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Industrial Hygiene foundation (Initial & Forward) -8-i yly-ggSy4t5=1fcST-- f, r ?wt r /' ifi Indus1. DigestT. Lyle lazlett, M.D. (file) | <_**_** INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION 4400 FIFTH ATDTUX RTTOOBOH (U>, WL Industrial Hygiene Digest INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION 4400 fOTH AVDfUl RTTtmoa OS). FA. * FOUNDATION FACTS !T ffNmttttwi Fitt* t, *A<ftty ntws.)ttr raud t* MAMnii nwMwtiii* iA Hyfkftt T*4 ti*A ( a ***iMiMirf'liit*M'*u*l w* aimrtiinnfMMinaf*ttffM**. Vol. &. ' ` ,.. \; February* 1944 '' '5b. 2* Report on Sirploycent of Disabled Veterans Seat to Members .-- ^Tie panel discussion* "Putting^jle'Disabled Veteran Bade to Work** a high-- point Foundation's last? annuai^Jsrtiag* baa juat been published as Special 3uHetltt-5V 2 endL&fati toaember cTM3ttd*Tl Releaao-of'tbe. bulletin, received vido public^ in fcibwpepers,,cd>jhbi 2Bvr A lialted' number- of., extra copies q, port are etcX^blo. to^rattbeM^^A/stated is tbo bulletin, ambers of tb servo Found^uon^ocuspinJ^^^^A^^ustry generally,, ae a source" of ticn and expertise oj^l^^roessful job-placement of veterans-. questions for than through tiro Foundation. your <sr- periencos will other ambers. Seym Dr- C* Mcdlcal Consul- tant, Gencratifog^want to- keep this until tbs rofcabil- itation i .ent so os a. ^paaunity- bads, no Tooacbui* ,KediiL.Diroctbr effortSif^ tia^Soclety for _ being done in some places '?'/ 'tberleadership. of Drv S'A [SgL tad thc'CIeyeland through' tbsrXiaiior'ChoBbor.' of Cooteroe* S&SSf-* pa&sttXvv 'edsbafsed in. Ho. J5, working lequate lighting ideqimbe.jMnit*ry Cliasr^_reportfdIdciIve _ _ on-tfcs. Pacifrbloh produeed ball nxrgrt nfttd amt, of^gByagyooa. . tbs agrtcSMird: *: - yS'%K`L$Z ^*^>t os art show* by cosqjmrtS couj roport'bn studieajqC Jozies stractgd iftTthk'RduBdetist'. -r-*' ' ___________ Bid< pirntio*; ead^utbori mt& Hsjar^mF bn-obtefnod ^rtST ... _ . , *- ihvshtigBtlcna*. iwfttfng* c&odttianir? tigmta&ie `naugfct-^' en of tbs Sn&bef monthly* DIGEST..^! ^;2SgS^ ef^Sciious Get artsole TJwy. Fbpndntlas^at &S!rJS:z$ 'Ti r"-"*'** "T ' .< tlon[ s' current, ;IMDGS- Uniting. airline -`i.~ ~ aay .require-..^' pealiortts.such' *. - rT-.i [gyflv ftyrlw-- . ; `^-sStekaiT: ' ' '.; * wSi'r February, 1944 Vol. VIII. No. 2. Industrial 3ygiene Foundation. 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, ?a. UO .ective-bargaini on the Pacific Coast p incorporated into a uni employees in unions has lo An increasing number of uni This particular clause s group of airline mechanics _ leal examinations that has bemi question of physical examinations for. vorsial ono at the conference table, ontiin clauses covering this question. (a) The company lea^tfoace avj$fe*.require any employee to pass a physical exacime&on, made at the^compan^s)expense, by a medical examiner jnployed for^j^fTfurpose by the .gqi&any. modical examiner shall supPly such infenat^m as the company majf^^^uir^sndythe company shall have the righA^5?\^ty and act upon the opinia^Bf suom^mminer. company will use its best effor^to amfi^rate such wording con es are shown by these physical ^^^patibaj^^rectly'to have caused yhicai disability. ~* c) Ihiployecs who have given longhand fait unable to follow thslr occupations to advont _ of such light work in their lino as they are a 'and who have been l^e given preference handle. (d) No prospective employee shall be accepted fo no employee or former employee shall be accepted f passing a physical examination of similar purpose, s company's expense, when requested by the company* -- uary, 1944. , nt employment, and .ployment, without ly made, at the ent Record, Jan- Ill Oral Vaccines for Colds. * Recent communications to the offices of the American Uedical Association indicate tbnt the prescription and sale of cold vaccines is again taking place on a large scalo* This, in the face of the rocognizcd lack of scientific oridance for the value of these preparations, is indication of Irresponsibility on the. pert of some manufacturers of phaimaceuticals. The scientific evidence against the value of oral cold vaccines is overwhelming; consequently individual physicians and films who deal in phaimaceuticals and who lend themselves to wholesale uncontrol led distribution of such preparations are perpetrating an unwarranted commercial assault an tha public pocketbook. -- J.AJi.A*, ^24, 236 (January 22, 1944). Industrial ^rglaa* Digest - 2 112 A Practical Rehabilitation Plan. A model veterans' rehabilitation plan has been put into effect by the Todd Ship yards Corporation, which already is employing more than 1,000 veterans of ftorld War II in its nine shipbuilding and ship' repair yards. As outlined by THE JCUR- iWl OF COlfcrFRCE, Todd*s program is based on the conviction that, with proper placement, training and adjusmnent, the physically handicapped ex-serviceman is fully capable of resuming normal civilian activity. Of the veterans employs! by tho corporation, some wore raloasod fawn the services bccauso of age, but others aroi^sichlly unfit, handicapped a^Jsychoneurotic in varying degrees. A dis-v abl^ty chart and questionnairec^^viMS the management with a case history, tho gafficall^reT^dl capped ^gfttcrSjpsceking work. -- Personnel, 20 , 201 (Jo "* 1944)* 113 sion of General Education, Center Education tituto for Crippled And Dish nsoring a* re- pbias Wagner, entitled "Work ency end Accident- cd 'Workers in Industp^cA T study is designed to cy standards t to tho ability and sons to pe ety of industrial jobs. -- 114 New Rehabilitation i The Fcder-il Security Agon 03tablistacnt of an enlarged program of vocational rehabilitatio ed persons to be administered by the off!co of Vocational Rehab^sj-t^J^an, .da provided by the Vocational ?.e- habllitation Amcndaon^ereff of services available to disabled persons now and &ft0^vt$groir has boon __ d to include any services aecess- ary to rondor ttdkvgajfcblo of ongagiiS^in rative employment or to render them acre odvofeewously employable's^- ~ nduitrihl Hygiene Letter (U.S.P.S.S.) _____ Funds. lu&l reriew of state labor legial Frances Perkins said increasing pressure to "conserve vital behind.the creation of fecond injury funds in sis States to oncoura nt of handicapped wrkers by employers who otherwise night fear l&H* com: hsatlon costs if haadi- capped employees were Injured a second time, perfi$S^pemanently and totally, Such funds should be encouraged, Hiss Perkins said'^sfi war wounded return to civilian joba Five States also provided occupatio * sense coverage. ~ Labor Information Bull., January, 1944. 116 Gas Warning by Electric Eve. An ultraviolet photometer, developed by duPont, warns agal&ft dangerous ccacen- trations, of injurious gases. Its operation is based on light absorption by gasos. When a particular gas passes through the apparatus and the light (mclud- i ing ultraviolet) is passed through a prism dork hands appear in a definite posi tion, and anxlectric oye in one of these bands gives the warning signal. Carbon disulfide con be detected to the extent of one part per million. The, photometer is more rapid and simple in operation than other types of gas analyzers, end per mits accurate socond-by-soccnd observation of the vapor level in each step cf an operation. The Mine Safety Appliance Company is planning to manufacture these instruments. ". Industrial Hygiene Digest - 3 117 Fatal Case of Acute Cadmium Paisgminf. ' In on Indiana plant, one worker died within 4 days after a prolonged exposure to high concentrations of cadmium fumes. The deceased worker undertook n job of "flanging" tvo-ineh cadaiim plated stainless steol pipe. To produce a flange, the pipe was heated with a blow torch until tne pipe became a cherry red. Spoa after beginning the operation the employees complained about irritation of the nose and throat as well as the thick blud 3Uoke present in the workers' environ ment. Within 4 hours, tv employees wore violently ill and were token home. Vomiting, chest pains and shortness ojB breath wore the chief symptoms at that time* The chest symptoms iacrea3gHono worker and within 4 days this worker dlo^sf a govore chest involvondM*\ v8is case again emphasises that cadmii >xic eluent and thji c&qprum plated steels should sot be welded hurht^^^ess^tmsjob Is well controlled by a local exhaus have j ffej^yjfytwed if someone responsible had remea^ Spoiys^ in jfltEfcfeScull. Indiana State Board of Koalth, M 118 nlng in Parachuto factory* `' 135 tmployees in a Eentuc manufacturing para _ :o a ietracilort.de used f<& ng soiled spots on the -- outbre^of (8 occurred duri of 10 days, and was Jed by abdoa^^c] nausea Some individuals com planed of "bloating ' in bCfe$ Many employees were acutely ill and unable to coni .wo: lasted from 2 to 5 days in the average case although a( continuod to fool bad after resuming work* It was significant noted symptoms began coincidental yith the beginning of heating, reduction of ventilation In an effort to conserve fuel. Cle s now being dono with mild soap and v;ntcr. -- Industrial rewi S.P.K.S.) 4, (January, 1944} 119 Statistics -- jQles. Statistics jmeffiragat in the past I5y than 64 *on 1925 total retoil^Sfclfcs wi they^k^idpwroas'ed to more then $2 to more than 332 million o er publication at this time owing ces recently estimated soles in 1942 a heso 3ana groups predict sales of $150 milfl Domestic Coacerce, December, 1943. vitamins have Increased more 5,108. Two years later ;ho volume of business figuros cno sot avail^oraation from private $130 million. And at least in 1943. -- 120 Air Jets Stop Locomotive Smoke* Elimination' of soke from several coal-burning loo ;es of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad has been made possible by porfectl the design of jverfire air jets as a result of work done recently by BlttxUno jets are simple, inexpensive, and can be applied to any Research, Inc. The locomotive. The equipment consists of jets to introduce air over the fire cause turbulent nix- ing with unburned gases, thus prorating complete combustion and smokeless cr tion at low and moderate loads where stoke is often the most objectionable. The locomotive jets followed design principles developed in a research pro j act spon sored by BC3I in the laboratories of Sattolle Memorial Institute, Columbus, 0. Results of this research have been published in the Transactions of the ASMS for October, 1943, In a paper "Overfire Air Jets" by R*B Bngdahl and V.C. fijltos. Reprints ore available upon request to BCRX at Washington or Columbus. Industrial Hygieae Digest - 4 121 Pipaical-fltneaa Campaign. The Federal Security Agency is initiating within ^industry a physical-fitness cea- . paign intended to. improve the strengtn and endurance of war workers, Paul V. McNutt, Federal Security Administrator, announced on January 26. To attack this hone front problem, John B. Sally,' chniman of PSA' s Committee on Physical Fit ness, appointed a special commission hoadsd by Dr. ffiliiam P. Jacobs, sportsman ?nd president of Presbyterian College, Clinton, S.C, The program developed by the commission is intended to bring to industrialists and labor leaders a realiz- 1?' ction of the need for action promo^nb and maintaining- physical fitness among indddtrial wrkers. ^srT>5> 122 HecI<3fe^rogrrCqr 1944. The (&& pro^pS^er^of A^tYn^tcusc Electric k Manufacturing Company/fw^oe pre sent yc^erahakigj^gwraaeducation. Leaflets will bo di8tr^Ac<i^lnthly to eaployee^&^esodmSwSa following subjects in order: rheiaatM(K$open wounds, tuberculos^^^^feTO^infont immunization, indigestion^diM^tta, recreation, the coiBunc^Silp^ypiiy^T^ sleep, and care of the eyes. ^jfafT Gatto, Safety News ZtmZ&t*. 