Organi the American State __ conduc$g4C^jhe Natlo' Chcmb reproaented by tha Council on IajZuajSrtal Health of by the Committees onlgdusaaal Health of tha Industry is repraram^ by definite programs of Monufacturv4frS$)&4y tha United States The Division of rice, through its Section on a large number of situations to occupational hazards in the keeping pace with adainistrat United St&tos Public Health Sergatlona, la conducting researches into listing to Industrial health and exposure os. It may bo said that research is field of industrial health. It Is axceedlnSBVyh^uragftg-^o note, goes on in the techninL^scLn-aerlng and medic developed. CourMm^eufcdustrial hygiene f$r ho established ugmCJmTerslty auspices and^t^s ing suffic^s^^tffaoet future demands. aducation In industrial hygiene lea and is being stlnulatod and ;tors and engineers are being that these will be functicn- Foundation, under tho able leedo Ed quite a wide range of activitios. which speaks for Itstif and you will hour it activities are under way and what has baon er and Ur. McUahon, you to the printed speakers in detail Industrial Hygiene Foundation 4100 Fifth Avenue Pittsburg, Pennsylvania Suaanry of findings frou Foundation-supported research on best X-ray procedures for industry--"A Comparison of Stereoscopic i'iniature Chest Films Single P.oentgenogreas on Paper, and Single Roentgenograms on Lar<?e Films'* by Eugene ?. Pendergrass, Li.D., S. P.eid "arrend, Jr., Sc.D, and D. E. Hangensen, M.S. of University ofePennsylvania, presented by Dr. Pendjfcgrcss at sixth annual aeetingc^fllndustrial Hygiene Foundation held at^^on Institute, Pittsburgh ion scouic 4-inch -ini cade during the Pendergrass. Dr.N facturcrs of for all of th b7 each mettBgs^plese jcts cbmonJyBr. Pend* whose raestPwcro nomcl noetic xrableas. Se^ entgenogrons on fils and on neper, aotograohs of the fluorescent sere* Ur. D. E. Hcngenson of patients ciws&telJ'Dr. E. P. Warren, and Mr. Ha&gcnscr., woriCLnB>ytt the menur producing oinlaturo filas, ttenu^tte techniques lias or pairs of fllnsjtfcr* 'wee of each patient considerably in dcndttQtfld contrast. The sub- s series of tg4p\lq0Xudod a fow patients whose chaftyClwl provided difficult diag- After the filas were thci wn by Mr. Hangcnsen to 31 roentgeno- logiats in Philadelphia, Kashin and Cincinnati. Each of theso exarai- ners analyzed the filas of from and recorded his findings on forms, rue sxaainer started by choosl -ua filas of a particular patient that stereoscopic pair vfaic n noted whether he thought this fils adequate for surve; saw in the flla. He then proceeded to the 4-ihe^Wj^Xinch fil.no tiant, then to the 14-inch by l?-inch paper, to tho large f r he hod finished his examination films which time examine he wrs asked whether heifflBMfc^hat paper roentgenogrtms,NMi md 3teM^ahc^Sr35--us fil a were satisfactory inch by 5-inch filas, >lvine (1) gross pc.th- oiogxodtfCWhe^kest (2) ninlnal tuberculosis, (3) (4) industrial 'reliainary analyses of tho data show that teS)C roKrwgcnologists believethat the order of merit for survey work of ths four uot^og* is: First--lc.-ir.ch by 17-inch films; Second--14-inch by 17-inch paper, Third--s&jffcoicopic 4-inch by 5-ir.cl- phjtogrnphs of the fluorescent screen image Fourth--stereophonic 35hb photographs of tho fluorescent screen iaage Purpose Detecting Gross Pr.tholosv of Chest Dbtectlnir Minimal Tuberculosis Detecting Silicosis For Industrial Surveys 14 x 17 in. Paotr 100 83 36 89 bd as Satisfactory StcreosQ^b Stereoscopic 4 x 5 Up. 35 an. 90 68 58 20 67 21 79 24 These results should be qur.ilflod by the following facta: (1) Many of the exc.dncrs rare not practiced in the examination of small filas* (2) Definite improve ments in the techniques of producing both 4-inch by 5-inch files "nd 35-ao films have been aade since the filas used in these teats were prepared. (3) Limited time vr.s avallrble to the exciilnars for exadnation of tho test results. It is probable that the results tabulated above would have boon modified in the direction of more general approval of the saall filas for surreys If these difficulties hsd been avoided. Industrial Hygiene Foundation 4100 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, Pa. Abstract of report on Tuberculosis in Industry, by Dr. L. U. Gardner, Director, The Saranac (NY) Laboratory, at sixth annual meeting of Industrial Hygiene Foundation held at Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, Nov. 12, 1941 _ tuberculosi instinctive! rather than ratory Symposium' observers to rei ments end to devolopmenJch the yeemJM0>e Nations of th*NMnenl conclusloi ' tier account for a freshly discovered cc^spoi a1 environment. Our dust-conscious mttisYMem tors that may depress resistance tm^tafl^qiian ct with the tubercle bacillus. At thr^Jgpnac L-abo- erculosis in Industry, I askedAe&b^oQ experimeed of tuberculosis in different(EawKrial environ- f factors that have bee&'fclleias to frvor its proceedings rill be^jnbT^hed About the first of Association. only point out a few There has been an industrial groups than in the than specific environmental among rage earners. Of the as dusts, only free silica losis. in the tuberculosis mortality in A low standard of living rather for most of tho tuberculosis including fumes end gesos as -vail upon susceptibility to tubercu- In execptiopstli^UBlviduals causal,re tents and tubcrcnjotiS&pl^Dt: admitted buV^e that it Lnflumo>tep^ncidance of tuber ` mum environaa^JsvCrcbla for the cure of prevcnt^crt^&W influence of nutrition, fat dityariS^bi^rlfic intoxication like l*ad were thwSir^pghas had an appreciable effect. hips between exposure to imf such substances is not suer, tionel groups. The optinot essential in its temperature and hunised fthd^it was agreed that only In contrast to the old* hand cigar Industrjc^ whicn^lll accounts for 'out 731 of the workmen in this trade, a modern tobicCjf:.ctory with adequete ny- gienic surroundings produces practically no tuberculoaik^Tha frequence of this infection in non-siliceous dusty trades was not abnormap)fti high rates still obtained in foundries, granite cutting and hard rock uir lving exposure to quartz dust. But even under the latter condition, the poss: ies of control are indicated by tho low rr.tcs prevailing where nodical pro ve been in operation over a sufficient period. u- m Industrial Hygiens Foundation 4400 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, Pa. Abstract of findings from a Foundation-supported research on "Effects of Arc Voiding Fuses on Susceptibility to Tuberculosis." The investi gation, conducted at the Saranac (tlY) Laboratory, was reported by Or. L. (7. Gardner, Director, at sixth annual meeting of Industrial Hygiene Foundation held at Mallon Institute, Pittsburgh, Nov. 12. 