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J* '\ r.^ cdrd ss:::::; \n Plant ;---r-i .. '-'V^ 1 tottl of aevesty-srvea surveys of health conditions iu conducted la the plioti of our Croup policyholders by tha ambers of our lads atrial Sjlieae laboratory during tha yur 1947* Ibis represents aa Increase of 92 parstst orer th* scaber r*de la 1946. Zhaaa eurreys ara all sade at tha recast of our Croup policyholders tad vara either eosplete surveys of plants oarer before visited, or vara raehash surveys to eaeble tha pleat saaeferent to detemiae abether or not healthful eocdiiiocs of eaploynaat vara bale; selntaiaed. 4s la tha pest, tha report of fladlags Includes recomesicticas for ccrtrodla; cap hererdcus conditions found la tha pleat ead It has been our erptrleaee that acna;eaeat has always beea rather dill*eat la fodesla; our rt:o--enictlms la ta effort to ache their verging places as healthful es possible. The cuater of eccle~ee.Insured by these sereaty-serec pleats israts to epprcndaately oca hundred thousand. is these ere ell Group eertifieateholders, ead rar;* often Industrie! policyholders es red, eay irproveneat la pleat health eosdltleas rid be reflected la our Group ead Zadustrlel el&lr experience. The fodosla; ere sene representative pleats surveyed: imstroni Cork Cocpcny 2roan Carper (10 pleats) Cenarel Cectrie Coopery "'"7*1 Divisions of tha Sehereotc Uo^at Vtmea, Nac Icrh pleat. Cadre foedry Coopery Tort Tepee, Index* pleat Plant) PLAINTIFFS EXHIBIT [ULLi^m Jobe sJ-'lcrille Cocpeny (.-tehees surveys of e nunher of pleat:) FbSSr^l 00 5S\ -2- He--.ibLi: Steel Corporation l*cs*sJs r-^rrs of a nuaber of plants tad special studies on the tonicity of sc? eoapouads used) Boebester is 4 He etrie Corpcry , (Beeheeb surrey cad c *tad7 of ataospheric conditions la the City of Bochester rhieh oill extend over a period of cheat three years) Phillips-Jones Corporation Rayb=itoa Diriiica of Baybestoe-Caahattaa, Zae. Liberator* Analyses The staples collected la the plants tad sent to the Hone Office for analysis aceessltAted wa'-lrg 1,573 separate analyses. Cis aabcr represents aa Increase of apprczmately 63 percent orer the 1946 total. Silica cad asbestos detaralaaticas, including dust esunts, accounted for ipproxiaetely 75 percent; about 12 percent rere for datcruinitieus of such netals as cine, lead, sengeaese, nereur7, ehreriua cad miscellaneous setals; 6 percent for acids such as citric, ^droehloric, hydrofluoric, sulfuric, etc.; about 7 percent for solrents such as bensol, toluol, jylol, triehlorethyleae, trinitro toluol, etc. gene Office Inspections Tut Industrial Eedth Section and the Laboratory of Industrial Hygiene hare continued to sake periodic ecaitary and industrial Igrgiene Inspections of the Conuissary Division. these Inspections Include nethods of preserration of ^~ food refrigeration, food handling and disposal, dish sashing, renin control, and cleanliness generally. 00555 1 ^j-btlr.T tr.j -3 Coral it-ts tarii* toe yotr, Zr. -Cj mil rtaolvti forty-fin eaaplilnt* of ;o liybtiay ta: voatilttioe eansittaas la fifforoat sim'sf th* Kaat Of/ builiisyr. 3* ata inspottiaar cad rubtittot raaaa oaiittona far 1 t Trtwl Crt-fft urlas tbo Jho awant af ertiit roeolvtd fraa our Graut policjur i af trsvol and your asausVd to <Z069*03. tblx rearosoais lneidoatal oxo 9 nicies i:ll surr>--y sr.iatfatneo It too flsli issurroi by aur labaretary taa'a- sSos-ral Ileetrla Cotpaay Vit laliviiutl plants. la tiiiUon ta till aaauat, tr.o srtl IItetri: Caiaaay ptif far laboratory fats. Too Group contract ltb tbo Sot. .'I e:i.*:e :f ?1I0 oas not incitin'* ttrriet, sa It rta aoctxxiry ta xaio a tail, . Tb fro is *a far liiarrtary rarlc, as rail ax Jar trivtl ana rn.latJBf.ac* I 1 j! jj* isiitiaaal (.taunt af .IZi'.il sut:ir.z tbita be: boa ft- er t-.o aolieyaaliir:. Taorofaro, .