Document nzak844mng198ZGVYJbQQa1X
FILE NAME: Pennsylvania (PA) DATE: 1942 July DOC#: PAO14 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: PA Labor & Industry Review
mmm
S9usEsvS-BH SBS
J
!
LIi
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page E xecutive P ersonnel of D epa rtm en t............................................. 2
P ledge of Allegiance to Our F lag .................................................. 3
F oreword ................................................................................................... 7 Lewis G. Hines, Secretary of Labor and Industry
H einz Is R e a d y .............................................................................................. 8 By C. C. Ruddick, Safety Engineer, H. J. Heinz Co., Pitts burgh
P ennsylvania E dison's Safety P rogram *...................................... 15 By Paul R. Kuhn, Safety Engineer, Pennsylvania Edison Company, Altoona, Pennsylvania
P ennsylvania I ndustrial Safety Co n fer en c e............................. 17
Opening by Harry D. Immel, Director of Inspection............... 17
Address of Welcome by Lewis G. Hines, Secretary of Labor and Industry ................................................................................ 18
"Labor Enlists" by Robert J. W att of A F L ............................... 20
"Woman's Place in War Production" by Lucy 0 . Norton, G. E. at E r ie ................................................................................. 23
"Safety Salesmanship" by Richard C. Borden of The Borden Company ....................................................................................... 27
"Production for War" by Ross L. Leffler, Pittsburgh............... 28
"Safety's Relation to Compensation" by Dr. Arthur Hallam Reede, The Pennsylvania State C o lleg e................................. 30
"Light on the Safety Problem" by A. K. Gaetjens, G. E. at Cleveland ...................................................................................... 33
"Safety Follows the Flag" by Marcelo P. Bueno of the Phil ippines ........................................................................................... 37
"Air Raid Protection" by Captain Donald S. Leonard, Special Consultant to Director of Civilian Defense, Wash ington, D. C.................................................................................... 41
TABI.K OF CONTENTS--Continued
Page T houghts P ertinent to t h e I nflux of W omen into P ennsyl
vania's I ndustries .............................................................................. 45
2
By Charles-Francis Long, M. D ., Medical Director, Bayuk
Cigars Inc.
3 Safety at Ow ens- I llinois Can C ompany (M cKees Rocks P la n t) 49
7
Safety P rogram of th e G eneral E lectric Company, E rie
Works, E rie, P a...................................................................................... 51
By M. C. Goodspeed, Safety Engineer
8 Pennsylvania W omen on t h e P roduction L i n e ............................
By Mary Rice Morrow, Director of the Bureau of Women
and Children and Hours and Minimum Wages
15 Need for W artime C onservation of I ndustrial M a n po w e r ----- 61
By William H. Chcsnut, Director of Workmen's Compen
sation and Secretary of the Workmen's Compensation
17
Board
17
Safety's C learing H o u s e ............................
Bureau of Research and Information
18
Pennsylvania Community Safety C ontest-- 1 9 4 1 .........
By Harry D . Immcl, Director, Bureau of Inspection 20
Safety F irst--A B yword in R eh a b ilita tio n .................................. 70
By Mark M. Walter, Director, Bureau of Rehabilitation 23
Safety at U nemployment C ompensation
27
T he 1941 Accident P revention C ontest
28
T in s I s AVh at T h ey Say
I ndustrial B oard M eetings 30
List of D epartment P ublications
33
Organization C hart of t h e D epartment
37
41
LIST OF DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS, JULY 1, 1942
The following publications of the Department of Labor and In dustry are available free of charge, unless a price is indicated. Re quests for free publications should be made to the Department of Labor and Industry, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Requests for copies for which a charge is made should be addressed to Bureau of Publi cations, Division of Documents, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
