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7731 Plaintiffs* Westinghouse Exhibit P-West-153 . National Safety News, Dated August 1933 [7731-7735] NAIIUNAL SAFETY NEWS 7732 National Safety News Naiinnol Safely Council O/Ticro. 1912.1933 Published mouililv in the interest of accident prevention and the health of industrial workers * VOL. XXVIII. No. 2 CONTENTS for Alf.rST. 1933 We Can't Advance Withoot Record* J. L. Vjndtt'tlt..................................... 4 What "Permissible" Means in Respiratory Protection--Willijm P. Ycut___ Jl Vncaverinp the Fire Hasanir--/. II'. Jtt...........................................................13 H*-- nrO I. < nj.v Vk l-'tUUO *af*v J fo tm r*. <. r. iinxMimt, vi-- is>i a-- nu.iivia aimiauinii. * II i>*. Vlaa.ivx.anw -- ear-- r aantili r II. Warn.' \ -- IVx,-- rar Mwar fa h"3, ,l w Waimf. Tl--p--wa tm n"(--' VwTZLFZZZ, -r .*..~wv^ Esmilive Cnininitire M.-nihav. at Lory. 1'ays the Small Plant Too--Hubert L. Srhmitt........................................16 iamilinc Material--A Real Problem for tee Safety Man--/. A. PurJr -- .17 aeing the Future--dl. A. tiimM.......... ........................................................ ;19 teehaaical Control of Occupational Disea**--Dttrid S. Beyer........................ 21 a Eye Saved Stewart J. Otrea, Jr................................................................... 23 juari Objectives lor the Vocational School--John a. McCarthy................... 2S he Congress Reporter............................................................. ..............................27 fillies Children Ride in Senool Buses--Curtis HMints............................29 ixuir ^hoclt and Bums Cause Much Lest Tim*..............................................36 pillar Dcpartiticfiin rti.t* M**u*llMg IWniN 1 I'jf* it.diaiMN Or*K lillhdltN1 - *fwJ llralllt Wlrtw Ityhi IS--ifh id ritr Mini*] % Tla 4*1 c,1--am lAdfNi^ *; ISNdMld . %'*> (la Mj--lai.tyt wa TW Nnin' .Smt 41 III a Ht Ml *; a*t T. Fsh, Editor ! Batccs, Associate Editor Sravtar H. Kantur, Poster Editor C. H. MtLLut, Advertising Manager t*3t W\ ymiwml fhiMir VddRXl. |hp. iTtulesl ( V`> .V I'vMisrm* tnfdMt. ht + eoeiNi.tlis0 Waller 4mm+ I. I>tt. el I In* I*m nWw a* t'koadM, HI. tlHl%r Item iUitii 2, iT>. aMImvmI norr i mi i>sR, um*. pPlfv In ittpwilmft fN film m.|*ne *# I No* \ tTI*V M. 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I'aN--n. \*t*ellf|MI * I-- | I tall I tkttn * \ a 7733 The Mechanical Control ol Occupational Diseases b> oavid s. beyeit HL uznhsnkaS control oI industrial TdisrafroMM be covered adeqoately in a single article; all we Both the engineer and lh physician are needed ia pro(bet* ing the health of tho worker and the pocket boofe oCfett#* , an fn** in do is l touch upon a few employer. In this article Mr. Beyer presents the engineering- ,.i the mifwiant points encountered by ;'..rr.i managers who air streams side of the problem. In the June issue Dr. \T, Irving Qark ::i ,,. probinn tuday. discussed it from the point of view of the physician iu ,.tt wnir tony different disci*** .. n.*l..i in ihe compensation acts >f varan* American states; in Mama* huM-it*. t iMiwctictat and several other uatR> there is no dcAnite list of diseases hat are rnmpmsated, but these diseases mt i-fl'ileml as "personal injuries* iiolrf the law and compensation b paid ou.V-w ant speciAe schedule of dboite- When the subject of dust b mentioned t ftof* to figure how many Id-gram bot most of os probably thiak of visible par tles art contained in a ton of thb dust, ticles. Is fact, much of the dadl re id potentialities are appalling. The moval week, eveu by Am need b in get rid of these uaneem* king aJoag thb liae In the saiy accumulations, and then try m pro- 4hgb recurrence: Many s plant manager will say, "Why Mam- of these diseases are of " friurm mcurrenct. Probably most of te aA the trouble and expense neces sary to catch thb dust whim, in moat iMiwfe the medical peofcmion have cases, it isn't worth anything after it is mu mm heard nf "Cunioma