-'2921.71 ro.rrsr* -- iv e* `"'J'* =cs*y . survey* a: rttura'B ta us hy our aallayialaars la caaroetiao - ***" bleb Is eroilto: ay-iast sur tnv*l allaraaeo. T7~ir-.. * . rero roeaivoi Oat tbawfaa aao hsa.'roi and troaty-fivo t(i,xss> far lafaruitlaa aai tasirinneo as industrial (jiJ; Ccr>i sosltb svi. Hets surin; : ro tbo yoar. This 1* aa lse.-os* af 67 acresst av |r lfci. :* parity * i ctinJ by ball, but a aaor af rears* sntntivas af Crauo asH.yialiors car.* ta tho affleo far advice aad assistance fraa all tarts af tl# :r.lto4 States. VirUljy -by: icit.-.s ta.'. ropresiatctives af lasustriss also eato fraa SouVo "or-oy, Selyius, Great srlttia, f ittorliai aac Ctocaaslavtblt. lar.y af tn* rotuosti vert f:r l-.f;r:;.:'.;n aa tao caatrol of iajurijuc substances utei V*. V-i tliatj :f aur aolitytal:. rt. I.r ;;.vi:e aa tho rsiue sar cart af last*ills; 4 sidled disirdc*.! ead first aid roans su requested Tbs setri of tbs requests is very rtried md tbs follorinj ire listed to give ea idea of ' tbs rsagei Tbe i'tdlcnl Director of is autonobile aenufteturiaj concern re quested lafor-atlon os tbe possibility of leed poisoning produced by tbs application of aoltsa solder to dested body stanplngs. Tbe Parsseael Director of s firs is Sr; Xorie City requested tbs aisss of convalescent hones to rbieb bis secretary could go. lbs Director ef Safety of ta asbestos ncaufteturing cospsay la the East seat la a list ef saterlels wed la their Rubber Depart ment. A curier ef enployses la this depimnsat bed developed dermatitis oa the arcs cad foreeras, fa pointed out tbe substraces * la this aiature ruirh could be the -ceuie of tbs dermatitis cad sdrised neliods of esatrsl. Tbs Dirsetor of Perscael sad Planning of a life lasurcace eorsiry la Hertford ashed for iaforaetiea on tbe Telus of dsodercats far use ia ventilating large erees. foe President of e pluzbiag supply eonpery ia Peaarrlraait requested iafor-_i.ioc oa the effect ea health of fluorescaat lighting. Toe Treasurer of t large elotiinr aeruftcrorer ia Her Tori City rerunted information ee t-.s toxicity of net.'yleae colorlie, acetone, end ethyl 10suite. Tbs Perseaael Director of e canufcsturing eoapeay ia llioiieti, Kc. Jersey requested laforaetiea oa tbe benefits chich sight be expected froa tie use of glycol vipor or ultra violet rcys for reducing cold eonttgioa ia office cad factory trees. This is a subject caiob is receiving cansineraole attention at the-present -tine. Te have received husirids of such requests. in official of a large uoolea ceapciqr In Ptssule, "rr Jersey exited information on tie date ef tat start of the fell hey fever secsoa la her Orleans. 4 request vis received froa ose of tbe executives of ia electric corporation of Pstavia, Kev Tori: for information oa tie results of the studies nade by Dr. aenpner ia tie riee-fruit diet treetcent for bypsrtaasiou. A curse la a large rtriide nanuftefuria; coariny ia Chietjo requested inforaotisa oa eatirez. 005L The Hedieal Director of a cheaiezi czapray zita haadc.uzrters la Zoric ezr.e to tie office for information on a rosier of their ozeupatisaal ilstui el a la eases. Tie lieiieal Director of aa industrial concern la Oslo, Ronxy rrote for tea attiodi of cold prereuzica la industry, as rail as fceclth education aaang employees. '* A cbe-itcal company la Hlagcrm Jails, H. I. requested Information oa atT77 poisoalnj and precautions la baa fling narcury. iaotbar ebaaieal company la Bar Jersey re-guested lafor-ution as the lastallitloa of a seclizal deperseat for tso of their subsidiary eoapaales. The '-'addid Dlrteior of one of our Croup policyholders eaze to the offiea to discuss a amber of occupational disease suits filed by fcmer employees oho have rorked on the atonic boab project. Typical of the diseases aliased to have beau eontreeted by these esployees are cancer, tubereulosis, cad dsr.catitis, as veil as various harmful irradiation affects. 