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FILE NAME Kohler KOH DATE 1936 DOC KOH024 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NSC Transactions PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT | NSC TRANSACTIONS 25th National Safety Congress NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL INC ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY | OCTOBER 5 to OCTOBER 9 1936 Ambassador Chelsea Carlton Hotels and Atlantic City Auditorium Copyright 1936 National Safety Council Inc. | Accident Prevention Equipment Manufacturers Who Exhibited at the 25th National Safety Congress and Exposition Atlantic City N. J. October 5-9 1936 Convention Auditorium Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. Hartford Can Automobile Driving Tests American Mutual Liability Ins. Co. Boston Mass Insurance Workmen's Compensation Property Damage an Arntzen Inc. Chicago Ill. Auxiliary Emergency Stretcher and First Aid Equipment Equipment Arroway Traffic Signal Corp. Kingsport Tenn Traffic Control Signals Beacon Corp. Minneapolis Minn Direction and Danger Signals for Motor Motor Transfer Transfer Vehicles Vehicles Bendix Products Corp. South Bend Ind Automotive ticcwey Equipment Blatchford Corporation Chicago Ill Traffic Signals and Markers Cities Service Co. New York City Oils and Gasoline Crouse Company Syracuse N. Traffic Signals and Flood Lights Dual ParkingMeMteteerr Co. Oklahoma City Equipment Donald Okla Parking S. Duncan Inc. Chicago Ill Parking Meter Equipment Eagle Corp. Signal Moline Signals General Ill Traffic Electric Co. Schenectady N. Y. Electrical Equipment Harley Davidson Motor Co. Milwaukee Wis Police Motorcycles and Equipment The Highway Safety Signal Co. Baltimore Md Double Filament Traffic Lamps and Color Design Hoof Products Co. Chicago Ill Motor Vehicle Speed Control Governors Indian Motorcycle Co. Springfield Mass Police Motorcycles and Equipment Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. Boston Mass Traffic Lenses Automobile and Industrial Safety Service Martindale Electric Co. Cleveland Ohio Dust Monarch Highway Respirators and Governor Co. Detroit Safety Mich Signals Automobile Speed Control Governors National Carbon Co. Inc. New York City Equipment for Battery Operated Devices Parkrite Corporation Houston Texas Parking Meter Equipment Traffic Boy Inc. Canton Ohio Warning Signs Traffic Subsidiaries U. S. Steel Corporation & Subsidiaries Pittsburgh Pa Street Highway Markers and Highway Guards Weaver Manufacturing Co. Springfield Ill Automobile Testing Equipment ie mate. 141 "a 120 Twenty National Safety Congress leum distillation are frequently combined with those from coal tar to form valua- ble chemical combinations They have been placed that medical on the market so rapidly science has been unable to determine their physiological effect upon the health of man We have known that some of these chemicals are capable of creating changes in the liver and only recently in a city in Massachusetts one of these newer products caused the death of two employees and a battle to retain life among two others : others of the danger Even if removed physical damage from the poisonous gas at that period the damage actually done by the gas may result in permanent Infection of The skin is a protective covering | the body against infection and is extremely efficient as long as it remains intact but allow it to be broken or punctured introduce bacteria and a battle ensues between the offensive agencies of infection and the defensive powers of the Carbon Monoxide \. Body The winning of such a struggle -may determine the presence or absence of You remember the adage Where incapacity Infections are common there is smoke there is fire We might add to that Where there is fire there is carbon monoxide an This odorless poisonous gas may occur in any industry or in any home but the poorer the ventilation the better the chance of producing physical incapa^ity Since the advent whose exhaust pipe of the motor car may pour forth as throughout industry but two types are particularly promibun t ine fecntit on result- ing from anthrax and infection among meat packers and fishermen Many of our fur hair or covered animals may contract anthrax The germs of that disease defy the ordinary methods of sterilization and may linger on hides bristles or hairs for long periods of time high as % of carbon monoxide we are all exposed to that gas particularly in crowded cities The ordinary passenger car liberates about two cubic feet per minute and one can readily estimate the physical damage that may be done if such a motor is allowed to run within the Tanners wool sorters and hair or bristle workers may introduce the anthrax spore beneath their skin and undergo much physical suffering and sometimes death Infections are frequently found among meat and fish packers and those engaged in deep sea fishing Although death doors of a poorly ventilated garag~ or shop Fortunately serious cases of such poisoning are not common among those employed in public garages but many of those employees are likely to complain of headache and faintness at the end of a day's work especially in colder weather when doors and windows remain closed In the steel industry where gas is used as the heating agency in the blast fur- naces care must be used to provide proper ventilation Within the mines workers are warned to allow enough time following blasts for the escape of this gas rarely occurs the loss of fingers hands result and nasty septic wounds are the Punctured - wounds cuts abrasions burns and scratches are potential avenues of entrance for bacteria which would seem to be waiting everywhere at all times for such a break in the skin Early medical treatment might often save later surgical interference not to mention the accompanying discomfort incapacity and perhaps the loss of an essential body part Summary I feel that the time has come when an Being a colorless odorless and taste- less gas quick of action within the hu- man body the manifestation of the first symptom may be too late to very save a workman from partial or total incapacity or perhaps death himself Because the exposed person suffers first from motor paralysis he may be unable to help or even to warn employer must demand of a manufacturer the answers to two questions bu1s.ineHsosw will your product affect my 2. How will your product affect the health of my employees physiological That employer is entitled to honest answers based upon sufficient chemical and examinations of the questionable product That manufacturer raed . Occupational Diseases 121 should held responsible for . the ills produced by the use of his product and unless he can guarantee its safety it has no place in industry Too many lives have been lost or jeopardized by too , little knowledge of a product's action upon those who handle it .. The incidence of lost time due to ill- ness injury in industry has been greatly lessened the many agencies working along lines of safety When in- dustry has been made proof by the substitution of toxic preparations for those now found to be harmful and when each employee is imbued with the idea that constant thoughtfulness and care are most necessary the maintenance of health and happiness then and not un- til that idealistic stage has been reached may vigilance and perseverance to maintain and preserve health limb and life be lessened Employment Examination as an Aid to the Control of Industrial Diseases By DR W. C. TEMPLER > Medical Director Corning Glass Works Corning N. Y. We may well ask whether or not phy- sical examination of any value to the world at large rather than limit the.dis cussion to the control of industrial di- seases In the conservation of life and health much progress has been made in the eradication or control of such diseases as occur in epidemic form as well as that type of disease which is not truly epidemic but occurs in such frequency that general health programs are necessary Much has been done to control such disabling illnesses as heart disease sclerosis kidney disease and dia- . betes and something has been accomplished in the control of morbidity which tends to at least make people happier through good health even thougahn in- creased span of life is not gained Physical examination