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the Petroleum Engineer
Management Edition
Exploration--Drilling--Producing Refining--Petrochemicals--Gas Processing OR and Gas Pipelining
MAY, 1955 VOLUME XXVII NUMBER 5
General
U. $. Companies Pass $5 Billion Mark
for Annual Capital Expenditures...........................v....A-63 Ernestine Adams
Industrial Hygiene in the Petroleum Industry....................E-2 A. C. Pabst
Atomic Energy Versus Oil........................................................ E-9 Walter G. Whitman
Can You TAX Petroleum Out of the Market?....................E-l 3
Exploration .. Drilling .. Producing
Future Possibilities in the Appalachian Basin................. B-32 Earl H. Linn
Photocopying Replaces Hand-Drafting............................... B-37 B. Osborne Prescott
Bottom Hole Heaters............................................................ B-41 K. G. Parrent
Plastic Pipe Proving Itself................................................... B-46
Development of Natural Gas Fields of
Eastern Kentucky ......... ................................................ B-47
Coleman D. Hunter
Diatomaceous Earth Filtration of Water
,
for Sub-Surface Injection...................................
B-57
A. F. Alciatore, M. B. Harris. W. E. Wallin
Waterflooding Act'vit'es in the KMA Fieid...................... B-64
R. P. Dobyns, C. T. Burchett, Jr., D. S. McBride, R. R. Darner
Hydraulic Tongs................................................................... B-7S Jerry Stumm
Nesson Anticline Winter Drilling Operations......................B-77 B. J. Sinex
Hydrafrac Success ............................................................... B-81 Jack Menneer
Your Lease Can Be a Producer's Pr'de
Through Properly Scheduled Maintenance....................B-90 F. W. Robson
Shell Exploration in Venezuela.......................................... B-93
Pressure Build-up Curves Show Oil-in-Place..................B-103 J. Randolph Buck
Surfactants Influence on Flood Recovery...................... B-114
Charles P. Milner, Harry H. Power
DRILLING FUNDAMENTALS
Communications ................................................ W. R. Harrington
..B-100 .
Refining.. Petrochemicals.. Gas Processing
Program of API Midyear Meeting, Division of Refining........ C-6
Refining Fundamentals ......................................................C-ll V. A. Kalichevsky
Hydrocarbon Analysis Made More Accurate, Speedy........ C-l 7 Walter J. Podbielniak, S. T. Preston
How Radio Helps Refinery Operation................................. C-26 Paul A. Greenmeyer
Atomic Energy Will Not Oust Petroleum.......................... C-S4
Plastics in Perspective........................................................C-37 George Barsky
Multiple Viscosity Motor Oils Analyzed.............................C-45 Eugene B. Brien
Compact Design For New Oil Extractor.............................C-49 Collin M. Doyle, Edward Rauch
Highest NGAA Award Goes to Pioneer
Designing Engineer ........................................................ C-52 Petrochemicals Unlimited from Ethane,
Propane, Butanes .......................................................... C-53 Peter W. Sherwood
Refin:ng and Petrochemical D'rectory of
Eng:neering-Construction Firms ................................... C-65
D'rect Oxidat'on of Ethylenes to Ethylene Oxide.............C-71 Ralph Landeatt
Techn'cal Forum
Purification of Butadiene...............................................C-44
Gasoline Surveys..................................................... C-48, C-7S
Oil.. Gas.. Products Pipelining
Advances in Multi-Channel
Microwave Commun'cations .......................................D-20
E. P. Elmore. Jr.
New Depreration Methods for
Equipment Investments................................................. D-3i
Perry Schwartz
River Cross'nqs in New Dress............................................D-38
J. R. Sellers, S. J. Brady
Radar Profil'ng ...................................
