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SQAFETY O NEWSLETTER CHEMICAL manufacturers ASSOCIATION BfOl M BtrML NW Wsthlnown. DC *06*7 I0t/WT-I100 National Safety Council Ranks Chemical Industry Number One beceuceq , W84 J, M. NORWOOD According tb the National Safety Council's (NSC) 1984 edition of Work injury and Illness Rates# the chemical industry is the safest of 42 principal U.S. industries. This rating is based on the number of incidents of occupational illness and injury involving days away from work and deaths. We achieved first place in the 1984 rating based on our 1983 incidence rate of 0.53 cases per 100 full-time`employees. Compared with the average incidence rate of 2.20 cases for all industries, chemical workers are more than four times safer than the average U.S. industrial employee. The National Safety Council data reflects the ever-improving safety record of the chemical industry. In the 1982 rating in which we ranked first, our incidence rate was 0.74 cases. In 1983, although we ranked second after the aircraft industry, the chemical industry's incidence rate dropped to 0.64 cases. While the chemical industry's safety record has shown steady improvement, overall industry has not. NSC's 1964 report Indicates that the overall industry incidence of 2.20 cases per 100 full-time employees is up from the previous year when*the average incidence was 2.11 cases. The bar graph of incidence rates from the 1984 report is printed on the reverse side. For additional information call Robin Hertz at 202-887-1282. 11/19/84 AP00005213 1983 Incidence Rates* of Principal Industries Recordable Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Reporters to the Nations! Safety Council. Incidence Retes' eiwnmnwwmiwiinSievM -- Ienncimdernce fUtee' --an mi naanstcMiMH miKiMswune aiKUinKMi sjcacRfm--ta* a--mckj lOMKii! 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Staaktoaa SIC coda 4211, Source: T Work Injury g Illness Rates 1984 National Safety Council t Chemical Industry Keeps No. 1 Worker Safety Rating he chemical industry, tor the second According to the NSC's 1862 edition of Tyear In a row, provides the safest "Accident Facts," the chemical industry U.S. workplace according to the again ranks first among 42 basic U.S. National Safety Council's list of safest Ui.nSd.ustries in the lowest numbers of incidents industries. of occupational illness and injury involving 1981 incidence rates of principal industries Reporters to the Nations) Safety Council Incidence Rates* OUBNKUMOOS AwrMMHMraoecNs tttlfl BUMMI rrMnuBmni mu tunK.offnMca* mamotwa ftt&BBTtlCIDl fmaMsatinn mwn nrans tnu WTBWUS re niufta (MM tumcsmi aceor,EB.Dfcnc4 KUMUrUTMB maos gw mmfqhs nus. SUMS . roTumraiDt rennet rerun lit nuonim wmirasM wa (uno onto Mil MS MMunemu CKTMCKN sieteuruusT wtwmmrai m MtismnwtB iiuuancn aiuou lUNtnunw 'uNKurawun MtttBUMC BCUMNCM KJIMUB tworr L 0.74 (18)4 i 0,78 fl.11| I 6.11 (1,11) i c.ei (l.iei I Q.H (1.24) 11.6S (1.76) 11.14 (4.47) 11.11 (4X7) 11.11 (MO) lixiaxe 11X2 (8J7) |lX4 (144) 11.91 (6X7) h.7*(tl.SS| [ i.iB (ten 11.95(7X1) I Ml (6X1) I mi (taiio I i.r <s.n) ! 2J1 (1.27) | 2X6(4.97} [ 2.56 (,) [ 2,44 (T.M) I l.H (1.43) [ JM (9.16) Ml () 12.91 (10X9) 11.99(7X1) | Ml (11X6) 13.17 (12X1) [ 3X7 (19.T1) I Ml (1IJ2) 13.96 (1.94) |4XI(11.78) 14.09 (14X3) [4.44 (19X9) | 4.99 (19.16) f 5 T9 (1I.W) Incidence Rates mowmir ODIU cimc. BinMC tie. imctMHoow muiUBimam mtmi ana mnniiewms. ram aitUDTIOM NNDtfUfltt HUeC2f,QLBBntt MUWfimitHt CSMKSin men rwraiffira ura iUMuras^i nMaresiMfiMiu u tacit wnmnat rscoetaus BKMIMMCM W1U9UK mi mm nm mmummm mnuBwcwr wmmwi msmoKa nnimve iMatnenwcn MIMIMNOT SMI (MOM O mrtMB* bMi 680 iKMeHM MMM. SM PP M * SiMwt! r*i t* W MHH --Hn, Win SWIM pUpt I--m wriuhrn * ---- IITfll----- -- ~Tf %H~1MH Tmr t HeiMptMtaHmvMlMWrtljp. O tM fHM> HP SI MMMnUHrkwi jwrt* p*r. C<vda NMral fa*** 19 days away from work and deaths. The chemical industry, the NSC reported, had an incidence rate of 0.74 cases per 100 fuMime employees, compared to 2.21 cases for all industry making the chemical workers three times safer than the average U.S. industrial employee. Robert A. Roland, president