1944. * 123 t Iad'ustri^^di cg&ggtervi ce the title o* tree and Board o vicinity. First, the quancy of the ?ive-Co*uh Line vice is given in the fo: service is available to vice decrease the lost^ aci service are included.^ desired. Committee of the Chamber of manufacturers la the city and doonstrated by the accident ffrerea. The information about medical serid answers, for Instance, what medical reasonable cost? Will a medical sen se? The scope and cost of a medical ;ed to write for any other information Occupatlo e Reports. idustrial Hygiene of >nal disease cases for Noi )coniosis and silicosis 3, ci rs poisoning 1. During December, of which 266 were skin diseases. without infection 3, and load poisoning 1. Department of Health reports dermatitis accounted for 9? >nox*de^, lead 1, sulfur dioxide 1 _2?0 occupational disease silicosis with and 123 Labeling Poisons. * / An amendment to the New York State Sanitary Code, adopted by the Public Health Council Decoaber 17, reads as follows: "Tte sale, distribution or use of any poisonous substance as an exteiminator or insecticide is prohibited unless toe container bears a label legibly and conspicuously printed with tho word '.-CIJCN' and the symbol of the skull end cross-bonos in red followed with tho *cris 'CAUTION -- This- exterminator or insecticide contains (state the name of the . poison), a deadly poison,' together with the antidote and treatment therefor md the nsae and address of the manufacturer or packer, und the serds ' poison, ' 'caution' and*'antidote' in block type of a larger size than the other wording. */ Industrial Hygiene Digest - 5 Insecticides or exteiminators containing a fluoride or on arsenic compound shall' be colored a distinct blue or green and, if sold at retail in quantities of firs pounds or less, the container thereof shall be of a non-refillablc type. This amendment shall take effect (Februsr/ 1, 1944) May 1, 1944." -- Health News Suppl. (N.T. State Dept, of Health ) January 3, 1944. 126 Exposure to Excessive Eeat; Absence of Pre-Existing Cardiac Condition; Finding of Fact to ba Supported by Evidence or Reasonable Inference. A negro wor'gaan, having been enploypjAt the coke ovens of his employer for six year^v. suddenly fell over backwnaMaitaiied within a few minutes, while in thj of removing coke from atfSwu There was no evidence of any cardiM^ ,, pathoio^ and ^oe))cndenc^Ee^ds \o show that the deceased employee was^ hdw y, death. Defendant* s nodical witnesses -- place that was always ten to twe y of his death was an excessiyal would say that deeth was the heat co'did embarrass the weight of the 'clglnsat rather than ation was v. Stonega Coke k Coal ,, ^peals. No. 24, 19447 (CCS). 127 WLOnl^^ua After each of two dist nitrate, an employee ha' of bloody sputum afte pneunonia, it was the isol mony of nodical expert fimes in sufficient ablins that led nent. -- Surd 5, 1944. to Br.blovnent. . fuaes in the nixing of coppfcr ;h, chills, sweats, and expectoration such exposures having developed a severe occi in a sputut culture and the testi- nia from tho inspiration of nitrous nla would have been ismediately dis- causal connection with the employ- .upreme Ct. of Errors. Jmuary ting from Silicosis: De gfee .vas disallowed recovery for of silicosis because the employer employee with a reasonably 3&fe place een a better way for the employer to conduct' eaployee was hired, the test of negligence is operating the business ccBonly adopted by those v. Or?. Missouri Supreme Court. Ho. 36,634. Dec of Ifcployer. from tho occupational ^ntly fail to provide there night have f ore, for which the of care and method of sane business. Wocmack (CCS). 129 Course of Banlovnent. Vthere an employee suffering with a diseased heart, with ^^riosclerosis and hypertension, died after exerting himself during his omplofnnt, the finding of the board that the employee's death was hastened by tbs exertion of the work that ho was required to perform and that his deatp was tho rssult of an injury arising out of and in the course of his pioyaent was proper, because though the pre-existing physical condition of the employee was a remote cause of death, it could bo found that tho physical exertion of tha work that he was doing re sulted in the acute failure of the heart which caused his death. Griffin's Case. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Suffolk. November 30, 1943. (CCS). 130 Locomotive fireman's Suffering from Silicosis. An employee, a locomotive fireman of an interstate railroad company, did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action for negligence under the Federal Baployers' Liability Act, for the employer's failure to provide a saf* Industrial Hygiene Digest - 6 place to work, when ho brought suit for damages caused by silicosis resulting fro* the inhalation of sand placed on the rails by a sanding device, which was of the type ordinarily used under tho circumstances and which in other instances had not caused the disease of this type* Tho employer is not required to antici pate or guard against an occurrence which an ordinarily prudent person could not have anticipated* Limitation of Action for Silicosis. An action any be brought under the Federal Baployers* Liability Act for injuries sustained by an employee engaged in Inter state commerce as a result of a violation of the Boiler Inspection Act; and such an acj^on, which was brought by a ldSaotiva fireman for injuries resulting froj sllldoals, is governed by the limitations prescribed in the ? S&ployvrsi Liability Act* Jpa^refy*, the accrual of this cause of ac* cosmencsrant o^^btf-^atutdKT'ftlicosis being an occupational disease develojs&p'^n a per^g^j^^g when tho employee becomes incapacitatj and ceaso^ja^SBpl^fflj^^tlrie v. Thompson. Missouri Supreme ,529. December 6><^43^&piH!3\ ' Gs ation Act defines nt as: "accident shall event* happe inly)" In a case where of about n the course of her vaploy- she developed pain in the __ as tenosynovitis with ganglion have been sudden as raquirod by statute, erne Ct. January 4, 1944* (CCH). careen* i^#n a of a change in condition must be the date^thflt ustrial Board is notified cf ation to cl Award: Res J'J of compensation havii no appeal therefrom having matters therein are res *.1* (Digest of opinion) The as amended by the acts , page 528, does not provide that . . ional compensation on :eunt of a change in the condition of the _ er to give the In- Board jurisdiction thereof, must be fi< _ Board within two years after the date of ^he. final payment of com] on under a previous award, but provides that the elitijr based on change in coi dltloh "must be filed within two years from the date that the Industrial Board ltfTOtfkfled of final payment of compensation to the claimant." On the hearing'of a(^2dp for additional com pensation, based on a change in the condition of the cltfuat since the previous award by the Industrial Board of compensation to him* a throng by the Industrial Board in making Its previous award that the claimant's tube&uXous condition, which caused his disability, had been aggravated by the administration of ether during the perfoxaance of an operation on him for hernia, which- hernia was caused by an accidental injury received by the claimant while at work for his employer, which previous award was not appealed from, is conclusive and constitutes res judicata that the claimant's permanent disability resulted from his tuberculous condition, and that tha seme was caused by an accidental injury growing out of bis employment. Fidelity k Casualty Co* v. Brooks. Georgia Ct. of Appeals. No. 30,075. December 3, 1943* (CCH). ' . 133 Applicability of Statutes to Municipality. ` . v A municipality engaged in furnishing public utility services in its private cor . porate capacity is subject to the occupational disease statute where an employee Industrial Hygiene Digest* - 7 suffers damages from personal injuries sustained as a janitor in tis chemical building at the minicipality'3 water purification plant. v. Saasna City. Missouri. Missouri Supreme Ct. Mo. 38,614. December 6, 1943. (CCH). 134 Silicosis; Factory Act: Inap"licability of Occupational Diseases Act. An employee, having contracted silicosis through the alleged negligence of the employer in its violation of the Factory Act, Chapter 142, Acts 1899, by failing to exhaust dust from grinding wheels *.ad other dust creating machinery and the common law negligence of failing to eliminate dust from the room where the employ ee worked, recovered a judgaent of^jWyOCO in an action for damages, and the \ of^s^nnee of that award by this^tvSs^ls based upon the decision of The Dalte^ FoWles, Inc^y. Jefferies (1?4@ 51 K.2. (2d) 13, which hold that~whar<^t)ij0 Indl Defenses Act was not applicable for the of c because that employee was not oxposed^^r^por- iod of "effective date of the Act,,the provijShAkjf the Act could no any effect upon the employee's rocondA an action- for damage .dated the Factory Act, the c&plgraMpra negligent whether or isulting disease thorofroa was(anWSpated, The Dalton Founds! appellate Ct. Me. 17,0ftftNova5ffier 19, 1943. (CCH). 