Kamaaai" caught?" The answer n that it ia better lAfrii an boxwood) on "miner's nystag lay the naked ejw if tl to apmd the munry and effort in getting mus." which appear on some of the state a dense doud, which may base the ap rid sf the dust than to be overwhelmed it**. A half dozen of tho more lor pearance of a gray f-- ...... - by occupational disease daima, as is the i>wiam diseases. however. wiR probably We are told ibt^^^WV cast with many industrial concerns to ninny percent of the total pay :*in- made thrduehmn industry ^--paaang.1, day. In imp section where there i* a sro ..; nruorial diseases today. , jpptwdjiiiiiU called "dusty** trade employine only \ jujKms of approximately SJOO.OOO rmwgh to till a inKMt soda-miM bottle. about 2000 men <m an annual luu*. in bims *W ne insurance company duino j iteneral workmen's rnmpenastion and Mimteeopie Menace* there have l<evn 92 occutvaiiarul disease rlaimt during the latest available five- liability IhisImv. bw recent industrial Some idra <4 the problem uf cufWvting year |wriuri (A* of thrm fur death or disease claims, showed M per cent fur such infiniustimsl panides may he had permanent total disability) wub com- xws involvingjmrumoconineb (hriud* when we further (com that that U binad losaro uf nearly $300,000. ns siliensb..ftSSiaswc.1 24 per reus grams remain some 20 milltan million In some industries the cost of indus l'<r lead poisoning,'9 pcVcant far various panicles: many of them arc shorn the trial disease b nuw four or Av times '"sm* dermatitis. S per cent for benaol. siat of the tiny globules o#*ttzry sub that of ail other industrial accidents :n.| ,he remaining A per cent for scatter- stance that nuke up rigarct smoke, that combined. Many concerns that have "s .iiws such as carbon moonxide. is. about a hundred thousandth of an serious occupational disease hazards a- urlmn i.trj<-hloride. chrome and chlor- inch in diameter. If they were equipped tending over a period of~yrrTlihd with legs they could march Ally abreast themselves virtually uninsurabie. be "V mil .icrnrdingiv look at the sub* through the hollow center of a human cause of the heavy liability for claims ect from the standpoint of these few im* hair! that has been built up as the rnult al Ponant causes, bearing in mind that the So little has the seriousness of thb past exposure. "*"M imp*,rant nf all is centred by tho hazard been appreciated in the past that crneral headins of pneumoconiosis, or , it is not uncommon to go into a plant |is`l**v` ausei bv dust. Of these dis* and And lour nr Ave tons of this Ane ' "*' <he n-mr vnon come from inhal* dust which has floated in ihr air and ii .i (onnd in sand, eranite dui. ruled on the rod tru*w ami overhead virtK-turej f ihe building, Ilerv n may le ili-lodjvd liv gust* ui air or vibra . i*I KR|fHO#f. |::,r'v Mmal htaufan#* .* o*finr rt4 4( M rngfsmnrg f <* Mtf<* '** d.g. . . r.,,,n*H * tions from moving crane*, etc. If one Dv# IU*Af*l f* * Htlf'Vf of ** T**s*o n f A Matter t*f Self-Preservation It follows, therefore, that as z >f seU-preservaiinn plants in ihme -ndustrica must t:iri nnmrdiatri' prrhenMve procr.ini f inijirnvenwwi vat will at least dwelt the drveinpnvni at new case*. - In general, the most reliable -i* rarfpff 1 ilu^1 ' *' * * 7734 7 equipment that will capture the dull at -.hepomt where it is ccneratH This has been uurketl out very effectively fur -uch equipment `is grimlin* .mil hulling wheet*. . t'n/oriuruiely a complete system of dust collecting and separating (or a large department cuu a lot ol monomore than many plants fed they can poasihiy afford under present business conditions. Temporary Expedient* toe such aua there may be other al ternatives or temporary expedients that will at least tide mailers over until im proved business condition* warrant the installation of a permanent dim re- nuwat system. l ie instance. the- inunapvr ui a plant revcutty visited by the writer stated that they had already ita-nt fSOJOQQ in ex haust equipment and had me yet fully sutvvd the dust pn-idem. In this indus