1941 s an exaaple of an expo sure^to^^pulnonary irritant that has had no signifi^^)effects upon superinposea^ffifcrculous infection, I cite an expariaenjr?'\ dealing wwr^exposw&fco arc wejd&g fades. This was undertaken because of increasing^mcber ofls^nbeiE^uO^sed to such fuses throughout industry ^ program was 'Curled oi^1^|9^j^n(nt from the Industrial Hygiene Four. determined, abouj pneumonia, three or shown qddapvfetptc sci iths, when the proper sublethel dose d&Cjsfl was being the 200 guinea pigs exposed di^Tu^cheadcal itration of the fumes thc^deataa^ceased within s/miaals killed duringkd&vCpllowing 9 months have am the heeled i&CMm&ron of the lungs. Half of ths had been Infected with In spite of the severe concentration of fumas their'' expoced controls. In no anlaaJ any evidence of progression oi when quartz dust is inhdi placed in the fume chamber Lence a few days previously. Ltlng froa the excessive initial Led as effectively as It did in nonBftng ths following 8 months has thare been :tfcxkuch as has been regularly observed Another group nfSauirfea pi 'cted with the seme kind of tubercle bacilli anfjrfSLjuftrvals of . _ thereafter small groups of these inisials hoe^belp'fccposed daily to^wletti , icentrations of welding fumes, Here the " learn whether the^pSttformi lg tubercles would be reac- tivated to spread as has also bdpa/tee cao* jften animals are exposed to quart z^^^ . ^ .o suggestion of reactivation has be ^ra^aberculous foci (area) were 4, 5, or 6 non Inserted next nonth to diacovor whether thare ere fumes in concentrations too low to produce pneumonia lity to tuberculosis. kept in the fuma chads tine be removed to a normal atmosphere for a week and kind of tubercle bacilli. From tho nature of the scars cipated that the course of the superimposed tuberculosis that in unexposed controls. any exposed `when final tast will bn of exposuro to native susceptibi- 10 months will at that infected with the sane lungs it is not ar.tiany different fnc The results thus far observed constitute evidence for ^fine view that severe inflammation of ths lungs does not necessarily influence the course of a tu berculous infection. They also indicate that exposure to tvwn excessive concentra tions of arc weIlding fumes is unlikoly to have a bad affect upon either fresh or old tuberculous foci (area) in a worker's lungs. Approximately 120,000 arc welders are now engaged in industry. TVWWW** Industrial Eygiana Foundation, 4400 Fifth Aranua, Pittsburgh, Pa. Summary of findings from Foundation-supported rasaarch on "Reactions of Living Tissues to Silica GramLes as Observed Microscopically in the Rabbit's Ear Chamber," by Or. ot R. Clark and Barrow E. Haegensen, M.S., OaparD&ant of University of Pennsylvania, presented by Eugene P. Penderj D., of University of Pennsylvania, Eh annual maoting of 1 Hygiene Foundation held at Mellon sburgh XLThe ` ad microscopic extended d' than was singl actions of living tissues to sill (s, as observ- Had chambers Inserted in the ^ aar, has been include the effect of live dose of silica the affect of a sepg le super-imposed on the st With silica o: from material provided us very massive dose was fo subjected to a moderate dose suits did not differ material! No definite silicotic nodule (a micron 1/23,000 of am inch) rector, Saranac (NT) Laboratory) a a a chamber which bad been previously a then observed for 10 months. The tained from the mullcr single doses. The outstanc e jftsf^cytosia (engulfing) of the silica particles by macro^Mgfofe^fcifandering Cells!, wf'a& ------Jned visible, with their en- closed silica, tjftu&fi^Che period of obae?j*tio which showed a definite tenden- cy to group {agwnpr Some of the macrophgras ( ng cells) merged to form giant cells whloM^mtbrdcys or weeks, disintegrate causing any noticeable reac- tlon. .FttdepBe has accumulated which suggests-^ ons wharo many silica- ladmw&Nr$hage3 are grouped, thore is more rei to mild inflammatory i than elsewhere. The genoral conclusions from all these Studies itvtjmt the presence in the tissues of large amounts of fine silica does not of ifeslf learn to the formation of silicotic nodulas, but that it may produce a conditicx^wh^ch may form the basis far an axaggeratad reaction to mild inflammatory irritants., Industrial Sygiene Foundation, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. Abstract of a report on the "2aployibillt7 of the Physically Hanidcapped,' by Or. Henry H. Sessler, Medical Director, New Jersey Rehabilitation Clinic, at sixth seating of Industrial Hygiene Foundation held at Mallei Institute, Pittsburgh, Not. 345f 1941. great potent!* rice and condemn^ annually lost to idicapped by minor disabilities, but performance, are being rejected to Le by industry. Thus a east reserro ^ enemy. by on a d 7 handlei physical pei result of his training all contribut jdividuals is based no- proer of their incapa- ^ejudice. The socj cooomlc condemnation Lizod on 5sunption that physical jgether. men's capacity to work re ability, his personality, his Physical defects aro o tatic and dynamic. Tha loss of a finger, a stiff joint, the parol; or muscle group, ore stationary defects and rarely effect t: s c to work. Tuberculosis, arthritis and similar systmie dise a in y effect the entire body and impair working efflclo oj'oction should be on the presence of diseased states and not on s beta, except wfcdi?e ysls in a specific vocation requirements. lied person may not only be adribWd.7 prbaShtiTa, hut may actually ?en field. The ability of indiTiqtfg^ wi4sP^lcai defects to be as Eire as 30-called normal iTinivi duals i^jFduo ramly to tho safety factor, 'ban accommodate itself to unusual demands~<d^pita'dj^eose, or congenitcl, defects. Through solf repair, regenerating.adapt^gxioa to now conditions, jstitution of one structure for another, such as thtt^jum for the kidney, the body may perform efficiently. In this respect tho large resuredr of traits and capacities resemble an lcoberg. Less than 1G^C of the potential efficiency of the individual is called into pley in the routine pursuit3 of life. Submerge^t^fgr use in an emergency, lie 30$ of the physical powers of the individual. The physlts^defect may even net a3 a stimulus to oTeroompensation with extraordinary physical (ixgity. Adler level ed a complete system of psychology based on ths idea of organ inferiority. Ho 3tatc that we areoquippod with materials that aro rarely fully developed, yet 'with this imperfoct development, good performances aro turned out, just as our ancostors produced greet works