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Air Hygi tnc Founootior. V.30 Tutu Avenue, Pi ttsm gn , Pe. April te, 19:9. of America, Ir.c. Nev.'s I: rm.e 258 EICD.T COUP? DECISION I!! OHIO. The Supreme Court of !,hio rendered a decision on March 22, 1929, v/r.ieh is :m.porter.t '..ith respect to common lev: recovery for occupational diseiee. Ohio hes .lv:v_ been one cf the fcv. states in uhicr the courts nave held ir.et there was no t cmr.on lav: right to recover for occupaticr.nl discusc. A firs cr la.-vers in Marion, Ohio, nan, over a period of yearn, filed numerous actions seeling to recover for silicosis and pneumoconiosis. They uniformly failed. Many of those c.'jS.i -.ere carried to the Supreme Court of Ohio end several efforts vcrc nnoc by hi r. to get into the 5uprcnc Court of the United Stolen. Last fall they made _r. application in the Supreme Court cf Ohio fer e rehearing cf tun cascc, to-.it. It iff v. National Bronhc &. Aluminum Foundry Co., and .Smith t. Loud d.b.a. Manor. ura-s L. Dron.o Foundry, ond tho Coui-t grantud the opplicotion for the rehearing. Tho eases tore reargued in the Supreme Court on January l?th. The cmplovprs of Ohio, acting through the Ohio Manufacturers Association, Intervened, participated In the argument, Dnd filed an elaborate brief. Sy a feur to three decision, the Court on ifhrch 2Jr.d rendered final decision in both coses specifically overruling formar decision of the Court and holding that there is a common lsv: right to recover in Ohio for occupational dir.caso. The ef fect of the decision nth respect to silicosis is scmcuhat limited in vcv: of the fact th.-.t ciliecsis has boon compensable since tne odoption of tho amendment to the Ohio Occupational Disease Act, uhich amendment became effective July 31, 1937. 259 TO'"AND CF JC.MS JALIFOrj.TA, Leber Standards, 2, 21. (Fee. 1929/. About three year- ago siliec.ic claims cere being filed in large numoers, scmc- ;. timer, as many as SC a munch, Cut this number i:as gradually been reduced er.c is ^ Dow about 2 per month, on the average. It is thought that the reduction has | been thu ul' extensive preventive- operations corned on during the tact lb ycLT.. r 20 OI?OAll.csL J.AhOI. Oi.' I.'.TdJiiT:!] AL ifisALTlI. La:nr Star.Jarus, 2, 21, (res., 1929). Attention i,, cr.il.d lo an editorial in the January issue of the American Fcdoratlor.rli st uhich states the interest of labor in the promotion of indus r. trial hvgiune. The editorial asserts that technical information now exists that would protect -..orliurs and that it con be put to -service through those govern ; mental ugencius charged v.ith prsr.otlng the : ell'cre of labor. CO CD CD CO CD ro CD i ST00 I 302 I it.'tresces to Recent literature - 2. Ptrer; cn Ihiut. Bust Iiscescs ind General Industrial Hygiene. 2il SILICOSIS-CATE REPORTS. M. Conrorier and J. liagmin. Industrial Medicine, 3, 114-20, mars.-., 1929;. ' ' Tits article, a short notice cf which appeared in our January, 1929 Abstracts (Jic. 1), has been translated fro:, the French Is is reproduced m pert :n Indus trial Medicine for llorcn, 1929 . Some of the ccse-hiatorlcs of tho original paper are presented together with x-ray reproductions. The article, as translat ed, makes interesting reaaing inasmuch os It Is necessary for the authors, m their presentation, to provo to French phyaiclans that sillccais is c separate disease ontitv. 