D-42
W. C. Eddy
Communicatin' System Designed for Automation........ D-47
Sv Orlofsky
Reclaim T*-at GWcol!........ ..................................................D-55
O. G. Howe
Instrumentat'on Makes Austin Field
Dehydrat'on Plant's Funct'ons SafeEffic'ent................ D-58
Viscosity and Flu'd Fr'd'on Calculation Fundamenta!s....D-62
Carl W. Boegehold
Shortcuts far F'eH Calculations........................................D-68
J. W. J. Bercher
The Maintenance Suoervisor...............................................D-7S
R. R. Bessler
Transco to Install First Engine-Centrifugal Station............D-77
Dean Hale
New Bridge Des'qn for Tough Rivers...............................D-80
Dean Hale
Locate RigM-of-Way the Modern Way.............................D-82
J. H. Mitchell
Bosun's Cha'r Makes Bridge Maintenance Easier Task......D-86 C. Thompson
In the Good Oide Days When Pipeliners
Fought Fire with Cannon Fire........................................ D-88
Letters .......................... ...... A-Z Course of Oil............. ...... A-A
Pr^m B^'e Sky to Blue Chips
Advertisers' Index .. ...... A-6
Highlights .................. .... A-10
Petroleum Profile ........ A-14 A. W. Peake
Meetings .................... ...A-Z1
Drilling News
and Comment ......... B-3
Exploration Activities..!-! ZZ What's Doing
In Drilling? ........ ...-t26 Running Tour With Men
In the Industry.... ....*-130 Refining News
and Comment .... .........C-3
FEATURES
Refining and
Petrochemical
Personals ...................C-7G Pipe Line News
and Comment ........ .....0-3 Pipe Line Developments..D-5 Pipe Line Personals...... D-94 Pipe Line Contractors..D-100 Pipe Line Projects.........D-102
Women at Work.......... ...E-14 Maryann Dvngan Carmen Walker
General Personals ..... ...l-U
Deaths ........................ ...E-17
The Petroleum Engineer's Con tinuous Tables ..... ...D-19 (Installment No. 210)
Rooks .......................... ...E-Z4 Laugh With Barney... E-ZS Dll and Gas
Trade News .......... ...E-Z9 Trade Personals ....... ...1-34 New Equipment ....... ...1-41 New literature .......... ...1-47
The Petroleum Engineer, published monthly, August through June, semi-monthly in July, by The Petroleum Engineer Publishing Company, SOO Davis Building, Dallas 2, Texas. Subscription rate to the Petroleum Industry, United States and Foreign, $5.00 per year, $8.00 for two years; $1.00 for single copy. Entered as second-class mall matter May 1, 1932, at the post office in Dallas. Texas, under the act of March 3, 1879.
Tool of the industrial hygienist: The midget impinger, an instru ment which draws a measured volume of air through a trap containing a liquid collecting medium. Here, the midget im pinger is being used to sample atmospheric concentration of toxic dust.
INDUSTRIAL
HYGIENE in the Petroleum Industry
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A. C. Pabst, industrial hygienist, Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc., is called in at the blueprint stage where basic hygiene meas ures can be incorporated into plants, processing units and other installations, helping to save time, money and problems for management.
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A. C. Pabst
T HE petroleum industry has made re
markable and enviable progress not only in developing new and better products, but equally in anticipating market demands in terms of both qual ity and quantity. It has an extraordinary record for providing the customer with what he wants, where and when he wants it. New processing methods have been necessary, of course, to achieve these results.
Many of these processing methods represent highly complex chemical op erations that present problems and situ ations new to the industry. With fore sight and planning, the petroleum in dustry is solving these problems, and, in fact, anticipating situations so that they do not become problems. To ac complish this, comparatively new sci ences like health engineering are studied with the same zeal as other types of research. Practically unknown 20 years ago, today's occupational health includes the fields of industrial hygiene ancj industrial medicine.
Because industrial hygiene is one of the newest phases, many people do not know the meaning of the term, or the functions of the industrial hygienist. Nevertheless, the safeguarding of in dustrial health already is on a business basis, with labor and management recognizing its importance. Govern ment, too, takes an active interest, and 19 states have health department rules on industrial hygiene. Today, there are only about 800 industrial hygienists in the United States, and a large number of this group are not in industry, but are working for the federal govern ment or state departments.
