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FILE NAME Industrial Hygiene Foundation IHF DATE 1955 DOC IHF013 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION IH Digest - Foundation Facts - Nov SGbCaa: bs ES:. INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION FOUNDATI FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATI FOUNDATI FOUNDATION FOUNDATION ; Foundation Facts is a monthly letter issued to industrial concerns holding membership in Industrial Hygiene Foundation The Foundation is a nonprofit association of industries for the advancement of healthful working conditions Volume 17 February 1955 No. 2 ih Ro id ee YT Me 5A DR WEIDLEIN ADDRESSES CALIFORNIA AIR POLLUTION CONFERENCE Luanaks a Dr. Edward R. Weidlein President of Mellon Institute participated tb sScilats . in the Statewide Conference on Air Pollution Legislation sponsored by the Calif- dod 2 neo ornia State Chamber of Commerce held at the Sheraton Hotel Los iscnkibt -d Angeles on February 21. The purposes of the Conference were 1 to determine n diwaha whether additional air pollution legislation is needed 2 if additional air pollution ae legislation is needed to seek statewide opinion upon the principles embodied in Hae proposed measures and 3 to lay the groundwork for coordination of research on abisdul air pollution . Among those attending were trade association executives labor representatives industrial executives representatives of universities and research Waba organizations representatives of agriculture and others Dr. Weidlein presented a luncheon address on Organizing for Effective Air Pollution Control in which he discussed the method of approach in Pittsburgh which has produced such remark. . able results that the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County are well on the way -. of being the cleanest industrial community in the country Much of the credit for . Allegheny eT the transformation goes to Dr. Weidlein and to the other members of the Conference on Community Development who have devoted their talents and energy toward finding a solution to the problem of air pollution in the area sepioncta-vemr nselitpuhadcb oo a INDUSTRIAL NURSING DISCUSSED - ; Dr. DanielC. Braun Medical Director of Industrial Hygiene Foundation practice gave a discussion of the evolution of the of industrial nursing and the col IE present status ofthe nurse in industry before Area 6 of the Pennsylvania League February for Nursing The meeting washeld at theWest Penn Hospital in Pittsburghon .. - Lore eee, TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICES GROWING The Foundation's clerical staff was kept busier than ever during 1954 filling requests for reprints Nearly 4,200 specific requests for 78 different pieces of literature were handled in addition to regular mailings to members In many other instances the staff acted as source finders for needed information made literature searches obtained translations of foreign articles and where . possible assisted the inquirer to obtain articles and other publications which he having was difficulty in procuring Seventy requests of this type the majority of which were stimulated by abstracts in the Digest were given individual attention HYGIENE FOUNDATION : 4400_FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 13 PA ae Ritesh ad 694 haw: ER oe: 1 dab i INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE de s ia FOUNDATION _ f no Volume 17 FOUNDATION FOUNDATI 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 nonprofit association of Industries for the advancement of healthful working conditions - March 1955 No. 3 - : - : 2 7 NEW MEMBERS | year Added to the membership roster of the Foundation to date this are the following companies , . : ' Corn Products Refining Company . Crouse Company Industrial Indemnity Company Standard Oil Company of California MEETING SCHEDULED BOARD The Spring semi annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of Industrial Hygiene Foundation will be held on Tuesday May 10 in New York - of the Legal Committee will also be held in New York on May 9 A meeting HEMEON APPOINTED TO TAC COMMITTEE Mr. W. C. L. Hemeon Engineering Director of the Foundation has _ accepted membership on the 1955 Technical Advisory Committee of the American Society of Heating and Air Conditioning Engineers Inc. This Committee provides particle ' advisory guidance for a fundamental study to a develop satisfactory method of * determining