of the Chemical Manufacturers Association, said the Safety Council's statistics are evidence of the industry's continuing commitment to ensuring worker health and safety. The figures show that a chemical industry employee ie much safer at work than at home, on the highway or even working in his backyard. Mr. Roland also noted that the industry cannot and will not rest on fis achievement of Bccident prevention alone. The great record that chemical companies have compiled in job safety has become the foundation for a still broader effort in worker health protection.' Companies Form Chemical Waste Treatment Firm chemical company, waste manage Ament company, and pollution control firm have joined in a $20- million project to dean up and treat chemical wastes at a site in Muskegon, Michigan. The Environmental Systems Corp., Is being formed by Bofors Nobel, Inc., Chemi cal Waste Management Inc., and Zimpro Inc. ESC will treat contaminated soils and wastewater inherited by Bofors Nobel when ft purchased Lakeway Chemical Company in 1977. Treatment Is required under a court-sanctioned agreement reached by the company with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. ESC also will treat chemical wastes generated at the site by the continued operations of Bofors Nobel Inc. The objectives of ESC are to develop and implement environmentally sound and com petitive waste disposal systems and clean up the contamination at the Bofors Nobel site. Five major types of treatment will be used. They are pyrolysis for destruction or organic chemicals, powdered activated car bon treatment for wastewater streams, acid detoxification and neutralization, wet air oxidation for nonbiodegradable toxics and a secure landfill for residues. . CHEMECOLOGY AP00005215 Balloons Aid Atmospheric Studies Each of the balloons launched on September 22 carried a gondola loaded with advanced instruments used to measure radicals and molecules which play a key role in determining the formation and removal of ozone in the stratosphere. A number of these trace species were measured by more than two instruments. Verification of the measurements obtained by a specific Instru ment during this experiment will enhance the value of previous data acquired by the same instrument. One of the four balloons proved defec tive but the gondola was successfully retrieved and flown again on October 5. Dr. R.T. Watson of NASA, campaign manager for the project, said that the objective of the first phase of the campaign was to fly 14 measuring instruments for up to 24 hours at a height of about 24 miles. In Spite of the defective balloon and relaunch, this was achieved and all of the instruments operated as designed. ' Dr. Watson said the exercise combined measurements taken by balloon-borne in struments with ground-based instruments at Kltt Peak National Observatory in Arizona and at Holloman Air Force Base. N.M., together with supporting measurements from instruments in an aircraft flown by' the National Center for Atmospheric Research. At the same time, in order to fully define the meteorological properties of the air mass in which the measurements were made, scientists from the Atmospheric Helium helps pull this balloon, which will be S00 feet In diameter when fully aloft, to a height of about 24 miles. ore than a year of cooperation and Mcoordination between scientists from seven nations paid off recent* ly when four balloons--each as large as a city block--were launched on the same day from the National Scientific Balloon Facility at Palestine, Tex. This balloon launch was the first phase of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Balloon Intercomparison Campaign. The campaign is designed to validate the measurement techniques used to determine the effect of man's activities on the modification of the atmosphere. NASA's launch vehicle. NOVEMBER 19S2 The balloon gondola contain* teat Instru ments that will measure trace species in the atmosphere. Environment Service in Canada launched smaller balloons at six hour intervals before and during the mission. Radar tracking of all balloons was done by the National Scientific Balloon