has played a large * role in accomplishing these things because it was through physical examination and physical observations that investiga- tors were led to exert themselves to find a remedy for the cause of such conditions Small is no longer prevalent due to such observations which led to its control by vaccination Malaria and yellow fever have been brought largely under control and knowledge is now available in the control of venereal di seases if the proper physical examination and laboratory methods are used to arrive at a diagnosis We are all familiar with the results obtained in decreasing the death rate due to tuberculosis In fact in the treatment of all epidemic diseases that have so f^/r been eradicated the examination of patients to determine the severity of symptoms and the improvement has been of foremost value Knowing that the average span of life has been increased years in the last century and assuming that the above mentioned factors have had some bearing on it could we decry the value of physical examinations for the general population ts examinations made ee If we know that examinations made by insurance companies and their associating examining institutions the clinics run by the United States Public Health Service and the great mass of physicians who carefully examine their clientele have been of value the control of disease may we not assume that examinations ^fin industry will help control the incidence and extent of industrial disease particu- larly when the life expectancy of industrial workers is less than that of the general population : In fact on April 14 1936 at the Na- tional Conference on Silicosis and Similar Dust Diseases called by the Secretary of Labor Dr. R. R. Sayers of the United States Public Health Service said Pre- liminary and periodic physical and roent- cr genological examination should be made of all employees engaged in industrial processes where there is a potential if Safety Equipment 143 They should never be patched hap- hazardly and turned back into service over whether Ladders needing repair should be tagged and turned the foreman who should determine thecan_be thecan_be thecan_be that repaired If he decides pos- pos- repair - sible he should turn ladder over to the maintenance department to over '~ 3. What should be the angle of a lad- der leaning against the wall In general practice the ladder should stand quarter of its own length away from the wall scaffolding 4. Is it possible to use steel for temporary work Yes This type of scaffolding is easily erected and can be placed on rollers and easily moved about In purchasing a ladder how can it be determined whether the tenons project far enough into side rails to give a firm footing : There is no type of inspection that will determine this The only way one can be sure the tenons are firmly imbedded is to purchase a quality ladder or 6. Is the airplane cable or the solid steel bar the best form of enforcement in a ladder The solid steel bar It gives the firmest and most dependable support Cable reenforcement is now practically obsolete . Developments Unusual Developments in Leg Protection is By E. L. WHEELER , - Chicago i In times of serious illness one always obtains the services of the best doctor available buys the best medicine procura- ble from a reliable source Is there any reason why protective apparel should be regarded differently Is not the preven- tive as important as the cure kind greatest number of them have been used in recent years most unusual and - varied development in leg protection has been centered on what are commonly called foundry leggings . The first leggings I know anything about consisted of bag tubes that Part of the time almost any kind of hung from the waist or from the knee untold suffering be materials improvemewnetre leather the protective apparel is good enough but and were made from anything contac that when the emergency arises when real wouldn't explode upon coming in contact protection is needed then is the time your with molten metal Early it was discov- men should be provided with the best pro- ered that chrome leather was a good heat tection obtainable If protective apparel resister and gradually asbestos cloth was - does not protect against the extreme haz- - woven into a more useable pliable fabric ard it is absolutely worthless Your men with proofed duck used in some in- may complain that certain apparel is a bit stances These three materials are still cumbersome bit uncomfortable but an chiefly used with chrome leading accident is a thousand times more un- ' With more or less stabilization of basic comfortable and usually results in loss in design came in of time plus To safe for prompt attention Leggings with snap it must be sturdily made though it may buttons and straps | put on the mar- not be 100 per cent comfortable but ket and arctic buckles were also used complete working comfort without maxi- as a means of fastening The knee length mum protection is a compromise that does legging rapidly became the most popular not make for safety style It is prime requisite that such There is now available standard leg a legging shall be so constructed that it protection that will safely meet every will afford protection from the knee down normal hazard in industry and further- .. to and including the foot Its design more it is possible to have mad~ special should be comfortable but comfort should products for specific hazards of almost not be sacrified for safety It should be any nature fully and quickly adjustable and instantly Possibly because of the fact that removable Loe ~  144 Twenty National Safety Congress With these fundamentals in mind vari- ous kinds of spring knee leggings were created of the first great improvemente in legging construction However in some cases there seemed to be justihed complaints about the circular springs getting too hot for comfort and so the manufacturers promptly eliminated this by covering the springs or insulating them Spring knee leggings still are preferred by some and will undoubtedly used for many years to come made entirely of heavy fibre with or with- out metal flares as the hazard demands Steel studded chrome leather is also used _ in some cases There are styles made from chrome leather reinforced with Rexible reeds backed up by felt to act as a shock _ absorber A most interesting rattlesnake legging is made in a sort of spring knee type using fibre as a base and covering it with proofed duck as a further protection while walking through long wet grass But we find many new called spring- Pure grain rubber mounted over light less types of leggings appearing in the leather has been successfully used as leg held We also find that the old stunt of and foot protection against sand blast wrapping legs in wet burlap is almost ex- shot Hip length leggings while used in tinct thanks to the efforts of safety men :. lesser numbers are still standard equip- Subsequently the springless type of legging further combined safety and comfort The popular appeal this type was chiefly its greater comfort and finer ad- ment in foundries where protection is needed from the hip down They range in style from regular pant leg shapes to extensions put on spring knee or spring- justability Every conceivable kind of less type leggings are made from fastener is here used to insure case of putting on and to assure quick removal Entirely new fasteners have been devel- oped and use has also been made of asbestos cloth fireproofed duck and leather A combination of chrome leather bottom with an attachable asbestos top has proved a very desirable style from already existing types . both a safety and an economical stand- Individual features carry their appeal to safety men but all recognized types of leggings on the market today are much more comfortabalned safe than those of a few years back L.cg protection against acid splashes calls for not nearly so many styles of leggings but is adequately covered The types of leggings and spats that protect against cuts bruises and similar injuries are many and varied Some are made from a heavy leather base covered with metal reinforcing strips properly placed to give the needed protection Others are point Here again as in the knee type safety comfort adjustability ease of putmating