size distribution - CORRESPONDENCE CLEARS UP SPECIFIC PROBLEMS Co If that bit of information that could be the key to the solution of a ote ; weighty industrial health problem eludes you there is still more source you can check for the answer Industrial Hygiene Foundation Eighty individuals from member companies availed themselves of the Foundation's technical advisory service last year by writing for advice on specific industrial = health problems Questions posed related to the toxicity of numerous compounds sources of fumes hazards in the use of specific materials in industry how to control these hazards physiological effects of various compounds health pro- grams and examinations dust collecting equipment and procedure and many other problems In each case the Foundation's technical staff had the answersan- swers- drawing upon experience in past studies and upon the wealth of information and literature at its disposal Replies often constituted thorough treatment of the subject and extensive references for further investigation Oftentimes reprints of _ pertinent literature were available and sent to the inquirer Those not yet : utilizing this membership service are invited to do so AL HYGIENE HYGIENE FOUNDATION 4400 FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 13 PA s ! INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION , Volume 17 FOUNDATION FOUNDATI FOUNDATI FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATI FOUNDATI FOUNDATION FOUNDATION April 1955 . Nn Foundation Facts isa monthly letter issued to industrial concerns holding membership in Industrial Hygiene Foundation The Foundation is a nonprofit association of industries for the advancement of healthful working conditions No. 4 A MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF MELLON INSTITUTE The first Management Audit of an institution or foundation ever published has just been completed by the American Institutoef Management New York It = has = ume @me demonstrates that Mellon Institute of Industrial Research greatly improved cooperation between science and industry in pursuit of their common goals = BME ;. =f Mellon Institute was lauded for its unparalled contribution to industrial scientific development and to the betterment of public welfare Industrial Hygiene Foundation was cited in the report as a sound instance of the kind range development and improvement in which the Institute engages a|:nte : Founded in 1913 by Andrew W. Mellon and Richard B. Mellon the Institute = has been the unsung hero in the development of many new products some leading | B to the creation of whole new industries Approximately 1500 patents all of which Ma. ^reassigned to the companies sponsoring the research have been granted by the gue government for products or processes developed at the Institute ag oe Some 75 Fellowships remain in effect at a time each pursuing a range |. mresearch project on behalf of a sponsoring company Research expenditures of a E Mellon Institute are 56 times greater today than they were forty years ago the _ interim one of the finest scientific libraries in the world has been built up also ane _ Industrial Hygiene Foundation is proud to have been founded at Mellon Institute Sie and to have a been growing part it for the past twenty years ^' LEGAL SURVEY ON NOISE COMPILED i many impairment pensation importance ' The problem of noise industry is one which has assumed increasing F importance in recent years Employers employees have become throughly mehealth conscious and , in jurisdictions claims for compensation under B3 statutes have been presented presented for aoe of hearing attributable to occupational m exposure To fill the need for reference material on existing laws providing com- Be for impairment of hearing Industrial Hygiene Foundation had prepared me for its members a Legal Survey on Occupational Impairment of Hearing by Theodore C. Waters General Counsefolr the Foundation References are given in Summary form to state state compensation statutes dealing with impairment of hearing BH e and to judicial decisions ie Copies of the bulletin have been distributed to the H membership : TRANSACTIONS OF 19TH ANNUAL MEETING ay H 19th i : May The complete Transactions of the Annual Meeting will be available ! a of the and mailing will be made to the membership as usual Papers from all i Le : of sessions have been published under one cover year ; i _ H ea HYGIENE FOUNDATION 4400 FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 13 PA | ss ues - 4 _ 20TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAMS MEETING OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE Mellon Institute Pittsburgh Pa November 16-17 1955 FOUNDATION information for the Technical Conferences scheduled Last month's Digest carried detailed held on Thursday November 17 the the Wednesday program information on the General second day of F's 20th Session of the program to be Annual Meeting Following is for November 16 TOXICOLOGICAL Wednesday November 16 1955 - 2:00 p.m. CONFERENCE Social Room Mellon Institute Chairman Anna M. Baetjer Sc.D. School of Hygiene and Public Health The Johns Hopkins University Chairman Toxicological Committee of H INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASPECTS OF ULTRASONICS Charles R. Williams Ph.D. _ Director Industrial Hygiene Services Liberty Mutual Insurance Company INDUSTRIAL PRESENT STATUS OF SOME ANALYTICAL METHODS . _ USED IN HYGIENE . Foe Robert G. Keenan : . Spectrochemist Chief | ae - Division of Special Health Services _ U. S. Public Health Service ae RECENT OBSERVATIONS ON BERYLLIUM DISEASE G. W. H. Schepers M. Director The Saranac Laboratory Brief Discussions of Miscellaneous Subjects Pertaining to Toxicology Environmental Measurements and Methods of Analysis JOINT MEDICAL - TOXICOLOGICAL CONFERENCE Wednesday November 16 1955 - 9:30 m Auditorium Mellon Institute RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS AND THEIR APPLICATION IN THE PREVENTION OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE . A Panel Discussion W a oo . Moderators : Anna M. Baetjer D. . School of Hygiene and Public Health The Johns Hopkins University Chairman Chemical- Toxicological - H Committee of F - . t. . ME A. G. Kammer M.D. - Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh . Chairman Medical Committee of H Participants RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS BY THE TOXICOLOGIST A. G. Kammer Don D. Irish Norton Nelson CLINICAL APPLICATIONS BY THE PHYSICIAN David W. Fassett Don D. Irish Ph D. Biochemical Research Department The Dow Chemical Company Norton Nelson Ph.D. Director Institute of Industrial Medicine New York University Medical Center David W. Fassett M. Director Laboratory of Industrial Medicine Eastman Kodak Company . Robert M. Watrous Medical Director M.D. and M. J. McAndrew M. Assistant Medical Director Abbott Laboratories a aa 7 3 Wednesday November 16 MEDICAL CONFERENCE 1955 - 2:00 p.m. Auditorium Mellon Institute Chairman O. A. Sander M. Associate in Medicine Marquette University Chairman Medical Committee of H MENTAL HEALTH AS A PART OF THE MEDICAL PROGRAM Christopher Leggo M. . Consultant in Industrial Medicine ' Menlo Park California THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT AND MANAGEMENT . A Panel Discussion : Medical Views - .. oo a Walter G. Vernon M. _ 7+ + Assistant Medical Director Radio Corporation of America oo , _ . -McIver Woody M. .: Director re Retired Medical Director _ ~ oo . Standard Oil Company N.J. N.J. , - an Management Views Fred Denig Vice President Koppers Company Inc. George L. Ullom Manager Industrial Relations Titanium Metals Corp. of America George L. Ullom JOINT ENGINEERING - LEGAL CONFERENCE ae - Wednesday November 16 1955 - 2:00 p.m. Institute Conference Room Mellon Institute a Chairman Theodore C. Waters Miles & Stockbridge Baltimore Md Chairman Legal Committee of H 4 S| - ENGINEERING AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL HAZARDS : A Panel Discussion Dorsett : Moderator J. Dewey ~~. * ; ~ General Manager ; . Association of Casualty and Surety Companies H. Glenn Gardiner M.D. Medical Director _. Inland Steel Company J. T. Gresh Assistant Director Dept. of Personnel Services American Brake Shoe Company Wesley C. L. Hemeon Engineering Director Industrial Hygiene Foundation Hugh M. Jackson Manager Industrial Health Program Manville Corporation Jerome Pollack Program Consultant Social Security Dept. - International Union UAW James J. Reid South Carolina Industrial Commission  mS, , : 5 ; \ ; a HYGIENE INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION _ Volume 17 Volume 17 FOUNDATION FOUNDATI FOUNDATION FOUNDATION FOUNDATI FOUNDATI FOUNDATION FOUNDATION .. FACTS FACTS FACTS oo November 1955 a Foundation Facts is monthly letter issued to industrial concerns holding membership in Industrial Hygiene Foundation The Foundation is a nonprofit association of industries for