with imperfect tools. Jkployers are reluctant to employ tbs physically handicapped bocause they holier# thalr dofects make that accident prone. Thore Is enough data at bend to disprove this false contention* What h3 been said about the physically handicapped nay also be applied to the so-called over-ago employee. Swlsa studiee show that the incidence of industrial accidents is much less among thoso aged 40 to SO thorn among those from 20 to 40. u tl Dr. Kessler - 2 Because of the powerful psycho-social prejudice on the pert of industry and society toward the physically handicapped and the over-age employee, ordinary educa tional methods hare proved futile in finding a place for than in the national economy This challenge has been met in a limited way by the United States government in 48 states. Agencies have been set up providing assistance to the handicapped by moans of special services, including physical ro tlon, functional training, and place- ment. Thnfobj active is to reduce or physical defect, provide special skills, haa^lace thesain positions c with their aptitudes and their Limi tions. Qnl^dBe stat restoration. T4r>in productivity be 'ey -- has emphasized the objective paramount because only by ramovli sychologlcal prejudice redueed. ct can This be! operation in New Jersey tar ma^/tnan 20 years, The correctTM ulncv be seen in its the government in its plan&4a^p8Trchabi itio eoa. In thlnrofbgpa 200,000 young men with dsutL)$erects, eye ovascular djtfjfewg? musculo-skeletal defects, peronealyUsenses, mental : lervcftW/aLseeaeSy^fenS? defects of ears, defects of feet, defective lungs, and sdS^saotfl (mM&s will be salvaged. Tho army expects to accopt virtually after they undergo treatment by family physicians or dentists a' Tho lesson is plain, trained youths, it is of eq age employeo with groat ,lcy for the army to salvage unphysically handicapped and over- ' service. Industrial Hygiene Foundation 4400 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, Penns. Abstract of discussion of tha "Employability of ths Physically Handicapped," by JL. 11, "alter, Director, Pennsylvania State Bureau of Rehabilitation, at sixth annual meeting of Industrial Hygiene Foundation held at Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, Nov. 12. 1941. Alcost one-tenth of the people he TJnited States meet with accidents annually^^hd twice this nusber are hoi work at least one week during tha because a^illness a result of tl abling conditions, there are 4,000,( persons wiwir^frrarni iy3icl isoei and the annual increase of new ca? about 800,0002 /The 3out 6?5 do not prevent them from own employment ?e others, 260,000*, it is necessary special guidanc lucaj ^placement in ordor that they may enga| ^yrmrur.era- tive employment xthousand can bo prepared for normal mbc ^mient, and the rest must be a special environment such ea^9^y) sd workshops or occupations on in their homes* expert a suitable careful vocational prepaAbny?the handle ed re. s and are certified as being physically and men They present a group of more stable employees than perfect group", as shown by a study in one of our large iad carry out this experiment the physical examination was waived hsndieaoped workers studied with a group of non-handicapped workers tign showed that among tha non- handicapped workers a greater (s^p ent) resigned then of the handi- capped workers. Also, that cr there was a greater percentage (7.4 per cent) removed f) jobs- because were not suited to the type of work* It showed that^df non-handles cent more were laid off, due to lack of work.^row among the handles! of the committee which LStudy said: "^e or* of ;Vthere is no reel reason why ig certain vocation not be employed by large concern! ^hasis is placed on iual's abilities and he is not placed physical hendi- penalize him, he will be able to compete stand the pace of production just as well as those suffering frow*$ benSidaps. A recent review of those persons who wore successfully rehabilitated in Pennsylvania for the year 1938-39, showed that more than 83JPbere. still employed at the time of tho review which wee one year after placement ob^^e selected job. Think of this sawing in Labor turnover with no increased hazftrfpAf accident. In not a slngla instance was s second accident reported. That enployw^are satisfied is evidenced by the figures showing that about 425 of these people $$ill employed are employed at an increase in wage. These figures for steadiness of employment, for reduction of labor turnover ere without doubt equal ta those found in any large industry nnd fora a definite proof that, if correctly adjusted into suitable employ ment, the disabled man makes as satisfactory and as safe a worker as does the physi cally normal* The safety of the disabled was further verified In a study made in Pencsyl vania In 1937. Only 17$ or 0.68 of the 29,000 handicapped drivers of automobiles in that year were Involved in accidents. On the other hand, 91,000 or 4 1/28 of the other 2,000,000 drivers met with accidents. The nature of tho disability often requires ths selsctlon of special types of productive employment and the utilization of email business projects. On the **a ^ . I* 44 m mV 9 #44A4w + a ew Mr. faiter -- 2 industrial activities In competition with normal persons. Today sore then 10,000 handicapped persons are employed by the Ford Coapany and about 4% of the eeployees of the Western Electric Company are physically disabled. A study of 6,097 rehabilitated persons revealed that they were working at 628 different types of Jobs. Higher grade positions demanding ability and ex perience, as well as other types of employments, were being1 filled by disabled ,^ The viewpoint of the employer is outlined inollowing statement by H. B. Duffus, Sf-futy Engineer of tfestinghouse Electric eha^knufacturlng Company: "The saying, 'IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO 1ZZCD* has no batter 'Application then the occasion of the industrial employee who has through nisfortdfg ` 'eprived of some of his facilities to the extant that he is unable to continue cb or profession that has provided him with the necessities of lifo and a few leasures. 