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FILE NAME: National Safety Council (NSC) DATE: 1954 DOC#: NSC487 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: NSC Presentation by Pabst - Industrial Hygiene the Petroleum Industry t 'W$m\ . V --4 ',r& 4 L?$i ft!* it>3 w;y,M I7.4si yw sr.jl 2G U < $ S .v-iKi _ l l f S m(-*m.... ' i - : , > \ ; v z2>1-^1 2*2"AV'S.jjSiVr' 'SiftsiM 'S. i il . . ..it.,:;, _ // *.. .;;^.;,.Ax.'-:.i.^;:.^^r^4 $oi0$0$M .. ; !>: ^4 4 '" " ' V' ' ' ?l 4 v " ' t 4 :J . . l Industrial H ygiene in the Petroleum Industry ( 4 . C. P a h s t). . , . 4 | $ 7 7 4 Safe Handling lm eeticides (P. ft. W i lltty ) . ' : . . . . - 9 Norval J. W a rd /e ). -1 -vv~'SafeH andlingofE lectricalE quiip pment on the Farm -;<%i: : 1 ^f^^ii^^iJ^The'DnllingC ontractor'sdobinSaleO perations' (H o n fs H . H'Uman) ,..,. ...........; - a Vp*^ v"l J.<./'..- ; ' '.. ' . ' . '. . . .*. -tiUift&bti&B%'*}??X f'\;. `4:Y.f w.'iv. ' ' 1/Continued on flttft jwtf*/ * : Y -. . v > , ; . i< ;4r747.;:: .v h~./ : ` '4;: - ' - n i.v . .'' .. . . ..v ! .. \ ' ,; . 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Spoatot, .Director of Industrial Relations,The/;Youngstown -/ I T u b e Co., Youngstown, Ohio/.'/ './,./ :: ' / '.'.''ji'J/'; / I'C/-`S-Sv-A``*' " ' : v' <VU' ' v ^ 'V-'t.^Z/Vr ' ` '', .. ,, :;$g ?C ' Stoss err, :Manager,;Accident-'-`and.' Fire Prevention ' Dept./ <**, /' National Assiv of Mutual CasualtyCompanies, Chicago,'''ill.1 :.. Si ''Sicvtxsos,'- Executive Vice-President, Allis-Chaltncrs Manu*..,.. ;;/ facturing Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 1 /.///:'. .'[*;[/ .AV-A-;Stf.w.vkt. President, American Optical C a,Soulhbridgc, Mass. /'. ,/if f; . ''Raxoall C. SwaKSOX, Farm Safety Specialist. University of.W is'/cousin, Madison,- Wis. . t Cos!' W. ,'L. Tunas, Assistant for Ground Safety, DCS/Personnel, ; i HQ U. S. Air Fbrcc, Washington, D. C . ' - ' :'-.` ' A rnold H. Vey, Director, Bureauof Traffic Safety. Dept. of Law ; i-iPJ . and Public Safety, Trenton, N. J. ' " . Awhuk \V. rWAtXAiroES., Assistant to the President, Consolidated .Edison Co..of. New. York. ; . /./"Miss Judith W au.es, D irector of Public Affairs and Education, ;v National Broadcasting Co., Chicago. . /^j '!i../','iifiS.'GkaiCEiWEU.ns, Jr., Duluth; Minn. . ' ". ' 1 ' ' .-.De. Geomck XL' Wheatley, 3rd Vice-President, Metropolitan Life t!'.'Insurance Co., New York, N.' A'. . . , V . >1; L' -WHEBJifi, President, Wheeler Protective Apparet, Inc., Chi- cago/Ill.. ' ,. .. ... ' i /r' ' Dk.' WuxiaM P. Yakt, Director of Research and Development, Mine . ' . Safety Appliances Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. . 9 . . ' a . '":di . ..f a |  mSS! *-.~,~V.< ip M5 ` 1 "in i ass $*Kg^;Vt:AS4S--^W.^<Xr">^4Fvaviv ,^ssWais'trffyl#X, VW#}'.* `<:v>.Mi: 'vt rMCX^^'*;*T: /XL z v>:y .?! /V._j ` J J 7 ' 7 7Sv-7 ;v*\Jsi-'--yc""<;:>v7`^.v`';*</ y--` ''li ^ ^ v :-Hw^ S ''^ * f^ re n-Dw* Control and Ventilation (C. $. Gibson) "i I.*.1 jvTWxnWjitwogof the OteoU Lode (A Symposium)................ I ;. Ginaf&l.'Proiiet (C. A. Compiili)...... ,\ ,'.' ; ......... 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' In: some-1degree,"'indtmral. - n / ' .hygienists'' are '-interested 'in' the' employee % dustria)-,hygienists'! arc^ususHy.