People hearing the word "hygiene" usually recall they had a hygiene course in high school which dealt with per-
sonal habits such as bathing, cleaning
the fingernails, teeth, etc., and im- jp|
mediately jump to the conclusion that
an industrial hygienist in industry must
be interested in keeping employees |||
clean. In my first visit to many of our . |||
refineries, it seemed that I was always \
taken first to the locker rooms and
toilets to inspect shower and lavatory %
facilities. Of course, industrial hygien- |||
ists are interested in the employee's ,|j|
cleanliness as it is necessary to protect Tis|
his health, but their primary interest is *1
not in sanitary facilities. They are more !j|
interested in keeping an employee's
lungs, skin, and other organs free from
exposure to hazardous gases, liquids, I||
dusts, and other harmful substances. j|
The petroleum industry is becoming |f|
increasingly involved in the handling jji|
of all kinds of chemicals having various I a
degrees of physiological effects on man. j |
These chemicals might be described by
quoting from a publication issued by duPont's Haskell Laboratory of Toxi- t||
cology."
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"It Takes All Sorts"
"Chemicals, like people, can be mild, fractious and often exas perating.
"Like people, chemicals are of many types and dispositions. Most are uncomplaining, law-abiding citizens who present no special problems. Some are unstable and unpredictable. Some are out-andout neurotics, requiring a sharp and observant discipline. Others, harmless by themselves, may be influenced by bad company. Still others are troublemakers in soli tary, but docile and helpful in tandem. Some are just plain bad actors."
THE PETROLEUM ENGINEER, May, 1955
Many of the compounds with which thte petroleum industry is concerned are new or are being studied more fully. The industry's concept of in dustrial hygiene compares favorably, however, with similar activities in chemical and other industries, which have worked many years on these prob
lems. The advent of catalytic cracking re
sulted in the production and handling of aromatic hydrocarbons with health problems similar to those long asso ciated with the coal-tar industry. The use of new chemical catalysts, inhibi tors, and other chemical compounds creates health problems that the chem ical industries have faced for years. To illustrate this trend we need only look at the modern gasolines, fuel oils and motor oils. Years ago motor oils were practically 100 per cent petroleum in nature with little, if any, additives; today they contain up to 15 to 20 per cent of chemicals, additives and in hibitors. This trend doubtless will con tinue because there is no question that additives contribute much to improve performance characteristics. With every change in formulation, any busi ness makes careful studies regarding the health and safety of personnel and customers. Problems that may arise
are solved, many of them by industrial hygiene.
Hygiene is defined as that branch of medical science that relates to preser vation of health, and therefore, indus trial hygiene may be defined as the science of prevention and control of oc cupational illness. It resolves itself into the problem of looking for any factors or conditions in work places that could cause or contribute to illness or serious discomfort of employees, and of de
vising the methods and means of elimi. nating or controlling such conditions. : The typical industrial hygienist
usually started out as a chemist or : chemical engineer who became in
terested in and studied toxicological r effects of chemicals on man. Conse
quently, he has a good background of chemistry and engineering combined ' with some medical knowledge--a sort - ef one-third doctor, one-third engineer, > tad one-third chemist. His objectives trethe protection and improvement of ; the health and safety of workers in the industrial environment from all manner nf harmful exposures related to occu pation. In the petroleum industry, infljiBtrial hygienists usually function as
IjE important part of the medical deI'krtment and in close collaboration with the safety department for the pro Igction of employees.
Basically, the practice of industrial hygiene in the petroleum industry is the
" je as in any other industry, and it be boiled down to four general
1. A knowledge of the toxicology of chemicals and materials.
2. A review of all chemicals or ma terials used or produced, how handled and the tabulation of toxic or potentially hazardous substances.
3. The measurement of worker ex posure to toxic substances.
4. The recommendation and instal lation of adequate control meas ures and the evaluation of the effectiveness of such corrective steps where indicated.
Toxicology of Chemicals
In regard to Item 1, the toxicology of chemicals, it is difficult to give an adequate definition of a toxic material because practically anything can be safe or harmful depending upon how it is used or where it is used. For example, air and water are not regarded as harmful, but both are quite deadly under certain conditions--air if in jected into the blood stream and water if introduced into the lungs. In the same manner, the use of carbon tetra chloride in a process having proper ventilation would not be hazardous, while the use of carbon tetrachloride for mopping floors would be quite dan gerous. In other words, a toxic ma
terial may be hazardous or non-
hazardous, depending on the conditions
of its use.
In regard to toxicology, there are
three ways in which a harmful sub
stance can cause adverse effects upon
man:
_
1. It can be ingested or swallowed.
2. It can come into direct contact
with the skin or parts of the
body.