on and taking off are important factors Of course almost any of these styles of leggings is adaptable for other uses especially when sparks molten metal or severe heat are encountered In rather rare instances light leggings or spats have been used with more or less success for leg and foot protection for women Proper protective apparel will speed up production will keep men on the job will keep them happy and will increase ; profits = The following questions were brought out in the discussion 1. Do spats give as good leg protection as leggings protection No. 2. Why are spats worn at all They are used when workmen have an aversion to leggings or when only low splashes of hot material are expected In a the latter case however the workman wearing spats is taking a gamble because by the law of averages the hot splashes may not always be low 3. What material is the best heat resister Asbestos gives the best protection from severe heat but this material will not stand wear and friction as well as some other materials Safety Equipment 145 RespiratoryRespiratory Protective Equipment for Use Against Dusts Fumes and Gases = v ss . PHILIP veto By DRINKER Boston Mass confusion There appears to be some is to the distinction betwe^n ,, dusts fumes vapors mists and gases with the result that respiratory equipment for protection against them occasionally is wrongly applied The respirator manufacturers have many examples of such and one can see large plants for recovering lead fume dry powder Obvious ly one does not want the same kind of respiratory equipment for two such dif- ferent substances yet the customer often asks for respirator to protect against fumes pol- misunderstandings and often are blamed Lead fume happens to be difficult for errors which result solely from con- . fusion in nomenclature to filter out so that the ator which catches dust very ordinary respir . Dusts include all types of dry earthy dust particles may be inadequate against lead fume particles enough to be blown fumes containing both by ordinary currents Dust7suspen- and gas require a filter The acid liquid particles sions may be generated as the result of lets and a to catch the dropabsorbant a grinding blasting or comminuting pro- gas gaseous constituent to catch the Therefore it usu- cess or they may result from the h^n- ally happens that the respirator manufac dling of finely divided materials as in turer in self protection the mixing processes in sweeping cus- or the tomer to use an supplied or line blowing about wood flour plant respirator because he will then be ade- lens or common road dust There is no quately protected whether the fume is of chemical limitation implied by the term . solid particles like lead or a liquid and dust while the range in size of dust gas mixture If the customer stated particles extends from the microscop- ex- actly what the suspension consisted of small grains ic to Such materials told how it was or can be caught very effectively by the generated he might be able to use less expensive equipment modern type of dust respirator A vapor is a gas which can be Fumes embrace two definite kinds of verted into a liquid at ordinary con atmospheric suspensions It is unfortu- _tures and pressures tempera Thus water is nate that such naming exists in vapor a common constituent of the air and in the trade but one had best admit the fact contained in concentrations which term Thus lead fume is a very old used to describe the visible dark grey vary with . atmospheric conditions Respira- tory protective equipment is used against suspension . which evolves from temperatures lead low concentrations of a great heated to high The ma- many va temperatures arising from terial in such suspensions is mostly tiny pors common organic solv- ents such as benzot particles of lead and lead oxid~ much ~ stances absorbed Many such sub- smaller in size than those of the average by activated charcoal as in gas masks There dust with some lead in the is small gaseous statecartridge such a mixture is cooled down type respirator in which the to -cartridge is When filled the point where it can be breathed the for with activated charcoal contaminant is then the lead absorbing a vapor such as benzol or particles alone without any gaseous lead with time for absorbing an acid gas such de- The word fume is also used to de- as carbon dioxide Because these small cartridges contain of scribe the mixture of gas and mist which comparatively little the absorbant their use is lim- may come from a bath of hot nitric acid ited to very low concentrations for They example None of the material in should not be used for the suspension is dry is all in the form work emergency rescue . of a true mist liquid droplets or as a gas yet it may have thick brownish color One buys fuming sulfuric acid a liquid from any chemical supply house A mist consists of a suspension of liquid droplets together with the gas from which the droplets condensed The com- monest example is atmospheric fog 146 Twenty National Safety Congress Droplets of mist are necessarily micro- scopic in size or they would not remain in suspension As soon as several droplets collide and form a large drop the li- tective equipment which catches gases al- ways consists in some chemical agent which either absorbs the gas or converts into some other substance which can quid settles out Therefore it is possible to dispel a true mist very readily by simply stirring up the ventilation or be absorbed Because one can rarely be sure of the gas concentration to be en- countered it is common practice in ex- dilution is unnecessary Mist droplets can be filtered out by ordinary dust respirators the visible portion of a fog is easily removed by filtration the gaseous constituent may pass through the filter If the mist ploring man holes for instance to use devices supplied with air or oxygen in order that the wearer may be safe regardless of the conditions he finds The gas mask however and its outgrowth the chemical cartridge respirator have a happens to be corrosive to fabrics the re- sultant effect upon a dust respirator is bad Paint spraying generates a mist and a certain amount of vapor Protec- tion usually consists of an line respirator but it is not at all uncommon to use cartridge respirators containing acti- vated charcoal and a filter definite place in industry and are in wide use today The U. S. Bureau of Mines has helped in the manufacture and use of respiratory protective equipment greatly by its issuance of specifications for permissible equipment Their present schedules do A gas contains no solid or liquid par- not include the supplied respirators ticles under ordinary atmospheric condi-- such as those used in paint spraying or tions The filter units of any of the sand blasting but both the Bureau and common makes of respirators inef- fective against g^/ses Respiratory pro- the American Standards Association will issue such specifications presently ~ Discussion following the address was based on these points provided 1. What protection is provided against a dangerous accumulation of air pressure in the ordinary fresh air hose mask The helmet is not rigid Air will leak out long before a dangerous pressure ac- cumulates or a safety link provided in some types of hose mask will blow out 2. Would a protective mask approved for lead dusts filter out zinc oxide Yes However almost any type of | mask will filter out zinc oxide since these particles are easily trapped 3. Will the simple face mask filter out ordinary smoke or will it absorb it It is impossible to answer such a question There are as many types of ordinary masks as there are ordinary dusts A mask must be purchased to fit a specific need is not difficult however since ~ all types are available ayo $ ; Glass Used for the Protection of the Eyes Against Injurious < Radiation ( By E D. TILLYER Southbridge Mass The effect of excess visible light on the eye is immediately felt If there is too much anyone except the sun gazers im- mediately turns away closes the eyes or is Seeks some kind of relief There a tendency to use too dark glasses in weld- . ing inherited from thedays days when even . the blackest glasses gave practically no protection from the insidious invisible radiations A proper rule is use a shade number