135' uberculodi?^ io Occupatio Inaccurate Claim; Qccupa- Disease Hof the evidence si _ employment with a hospital, had previously hr.d an actii was then domant, quiescont, anl arrested and, due to a nused by exposure to great and sudden changes of temperature of the hospital and overwork due to'in- sufficient help, her power/ boccme so diminished that the-pre-axist- ing tuberculosis was as ' hore, a causal connection between the employment and that tho claim filed varied from the proven factreM c boon cured by amendment if con- troversy on tb&jS? had arisen; tiifa^0foree3 are to be appointed cnly when an mjri&aeKrfaims to be di sub: s a result of an injury by industrial dlse&s^^uiJi^AS the claim made no m; ury, there was no authority to referees end their reports Herder's Case. etts Supremo Judicial Ct., Suf3 27, 1943. (CCH). icosis as Cause of Death: Claim for Peat Remarriage Award 'lade After Remarriage. Whore the deceased employee was compensated fo ility, due to silicosis, from the date of his disability on December 23, f3^Pto his death on Hay 26, 1942, and his widow remarried on Juno 20, 1942 but did. e her claim 'until July 6, 1942, thero was no error in awarding doath benefi the date of death of her husband to the dato of her remarriage, and for the iTicge eward as of the date of her remarriage* Gutierrez v. Republic Step. oration. Mew Turk Supremo Ct., Appellate Div., 3d Judicial Dept. Mo. 234-3.16, 1943. (CCH). 137 Jurisdiction of State Industrial oTMn ssion: Occupational Disease: Lack of Com petent Evidence to Support Finding of.Fact. Because the Oklahoma Wor&ien's Compensation Law covors'only disabilities endis-_ eases resulting from an accident, in pcint of tine, an occupational disease such as chronic lead poisoning, which is tho result of a slow, insidious process, with tho cause attributable to no specific period of time nor to a specific ^ event, is net a compensable accident within tho meaning of the Act, and the State Industrial Remission is without jurisdiction to make any order other than one of dismissal; since the ovidonco fails to support the finding that the occupa tional disease was the result of the alleged inhalation of chlorine gas cn Hay Industrial Sygiene Digest - 8 28, 1928, the award must be vacated. National Zinc Co. v. Opines. Oklahoma Supreme Ct. No. 31,204* January 25, 1944. (CCfi), " 138 federal Employers' Liability Act; Heat Exhaustion: Safa glg.ce to Work. The CJnited States Supreme Court denied certiorari in the case of the death of Robert ? Beamer who died within a short time after having, worked for over two . hours as a steam fittor in a steam turbine room where the temperature was 135. The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals held that the Railway Co. was not negligent since the temperature wqs not hotter than is required by standards of good prac tice in such plants and the cmploygtfjis required only to oxercise ordinary carej Begmflgv*l7Vt irl9g4in4i^an(RCCaSil)w.ay Co. ^STSvSuprime ^ Ct. No. 530. Certiorari denies 139 Priaax of the sufficici which a r diac ant lumber law stlons of Law and Pact. -- Although t n to be prlffla facie correct unless is to prove otherwise, where there dance from ce can be drawn that the employ due to car- itis wts the result of expo dust in the d been employed, the sioVwas a conclusion of uroiss and is not cie correct on a finding disease is one due entire- causes and cond particular occupation and not due to causes and oxpos loyod people* In tho classified list of occupational disoasos sense to which logging company's ploy- &CS were or could be expos' of duty* * Attorney's Pees -- Ram* ? provides for a reasonable ttoney* s foe payable out of th f the decision of tho joint board is reversed or modifier Supersedeas AHSouch. RemT Re; 1782 provides that a court will not stay a jud^.ent sedeas bond is given. Art.IV, No.4, ot constitution nut courts to grant a super- se-deaa^muQgg the determination of though appellant cay sot be entitled thoreto by st (Digest of opinion) was given as cardiac and acute myocarditis, and there tinony or other cvi- once to show that the asthma was the rc wood dust in the lumber mill whore decedent had been employed for _ the decision of the Department could not he sold to be prima facie on & question of fact as the decision that there was causal relation was a union of law based on conjecture and surmise rather than on a finding of and tho trial court could rightly conclude otherwise* As an occupational se is one that arises naturally and proxiactely out of extra-hazardous amploj in which classifies- tlon logging Industries do not fall, and it .has not beea^Uftn that asthma is a normal and constantly present result of logging operations,^ cannot be so id that, there .was an pccupational disease or that it arose naturally or proximate!/ out of his oxployaent* As Rea. Rev. Stat*, #7697 provides for a rea&aable attor ney's fee payable out of tho administrative fund upon reversal or modification of the joint board's decision, tho trial court having reversed the hoard, attor ney's fees from tho fund are'allowable* Although the constitutional end/or in herent power of a reviewing court to grant a writ of supersedeas when necessary to preserve tho rights of the parties, pending an appeal soy he subject to legis lative regulation, as by Rsm* Rev. Stat., #1782, regarding the issuance of a supersedeas bond, that power, inherent or granted by Art* I , #4 of the state constitution, cannot he wholly divested by tho legislature* furthermore, there is no necessity for supersedeas in cases such as this, as tho preservation of Industrial Hygiene Digest - 9 the trust fund, which Is in the custody of the state, nay he effectuated hy the court*s suspension of the operation of the Deportment's order making the award pending the disposition of the appeal from that order to the superior court. Affirmed. St. Paul ft Tacoma Limbor Co. 7. Dent, of Labor and Industries. Washington Supreme Ct. Sfo. 29,348. December 10, 1943. (CCHT. 140 Load Poisoning. Conaittee on Lead Pi thu IndUotr on, American Public iiealth Assoc., 1J :Tcw York, 43). Price 75*. This repo authoritative statement of thojvcMb^^Sncwledge res* pecting is s and must command uttentioxubapSflSe of tho out- standi lght committee nembers^fOt aw been designed (1) 'Tl Tree five measures for Jftrognegnitlon of hazardous ^ isuros in {d&ystiyv to describe shfvSmethods for the differ 'diagnosis ahff^ tmesis , (3) to point out the factual requirements for aedl _ ana of satisfying such require- ments, and (4) to refer sources of mors detailed and fcon- prohensive information discussion of lead poisoning was avoid- ed because of the axisten uestlonable or controversial matters in the literature based investigation and observation, The available statisti been a progressive decline in the incidence of fata United Status of America over i per- iod of more years. wnejvia available, the sane trend appears in th^rahtfwwce of non-fatdf#o it has not been as great as with fatal This indicate measures have eliminated the more ob^,q^^ims of lead exposure tho general level of expc- sura^atf&Efi^ safe limits. The bibliogro brings together the mere articlos on each phase of lea ,cd poisoning. The erti- presented in the order, by yea appoared in tho liters- e. They cover 19 phases of tho prob Tho National ?lrc Codes for Flcrziablc Liquids. Chemicals and Explosives. Compiled by R.S. Uoulton. National Piro P,rotecti<5i^i!sociation. Boston, .943. 502 pp. This volu&s presents the complete codes for handling/ kge and use of fian- stable and explosive material, and supersedes and anplii ;he codes publisced in 1938. The codes are in the form of suggested ordi; itandards or rcccs- mended good practice requirements and constitute a valuable fuido to good eogia- earing.practice. Tho general classifications include: (1) flammable liquid storage and handling; (2) oil and gasoline burning equijeent; (3) liquified petroleum gases; (4) utilization of flammable liquids in engines, motor croft, airplane fueling operations, dry cleaning, dip tasks and paint spraying; 'o> fuel gases, anesthetic gasos and oxygen In hospitals; (6) refrigeration and ro gation, and (7} explosives and"nitrocellulose materials. The book closes *t*.n two very useful tables, one of cocson hazardous chemicals, and tho other of fire-hazard properties of floatable liquids, gases and volatile solids, tho two totaling about 70 pages and supplemented by directions for flash point tests. Anyone concerned with daslgn, construction or manufacture whore flamsble mater ials arc concerned, will find the volu&e invaluable. Industrial Hygiene Digest - 10 142 national Fire Codes for Extinguishing end Alarm ZauiTgient. Compiled by R. s. Moulton. National ?ire Protection"Assoc., Boston, 1943. 669 pp. The National Tire Protection Association has prepared over a hundred comprehen sive standards on various phases of fire prevention. The present volume brings together for convenient reference the many standards dealing with various types of fire extinguishing and alarm equipment and related features. The general headings include: (1) automatic sprinklers and water supply; (2) extinguishers and hose; (3) special extinguishing systems, e.g. carbon dioxide, foam, steem and water spray; (4) public protect municipal and rural; (5) aloim and super-, visorv systems; 6) employee org on, and (?) miscellaneous, including oth^ft^ubjects f. fighting e in metal mines, marine fire protect: and s and pyroxylin plastic. This voli be with fire protection. 143 1943) This article is a revi tcaie of Septotter 16, 19 leal changes and histolo altitudes repeatedly f the lesions in orgau^tjrvt animals suffering sESaeV'death by third paper gimkdwvrvations at in sinilar/jwcgpsrtaaces. The fo is thc^e&LsNimise for the observed fl 172-173 (August 28, _f sue of Seitrage zur pathologischen Anatbe first paper records the physiologjiced by exposing animals to critical time. The second paper, reports on rvous system which were found in a to extreme low pressure. The ' f members of air crews who died ses the question whether anoxia 144 . >f Sxposure to Glass Wool. Glass B. J. Hein. cVpe^poncence. J.A.M.A. 3.24^ 137-138 (Jaa&grfrrlS. ' author disagrees in pert with the reply t^)r que in "Queries and Minor Notes" regarding hazards of glass wool (Abstract^ leptsmber, 1943 Digest) believing that the infozaant is not familiar wi particular products nen- tioned. No carbon tetrachloride or ether is used ,ng glass wool, and no mechanical Injury from spicules has occurred. Rtfe^ are given to several articles that have been quoted in the Digest. 