2B V2ITILATI0!; IK THE GI-ANIIE IKZUSTKT. E.C.J. Urban. Journal Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, _21_, ST-iVI, (Uarcn, 1929). This article aeacrlbLO the dust control methods in the grnnlte industry in Vermont. The two moat dusty operations ere drilling at the pit end finishing In the shops. Without local exhaust caeh operation dovclops concentrations far above a safe limit, sot at 10 million particles per cubic foot. Die most common pit drill is t;,e loyuer drill, a long honaontal tar along which a vertical pneicaatic drill is moves, drilling holes every 2.0 inches around the sides cf the block. The exhaust on this drill consists of a specially designed hoed built around the drill rad, cxnausting 400 cu. ft. of nir per min. Portable oxheust units consisting of hoed, nose, box for dust-separating screens cr begs, exhaust fan andtaotor, are available and in common use. In the finishing shops, special ly designed houcs on flexible rubtor hose are supplied for each machine. Photo graphs and sketches are included with tno article to aid in the descriptions. Proper oporatlon of the available equipment will reduce the oporotors' dust ex posures to for below- tno occcptcd standard of 10 m. p. p. c .f. Includod also are the approximate costs of tno equipment. 253 PREVENTION 07 3ILICCSI3 IN SANDBLASTERS. lie Sauertelg. Ztl. f. Gewerbehyg., 25 , 29 7 - 305 (1930) (German). The article deaenbes the new- regulations for combatting silicosis by the Asso ciation of German Iron end Steel Trade Croupa, which i.cro published to go into effect in August, 1930. Following tho regulations, the results of the examina tion of 4916 sandblasters is given, 1220 of whom (24.6Jj) were forbidden further work because their x-rays showed light to severe silicosis. The article also describes the various types of sandblasting, and the necessary technical pre ventive measures, including many illustrations. Included olso is a description of tho uso or steel snot. Regarding the men employed, all must be over 21, must pass a pro-employment examination end a subsequent examination after two years. No worker shall be employed as a sandblaster more than tv;o years, after which time he must do non-dusty work for another two ycors. lie may then return to sandblasting, after anotnor examination. The examinations arc to De giver, by physicians authorized by tno Association. A AS3EST0SIS. R.R. Sayers and w.C. Drecssen. American Journal Public Health, 29, 205-14, (March, 1939). Read before the Industrial Hygiene Section et the Americas Public Health Association Meeting, Kansas City, Mo., October 23, 1938 This paper is o review of tno material contained in U.S. Public Health Bulletin No. 241 (Sec Abstract 804, 1938). It describes an extensive survey made by the D.S. Public Health Sorvicc together with the North Carolina State Beard cf Health in tne asbeatos textile industries. Asbestosls, a comparatively modern disease, is caused by chrysotilc, a hyiratod magnesium sllicnte containing no quarts. 