which gives good immediately comfortable vision and insist that this glass give protection against the invisible radiations The effects of the violet and the infra radiations are not as quickly noticed as the visible We cannot say as we said for the visible get good im- niediately comfortable vision because the first noticed effect of the violet oc- __ American Society of Safety Engineering Section q Officers 1935-36 General Chairman SMITH Standard Oil Co. Ind Chicago Ill Chairmen C. B. BOULET Wisconsin Public Service Corp. Milwaukee Wis York D. L. ROYER Ocean Accident and Guaranty Corp. New N. Y. DEAN Secretary KEEFER National Safety Council Chicago Ill Members at Large- CYRIL AINSWORTH American Standards Association New York N. Y. C.J. IB..BAAUNEALSHWeCsotnisnuglhtoiunsgeEnElgeicntereicr aCnhdiMcaanguofaIcltluring Co. East Pittsburgh Pa W. BECK United States Rubber Products Inc. New York N. Y Chapter BIXLER Chapter Union Carbide and Carbon Corp. New York N. Y. Metropolitan PhiladePhlilpadheliphaia W BOENNER B. Co. E. W. Pa Philadelphia Chapter BULLARD E. D. Bullard Co. San Francisco Calif ( San Francisco Chapter R. E. MD.ONOVAN Standard Oil Company of California San Francisco Calif Roy GODWIN Chapter Philadelphia " Electric Company Philadelphia Pa Philadelphia Underwriters National Surety M. GRAFF Bureau of Casualty New York N. Y. EVERETT EVEEVREERTETTT KEOWN Industrial Commission of Wisconsin Madison Wis KING ' Chapter Western E. F. Kre Lever Brothers Co. Cambridge Mass Boston Chapter Chapter Philadelphia Co. Pittsburgh Pa Pennsylvania Safety Council Chapter * ; Inc. New Public Service Electric & Gas THOMAS E. LIGHTFOOT Koppers Coal Co. Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pa M. G. LLOYD National Bureau of Standards Washington D. C. W. S. Paine Aetna Casualty & Insurance Co. Hartford Conn ; GEO F. PRUSSING Union Company of California Los Angeles Calif E. RALSTON Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. Pittsburgh Pa A. S. Regula Industrial Relations Counselors York N. Y. JOHN RUSSELL JR Northern , Newark N. Northern . New General Electric Y. Schenectady G.JeE.rseSyANCFhOaRpDterGeneral Electric Co. Schenectady Y. York N. H. S. SMITH Union N. CarbTirdae R. C. STRATTON The and Carbon Corp. New York Y. velers Insurance R. F THALNER Buick Motor Co. Hartford Conn . _ S. Company Flint Mich E. WHITING Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. Boston Mass . WILLIAM P. YANT U. Bureau of Mines Pittsburgh Pa .. . ea Officers Elected for 1936-37 Secretary General Chairman Chairman B. L. ROYER Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corp. New York N. Y. 1 Chairman E. BOULET Wisconsin DONOVAN Standard Public Service Corp. Milwaukee Wis ; DEAN KEEPER National SafOeitly CCoomupncainly CohfiCcaalgiofoIrlnliaSan Francisco aFrancisco , Calif . Debeaded ". 191 .: ~-= wee wee Te avec a m7 mcwrosey bathed baad vue wry Members at Large- Association CYRIL AINSWORTH American Standards New York N. Y. C. B. AUEL Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. East Pittsburgh Pa 1. 1. BANASH Consulting Engineer Chicago | ~ E. W. BECK United States Rubber Products Inc. New York N. - H. R. BIXLER Union Carbide and Carbon Corp. New York N. Y. Metropolitan Chapter Electric E. W. BULLArd E. D. Bullard Co. San Francisco Calif San Francisco Chapter H. F. GILBERT American Cyanamid Co. Linden N. J. New Jersey Chapter Roy M. Goowis Philadelphia Co. Philadelphia Pa Philadelphia Chapter W. M. GRAFF National Bureau of Casualty & Surety Underwriters New York N. Y. H. J. Griffiti Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. Pittsburgh Pa Western Pennsylvania Safety Council Chapter R. McA KEOWN Industrial Commission of Wisconsin Madison Wis J. M. Kerrigan United States Rubber Reclaiming Co. Inc. Buffalo N. Y. Niagara Frontier Chapter EVERETT F. KING Lever Brothers Co. Cambridge Mass Boston Chapter Thomas E. Lightfoot The Koppers Coal Co. Pittsburgh Pa MG MG LLOYD National Bureau of Standards Washington D. C. HM MINER F. I. Pont de Nemours & Wilmington Del W. S. PAINE Aetna Casualty & Insurance Co. Hartford Conn GEO F. PRUSSING Union Oil Company of California Los Angeles Calif C. E. RALSTON Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. Pittsburgh Pa A. S. REGULA Industrial Relations Counselors Inc. New York N. Y. G. E. SanfoRD General Electric Co. Schenectady N. Y. C. C. W. Smith Standard Oil Co. Ind Chicago Ill Union and H. SMITH CarbiCd arbe onCorp. New York N. Y. R. C. STRATTON The Travelers Insurance Co. Hartford Conn R. F. THALNER Buick Motor Company Flint Mich ; S. E. WHITING Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. Boston Mass WILLIAM P YANT Mine Safety Appliances Co. Pittsburgh Pa WEDNESDAY NOON SESSION October 7 1936 The annual meeting of the ASSE- Engineering Section of the National Safety Council followed a luncheon and convened with C. W. Smith Standard Oil Co. Ind Chicago general chairman presiding All reports had been mimeographed and copies were distrib- uted at the luncheon Dr. Francis .F Lucas Member Technical Staff Bell Telephone Laboratories New York City and international au- thority on microscopy and photomicrography spoke on Late Developments in High Power and Ultra Violet Micro- scopy The report of the nominating commit- ice was presented by A. S. Regula chair- - man Other members of the committee were S. E. Whiting R. F. Thalner C. B. Auel and Dr. M. G. Lloyd The committee's list of officers as elected will be found elsewhere in this sectional record Other sessions sponsored by the ASSE- Engineering Section included those on Safety Safety Training Ex- haust Systems Safety Exchange Round Table and Occupational Diseases Reports of these sessions will be found elsewhere in the Transactions Automotive and Machine Shop _. Section ' Officers General Chairman T. WINEGAR Chrysler Corporation Detroit Mich Chairman HEIDT Budd Wheel Co. Detroit Mich Secretary Clark U. S. Rubber Products Inc. Detroit Mich News Letter Editor H. FRATER Cadillac Motor Car Co. Detroit Mich Engineering Committee Chairman E. SANFORD General Electric Co. Schenectady N. Y. Health Committee Chairman A. .. BROOKS Fisher Body Detroit Div General Motors Corp. Detroit Mich - Membership Committee Chairman R. JUDSON Timken Detroit Axle Co. Detroit Mich Poster Committee Chairman W. Bistor Lycoming Manufacturing Co. Williamsport BOULTONKYSMERurTrhaey Studebaker Chairman Program Committee W. BOULTON Corp. of America Detroit Mich Publicity Committee Chairman H. KYSER Corp. South Bend Ind Statistics Committee Chairman W. JANZER Seaman Body Co. Milwaukee Wis Members at Large- Copper DOTTERER Revere L. E. AVERILL Chicago Eye Shield Co. Detroit Mich C. M. and Brass Inc. Detroit Mich HOYT L. FRACHER Detroit Steel Products Co. Detroit Mich Merle C. General Motors Corp. Detroit Mich ; M. J. MCCARTHY Fisher Body Corp. Detroit Mich R.R. A. SHAW Murray Corp. of America Detroit Mich CARL L. STORCK Delco Products Corp. Dayton Ohio R. R. F. THALNER Buick Motor Co. Flint Mich : Officers Elected for 1936-37 Wis General Chairman A. CLARK U. S. Rubber Products Inc. Detroit Mich Chairman W. BOULTON Murray Corp. of America Detroit Mich Secretary HFRATER Cadillac Motor Car Co. Detroit Mich - News Letter Editor W. Janzer Seaman Body Corp. Milwaukee Wis Engineering Committee Chairman B. LOOMIS Ternstedt Manufacturing Div Motors Corp. Detroit Mich General Health Committee Chairman A. L. BROOKS Fisher Body Detroit Div General Motors Corp. Detroit Mich on Membership Lycoming Manufacturing Membership port Committee Chairman W. BISHOP Pa Co. Williams- Manufacturing Poster Committee Chairman Marentate Motor Products Corp. Detroit Mich Program Committee Chairman A. BECHILL Chrysler Corp. Detroit Mich Committee Chairman A. DENZIG Hayes Wheel Detroit Co. Detroit Publicity Mich Schenectady : Statistics Committee Chairman E. Sanford General Electric Co. Members at Large ' : Y. L. E. AVERILL Chicago Eye Shield Co. Detroit Mich 197 Metals Section Officers 1935-36 General Chairman W. DARR Bethlehem Steel Co. Johnstown Pa Chairman BERQUIST The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. East Chicago Ind Chairman M. ALLEN The American Rolling Mill Co. Middletown Ohio Chairman In Charge of Health R. C. ENGEL McKinney Div Republic Steel Corp. Cleveland Ohio Secretary and News