14S Health Aspects of tfagwgjua and Other Foundries. W.A. Coeig^Am. Toundrymen1 s Assoc. Reprint 43-36, (Magnesium Alloys 7oundry Practice)/! 140-146. Tho writer affirms that greater productivity, leas absenteeism, and better per sonnel relations may bo achieved through: (1). improvement of the health of the men and women in the industry through educations! means, and (2) provision of hygienic wording conditions. Tho author has found valuable in achieving the first object, an integrated program, presenting a single phase of healthful liv ing, such as the amount of sleep needed, prevention of the ccnon cold, etc. The subject con be presented at safety meetings or through public address sys tems in plants, using such devicos as tho strip film talkie. Concerning expo sure to fluorides and sulfur dioxide the writer states that their effects, under foundry operating conditions, after prolonged exposure, ore not fully known. Se concludes that, "for tht present, every effort should be made to keep fluoride Industrial Hygiene Digest - 11 exposures as low os good engineering practices will perait, certainly below the amount which couses local irritation, to keep a record of thu atmospheric con* centrations in which the sen are working, and to undertake such periodic physical examination as medical,authorities recommend." Some data obtained from studies of fluoride and sulfur dioxide exposures in magnesium foundries arc given. The use of lead-in-urine deteroinations in foundries end in other industries where there are lead exposures is of value in indicating whether the workers ore ex posed to too much of this metal. Periodic x-ray examinations coupled with dust control should bo maintained in all foundries. 146 HHiazards from Silicon and Fluorida* 22, 1944). - uerlos and Minor Notes. J.A.M.A. arisen as^to tag^&zlc nature of calcium slliclde, ^ agottVW\Vlectric furnace slags; also fluoride Ida, st^^r^droa^and iron oxide. The reply refers tot! physiologic action of calcium 3Uio4tS^N& general, comparatively inert materials. All ftfcqsAjfich are liber- ess described should bo regnrded^s w^hlble acute 7Siowa. 'ty e progressive chronic disj^seV^)Tno skin or raspir- .tor's note: Fluoros uorine compounds is 147 Vapors anff/ .Heady. 6 (January, 1944). Calif. Safety Hydrogen fluoride and extensively in pickling metals*, , treating textiles to r terials, cleaning sandstone and marble, laundry work and fertili fluorides come in contact with moisture, hydrogen fluoride may specified additional occupations involve a fluorine ng rods may contain fluorides which give off sil tlon, breaks down into hydrogen fluoride and that const, these fuses may causo either fluoride po^sra&gpCT silicosis. Tebbens and Drinker, "Ve-i- laticn i " 'Tjjfoing with Coated d. Hyg. k Tax., 23, 222- 342 castrate that silica not present in a for ause silicosis. Studies s confirm Tebbens and cccident Facts - 1943 Edition. National Sj Paper, 96 pp. 30 cents per copy, discount in quantities. This booklet gives an extensive tabulation of nts in the United States in 1942, industrial and non-industrial. Much of thS arial is given in easily understandable graphic form. Tho industrial freqt rate (of companies repert- ing) dropped 2J( from 1941 to 1942, while the sever! e Increased 3%. Falls are the most costly, while accidents from handling are most frequent, Accidents are tabulated by industry, part of the body. and locality. 149 Tnfi TM-"bllity of Methylene Chloride-Oxygon-Nitrogen Mixtures. G.W,Jones, R.2. Kennedy and r.Z. Scott. tJ.S. Bureau of Hines, Rept. of Invest., #3727. Pamphlet. 7-pp. (October, 1943), Hsthylene chloride, dichloromethane CHgClg, a low-boiling and highly volatile organic chlorinated compound, is used extensively aS a refrigerant in air condi tioning installations, as an intermediate in organic synthesis, and as a solvent for cellulo-se acetate and other materials. As its vapors are not flammable in air at ordinary temperatures, it con be used to advantage where it muld be highly dangerous to use flsmable solvents'. The question has been raised as to Its flomable range in pure oxygen and in' air enriched with o^rgen. To find the answer to this question tests were carried out with various mixtures of methylene i Industrial Hygiene Digest - 12 chloride, oxygen, and nitrogen mixtures* rt was found that aet^lene chloride has wide limits of flammability la pure oxygea -- 13.5# for the lower and 66.4 for the upper limit* All mixtures foiling within these limits aro flammable. If air i3 enriched with oxygen, so that the final mixture contains 18.9 or more oxygen, flcaeiable mixtures aro produced when the amount of methylene chloride vapor present .comes within certain limiting concentrations. At high tempera tures, aothylsno chloride vapor bocomes flammable in air and ignites at d42oc. It ignites at 606C in oxygon. 180 Carcinogens and Experimental Garcia 114^9 (December 25, 1943). queries and Minor Notes. I.A.M.A. 123 / ponse to an inquiry abou erinontal production of papilloma rat onzehe, the following comment is offered; "Car* ativo carcinogenic activity of vario* by give any Instance of papillomas induea^j by induced in the mouse by a variety^S^^Wstaccas. Those mos^ 3,4 benzpyrene, 20 methylcholfttMarfce and 1,2,5, 5, dibonzantl period after application/OTl^piw carcinogen to the app< about sixty days* Ugamlly^srconslderably longer tina , the guinea pig ia^drem^difficult to induce, injection of ^tl^JjiJpflfoxid# in the nipple re- `Mnu^xt nay also\ itradiol wi tftive in producing carcinoma, Wbrding to Lipschui of of carcinogens published by J.L, Hartwell, Hatioi itheads, Md., is recomended fotf detailed information. 151 Ixperlaental 0a3tric Canc< m of Oxidized ?ats. A.H. Hoffo. Bol. inst. mad. exptl. esi (1942}. Hats were fed for )dlet of broad, milk, corn and a small quantity of oxijLz^^hV?'' The 3d by heating, takes on carcinogenic properties wh^dfim&^o caused by Kesterol content. Those findings coincide viaSkTbj&n of N. Wateman 'tsi 31, 4389) who has shown that cholestgrp&SSonte not only enhances^ tor, but that it also son* taias^cfisiHogenic substances. An ex< serol esters favors the feema- tar carcinomas* This process, ] by^Sjat, is analogous to the one under the action of ultraviolet scm&r<4Kiy3, which produces a ccumulatlon of cholesterol. The >uaaec3radiation, fonts the 'carcinogenic oxicholesterol. The Allergenic Properties of the Vegetable GtmaHi- 13# of AM-ttmmrT)up to Trcgacanth. H.H. Golfand. X. Allergy, 14, 203 (March, ^Ss") Published reports of 'sonsitivity to vegetable gw Innate that the chief sources of sensitization are karaya gun in hair wavii^^l^&ioiu and acacia (g\a arable) in the offsot spray used by printers. Other penras exposed to occupa tional contact with the gists include confectioners, emplh^ra of gum plants, per sons engaged in th4 manufacture of cigars, metal polish, matches, porcelain, pottery and others. A list of the known source* of possible contact with the gums 13 presented. The usual mode of contact is by inhalation, but ingesticn, injection and surface contact hare also accounted for reactions* The morbid processes include vasomotor rhinitis, bronchial asttea, urticaria, atopic oei^a- tltls, anglonourotlc edema and gastrointestinal disturbances* The author re ports the case of a woman with asthma due to tragaccnth, who was sensitive to acacia, also, but not to karaya., Acacia and tragacanth are members of the same family (leguminosae) but karaya belongs to an entirely different family (sterculiaceae). This fact may have a bearing on the antigenic relation of the gs. Industrial Hygiene Digest - 13 153 Dermatitis Due to TvTQglynhus Longior. Gerv.. Var. Csstellenli. Hirst, in Ch* rust. E.W.P. Thomas. Brit. I. Demat., 54, 313 (December, 1942). Thomas reports a diffusa erythematous dermatitis of the forehead, face, ears and aack, 9.1th slight edema of the eyelids and involvement of the flexor surfaces of the forearm* in a railway loader. The eruption was due to cheese dust in which the mite Tyroglyphus longior, Gerv., was found. The cheeses mainly attached are those that have been ldft a considerable tine in store. The mites, which are sain to be present in most dairies and can be found in dust and scrapings from the shelves, apparently crawl on to the cheese, select a minute bole or crevice and eat their wgy in; eggs are laida flourishing colony is soon established. On re surface of tho cheese a coAtWgsof fine powder forms, which may be a teS(<$f)aa inch (.6 cm.) thick, of layer on layer of dead bodies oj mitck^mmccrat^r^kins, feoanv miwxe particles of uneaten cheese and the 1: mittis'^e^elvek^Mite-^^kt^d cheese can bo recognised by this fij der and^&y &ho msaaraM^boles and cavities. 154 Effects an^fta tent Explosives. C. Swanston. 'f. Soc. Med., 36, 633- 638 ` the causo of ao osx^lme in British muni industrial complain time lost being only si: than ccidonts. The irritant explosives are mate saA^tryj which aey on account of the sever- rather than the igOTdencS> he de: produced. Symptoms produced by the various explosivoswe^desc': at involves: (1) Removal from con- tact, (2) Avoidance of deluding soap and water after initial cleansing, (3) Allaying avoid scratching and to give the patient sleep and rest, (4) Yarietis treatment, which must M regular and closely supervised. Drej Prophylaxis includes: (1) Selec- tion of workers, (2) , (3) Protective clothing, (4) Thorough ashing, (#f^9d0icr si s creams and'powders. 155 Contact Dowiafr _________ trial Dermatitis. tf.P. Anderson. IndT Med^* aa?^.5fe4-537 (September, 1 The auxroripresents a somewhat differo contact dermatitis 't in any individual, it may b' toxic reaction. He cites of authorities and cases in sup This newer viewpoint to modify some of the present day ids ausatlon and treatment this group of skin disorders. The follow!' ed procedures for use in treatment: (1) The use of chemical antidote cither (a) by seutroi- ization of the poison or (b) detoxifying the irr: fozmlng insoluble or non-irritating compounds; (2) The use of adsorbent , such a3 charcoal md kaolin; (3) The new synthetic wotting agents might d to remove toxic :el icals from the skin and possibly also to carry neut egants. 