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PROCEEDINGS OP All Ohio Safety Congress Held Under the Auspices ol THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO ami the direct management Of THE DIVISION OF SAFETY AND HYGIENE Published under the authority of The Industrial Commission of Ohio DESH LER-WA LLICK Columbus, Ohio April 14.-15-16 1943 THS r. 2. BXBB PRINTING CO. COUJMBUB. OHIO IMS Bound it tbc State Bindery 341 to rlr* up i ra*f teat. TV Standard fsf) ajvl the fv>w CMmlriU Primpany wore *j*ftr*nUTUc olenit mat. They hare haM a area* many imtx. and more teel* >Mrw+il that wnaJt pM-rent*** of aynthetle rubber inceMprO th 'pmllty of the iWm*n* *\ov*a if w* va tn far xrtth It the clove* mu stiff &fl.rl it wa* mt prarUral tvr ia. ft had cennfn factor* r*tao*l to ir that the natural raufter amrea uj not hat*, hut a *tall percenuure at this rubber In the clove was valuable. Tlte trouble tt that time *e to iret (he material ttt iroaU itissH' ima stuff, a ihiuhl wilvtnt for ihv u>r of that jelovr. Ttow*iree, T Ulltr* that (uaatlojv him hMHi nvr> V.I. Jl,.v.r. w- >iu,<h>A illr^llr, 'l<* |#>ViImh M In UHlllMll' bar fe* hot )0 h<r ivnt perhvt and 1 rannnt say ecacily trliei Ik bring k>w I-*- rwbli cause na't krtnv %luu might b done in (he near future. Mr. Nearer* Tlumk V" rinlMia .I rery murh. ihif. u n*.< IiIhi fnTihi*r. w ad11 xtanrt ailtflurned. CERAMICS SECTION We<Jnedy Morning Seion April 15, 1942 This arvthMi ur ihr 'rramIt*^ Nwlrn of the All t>hii e'afrly l'njrrKx was in nrrtrt At tit l.jr Mr, IIkwum! A. Hurray. r*S cjlnn# ' `omiwny, `lairihur. Ohio. Chairman Xarni^i Mur ilrnt spngltar ir Mr, VIHlawi Hmnwl, ur ih* ('erunnnrl hlviation r>f ih* Owro*-IHJn*Je (il.TK* I'limpunv, TnW, f'hln. tvhn hny done xn acT.-'/in'Hn* >.4. i<r-i|- nniiii hat* iiHin-n ah-* m tjneat near, nun rh* hnr Indued * dn*r ii`id>l)-ui sad `'upatlotUil <H.*puic* ** tr*<lf. Mr. W,l! STM lliixrird. < A piila.un.-l mt.vf/rn iuxahiis in tub oi.ajcj* iisim'atjii* MK. WII.MAV NAStltn Panaonrl |>tU**n. OmM-niln*U I.'Ima Company, 1'rlHtt, Otolw Ur. frhalrnuut. Indian n'l Rmlleinea: rriiilr In a luncsitfili- lh#-j> vrnw a ,art**on efcnving Ivo turn nested Item iorh 1Hn* A* n tub!.-. ru,e f i heap rjc Sir. ftmlrh, J tu-aa* tirofl<f::iKieT, urt a he olkt-r was* iha> nitnoiinrrr. kM (hr announcer war unylmr. "TU* enpinwn- larr nf Mr. Smith Ir aoi heceemrily 'hr official (opinion nf lhl>s bitantfcaKlIna afiai6"u. rr I hr rpnrtAor, `*r of Sir. Smith." f l.aujtMfv) tVnll. i hnl In ai. IIIHn Me Ihr >*'<Vr f a>u tVI.- uuuiiluN. VTMn.1 T ana K"t'lh tu 'Ih shout f* Ilia xIkmt 'outAlsev lurliiMh.c. and Ihrrr heppenr to he only one roetpany in It, t>f count*, tfcre arr n lot of b(|Mr phaa^r f Ihr InflorliT Wcldeh Klr i*mtainarr. T'eotMa* Knoirthuria ark hk. "T*m you Had that your nm- plrfeeM cet :i lot af rut* ami lnr*n<lloiia <mm hnnHIJite |S< bnltlrs?" 'll fat tha Hjirtawil br a'>tna pa*ai|>lr that Ihc ftu-tnr thal mOi trork aronort rears* hvt fki-ssk-es and iank. that Utrrr la a Kirat deal nf heat rxbaiiatioit nod burnt*, Tu tt -wnjr of nrclrleutn In thr year 1!*ll hi our oinpnny, 7 per rant of the leal llirir Ifljejfr? asrra dual lo likrnr find Ihr V:i<1okI Ssaf**t fnueaHI ri-p..r|jt that fnr In- tnilry jur a vhnlr fh*l ahiaiil & per rrm nf lord lime Injnrirr rr rlue tn hurtia, nd of mnn* In the Jflerie plnnfa the prnpur'inn lx riot vr>' murSi higher, la 1MI tliinrrn per erm of our mm lori limr ln|nrlrx a-r*> due tu mU and |ientfr* AraFii, the N>tlntl Hafrfy fluunril ra*pnrtr iliNl fov tlir IndOMry tu' a xtantr tbern war* 21 per rent of all Jnjnrlr* dn m *ul and Inrrmlloaa. Jn other ard*. ibn laditatry a* a whole haw mnrr thnn tavlrv Ihr mniim nf cut thAt va ban*, ifnia arid larrrr(la.p.i mljehl hr talcra < ihr rlfriH ff handthiar Rlarr bot.llr*. (a ail the yliaic ptenia Inxl year, ihnt la in our own alnra plpulr, J nirip, then fra aoly ulnr lia| llroc i*r our out nf every twenty la whirl) pluar wits in any mj involved. f'onaldrrlTia ihr mllUonn nf hottlra ihnt. ore handled, IhJ* dnrr *k Kok rery laid. Addlllnaal rvldenrr thal the flana bottle la r>*>r jierrKari)y n dangerous srxdret mmo< from yarvey that wu rrcmtly made In mm* ronwmrr plants, la 29 pfoiWH emptoyipor about yaa.SO# pvraonK there were only lhrr minor hijailor. iai year <lue to cIakk hutilrr, i Hh*r tollk bottler nr tirvaruco ?