Letter Editor A. CHAFFIN Continental Steel Corp. Kokomo Ind Car Contest Committee Chairman L. SCHMITT Louisville Supply Co. Louisville Ky Wheel and Railway Engineering Committee Chairman CULLINEY Bethlehem Steel Co. Bethlehem Pa Foubnurdghry CoPammittee Chairman A. BRINKMAN Mackintosh Hemphill Co. Pitts- MembCietry ship Committee Chairman E. TRAMMELL Gulf States Co. Alabama Post^r Committee Chairman H. FERGUSON Republic Steel Corp. Cleveland Ohio| Program Committee Chairman M. CROGIAN Inland Steel Co. East Chicago Ind Co. Publicity CommitteCheairman C W. HANKO Pittsburgh Steel Monessen Pa Chairman Railway Car Builders Committee Chairman J. Brand Pullman Standard Car Manu- facturing Corp. Pullman Chicago Ill Slides and Safety Kinks Committee Chairman A. Oartel Carnegie Steel Corp. Pittsburgh Pa IRELAND Statistics Committee Chairman J. Kohler Co. Kohler Wis : Members at Large- o F. G. BENNETT The Buckeye Steel Castings Co. Columbus Pittsburgh E. BLANK Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. F. Pa A. COLTRIN National Radiator Corp. Johnstown Pa A. DAVIS Carnegie Steel Corp. Chicago Ill Ohio un M. W. DUNDORE Beloit Iron Works Corp. JOHN P. EIB Carnegie Steel Co. Beloit Wis Joliet Ill JOHNW. T. FILMER The Sheet and Tube Co. Youngstown Youngstown C. GIBSON Spang Chalfant Co. Inc. PittsburghPa American American York Foundry O. F. Harvey Car and Co. New E. HAWKES MacWhyte Co. Kenosha Wis New * Ohio Cleveland HENRY Otis Steel Co. HENSEL The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. N. Y. II Chicago W. A. JARVIS The Chase Companies Waterbury Conn G.A. LAUERMAN Republic Corp. South Ill Chicago Steel H. MCKENNEY Chicago W. Iron ) V. MEDALIE Interlake Corp. Chicago Ill Ohio FRANK Portsmouth Ohio Pittsburgh John O'Rourk Bethlehem Steel Co. Sparrows Point Md C. E. RALSTON Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. Pa ROWE Wheeling HERMAN SPOKREx The Steel Corp. Sheet and Tube Co. Evanston Ill Youngstown Decatur Mississippi 1. K. STAFFORD Valley Structural Steel Co. Ill Cleveland J. A. Voss Republic Steel Corp. Ohio D eceased 300 .. Twenty National Safety Congress Officers Elected for 1936-37 General Chairman M. ALLEN The American Rolling Mill Co. Middletown O. Chairman A. CHAFFIN Continental Steel Corp. Kokomo Ind News Letter Editor E. Trammell Gulf States Steel Co. Alabama : Secretaryand City Ala Contest Committee Chairman L. SCHMITT Louisville Car Wheel and Railway Supply Co. Louisville . O Foundry Pa Engineering Committee Chairman H. FERGUSON Republic Steel Corp. Cleveland O. Committee Chairman A. BRINKMAN Mackintosh Co. Pittsburgh Pa , Health Committee Chairman R. C. ENGEL Republic Steel Cleveland O. Corp. Committee Chairman J. GRIFFITH Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. Pitts- Membership burgh Pa . Poster Committee Chairman H. Henry Otis Steel Co. Cleveland Program Committee Chairman W. Hanko Pittsburgh Steel Co. Monessen Pa Publicity Committee Chairman E. RALSTON Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. Pittsburgh Pa Railway Car Builders Committee Chairman J. BRAND Pullman Standard Car Manu- facturing Corp. Pullman Chicago Slides and Safety Kinks Committee Chairman A. OartyL Carnegie Steel Co. Pittsburgh Pa Statistics Committee Chairman T. FILMER The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. Youngstown Ohio i Members at Large- F. G. BENNETT The Buckeye Steel Castings Co. Columbus O. R. A. BEYER Central Tube Co. Ambridg Pa C. A. BIANCHI H. H. Robertson Co. Ambridge Pa F. F. BLANK Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. Pittsburgh Pa J. A. COLTRIN National Radiator Corp. Johnstown Pa C. S. CraigmiLE Belden Manufacturing Co. Chicago Ill H. M. CROGHAN Inland Steel Co. East Chicago Ind J. E. CULLINEY Bethlehem Steel Co. Bethlehem Pa H. W. DARR Bethlehem Steel Co. Johnstown Pa M. W. DUNDORE Beloit Iron Works Co. Beloit Wis B. T. DYE Republic Steel Corp. Warren O. JOHN EIB Carnegie Steel Corp. Joliet Ill .. A. ELLIS Wheeling Steel Corp. Wheeling W. Va J. P. GatheruM Great Lakes Steel Corp. Ecorse Mich A. C. GIBSON Spang Chalfant Co. Inc. Pittsburgh Pa O. F. HARVEY American Car and Foundry Co. New York N. Y. S. E. Hawk SMacwhyte Company Kenosha Wis H. G. HENSEL The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. Chicago Ill W. A. Jarvis Chase Brass & Copper Co. Waterbury Conn F. A. LAVERMAN Republic Steel Corp. Chicago Ill Corp. T. H. McKENNEY retired Carnegie Steel Co. Chicago Ill . D. V. MEDALIE Interlake Iron Chicago Ill JOHN O'ROURK Bethlehem Steel Co. Sparrows Point Md C. S. Phillips Revere Copper & Brass Inc. Rome N. Y. - FRANK ROWE Wheeling Steel Corp. Portsmouth O. A. C. SCHULTZ Bucyrus Co. So. Milwaukee Wis H. SPOERER The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. East Chicago Ind E. J. STERNER Bethlehem Steel Co. Bethlehem Pa J. A. Voss Republic Steel Corp. Cleveland O. a a MONDAY AFTERNOON SESSION October 5 1936 _ The opening session was called to or- der by General Chairman W. Darr ~ Bethlehem Steel Co. Johnstown Pa who presided Chairman Darr welcomed 312 Twenty fifth National Safety Congress Congress to think inability to draw a personal les- son from the experience of others over- confidence and a desire to make good on the job These can only be overcome by systematic handling careful part of sibility and the supervisor supervisor of putting over Hisis to the the the responworker the salue and advantages resulting from a close observance of rigid safety inspec- 4181 . Systematic Organized Safety Effort There should be little need to make a The accident losses larger employer as well cannot afford to overlook the situa- tion losses through waste of time money and materials will seriously affect his profits and hold his company up to very the public as a inefficient organiza- tion The ever increasing cost of com- pensation insurance will undoubtedly be a factor in forcing more consideration for . well organized safety work Personally I emphasize the side of humanity above the dollar and am satisfied from long ex- perience that where humanity rules the plea for more concerted action along this line As safety men we know how eas- ily the small employer could be put out a of business as the result of even few profits will be satisfactory Where a real safety program is followed without doubt efficiency and economy of the highest or- der will also prevail The Present Statuosf Control of Dust and Fumes in Industry 2 By H. B. MELLER Managing Director Air Hygiene Foundation of America Inc Head Air Pollution Investigation Mellon Institute of Industrial Research Pittsburgh Pa The problem divides itself naturally into medical preventive engineering and legis- lative phases and includes consideration Clarsification of Dusts There are available different published classifications of dusts Included in such of the responsibilities of employer and classifications are dusts the exposure to employee to each other and to the public inhalation of which are or are likely to It is axiomatic that in case of physical be occupational inhaled Those that are inher- disorder impairment of function or dis- ently toxic when inhaled or otherwise ab- ability the more thoroughlythe cause and course of action are known the more certainly can possible remedies be applied or preventive measures taken - sorbed and which cause systemic poison- ing include lead arsenic mercury man- ganese Examples of dusts which have the ability to penetrate the deep lung tis- In the diseases or affections under con- sues and to be retained there are quartz sideration there are facts whupi on ch pre- ventive methods are based and upon flint chert asbestos talc coal iron clay slate and other types of rock dust which further studies now in course or contemplated are at least in part predi- cated at During the development of the present state of knowledge of the influence of Attention here will be centered upon this last group and upon pneumoconiosis the general term used to designate lung conditions caused by dust Silicosis which is caused by the inhalation of free silica some air contaminants on health natu- - has been prominent recently in the public rally many theories were advanced that press sometimes in a way that made mis- later scientific work has modified or dis- placed However not always has the understanding