3accuse a workman loses sn arm, a leg, his hearing, or his sightf^$$bre is no reason why be should be considered as a loss to industry. Heny of these n'en were machinists electricians, boiler sekers, foremen, pattern ankers -- a complete cross section of our skilled workmen. In faqt, there ire 93,000 industrial employees who were perma nently disabled as a result of our 1940 industrial accident roll and several times that nudoer who were permanently disabled because of accidents end disease outside the plant. "I can recall many cases of good rehabilitation of industrial workers There is a young fcllor whu lost four fingers while working on a milling machine. Four years of training in the Trade School and our Drafting Department developed him into a Junior Drcftsncn. There was the case of the girl who lost hree fingers on a punch press end whose ambition always had besn to beeoas an inspector. Through a series of special courses, she received the necessary training end is now a very Mr. Faltar -- 3 efficient axsi valuable inspector. A wocan trenty-ons years old had her left hand o.nputated at the wrist. further instruction in business, arithmetic, bookkeeping and accounting aachines qualified hr.r for work in the factory office keeping certain accounts and doing coaptoaotor work as e. part of the job." The Pennsylvania Rehabilitation Service wrs invited by the Engineering Dcpartacnt of theTrensfonaerDivision of K^tinghouse, located at Sharon, ?e., to assist the coupsny "ith the selection o^v^vptjpor of workers for the drafting section.* These workers) have be successful bedafcSfc) tSTeir positions were carefully select on the best fitness jMk adequate preparation. In addition, the s; nountinr of S a physical handicap has built up c the cnployces vocational efficiency. As stated Assistant Zngin These young people are doing inportan doing it well; t to rocet the need for sld.lied drtf to defense production; they tod theaseIves to the -ork. young aen aade the highe ests in a group of 96 a appren- tices." was a challenge to fight the investaent by society in one study it was found was returned to society. in the fora of a handicap a blessing. Econ-oalcally _ esploynent is sound. In fact, spent for rehabilitation, (47.00 Industrial Byglsna Foundation, 4400 Fifth Aranas, Pittsburgh, Pa. Abstract of addrssa, "Protection of Cirllians and Industry in Wartime," by Dr. Gaorga Baahr, Chiaf Medical Offiaer, U.S. Qffica of Cirllian De- , fansa. at sixth annual meeting of IndtStrial 3/giena Foundation, bald at Mellob\Institute, Pittsburgh, Noriflk. j4l. The*Okitcd LaOuardia urgeib mant of plans or establislaent of. vulnerable lndi areas" of standiM^h^Wian as jr of tha Office of Civilian Defana physicians of tha country to coopera So develop. of tha Office of Civilian Tor the ive sarricas in States along, bo sards and in ha interior. In all ties la these "target Medical Service 1 ganlzed with an out- gancy Mi One of the assent; the organization of an Bur, areas", which Bust be reedy the event of a local disaster c heralded boshing. In response be despatched from hospitals^ first aid posts close to ^urgency Medical Service is t in every hospital in the "target at the call of the Control Center in e or accident or by sudden and una alarm, Bncrgency Fiald Units will casualty stations and advanced Another esS22ft^I-'fcart of the plan of t^jE^flce of Civilian Defense calls for the organ!zatf^toqpdrwainlng of FlrstUtAft Detachments in every industrial plant, large buslneag^s^^Plshaents and governmeat^^partatrahvin the country. Some indus trial planr^BM# already organized such dsthMBSfcsts fcwvfche protection of their m- ployeea^Tw^ration with the Anerlcsn Rad iVtfFlmportant that similar Firq^*xdJJachaanta be organized in each wing mf^^ery ljb^s industrial plant so prompt first aid can be rendered to asployees^iXythe imu of an accident or -^disaster. Under the direction of the plant phhiclonV^hh aoabere of the de- tAbhaent should be thoroughly trained in first aid procedures'wd>d first aid drills should be held periodically thereafter. Each detaclaenJT^hould be la charge of a leader who has taken the advanced end Instructor's courieayin first mid of the Amer ican Red Cross and has been qualified as an instructor. EfaaA othar qualified in structors should than proceed to extend first eld training her eaployoos. It is tha object of tha Offlca of Civilian Dafenae t&itaoad first aid training widely throughout the civil population until uitimatcly'jpcre is someone trained in first aid in every vicinity and if possible in every house. Industrial physicians must be prepared to play an important role in this undertaking. Of all physicians, they are among the best oquippod by training and axperlonee to assume a large share of the leadership in Civilian Defense not only in their own industry but in the communities in which they live. The Office of Civilian Defense calls upon you to sarve as loaders in your localities in the organization and optratlon of the civilian protection services which will form an important part of our national defense. Mtmmi Industri`,l Hygiene Foundation 4400 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennc. Abstract of report of Membership Committee presented by C. E. Ralston, Chairman (Safety Director, Pittsburgh Plate Class Co.) at sixth annuel meeting of Industrial Hygiene Foundation held at Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, Nov. 13. 1941. Twelve companies have affiliated with the Foundation thus for this year. They ares Tee of the above their asobershlpe during 1941 Corporation has just advised us pped out In lean years but renewed resigned. Meanwhile General Motors to affiliate, storting January 1, 1942. It will be lapossUrtfca fSjjjhiWport on membership work until the end of the year. A canpad*n^|r neV members in progress and we have reason to be optimistic cboujb esults. The~caapai^b^bas been necessarily held up by the procedures in^o^mo^irchmging the FaU&datioai'i'S'^araie. This change was advocated by the ilembershfS^RbqpSvtee, as well as acny^othar^eTSons Interested in the Founda tion, at hare one ysar ago. (Aftir cixttg34&ng the membership, and after tha iiiemre&toahs of the lr.w, the change froia^A^^Hyg^^^Foundation to Industrial Hygi^K^oigpcatior. becaaa official only rccant^^v^ Increasing industrial activity tends tb^^hqxasbC hazards--and at a when this nation sorely needs mnrliwua oar.power^/Ther the work of the Foundation is more important now then ever beforo. IV Ships as keep precau- tions apoce with production, which is the only way wo ch^offset the increases in sick absences and occupational disease which inavitoblyqgb&npcny increase in indus trial activity. In endeavoring to fulfill thla important function ~^3eping precautions in stop with production -- tha Foundation is porfordnr more ad&^ijro field work for its acdser conpanies. During the past ytar our industrial hygi^^t, Mr. F. S. M-.llette, covered approximately 25,000 miles In Taking plant surveys and "trouble shooting" where new processes were being installed, or new materials introduce*! with questionable health