3. It can be inhaled as a gas, vapor,
mist, or dust.
Ingestion
Fortunately, petroleum materials are not commonly or intentionally taken in ternally and therefore, trouble from this is rather rare in a refinery, although it occasionally does occur unknowingly. I recall watching a worker who had been complaining of stomach trouble,
whose duties involved the compound ing of litharge or lead oxide in a doc tor solution--this man proceeded to empty the bags of litharge into an out door mixing tank and, because of the dust and mists generated, he correctly wore a respirator. Of course, his hands were covered with lead oxide, and to my amazement, the first thing he did when he came down from the catwalk was to take from his lunch box an orange which he started to peel and eat, probably one of the most effective ways to get lead poisoning.
When petroleum products get to the consumers, ingestion is more frequent, but nearly always its occurence is a result of carelessness or mishandling. Small children whose parents care lessly leave products within easy reach may have unhappy experiences. We have had hurry calls from doctors in volving children drinking kerosine or such products as penetrating oil and fly sprays. Sometimes adults are even worse. There are cases of anti-freeze poisoning, drinking of brake fluid and one, I recall, of a radiator flush that contains muriatic acid and chlorinated hydrocarbons. This occurred despite the fact that the product was fully labeled, including poison warning with skull and cross bones.
It should be emphasized that hardly a substance exists that is not capable of producing adverse effects on the human body if taken in sufficient quantity or
TABLE 1. Average effect of alcohol level in blood.*
Ounces of whiskey
consumed in 1 far % alcohol
or less
in blood
X 0.01
1 0.02
2-3 0.05
5-0 0 1 8 0.15
10 0.2 16 0.3 24 0.4- 0.5
30 0.5- 0.7
^ #. Behavior
Normal
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Keeling of warmth,
pleasant social behavior.
Judgment blunted,-
Hoastful, impulsive,
(Officially still sober.
Kumbiing, staggering gait,
clumsiness, slurred speech.
(HEcially drunk.
Responses and motor
coordination strongly
affected.
Helpless, nausea
fttupor
(!oma *
#
l^aralysis of the respir-
story center--Death.
Pflrer Spectrum, JAMA, March 27, 1954.
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Problem for the industrial hygienist: Instructing employees in the proper handling of toxic materials. This posed shot represents an actual instance where a worker, handling lead oxide, neglected to wash his hands before eating. If his careless habit had not been corrected, he would have had a real health problem.
It should be a part of any occupational health program to educate X
employees in the correct handling of materials and to warn of the :*
hazards of excessive exposure. Here, a kettle is being charged ft
with a chemical which generates toxic dust. Note use of respirator, ft
gloves, ventilating equipment, and coverall.
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under wrong circumstances. Even com mon table salt is toxic if taken in suffi cient amounts. It is reported that many years ago, the Chinese used table salt as a means of committing suicide. Every chemical, therefore, has a non toxic dose and at toxic dose. This can be well illustrated by Table 1 on a widely used commodity.
Skin and Body Contact
In the petroleum industry, skin con
tact is not generally experienced to the
extent that it is, for example, in the
metalworking industries where a daily
eight-hour contact with cutting oils
often takes place. Cases of oil derma
titis are uncommon among our em
ployees but they are reported net in frequently among industrial users of
petroleum products.
It is definitely established that skin is not an impermeable barrier to chem ical substances. In fact, it is increas
ingly important as a route of absorp tion for many materials. Regarding ex ternal or local skin effects, chemicals
may be classified either as primary ir-
< ritants or sensitizing agents.
.
A primary irritant is a chemical that
may cause dermatitis in individuals, frequently after only one contact. It may have a strong chemical action,
like acid, alkalis, amines, etc., or it may
have a weak chemical action and re
quire prolonged contact to cause der
. matitis. Most petroleum hydrocarbons
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are primary irritants but are usually weak irritants since prolonged or ex tensive contact is generally required to cause skin irritation. The petroleum industry now is handling large quan tities of chemical additives and inhib itors, many of which are strong pri mary irritants and are active chemical compounds.
It should be a part of any occupa tional health program to educate em ployees in the correct handling of such materials and to warn of the hazards of exposure. Recommendations and in structions also are given for protective equipment like respirators, goggles, gloves, and aprons.