SAFETY REGULATIONS
Abrasive and Polishing Wheels, 1937 Affecting Employment of Minors, 1939 Affecting Employment of Women, 1941 Bedding and Upholstery, 1939 Boilers, 1938--Price $1.00 Brewing and Bottling, 1939 Canneries, 1937 Cereal Mills, Malt Houses and Grain Elevators, 1939 Compressed Air Apparatus, 1941 Construction and Repairs, 1940 Cranes and Hoists, 1940 Dry Color Industry, 1940 Elevators, Escalators, Dumbwaiters and Hoists, 1939--Price $.10 Electric Safety, 1939--Price, $.20 Explosives, Storage, Handling, and Use of, 1941 Foundries, 1937 Head and Eye Protection, 1942 Health and Accident Hazards in Tunnel Construction, 1941 Hours Provisions of the Woman's Law, 1938 Industrial Home Work, 1938 Industrial Lighting, 1940 Industrial Sanitation, 1940 Labor Camps, 1939 Ladders, 1940 Laundries, 1937 Lead Corroding and Lead Oxidizing, 1937 Logging, Sawmill, Woodworking, Veneer and Cooperage Operations,
1937 Machine Tools, 1938 Manufacture of Nitro and Amido Compounds, 1938 Manufacture, Storage and Transportation of Fireworks, 1938--Price
$.10 Mechanical Power Transmission Apparatus, 1941 Mines Other Than Coal Mines, 1940--Price $.10 Miscellaneous Hazards and Conditions of Employment, 1941 Paint Grinding, 1937 Pits and Quarries, 1939--Price $.10 Plants Manufacturing or Using Explosives, 1940 Plant Railways, 1937
104
Power, Foot ai Printing and A Protection iron
Class I Bi Class II Bi Class III Bi Class IV Bi Construction
Systems, l 1 Construction
1941 Fireproofing, Grandstands, Operation of Storage and
Film, 1930 Specification: Railings, Toe B Safe Practices Spray Coating, Stationary Eng Textile Industr Trenches and I Tunnel Constri Unfired Pressui Window Cleani
Bulletin No. 5 Laws Ac' 1938 e 13 The Per 1926 15 Safety C 18 Opportui Eight 27 History < 29 Hours ai 192931 Hours a: dustry 33 How Ms 35 Hours a: Indust
I'LY 1, 1942 Labor and In-
3 indicated. Rei Department of quests for copies Bureau of Publivania.
39-- Price $.10
tion, 1941
b o r a g e Operations, \8
reworks, 1938--Price 11 oyment, 1941 D
L ist of D epartment P ublications
105
Power, Foot and Hand Cold Metal Presses, 1940
Printing and Allied Industries, 1938 Protection from Fire and Panic:
Class I Buildings (Factories, School, Public Buildings, etc.), 1940 Class II Buildings (Theatres and Motion Picture Theatres), 1941 Class III Buildings (Places of Public Assembly), 1941 Class IV Buildings (Apartment Houses, etc.), 1941 Construction, Installation and Maintenance of Emergency Lighting
Systems, 1941 Construction, Installation and Maintenance of Fire Alarm Systems,
1941 Fireproofing, 1941 Grandstands, 1941 Operation of Motion Picture Projectors, 1940 Storage and Handling of Photographic and X-ray Nitrocellulose
Film, 1930
Specifications for Standard Fire Escapes, 1941
Railings, Toe Boards, Open-Side Floors, Platforms and Runways, 1940
Safe Practices Recommendations, 1930
Spray Coating, 1941
Stationary Engines, 1940
Textile Industries, 1941
Trenches and Excavations, 1939
Tunnel Construction and Work in Compressed Air, 1941--Price $.15
Unfired Pressure Vessels, 1938--Price $.15 Window Cleaning, 1939
SPECIAL BULLETINS
Bulletin No.
(In ordering, specify Special Bulletin)
5 Laws Administered by the Department of Labor and Industry, 1938 edition
13 The Personnel Policies of Pennsylvania Department Stores,
1926
15 Safety Organizations and Accident Statistics, 1929--Price $.10
18 Opportunities and Conditions of Work for Minors Under Eighteen in the Glassware Industry, 1927
27 History of Child Labor Legislation in Pennsylvania, 1928
29 Hours and Earnings of Men and Women in the Silk Industry. 1929--Price $.20
31 Hours and Earnings of Men and Women in the Hosiery In dustry, 1930--Price $.10
33 How Many Are Jobless in Pennsylvania, 1931
35 Hours and Earnings of Men and Women in the Knit Goods Industry, 1931---Price $.10
1
106
P ennsylvania L abor and I ndustry R eview
36 Women Workers After a Plant Shutdown, 1933
37 Asbestosis, Part I, 1934
38 Report of Governor's Commission to Investigate Special Polic ing in Industry, 1934
39 Pennsylvania Labor and Industry in the Depression, 1931-1934 42 Asbestosis, Parts II and III, 1935 44 Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, 1935-1936