effects. Survey wor1? was perforaed in seven states. In August, the Staff Hygienist flow 2,700 dies in three days covering emergency work in plants scattered from Oklahoma to Haw Jersey. During midsummer, three hygienists were kept busy on the staff acoting the dauand for survey work. Three companies 're now utilizing this survey service bn a ywer-eround basis. Several other member comprnies are seriously considering a similar arrangement* which has many advantages. Hr. Ralston -- 2 Another msabership service developed during the year, and which promisee to prove highly valuable to members, is tha consultation on exhaust vantilatlon systems. Companies planning to install such systems should submit thair plans to tha Foundation for a doi&la check. This service becomes possible through the engi neering study which the Foundation is supposition at University of Pennsylvania. In closing, let me call attention to the importance of tha Foundation's research on industrial health. Research doesn't excite us when we refer to it as one of the benefits companies derive fromJsheir membership. But Dr. L. U. Gardner* report yesterday, showing that arc waLgirig^Cuaaa do not seem to affect susceptibi lity to tuberculosis, is of ianense Jralnvtsnce. It is definite word at last on th much diSou^Sed siijej^t This inrarti&Hon emphatically illustrates the v&lu^or\ the Foundst'Ca^ s riMsmch fo^l&jMabcrs and for all Industry -- which is another roi&jnv^&y a&v^du^^yAduld vigorously support Industrial Hyzl^fae^frfedc. tion. If any^ir^her anmopxor the Foundation were needed. Hr. AndS*J5ttcher supplied it yenmigrraiflSpk said -- to approximate the absentepi^fcs^SP* in your own* plant, aultrateShfe^rata^of workmen by per year. \^= by industry itself it and leadership. Industrial Hygiene Foundation 4100 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Abstract of report on "Industrial Hygiene at Work in the Defense Indus tries" to be presented Thursday, ftov. 12. 1941 at the sixth annual meeting of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation at ilellon Institute, Pittsburgh, by Warren A. Cook, Past President Aaeaicon Industrial Hygionc Association, ich General Accident & LiabiJ^rlnsuranco Company, Chicago. industry c. though such porating such in practically hygfw: today is to work out nsthods wherebj rial and processes for a given purpose ei volve a potential health hazard. By/ the industrial hygienist stipulate^ without causing Injury to the heoKJj Anong the defense sagnesiua contro duced reduce tss fluoride', which may be used sulfide, used in testing the produce any demonstrable inj sive absorption of these uatorl lee of materials and processes/TOm^fhtroduced Ln .ential hazards preeentedbir ta^^npidly developing on to the usual duaJ^Jaapsurcs which oust bo is the added cxfMsr^ex 3ulfur dioxide pro- the sold sulfur is incorporated to probqm^uft exposuro to aoaonluu silico- Sulfur and exposure to carbon di- e sand, are not sufficient to sures should be checked so that exces- vojded before poisoning actually results. Carbon tetrac'nlorl \used^ prmection with resin core washes particularly where thin 35, Squire^fisoo shes. Here it is necessary to guard not only against ure tactile crb {itrachloride vapor itself, but. also to make is no exoosuTe^i *e into which the carbon tetra- chloride is this vapor conest^n coni incandeseent surfaces in core ovens or My poured castin--g--s .'^W^'iLosg ita purposes as a *ar gas but it in the foundry. re extensive use of benzol in " been employed is also brough carefully checked since decitnds of the nun ___ ^ toluol nar`:et. Even toluol toay produce iteNinroptic te airplane industry where such confined areas as the^J^dnd be spray-coated. . operations where tion which needs to have drained the on workers in the fuselage oust The nenufacturer is cautioned against becoming spaacupiea with direct pro duction problems that he overlooks industrial hygiene. Ind^jrfH^l hygiene is just :s such a a&ttcr of efficient production &3 i3 the provision of <^werly tenpered tools. Another caution: operations previously innocuous aay cause heggjaMnJury on longer or sore continuous exposure incident to increased production schSdmes. As a cr.se point, fatal poisonings have occurred in an operation involving ot& of the aoderate.y toxic solvents which had previously been used on shorter schedules without any injury to health. The value of putting industrial hygiene to work in defense industries is this -- nan-power can be kept on an efficient level. Wiw mrn www Industrial Syrian# Foundation 4400 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, Parma. Abstract of preliminary report on a Foundation-supported study, "An Evaluation of Present Exhaust Ventilation for the Control of Industrial Health Hazards," by Theodore Hatch and Robert H. Walpole, Jr., Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, presented by Professor Hatch at sixth annual meeting of IndustrialHygiene Foundation held et Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, Hov*<L 1941. situt IP stud out vita respect to the present in daai sysl ventilation: 1. the deaign is almost empirical; systems so designed has not been correlated wi the. control which is produced 'or collec- tion and tabula1 vdata, the use of which will re exact control of d- and gases. it vi bion^ plied to nuaberlejrfumetri&l procossos end to sonv^Braasee of the Because of tl^wftLmxes encountered, it is stctSu&hnt design probN anhi reduced uigineerlng relationships and tt sines great fac sOQK&must V^npZoyed power consumption is only of secondary interest, 1 i|], rsffi ii of the variable factors involved and the reliance which mat evlous experience. It seems proper to inquire to what extent eapirt upon experience, cen be trsnslated into more basic data which will hav application. One may also investigate the possibilities of reduq sudp&on without sacrificing efficiency of control. Dust and^h^^ontaminsnts afe^disp into the air by definite forces, The function of^e^must hood is to es3absh -forces which will prevent the escape^^t^^ontiuninant. In a basics, approach to the design of axhausti&Rm!^ the forces of dispersion ausC\b receghHcd and evaluated and related to haW'pAjfSmance. The major objactive o. . ^investigation is to estab- svjpivrolationships. It is recognized,_.