156 Metol Dermatitis as an Occupational Disease of Photoarapl !. Wagner.' Phot. Xorr. 78, 26-7 (1942) ; (Gasman). " The symptoms produced on the .skin (usually on the hesds and under tho aims) of workers who are allergic to metol are briefly described end their similarity to those of frostbite and eczema is pointed out. The irritation caused by contact with hydroquinoae and pyrogallol also produces symptoms resmbliag those of metol. Swelling and degreasing of the skin by developer alkalis aggravate tha action of metol. Lanolin should bo applied to the skin at night and a skin soe- clallst should be consulted* 157 Orel Profhyi*i Against Upper Respiratory Infection. T.B. Herron. Znd. Med., 12. 590-593 (September. 1943). The author describes a series of investigations among unselocted industrial work ers to test the value of oral vaccine tablets in upper respiratory infections. Industrial Hygiene Digest - 14 He believes the results appear to recommend this procedure as cn effective end practical method to provide immunization against upper respiratory Infection in industrial wrfcars and other large masses of the population* ' 158 Earatoconlunctivitla Control Measure Recosaiendcd for Industry, al, Znim**. sj.Y. Stato Indust. 3ull.( 22, 383 (August, 1943). The disease is apparently caused by a neurotropic.virus, with trauma bearing little relation to the disease, although this question is not adequately answered at this time. Either sex may be affected at any age. There is evidence that medical personnel has had a hand in^mnsmittlng the disease. Generally patients complain of either a foreign bodj^nhM of the- eyes, or that the eyes feel yplcal case the bulbar and palpebral , -*th the upper lid more severely invo^ onjunctiva, lacrimntioa and a few hi omembrane is often found, espociallj^n^t^l inferior of discharge is minimal. Corneal ^SW^Saent shows derate In numbor and often pupillary involvement of the preauricm&J^eubtieatal or cer- y lasts at least 10Jrtrs'wlh corneal involve- scars. Cold coaarweigjglve relief and sulfon- 159 S7,. 1151-1154 (Decembe During the first 5 mont were reported. Of these eye hazards Is presont several hazards. Velde; one in six of those particles acccun; the operation a injured, (1) more e ' e of goggles; gatioa whenever possi'oi tab! Monthly Labor Bey., disabling injuries to shipyard workers injuries. A great variety of sane worker may be oxposed to of the eye injuries and only own arc. Flying than the worker performing methods of prevention include: ive use of screens; (3) aegreal data are presented in Foreign Bodies. E.-Stieren. 3-382 (December 4,1943! author discusses proper methods of treat' is. The history of "the accident is all important in determining _ )aon-magnetic foreign body. An immunizing dose of tetanus antitoxin "administered to every patient. Uothods of detecting the wound of entruStf'jud the position and sire of the foreign body aad details of ranting forelgn^Mf^ is in various locations are presented. For combating infection the author do; ^ Is on systemic shock re suiting from injection of foreign protein or intraveno' jections of typhoid vaccine. Brass and coppar are particularly toAc in int: lar fluids. 161 Industrial and Domestic Injuries of the Eye. C.F. Clark. J?A.M.A. 124. 15-,-I9 (January 15, 1944). The prevention of ocular injuries contends an important place in industry, seri culture and the home. Efficient first-aid treatment is Important in reducing the loss of man hours of work, in relieving tho suffering associated with the injury and, most important of all, in retaining useful vision of the injured jye< Penetrating and non-penetrating wounds are treated according.to the rules that have' been proved best by years of experience of the medical profession. Parti lar care should be taken to avoid sy&pathotic ophthalmia whan there has been an injury of tho uveal tract, especially of tho ciliary body. -- Author's stscary. Industrial Hygi*11 Digest - IS 162 Colored Reflex Proa Anterior Capsule of Lens la Marcurisllgm. W.S. Atkinson. * Amer. J. Qphthal* fc 26, 6B5 (July, 1943}. / A colored reflex from the anterior capable of the Ions is observed in cases of chronic aorcurialism or in those who have been exposed for a long tine to mercury. It is believed to be a deposit of mercury on or in the anterior cepsulo, and does not subside when exposure ceases. Seventy persons examined were at some time engaged in the manufacture of thermometers and one was a coner in the f.lt hat industry. The colored reflex was present in over half of the cases. The author suggests that tho colored reflex is an early diagnostic sign of mercurialian. 163 itrial Music and Morale. >in. X. Acoustical Soc. of Am., Tctober, 13.43). of ^ftrles of '3 dealing with the use of music in indust; >ssdfe5^ i^I of engineering the system used to se^gg* suede? frs in the same issue wero written by, assembled data on various phases of 4H^3?Ject. e: "Music a3 a Safety Factor," ^\t<fcj^i^Toward Types groaning Music for Industry," jje&iT&nttstical Method of Music in Industry." 164 lyPolicloS/ C. Silverman. Id. 8, 1*4 (August,1943). industrial mV icy iuvolveMMi)^*? >idance of penalizing rogu- 'ions,, so that worn uragfd^tpy^ort their pregnancies early and avoid serious conseq jujjjboncealaent. (2). A health evaluation of every case to form ons regarding continuation of ploymcnt. (3) A job evaluation of if necessary, transfer to suitable, non hazardous work. (4) Pori physical condition. (S) Reasonable and protective minimum leave periods. (6) Job protection for a reasonable period on among plant physicians, private practitioners, and heali Industrial maternity problems are part of cornu e the combined interest of ill >s concerned. -- ba Author1 s siDi&ry. Operation ft* de Alkylation Plants. Nat. Potroloum Mows. 3SR 53 1943.) 'ety precautions aro required in t peratioa of alkylation its becuuso of the nature of tho anhyd uortde used as a catal- 'yst. Mechanical features have been incorpo ant design to minimize accidental discharge of acid to the atmosphere so^xnblude locatiag the acid- carrying e^ul^ent in a pit provided with the or neutralizing any escap- ing acid, end exhaust systems for removing'or ae zing acid or vapors from sections opened for. repairs or other purposes. Sp types of neoprene or rubber clothing are provided for various classes of precautions are taken to prevent Injury to workmen exposed to contact tho add. First-aid treatment is described. -- Author's salary. ' ' 166 Further Knowledge on the Clinical Picture of The Alininum Lung. 0. Goralewski. -Bout. Tuberkulose-Blctt., 17, 3-10 (January, 1943). (German). The author presents data on "oluainm lung" in 700 workers in Sanaaay, a disease that occurs frequently there but apparently has not been encountered at all in America. The symptoms and slight blood changes observed agree with those report " od in the Author's earlier papers (Abstracts 269 , 271 - March, 1943; 114 - May, 1943) Radiologlcally the first sign consists of focal shadows in the apical regions, which progress through other portions of ths lung and bacons confluent. One autopsy showed coarse, branching hyalins collagenous fibers enclosing pha gocytes containing fine and coarsely granular particles which differed from car bon particles by thslr jagged outlines. In parts of ths lung those flbors were Industrial Rygiene Digest -16 elso found surrounding the vails of the alveoli, which contained phagocytes. A few dust cells were also found in the regional lymph glands. 167 Relation of low-Vitaann Diets to Ar3onlc Poisoning. E. Ziamioimann. Arch.Gewer- bepat h.u.Gewerbehyg., U. 153-159 (1941) (Gcraan). In invoatigating the toxic effects of orchard sprays containing arsenic compounds it was found that a deficiency of either vitamin A or 3. makes rats more sensitive to the effects of arsenic trioxide. The ability of the'iiver to retain arsenic was not altered. . 166 The Toxicity of Some Metals Whon istered Intravenously in Various Foma, P.<Hjt&herpa. 3oll. Soc. Ital. per., 15, 226-227 (1940). {Italian)., Tho^llowlng.jwi&al let dos^iro reported for intravenous injectioj rabbftQjv' of th ed: cobalt chloride 25.5 mg., cobalt .35.2 ngvi^very reduced cobalt powder 100.2, cuprous ChIbYt*6 3.5, cupric ch^rtde inely divided, reduced copper powdor<4&jpb%nd copper protoinata-^3 solutions were prepared bfgj3g an aqueous solution of aetal powder in the presence Centrifuging, filtering-^ tent the solution in vacuum* ' 169 Printing Offic randt and &.S. Reichen- Ind. Hyg 1*943). L^d exposures were hs and at places where workmen would be most oxposod log offico. It is concluded fhat (1) most sources of air ontrolled adequately, (2) the sources which are not controlled inteznittent in nature, (31 the average weighted exposures for all departments studied is below the saxi- cum allowable concentre cu. a., and (4) operations in tho uonotype, casting, st^t^i^(^^eael< ardent* presented potential ezpo- sures high enough w^luxtxfy periodic p exaclnation to detect early symp- tans of abnoru^^l^/absorption. ,ts used at first wero the stan- dard all-gijM^CTinger, the midge olectroatatic precipitator. The results xlifrftair^iidget impinge? we ' ular, as compared with the othertfgaasSt was discarded. It was lat^^khat the contamination result- ed^lfti^teall quantities of dust, which tedofr'^do rubber stopper and were (kto the liquid* If all glass Imp the stoppers are cover idlftth pliofilm and the greatest possible s the results compare fell with those obtained by other methods. 1 TO Amsrican $**&*& Al^afebih Concentration of DeadheadCertain of Its Inomnic Compounds. American Standards Assoc., Publication^^?. 