Facility and NASA. Satellite observations were also used. Dr. Watson noted that, "the success that has been achieved ie a reflection on the skill and coordination ol NSBF personnel and the service that it offers to the international scientific community." Dr. Joseph M. Steed, chairman of the Fluorocarbon Program Panel of the Chemi cal Manufacturers Association, one of the sponsors, noted that "the stratosphere is a subject of intense international investigation and for this exercise, some of the world's leading scientists in the field were brought together.' The instruments used were pro vided by Belgium, Canada, England, France, Italy, Japan and the United States. Funding for the project is provided by the nations participating, the NASA Upper Atmospheric Research Program, the Fluorocarbon Program Panel of CMA and the Commission of the European Communi ties. 11 j AP00005216 New rules protect worker hearing New hearing conservation rules that wilt cut work-related hearing Impairment by 64 percent have been issued by the Occupa tional Safety and Health Administration. OSHA expects the revised hearing conservation program will reduce hearing impairment cases from about one million to sixth of that number, while saving $81.4 million annually in originally projected prog ram costs. This revised, performance-oriented program maintains affective protection for the 5.1 million workers exposed to a high level of noise while allowing their employers the flexibility they need to find the most cost-effective means of providing that protaction," OSHA Administrator Thome G. Auchter said. < The program requires workplace moni toring, audiometric testing and recordkeep ing. It also requires employers to make hearing protectors available to workers Car muffs ar* on* form of personal hsarlng protection. exposed above a certain noise level and to ensure their proper use by employees. A brochure describing (be essentials of the hearing conservation program can be obtained by writing to OSHA Publications Office, Room $1212, Department of Labor Building, 200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210. Companies break safety records The chemical industry is committed to worker safety, ft's a commitment that makes it the safest industry in the V.S., according to National Safety Council statistics. Here, two CMA member companies review their 1982 safety performance. Dow If safety records are made to be broken, Dow Chemical employees delighted in record-smashing in 1982. . Dow employees, who have tong been among the safest in an industry classified by the National Safety Council as the safest in the U.S., etched new records throughout 1882. Specifically, Dow employees: Set a new worldwide record low for themselve$jeti#) a lost-time injury rate of jfi ^17-perrfSjtaw'hours worked, a 23 percent improvement over the company's best year ei 022 to 4980; Set a new Dow freriflcdl b.s.A. record low iost-time injury frequency rate of M3, and improvement over Dow USA's pre vious best year of4K*S4nT980; and Completed their aafest year ever in motor vehicle operation. There were no motor vehicle injuries or fatalities in 1982, either in the United States--where em ployees drove more then 218 million miles-- or anywhere else in the world. The general trend in work-related acci dents in Dow has shown a strong and continuing decline for more than a decade. The trend closely parallels the experience of the U.S. chemical Industry in general. The chemical industry, according to records of the NSC, has shown a general improvement nearty every year since the end of World War li when it ranked ninth best of the major industries. It was ranked either fifth or sixth of the 42 major industries during the period from 1964 to 1976. In 1977, the chemical industry was ranked third beat And in 1979, it moved to second place. In 1980, the chemical Industry was ranked first in safety performance, and again in 1981, the latest year for which statistics are available. The average frequency rate for all 42 industries on which the NSC keeps records was 11.05 In 1981, making Dow U.SA 29 times safer than the average for all U.S. industries. DuPont