^r.. tSi^dsony problems cannot be in this nay and, also, that only a few of^'j ssos requiring venti- on can be studied. QD A general revision of design procedures ari^& complete elimination of ecpirical data are not anticipated. The development of^aj^ethod of investigation will, in itself, be of value. It is hoped, for example",through the use of such a method, the manufacturers of contaminsnt-producinj^q^Dment will be able to study the characteristics of their cun machines and develop<anderds of ventilation. Such original studios will help to remove the present difficT^t^ts encountered ir. applying ventilation to machines and processes as an ofttr-thought, so to speak. At the outset of this investigation, the rocent literature on exhaust ventilation has been collected and a bibliography, arranged by industry or process prepared. The list of references is not complete bat sufficiently so to show thst the volume of published material is not great. The importance of exhaust ventila tion in the control of industrial health hazards and the cost of installing and operating such equipment are great enough today to warrant a ooro complete treatment of the subject. The bibliography is attached. R^^i&ICSS 017 EXHAPST VJ&^XLAXION 1930-1941 G2K5RAL Air Dilution la Industrial Ventilation, Parts I, II, III, IV. W.C.L. Hanecn. Heatlag and Ventilating. 1,37, 39-43, Not. 1940*-- II, 37, 42-46, Dec. 1940 -- III, 38. 40-42, Feb. 1941 -- 17, 38, 71-74, Mar. 12[ Ara We ConlgdlLllng Dust? S.W. Gurney Ifi^U.S. Beyer. National Safety News. Lib< ,0: *art I, Fixing ath.Heating and VSueintatiblaletinBgra. nc3h6, P1roasBua^^Sb^:ai9^ 3O9bt.ain n Coal Dust-Air Mlxturos. A. ord, A.A. lustry Industry. ?enna. Dept. The Control of Iaduatrlal_____ J.M. DallaValle. Macbaa. Sngr Desim of Duct W*-**1 rn* ^lmut Prer. Bag. Series Bulletin Nb glena Foundation of America, Inc., Desigi of Exhaust Hoods. Bulletin Nb. 2, Part. sundatlo erica, Inc., Prer. Eng. Series Deslffl of 18, Nb. 9, --D--u--s--t--C---o--n--t-r--o--l---SMyat%lw. . tch. Jour. Iod. Syg. & Tex Tut-Hai s?rhust 3ystems. John L. %te St., New York, N.Y. 220 Pages. by Industrial Press, Ddrerglnation of Cloth Area for Industrial Air Fllterscj^C.E. If&lisms, Theodore Hatch, Leonard Groenburg. Heating, Piping, Air Conditioning; April, 1940. The Determination and Control of Industrial Dust. J.J. Bloomfield; J.M. DallaValle. U.S. Pub. Health Bulletin No. 217, April 1935. o@) Dust and Fume Control -- A Practical Approach. H.B. Heller; F.S^jJLlotte. Occ. Hazards. 2, no. 11, 3-10, 12, 32, Sept. 1940. Dust Collection Systems. Concrete, Can* Mill Ed., 47, 147-149, April 1939. Dust Collection. H.R.A. Dorlea. Jour. Ind. Heating Vent. Zngra. (British), 5, 317-336, 1937. Dust Collection. C-A. Syader. Notional Safety News. 37, 16, 34, March 1938. *Slneo this publication baa boon issued tha nsaa of the orgenizatlon baa been changed to Industrial Hygiene Foundation. References on Ethaust Ventilation - 2 Dust Control. Parts I, II, m. F.F. Kravath. Heating and Ventilating. 57, Part I, pp. 36-41, Karen 1940 -- 37, Part II, pp. 39-42, April 1940 -- 37, Part III, pp. 36-38, Kay 1940. Dust Control Methods in an Asbestos Fabricating Plant. R.T. Page; J.J. Bloomfield. U.S. Public Health Reports. 52, 1713-1727, Hot. 26, 1937. Dust Control, present and future design coiytfderations. T.F. Hatch. Kachan. Engin eering. 57.^134-136. March 1938. Dust Contro point. F.F. Operation from the Commonsense Stand38, 28-31, June 1941. Duat, Fume, and 3, 6-10, 31-32, K^c Proper Prevention. R.A. Brels Economical Dusta^o Sal stance Exhaust System^* F.^v^Erarath. Part I. Heat, and Vent.. 37.^<rt&S2. Oct. 1940. ebrand nnectihhs. Heat, and Vemgi>3y27-29. Hot. 1940. ,ch Junct ^7. 40-41, Dec. 1940. . Filter Connection eotion^sKt^and Vent. 33-35, Feb. 1941. Part V. Susnarr - A Samol 28, 33, Mar. 1941. Part VI. Plenum ' 38, 36-38, Apxll 1941. Economy In the Design of Exhaust 3yg. Sect., 1, 54-59, Oct. 1 Effective Srhaust Systems^^* . Ease. Hatch. Industrial Medicine, lad. jb) Natl afety News, Aug. 1939. Exhaust Hood, Coll 98, 51-52, Feb and Fans Design te^^ntre^^^st. Brick and Clay Record. Exhaust 2, No Versus Airflow. zl-22, 31, Sept. 1940. theridge. Occup. Hazards. to Consider in Designing Dust Removal Syst 4-16, 60, Sept. 1937. Abrasives, Fan Selection It Nomenclature. A.A. Berestnoff. Re_frigeration _E_n_g_ineering, 32, 175-179, 1936. ^~ The Flow of Air end its Distribution Thro^h Pue-te. J.H. Zwi' Part I. Frictionless Flow and Velocity Hoad. Heat, and Van 15-17, Fob.1339. Part II. Flow with Friction-Ducts with Equal Friction. Beat. eat., 36. March 1939. Part III. Elbows and Mlscallaneous Resistances. Seat, and Vent., 36, 51-53, AprU 1939. Part IV. Duct Layouts. Seat, and Vent., 36, 48-50, May 1939. Parts V and VI. Fan Laws end Fan Selection. Heat, and Vent., 6, 44-45, June 1339 64-66, July 1939. Fundamental Factors In the Design of Exhaust Systmas. T-F. Hatch. Meehan. Engineer ing. Feb. 1936. Fundamentals Relating to the Design and Operation of Exhaust Systms. T.F. Hatch et xAnerican Standards Eshaust Code Coemittee No. ASA-Z9. American Standards Assoc., Now York, 1936. References on Exhaust Ventilation - 3 Industrial Duat Control Through Exhaust Systems. W.O. Vedder. Craft Press, Inc., FayetteTi.ua, Pe. 1?36. Industrial Eusts and Their Control. T.F. Hatch. Safety Engineering. 67. 26, June 1934. Low Velocity Exhaust Syatena. T.F. Hatch. Kuat. and Vent., 37, 27-30, Oct. 1940. How To DPeeas: ign Exbhaust Sooda fpw Oim-rtT DallaVi'all^eat. and Vent., 37, 23, Operations. S.C. Riley and J.M. 40. Methods for A.D. Brandt, Sc.D. Metal Cleanl; 62 Prochat. Staub, No. 6, 249-29'^(uss',,l938. Screen Duat Collectors, >*If.rojorry. Heating, June 1933. H7H. Wafeon. Mod. Roaearc: the Duat Industry. H.L. Croon; 9, 1933. Prevention of Sill coal a Thro Dept, of Labor, 1933. 1. Bulletin No. 21, Part 2. 3.3. Practical Design of Srheuat an< lishingCo., Inc. New Toxic E.W. Favalora. Edwin A. Scott Pub25^oa. Principles of Exxhhaausatt,^bdajaalgn. J.M. DsilaValls^^J.S. Public Health Semes, 1359. Profits in Air. ('Sg&.^Jrena, Ltd., F.A. Y..estbx^blc. 1940. Prafltg(rhNtfer?Ford Motor Co. C. Strock. Heat"; d Vent., 37, 39-40, fk 32-38, June 1940. in Air: Woodworking Plants. T.F. Hatch; R<jl^N6rtfir^r\ Heat, and Vent., Sy>33-38. Feb. 1940. ^ Progress in Industrial Sanitation with Special Referenc^t^ythe Control of Industrial Dust. T.F. Hatchl An.Jour.of Pub.Hoalth. 27. 671-679. Jol?'i937. Protecting Plant Manpower-Prerentire Measures. Theodore rngfapecial Bulletin No. 3, Page 13, U.S. Dept, of Labor, Dit. of Labor Standards. Recent Dust Exhaust Apparatus. F. Prockat. Staub. No. 6, 249-28^, 1937. Removal of Duat and Frnea; New Departures. C.W. Price. Tiae* Ttade end Eng., 42, No. 888,Factory Welfare Sect. P.1. Feb. 1938. The Size and Frequency of Industrial Duat. J.J. Hlocnfield, U.S. Pub. Health Reports, 48, 963., 1933. Studies in the Design of Local Vrheuat Hoods. J.M. DallaValle; T.F. Hatch. Trans. An. Soc. Mach. Engr. 34, 31-37, July 1932. References on Exhaust Ventilation - 4 Tentative Coda of Bec<*--*ndsd Practical for Testing and Measuring Air now in Exhaust Systems. J.R. Alias, Chr., Ind. Hygiene Codas Comm. Am. Foundrymens Assoc. A.7.A. Reprint No. 36-27. Velocity Characteristics of Hoods under Suction. J.M. DallaVelle. Heating, Piping and Air Cond., 4, 370, 1S32. When is Dust Control Iffactive? J.J. BlocmfjjeLd. National Safety News. 32,,.17. Doc. 1938. A 'SKI? PORTABLE GRINDING Dust. P.J. Bran Bulletin No. 13, 19 . Stato July 1936 -- 19. 