possible if not probable Aside from silica many of the insoluble correction been as widely and thoroughly mineral dusts may bring about slight disseminated as was the original theory changesin the lung tissues which may be this condition perhaps has led to some confusion in the minds of many who have demonstrated on the roentgenogram if there is silica in the dust thatis inhaled not followed too closely the evolution of knowledge in this fieldclosely As far as is known today most of them are relatively or entirely harmless Metals Section , 313 .../ Ability of Dusts to Cause Injury of the silicotic process toward the stage It has been established that the poten- of disablement except through limiting or tiality of silicious dusts to cause lung preventing further exposure to silica dust damage is with few exceptions depend- * Nor has medical science found a way to ent upon their content of free silica prevent tuberculosis from being super- SiO The development of silicosis de- _ imposed upon silicosis except through pends therefore upon the concentration control of contact The course of silico- of dust containing free silica in the air tuberculosis is chronic and is very diffi- breathed In other words the total amount of free silica breathed and re- to .tained seems be the primary factor the length of time necessary for a suffi- - cult to influence by treatment according to phthisiologists LO Medical Control As a basis intelli- gent determination of the physical fitness but less cient accumulation is important so than the total load : of man for a job in a dusty trade physical examination with stereoscopic Silica occurs also in chemical combination in silicates Some of these com- roentgenograms of the chest is necessary Along with this study naturally the pounds have been proved to be relatively harmless to health some are still in the realm of doubt and asbestos cause the industrial disease called asbes- tosis which is the result of lung damage similar to but not identical with nor as preparation of an occupational history with detail as to the exact nature of previ- ous work and of exposure to industrial dust a valueless recording of occu- pations as laborer machinist etc. Dr. Sayers of the U. S. Public Health serious as that by free silica produced No,t information important Particle Importance of Size The size particles the of dust particles in in air which indi- indi- air which an indi- ? vidual may breathe is also has often are particles larger than 10 or 12 microns found in the deep lungs except in the case of asbestos dust where fibers as long as 200 microns have worked their Service has developed a method of secur- ing for a proper occupa- tional histohirstoyry amongamong others, CumminCgusmmings , Saranac Laboratory also worked out a useful history blank Standards have been developed for the diagnosis of silicosis There is also a suitable technic for taking roentgeno- way down lengthwise Uncomplicated Silicosis Silicosis uncomplicated by an infection is more of an impairment than a disability It is not seriously disabling until it reaches an ad- vanced stage and does not of itself greatly shorten the life of a silicotic grams of the chest in order to bring out the characteristic lung changes From the considerable amount of work that has been done it is possible to fore- cast with reasonable degree of accu- racy the silicosis potentiality of various dusts . ay ae < oe . Tuberculosis When a silicotic Periodic physical examinations ,includ- dies the immediate cause of death is usu- ally some type of intervening lung infection It is not known just why the presence of silica in the lungs increases sus- ing roentgenograms are essential if employers are to be enabled accurately to . learn effect of individual exposure and intelligently to transfer affected work- ceptibility to tuberculosis but when an men lower dust concentrations before adult with silicosis is exposed to tuber serious injury been done or to work culosis an active infection may occur re- out a system of rotation where indicated gardless of the previous state of health It is thought probable that silica dust can as desirable in order that exposure may be intermittent Such examinations are reactivate healed tuberculous lung lesions of the adult type how long after such lesions have healed the reactivation is possible is not certain | Exposure of silicotics to tuberculosis or of tuberculous individuals to silica dust is serious and helpful also in showing the efficiency of engineering control methods The ability to place responsibility in case claim for injury is no small part of the value of such initial and periodic examinations should be avoided ' After vilicosis has become well established in the lungs medical science has not found a way to arrest the progress Asbestosis Clinical experience has shown that the inhalation of a sufficient amount of asbestos dust a causes serious . type of fibrosis which is not accompanied by an unduly high incidence of tubercu- losis . Other dusts and silicate compounds so far studied produce at most only a mild progressive reaction in the lungs provided there is no significant amount of free silica in their composition While not serious clinically such conditions may give rise to considerable litigation Adequate statistics on morbidity and mortality from Soccupational disease to serve as a basis for effectively focussing the efforts to study and control dust dis- cases of the lungs are existent In concluding this section the follow- ing quotation from a court decision in Wisconsin is pertinent Schaefer v In- dustrial Commission 265 N. W. 390 Supreme Court February 1936 " It will be necessary to distin- guish carefully between medical or patho- logical disability and actual physical in- capacity to work The medical experts apparently ignore this distinction and so increase the difficulty of arriving at a just | result under the law 0. tions in air are recorded gravimetrically as milligrams per cubic meter Others as silica where size is a factor in determining dangerous particles are given by count Neither method gives the whole story but in both cases it may be possible secure the information neces- sary for the purpose In one of the reports referred to earlier there occurs this statement There is no doubt in the mind of anyone familiar with the present sampling and dustestimating methods that they will be amended and changed from time to time At the present writing we would advise the use of the simplest possible procedures where dust control alone is in question If one wishes to obtain values which can be compared with published data it is generally necessary to copy with considerable care the technic used in the origi- nal case This is another way of admit- ting the annoying fact that results by one method are usually not comparable to those obtained by another method In another place the report says It is very doubtful if any useful purpose is Preventive . Engineering a served by determining accurately ex- tremely dense dust concentrations It would be needless repetition to dis- only excuse for such data is to show the cuss in a technical way the engineering skeptic that the workplace is much dustier phases of dust control All interested are than it should be . referred to Industrial Dust by Drinker and Hatch which deals comprehensively It is probable that any sampling procedure which fixes concentrations in with the subject U. S. Bureau of Mines Information Circulars 6840 and 6848 by Harrington and Davenport a review of groups 100 per cent apart is sufficient and that the results of any attempts to come closer to the concentration at the moment literature on Prevention of Dust Dis- cases U. S. Public Health Service Bul- letin 217 by Bloomfield and DallaValle on The Determination and Control of Industrial Dust Report 29 of the Amer- ican Standards Association and to the U. S. Bureau of Mines for a list of ap- proved protective devices . | It may be said that in general the engineering specialist can and will devise the necessary equipment to meet the con- of sampling are simply misleading Thus ranges such as 0-5 5-10 10-20 20-40 etc. suffice for dust control As dust particles in the lungs are of the order of 1 micron with rarely a particle over 10 microns dust control