>oitl*s that if*, lard lo the pUnlr. ft Metor. therrfnre, that alarr eonlalner plants have about Iht name accident *H>.re r rb Industry *e a whole, and them Ir every reason to hetiv that :k* * metboda of Milc-ty appll*d In a kImk plant villi pmdoea jure ae s*nd t-Mike *r when svpUeii to any plant, our own love urn* fr^uencr rale in 1911 n it |gnt time tnjurtrw pvr nilllioa m) hours or *xpom-e. In tha following '**1 this weal (town lo 10. and la the yiar 1940 it mw aix. Ijd year It remained *i da Thus, In three yearn it was cut in half, and faal year It remained the kii* or in I >40. Thore firms IH*l we hn vr fuad mat aorrrafol Jn aafrty work 1>4vllH their programa around three points; drst, amardl- machlarry; taking ^ri at the phyii-nl bAaarria In tlm plant. TKIn of cowr*e. Is iafMirement`* sole 343 344 HRd Mniw.r r*ftponibllll>. Second, the development #f safety rule* by the people theowelver. and the enforcement of those ruin, and third, the building up of safety wiiWpqww through. all meat* of eiCely promotion and rnfeiy The ateehnalnn for carrying out this three-point program, guard*. rnlrs nd promotion. I* b\1U around % fSafetr Committee ptaa. )n nur plane* he safety conunlttaee ars rC three rank* or grade*. There U * sMCt commit! mad* up of use eofnmid** for each *Uf! nml of which ihert U a milt tr*m*n ao tarrs or lour momaoro ot an apctMNu Ai>v, o,,. handla th* >l*pKrimnt tommllt**, eainpoaid at the deportment which xhnwa him a* (hr foreman and. each foreman of the shift reaunttet*. For th< plant a* a *hal la the Supervisory Safety Council which In camimaul it M opartai#ai area* and ifca plant manajnr. The committees meat monthly and bare * nt*liner membership. This means that during the course t the ?** a lavgr nombf of pn*ph take tn nrtlve pari In safely. On* of ih* B my* to arouse a eafsly conaelonanm la to get ptoplr tn- larraird m-iively in the jwoxTarn, and that, oat men fast, ta the advaatsge of title "vombK*** pinn. retch of c-r.tatnjetea* x*a tun nuin>ir :* i,, ,. erdaM lit carrying not a ad putttag loin e/Tect Mtfery recommendation*. Th: htn eammltt*** foreman bout Authority to d 'utain jgli* m4 the*# t>r cab'C do are referred to tho rfrnartatoar oouimlUSA ad the departmont heart ha* *s<k**iM i<- t*ire nf |S(na WmedlAtslv la lila ftWQ deimrtmMit- Wh*r# one or oiora depsxtsMftt* fa Involved or where a large expenditure rt money i* Involved, th* recommendation la referred upward to the plant nfety c.ooiiQlt, and the jiUet manager gives hie decision. TM Veyvleei* of the safety program l* the foreman. He la made responzlbl* for nil th* acdcfenie that occur ta hi* own Qepartmeoc. rti lust <i*i *cjayE.ie are flerurvfl alee In the production plant*. In our bottle plaAls, We hare found that tbi* la a good K)*e, although we know that some companlea have reported more harm than good because there may be a tandeecy for plant* to cover op *(U lk kn|>^n<. On* of th* cardinal points of the Injury prevention plan la to rtpar* no money or ilm* nr ostteae* In setting a maa back to good health after the Injury nonur*. Th* place * nvr expense, at reare*, fe to prevent Injury. Once It dnea happsn, then evarythlag ha* to he done to get the map back Into good shape. While medical heok* win show a higher percentage Hat of occupational diaeaee Itaaard*. a good many of these today are potential hnearda rathrr that halos w-tnal. Por example, glass blowers' cataract, which Is an occnpatlonni disease. I* out area very often became# the ewpounn has bean cuacvrcd. How. there la U> bnttle blowing marhlna. Vttnaci tenders. o( course, are exposed in the light of hot blowing glass Inside thtlr tanks, but they are rather really protected by dark glaase* or dark glaea ahLalds, aad no doubt most of yno her# ar* more familiar with that than I am. mile*. In lb* form oC sand, U ueed la the manufacture of gkisa. II harmful qnanOtlea of It are breathed, a condition of th* lungs may resitlt that the doctor* call Ttlhlte* eoeni*ly. departments Ja which there (e free sllies doaf are the hatching aad turnare department**, ordinarily, aad In that or company employees, abrvnt SSI mea In all th* plant* taken tegothar. nil tbess msa hava received cheat X-ray* nm or mnrt lime*. This X-ray program was taken eight years ago. and durini the eight years there has bean a certain number of msa who assd to work in the batching or luvnare departments, but who gsvs sew been moved to other deparcieretg or who har* sow gone to work somewhere alsa. There are ahaat a hundred of tha man vh hava at on* Hma worked In ear hutching aid fnreare departments vrho aren't, there and on whom we haven't basn able to get cheat X-ray*. Altogether there are about 164 men who have a* or more set* of X-ray* The actual somber of films Is hatween 400 aad a thousand. A year ago tbfwa Sima w*r all gathered together and eeai to a group of doctors, to* dtvlductly to Sva doetora who wra supposed to ha expert* at reading chest tibia Out of th* *4* smptoy*Mi