1 lir;i natlssdly bus eaenisd ezrnoritiza reruested inforaztizn os studies of dust fall tad determinations of dust counts tad particle sire distributloa of dusts. During April, due to the publicity girt- to tie necessity of laordatlas employees for snailpom, approximately thirty companies la Bet lorh City requested our assistar.se in aeolaatia.j their employees. 1 glass eoapaay la liaaeepolis, linr.esata zas seat lafsruatlon oa the prcTeutloa of health hazards la rtdiua dial palatln; processes. Ziis eoapaay zts pltaaiag to install a building for this vorb tad was aamous to taor nor to forestall cry hazards. The Dedieel Director of a lirgt alcetrie eoapaay ar.s Ci7ea laforuation regarding the tosizity of furfural cad triehlorobcazeac. Dr. 'JeCoRaeH read and interpreted duria;. the yaar a large nuaher of Z-rcys of the eiiasts of asployaes of our Croup pollerholders. Soaa of these rare for series of filas taken yearly over a period of years. All requests for hszlth advise as a result of our radio Broadcasts are referred to tie Industrial Health Section for reply. These people cot only ask specific questions on the disease or eonditizn discussed over the radio, but also on disease rith rhish they believe they ere suffering. 00553 Tour thousand i;bt hundred and eightj-tirse (4,SS3) copies or cur booklets rere scat out tiria; the year upon rtr.;s`.. This is cs increase of 32 percent ovar 1946. Publications the booklot "Protection of Workers luposed to Shrosiua end Its Conpomds* ki eerplctsly reviJ*! daring 1947 csd ns asst to tiosa interested. "Industrial wgiene end Safety* has waergene c cosplete tr.d is tor called "ietropolitsn Serrices Is Industrial Health csd Safety". Tae services sreilaile to our Croup polierhalders lti discussed is detail. There include tie services of our tcbsrstsiy of Industrial Sygiee, consultation service, nursir; cr.d statistical services. r-.e leaflet "Prevention of Oil Pinples* ms partially revised during tie year. Cr. Celoanell prepared c chapter os Industrial diseases for a nev yudlieaticn to be taotn es *roe Book of Science* wiled is being published b7 tie publishers of *Tde Book of tods^e". During tie /etc, uesbers of tie section sere ashed to serve on the follov- d*-; eoscittees. these ire is edditloa to the sunder of existing eonaittees. Sr. VsCounell wes eppsisted by the Secretary of Ter to set ts Consultant to tie Surgeon Staeril is setters pertaining to Occu pational Health end Industrial Hygiene. Cr. IcCsnnell was esktd to serve again on tie Co=ittee on 4tsss?n*ric Cosfcrtrf the Industrial Hygiene Secticr. of the 4nsriecn Public Health issoclanion. nnt 7 Dr. Lean ras tsied to serve on. tit Coraittee oa L'edicil Cere for Ftraity tad Eaployses of tae Ec.tioail Goaftrance oa'Seslth la Collects. Sr. Linn ns '.sled to serve oa tbs leiiool idvlsarv Board of the United Hat T:orlrs af Aneriei. Sr. Lease - Sab-cosaittee oa Slliee of tie jiaericcn SUacards Association (Caeirnia). Sr. Lease - Coaaitttt so Industrial Caaeer of tat Hew lore State Bepertaeat of Labor. Sr. Leans - Consoltsat la Industrial Eeelti for the Pays loti Hediciae P-eicsilitetica Service of the Valerias Adninistrstion. Jir. Fear..! vis erred to serve oa the Cocnitiec on Poisons of tie Industrie Ersiene Section of Us inericca Public Kecltii Association. Oa .one 3, 1547, Ken Torn Universitj * tv ^ *** Industrial cad So oil! Uedioiae is e unit of its Her Tor* UaLvtrsit7-3elle-us leiiotl Center. Tie fall pro--or of tie Institute includes tat foUorin: brood headlaps: (1} tie specialised trniuia; of erretrts la industrial netlolae; (Z) trpir.rion of present truir.ia; natrons in tae proolsns of iad-astrial ieulti; (3) resetrol in Industriti toaicolof7; (4) rereiron la industrial phyoiolopp ead ;$7naolos7i (5} resetrnl la tropic;! aediciae; () rtseiroU la social sediciae; (7) stitlstiei! reseirca; (S) 1 eodel pro;ran of eoacreaeasir* aediccl eirt sad prevention; cad (9) rtlabllitction of industry1 s ciscaled sad toadicsppsd sad Celtic; siek corkers iron bed to job fester. 