the advancement of healthful working conditions : : . ~ No. 11 _ 206 Nearly 600 representatives of industrial management and the health professions met at Mellon Institute on November 16 and 17 for the 20th Annual of Industrial Hygiene Foundation * , : Meeting 20th ee ta a) _ Health leading i. problems facing industry today were discussed by some 40 industrial health specialists and management executives The diversified program allowed ample time for questions and discussion and for exchange of information on 7" possible solutions to many of the problems ' ce So PRL ays og g Attendance at the technical conferences on the first day was as follows Medical 157 Toxicological 127 Engineering 117 - Legal 75 Attendance at the Conference totaled 476 and representation at the General Meeting the second day was 490. i Total registration for the meeting was 574 Topics on the program for the management session included the economic pects of industrial health industrial applications of atomic energy the relationship sofessionalmachines the problem of air pollution graduate education for industry's personnel an appraisal of industrial medical departments and current ends in workmen's compensation : . Equally informative were the technical sessions held on Wednesday anagement executives at and industrial physicians participated ina panel discussion at * Medical Conference aimed more effective functioning of their related duties Conference rough rough better communication No a feature of the Medical Mental health as a part of the medical program was an os Toxicological A Joint ~ Conference was an innovation | year which met with enthusiastic response . = Toxicologists and industrial physicians ticipated in panel discussion on research developments and their application in the , evention of occupational disease engineering Also held for the first time this year was a Joint Engineering Reference Reference which featured a panel discussion on and legal aspects of eagement'sresponsibility for control of industrial hazards At the Engineering Conference papers were presented on work in excesely hot environments noise and safety in the use of radioisotopes ; The Legal Conference included a legislative review of workmen's com- sation sation for 1955 a discussion of the Federal Employers Liability Act and its 4 ; Cont on next page IINAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION - 4400 FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH 13 PA orci - Foundation Facts - page 2 presentation impact upon Industry and medical and legal aspects of the testimony in compensation cases of medica membership to the Transactions of the Meeting of the Foundation will be published me and copies will , be chemmeditiWicychainnaoadonlttt silicosis developed occupational Hygiene A number of excellent exhibits illustrated industries and health institutions in the some the activities field of occupational health and cine in Steel was the subject of The Weirton Steel icals Corporation's exhibit showed an Company's exhibit Wyandott The National Institutes of industrial health program in a . Health depicted industrial health services tion Industrial by its Foundation's exhibit showed new research tooofl toxicology laboratory staff et meee oe Petar fae ne makene y to make make : ggee cities dramtic In dramatic at Mellon* gram for gram gram i for 20th Annual Meeting Industrial Hygiene Foundation Mellon Institute Pittsburgh Pennsylvania November 16-17 1955 FOUNDATION FACTS by C. Richard Walmer M. - Managing Director Industrial Hygiene Foundation This meeting is a milestone as it is the 20th Annual Meeting of the Foundation The fact that is most impressive and most gratifying about the growth and achievements of the Foundation over the past two decades is that everything has been accomplished through the unified efforts of many diversified industries There is no disputing such clear evidence of industry's interest in the health and welfare of its workers and consumers is an expression of Americanism at its best In 1935 twenty companies came to Mellon Institute to seek answers to the problems posed by dust diseases in industry The Foundation was formed to carry on a scientific research program on specific aspects of the subject Today the membership roster numbers 380 companies throughout the United States and the activities of the Foundation in the industrial health field have branched out far beyond the original assignment Special studies