The Du Pont Company'e 180,000 em ployees achieved the best safety perform ance in company history during 1982. Du Pont operations excluding Conoco achieved a lost workday case rate oMk-eiP- injuries per 200,000 hours worked, a 57 percent improvement over 1981. "Based on the average for companies reporting to the National Safety Council to 1981, we were already 18 times better than the* United States chemical industry as a whole and 54' times better than all U.S. Industry," Du Pont chairman Edward G. Jefferson pointed out. Conoco continues to be a safety leader in the petroleum and coal industries. At year-end 1962, Conoco employees had the best job safety record in the company's history. The lost workday case rate repre sented a 20 percent improvement over 1981. Du Pont'a International operations ex cluding Conoco led the 19B2 performance. The 31,000 employees in 77 sites abroad worked 144 consecutive days without a single lost workday. During that period, the company's U.S. and overseas employees worked a record 52 days--from Aug. 10 through Sept. 30--without a lost woneday. These remarkable achievements could not have happened without the tirelesa attention and commitment of every employee," Mister Jefferson said. Based on National Safety Council sta tistics maintained since 1977, Du Pont operates the plant with the best satety record--nearly 4AOOQ.OOO ^consecutive hours worked without a lost work Injury--in the chemical industry in Chattanooga, Tenn. APRIL 18*3 if CHA &tfere.T% Sxitu a. or fiA. Jaw t* wn. ct - - A? AP00005217 A.__ Put risks in perspective, Strickland urges carce!/ a week goea by without an Sannouncement of a new study Iden tifying a new cancer causing sub stance. Soon another report is released with oontrary results. In this Interview for CMA'a radio program TTe Report, CMA Deputy Technics] Director Gordon Strickland dis cusses the problem. ChemKeolegyt Are thaee conflicting report* evidence of tndaeielvanass in the scientific community? Or Is the problem the way the fear reeults are announced? Strickland: Scientific reports art normally published In scientific journals as part of a peer review process. Qualified scientists send who read the journals thsir erftidsms and Interpretations to the author. Some times, those criticisms point out serious flaws. The media, always very interested in any discovery suggesting a threat to public health, frequently don't await completion of this peer review process. Public officials are, as you can well imagine, pressured to regulate on the basis of these preliminary reports. When the peer review process is completed, months or even years later, the government may have to reverse its position because its regulation was based on a laboratory error or misinterpretation. form the basis of regulations. Hopefully, those scientists will put things in perspec tive. And perspective is Important, because how long you're exposed to something, how much you're exposed to and how it gets into your body, all determine if H Mill hurt you. ChemCeotogyi le anyone working to solve this problem? Strickland* Yes. For example the En vironmental Protection Agency now works with several hundred renowned scientists to speed up the peer review o! studies that ChemEcology: Can you glvs me sn example? Strieklandi Chlorine's a good example, in drinking water it protects you from disease and in strong chlorine bleach it cleans your clothes, but it can also Irritate your hands. As a concentrated gas, even a few breaths can be fatal. Now left put that in perspec tive. Although chlorine can ba dangerous, all of us use It. The actual problems cause by its day-to-day uses are insignificant. CMA; What Mis Omtxl hfcnutoeua* AMoeMon, famaV Chart* AMMHton. k a nenfr* tad* nMii oT Urtad amt art ewan oernpay martm ana tan to*a to peduceon meet* abrnUe MaraMl**n ea*M. CMA iMfWVW tl M*e MMIW PPMM M 0mc* Muwy. nk^g nwy ntoe to wtwm*flNf AefrNw a* hantted bf CMA'i mr and tv cqimsuw oarpowdo<towy*irtteiwheiro<ijiainweiori taro MaMn CMA tSem m * U St, ttw. ***). oemr. eccunvE anoft Jmw p. itinv BfTOKSMVlJfrv TECHMCN. 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