for - hygienic reasons should be aimed at parti- cles in the size range found to have been breathed and retained Again quoting 66 . if one could avoid use of the dusts | dust of 1 micron or less or exclude them from ditions specified to him But the setting the dust which passes a mesh screen of limits of permissible concentra- nearly all dust diseases would be elimi- tion is not his but the physician's respon- sibility The engineer is concerned with - nated keeping dustiness to or below the limits Dust Elimination at present considered satisfactory Obviously it is better when possible Methods of Determining Dust Some dusts as lead are determined by chemical methods and the concentra- to purchase equipment already supplied with exhaust_hood exhaust_hood rather than to have to worry to fit one to equipment not designed to be hooded Thus the responsi- - Metals Section ad als + 315 bility for potential efficiency is upon the manufacturer There is available comparatively little , Some mining companies have gone further setting the maximum of permissible dustiness at 5 million particles information upon which to base the scientific design of hoods The Preventive Engineering Committee of Air Hygiene | ' Foundation includes in its recent report a table of minimum air velocities to cap- ture certain industrial dusts for use in granite cutting grain elevators paint spraying sand pulverizing and electric welding electric For protective equipment such as dust per cubic foot Certainly there is a degree of air clean- liness that is safe from the standpoint of concentration of harmful dust But the engineer may find himself in the position of practically being forced to control any dust harmful or otherwise if he would protect his employers against suits at common law and the possibility of award of damages to men who have breathed respirators air supplied masks sand blast dust containing little or no free silica A helmets and goggles very complete in- dusty workplace is difficult to defend in formation is available because of the work court Neither courts nor of the U. S. Bureau of Mines the Bu- boards and certainly compensation not juries have reau of Standards and the American -- seemed to be greatly impressed with a Standards Association in preparing and low silica dust count in an otherwise issuing specifications to be met if the equipment is to be used under conditions where approval is necessary - -. dusty atmosphere Quoting from one of the reports re- ferred to Each is a unit sover- Of course all agree that where possi- eign it handles its problems in its accomplished ble dust should be controlled at the source and protective equipment used where this action cannot be od own way Uniformity is lacking although of course the statutes of many states are similar The courts of the various states follow such precedents appeal to them ' -. Permissible DustinessDustiness " figures ' There are various figures that have been and are being used guides permissi ble dustiness where free silica is present It should be noted that many of the data were not determined as the medical re- consequently on any important question _ there likely to be a divergence of opin- ion among the courts and often the . courts fall into two or more groups each group following a different with respect to the same legal problem quirement but as being attainable in good practice and apparently satisfactory from a safety standpoint - In South Africa the figure is F milli- gram per cubic meter or 300 particles per cubic centimeter or approximately 8.5 million per cubic foot . Gs - Workmen's Compensation Acts Workmen's compensation acts have 46 been passed 46 states all except Arkansas and Mississippi and the Dis- trict of Columbia These acts are com- pulsorays to private employers in 15 Dr. Lanza found in 1917 in the Joplin Mo. district that with good engineering practice a figure of 1 milligram per 100 liters of air could be attained < af and states elective in states Insur- ance to cover the risk is compulsory in seven states A state fund out of which compensa- The U. S. Public Health Service in its study in the anthracite region Pennsylvania found that 50 million particles per is tion is paid maintained in 18 states in two of these the employer may by financial responsibility carry his cubic foot with 5 per cent quartz in the own risk with limited contribution to the coarse dust and 10 million particles per cubic foot with 35 per cent quartz were state fund for the expense of administra- tion in 11 more this group of states apparently satisfactory and often were the employer is not required to avail attained % The figure of 10-20 million particles per cubic foot for granite dust with 35 per * cent quartz content is often quoted from the Vermont granite studies of the U. S. Public Health Service himself of the privileges the state fund and may provide compensation otherwise In 28 states there is no provision for a - state compensation fund . : Administration of the compensation act is vested in a commission board single Metals Section 317 Examination After Claim for Disability studied separately for details but in each Arises compensable occupational No two state acts contain identical pro- visions but in all including the District - Columbia thorough of that have compensation pneumoconiosis acts there is provision for physical ex- amination after claim for disability arises In five states Kentucky Massachusetts New York North Carolina and disease including silicosis is The importance of roentgenograms in any physical examination for known is well This im- portance is recognizedin the Acts of New Jersey New York North Carolina and West Virginia West Virginia definite recognition has been given to the importance of sonic sort of medical board composed of spe- cially qualified physicians and surgeons " and charged with the duty of diagnosing Medical Treatment In the 17 states includingMaryland in which occupational disease is to some extent compensable the acts usually en- occupational disease and of advising the title the claimant to a limited amount of administrative board or commission with respect thereto The laws of these five states are quite different and should be surgical medical and hospital care meas- ured in money cost or length of time covered by treatment 4 2 These points were cussion following the raised in the addresses dis- advisable 2. Is it of students to limit the number per teacher 1. How much time is required completing a training course for Ten students per instructor is a rationa ws ~ rationa Which Mr. Davison said that the training gases present the greatest course in their plant ordinarily covered a harmful period of one and half years but that harzardsin weldingthe Silicon gases are the aw: most good some students completed it sooner The The risk however has largely been over- - time required depends upon the individ- ual . manufacturers come by plies of welding sup- THURSDAY MORNING SESSION October 8 1936 Metals Section Safety Contest Two hundred and two units were reg- istered in the 1936 Contest of the Metals Section During the Contest period 267,792 employees worked 561,788,579 hours with an average frequency rate of 8.030 a decrease of 4 per cent from the 1935 rate of 8.354 Ninety units completed the Contest with a fre- quency rate below the average and 8 per cent of the units finished with per- fect records Nineteen plaques and eight certificates were awarded in the Contest ' The plaques were presented by John B. Gibson Publicity Director Hawthorne works Western Electric Company Chi- cago and Vice President for Community Council Safety Councils NationalSafety Councils as follows Steel Mills Division Group Conti- nental Steel Corporation Kokomo Divi- Kokomo sion : Indiana hours 12 injuries 4,141,806 os man- 484 Twenty National Safety Congress which had been followed during the past year Report of Exhibits Committee The Committee reported that definite steps had been taken to assure good attendance at the National Exposition in the Convention Hall and that these measures in- cluded the following ' Routing of delegates through the Ex- hibit Hall suitable notices in programs luncheon and cloakroom facilities an Exhibit Day in each Section program a worth attendance prize with