made for member companies have reached the 700 mark Included are over 400 extensive field surveys and approximately 100 on specific phases of industrial prob- lems encountered in the plants In addition the Foundation's specialists in engineering medicine chemistry and and toxicology and law have made over 200 consultation visits throughout country Some fifty basic research studies have been conducted in the Foundation's laboratories and analytical studies are well into the second hundred A number the projects have been on an industry basis =. -. : a ' Thousands requests requests for technical literature have been filled each ' year in addition to regular mailings to members and the staff has on many - special Occasions supplied literature and bibliographies on subjects about of - which members needed information This year so far twenty reprints technical literature including papers by staff members and other pertinent material have been made available to the membership The Transactions this meeting as in the past will be published as well And of course of Industrial Hygiene Digest goes out monthly According The from our members it is a valuable aid in keeping up to date on new ments cumulative index formation in the field of industrial health The need for formation , subject matter abstracted in the Digest through the years was pointed theby several members As result a Decennial Index has been prepared cdcd copicopies es will be mailed to all members shortly C. Richard Walmer We hope that all of you and particularly every opportunity to call on the Foundation's to welcome at this staff time eleven new members to the new members will take for assistance I would like ; this year's meeting They are - Baugh Chemical Company : The Beryllium Corporation - - - Corn Products | me 7 Refining Company + . '. _ Crouse Company .._. Corporation- ete. Zellerbach Corporation- Detroit Steel Products .. ma Oo Company . Industrial Indemnity Indemnity Company oo Mechanical Industries Inc. - 7 Olin Mathieson Corporation . Corporation Pittsburgh Steel Company ae oe Standard Oil Company of California moderni- Two complete medical zation of surveys were made which resulted in the existing medical programs programs to encompass health maintenance activities , Extensive air pollution investigations continued throughout the year but The work carried on by the Foundation this expenditure of a year involved a budget quarter of a million dollars expect to end the year with a balanced Figures were cut close we budget Our total cash and securities amount to 175,000 175,000 Elected to the Board of Trustees this Vice President Industrial Relations year were Mr. John Bugas Vice President Relations Ford Motor Company Mr. Oscar A. Glaeser Glaeser and General Manager United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company and Mr. Harvey B. Jordan Executive Vice President of United States 4 Richard Walmer MeghMeny egheny Ludlum Steel Corporation took up the duties of Secretary & Proszczon Proszczon eSoari is year James Three new appointees to the Legal Committee are Mr. Ord Motor Company Mr. Frank C. Wachter Pennsylvania Glass Sand ; and Gerald A. Weiss Rome Cable Corporation Sand Sand Sand Hi Hi Hi Corpora- Additions to the Medical Committee were Dr. Texas Company Dr. Norbert J. Roberts Standard Dr. Kenneth Smith Manville Corporation Melvin N. Nequist Nequist Oil CompanyNequist M. The Research Advisory Council added one member Dr. W. ted States Public Health Service M. - , valuably the fine All of these men have already contributed to the Foundation's activities To them and to the many other ASfrezess industrial industrial industrial industrial Trustees Hesional Hessional Hesional Hessional Hessional Hessional Hesional leaders leaders leaders leaders leaders leaders leaders on on thethe the BoardBoard Board Board Board of of Trustees Trustees Trustees Trustees Trustes Trustees Trustees Trustees and and and Technical Technical Technical Technical Technical Technical Technical Technical Technical Committees Committees Committees Committees Comites Committees Committees extend our sincere thanks And of course we want to acknowledge with gratitude the of Mellon Institute's Executive Staff rived these rived from these men the Foundation has rived obtainable apment obtainable In addition to the wise counse best for its use the facilitiefsafcaicilliittiieess and and your All of you here today and the other members of industrial