3e;In.-oa Jea-aar7 1, 1946, Or. Liam rill devote half tine to this project ead on Jtau:-- 1, 1945, be nill devote bis full tine. 005G0 TLtli Trl Z3 addition to field visits fer the purpose of conduetin; plant surv-pr, the staff sade thirty-seven field tripe to the offices of Group policyholders in the United-States and Canada; to jorir^cit departesnts and other health orstnaoations for consultation and eoaferences. Cilia Dr. EeConnell m in lastda in lley, he serad for is. J. T. Coleaan of the Grasp Actuarial Dirlaloa additional ini or_ntics on the Johnson's Coopany, ltd. and the 3U Asbestos hints at Thetford. So rrricoad a larje nunher of X-reps of sen rorhin; in the sines end sede a study of type and elass of enployee, [ct:cl living conditions, percent*** of fTeach-Canadlers, ate. in order to detertin* whether the ubestos indue*-77 ra* responsible for the hi;h incidence of tuberculosis. It was found that chile the incidence of tuberculosis is hih, the cause wae due to lie!: of provision for proper isolation end care of early eases. Seetlnrs Attended Dr. Lance attended fourteen nestings durinj the pear ar.d mce addresses at several of then, inane the sore irportest were t tali to the sec Institute of Occupational 'Jedicioe and anient at Tale University; a tali on Industrial i'edieln* to the Dorpeecnd Soeist7 of Brooklyn. He also gave a tali on Heart Disease and shored our fils on Heart Disease at the Sotary Club at Peoria, HI. The following are anon; a svehtr of the other nestings he attended: L'edical Advisory Co=ittee of the Health and Uelfare Fund of tne United Line I-orders Aosoeiaticn. Tne Le;ii Co=ifcee leetins of tie Industrial Eypier.e roundatacn. onset 9 Meeting or the Eoari of 7r:s*.iis at the Saranac i Meeting o' the Special Comttee on Industrial Medicine or the Hen Tori County Medical Society. i nesting or the Ni.ti.03tl Conference Eotri to discuss ttion rands. Dr. aeCoanell Attended seven nestings during the year as folloirsi Annual Meeting of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation of Pittsburgh. Syzpoeiun on Berylliun Poisoning and Shaver's Disetse at Sirante Laboratory for the Stacy or lubiro-losls 11 Scrar.as La.':t, ::er Tori. Arrau/I Meeting or the Anerinun Public Hfilth /.ssoonati:::. Annual Meeting or the Anricaz -ecuoil Association. *--u'*1 Meeting of the acne omce Lite Cnderr.riters Association. Arnual Meeting or the Greater cr Tori Safety Cafoil (Attended by all senders of the Laboratory Stair ta -ell). Attended a neetinr of the Pennsylvania Industrial Health Association at fillinnsport, Pennsylvania, end cere a paper os *Eorr a Plant Medical Semes Can Help Industry". Mr. Terrel Ur. Fennel attended the foliating nettings: Synposiun on Berylliun Poisonin' and Shaver'a Disease at Saranac Laboratory for the Study of Tuberculosis at Scronns LtUe, flee Iorb. Annual bitting of the Industrial i^gier.e "cunixtion of Pittsburgh. Annual Meeting of the Aneriean Public Health Association. Annual Meeting of the Greater Ree Torh Safety Council. Ur. Perry of the Laboratory Staff visited tie Plant of the Ciba Pharsa- eeutieal Conpany at Su'-rit, Ren Jersey and ccTf * * Croup of enployses 005G2 aad supervisors of the Clerical Kanufaeturia,, Sectica. Hit subject of his ^'vras "Sife Eaadlia* or Citnictis aad Solvents*. Particular erpiasis ns placed ea satarials sost ridely toed la the plant sad on hasnrdsus ccaditioss or poor operating practices =ish ttr noticed st tht tise Ur. Firry conducted tie survey or this pleat. Ur. 7trz7 also attend*d the Industrial Eygiaao Fmsdatioa Beetlsg st Pittsburgh.