7, 30, Mot. U, 1940. Grinding *d Ending n~Age. 146. 51, Sept. 12, 1940. Portable Hand Grinders, foundry isrjfj^Mutual Ins. Co., No. 1 June 1939, TaatatlTo Code: nwa-e Sanitation. J.R. Assoc. Reprint. 3^28, \ or Qriz Lns. PolihiagT wnd Buffing SquI?- ., IndAHyg. Cooa. XJji* Am. Foundrymen' 3 ; 1936. ' CBMKti in Industry. T.C. Angus. InAuatrlaib3fifareA2C\ 171*177. May 1938. Hazards and their Control la a Ceramic Industry. ^%C. Argjls and Donald Stewart. Tour. Ind. Hyg. & Tox. 19, Bo. 1, Jan. 1937. "O ^ Dust Prerentlon and THirt w-tlon. Ceramic Ind. 28. 299- April 1937. Elimination of Past la a Porcelain Plant. AJ(. Morris. CeiamfeEadustry, June 1939. Haw to Control Dost in Clear Plante. John M. Cane. Brick and Clj3teeord. 91. 69-` Aug. 1937. ^ Pinna for Dmt me<Mnw. A.M. Morris. Proceedings of tbs Ceramic Section, D1t. Safety 4b Hygiene Ind. Comm, of Ohio, April 18, 19, 20 Redesign of Working Booths to Reduce Dust Counts. Ceramic Ind. 32, 60, Jan. 1939. Raduce Dust Counts to a Minimum with Redesigned Booths. . Ceramic Ind. 30, 8-70 April 1938. Whet* a the Beat Way to Remora Dust? Coramie Ind. 34, 65-66, 6B, 70, 78, 74, 76, 73 April 1940. References on Exhaust Ventilation - S IttHUHT ABC's of Industrial Dust Control* Roy F. Warran. Cccup Hazards and Safety. 1, 8-10, July 1939 -- 1, 11-13, Aug. 1939 -- l, 14-18, Sept. 1939. The Application of Dust Control Principles to Foundry Operations. R.R. Meigs. Second New England Regional Foundry Conference, M^.T. April 8, 1938. Calcimine ^Sd Good Housekeeping. Frad^i. Mar. 19^) " "" seinbach. The Foundry Magazine. 64 A Case His April, 1939 Cloanar Air for Hazards and Safety. PJ Jones. National Safety Newe^SeH^l934. Dust Collect!^ Foundrymen's Assog^$eprIht 35-22. n Needs S2, G. National Safety News. 42. Dust Collection 191-208, 1935. Foundrymen's Assoc. 43, Dust Concentration Bulletin. N.Y. State ; C.I. Williams; B.Q. Dolin. Ind. eb. 1939. Dust Control in Fount 266-272, 1940. h All Ohio Safety Congress. Dust Contra . 35, 349-350, July 1937. the Foundry Industry. J.D. L< 7 Dir. Ind. Hygiene, Ontario Dept, oi L$h. Mimeographed pam,to, Ontario, Canada. .. Silicosis Pretention. Verne A. Ziame^' Bras r. 40, Not. 9, 1940-- No. 41, Dec. 7, 1940 -- Feb. 194. Aluminum Foundry. The Dust Hazard in Foundriee. L.M. Merritt. Ohio Ind. Coam? Monitor, 12, ^9-102 July 1940 -- Occup. Hazards, 2, No. 11, 18-20, Sept. 1940." ~ The `Exhaust of Foundry Shakeouts. John M. Sane. Foundry S.W; Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. 3, No. 1, June 1939. Exhaust Requirements for Foundry Dust Control. John M. Sane. Foundry Magazine. 66, 30-32, Jan. 1938. Foundry Dust Control. Foundry Safety. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. No. 2, June 1937. Foundry Duet Control Meaauroa. T.F. Hatch. N.Y. State Dopt. of Labor, Ind. Bulletin. 17, 114-118, Mar. 1938. The Foundry Dust Hazard and lta Control. M.F. Trice. Jour. American Pub. Health Assoc., 30, 760-765, July 1940. References on Szbsuat Ventilation - 6. Good nine In the Toundry. 2.G. Melter. An. Toundryaen's Assoc. Good Housa- keepiig Conferanca. Raprint 37-30; 34-38, 1937. Good aousakoeulng at Falk. The Toundry Magazine. Tab., Mar. 1933. Good Housekeeping In a Steel Foundry. J.E. Turner. Safe Practice Bull. No. 69, Penna. Dept, of Labor and lad. Tune 1941 -- Safety Engineering, 82, 11-14, Aug. 1941. Methods of jDuat Control. J.D. Leitch. 1935: 7 Aa. Touadrynon's Aasoc. 43, 209-221 No Dust, Be' "9-81, Sopt. i A. Tan Tllsslagen. Tact. Man. & Main. The 3oral of Bulletin No. 61, Shakeouts of Large Steel Castings t. of Labor and Ind. 1941. fetice The Removal Hazards. Casting Three Crane>8Uw. T7S. Tanner. Occun. Silicon JlastienpeR*Jo0undere Assoc., 29 S. LaSalle Man. It Main. 97, 79-80, Mar. 1939. iyn^)n. & Main. 95, 83, Sept. 1937. An. Miller. 68, 24-25, Mas 'Grain Elevatora. Hylton R. Brdif&^O. Bulletin No. 1373, 'TaefonnoTal of gloating Dust In Grain Eleratora. Reports of ^Laboratories, Natlonal Safety Council. 1924. zSP ttee of Underwriters GRA1HTE dTTTZNG Control of the Silicosis Hreard in the Hard Rode Industries -- oratory Study of the Design of Dust Control Syataas for Use with Pnevaatic Granlte^Cuttlas Tools. T.T. Hatch; Philip Drinker; Sarah P. Choate. Jour. Ind. Hyg. h Tox. 12, No. 3, p. 75, Mar. 1930. Dust Control. I. Exhaust Derices for Hand Pneuaatlc Tools. W.C.L. Hseon. Heat, and Vent., 7, 41-45, June 1940. Dust Control in t* awwito Industry. V.C.L. Hemeon. East, and Tent., 7, 41-45, Aug. 1940. Dust Control in the Granite Industry. Join D. Loltch* Jour. Ind. Hyg. * Tox., 18, No. 10, Dec. 1938. References on Exhaust Ventilation - 7. rtTwn>. THiat Control- T. 3anw-er Exhaust Ventilation. M. Bowditch, Dir., Maas. Dept, of Labor and Industries, Dir. of Occupational Hygiene, Hay 1938. Requirements for Dust Control la Stona Cutting. T.P. Hatch; W.3. Harris. N.Y. State Ind. Bulletin, IS, 379-381, Dec. 1939. A Study of Efficiency of Dust Removal Systems In Granite Cutting Planta. U.S. Public Health Reports, 44, 2503-2322, Oct. 1929. Ventilation,la tha Syenite Industry. No. 3, MeM\l939. .J. Ofban. Jour. lad. 3yg. 4 Tox. 21 ng Machines 4 Abrasive Blasting. W.C, ORZ CONCa/TRATIOH OPIRATICNS .ag_<ta|gflure from a Hawser a4r$aon Investigd|i4hj, O.C. Ralston&f^*7. U.S. Bureau of 941. SO. Oust; Its Hsxard. Control 0. 2. Lynch. Min. 4 Met* 19 el Reference to Surface Plants. Dust Control la Large Scale Ore Inst. Min. 4 Met. Engr. T.P. 1 peratlons* Robert T. Prlng. Am. 4, Sept. 1940. Dust Control at the Ball stltute of Mining one l4rgy 42, 164-^84, Trans. The Canadian In- Dust Control 1; peratlons. J.T. li^jrt^Te. Sept. 1937. M Chest. Min. 4 Met. Soc. So. and Milling. E.W. Engeleam the Dust Problem. P.W.' omnan, Jr. Safet*H^i 3&-38, Jan. 1940. 73. 13-16, Apr. 1938. TANS VENTILATION Health Hasarda In Chrcmliw Plating. J.J. Bloomfield; la. Blifl^Publle Health Reports 43, 2330, 1928. <^L Control of Chromic Add Mists from Plating Tanks. E.C. Riley; P.1& Goldman. Public Health Reports, 52, 172, 1937. e New Data for Practical Design of Ventilation for Electroplating. W.P. Battista; Theodora Hatch; Leonard Greenburg. Heating, Piping and Air Cond., 32, Ho. 2, pp. Si85, Psb. 1941. Ventilation of Plating Tawtra. Alien D. Brandt. Ind. Med., ^0, No. 7, July 1941.