11 - 1943. Approved September 16, 1943* 6 pp. Prico 20? from above Asso&dt^on, 29 91.39th St. ,l*ew York, Y. The maxima allowable concentration of load end its-toor^? compounds, the car bonate, sulfate, oxides, nitrate, and chloride is set &t^*mg* of lead per 10 cubic aoters of air, which has been gonerally accepted as ^standard* Regarding sampling: "The sapling shell bo in accordance with what experience shows is necessary to secure a sample which is tzuly representative of the actual wrking conditions at the locatlone tested. This implies that the voids of the sample and the rate at which it is drawn into the sampling apparatus shall be such that the taking of the sample does not of itself change appreciably the atmospheric conditions at ths location tested. The voids of the solution shall be consis tent with the sensitivity of tho sample tnployed, but the time required for collecting * single sample should not exceed 1 hour." References to analytical procedures are given* . Industrial Hygiene Digest - 17 171 American Standard Allowable Concentration of Mercury. American Standards Assoc., Publication 237.8 - 1943. 7 pp. Approved January 6, 1943. Three route* by which mercury- may enter the system: inhalation, ingestion and shin penetration. The maximum allowable concentration of mercury is given as ' 1 mg. per 10 cu. m. of air. The analytical methods commonly used for mercury vapor detection are: selcniua sulfide method, which is based on the intensity xof the stain obtained when mercury vapor is passed over scleniun sulfide paper; and ultraviolet absorption apparatus which is based on the selective absorption of ultraviolet at 2537A by mercury vapor. References are given for details. Other methods may be used if equa^^f applicability and reliability to those 172 AaersdXii War Trioxido^Aaor After ` ' toxicolo ic (calcul looted in case of altaoi cccentration of Metallic Arsenic and d$s< 'Assoc., Publ. Z37.9 - 1943. Approved/^r4y^rl943. tho metal and the oxide, and brieg^feoofft cf its lowable concentration is 3pecifiedNM\S$ mg. of arsen- ent) per 10 cubic ooters of aix^ wMIcs may be col- casc of dust or in alcctrost^Jk precipitators in the imated by a sodlficatletfof the Outscit method or references are details. This War Stan- on of the wi#vidttrwhich It will be reviewed. 173 >rican War St Assoc., Publication Z3` The physical-chemical ps cial grades aro tabulate< maximum allowable concent; corresponding to 0.6< not exceeding a toi Siren. The stap^^d^^i^tlpproved it will be r< _ _ ' American Standards July 29, 1943. 8 pp. f throe pure xylenes and four common comnor- ccount of toxic properties is gived. Tha s per million parts of air by volume, and 760 sa. pressure, for exposures rences to analytical methods are duration of the war, after which "Saditcv Morse and M.H. Kronenberg. rod., 12,1 12 (December, 194 .cle together with the ones by (Ab No. 1008, October,1943) an excellent picture of the preseat^fch radium poisoning in painting of instnmant dials. The ha^gm leal importance are the 'inhalation of radon gas and the ingestion of so>l painjxdontaining radium. Re- suits of datexminations of radon in workroom a ented and show that most are at or below tha permissible limit proposed in thffjftuntry* Tha highest are a little less than 2 times this limit, Measurcaeats^>/hody content of radi-on in 35 workers show values varying from very low to about^|Q0D$ of the estimated safe limit. Hjwwver, repeat tests on 2 workers with vary t^^radium content showed a markedly high degree of excretion -- 1490$ to 64$ in owjjgase, and 5300^ to 175$ in cnothar. Control measures are discussed at leogtnpith greatest emphasis properly placed in extreme care in personal cleanliness and housekeeping of the shop and working facilities! 179 Luminous Dial Paint. Anonymous. California Safety News. 27, 7 (September, 1943). The expansion of tha aircraft industry has resulted in c groat increase la tha luminous dial industry. The dangers from the radioactive substances used to activate tha paints art described* - 176 Nasal and PhAyywpufti Irritation from Contact with Sucrose Octaacetate Among Oper ators of Con-pressnd-wiy ?.J,7iles. ff.S.Neval Med.Bull., ^,1378-9 (1943). Sucrosa octaacetate as a dsnaturont of alcohol used to blow water and ice from compressed-air lines caused Severs' irritation lasting 3-4 hours* Industrie! Hygiene Digest . is 177 Thallium Poisoning* X. Detection of Thallium in Biologic Material. A.o. Gettier and L. Weiss* Amer. J. Clin. Frith., 13, 322 (June, 1943). r Tlie authors stete that, before proceeding to the actual detection of thalliTM, * all organic matter in the tissue must be destroyed by an oxidative process. They list the procedures for the digestion of biologic materiel and describe the aiethod which they found to bo least time consming and at the seme time yielding a solu tion free of all organic substances* The various qualitative testa for thallium are critically reviewed. A detailed description for the detaction of thallium in biologic material is .given* 178 Thallium P_ois__oning ioInI.ofThTehaDlclituomi in Biologic Material. A.' G end L.jteiss. After. X^jgDin^ath., 13, 363-377 (1943). T ous ^Mvlmctric, tirlmcti^c and lodcmetric methods aro criticall: via he ffo^o^ng io^^tric tactsniq'sie is preferred* Digest the. add(jja gOTsM^rorcugh glass wool. Treat cautiously vi wlraMurar to oxidize the thallium to the thal^^su$V.' Remove A# jtfftXsdttnol* Add potassium iodide which willH^wfitized ta free iodine by Titrate thd liberated ledi odium thiosulfate 1.79 Carbon le Fri 1- iber, !i seaman aftl used carbon ^ei shoos* iiftor restorative aoasures* petechial hsooXThages oi been reported in the litej or drinking of the chcmij S.P. Sanford. &8ull*, 41, 148 &> fivitlos &d cleaning Diead engine remov^^^&rclrt from his hands, forearms [ed^tfwiJKdead in a few minutes despite any congestion of the lung bases and Pew cases of fatal poisoning have apparently due to inhalation of the* fmes ISO Safety la Styrene Baad^hiioa* NSXT 2ck< Fstrolem News. 35 P..530 (November 3, 1944) _ Toxic effocjMSOj^'fene aro irritat^fcjLof tu&gs upon inhalation and of the skin uponlight narcosis fSwfnhnlj amounts, and liver ar.d >ii- ney d^s^p^&ea exposure to high conch^^tloi a result of animal expert- a tentativo permissible limi^ per aillloa has been sug- The author bolieves that 200 pc^ ls a preferable figure . *ono which will prevent skin irritation' resUl^i^no serious health haz- even in case of repeated exposures yrenc^|e^ of the Monsanto Chem- leal Co. at Texas City, Texas, is ivea as e& ~ ho aexlaua of protec tion. The safety features including outdoor co tion excopt the control houses, in which a positive pressure is malntai .i^efety showers, fire blankets, protective clothing* mechanical guards, and first ei^t^d medical deportments. 181 Hslcwox Acne ("Cable Hash")? A Cutaneous Eruption in Electricians cue to Certain Chlorinat--* snea and Diphanvls* C** d H. Fensky. ^rcn. Dcrmet. i Syph., 48, 251*257 (September, 1943)* Synthetic wax (Halowax) jiezmatitls is a common cutaneous hazard in marine elec tricians handling certain types of electrical cables* An increasing amber of employees with this dezmatitls may be anticipated in the near future unless suit able and adequate substitutes for these synthetic waxes are discovered, or more offactive means of prevention and therapy are developed* An evaluation of vari ous preventive measures is made* The probable mechanism of the production cf these lesions is discussed. The absence of systemic, visceral and hemopostic iavolveoant in handling the "cold" xy synthetic was cable is noted* The Chronicity of the eruption and its resistance to therapy are iphasized. No evidence of internal absorption has been found in these cases* - Authors' sucary* IIHF Feb 1944 WFI0001 30 Industrie! S^giene Digest - 19 182 Investigations on tha Causa of Industrial Lung Disease in tha Mansfeld Coooar Mines. J.ii. Hallaers and B. Udluft. Arch.f7^ewqrb6path.u.Gewerbchyg., 4eo- 502 {Nbvembor 10, 1942). y This'article is a general surrey of the miaeralogical aspects of the industry with special oaphasis on their relation to the dust hazard, but rery littlo med ical iafomation is contained in it. The copper nines hare been worked' for a period of TOO years, and what is known as Mansfald Pneumoconiosis {"Mansfelder Staublungen"), has been the subject of a number of articles since 1934, some of the findings of which bars been summarized. The article consists almost entirely of rery elaborate chemical end minecalogic-al analysis of^ the raw material of tho mines and the dust produced, incltitSng, by way of comparison, analyses of >f one silicotic lung obtt^bd^Som a Mansfald ainar. No details of ^ ,or of/tfce histological ^afiition of this lung, howover, ore givj figufj^ of tft^d^malyajS^S^ not suitable for abstraction. The du^wi<Ajirtered showed^naTticle^^jmft^iy difforent substances inclading limcatteX) w&in, silica^pAt2^JOTW^Bica, sericite and rutile. Those vai@Jsize from less thaC<$L mieroara\to more than 50 microns. * 183 Further ms, icunatlonal Carcinoma in' rkers. a. Welz. Arch*f .U.i 11,. 536-560 ( 1942). Thrfc le is a ,atcord cases of asbe .plicated by cancer of the first pt$knt 43,` wit lure of 11 years in an asbestos tory; death wnsoi sc The second worker had had years' experience at autopsy an atypical epithelial call new growth. The is a causal relationship between asbestos!3 and carcinoma Ihods of Detec ^5> eraination 134 N.P. Bernz. k Air Cond., 15, 482-484 famber, 1943). this article tho writer describes brief: for carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, hydro SfTof nitrogen, asmonia, phosgene, radon and tho al end physical t-sts 'sulfur dioxide, oxides 135 Testing Toxic A^oanheres. H.H. Bornz. Hast., ?i^ Air Cond., 15, 512-=20 (October, 1943). This article, tha third in a series, describes brie bods used for the :ol- lection of load and cadmiim. Mercury datemination is aed and methods :f solvent vapor dotenlnatlon are described. Halogenatcd carbons, carbcn li sulfide, aniline and acid mists are covered in tha rest the paper. The natar- lal presented la not new and is intended for heating and ventilating engineors not familiar with air analysis methods. 18 6 Detection of War Cases. I. Dyestuffs as Reagents for Detecting Phosgene. Tung-Lieh Pu and Chien-Tao Lo. J. Chinese Chan. Soc., j 140-142 (1341] (Chinese). Methyl violet, methyl violet B, gentian violet B and rosaniline wore found to se specific for the detection of phosgene in air. Distinct color changes were taired at gas concentrations of 0.7 sg./l. of air within one second. Industrial Hygiene Digest - 20 . 187 Improved Apparatus for tho Determination of Carbon Monoxide* L. Shnidman. Ces and Elec. Corp., /Aar. Gas Assoc. Monthly. 