404913 I itftresces to Recent Literature - a. ST00 I 3022 Its uses hfive iscrecsed greatly during the pest yeaAccording to tho re sults of tnc survey, easca of asbe: tesla develop quite rapidly where exposure to the oust is over 5 million particlos por ruble foot. Mn eases wore found where oxposure was less then this flguro end it has been accepted do a lir.tt. Dofislta clinical ,,nd rr^r.tgcnngmpni c evidences of csbestssij has been observ- el In exposed persons offer 5 to JO yc-nrs of .von: ir. exposures oxcccoi." 1i s.p.p.c.f. {t2 i study of ^'JAPTF-riFisr, gprratio::d -..tth sfdcial rito t:d: ::r.'i:rpi:.FT~ ' um CONTROL OK FLLZS. F.C. Riley and J.ii. DallnVolle. U.S. Public Heclth Report!, 54, 302-6. (Harsh 3, 1930). Ko cases of silico-ls have oeen reported among fused cuarto operator.'- m tho United Dtn.tos, although evidences hove boon found among these non m lui-spcor. countries. The very ohort hours of doily exposure nay account for tho lock of silicone among then In thlo country. Fused quarto io blown ot tcmpraturcs botween 2700 end 3000 V. , at which tcmpo~aturus It has beer, shown that the vap or pressure lo quite high. The authors collected the fines ir. regular inpiagcrs (two m series) , estimated too asunm in solution by tho method of King er.d Dol an. During operations they l'aun-.i fran 116 to 341 mi urograms per cuoic foot, but it lo Impassible to corroiatc tne..a finding-, because of th.. lack of other Simla:stualoo. Bjcduso of possible toxic effects of the fumes nod the discomfort cf the oxoossivc !:o.at, it is recossoer.-c.'. that q-uarto fusi-v, operations be carried ol under exhaust uoodo. 15 CBCRAL MIJni.'U -- RAID, HhT-j GROUP. iiEALTH DZFARTLD:;T REPORT FOR TKL YEAR 1937. A.J. Orensteiii. Johr.nr.eaburg, Do. Africa. This report deals with the vorlou.a activities of the Dcpartmont, particularly with the health conaitlona of the native labor force employed in the gold mines of the Wltwatorsr :nd. The total mortality from all eisenses for the year has roacaed tho record low lovol of 6.62 por 1000 and mortality duo to accidents was 1.97 per 1000. Tho principal ulsoase is pneumonia, tho mortality rate for which ucs 2.00 pc-r 1000. Although the pneumonic rate still remains hagn, c ratable improvement has been achieved when it is noted thet tnc mortality rate for this disea.ie m 1911 ..as 13.0 per IOC/), ,1a analysis, taking into account nctcorulogie .1 eonsitlor.s, shc.vs that tnc highest incidence of pneumonia is during seasons of lo.-.- temperature cna high wind velocity. Tho incidnnco cf pulnonary tuburr:uinels has also boon roduccd notably. In 1915 the rute was 12 per 1000, enu in 1937 -..-as i.f>4 per 1000. At the some time The mortality rate for the disease has dropped from 1.46 to 0.4c. Tho Department maintains 11 hospitals, rwscuc training stations sal supplier the workers with adequate, fully cooked rations. 