there was only oo* Individual for whom all the doctor* rava tb* dtagaoala of allcoato. There wsre seven other persons whom aota* of the doctor* said bad silicosis sad soms didn't agree. The tots) cases would therefor* look to b sight; assuming tftac tais ts tie rignv nuuim, ba* bom so isoldsncs of sillcosf* at two per cent. Ait of the eight men that r am speahtag about were car ualoadere, and seven of them had worked fmn 10 to 1] year* at that Job. 7hs eighth man had worked onty three ytare. It 1* believed Out M ferai** employment *atrltit*d to bla pumnt lang condition. It 1s xlgBiftcaal 34S that a OP# of three eight parauns worked as hatch mlaarr, car handlers or turner# Under*. They were all lnlotdm. Twenty-nine persnn# out of this group of !$ herl worked In dust exposure for 16 years or lonijcr, nmn< of them ntaoh lemger. Ooly three In thl* grnuo or * re *<ua by >H* enure aoccors to h*v* sJhcoelx. Soms of tbs m9 in thl* group are old Uresra. had been a nJ a adore lor many, many yosrs, hut showed at> lung coodlttoos at n(U Of the right individuals, do* ot them applied for workmen's cempuaMtloa benefit* and was awarded sock claim. The athsr seven atr atilt working voln<ecil>- nml lh*r ni>*p*Mr *'* i,, k>. v.rkiu*. Krm <na ua^l muinaJ advice ihnt wo can get, Jt seems better to keu them at that Job, because If they worked this long in a total xpuavre aad have QOBtracted only a mild slUooala, lho chances are they won't (K a earlona case during th* remainder of their working life time. UC cuurx*. this would bhly be urieo If Janiv*mi<i, . polar or view, hat birea made in the uMiusdJDg opocatluit and the snllre batch houss. Today thM plants are modernized mech more Ihaa thsy were lit the aid days. U is unlikely that illlcwi* Jo tii* form of new cuae* will develop in lh fitlara. One UnproVCRtHlt for ths untoodsr hit b**n <Im> up* vt rovi>r*.l but iw, mt* tar . away'irrtag raw amterlala such a* *anO. sodH, a*h and Jbne to th* vUnt Tbi* vaakas lUo paloadlng pro** almost AiiMtJan*. Another dure cvntruj procedure wbieh la urted, alihough it Im nut aa effective tv th* CAvorrd hoppav ear. I* th placing of an oikaurl hnbd inaLis tho box car MMtu rancJinte the iar**ioy r ta **. i ** given ey a number C ceeplratoTg. Ot course. In the old days, good respirator* weren't available. The Question Is aoonetmn raised.; how much aichussx. such as ooldx. In- iiNnu, grippe, bronchitis, tons!litis, geaeral respiratory sicknesses do batch aad furaaes mea have? ft may b that ooms of the caww wMek jjg*eed an -ae*'. ut- ortmciiicit, aclastly are the result of dust exposure. It may be that belch and furuoea matt hnv* more of this alckucss than the geoproI population. Ff three yearn absenee records have bsen kept in th* pleat* ahowns fits vuro- b*r or lUosasM that lest one day or ienger, According to thsaa rejn.ri* in 1M hstoi sad luma'1* <u>> i<i Pvr tpn Imui rea^rotory tiin**er* thna the plant ua srfioU*. In 1414 baUh and Xuruare men had ta p*r c*t Jena respiratory 01- otrees than th* ne ( the plan! as a wliole. Th* Aguraa Cor 1411 aren't comtueta yet, although they probably will how the * cowditiuo. Rven these ftgurMb however', aren't conclusive because there vuty b* ecriovs fiJnexoen of tong furatloo, although iml many in aucubtr, whlob batch men lav* ofteuar than th* c*aenU population. There long illnesses may be submerged Ja the total mass e( cases loslag on* day r more. ft 1* common praoUca 1 bellex*. Is thl* sort of work Ja the United States to divide (nlu two groups the IJInssaeo. That Ja major lllwews and minor 111urtMt. The major HEnessca being those Ja which more than a w**k is lost and <ke minor Jltnesseg those In which the Loss Js from on* to eevoo dayo. Ja 1116 this hatch nod furnace greap had one third as many major Illnesses n did men In the pleat* aa s who}*. In lllf they had 7-10 as much and in iff! they had again only oas Urlrd as muofc. Tb*s Ogures are conArmed by a report totted last September hy the UnRod Statu Public Health flsrvlcv, In wlilch Dr. Xwfauver dlscusas* Dlneasea among glass worker*. Hie report shows that batch Mhctre, furnace aad casting worker* had XI per osal less jnafor respiratory 111 - *** u*e than the plane avorags. Thepa ftgurte conseauenUy Indicate that the tolhl glaats la auasUun hsdn'r more, bat fewer colds, tuasllftia. Influenza and ether respiratory oitmata la th* hatch and furnaco departmants than In the pleet es a whole. This does not mean tbtt th* hatch and furaaes depsrtmeais u* rcectly h*alth resnrts, but It does mean t ta*t that their Tvsvlratnry UJ*rm faLA la aot groaUr than the plant as A whole. Orented that occupational dlacsst* and otnptllenil