25, 303 (December, 1943). The iodine pcntoxide method we3 found most suitable for the determination of very small amounts of carbon monoxide. The portable apparatus comprised a 500 ml. go3 container, a purifying system, an iodine pcntoxide tube enclosed in a hott ing chanbor, an absorption tube and a diaphragm pump. Those were connected in _ series as a elosod system. In the- purifying system, the gas was treated with sulfuric acid, v/ith chronic acid, and sulfuric acid again. The absorption tube was kept at 150C, which ensured a ranAd and complete reaction. The liberated iodihe was titrated with sodium tMs^flfate. Determination of icnowA gas nixturj isults that wore correct itfSfcp-- library Bull, of Absts. (Univej icts teShs 18, 204(PagcmbWi2, 1943). 138 or Estimating the jar.*!TM* of Carbon Me a verraz. Schweiz. Med. Woch., 72. 1 Deccei her S, 19 Poisoning b ls to tho front, owing to theAtfaP'substltute fuels in introduction of water oas ^Xlunlnating gas. Hence onto aeons for detect^^this poison. Various metfiecffi^f^he pas d and rejected. JEni^method is described in gradunt Pulfrich ** ***** method it is elaim- t 1 part of 100^C9^* of air can be detected with certainty. The air o freed from all oxygen; thi^ is effected by hydrosulphl brought into contact with a solu- tion containing a known obin. It is shaken for 10 to IS minutes and next centrifuged. ' examined with the photometer. Working with 'aiown concantratio a curve has been constructed show- lag the amount of car cording to tho amount of light trans- mitted. The nothod ows for easy detection of conccn- trntions betweejkd^ .bove 1 in 10,000 up to 1 in 200 it is bette^j^^^^absorb the oxygen' e being analysed. A concon- tmtioa eA J^;000 is the limit * cal symptoms of poisoning fik'ssSce In such an atnosphe 30 per cent of the ha&o- flraies combined with the carbon to 40 per cent symptoms lie to occur. tcimination of Selenium Dioxide in tho AirV &hlm. Referat. Ibur., 4^ 67 (1941) (Russian). Pass air through am absorber containing 25 cc. cr, transfer the solution to a 50 cc. measuring flask and add a sufficient t of hydrochloric acid (d.1.19) to make the acidity ec;ual to 1:4. To a unt of the solution frcaa tho flask (20*5 ec.) in a cylinder or test tube ce. of 3% gia arable solution and 1 ec. of 100 stan&ous chloride solution tesmine the amount cf selonlia dlosdde by tbs intensity of its color (cosparli ^ h standard solu- tioas). To o&ke a volumetric determination transfer the l^uid from the absorber to a flask, add approximately 0.1 g. of 3odiu& bicarbonate and 1 cc. of starch solution and 0.0025 N iodine solution frem a buret until a blue color. Is obtained, Decolorize tho solution with 1-2 drops of 0.0025 H soditai thiosulfate solution, add 6-10 cc. of 0.0025 N sodium thiosulfate solution, acidify the solution with 10 cc. of sulfuric acid (1:5) shake and titrate immediately vrith 0.0025 K iodine solution. Determine the saouat of selenium dioxide from the difference between the nisaber of cc. of iodine required for tnioeulfate ion and that required for the titration. One cc. of 0.0025 N iodine solution corresponds to 0.0695 mg. of soleniiA dioxido. . - Industrial Hygiene Digest - 21 190 The Detection ind Analysis of Arsenic in Water Contaminated with Chemical Warfare Aaents. C.C. Ruchhoft, O.R. Placak end S. Schott. ?ub. HealtiTReptsT,- 58, 1761-1771 (December 3, 1943). * ~~ ' Thi3 article describes methods which can bo applied to tho analysis of water for the presence of contamination by :*jscnic from arsenical chemical warfare agents. Linit3 of peimlssible amounts of arsenic -ire given. A description of the method of preparing samples and details of the Gutseit and molybdenum blue mettods are also included. s> 191 * cal Rcitiee of Dust Seanl .qteods Employed in Witwatorsraad Gold Ml .Soc. So. Africa, 43. 155-58 (Uarcl o discussion of his original paper fccussioa involves dotails of tho met] of the koaimeter and the thermal 192 __ classif ---- --------- koninetef$s> p^pfcipitator and his involving tho rolatio section of the particle microscope and Blacktla Effects of Particl on T^etuiique. 579 (May 29, 19431. as the most of dust-mo&nuring appar- pitator, impinger, electrical ^ iscuseioa is mostly anthcoatical _ represented, area countod, crqss- n of particles.. The ordinary ultra* croscope are also discussed briefly. 193 Discoloration Methods ah. ?.B. Rowley and R.C. Jordan. Heat., Pip. fc Air Cond., IS . ^943>`. In addition to a reftSwW the pi etrie methods used at present in rating air filtemy<jji authors pre'i thod of detemlnlng the true di3- colorationAfiJTcSifcy of d* filter of discoloration is analyzed, The r3 introduced in orde. onsidemtion tho psychologic cal ca^jSwrological reactions of interpreting discoloration, itNoing a specific recommendation' any efficiency the present their research as a coatri collective Sxowledge on Authors* suaaary. An Appt.ratus for Measuring Air Plow Purina Insn C. Lee and L. Silverman. Rev. 3cl. Instruments. 14.-174*181 (June, 1943}* Measurements of the rate of flow of air during ins on is important in res* piratory physiology and for the design of protective that have been used previously ore described and their atory devices. Methods Rations explained. A new instnnent was constructed, for such aoasuxvnents, ers no appreciable resistance to air flow. This instrument consists of a nid^r.tbopio. platinum wire suspended across tht diameter of a 31.6 tube. One end'Sir the wire is attach* ed to a fixed point and the other and to a fine spring. Tho displacement of the wire when air flows through tho instnaaoat is recorded photographically by a. moving paper camera. The deflection of the wire is- linear with iir flow, and its inortla, lag, and frequency of vibration do not interfere with respiratory measurements. A low resistance valve and system complete the apparatus. * Authors' sucaiary. Industrial Hygiene Digest - 22 Control Methods 195 Trained to Knee Gas. j.c. Foster. Mat. Safety Mews. 49, 14-15, 64 {Jan. 1944). The Bethlehem plant of Bethlehem Steel C *oany has developed a school and program for training employees in tho use and mnatenance of gas equipment. A building was constructed to meet the needs courso. In the class room the men are inst^ctod in the theory of safe nr^Cttce in gas filled aroas and in the use soS&p^ng of gas^dotectors and emuna*dnd canister masks. Finally comes aca practjWin ua^^yjthe masks^te an^nrtight chamber known as the "smoke" Membe^/O^^he ar&^SASi from the foremon and workers in the dg$fe^ *WT3 most liswj to ttiffihis training and three courses are of$jr*& 'meet rcquiremoE$4^f vi^ffuliSoups. . 196 Twonty-Firsl a* .of the Safotv in Mines Base 1942. London.* Stal roi that have occurred^Uxice 's^one-dusting was gen fted leads ing of the need for gon- sone-duatinc^i of the stone-dust with coal dust. Good ' the dust la roadways is neccss ary. bad standard ofi after one explosion* For the most dangerous dusts t is that the mlxiimiB percentage of incombustible matter, with the coel dust, shall be 69$, but 75$ is desirable for some two dusts must be wall-mixed. Exper- Iments show that an exp ied upon to bring about'the necessary admixture before the_ dust extractor has been used to re- move ultra-fix LWS^Trom the stone thus, as tests show, Increasing its disporsabi ' six-shot saf multi-shot firing is now pro duccd coamonai 1 the devclo f a<tfgblYe-shot safe exploder is proceed- ing. i little ammo hlortde^ust, or a small amount of un- Loslve, can bring about a ngC^dkction in the ignition ten firedamp (from TOOOC. down or ericidol Action of Propylene Glycol Vap Hie: in Air. II. In fluence of Various Factors on Activity of Vaddfr. _T.Tft?uk, O.E. Robertson and tf.M. Lemon. I. Exper. Had., 78 , 337 (tfovaber, _ Puck and his associates state that pneumococci, 'hdmtfjytic streptococci, staphylo cocci, Zamcophilua influenzae and other organise, <*pwell os influenza nrus, when sprayed into ataospheros containing propylene vapors were killed so rapidly that no micro-organisms or virus could bo reca^s*d from the test cham ber. Propylene and triethylane glycols are relatively nogtoxic and la vapor font ore odorless, tasteless and nonirritating to .tho refractory mucosa. The authors studied factors which influence or limit the actioa^of propylene glycol vapor. Tho killing process was more effective when both the total number of air borne dropleta end the nunber of organisms In tho bacterial suspension were small. A temperature bclow^Sfl^S^-and an atmospheric relative humidity between 4S and 7D_pap cent were found to constitute tho most favorable conditions for the lethal action of the vapor. Equally strong bactericidal action was obtained whan propyleno glycol was dispersed in an 800 cubic foot room as occurred in chambers of 2 cubic foot capacity; Susceptibility to vapor action of bacteria resuspended in saliva was just as great as when troth was used as the suspending meditm. Both partially and completely dohydrated bacteria succumbed to the effects of the vapor. When unaterila dust collected from inhabited roems was dispersed into the air, little redaction of the natural aicrobic population Industrial Hygiene Digest - 23 contained In this materiel was observed* The minima glycol concentration necess ary for effective bactericidal action on various micro-organisms wns is follows: Pneunococci were killed by amounts of propylene glycol as low as 1 Gm. in 20 million cc. of air; concentrations of 1 to 5 million to 1 to 10 million wero re quired to produce the sasto degree of Killing of streptococci end staphylococci. 198 The Organic Industrial Solvents in T^sms of Their Tiro Hazards. V/.3. Zaston. Ind. med., 12, 647-649 (October, 1943J* Flammability ratings for a number cggjplveats are tabulated, together with sever al oror properties, including gmpwiat volatility, ignition temperature, * vapQ^/enslty andxlowor oxplosivre&iit. When flammable solvents are beij where^aSbrs OM^Jcely t^S3Nnr^nt, care-must be taken to eliminate gSi of flr^/f^sm* the equipment must be grounded, and/atefiS^veri- tllatlon^^d cflre^^n^moing equipment must bo maintained* Wogj*e4JeJ9iauid be iostructeaHn^thfe^Ctnamof their work and in preventing and^ .suing fires. 199 Personnel Campbell 'and E.C. Mabon. J., 144. 