-attached to Ideanliness, .but only .so -far ns it - is ncccs- the medical department'and vrcrlc as closely .try to.. protect , his health. We, are more as `possible \virh the 'safety .'department for ; interested in keeping an employee's lungs, the .protection of the employees. "There is ...skin, and other organs clean and tree from good -raison why the petroleum. industrial ... ' hazardous gas.es, liquids, and other harmful :hygienists must lean heavily-upon -the -safety..'><! substances.'. - V ; ' ''-"y'-- department. In :thc petroleum industry the 1 H ygiene'isdefined as that'branch, of med- concept of industrial-hygiene is . relatively ; cal-science "that relates-.to preservation of nesv as compared to the chemical and other', health.- Therefore, industrial hygiene may industries, consequently, the number of pe- . . -.be defined as. the science o f. prevention, and troiettm industrial hygienists is exceedingly , ::'controi;;ofiocupationajlilhiss...; It', resolves- small. } f.i....*..v....,.K......... ' ,f 0 "v K...j.i.i.l.i.W........... r r W iiK W W 'ii >itsclfimto:the',iproblem'of.-finding factors or,. .-c, On the other hand,'safetyidcf>artnients.are. SJfc'Vw ,-, '. 'y , .. . conditionsr-inrwork . places 1that may - c a u s e wc]j establishcd, well acquainted!,With and t>A-.bAVWVzA' '., . '-..or contribute;to .the. illness,or- serious dis- ; close to every day problems of the'petroleum comfort.of. employees, and of devising meth- ; industryi They.have considerably;more cov ;r(tedip,^-ojgtitrri|ig.^:'; . :'':, r;iliv'stitutl;'siVoster-'i3f/saftty'^ d j:fittvp r ^ i0 n ll|? ;i; ^'^-.Thelstn'dustrialhygienist'. has' done m u c h -. some;-l^200j tb^-aj-d'. bringing medicine and safetv engi- , not Vail,-tin'- this'vocripatio.Ct'ContmW,W^''4' lit '^K'.ywll PI uummuU I ? v ' \ >* fcW ICUC Q1 s:UlC . ICIXlrolOgy .<il S>s^yufjn^uiioiu^ i V--"I-cJiVaifticals.and..materials. . v :;>ilSiUt;uwyc^inrrt'-i' K?$ro&xll -preview o all ehcmjcals.or.materials 'ti- " ` u ^ ^Ti'-y^"' T--... --Tj: ................ . . . . . j.-Timi ih1 A ic i,.-.; -, ,- V.. - . -re :Kp,dtbmy\ai;^ementJ;' ^ I,, ;-!'' , " ' ' '.v:' \ '> v'l'-wlwnT>cYcnc,'down"off.; ['." ' vp ^ - V 1.. r ^ 5rcd.yrcconil:*iion .`and jn - '''/toifUik .an;* orange "oirt-tVMi^Jtmehljfio^^ ctrilrion'roTitr* ' -irii-i " w h i c h . 'h e snarled to neck om l / r a i" t>roH!\4& Totocology of ChcwicaJi r ." ';, In regard to the insricol.iev af .'' it is usually difficult so adequately. J- hazardous -.matcrial Itcc.uoe practically ui <i* .idling :can' be - safe..or 'Ipimful depending :upon how it is u<cd. or where it is used. ' -V/'For example, air. and. water arc not xc| . - , . ..gsrded as harmful, Lot l>oth arc quite deadly /under 'certain comfiuViiu,--air if injected into the .blood stream and water if intro duced into the lungs. .' '..'..-tit the same maimer, the tt-cr of earUnt y tetrachloride in '-a: process having properly- , F J, designed vctnil.rikmwould-no* be hazardous, i ' ; d i-while.'lthe'use' of carlant tetrachloride . fur , . f mopping floors would l*e quite dangerous. Most...safety people arc aware tltaf carbon b / i tetrachloride is a hazardous chemical because r.i'c:. " there.-lias'twen considerable publicity regard'ihg.-ots. ..toxicological etTeets, -and in some , ca.soy-re.'.lrictive labeling requirements have wen- passed, ior example, isv New York - City. .Many other cIhlieciml-uicvaalts Uu>sCedU ilnl- t1hIIeC ttrolcum indu'-trv have inherent toxic ipia!