try. the use uf od whkb has lieeo sprayed on the maicriaJ in sms cases in the past, to improve its handling in the machinery and processes., offers a promising solu tion m the dust problem. Oust counts in some plant* usins the oil show radtar- lions of 90 per rent or more in millions 01 particles per cubic fuut. and if funbrr tests corroborate these rawiis it offers a simple and comparatively inexpensive method of Minting the dust huard in one industry. * In other operation*, staffs as the shaking out of foundry castings, it may be possible to do this work at eight, by men who are protected by respirators, and thus eliminate a mnunua exposure to employee* engagwi in ether narra tion* in the same ronm. TV oar <W mcbiwd mechanical conveyor* and mate rial handling <yiem*. property exhaust ed. instead of iV ohl individual hand methods where the workers were brought into dose contact with dusty substances, offers a solution ia other cases. The trnsurcr of one concern with whom 1 recently discussed the baaed of his foundry said, "Maybe we have thr answer right here,'* ami no uroogiu out the design uf a machine which was fab ricated entirely from sheets.- plates, weirs and other structural shapes. ~ rivrted and weided together, which nnuld entireiy eliminate the castings ol which it was largely composed in the past. Wherr me dusty rk is in a pernu- nrnt IxaiNtn. and m ureat Ircednm ui .. |K. respirator may giv* satisfactory results. Tor c iv- ol temporary dust exposure, as inr sweeping and cleaning up dust, the imprnvrd types ol idler re.-piraturs may be adequate. In sumc cases substitutes may be found fur ihe substance causing the trouble. This has already been done in some processes where bentoi was formerly used, and efforts are being made to extend the use ol this principle. The use ol water to overcome dust hazards is one of the first suggestions that is usually made. 1 recently tried to explain this problem to as industrial manager and after telling him that the dust which causes the trouble is less than 1(I'mkrona in sia*, a micron being about 1^2i^XXhh of an inch, and being encouraged by his nods which seemed to indicate that he was following my ex* l>lanati perfectly, t was a little dievontrrinl at the rod to have him say. "Why can't you grt rid of those micron* ly ua.-hing the air.1" \|iparently after all niv Hiort* hr Mill thought a mknm wa* .rthing like a mkwbe! U'airc has been round rather effective ftw laying the dust in some openthm* such as mining, sweeping up dusty Hones, etc la other cases, it has bean a disappointment ;i Inc example, on rinding whee's. where a dry nhsuat system has proved to he met satisfac tory than wet grinding.* Dn':ng the conference ia South Africa in I*- T one of the speaken pointed ottt tV iutility ef trying in completely remtr hnt rtoud* liy water sprays or at*mixing, adding tV further comment that a tiny droplet nf water may collect as many as 100 dust partid*s and then hring inhaled is like Immhardiag the lungs with shrapnel instead nf single riffe tire. Unwarranted Cotifiilcnet WVro rshaust equipment is installed, prow maintenance of these stum w hereby their value is rrduetd or entire ly vitiated is altogether too common. An inquiry in a plant recently as to how the dust (Uterine apparatus was working brought the reply, "Fine: we haven't had to eves !cok u it f*r .-is ,-r-rs!" When we climbed a ladder ut the nmf to re this miraculous ccpjipment. a touch on the screens (hook a pail-lull of dust from the "dean'* side of the separator. Another common and dangerous prac tice in many dust removal systems is OfO II. vH* w `V.ifllrM IN *-'. f^ti*1 >' I dbild flMlIrtMrt W I* .i.t. M.r>noi' ?#- ..s.