* 1 there art attached c auric? of letters testifyire to the valut of these 1 auaier of eur Crcu? policyholders, rinse plants hare been surveyed Is the past year, hare a; eat considerable ssaey to sale iapreveueats ia tht . rcriias ceaditicas ia their plants oith respect to control of haaarirus fur.es ssd dust. Oat pleat is no* ia the process of be in* r*surveyeC to determine the efficiency of these esntrol aethods. Xaotlar cenpaay has already spent f2j,0C3 tad is esatasplatlsg furthar expenditures to carry out our reec--etdatioas. iftar their csatrsl prsjria has beta esnpleted, tie shall resurvey the plant to see if exhaust e^uiprent is affective. urirg the erurse of a surrey, vs diseorered that a Cm? policyholder tzs erperlueutia; rith a nev soldering flux cad planning to use it extensively throughout tho plant. .Italysis lusted the aatsriol to be principally taill-.e phosphate ahich ras deeoa-oea`by hast to fora aniline or dipatnylaxine. The nnnapeaent ras vamsd of the *r;:t cr.y: iavolred ia exposure to taill-.e tad 005G3 it ni reesmendtd that tea nee flux be used onl7 riti suitable local aaiaast actuation. Za tat City of Clrralud tat labor mien reruested'lr. Ur'stor, the End of the- Industrial ft*iea Cirloisn of Clertland, to conduct t sur7 in stael sills to dsterrdna if tit addition of sodlua fluoride to aoltes stael created s hazardous condition for tha rariseu Te eonduetad a joint surra? *ith tho tirisioa of Industrial E7jine of Clrralead. Slnet that tins, tha United Suits 7uilis hilts Sarriea has bten requested to naue a core exttr.slva stud7. Ha Industrial cyclase Section of tho letrspoLicin dll ce rerhin'.- in cooperation riti tha Public Eaclti Sarriea os tins stud?. Triatrrlana Glycol Studr T.l3 stud? of treatin. i;i air in carts.in areas cf tie sa.~ coiloi." till triat^lasa ljeol at s uetund of air sterilisation continued during 1917 and rill continue during soat of 1915. rVcorssont tlrhiln.- Studin eurerirsntal fluorjjcer.t lititins installs :icn on the fourteenth floor of Unit Ho. 1 aa recorrer.ded by tha limitin' Co^sitt.-e of rhish Br. BsConatU la Cbaimcs. His eryarintutil test area rill be obs erred for irrartl tenths for dafaets end eontlaints. If the installation prorce aiee.unte reeonnandations rill be cade for sinilar installations on other floors of t>' building. 00561 SO-XirT 07 .Oi LvlJST/ZaX Hi :h sic?::;; Ki.Xvj TS. TUI iq^7 Survey* eeadueted tey Industrie. Syrian# tslsrstory. 12Z 77 isxlyse9 mil 2s Ubwits^............. ................... 4,573 Sosa orriei Ins;*etioas.................................................. 45 trcvel Credit ..'.......................................... C4O69.O3 Credit...................................... 4053.66 Crsdit lor Le^arttary Tori...................... 8SO.CC .. ...$29X2.71 Socuitl is-iuiriet kxsdled by ssil or conference.......... ... 1,125 Utmturi scr.t......................................................................... ... 4,53 Public;tieas esryletely revised.......................................... 2 ?ubllu`.lK] tirtiill; revised..................................... 1 Publications critics lor outside orsrsitetioss ............ 1 Tield visit; is tdiitiss to ^ut survr/i...................... 37 Ueetis;s ttiesded by still ................................................... 22 191* 40 2,494 62 t P*t 675 3,684 2 1 1 36 81 00565