45 Earnings of Women Workers in Pennsylvania Manufacturing, With Special Reference to the Clothing Industry, 1938
47 Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, 1937-1938
48 Department of Labor and Industry's 1939 Accident-Prevention Contest
49 Department of Labor aad Industry's 1940 Accident-Prevention Contest
50 Organization and Functions of the Department of Labor and Industry, 1942
51 Department of Labor and Industry's 1941 Accident-Prevention Contest.
PERIODIC PUBLICATIONS D epartment R eport
Pennsylvania Labor and Industry Review (quarterly)
I ndustrial Statistics Building Operations in Pennsylvania Municipalities (monthly) Changes in Cost of Living in Pennsylvania (quarterly) Employment and Payrolls in Pennsylvania Industries (monthly) Industrial Injuries in Pennsylvania (monthly) Industrial Injuries in Pennsylvania (yearly)
Labor R elations Report of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (annual)
Safety
Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Industrial Safety Conference, 1942 (annual)
Unemployment Compensation Pennsylvania Employment (monthly) Reference Library Bulletin (monthly) Report of Activities (weekly) Trends and Totals, a Summary of Activities Veterans Placement Activities (monthly) Weekly Financial Summary
(monthly)
L ie
Workmen's Compei Workmen's Coi Volumes 11 Volume X ` Volume XI Volume X Volume XI Volume X Volume X Workmen's Co; Volumes F Volumes X Volume X 1 Volume X' Volume X
MIS
Bedding and Upho Kapok Feathers and E Hair and Its S The Sterilizatic
Child Workers Child Workers dents to R4
Employment Employment C Part I. Esti Hours for Sixl January 1935 t Part II. Sue for Sixty-Five December 194( Part III. Av and Average H 1935 to 1940, i Employment 1 Thirty Thousa
I ndustrial H omew Industrial Hon Three Cents ai work in Pi
Labor R elations Rules and Reg 1940
- Special Policision, 1931-1934 ry, 1935-1936 Manufacturing, stry, 1938 try, 1937-1938 ident-Prevention :ident-Prcvenlion nt of Labor and W fcnt-P re volition
)
larterly)
ilities (monthly) arterly) idustries (monthly)
^ ^ d (annual)
iafety Conference,
s (monthly)
L ist of D epartment P uulications
107
Workmen's Compensation Workmen's Compensation Board Decisions (annual) Volumes III to XVII inc......................... .................. (each) 8.75 Volume X V III ........................................................................ 1.00 Volume X I X ............................................................................. 2.15 Volume X X ............................................................................. 2.25 Volume X X I ............................................................................. 1.50 Volume X X II ........................................................................ 2.10 Volume X X I I I - ...................................................................... 3.00 Workmen's Compensation Court Decisions (annual) Volumes IV to XIV inc...............................................(each) $.75 Volumes X V and X V I ..............................................(each) 1.00 Volume X V I I ........................................................................... 1.60 Volume X V I I I ......................................................................... 1.65 Volume X IX .......................................................................... 2.25
MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS
Bedding and U pholstery Kapok Feathers and Down Hair and Its Substitutes The Sterilization of Bedding and Upholstery Materials
Child Workers Child Workers in Pennsylvania, an Analysis of Industrial Acci dents to Minors, 1934-1939 (published in 1940)
Employment Employment Conditions in Pennsylvania Industries: Part I. Estimates of Total Employment, Payrolls and ManHours for Sixty-Five Industry Groups, for Each Month From January 1935 to December 1940, inc. Part II. Summary of Index Numbers (Base 1935-1939 = 100) for Sixty-Five Industries, by Month, From January 1935 to December 1940, inc. Part III. Average Weekly Earnings, Average Hourly Earnings, and Average Hours Worked per Employe for the Six-Year Period, 1935 to 1940, inc. Employment Trends in Philadelphia, 1933 Thirty Thousand in Search of Work, 1933
Industrial H omework Industrial Homework in Pennsylvania, 1937 Three Cents an Hour, an Intimate Picture of Industrial Home work in Pennsylvania, 1936
Bador Relations Rules and Regulations of Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board, 1940