7 TuilinCULCSID IN INDUSTRY. O.C. Ornstuin and D. Ulssar. Runrtcrly Dullctm, Sea View Hospital, 4^, 164-bl, (January, 1939). The writors taka exception tr, the generally accepted views at to the high in cidence oi tuberculosis m industry, 1 lu.y rccumncnd caution m attributing nn abnormal incidence of tuiitrcidv.i. to environmental fortars :r. a particular Industry when its lusor is recruited from sections -.lur: the incidence of suer, infection is ii.normally high. They Jo not subscribe to the opinion that silicot ic subjects ;-ro wore suscwptibJr, to tuberculosis than others; thuy believe that rror has oriatn in mistaking the Icuiods dus to silic- far those of tuberculos is and find it impossible to diagnos. tuberculosis in the ubsencc of dcnionstrabl tubercle bacilli. They continue tint the present positive opinions ere bosod cnly an rit.nl et;ti-ti..s wn-'l not on autopsy statl.tica. This usstscption is in correct ns there is in existence sufficient autopsy data upon which to base op inions. The relation of trmme and exposure to obnoxious gases to tuberculosis ii also discussod in the paper. STOOI 3026 Tils LiliGe it' 1 .S"i'-Ti.C' hiJ1 rd.?_vii saT-LOTHaS. L.e. Gercinur, T.L. Turicna, 2.1'.. Brinfioi ui;.'. H.L. Iirtpsen. j. Isd. hr/. L 'i exact!. , fl_, 75-317 (Sopter.cer 1939; Tho paper aavor.: a survey sr ,,i;v ire, recent al canc.aticna ;i, 17 cement plants In the Unite! States, on- physical end roentgenological cxa'binntihns af 2376 pci-eons n. an attempt t.-. ct.rroluto recic..! .i:.-i i ng: r.ter!re firriiaRfl. ranched caatr.: oiatnlr.a jirimtlcsj j, u.> f.-ue all lea, Cut s..me rot. nulerlol. duct ha;- from 1 u 30;!, and occasionally eu.l free eiiic:;. 5octu_e ri' thy variable cr.nractor of most of tho cr.pl. ye. 's i.c'-.up .tuns nu ucfir.ito cerrcl.at inp.a could be p.oec between lung change end :i;. cui.ip ltiea. The cnslysia r.r tho data, ;:.n;cvc:-, lni'.icc.cer that pixiory'cu i r.hr.l r t;<r. cf a ii_t : ruv, finished r.c-.ont pr..duous cut;; slight anatomic reaction that i.ttio or r.u abnormality is r.oou in the roer.cgoiKnran. The .nixed (Juste oi tho ra.. .lalla art pr-intiy responsible f-r a limited ntrr.ber of coses cf well-narked linear cxtc-camion, i.ur.-disebiiiv, m character. Only 6 <,f the 2276 employoe.-. s.'-j.vsc evidence of r. -ulr.r fr.roaii rtt: ll.ut.acle to dual, ann in 6 cf those oxporuru to--eilics oust in previous expusurc was prostnabiy rocponcillo. Tho incidence of tuberculcsi a ;.ad other chronic infections of the Imps .s found to bo leac tr.an tnrt u. tho- General pop. cne-c. PUIJdOrJJ'Y Cli/JJCili. 1*: CJllir: ..oCXi;---. C. On i:: . Soil' ,,uliJu. Let. lei. Invert., 20. 97-'. tc ( 1923;. Iltuicrs). After dojeriLiuc :s:cenc ork -ne .-eviL.hnj tat itteraturc, the nutnurs roytrt o.. their eiarmcition of 33 cuit.r. v.orxeri v.-hote tore of oa-xnis teriont involved a great deed, of dust. Ten detailed cans report: are presented ith some roeatoer.- u.'rar.t. Tim -.ini-nera suffered eatarru of the upper j'c.jerr.or.' Tract, their iunca snov.-ad sii;r.c of f.nuauoiiuu-i:, on. several the x-ray, -hr>v:cd fibrosis and n.dulutinn. Tub urctaLo si a it mv ..r... its co.a-c fove.-rclc. In some eases the heurt was i.;"pertr.`p.:i a. TUDEncifLcsiT il T" Th it is PirririccGhTcbi-,. cookc?. dInst. i^ub. Ksaitl. h iiyg. , 2, :;99-20d (Lay 13~0) . ir-nti.. Evldonro la i.m-.ca-.iluting tr.at v'.n .us ailieato dasta ore by no cams inn..cuous, ana it any h-. c-specica that ai 1laato-ts, by shut-vor mineral procured, v.lll rer.