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FILE NAME Brakes BRK DATE 1941 DOC BRK009 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION US Dept of Labor - Occupation Hazards and Diagnostic Signs - Asbestos UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FRANCES PERKINS Secretary DIVISION OF LABOR STANDARDS VERNE A. ZIMMER Director + OCCUPATION HAZARDS AND DIAGNOSTIC SIGNS A Guide to Impairments To Be Looked for in Hazardous Occupations Revision of Bureau of Labor Statistics Bulletin No. 582 By LOUIS I. DUBLIN Third Vice President and Statistician & \ and ROBERT J. VANE Supervisor of Occupational Ratings Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Bulletin No. 41 _ United States Government Printing Office Washington : 1941 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents Washington D. " + = ee Price 10 cents Loe Mest -x, diminished 5 achine opera- makers rizers Loue wder makers Foundry) 1nrtakers Ps rkers usive workers ate makers ) workers orkers ificial makers TS US Kers ..tirers , construction TS barrel workers nstruction work- . Free Silica u found in some e benign fibrosis' of various dusts aders rubber ating work- tion workers kers ill openers o mixers men clay and 1 ss workers makers Mid makers d cutters ~ rock Hypers -wheel makers ers stationary ers LIST OF HAZARDS SYMPTOMS ETC. 25 Mica strippers or splitters Sandpaper makers Fertilizer makers Saw filers Mica workers File cutters Mineral workers Sawyers stone Filers Scissors sharpeners stationary Firemen ) Miners Scouring makers Mixers rubber ) Flint workers workers workers Scrapers foundry Flue cleaners Mixing Screen workers lead and foundry Foundry workers miscellaneous Mold breakers ) zine smelting Furnace workers Sifters Glass blowers Molders foundry Sintering workers Paint removers Glass cutters Slag workers Glass finishers Paper hangers Slate workers furnace workers Phosphate workers Planer stone Slip makers pottery Glass mixers Smelter workers Glaze mixers pottery metal Smoothers glass Gold beaters Plasterers of Paris workers Soap abrasive workers Gold refiners Plaster Pneumatic workers Stamp workers Graphite workers Polishers metal Statuary workers Grinders metals Stokers Grinding wheel makers Polish makers Stone artificial makers Gypsum workers Pottery workers Pouncers felt hats Stonecutters Horn workers Stonemasons Insulation sound heat Printers Stone workers ; Putty makers Irwonoraknedrssteel mill work- Putty polishers glass Street cleaners Street repairers ers Pyrites burners Sugar refiners Jewelers Quarrymen Sulphur burners Junk metal refiners Road repairers workers Table turners enamel- material Jute workers Lapidaries Lime burners Lime chargers Lime workers Linoleum makers Lithographers Marble cutters Masons factory workers Metal turners Rubber workers Sagger makers Salt preparers Sand blasters Sanders machine opera- tors Sandpaperers enameling and painting auto bod- ies etc. ing Talc workers ( Textile comb makers \. Tile makers Toolmakers Top fillers foundry Tumbling workers Tunnel workers Weighers 4. Asbestos SYMPTOM CONDITION OR DISEASE TO LOOK FOR expansion Cough dyspnea pallor clubbing of fingers diminished chest expansion OCCUPATIONS WHICH OFFER SUCH EXPOSURE Asbestos miners products Crushers asbestos work | Fiberizers asbestos ) Miners asbestos ers Brake makers Carders asbestos Cobbers asbestos Molders asbestos material asbes- tos workers Spinners asbestos Textile asbestos ers Weavers asbestos work- F. Infections principal both localized and systemic are frequently of occupa- Infections infections undulant fever and septic tional origin Anthrax fungus A brief summary of the symptoms infections are typical examples in which infection is of these diseases and the occupations Other infectious diseases likely to occur aroef gmievnetnioinn atrheislissteecdtbieonlow especially worthy Butchers animal handlers Butcher's pemphigus neeeeecneene Butchers button makers cooks fish Erysipeloid handlers meat inspectors au : | : i r # 4 i i Be er pen OT Oo ents ema rng an nertmon sage acersyn