inJutUc are th* sals mfeAsJbdlty of the employer, and granted that he should leave no stone unhueed bi aUmlto-tlng th*m, taken together Lbre Je no tugr tfvll busMt uf lost ^** than geaersl sickness. XMt of us re surpriovd at th# toll that genera] *1cUbua take* from thalr w^s. Thl* \s not a pscollarlty ut Ih* gJass ladttstrin*. hut applfes to all In* iwiri** in general. Some of read the result* of Ih* rjailuu noil which w#. aid* last felt ) whieh it vm iu(M that for tho country aa a whole. In ob oeeih Uorp were twenty.roar million man day* lost from work because of ftetral sickness. Ur. Gallup pointed eat that thl* was enough Co build tu otdleia bombers, 1IH Ught tanka. That wee }uM dm msnth'a time. Our InfcMTJ 1" 4u*f as vulnerable l lW w> any onr. w nr* going to have to On 346 347 something *baut it. and l feel il la about lima tbbt we sit riowa and natlJneA the program. Nov. thare are a ten' *tps, perfcapt. that w# can all taka to keep nn top nf (hit general flrknM> problem. Aa lh tear proftnac* the labor *hortsg* (hat w havp *lr*mty fait la really going to oqoeec* ua. It I* gmlng to >v* mnw and bm* ftr*s*nrv to keep a vary man who (a nil the garroll working regyfar.'y ovary day. Furthermore, industries *uch s* |h glass renailner Industry, are probably going (a Mro a Iflrvor and larger proportion of <>in*-n worker*. Thl* ' >1 tfBlJ.onl lo<m kV p .!>*. --r *k-, wni. w.ifll.r. kV> Iw/ and fc.tlf IlmxK tiro llliitw* ut m+tu Ho fur as ihr w.n-a i-mplyw* jt*, ih* Imliulrr Injury pmblvm l< nni vary aoricnta. II oo*ni* tbst a woman will l*e vlustrr Injury about (hi* dnv In' ordinary slckm***. Tied ItidKatry tn'lili'itl tor ovary in with thin nutation of- lu-bor H<**tr- *bs\t ah-* l`**** n1 -uai lura**-r :iininrtt llnnhli.trr sshpuunn-- aye la lift Matior rtf Imiialax of now t>mp|o)'***. It w.-m* hardly kin* i |triu a tl of Mm* and m.n*]r In training now people. put nan u* th* )uh and t*-i thom g*i sink right away: r>'H have gut to get tairaebody to replace Ikcvn. Th*r I* a rati n^onnmlo tailor lied up la Ik* matter uf i;*><rral nirVurw. I )tri~ o Ul^X lt*vt Of.4 > t-nOi-.c Klriot ittndriftl (#*- (VIt prA.rOlildVt.aMl ntamlnktitjMM nre g^lng tu hat* to refnx tho*n oraiiiiUniSniis ni all *>( rlne*e XAiuterdr, In all pTubaMMty. This Is br-ea.ua* *br usual huetcy worker ih.u work* in a gla.ni gfoul o.Ht't be avuitebl*. The All-American Ij-p* a'lll W- in the Arm,\, This prvbably jo g*>|eg in b* a good thing bM-uuse phy-aEra] examination* wilt be m*4 for okc'iarat of prfMM rather than of tk*lr rJeeU,n. Thai li IA r*a fundamental purimaa nt industries* pbt-vlcal evsmlsAManj anywuy. Thor arc hoc Intoadrd to wood nut povpU, but rattier tu put a manr ax pu*u>1e In >obs which nao**acy to rr-oxunilnv them and to follow thorn Hn*r than wo have In th* ni. i Tko Average man in tnduetrr la said tu ku* about elglu rfars n yww he- ou* nf ilciuinx. Tht otMKK* vanvan I>m*co about If day* nr iw vt*ki>. Th** liaar-a r/-* irr high. Of oauroo. this afcknaxM fs not sprssrf over th* antic*- irrnuii equally. Th^ro aro wataiu paopte who nro off for loins PorluHa nr lime and tth*i iiavo coponl*rd cikMia. but nn Oio avataga each mao iomco oignt uayo oim mrh wieian fn*rfr<-ii dark HlekaaMi ti o more olualra jtroliiom than clilantx I'll** p.'aai ai&linger und ib* perxunrHU dimctor, ih* aaf*(jr dlreutor, ranT do * Mueb about gonural alvkaoMi u thr vae aboot lndiuliial aocllota. Ok th* bih*i hand. If tlivy nr uwcmtful Itt r*daHay ganarat xfi-knm. or*n by a fllrlf mail tfercoiilngo, iy by u quarter, they or* going to bavo ir*ni*jii)in galno la iliWrlbratw> oirkkoinn,g claonr*****.alaoa plant di> about Jit Ftrot of nil la the mnllrtt do> liartiuwtii. Ny, in 'bo au*dle*l drvurlatont. tboro jioM imt i>o a groat man? tieupl*. OttraUmri. the innllivl dryKrtintni otcnply conataia of a nunv and th |ilnl pliyairlgn wirklag pari lime, or In m. larger plant full Mro*. ft t* d**lr- ublo. of r.ncr**, *fa**o oqr oporation Is H hear*, to liar* mom than uno nurw; ttoo hhaamm maninruiniigg wnrrrmlev spp*>remadu oVirtw>r m...o.r.e. t--h_a__a__o__n_* _s.h...i.f..t.. Thl* ean'1 alvrayg bo don*. hwev*r. bnvauso Hi* plant roar iM>t bo big onnuxh lit support It Th* ikte- tor. hlto*ir, okuuld have some Warning Id public bewlth. A physician, nr a doc tor who la ; phytlekait *nih public health IrUnlnt b uaunIIx .f mwr* uno u> lb* ptant ibnit ih* nul -adwol rargeoB, Th* public Health man think* In tmnt of pnrolN. vet*r* th* miftea thinks only la trmt nf euro and treatment. Tkt medical *l-uo I* needed hocausa alcfcn*** tnfnrmatfon mual h* kepi confidential. It eak't b* x|>r*ai1 not among the laymen In the plant. Wo rap *ft*r Mi* organl- aatloTnh*le