-- Ind. Qyg. Section, 2, section 3. References on fi&aust Ventilation - 8 Fundamental factors in the Design of Laterei F*Hent Hoods for Industrial Tanks. Leslie SilTeiman. Jour. Ind. Hyg. ^ Tox. 23. No. 5. May 1941. Safe Operation of Degreasing Tanks using Trlchlorethylene. W.B. Harris; C.B. Ford; F.A. Patty; T.7. Hatch. Am. Jour. Pub. Health, 29 , 603, 1939. Trlchlorethylene Degreasing Tanka and TheirSafe Operation. W.B. Harris; C.B. Ford; F.A. Patty; T.F. Hatch. Industrial BuU.-jtfY. State Dept, of Labor, 18, 132-134, Mar. 1939. VantilatlfanOof a TrlcSlorethylenaiftagreeier. W.N. Wltherldge; H.T. Walworth. <(7onxw Ind. 22^g^l9^yj _ ?.W. Sanda; P. Essentials of W.F. Bettis 1940. Tanks Using Chlorinated Hydrocarbons. Ind. Syg. 4 Tox. 20, 401, 1938. ^ faglou; ust Hoods Baaed upon 0 Labor Industrial B rests. T.F. Hatch; 12, US, May, June Industrial Hygisne Foundation 4400 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, Psnna. Absjauct of rsport on "A Plan for Protecting Health of Top Executives." by ^r. ft. ft. Jones, Medical Officer, Bell Telephone Company of Pennsyl vania, at sixth annual meeting of Industrial Hygiene Foundation held at Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, Nov; 131 1941. Our problem in a service or? not how to get jen-power, but on the contri to know how well our hold up--how well it is going to work. % attesptihf to evalue. physical .otentialities of all our toj superviso oyclr^th all tested means that can be brought to_ hands of t! eii by a well-coordinated endeavor, atj to give to thi fuatry, a cold, positive appraisal of, At the request Isa, Chairman of the Foundation's `edtopgl I on announcing ition of this endeavor in the f( known test .ue is lii 'use the health* Septsd by nos therefoi set up an exaoir plated wo would be able to re: tion, in a positive manner, rib merit that the subject is in found, it will allow the b so as to ae'ce acceptable to The scope of this tiW should cover all ilcian in his off how well his patient this work s equate, because good just a fro-- disease. We, a record so that when coa- , on each phase of the examine- a negative opinion such os a state- n, too, if serious impairment* ore for the tramlnee, his own physician, uation of the exnminetion. This examination coLtpany consists of th ecte?7or the g steps wd^oin1 supervisory group of the be covereds FIRST centrifuged si Urinalysis, croacopical study of Complete count of the peri te blood cells, and hemoglobin th the differential (Dare Heaaglobinometer Wasserean - Kahn blood toot. 4. Blood cheaistry to compute nitrogen~ih nitrogen; Creetla; Sugar; and Chlorides in fora of Sodi^ 5. Teleoroentgenogrca of chest with size, using the Qtagwrlalder and Clark Standards. 6. Electrocardiographic Tracing. ora of non-protein ride. of-heart to age end SECOND gt (Generally one week later.) Physical examination with record of Family History, Past Personal History, Present Personal History (habits); this physical examination is made by the physician with the guidance of the labora tory reports. It is also stipulated that if any points in the examination at this stags develop, the exaalnlng physician oust provide for the further indicated studies and have than completed before going into tho next succeeding step. This is done carefully and is added to the* record in detail on fora provided. THIRD STAGEi The examining physician, than being in possession of all the accumulated data, is required to write a summary as he soea the cose, and then pre sent it to another associate of the staff for review and consultation. Following this, on expression of conclusion la agreed upon, end to written into the report. The examinee is now called back for a report of hla record. Dr. Jones -- 2 This final report la interesting. It is not being given at ell in the negative fashion of Assurance to the patient by his friend and advisor - his doctor. It is being given in the positive manner ns that which his examination has developed in comparison rith the accepted averages. Mo detail of the examination is omitted, explanation i3 offered as to method3 used in the laboratory for these various exami nations . Every effort is made to gain the interest of the pen, not alone in the result, but in the method, always being careful to give a fair construction to the variables one must expect to find. never an By way of to disease final expression is nevi but rather a ratin', axpres any semblance to a superlative ted as "a reasonable state of health " endeavor to confer no guarantee or definite for his evaluate remedial medicine scope of the e: ndings that in our Judgment we feel aful to only advise that be sec his jfegpr physician treatment. Ifc feel that we sbouSB^na^Snter into ueb our work on a rsseorciubasgaj) ouch is the dividi ted, we $*erained to bring under examination for a per* the proper evaluation to be the evaluation, with the eaplo agreed upon, to his superior men, in the Interest of the only approxl od executives, com* any :ent when the cose warren- physician of the man fowd, and discussion of Then when finally agreeing on g the recoouendation, previously recoitsaendation of what to do for the I can report of it has been helpful, wore able to demons} hcart3, or potent} insist that from a Company standpoint alone ppened among such s' group of top men that wc eir individual'ssti Lon several with either bed but not one to-a? degree it was thought wise to case be rcviewi the Superior of this rroua xaoj general-over-a11 clear, end a recommendation of sor for addition?1 share the general load was readily agtfeSF^to. wan one of the first bached and the chief of this department haa'qgEBitte elf to me as not >eing satisfied that it was a wise move--but he relies crease in what ight be termed "production," to justify the oxpcnditurecj^gulred. Finally this question is asked--what does it mean^r^the individual to know not only that he is in a reasonable state of health, or h^jfce rates in various tests? y only answer st this time is how the reports hove bee^/peceived. First of all, the top man takes the examination, is satisfied with the sdepdjNind routine and manner of reporting. He voluntarily expressed his appreciation tfij^to department heads and their staffs. Dp to this time I can only report on approximately 100 examinations completed. Hot in one case (they havo not all been happy reports) have I found a disinterested Individual. I have heard only commendation for the Company in instituting the procedure, and my associates and I have been embarrassed by the compliments ft fFft nlfwnn