- der the J urea less ra.isear.: :: cuac.nulcr infection, /.liaust every ir.auatrial dust has bo'n Uf.i i ;.t a . ...e of pr.o.r;o:o:;io. ._, ,ft..n ,-.it;. r.o f.-unduti-r. : r. firt, u-c- t-se r:a. o.'-_i:___ic, the onicai- attributed to cotttjn dust. 404915 : -i -- mi i 112 _ Industrial Health Conference Set CH-ONICLE Sapt. 27, 1953 Aa induttti. ntiitn confer- | Ge*rtr Marvveitr aa4 Dr. AInee to be titri htrr Tb'jnosy j b*n Heili. emmtmilint enfiaeer 500 Due mrouf.i Sa'urc*' ^ ill ccxuiaer i frvm Dalle* a* twcaairmaa: W. iinujiiv cvn pftAM of bbalift ui I L. fttrmn. Jr~ exeraitre v*e*. tMittfry j prctMtal mt Vwmm OU Cam- Ducutuatu % J rant* Iron the I exeruu^t i feiimnt t>e*n to the cifeet of ooue on toe MAh' of tnr nation oauund* mg Authorities ot\ ipKui bveiib prooiemj >U be nere for tM mlerrnr. wh<f wih ooen t 1:30 am Thuna*) ui the Srum- M#r. Laa AAjetei. ia4 Qtrvciar f the fuaiord Imarei laititotf. Lm AAtdn. Dr. Arthar J. YorertM. dtreewr of liu if* vN J. Tradea* Faaaunu aad (W laraaar Laveeatery. Aaraaer Uit. S. Y-: -ftocter Dnaaer; CAr< F. Sauab. am- i { . rztex HoitJ. Thm iaciw4a tocb mea ai YM-A4mL Bm Mela lire. vl wu U lair hmieai Preaklui D. luinm t irtmat llruiaa; l>r. MUi Pnaiu. lavtAMr 0f the tr l*a. a*t T>r. fcbm L Kiot. r*ai<eot el the A--meAo Uttn Idem of Jebaaen A iebaaea; Z. B. MtCemut mi Camua Peiraieoa Carriiua. aad Oil* IL H nut. Jr. of hmt aad Geru. Daiiaa. aad Doctor Mail/. Seturdev moraine (a cympotium. wua Jean Lloyd bad An toinette ruin, refillered nuraes. as rochaarmen); Dr. Alea Fraiier. a*isint dirertnr of curiicutum The rimer of Ipmri xn for tne Houston looepenqam eojnptr'eil SeturoA). here it u, Scnnni Dwtnct; Lucille Harmon. tagethei vitft *nen taej're Phillips Petroleum Corporation. ctoeouied to Su-eenev; Dorothea KasadU. the Tburia*} mcrnutf: Charlr* A. Ahefhetd Steel Carpneapesf Se n*cfood. vtre-prciiaen! oi Prv- rene McGuire. Erftv} CArporauon. dtaciAi in*ur*''v Cempanj i HnuSton: Dorothy Riemorc. Amet - AiMn'-i ane chairman oi the iran Brake Shoe Company, hous-. puoiic ftraiih rommittb*; Ro) ton. Marv Kerlev. Gulf Atlantic Hotbeini. mni nl Houston. U arer-.oue Como*h>. Houston. Howard J. Sioi*o rbMiman of James Weavei. Ltben* Mutual the forlervnf *no oire"uv o( Insurance Co/noan,'. Dallas; Ann miblir health ertiK^uon for the Houston heaiir drpanmcnt. A. B. Kj/taie. prestoem n( ue unrm Sutea Revolt um Company: Dr Gears* M. Saxoaera, meetcei di rector of the Socor*-Vacuum Oil Company of N<* York. Dr. C. K. Means. Bramfi International Atruayr. Dallas: Lillian Costley.i Feed FoLer Bit Company, Hous-< ton; Mavu Pcnaincton. Sacred .Heart Dominican L'olicfe. Hous ton; Pearl Verm. Gulf Oil Coi- Hme, 6 be I I cdoaxiuna toximtomat, Development Company, porauon. Port Arthur; Irene MeCans. Houaton Transit Company; Imeri'ville, C !.; Dr. F. L. ck- Vufitua Jacbaon. fehyl Corpora hartfi. oirectrr of mescal re- tion, Houatoi.. AI? oxi urtpanu Ut aearen for in. Staooarc CJ De- this symposium except Donor vrloomcm Co*oo*0' i-inno.N. J >iaztei, re irai*ee** nurses. Thurvtay noon. Dr. V.mc and A buam^is *a*.icn aim* will o Dr. h. M. Ida.