rtibrx*rta. f*M i* In *twdy the partloalar plant's |>roiabm; In what depart* meet am <n*M* *lrk<*e ci*(irrl*gf In whml group nf people; what typs of *I<-kn*?. nr* IH***T Thl* moan* that aheeaco h**rt* ir* n**d*d. That la vorr **y to say. httf II l pretty hard lo do, Farhspa one of the DM aresmt* wnjn of doiag It I* lo tie It In with th* time distribution cards, fa jssj>* plum* *to-li day rach v'nployee hae a time dietrlhiHlim card filled lo f*r klnu ija ttiee* **ards I* put id* nuinber of boars the man worked ih day twtvrr. aad If ho didn't work is* day' before the foreman or the time clerk can pal le a symbol r that efTunt, and if b* happen* to fcwovr (hat he wo* off sick, be pit* a slcltness symbol and hmkJ* a list or lb*M* persona lo the plnnfa nurse. Thb 1* w-k4 l. T'.u to r*i in on >h* plrtiir*. Third. InTMttgate each ca*a. During th* l*t war a Prttlah doctor arorklag In the rounlllon plani on ahseoleofM sairt that *v*rjr single ease at afewtee -*lled for nn Investigation. That Is Jnst as Important today as It wm then. TW inveatlgatloa does not n*r*ssarMy mean that ih* nurse will have to spend slf Iw dme melting hom* visii*. Thi is iiuitr cot uf the ouesiiok* bernvse If take* too much o1 har time. ft flows m.*a, however, that persons wh* hr* U*ed lift sfck shoulfl *h.u In tu r>* >*^1^*1 h.i-Ih.,iu i-n <nir rriuro <o work. RnowCImea tltU CVAnnt he floor after otic flay absence* horn ns* of *Mfi schedules, aliliouph that la <H il**j cundiilon. There tvss m com* in nor '< our pluur* wlilch Hlsntralei Ibr point pretlj sc/I. fai^l year a Klrl >*anir hark Sfirr liclso "tT -I-*. r-r (>. a.-.-K* <0 Work i ihr t<Rt-ing ilrp'ilnu-Al. Tbry (lldM'l Uuvr il<U .IhsUhiii n rituvii uio wurtc si rkoi lljdc. kmH after she hn'l li*cO at Work just < r-a hour* *b falntril And f*t| n up roncrrl* finer hmd very easfly mclil linw hud * wrt* srcWnu. Sk,. wn* thru lf frir rnmiker two a`ckn and .b* wti* in on .nihflitlon. prnhahlx. I* (Dm* bark to *nrh. .k- h w me nurse w..ulil hav* *h>Avn Dial, Fuuiih. we should * all the i>t* that mr>- available In a previrnlir* wi*UW cth prrgrnm for reducing lllrtrre. One of the oMfstafl>rig tools j* the phyKlml cyamfaailnn. ETiyvk-aF eaaroinailopb of h<h appif'-aet* end of inem;ill rto* lihyeea Where tbrr* Jy a partM-uIar dle*a*' * !.**-* v.nwvrA, ................ m mo rmnare >lpurt*rehUR, Oieep csntinHr*Mi aee probably being- mad* isast everywhere *rite exatumatlpn has he adapted In thv |nr|iA?e. KAr wgainple, hatching and furaare m*< ehimltl get aimnul *berk X-ray*. Ver- who hare an nepusure may repair* m<r* frequent fiAtalttAtlnn*. Oertoin tK ffir JrtAd polsontaa: r*g haaiClrt*, iiernnp*. ehrroM fc*- rouiliirU qnancfly. t th*li il If IP nut so notch to prevent the spreiifl of dl*em** a* It Is a mailer ft beallh prcreolltxi iy rinprew food handlers that III* rompg/ty Is really *rtUtil? int*r*ated In getting thein weft. So,. I harr JoUnt ,oa i r., rolni, .n> ih. ,t........ ,,civim Knntf. F,rv* *-f " present aropluy*. lure found (I slinpltl he esliinliiry aiui Hoi compulsory. The flixHng alinulil (* h.-td to si-i.-t*e* eoilieiire hstween Che 4**ior, our** and employee. That should aoi be r*valed to the personnel di mmer, ih* ofty fllructvr. tha *irrcrvii.->r. the p/niil inn finger nr anyone *] alest the employan klntaeir wkii< * ulj u. After th* oxainlnatlna (he examiner phoulfl always uko n fan' minutes to iiwasa hi* finding*, with th* mplya*. If be dnea not flu IhlH, then th enpn i* bit golsg tu get uny good out ft the nxnrolnatlun. Tbta* frxsmlnfttlAnn nreVl mado to protect the company Ther mo pot iaHd* 1* Ate tway la a Bt* drawer i b* forgotten. Th*r ar* mfln to b*lp th* man katravs hla own oncultural if it need* Improvement, bn one. ut course, should W ajlmlKAted t>eenp* nr hr* riarnlnAtlon finding*: (he d<mlnr should alsrsy* b epcoiragcfl to mako a tkernnk examloafinn. 1 |teqk of this HeckUwe the *x)itnAlfc>n nf norma/ healihy people la quit* flifllcMli. )i ts But like examining person who rota** In ih* tioclor's office or In a hn*el, wbn knows ihtr* l w*wOi(ng wrong with kfm. In our rase the** people are nil *pp*.