118-122 _ iv_ ,, ent of the SaglM^ft&p Lead Co*, which, con- Insurencez/^fe edied depajggwSL^H* fully described* It ln- personnels xeaiOTtMii^first-aid, compensation, sarbty measures and co rPho hiring system involves the use of a card for caeh a card of the sano number throdgh- out his work far the c tlnuous or net* Prom tho foreman's records the caopcigr he of the employee's experience, exposure and all other data* I nation a high standard is necessary, and cards arc syphilis, heart trouble, severe ly defective ' , arthritis of the spine, or any condition is no first-aid department, ox- cept for tho even a slight Injury, the viork- man Is req rtatlon is furnished at once to tho _, if the doctor so directs, lf pay for time* The aut .peny officials believe has justified this method as aid treatment which is iven by Inezporieneed and inconpot compensation cases, Information is taken at tho first visit reports are iiade ua- tho man returns to work* The company is &"~s , and has found the practice successful. Many safety measures havo SWii uced, among those nen- tlonud being a device far preventing premature eapo ons in blasting. The in dustrial hygiene department has an engineer on full making dust counts and tests for other toxic materials'in tha mines. The si dust count is nnin- tained at 3 million particles per cubic foot, tha dust approxUiately 5C-;6 free silica. Wet drilling is used, and water Is used c: yely to combat dust. Workers in tha lead smelter are supplied two clean respira daily. 200 Tentative Vittw^noais- and Lignite-Mine Inspection Standards. Hevised September, 1943* U.S. Bureau of Mines, Inf. Cir., 7266. (Decsber, 1943). 54 pp. Obtain able from U*S. Bureau of Mines, Dlv. of Information, Washington, 0. C. Tentative coal mine inspection standards ware published In Information Circular .7204 in February, 1942. Tha war has brought about the need of rovision, on account of shortages of some materials, need of additional standards, and condi tions not then foreseen. Every phase of coal is covered in the standards, including protection against fires and dust explosions, control of dust, venti lation. ' Industrial Hygiene 'Digest - 24 201 Ventilation of the Climax Mine. I..-E. Glawille. Tech. Publication So. 1540. Am. Xsat. Min. & Hot. Engrs., Mining Tech., January* 1943. 11 ?9* The ventiletioa systma of the ulna of tbo Climax Molybdenum Company, developed sine# 1934* it daecrlbed. Under the prevailing atmospheric conditions beat and h\aidity arc supplied with tbs ventilation by means of hot water sprays* The main fans are ?^f001, axial flow, low pressure exhausting units* Oust is preci pitated by fogging sprays and entrapped by impingement on the dampened perimeter of the airway* Auxiliary fans and auxiliary dust control are used in special localities. The time, effort and enan3e that have gono into the ventilation program are paying dividends in intfHsed safety of mine operation and product: 202 jer object of the *ect on.public observed in treatment perionce among large insurance with the Equite comparison was made bet from January 1, 1939 the case fatalitv decrease in t^d^^tw^uration of i of 33 in 1941* It annuaH%4Mfw<r a million wording incidatfS^r'pnouaonia are discussed or virus pneuaonla is given erison with Prc-aulfondlth, 9, 1093-1102 sulfonamide therapy baa had any comparable to the remarkable elanges An anlysis was made of pnetao&la ex workers carrying group health and life co Society of the United Stctes, had a snide years 1935-1937 and the period nvestigation showed a reduction in per cent to 3*9 per cent and a the modal (most frequent) period {that 25,000 lives wars saved a slight increase in the incrdfdkin the maber of cases cf sm?teause* Approach to Syphilis in Industry State Med. J. 39, 441- lllay, 1943). Other than actual blood tasting which should bo ost annually, the "follow-up" Is felt to be of the greatest impo Everything is for naught if the patient does not receive the proper therapy a sufficient period of time, and this responsibility is rightly placed In of the plant physi- clan. More education concerning venereal diseases practlced In induc try, but it must be of a high type* Baphosis should be ed on the fact that the various public health clinics are at tho disposal of ts with low in come* And of great importance is ths maintenance of a dos^relatlonship between industrial and non-induatrlal physicians in studying and cooperating on the cases referred to them* ' 204 Present Day Influences in Industrial Health. C. Leggo. Ohio State Med. J., 39, 526-329 (Juno, 1943). . The author does not attaapt to offer a program for industrial health, but rather to present'a perspective of tho forces which have been influencing the field. Included in his discussion are tho development of compensation insurance, the - importance of personnel departments la industrial plants, the function of the Council of Industrial Health, activities of the industrial nurse, and studies of environment, end premotion of better health conditions* Industrial %giene Digest - 27 216 Mail Puncture Wounds. J.f. McDonnell and others. T.A.M.A., 123. 894-895 {Decber 4^1943)." The care of sail puncture wounds In industry is important, especially in construe* tion projects; and in a muddy environment the Injuries become more common, and the danger of infection more acute. In a nine month period of much rain 721 men were treated at a construction job with good results. The average disability was only 0.072 day per injury. Tho technic of treatment consisted of (a) cleans ing the outside of the wound, (b) trimming skin flaps and wound edges, (c) prob ing to tho bottom of the wound, (d)^4Rigating with antiseptic solution from tho_ botttmvof tho wound hydrogen solution recommended, and (e) dry, sti ile^dapiasiag,J^tanua antitoxin'* given in 54.4^ of the eases and it wa; when ^patureS^*ge oxceptj^SSLly^aeep or showed gross contamination or< infacting^ la W^^iMrifimT^itanus develop. Local infection develc of the Tjalp^lonie^M^p^he 43 had infeetlon sovere enough tp^dbpij^r.lS days on the avmge. JHjiiKilkr^sability is attributed to (1) tho CM$en&lon of om- ployees in a**17 for trenBaont and (2) pr90r\$^snsing of tho wound. - 217 ^ I) Tide present^HC^riti vitiSs for the restoratiefl^of simple luhalator as an >rson. Science. 98, e of positive suction de nis prono pressure with & 218 Treakaont of the Injured Lancet, No. 6250, 729-733 (June 12, 1943). The Importance of prol rehabilitation of .the injured worker is discussed. To ma without inducing fatigue, the exorcises shouldm^vbeaod'upon ablisheC .ex action: at first tho funda- mental reflexogf5eu^the conditioatf$efl '-^and finally impulsive action. Psychologiof^eiMR must be reduce luand normality must be encour- agod. ^gXlv^Aaollitatlon of the man 'itt&qly upon the efforts of the jfrcoorionco with jech. Executives Scrv. (Mctropo.Lj tan Life Ins. Co., ) 2^, 1 143). 'la the rapid expansion of the Bendix Aviation, co ter war work it was necessary to employ porkers with various handicaWr^in. in vac new Chicago plant nearly ell the workers hod"handicaps, not only dercufe# and blindness, but ab- normal size due to pituitary defects, atrophied lL~.M^/$gb blood pressure, hcr- nia, heart murmurs, tuberculosis and diabetes. Instol^Jg^ applying a blanket physical standard, the standard is adjusted to the joo.'^&ls procedure required careful study and the plan had to be sold to the superrisak^staff. In general it called for much effort on Ifho part of many people, but r success is proved by record production at the plant, with only one lost-time aecident, which happened to a non-handicapped workor. ' i i Industrial 2y-;iene Digest - 25 205 Absence Due ter Sickness. D.L. Lynch. Ind. tted*, 12, 575-582 (September, 1943). Off duty accident liabilities -ira core prevalent than occupational disability accidents cad diseases combined. Lisibling siclcnoas, as shows by statistics, has increased and consequent' invol'intary industrial absence Is unavoidable. This ab sence is more frequent and of longer duration among women than it is in men.* Certain relations of sickness disability arc corrolatod in & series of graphs and charts* The author is hopeful of the situation of absenteeism and believes that by encouragement of the worker, by leadership and by good medical service lost time psr year caused by back strains is only five weeks per year, in a fac tory employing en avorage of 2200 persons -- half men and half women* Except for two unusual and doubtful back cases, the total lost time per year is only tw and one-half weeks* Only 19 of the 87 persons who sustained back strains lost tny time from their factory duties* It would sem from this .experience that back strains as a cause of lost time in industry have had far more atten tion from industrial physicians and safety L*sn than is warranted* 210 The Treatment of (Toani. " ..... awia. C^P.G. tfekeley* Ch. Products* 20-22,31 INDEX (February, 1944) Absenteeism 205 Accidents statistics Air awaly^fi 148 184-185 carbon monoxidel8?-188 seleniun*^oxide 139 lung effects?) ^X6 Analysis thallium lnl&Qlqgic material Anoxia in' ariators Arsenic and' tits00L^ detenftet&I 190 oaxisniKillowable co&r centrttlons 172 Asbestos and carcinoma Asttna from vegetable gums 152 Bade injuries 209 Book reviews and notic 140-141-142 Burns hydrofluori treatme 2l0 Cabl "oxidized fats 151 tetrachloride poisoning Careiraa* 179 experimental ISO Coal mines inspection standards . 200 Common cold oral vaccines Seimatitis 157 from cheoso dust 153 from developers . 156 in explosives manufac ture 154 prevention ( 159 Disinfection of air propylene glycol 197 Dust control mines Dust counting techniques Dust filter^ testi; 201 192 sz OL <.eratoconfuncS4yiti mniinaa aUofaab co trations %^( Lead exposures in printing Luainoua dial taint Magnesium foundries health aspects Maternity policies Medical services industrial 207 Mental hygiene in miners 206 Mercurialiaa eye effects 162 Mercury # nazlmw allowable concern* trations 171 Methylene chloride flasEiabillty 149 Mining industry health end safety 199 Morels and music 163 Nursing Industrial 208 Phosgene detection 186 Pnouaoconloais MfcflSfcld copper min 182 ' Pneumonia _ statistics (C ^ ^ 32 Radius pal precautions fltatlon ijured woriccra 218 isniration measuring air flow 194 Resuscitation 217 Rock dusting | in mines 196 Styrene production . health protection 180 Sucreeo octaacetate 176 Tfrajima deteminatioa of 178 Toxicity of metals intmvonoua studies 168 Venereal diseases industrial responsibility 203 infection 215-216 lens allowable coa- ^^aeatratioas 172