organiza- have shared in the growth and accomplishments of the Foundation Withour unification of efforts in protecting the health of your employees and Foundation could have achieved little The best industrial health speciaslipstescialists profession could be brought together to promote industrial health but if man- man- man- maintenance dent does not have real es progress can made interest in promoting health This is certainly not the case with the in~ ustry maintenance ta in~ ustry member con- con- Foundation concerned acordingly industrial responsibility health es of Industrial Hygiene Foundation Affiliation with the self an expression of the will to accept and to actacordingly is are 7 . : a has been been accordingly : mo projects $ and safety iealth and nteeism beter is better o be done ng and too MANAGEMENT SESSION SPEAKERS were left to right President Northwestern University and Dr. Daniel C. ector of Industrial Hygiene Foundation Dr. J. Roscoe Miller Braun Medical Dir- pee ty COMPARING NOTES ON HEALTH PROBLEMS FACING INDUSTRY TODAY are 1. to Andrew Fletcher President St. Joseph Lead Company Dr. A. J. Lanza Presidents Commission on Veterans Pensions and Dr. F. B. Trudeau Jr. President Trudeau Institute . CHEMICAL - TOXICOLOGICAL CONFERENCE SPEAKERS were left to right Charles Williams Director Robert G. Keenan Division of Special Health Services United States Publie Health Service Dr. G. W. Schepers Director The Saranac Laboratory and Dr. Industrial Hygiene Services Liberty Mutual Insurance Company At right is Dr. H. H. Schrenk Research Director of Industrial Hygiene Foundation - NSTEE ... and HOT ENVIRONMENTS were two topics at the Enginering Engineering Hemeon > Teodore Hatch Research Adviser and Wesley C. of the Foundation discuss the program with speakers Physicist Dr. Mine Safety Appliances Company and Medicine Haskell Laboratory for Toxicology and Industrial Conference Engineering Dr. Paul Michari , Lucien Lucien Brouha of Industrial Hygiene Digest Index Air pollution cont report Great Britain sampling instruments state control study Detroit pretest threshold limits visibility measurements from waste disposal 184 1014 Antimony poisoning industrial 123 886 - Anxiety and stress bk rev - 634 . Argyria see also Silver 344 EDTA treatment possibility 345 1281 Aroclor see chlorinated diphenyl 883 743 744 . Arsenic compounds hazards inagriculture Air sampling and samplers filter media . for microorganisms - driven syringe - 215 124 - 1021 991 - Air and stream pollution control in a Texas 127 : 7 - : Air travel and upper respiratory infection 469 : Alcoholic in industry rehabilitation .. problem drinking industry i 7 . Tt 784 1338 - 270- 270- a . Aldrin . poisoning effects on nervous system toxicity : by skin absorption oo 1374 1373 1086 content of tissues and lead neurological effects poisoning blood effects - 1352 Arthritis | . of elbow occupational con =~ - exposed bk rev rheumatoid rehabilitation = -role of trauma Bo is- 7 on ; - 1127 1055 -1238 -1238 : - Artificial respiration ~ , use of carbon dioxide positive negative see also Resuscitation ; Asbestos workers ~ - lung cancer pulmonary disability , - _ 7 co. , oe . - Allergy testing constitutional reactions 1052 - a Asbestosis Aluminized clothing - Aluminum workers warts in 207 ; 282 after cessation of exposure symposium symposium and tumor of peritoneum a * eee Es American Academy of Compensation Medicine American Academy of Occupational Medicine annual meeting 6th bk rev annual meeting 7th > Committee on Education and Certification report 773 15 Feb. p V : 157 Ascorbic acid in heat exhaustion o Asthma ; and bronchitis in chemical industry industrial and emphysema breathing in industry from textile dusts exercises Yokohama Aminophenol meta toxicity 1083 Asthmatic in industry Aminopyridine poisoning 70 Athlete's foot epidemiology . Amyl nitrate vapor toxicity 681 7 Atmospheric pollution see Air Pollution Anemia aplastic TNT poisoning lead see Lead Aniline detection in air Anthracosilicosis and cavitation Anthrax agricultural and industrial Anticholinesterase see also Insecticides compounds effects effect carbon disulfide 824 1415 560 1301 829 819 Atomic energy in industry insurance problems personnel protection see also Nuclear 974 327 Atomic warfare blood effects effects of dust effects leukemia ; eye burns hazards estimation health and safety problems psychological reactions tests public protection 989 375 723 988 1136 724 1498711 Aud sir Aur in