This applies to concentrated or un diluted inhibitors. Finished petroleum products should and usually do con tain such a small quantity of additives and in such dilution that there is scarcely more harm in the finished product than there would be from straight mineral oil itself.
Bizarre and erroneous conclusions sometimes are drawn in industrial der matitis cases as to their cause, even by those who should know better. I recall a case of a young man who worked in a gasoline station and developed a severe dermatitis. He went to a physi cian who made patch tests on him and found he had a sensitivity to special gasoline but practically no reaction to regular gasoline. Apparently, the physi cian had heard special gasoline con
tains a lot of lead because the case was diagnosed as resulting from an excess of lead tetraethyl in the special gaso line. We thought this strange because lead tetraethyl is not a primary skin irritant and never has been known to cause dermatitis, although it is known to be a poison and can be absorbed through the skin.
A review of records of gasoline ship ments into the particular area showed the regular gasoline actually contained the same or sometimes more lead than the special gasoline, clearly indicating that lead tetraethyl was not to blame, but that some other material was re sponsible, possibly the coloring agent.
Inhalation
Of the three avenues by which chem icals can be taken into the body, in- ij halation probably has received the most study and investigation because Tj it is the avenue of greatest importance "i in industrial operations. From a vast amount of research has come public#! tion of very useful data on safe human exposure levels known as Threshold' Limit Values or Maximum Allowable: Concentrations. This is a list of several' hundred commonly encountered chenK icals, solvents, dusts, etc., the toxi cology of which has been carefully studio! by medical research and in dustrial experience.
The list is compiled annually by American Conference of Governmental
THE PETROLEUM ENGINEER, May, 1955 m TH
Industrial Hygienists and is published
by the American Medical Association
' in AMA Archives of Industrial Hy
giene and Occupational Medicine. In
troductory paragraphs define the values
as follows:
.
"Values are given in the following
tabulation for the maximum average
atmospheric concentration of con
taminants to which workers may be
exposed for an eight-hour working
day without injury to health.
These values are based on the best
available information from indus
trial experience, from experimental
studies, and, when possible, from a
combination of the two. They are
not fixed values but are reviewed an
nually by the Committee on Thres
hold Limits for changes, revisions,
or additions as further information
becomes available. Threshold Limits
should be used as guides in the con
trol of health hazards and should
not be regarded as fine lines between
safe and dangerous concentrations.
They represent conditions only
They represent conditions only
within which it is felt that workers
may be repeatedly exposed, day after
day, without their health being ad
versely affected. It is felt, at the pres
ent time, that workers should not be
exposed to a working environment
containing any of these substances in
excess of the value indicated.
These values are not intended for
use, or for modification for use, in
the evaluation or control of com
munity air pollution or air pollution
nuisances."
A few of the materials encountered
in the petroleum industry and their
Threshold Limits are listed below:
- Gum and Vapors
Babetance
Parts per million
Benesene (bensol)......... ;.................... Carbon dioxide....................................
Carbon monoxide................................ Carbon tetrachloride........................... Gasoline.............................................. Hydrogen sulfide.................................
Naphtha (petroleum).......................... Octane.................................. .............
Sulfur dioxide......................................
35 6000
100 25 500 20
500
500
10
Toxic dusts, fumes, and mists
Substance
Milligrams per cubic meter
Iron oxide fume....................
L8eualfdu.r.i.c...a..c..i.d....................................................
15 0.15
1
Mineral dusts
Substance
Millions of particles
per cubic foot
Asbestoe..........................................
6
Dust (nuisance, no free silica).........
50
ilica
high (above 50% free 8i0a)..........
5
mlowed(iubmelo5wto(55%0%frfereeeSSiOiOj)t.)...................
20 60
Nineteen states observe Threshold Limit Values in their laws or regula tions, and more are sure to follow. In dustrial hygienists, as part of their duties, advise management of the ex istence of these requirements in order that precautionary measures may be taken to avoid excessive exposure of -personnel.
Industrial hygienists undertake meas
urement of air contaminants for com
pliance with states' codes. Even a com
mon material like gasoline has a maxi
mum safe level which is 500 parts per
million.
