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FILE NAME Industrial Hygiene Foundation IHF DATE 1945 DOC IHF021 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Excerpts from Foundation Facts Mar - July Cy gi : m ce } aii DUSTRIAL HYGIENE . FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATI FOUNDATI FOUNDATION FOUNDATION Foundation Facts isa monthly letter issued to industrial concerns holding membership in Industrial Hygiene Foundation The Foundation is a profit association of industries for the advancement of healthful working conditions Vol 7 March 1945 ; No. 3 More Publications Coming The Transactions of the Medical and Engineering Sections of the Foundation's last annual meeting of members and the Transactions of the Management Section } will be published and sent to members early in April Both bulletins contain an upEF date list of Members and Subscribers together with a list of publications These f Transactions reports presenting much timely data conclude the series of five pub- F lications which comprise the proceedings for the Ninth Annual Meeting Dermatitis and Hidden Costs 4 An important but seldom recognized cost of dermatitis is the demoralizing . effects of an outbreak of skin ailments upon the working population Like accidents dermatitis is more dramatic than the usual occupational diseases Rumors and worries e spread swiftly work suffers and complaints mount In fact some plants have been p threatened with work stoppages over dermatitis Management must pay for industrial health either in the form of prevention which is economical and hence good business or in the form of compensation suits absenteeism ill will labor turnover and unrest because they fail to show on the books Which Costs are no less real Dr. Lanza Honored Dr. Hussey to Wayne U. z Col. A.J. Lanza M.C. who was recently honorably discharged from the Army s been awarded the Legion of Merit The award is for his work the development M the health program of the Army for civilian workers in owned and operated Hustrial plants Dr. Lanza Chairman of the Foundation's Medical Committee has Turned to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company where he has been named Associate Mical Erector a charge Lt. Col. Raymond Hussey M.C. who was associated with Col. Lanza and was charge charge of the Army's Industrial Hygiene Laboratory at John's Hopkins recently re- ved his honorable discharge Dr. Hussey also a member of the Foundation's Acal Committee goes to Wayne University in Detroitto organize and direct an itute for Occupational Health Fashion Note heeled shoes contribute to fatigue falls among women workers Some solved this problem by calling together a group of the prettiest and most Har girls and inducing their cooperation in setting a fashion for shoes and Thing safe and suitable for the industrial scene Dr. Engel and Mr. Barnes Receive Westinghouse Award The Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company's Order of Merit for es been has just been awarded to Dr. Charles F. Engel and Mr. Edgar C. Barnes for Standing Standing work in industrial hygiene 1 eFOUNDATION FOUNDATION 4400 FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 13 PA FOUNDATION FOUNDATI FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATI FOUNDATI FOUNDATION FOUNDATION STRIAL HYGIENE OUNDATION Foundation Facts is a monthly letter issued to industrial concerns holding membership in Industrial Hygiene Foundation The Foundation is a profit association of industries for the advancement of healthful working conditions Vol 7 May 1945 No. 5 Foundation Trustees Hold Spring Meeting The Board of Trustees of Industrial Hygiene Foundation held their Spring seeting in the Board Room of the Manville Corporation in New York on May 10 Trustees present are pictured below Seated left to right are Dr. C. D. Selby General Motors A. C. Hirth Illinois Glass J. W. McLaughlin Bakelite and Union Carbide & Carbon Dr. A. J. Lanza Metropolitan Life Andrew Fletcher St. Joseph Lead and Chairman of the Board John F. McMahon Managing Director Standing Foundation's E. Mack Carborundum Co T. C. Waters Mullikin Stockbridge & Waters 7. L. U. Gardner Saranac Laboratory Vandiver Brown Manville C. L. Hemeon Foundation engineer Joseph Dilworth Westinghouse Electric J.J. Dewey Dorsett Assn Casualty & Surety Executives Dr. R. R. Sayers U.S. Bureau of Mines and W. P. Yant Mine Safety Appliances for member Castry umbetimre that The Board authorized expansion of the Foundation's activities and services member companies approved two research projects for health conservation in in- tentatively set the dates for the Tenth Annual Meeting of Members for and 15 at Mellon Institute Pittsburgh depending upon travel conditions . time HYGIENE HYGIENE FOUNDATION 4400 FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 13 PA pall fy bre STRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATI FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATI FOUNDATI FOUNDATION FOUNDATION Foundation Facts isa monthly letter issued to industrial concerns holding membership in Industrial Hygiene Foundation The Foundation is a profit association of industries for the advancement of healthful working conditions Current Legal Report for Members Occupational Disease Compensation Laws were recently enacted by the States Colorado and New Mexico The New Mexico law becomes effective on July 9 1945 4 the Colorado law on January 1 1946. Theodore C. Waters General Counsel and airman of the Foundation's Legal Committee has prepared a summary of both of these JS This report is contained in the Legal Section of the June INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE GEST now being issued New Members and Subscribers Companies which have joined the Foundation recently include _ + Arrow Mutual Liability Insurance Company A.P. Green Fire Brick Company KennametIancl. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company National Sand and Gravel Association Polaroid Corporation Republic Steel Corporation Union Asbestos and Rubber Company West Virginia Manufacturers Association Subscribers include Am Assn of Industrial Physicians and Surgeons Mare Island Navy Yard Navy Purchasing Office - New School for Social Research ms, Norfolk Navy Yard Philadelphia Navy Yard U.S. Civil Service Commission ; 4 University of California Year Report on Plant Work ; . For the first six months of this year the staff of Industrial Hygiene dation has conducted 27 major plant surveys of physical working conditions investigations pe ranging through different industries from the East to the West included studies of dust lead mercury and other heavy metals sulphur dioxide various solvents Where hazardous or nuisance conditions were found practical ific ific engineering recommendations were submitted for control fits Besides helping companies maintain a healthful work place product fits fits of this work have been reductions in costs and in employee grievances health Industrial Cement's says MODERN INDUSTRY is stepping out as one of w Cement's best tools for keeping workers satisfied healthy and on the job rat ~@ ee : Bs , HYGIENE HYGIENE FOUNDATION 4400 FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 13 PA iP oA ' fl i fa aS a} ; f Roe TRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION 4, 7 , Foundation Facts is a monthly letter issued to industrial concerns holding membership in Industrial Hygiene Foundation The Foundation is a profit association of industries for the ; advancement of healthful working conditions . June 1945 Current Legal Report for Members No. 6 Occupational Disease Compensation Laws were recently enacted by the States Colorado and New Mexico The New Mexico law becomes effective on July 9 1945 a the Colorado law on January 1 1946. Theodore C. Waters General Counsel and irman of the Foundation's Legal Committee has prepared a summary of both of these This report is contained in the Legal Section of the June INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE EST now being issued New Members and Subscribers Companies which have joined the Foundation recently include Arrow Mutual Liability Insurance Company A.P. Green Fire Brick Company Kennametal Inc. Metropolitan Life National Sand and 7 Insurance Company Gravel Association Polaroid Corporation Republic Steel Corporation Union Asbestos and Rubber Company West Virginia Manufacturers Association Subscribers include Am Assn of Industrial Physicians and Surgeons Mare Island Navy Yard Navy Purchasing Office New School for Social Research mA Norfolk Navy Yard Philadelphia Navy Yard ; U.S. Civil Service Commission University of California Pa Year Report on Plant Work For the first six months of this year the staff of Industrial Hygiene me dation dation has conducted 27 major plant surveys of physical working conditions investigations ranging through different industries from the East to the West AR, included studies of dust lead mercury and other heavy metals sulphur dioxide various solvents Where hazardous or nuisance conditions were ific ific engineering recommendations were submitted for control found practical Besides helping companies maintain a healthful work place product fitsfits of this work have been reductions in costs and in employee grievances Industrial health says MODERN INDUSTRY is stepping out as one of Cement's best tools for keeping workers satisfied healthy and on the job ~ - - we ew em _ The public judges an industry by its contribution to the public welfare S MYGIENE MYGIENE FOUNDATION , 4400 FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 13 PA a U ; E .* WINAL HYGIENE SUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATI FOUNDATI FOUNDATION FOUNDATION Foundation Facts isa monthly letter issued to industrial concerns holding membership in Industrial Hygiene Foundation The Foundation is a profit association of Industries for the advancement of healthful working conditions Vol 7 July 1945 No. Memo re Membership Services Through membership in the profit INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION comanies may secure Plant Hygiene Surveys of physical working conditions at cost his work includes specialized assistance on the appraisal and control of noxious obnoxious exposures in workplaces In each instance the findings are strictly filential and the exclusive property of the company Besides conserving manpower MF Surveys help improve plant environments and hence labor relations and not inrequently produce operating economies Other benefits of Foundation membership include I. The ANNUAL MEETINGS a all parts of the country and bre of the programs Please OF MEMBERS which are attended by company officers which command national attention because of the see Transactions II The INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE DIGEST compiled for members each month AbFacts currently important literature news and legal developments bearing on inStrial health would cost a company about 1,300 per year to duplicate this vicefrom its own resource-s- III MEDICAL AND ENGINEERING 11th is supported by the Foundation ) Laboratory and Mellon Institute the results of this research which RESEARCH on fundamental problems in industrial at various institutions such as the Sarenac the Foundation's headquarters Companies share is indispensable for the protection of workers anagement . . ~ ~~ . IV BULLETINS are issued periodically to members on such practical Putting the Disabled Veteran Back to Work Health Problems of Women in . More Manpower Through the Reduction of Absences subjects " Industry Strial V. An INTERCHANGE OF EXPERIENCE and PRACTICAL DATA among companies on Strial health problems is afforded through the Foundation Questions are welcome or they deal with the toxicity of a material or with the design of duct work for t ventilation In summery use of the Foundation's facilities 1) helps maintain manpower 2) fosters worker contentment and better labor relations 3) may effect operating economies and . ( ) sids in protecting a company against unjust claims that occur especially in periods of unemployment John F. McMahon Managing Director ee PITTSBURGH 13 PA