\in. part i>c-iiarni[ held Satu.oa* momioc A inp of the American Mean a*uvi*- i down the Ship Chanoe; ill eoo tion and piofewan ot rluucalithe rnr.ieunre. meitirmc ai \ale Univenn>. i___________________________ Tbemdar AfienMea ta erm- ymal: Di. Marne; Kieaea MenaaU. p^wmeel nuuirr, lUr^et Tool Castwr. He**- leo: rail C. Isirhi. evecauv* eeretary. T'tu dlaw Fader* Usa sf DUr: Albert Jeaea, H#e*'ae. a f< Ilev #c ia Amart en* Cal*ee aT Tnal Lav-yer*; Jam*- J. H atf Uw Arbi- tratiee aad Medtauea Beard far Labor Dtspwtnu Baaiao; Ynt Adeal Mrlaurc. aad Dr. Bias- More than ttiO i useoicai and mou meet tu Houstu:; and Saturday lor Industrial Beale.. Lartsi eonvet the eoujiLn. i. monaorad by cn. r*smm**~* oi Com* mere* ana other local $Ui. abd MUi*i oiftbtttMM Dr. H. ML Mar eta el he% Haven Conn. pan pres Ideal oi ihAmerican Bear a mil. . wot apea Thuraday at con ierence b e a c SQouaaraterorsca m i-n- Bis Utah* Charles Fleen. the Uf C1 Health Commit >open the eosuej Thuraoay. Fire Pi ^ssif. M^yor H a proclam*(Week 0<-`f y Ive Tnwf*1 i Preacn* , matron At** llouetoi 1 th* Cbiint- sunnfi vy>n` , A rep***' t Public LiDi i enl A bo^ \ to be don< I Week ill Th'indsy t i*ht: Mr. Fleetwood and Dr. Hart* Kemp, chairman oi tne department of public health and t-revermw maokmc. , Baylor Unt* rruty Coilese of Medicine. j Friday taoiamf: Z>r. C. Rirtiard . Waimer, tnanafias director of ute | lhdusutai H>iehe Founnation oi [ the Mellon Institute. PulsDurfh,] Pa ; Dr. James H. Sterner. medi cal director or the Eastman Kodak Com.aov, Rorheaver, N. Bear Artrcl. Lamnm Push, turieon fen *ra; of the UnitcQ i ut*> Na\* Bureau of Mem-| cute aho Si <aery: D* Jark L. B*cj. diret tnr nf the houaton Spet.n ano rteannf xemrr ano associate p oleivnr r? speech patr.njov vt aunioJ u: ai the BajjAi Cni;. :r of Me-<csne( end I Dr Charles Dirkson | D-. Kcnn :tn Mark u too; lone | Clar personnel mcnacer of i Convrned Ftct Cnmp*n). Hout- , ton. Ina Jm rvn. Snurnern Min-; eraU Corpo< -tton. Corpus Chruu. Dr. J. T. Furdirk. pn^sirun in Charge of i*e tlhyl plant here; John W. vester. aaitaunt em- plc* e reUti'ifts manaser at Bay- lovrr-Humh Reftninf Company. hrjs arr, rpominvior of! iaie aad rainm; for the Gull Oil Corpora iod here: Rita Dins- ZOAtt. rebar.iiuiicnal nurse for th* Libert' Mutual insurance Cor^-u*.*'-, - Pa'lav. Industrial Health Conference Will 1 Health Is an important thing to in dividuals. but it also is important lu indistry. Industry wants us workers healthy, il for no other reason than that it co;is money to train them and there i a.) i-vnormc lass wlicn Uu*y fail in health, or die. The part that industrj- take in as suring that its porkers mairt.-un good health wilt be discussed in Houston this week by leaders in the field of medicine and industry who will be here for the 6th Annual Industrial Health Conference, sponsored by the Houston Chamber of Commerce and 23 other medical, profes sional and business organizations. Whit .itartcd a few sears ago as a local meeting lias gro-n into ont ul the largest annual conferences of its kind in the na tion. When Charles Fleetwood, chairman of the Health Committee of the Chamber rnirn.-orre. calls the ronferroee to or- for icn err tiv in CC: r>jj ar. Or ut di pc lu ht r ai Prp: CD O) O STOOI 3039