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FILE NAME: Chrysler (CHRY) DATE: 0000 DOC#: CHRY076 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: News Article from Medical Journal - New Chrysler Laboratories (The Association for the Advancement % t Industrial Medicine and Surgery Inc. Litive Office - 370 Lexington Avenue, N. Y. (Room 904) P urpose: To disseminate accurate medical knowl edge in reference to the diagnosis and treatment of all conditions arising out of and in the course of employment. \ u n d e n t: -A nthony Avata, M. D., 110 William St., jNew York City ~ttt-President: J. J. WlTTMBR, M.D. <4 Irving Place, '.Star York City OFFICERS Recording Secretary: . D avid Sh a piro , 'M. D . 41 East 42nd St., New York City Treasurer: J oseph L. R a m ir e z, M. D. 30 Fifth Ave., New York City Executive Secretary: J. J. B i.ackford, 370 Lexington Ave., New York City (CAledonia 5-9753) Robert F. Coleman, Inc. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL . D*. J. H udson Blauvelt.................................... Fidelity k Casualty Insurance Co. 'i Du T. W allis D avis.................................................. -...... ..............Borden Company , Dr. Lyle Ellis... ....................................................... - ........... Travelers Insurance Co. ,, Dr. Halcyon H alstead................................................................G lobe Insurance Co. . Dr. Burke C. H amilton...............................................- ......Aetna Life Insurance Co. j* Dr. George A. K oenig....................................................................National Biscuit Co. j .Dr. W illis W. Lashf.r................................ ..........Employers Liability Insurance Co. Dr. Frederick L. M osser..... ........................ .............. ... T hird Ave. Ry. k Bus Lines cD*. Arthur R. T ilton............................................................ T ra v e le rs Insu ran ce Co. charges, as well as given a bill of rs so that they may be in a properly to defend them- at the hearings. tal Hygiene as Applied to ; Industrial-Accident ; , Prevention ,,,, present methods of accident .prevention* are based on the ' Tied need of awakening em- to a sense of responsibility 'their own safety. To do this, we considerable time trying to them into looking out for them . Posters showing the horrible ts of accidents are prominently ' yed. Speeches are made in the suffering at home as a reof loss of income is vividly ex- and articles are written telllarge groups of workers to "do or "do that" to avoid dreadful -uences. A number of the in.,,jiak for whom this propaganda ^prepared pay complaisant atten' end then apply the lesson to one else. Our general educa_ 1campaigns are, no doubt, leav'many things undone. rrding to the best authorities, least 85 or 90% of all accidents as their proximate causes the Mconditions of workers. This te relegates the remainder of accidents to machine or material "acts of God," and various H m ua R. Granniss, Travelers Insurance ,. Hartford, Conn., in Mental Hygiene, more or less indefinite causes. The mental conditions that result in error are lack of knowledge, inattention, confusion, and often an unwarranted sense of superiority typified by the "it-canno.t-happen-to-me" attitude. These terms, of course, overlap and are dependent for their existence on a number of things, sucti as experi ence, training, worry, fear, fatigue, exhilaration, or some mental subnor mality, all of which tend to expose the individual worker to hazard. Accident investigation and analy sis usually stop at the first cause, in as much as most plants are not equipped for further analysis and their executives believe it impracti cable to go into psychological causes further than to note that the man was inattentive, disobedient, or, per haps, careless. TNew Chrysler Laboratories HE Industrial Hygiene Labora tories of the Chrysler Corporation began operation on January 1, 1936. These laboratories, located at the Dodge Main Plant of the Chrysler Corporation, in Detroit, are devoted to the study of occupational diseases and their sources, together with other agencies and conditions of work lead ing to industrial health hazards. The Laboratories are under the direction of Dr. Stewart P. Meek, as industrial hygienist, with Dr. Cordon C. Harrold, as chemist; they were planned under the direction of Dr. Carey P. McCord, who remains associated in the capacity of adviser and consultant. INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE --A New, Important Contribution to M edicine just off the press-- by W. Irving Clark, M.D., and Philip Drinker, Ch.E. Har vard School of Public Health. --Edited by Morris Fishbein, M.D. To most general practi tioners Industrial Medicine is an unknown field, although much of their private prac tice embraces industrial acci dents and industrial diseases. This book is written as a handbook for the practitioner who either is going into in dustrial medicine or who may have industrial m edicine thrust upon him. It assists him in understanding the con ditions under which his pa tients work, his contacts with plant departments, with so cial service and insurance agencies, and informs him of standard remedial and pre ventive practice. NATIONAL MEDICAL BOOK CO. 119 W. 41 ST. NEW YORK 280 pages -- 34 illustrations Cloth -- S3.00 net. I.M.-I-30 National Medical Book Co., 119 W. 41 St., New York, N. Y. Send m e, carriage prepaid, one copy of "INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE'* by Clark and Drinker. E nclosed find ch eck for $3.00 Send C.O.D. Nam e ........................................................... 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