-el .hat ol returning the filtered air to the plant in order to conserve the heat that " ouitl be lost i( it were discharged ou(. Mde the building. In f.ve such systems her* dust counts have been made dur ing the past lew months there u only one where there was even a question as to whether or not the sir was At to be returned. In ooe cam over forty-seven million dust particles per cubic loot were found in the air that was being re-circm lated. or many times what we would com aider a safe limit! Ineffective Installation* The salesmae who had put in the equipment had persuaded them that the filtered air was in mods purer than Cod's product as represented by the out. side atmosphere that he had even pipedit into the nffice. xn the manager was breathing the dust as well a* the factory employee*. (Perhaps that might tacalled cooperation:) While it may be gron* tier far tu say that no Altering equipment can make dusty air suitable for re-lweathing, tin comum chance of the system gettinc oet of order makes it almost as question able a practice as an attempt to recover drinking water from a sewage system. Installations that are dusted, leaking and otherwise ineffective are common. One of ooe atgtnasw found that the belt connecting the exhaust (an to the motor in an overheed installation had been off for an indefinite period. The motor switch had been thrown regularly but no one noticed that there was no exhaust at the grinding wheels it serviced. In another installation seen by the writer recently, a handkerchiei held hrfort the wheel stoat out hnriaontaily dwtring that the dust wa* Iwing blow' not toward the nprramr instead being drown in away from him. An important pant that should iw bnme in mind in tlerignine an exhaust system is (hat it is hiehly desirable capture the dusts or vat*** as dose the point at whkb they are grnerated rvwiihle. before they have had a eh.vn.-rto be diffused throughout i hr or ui the room. General ventilation may be hrlpmi - reducing the concentration r.ut u is ovioualy of little value to (in* the u<jectional substances up through a re*--, tan as it sometimes >lnne 'h-rov tarry int them pat the fact? :-w apvrztcrwho must draw them n > th ever* breath. The design uf a proprr W.I vn-- Pfre.tr turn *-J 7735 Mrcliniiirul Control of Or.-ii|i;.linn;,| Diseases t iniiii.fi ir.na ^,(f( ^ , j TO WEAR OVER GLASSES If TM have *tan wt*e mr glgam gm ttnm ttm itnlyw uiwimi W art aw a nil M gaad ngiam kf hwiaf Am .iw CESCOlfM__ tl COCCUS tnr dw Mf riiw bruahafe tad gauag at w irawipiiai im* m^ ,, . .._ CISikCmO nMla ntwCtiOaiCCilUS art lowAri T*"" "T* hwttr`wf* gad attidtag ram a# *r ttdand. CISCO M L CtyXiUS ara adage dfiipad ta ha vara - > Uw varkana't aw awariar--<Kar Hi ^If, ara caatfattaMt ulttJ (.aaw far ikwai, w4iqi. csuth- mg. naquag gad Uka apagaaaaa, ftat aidil ta#4 with Sagag Safair ban Wdfa'. laatra iaad wh CISCOWILD Iraaaa far aarlqn wilgim and runing. Sfad lar mmgta aad rarafay CHICAGO EYE SHIELD CO. 2300 Wlrrcn Bird. CKicsso, 111. PLACE "STOP LOSS" ORDERS GuOiO against costu switch o* acr-eianH fi<de D. ft M. Aw*.cmet:c ?ych Pratt Gua>d>. They a< you* ;:<* -'` * awam those wn<nt(W!a*t .Ct the: mew 'cimi n man. money and meal*. nfir fmiMl*fif J/tor# * m> ft **fP` tfmt i aaaf4# of fiffft -lorf .* ,t /#/# t*g .* ** fra Irf/ IHHM i ZSgSE 0. ft w A.tr.m:.e ' t all 3ue* 3'C*.<1 * s-y 3 oik<9 pa!t* a>{ made ("( >< of oioo roiemgs i"d ! ;tr'ct 7.i'S -cj-ji j>o j.a Ion .a :kc 5'S.SC- ; t ?v l 400 ST. PauCSTRttT . V.aOCMC*tTC.IM to eifeeuvrly control (Jut rtquiiA thorough understanding of ceruio neering principles that ara eomple-*'. lost tight of in many of the insullaum. now in use. For rumple, whtto the dust codec* can be so arranged u to andeie tse source of dust complauty, or almoc v a very complete dust rlhulnstioo nut result, but where the inlet is flva nr . inches away from the source of the c. us efficiency may bo raducod by as tr. \ as 90 tu 5 |wt ram, and.be wholly t.*.. elective.* ' Where the exhaust equipment sat wen li*nl no in the poal as mure ur 4 nuisumc Im-atmr it is ltun-|>rir-A live ami cul<l accntdingiy be siightcc at will, it must nnw he rccottniseri . . jirimary npreatint prtddcm. and * pnmiliiliiy must be (daced mi see - w ire that it is kept in tint rials roe turn at all time*. And sn. to summarize the results ; this brief sun-ay of the mechanical c- md of umipaiional disease hazards. i; is the opinion uf the writer that ehie5> in this directiun lies safety from some the most serious diseases, if one also eludes rearrangement of the procrvi..