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The following are just a few of the
hazardous materials that are en
countered in petroleum refinery opera
tions:
terial by customers. However, this
quires extensive work, knowledge of'.f'j!
product, and toxicological informatida4 |
to determine what products must .be're
Hlabeled and how they should
labeled.
,
Prior to 1932, only a handful of pet* ||
sons were engaged in industrial hy-s
giene procedures. By the end Of -tfe|
next decade, there were industrial hy- '|^
Materials encountered in petroleum refinery operations
Respiratory irritant*
Acrolein Acetaldehyde Aluminum chloride
Ajninouia Asbeetoe
Ditertiary butyl para cresoi Dust*, physiologically inert, general Dusts, attapulgus clay Dusts, bauxite Dusts, catalyst Formaldehyde Fluorides Furfural Inhibitors Lime Nitrogen oxides Osone Pine oil Silica Smoke Sulfur dioxide Welding fumes
Toxic materials
Aniline, liquid Aniline, dyes Benzol (Beniene) Cadmium Carbon monoxide
Chlorinated hydrocarbons Chrome compounds Cobalt, metal Hydrogen eulfid** Inhibitors Lead, metal & fumes Lead, oxide, litharge Lead, tetraethyl Lead, soaps
Manganese
Mercury Methanol
Radioactive materials, genera] Toluol (Toluene)
Xylol (Xylene) Zinc
Skin irritant*
Coal-t ir compounds Cobalt, metafand compounds
Oils, g< nerai Oils, high boiling aromatic Oils, iraoluable cutting Pitch Solveuis Wax, untreated
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Product Labeling
One very important function of the
industrial hygienist in the petroleum
industry concerns precautionary label
ing of products. This is receiving more
emphasis as state after state passes la
beling regulations. One of the most re
cent is the State of New York, where on
February 26,1954, the Council on Pub
lic Health passed labeling regulations
which became effective August 26,
1954, as Chapter IX-A of the New
York State Sanitary Code. These label
ing regulations have the force and effect of law and require precautionary label
ing on any product that entails a haz ard in a reasonably anticipated use.
A hazard is defined as "the risk of
injury or illness which may be en countered during or as a result of any
reasonably anticipated type of handling
or use of a substance, or during its
specified use, if any, by reason of
toxicity of the substance through in
gestion, inhalation or absorption
through the skin, or due to its corro
siveness or irritating properties, or be
cause of its flammability or explosive
ness." Somewhat similar labeling regula
tions already exist in California, Illi nois, New Jersey, Oregon, and the
Territory of Hawaii and are in the making in many other states, so more
can be expected. Most state regulations
are guided by recommendations of the Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Inc., and with some exceptions, con formity in one state results in conform
ity in other states.
'
It is recognized that, as a rule, label
ing of many products is advisable and results in safer handling of the ma-
giene divisions in nearly every indus- | |
trial state, and in many insurance com- f1
panies. Industries themselves, however, |
have made the greatest expansion in in
dustrial hygiene units over the past 22-
year period. Today, in most large in- :
dustries, industrial hygiene is being con- ,;
ducted under the guidance of increas- ;
ingly well-trained, professional per- j
sonnel.
j
No longer is industrial hygiene seen :
by industry as an "aimless effort of in- j
tellectuals collecting bottles filled with |
nothing so that they can prepare long |
and useless discourses that few read |
or understand or would know what ac- 1
tion to take". Instead, the safeguarding j
of health is assuming a new signifi
cance. It not only saves time, money, |
and problems for management, but it | actually improves employee morale !
and efficiency by eliminating appre- f
hension in occupational environments, j
Instead of telling what mistakes have |
jbeen made and how to correct them
with costly changes, industrial hygien- |
ists now are called in at the blueprint |
stage where their ideas can be incor- ?
porated into factories, machines and
other installations to accomplish the j
most good easily and inexpensively.
1
Industrial hygiene at its best in the |
petroleum industry requires the co- | operation and skills of industrial physi- f
cians, industrial nurses, toxicologists, ;
chemists, safety men, and industrial hygienists working together as a team. American industry, particularly the oil
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industry, is aware of the benefits of j
more and better production derived |
from environmental control and health- |
promotional activities. It needs only to I
be guided in the application. * * * |
E-8 THE PETROLEUM ENGINEER, May, J 955