-- of =,he.same magnitude,: yet are not so well .known.y{ In regard io%toxicology, "there are three ways in which a substance can cause adverse effects'upon man: . n,. ?v= 1' .can W ingestcil or swallowed. year .'there'arc fatalities' dren' drinking kerosene. calls, from .doctors involving chtldrm7drinkjv||]yj ting , such products -as pcuclrating-^bil \andi^#fetg5fj 'Ay' sprays. '" ' ' Some times adults arc even-worse ^ there are many cases of. anti-freeze poison- irtg,-drinking of brake (luid and'one 1, recall of bur radiator flush which contains .muri-J atic acid and chlorinated hydroatrbgn.HHowCii ...... ever, this product is fully labeled.. including . ,i*oison seaming with the skull and. cross bones. . U-should lie emphasized lhati hardlvc a: substance c-xists' lhnt is not .cajtablc, of ' prq-'; ducing, ctlcets on" the human body if takei;| in sufficient amounts or under the wrong'ii c.i.rnNim5tauccSs Even common' table' salt .if T..'d`i.-'Y>XiSrj!rsd$'`SlXlji t 'c o , m. S*f 'C1C .`loan t tes is omc... j reported _that many years ago_ th e . u>cd table 'salt a mwtts'oi.'commitiingtC^V^^ f e i suicide.'. Evefy chemical."stflwtance;*5-.thers^ b - ^ ^ |^ fore, luis a non toxic dose., for. man and K&vC.*!!}f toxic dose tor'ngm' .This can be wel),.Uhis-., tralcd by .the following slide on a widely. used .comruodity: . -r ,V'. .mm XJ' ^j^'V^'^`"'T-' "' ' ' ' . , VvToool Toluene). -. ' Vo1 n-\K_.:T; v. -v;A*.'..ije,'`iimrri!id ',,'ou, 'yyi-'/j-i- r-^ '- : *.-,xJ Jol.(XrJnn, '.ft *-V-A'-. "' J V kI- i :,. -. 1r K Z i n c , : . . I: ;.-! ... ...-.(.:.."-r,. :,,, :> -*,; i ' S i : ~ - .? i'. v r ^ .; ty :r / y ,' Y . - i ... ?v;> - A ^ ' . '.-. 'Y 'J'-t/l-y ' y , ' . " - f i ''ia'V--'V-r :.Vr.....i..'1" 'Yu TY -.ivi r'Y .t.\yy .-n.V-,," XCp.i. Yub'u>;'.:ia! ,:.v v ..'.-'y .;|j,, - Bo y 'rF.. ..R ^ ..A WW IlL LL LSE S Y E .Y:.`. ..f.V >:"d''-; . .V '-'. ' m. -' iSiS tvyO:<:i';l -:V Farm-Safety Specialist! PurduejUniyer^ty, Lafayette, lind/..y'yV ?!v!-/^4nvccticide$:: ate. -'to V"kill! ' Q.i ';-7oi>)ni<ml! .M.-etns ' !<;demand, JiigHcj^ijiuiluv' ' 'i'l^ , V,ji')rw:f'jl>y.ate supposed-toikill t>n\y;msectsJ'--'jmxhict.-;oio\c`that, people.,realixe':dtv:ji;..pnxl v 7 '`v.jpii b thV f;a.cvt, t.h...a.t.....t.h. "eVy Are. intended ,lo .kill .i..nivjlo-.li ccaann lbiee pnrrooddunceeedd.. -- '' :,-.X- - c i ' \ - ,-. < - a n ih in g a ta il should be enough to r a n u; '.' " -' ' atS *'V 1 rtlcrt. v - . i; - And the government doesn't -think 'l-iSvs',i >. I'ri.s'V.one .~^s-ett.c ' .ltiin"s -rpro' blem, .or. .'.Sc ale ditople 'liould cat so mam: insects.; . - jiS w -SinhSs-tSiB l -.{.iamflirt};,, ot Inx-cttcides ...li..t a nos- pro.b- --i,mndlicnatesdl Ibnv the fact thltart we havee-.m.moo-rre , \ r , A W tM TM i a t S l l / ' For ' - W , w?:-;.: had "inloni- ' - h' w* '?"* ^ u a n i governing -tlt a H ty ^ f v r -r& M .M i cciuMi i n d ^ d l v did kill v iiurnart>,.-;;\\e .fta v e also had.wmic that .were lteisss idliaihigerenrivinKisP.OfVns tlic other tiii-anm..!i. ii,n. -as' .t.e.w...- :- .lk . tI.nseeti travel' 'more. ."They diitch-Jiikcyyi'j! -hhoorrtt::yearsove vc` changed, imtri a .few .i,M rides on the very latest iran'siwriatiotrikacili-kyijjj; taamtuiiUbsy-s to ''o v e r -5,000. jir.vlncts involvtn.n. tic*. A> a result they k d....m....o..r.e.., . ptacci`.a..m.. l.'jftj,?i atltiotmlt 70 cihtemicatdl*-!. -. gme>tl-- tbheroe 'nqutii.e-jLc^eer . than ih1.e..t '.c-.ut.i.iI-di .a " Jcv.v....,._.- *&&*&*! 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