-ia.iry wclj ai beiKky and th* doctor must etally tic on hi* h'e If he is getae to nick up mull devlatfsn from noruvit which later may result In *nuir durability lllaeaa. After the cxiatnitlnn 1 msfls It fulls on the nurse to follow up (he roan: urge Jdm Tn *vary iraf in grl his m-Ddirion taken nrc of. rr it Je teeth, otfwhlB to g to hla deuttsl: if it 1* tonsil*, urge lilm tn ( lhn* lak^n out. and Uwt people need g llulr nroddipg, and even with prodding some people *>oH at fin noylblas' about il. hut there Will alwAys he a few borderline rase* kill be encouraged ( lake these steps. The employee* should b* urged ** sat thttr family doctor. Vf* srr am tn the buslneoa t treat IHncs*. W* are << Is roropetllinn with (lie Incfll dnrlore. (if -nre*, l>tar Is the rnnul dflBcnlt r ut grl things dope, that la to urge n >mn tn go ont and >p*aA oome money car* ^f com* phyxlral AlJmeAt; neterhcics*. ih* resn/iv do come In, and %k*e Ihay come they *.r* moat *n-ouraglng 1,1 the nurse's prKi*i*. last year (k*re w*rr ieo pr,mplo.viteiM physlrpl eyarulnnitoiis >gfl* and Ihd cnBiaatlona on nr**ni #mplnyc*s. maktu* a mial nf ftbunl 11,1(1 okamlns. ;ss. During th* am* year the oarers tn all these plants reported thera were Phyplcal defect* that hod hea taken car* of by the pcopta at ihatr nwx ft***, am this work was flnne privately hjr the local flocrorg and dentists 4 iht tavk. Such a program doex real good (n pv*rynn. a* t aaiq .i inn beginning, this rutber rauMIng talk relates only to ana texficalsr company sad ono phaos of the gfaee industry, fhn manufacturing uf l`w* matalners. and ft mny not apply to the gia*s Inflnsfry a* a whole, Matron* ta Interested In na nf the actual forms that thana recorda *r ( iH ks. they im sle*w tw rook St tnc* absrnc* reports. 3 I certainly enjoyed being here. It la the Aral time I a t leaded thin c*uln, and I weal i(* iMfTktultU th* of OMo Ik hivlnf c <}(m Section. Thank jroV. (ApplLttae) Chairmaa Mvrrsrt Mr. 71asard, we certainly want to thank you i*r max fln* "tWalhkit.*' you have said It may not apply to all the glaiw lndtmrr a* a whole) 1 think ft certainly appll**- Xnsi at th* ihlny rou pk of apply to most at na Kow, w will prncMd with our asst talk. sad after that wr* will use the re maining llmg In a geatral dlecugsloa of hath these subjects. The aexr spsaksr le Mr. J. W. Best!, one of the pioneer* in safety work In the State or Ohio. and former Chairman of the Industrial Commlsxlnu, and now associated, an Claim Director and Accident I'rrvtKtlwn Direr u**1. wl*h Merriman * Mimrru. JTt. I. W. Beall. (Applets**) SAFETY TALK Hr XB. J. V. MAIA kmmu a cetew***, om (letHtith|r Ter Mr. nee )B. Aehteaj Mr. J. W. Herrlaum A ftutherly. Cotwmbae, Cfcloi Mr. Chairman. 1e5fe and rwn: You may vooder why I ray "mm" mstead ot the cat/nary "ye*tie- toco". They any f>citm*a prmrmr uiuua Ka l w*n4ui rtuti ot l. tractive bcusettoe hero ibU morning, (Laughter) Tbs baseball paaaoa having opened, I am gains to take the liberty nf acting a* umpire for a moment and declare this the Seventh Inning. Everybody stretch. (AtrfUnM o) I didn't call that "attateh'' In ardor to Mae mr nudieuc*. (Latigbtor) In tay home city X hod occasion, a number of time*, to put on home talent pre4ufM ot mtaetret sftova, and of giving opera* for charily heneflta. and wo always wound up the production of any 0D given perform*no* by ebotrlng aj the Ioim< aist hutpilix. ana i km oewaion iw hikKi a caruiH night between aria. I told my audience that I nu very glad <o fcrlntr my show* out thorp because the audience coaid got walk out n m- (Applet***) I have b*en referred to ne one of the 'pioneer*** In safety work la Ohio, which nwniia in my mind the (Joeing of a campaign ta Hamilton, Ohio, where I ttpeko at (Ha WLad*oj Oanquot. Immediately npponUo mo at the lunqiwt table were loma newspaper men, and la reaponaa to that Introduction I said 1 we* prood that 1 had been ralbar earJy In u*s uMr work; that aa a matter of fact t wm horn In tfco neighboring county and wore my Aral eafety pin tn HTt, (Laughter). The raoulrer on me out the next morning and paid 7 wore my Orel safety hultoa la till. (Laughter) I am Mkcd to go to bat hare in place Of a very distinguished gentleman, Dr. Thomas B. Ashton. Personnel IMroMOT Of the Anchor ilwklng fllas* r>rp<iratio* ol Laaoasler. That le a Mi deageron*. having mo to go to bet far a Andor. be- mu tar ai*nr jrrr, about IK lB all, a* safety man, psrsnnnel man. and a mem ber of the Isdoetrtal Commission for six and a half years has led me Into taking a number of doelorg to the neat. But I promise you that I-am not going to car anything bad about tbs doctors They aro a good deal like policemen; yon knew the average onlooker when he aee a policeman In a battle with a pr-tanner. hi hope* the ptUener will get th* beat of Mm. bet how h* doea Jove Diet policeman wham, he needs him! (Laughter) The same way with the doctor. We think a Jnt of him when w* need him end we forget to pay him when we are through with him. (Laughter) X premWed you I wnen't going to say anything bad about the doelora They are wooderla) m*n. Wo need them every day. but ihers are some that need a little tramping on now and then. I heard one