- under "mechanical control." in cootr.--. with the "medical comml." While agreeing that medical super* sioa of near prospects for employment a of primary importance, in order to prr- vtm placing new employees who har some physical impairment in a posuan where they will qtrirUy break down if n-wdt uf the work haxard. and granny the value uf medical follow-up of - * - ptovees sulijrctetl to ciputret wtk lead and t*n<ud. which brine jiw . temporary rnndiiinn that may be check-, by medial supervision and a change ornipoiioo. it seems evident that m d-e most serious industrial disease hat>r that of exposure to siiiea dust, chwi pendener must be placed <* dim.n.v * -r control of the dust. la installing surh niuipment u save money and grief in the long run - employ a competent engineer r*o :* siamls she difhcultim of voiiecn-'j palpable dusts or vapor*, mn cm a rrasunaUe assurance nl .r:, s 'r MiMive in*tallunnn nuhnui c i.i thr rill .id iry" nn-ih<i - \ iw tit * !*.< ai I* eiut I i,|. .uiM'IInN J. ,M I'tll** IM ;es I;l7f t**at w HM Vv*<' 7736 Plaintiffs' Westinghouse Exhibit P-West-154 National Safety News, VqI. 32, No. 3 with Attached 1935 Transactions of National Safety Council [7736-7833] National Safety News t-a-' Published monthly in the interest of eccident prevention end the hceith of industriel worters VOL 32. No. 3 NTENTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1935 .ute TV I9JS Cunsrraa City................................. It alt-tVay Measures in Pun Cnmrof--Arthwr S. Jakntmt mw Has His Trouble*--//ary /. ................ .1* .1* I'omIiI, Safety Meamre'--F. IP. Utptmi.......... .'0 ...mniant AnaIvm* Safety Savinp Stanley firmhrtip .2.1 I Kupiriu b Safety t'ansricas f.arfir Bilimfi............................ ....... ,21 is Health Authorities Fight Accidents ger<e G. Brmn, if. D.................27 * in Safety--Xe* K. Feudalf...................................................................29 mu Exterior Walls of BuHdiup by laadhlastjng or Steimhlminf-- i/rief bole Sheaf D^Sm. >1................................................................. 22 ie the Standards of Induatrial Medicine Jf. .V. .TorfatX. it, D............. 24 it* Toward the Cuagraa.............................................. ..........................2S ntary Safeguarding Is Still laportant................................................... IS l Sudden Death--/. A. Faroes..............................................................M lor Deportments j ___ ...______ .. * IV Mate Uww . National Safety Council Officers, I934-J93S Jans & Laa4. faialdtuh nMPimTmLVCawfWi. ricpfeprnliffiM (m 0.liOta NFioMiaMiua. . ftffi U* ft. fnhffii riw Wniii tm Utm Cmmm Aumm ft. Mmu tm c W. lam. Ml ' K T. l ifmtmnItsMaeMWafiMb. MJI .ujffiV w. Waimt. Vi IVlUJdl ft Wt W. It Executive Committee 2*' Msmhws at Lay* fcfc______ t idafe Ca. ._ M0.aaTu.v *U*--aaa--amr. Tt"w Nlm" "Ca.' .k-.Jtiizu: iH M tx T. Fan, Editor... Hilukqs. Aaadue Editor Staxut H. Kosmaw. Pouter Editas C H. Mtuta. Advertising l^sipr aha I aIS hr Xatta--I mral, CaauWI. laa. rvtaaad la CJLA. rutdlahad amatalr. a aa aiad ataau inuitav Jam L test, at iha IM uan at CaMuaa. IU. aadae Iha UaavU a. 1STa. Addtnaual antes aa St. Jauayh. Utah. antewti.auSaiattaata* feats rue astrs iulta at tua naTtCXAL HfSTT HRtra aa taunt nadurvd auautit, antva lav ,aart, aa rrtatleaa ara aeatlaota aatr to al Iha XaUaaal Satat, Caaaatl. hae audit Oaraaa ad CltvulaUM i la laieuad la tua taeaatrtal Arta ladaa. HIMwit ranthdaata,taataauuuataadvnauatretaoaUaai aatal ataeda aKnAidHtaaaaatl nSalalata,#Caaaudavanaktaae aa dividual Nstionsl Ssfcty Council, Inc. --Van exlHral-T- 20 North WaaW Omu. Chicdfo. U. S. A. New Tort Office. 9 Cast 4l.t Streat datum T. Mae rifisrfeaatn C Hail ill* SSLli'V Warn ft Him MffiniB ft U-aCra- Manat A. ntaaa rrJ..anuaSmrwaLm. atMaiwuuttariaaatua Maaaaaay Members nWa.nCaaaa-la-a--u- a nan _fratiau .1 T if