eligibility limited to delegates who showed a real interest in the exhibits cooperation of exhibitors in providing attractive displays providing exhibitors with daily registration of delegates publicizing the ' exhibits Report of Program Committee The Committee reported that a series of talks on five different subjects had been prepared for presentation at the National Safety Congress A record of the Safety Equipment session will be found else_ where in these proceedings Other reports presented were those of the Publicity Committee the Finance Committee the Activities Committee and the Membership Committee Meeting of October 6 1936 The meeting was called to order by Chairman T. A. Willson who had been elected Executive Secretary A. O. Boniface acted as secretary of the meet- ing George Shull J. B. Davies and C. H. Gallaway were appointed directors It was agreed that committee appoint- would be made later by the Execu tive Committee and that members would be notified of the results by mail It was voted to continue the positions of executive secretary and assistant treasurer on the present basis ADJOURNMENT Accident Prevention Equipment : Manufacturers Who Exhibited at the Twenty National Safety Congress and Exposition Atlantic City N. J. October 5-9 1936 Convention Auditorium Aetna Casualty & Surety Company Hartford Conn . Automobile Driving Tests American Abrasive Metals Company Irvington N. J. Safety Treads for Walkways and Safety Gratings American France & Foamite Industries Industries Inc. Elmira Fire Extinguishing Equipment Y. Safety Equipment Section 485 American Mutual Liability Insurance Company Boston Mass Insurance Workmen's Compensation Property Damage and American Optical Company Southbridge Mass Head and Eye Protection Products Arntzen Inc. Chicago Illinois Auxiliary Emergency Stretcher and First Aid Equipment Arroway Traffic Signal Corporation Kingsport Tenn Traffic ControlfiSignals . Associated Guard Manufacturers Chicago Ill Dust Control Units and Mechanical Safety Guards General Automobile Frank E. Barnes Company Chicago Illinois Electrician's Rubber Gloves Beacon Corporation Minneapolis Minnesota Direction and Danger Signals for Motor Transport Vehicles Bendix Products Corporation South Bend Indiana Automotive Equipment Robert A. Bernhard Rochester New York First Aid Supplies Blatchford Corporation Chicago Illinois Traffic Signals and Markers Bradley Washfountain Company Milwaukee Wisconsin Group Washing Equipment Stewart R. Browne Manufacturing Company New York City Safety and Special Purpose Lights and Lamps Brown Shoe Company St. Louis Missouri Men's and Women's Safety Shoes R. H. Buhrke Company Chicago Illinois Safety Equipment for Construction and Maintenance . E. D. Bullard Company San Francisco Calif Industrial and Mining Safety Equipment Burroughs Wellcome & Company U. S. A. Inc. New York City First Aid Kits and Medical Equipment H. Childs & Company Inc. Pittsburgh Pa Safety Footwear Cities Service Company New York City , Oils and Gasoline McKinnon Chain Corporation Tonawanda N. Y. Alloy Steel Sling Chains H. S. Cover South Bend Indiana Respirators and Safety Goggles Crouse Company Syracuse New York Traffic Signals and Flood Lights Davis Emergency Equipment Company Inc. New York First Aid and Safety Equipment ~ C. H. Dockson Co. Detroit Mich Head and Eye Protection More Chair Company Elkhart Indiana Posture Chairs for Office and Factory City Dual Parking Meter Company Oklahoma Parking Meter Equipment Donald S. Duncan Inc. Chicago Ill City Okla Parking Meter Equipment \ Eagle Signal Corporation Moline Ill Traffic Signals 480 - Twenty National Safety Congress Elliott Service Company New York City Elimination of Waste Promotion of Efficiency and Fairway Laboratories Inc. Belleville Ill fatigue and Heat Exhaustion Antidote Tablets Safety , and Dispensing Equipment Equipment General Electric Company Schenectady N. Y. Electrical Equipment Louis Gerber New York City BOON the Glove Invisible Wis Harley Davidson Motor Company Milwaukee Wis Police Motorcycles and Equipment The Highway Safety Signal Company Baltimore Md Double Filament Traffic Lamps and Color Design Traffic Holcomb Safety Garment Company Chicago Ill Industrial Safety Clothing Hoof Products Company Chicago Ill Motor Vehicle Speed Control Governors Huntington Laboratories Inc. Huntington Ind Disinfecting and Sanitation Products Hynson Westcott & Dunning Inc. Baltimore Md Mercurochrome Antiseptic for First Aid Application Lenses Indian Motorcycle Company Springfield Mass Police Motorcycles and Equipment Industrial Gloves Corporation Danville Ill Steel Grip Gloves and Safety Apparel Industrial Products Company Philadelphia l'a . Accident Prevention Equipment International Shoe Company St. Louis Mo. Safety Shoes Keystone Coat & Apron Manufacturing Corporation Philadelphia Pa Service Uniforms for Industrial Purposes Keystone View Company Meadville Pa Visual Safety Tests Walter Kidde & Company Inc. New York City Fire Extinguishing Systems and Portable Extinguishers Walter Legge Company New York City Compounds for Cleaning and Treating Flours Lehigh Safety Shoe Company Allentown Pa Leather and Rubber Safety Shoes Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Roston Mass Automobile and Industrial Safety Service The Lima Cord Sole & Heel Co Lima Ohio Non Soles and Heels .. Liquid Carbonic Corporation Chicago 111 Fumigant for Infestation Control Macwhyte Company Kenosha Wis Wire Rope and Braided Slings Martindale Electric Company Cleveland Ohio Dust Respirators and Highway Safety Signals Metropolitan Life Insurance Company New York City Insurance Industrial Group etc. Milburn Company Detroit Mich Protective Creams for Prevention of Occupational Mine Safety Appliances Company Pittsburgh l'a Safety Appliances and First Materials Skin Diseases Safety Equipment Section 487 Monarch Governor Company Detroit Mich Automobile Speed Control Devices Underwriters National Bureau of Casualty & Surety Casualty Insurance New York City National Carbon Company Inc. New York City Equipment for Battery Operated Devices National Safety Council Inc. Chicago Ill nS Poster Bureau of Information Research and Education Divisions Parkrite Corporation Houston Tex Parking Meter Equipment Patent Scaffolding Company Chicago Ill Safety Ladders and Scaffolds Protectoseal Company Chicago Ill Safety Devices for Hazardous Liquids Pulmosan Safety Equipment Corporation Brooklyn N. Y. Respiratory Protection and General Safety Equipment Pyrene Manufacturing Company Newark N. J. Fire Protection Equipment Railway and Industrial Engineering Co. Greensburg Interlocking Systems Reece Wooden Sole Shoe Company Inc. Columbus Wooden Sole Safety Shoes Rose Manufacturing Company Denver Colo Ladder Shoes Window Cleaners Safety Belts Pa Neb Safeguard Electric Company Inc. Brooklyn N. Y. Shockproof Portable Lamp Guards York Safety Engineering Alfred M. Best Company Inc. New City Safety Engineering Insurance Publications and Reports Safety Equipment Service Company Cleveland Ohio _ Equipment Goggles and All Types of Accident Prevention Safety First Shoe Company Holliston Mass Safety Shoes Safety Shoe Company New York City Safety Shoes W. H. Salisbury & Company Inc. Chicago Ill Linemen's Rubber Protective Devices - W. W. Sly Manufacturing Co. Cleveland Ohio Dust Control Equipment & Respiratory Protective Devices Spencer Turbine Company Hartford Conn Heavy Duty Vacuum Cleaners and Dust Collecting Equipment Ill Standard Safety Equipment Company Chicago Dust Protective and Safety Equipment Stonehouse Signs Inc. Denver Colo Accident Prevention Signs and Tags Strauss Company Inc. Pittsburgh Pa Safety Belts Foot Guards Safety Hats Sugar Beet Products Company Saginaw Mich Company Industrial Soaps Surety Rubber Company Cartollton Ohio Linemen's Safety Equipment and Synthetic Rubber Industrial Equipment John S. Tilley Ladder Company Inc. Watervliet N. Y Safety Ladders and Scaffolding Traffic Toy Inc. Canton Ohio Traffic Warning Signs 488 Twenty National Safety Congress U. S. Steel Corporation & Subsidiaries Pittsburgh Pa Steel Products and Cement Weaver Manufacturing Springfield Ill Automotive Testing Equipment West Disinfecting Company Long Island City N. Y. Products for the Promotion of Sanitation Willson Products Inc. Reading Pa Personal Protective Devices