leetlfy the other day, under oath, that a little tap on the hind that didn't cnu*e the tuau to tfr* conerlousneu, nor didn't freetor* hie skull, wee the cause of so attack of appendicitis that developed three year* later. (Laughter) During e breathing spelt tn the taking o< the teottmony hi ashed to be aieused from the room where the examination of witnesses area being eoadurtet. Me nu ho bnd left hla bat and overcoat In in adjoining room and be wanted to go and get them hecauaa he didn't truit anybody. When he cam* back, 1 said, "Doctor, did you include the member* of th medical profession In that todktmentr* He said, "Wbyf* "Welt", I said, *T know a number of doctors who are honest. I know noe in particular who la 7 know, bonnet." Ho saya. "Ho* la thatr* "Win,* 1 sain, -a* ailed uul nd application fee a death award tor e 349 widow, and hr filled out al) tbe line* in the long form, and when tie got down to the bottom where St said 'Cause of death*, ho signed hln name.** (Laughter) I see that Dr. Ashcon'e topic, which l sin supposed to unfatd I*, ''Keep Mov- inr '' Thm la why I hd >--. *la..4 u|i, UuL J UIrtnl *BiW yittt Were going tO Walk out on me. (Laughter) A couple of roung colored tv n lfl v V>rli to u> in KriKi.ri. nnd they u*enf by plane, i new e&pcrivnvc, and verv Ibrillln* for them. At Blttoburgh *K*n they landed lh*y Sgir a hrlghi red tr*k driven am n rhr dir? (wi in- *<or jneiant they mine u a stop lh plaiin uw* bring refneled. In e few minute* anetker ttk(-K and n iu CMcago. W'Uon they landed, oat cornea a red truck, refueling, and oft again. So on at Omehn, Lo* Angelee, and whenever they topped they wero alwar* there ready with the refn-ring red tnick. So wfcwt they Hftallv tm enr or pL^.ir nni n^Aiaed Cni*. Arina at Knuco. one ot th* rdtored bnjts MyA "Say, W* made n-nmierhu <Je coraln* out hero. That nf plane eure did make good lime.'* The other boy (STS. ''Wall, that rod truck wasn't doing *o bed." (Lnngheer) A commtesSonrtd cygmlarr in examining n rookie, leeltnx ht* mentnt rmver-*. *Jd, -trnat. wm ttappep 1C L cut olf cae of you? hftr*y The rookie rophed. "1 cooMu't bi.flr.' The cnrnmlsNioiiei) ntfteer (hen entd, `Nnppoalng 1 cut off both rnarrr?T"' The rrimMrkkilee ''Well, llico 1 imiiMn'l ac-.'* "Coutdn'l. sre; whs ni^i" MUppipl lh* of.mniianh eyes'* (Ianrh<r) wfhi-er. ''tve.iL jnjr h*t wuld come down uver my IIO, ba tried atiolhar rookie. He eaM. kVaung man. If you Shetild eec s hatirrahip tenting up tbe toad, wkat would you AqT' **1 would torpedo 11." replied the reoXls The oommlsetoned offleer eaM. "Where did you gat the lonmdnT'* "Tho same place you got the battle ahtp." (Laughter) i Haven't had the honor to telk to this tfruup before, although we hwve hail la the past problems (hat were more nr !wv la roinmos. yr mnny yesr* 1 ru eafety wan sad personnel man far big steel (eundrv coneeem tho.1 *nd tkre pleat* In Ohio eed one at Bay City, Michigan, We bed stllcoets to d**l with, and esrla* 1st (h hUinvr * <hw> Air c>ha 0feir T jntroqueeo i* in* fMnSri section the problem of eDtcosle, and we bad t^rey McCord ova/ frnm Cincinnati a* one of the early i/lanttn L< tho study of stllovsls I And from personal experience that ve should not be too grestly conftid nor A)rraed br seme of the lay doctor* wjt don't know g c**a of alltcosia from ene of lubcrculoelk 1 bsee even bad udmu r*>* dlegoosod as siDv-asie. 'The Seat may bar* had eoeaethlng to do with, lb* brnnchUl condition, but It la c An* plee* ta enlarge a long conditio* or auy other respiratory troublo that you don't keour what It really [*. I promised y/u 1 wasn't going to take Ihs deetorg to tack, but I do rimn. her another ops (Laughter) Joet about a year ago--I rememlMi* ntcnllo*lng thl* at laat yea*'* Salety Coagrees--I In lb* mrdiral section al the Industrial Conrmtaelon talking e*kk Dr. Horen and In came a young lady wb said h* wan directed to the medical department when she should have gone tn ike Information or the ,lim seU(m on the raventk floor, bat she got off et the second floor end somebody *<<, "There I* Dr. Horen's office", end In *be walked. She said, MI came over here to Die a elalm." "Welt" Dr. ttocen said, "you aren't In the right plane, bo( s claim far whetf" She naid. *'A claim for indastTtal dermatitis." He said. "Do bare dermatitis?" She aild, "Yee. the doctor *n(4 I have and to corns over here and die a claim and he would treat m*. (nr tbe dermatitis. 1 would *m h*r ta pay him anything or worry abottt it. tb> Slate would pay him." Th* lector leaked at her and took her temperaXure, and bn tad, "Young Indy. 70* lad better go hnn* aad go to MS Yen have a (wll.v developed pan* of mnlK.' N*v, t my there sea only he Lera enewera, end nne nf which musS be correct. CUVet (bat doctor who sent her up there to lie a rlslm didn't know what any rraadmotber. aad any of your auraea nf Ohio would have known in a tew min- l*t. that lhat girt had measles. Rene*, they tpolled many a good hod catcW I* waking doctors out of them. (Laughter) Tbe oUter alternative was that he wa dishonest. He thoaght he would make a* Ikdotrial cms out of that; let It reflect against that employes** Mtk of a nee of dermatitis. The State Fund would pay hltu and he would treat the rtrl la any event Umt l* another doctor who la honest enough, to want to get Ik raiiy from somebody, (laughter) Sol hiving talked to this particular group Wots, I can, pai-Bape, tell a tiuli et mr favorll* atorieo. In Indostry you *arty men, you aural 1, you ogcrattesr here la fh* Slate OM, ihy have mmi hr fat and man Ik machinal (MlDff (ft* power lliif** dtllln MrKf^ b*onirtv* n Individual r^nniclMIUri (|<ni t* i f to v.inr rHfr*M5 irUool^ mm! (Hi |'nt nw* munltle*. Xnw If V'" mn (V>*i. #rm*r pint* amutirt cu<m. cnu *.. mot one yliutllM. There nre li'iwlrwlw <*( nU#r ,>* that th* tn*n>y -night c-t to but tb;u f* on* <f `<uc rr**te.*i pc*-b'*Ki*. frum wtilitn. Art iH*r* my otheMr f U*, <h f&rwmU:tfc*Honn*eTn? yuoos i*ii Me **.... iu, r>,teflon on plate gl*** nt window glass (rein There hi* be>*n rap* .*UffK*rl*d> **d 90 foMrtrh. ,Wto*nbtey pu'Wtu*\Vl, *ifhoIL protection (or piiue gi** ** u a* thw nuljr pro- lectio* ot*r In gngiawi, iu* ** It , -wut* mpe nm( found ihrtC that uwn'l i*rs sallslaeUury. You ktuew g>M ti o* destroyed aot only tram. in* bloat but from a stuck, of anr cype, *a thr don't bay*- . regular remedy for Ut* protecUon of plate gi*e oatl4* or tope, 10 prevent It Irnm dying and. wn<> *-** rrt.m being- <*t In tb# street, ur tjuing that typa trf dsmage, u er* b*"p* to go atanr with thtu. and iwt *impiy wnuLv sui o . h***i-o that wo esai So anything about, onlT hare i*ach individual protCl t&utwwrtrci wbtto voire *Km>K tb* *ir**t dtrrlog x bomblOB. r.i*sta*t wiin*** T. Fu(, Ftre Drcarim.***, Cleveland, OfifK fn Clare* land w* bxvo >uS the opportunity or *, .,r the j,.in4oa yir* Fighter* dating tb* p*t oiwth, and one of <U thing* e*pla.lu*-J tn ** hr Chief tztrhr. who it a DtairlW Officer in London- hr m**u,**fl, plate cites, tftaC tk* *tr*K cat* ere au>3p*4 with % (Um that la bo**(rr than our ordfitary wjooxw ptara. \*"i (nj* rer>- eu<>'Mfully prciectH) thr owpoftC* of thoaa .-a> troth urlRK g**o* by pluilnc eviMenry lace runvHn It*a been vecy ten-r*rol, and thny are dfn l( la their Ooiuca Halhar thiui aaiaacI*t.apme,iMthmeyi UmJeeto- ldontearo*theevrrtaJlnotae.rrailax point r+gxasi&f y>xp cam* ag it* dlaruvafOA* or M<uX,oot*, Of eourae yuu the fOvughr >fca< la a MacV'nui eitoiUion they ko mr i <**< n rv*net have have to paiat \he- cluus vttb big*k peiQt. VU, 1 *w not color lo argue (ha merit* r demevite of that parllceicr method of black-out. but 1 eooW Uk* ua caution yuu on one tfclhg, and that Is It vou pxiht yoor gUa* blech, be careful on trhiuli sffl* yon point u, beonnoe It you taint It on one eKie--4 meatfoa chl*. jho black psW abadrh* heal, and a* a remili ih* expanalen *t the bI* ft very apt to break Iba giaae and 4*f>*t the porpoae fur irhtcfc you tl*r gth** In lb* first place. I am aot going to toll you, because I have foryelten ahlcli eldu, and. wrlthoat stopplMr lo auti'M it. I can't (ell yon vhfdt Md of glass you. should paint 1* on. but before yon paint glass with black paint, or any other heat-absortitM Lrpa of paint, lyr, sure you pol It on tb* proper aide or you will bar* a lot of Broke* gfasa vkre the auiv eosee* out. Kt. Barhievri l *> turn th* meellKg hack over to Chairman Rldor. Cmran tlMm I certainly apitreoiut* the patience that you man ha*-* ` ahovtk. l tor have yee alten&eO on* of thuao mcefluga IT) which, an ft* of the audt1enwr*anlet fttohrforh*nr<kktoenSnfcr.luFalUonntonfc'Ict*as)eJra, aioXtt*. talked aboat (h fellow *#* didn't have anr welsr In hi* nnggitg bocanae of the war >t coaoectcd ay hts ond*ncr<y.r.il pip*v *d if row ba* uty type of oprn aprlnktoro or aland otye ayaiaruo> ew^c that you have tba mAnacor from th eompatif l*nt put* it la Ague* year frlriion In**: IkM is vttT Mwry. IVhMt vu hig coa>p*a<w* pvt <* fog nimlAi, they *r asppused to dyura <** friction )<na If the friction Joss Is Hot figured, you won't !<v* anr *#r. ord iKat ta very Impunant, and t wowhl Saslni that, it anybody put* it in, be r* they knots what wactr there la *tM out owfr*thie*fnlloxiaKjoer.r adjonra. and I vlah. to thank aach aoU every person (U< appeared on "nt proyrcua, and 01 eo aach and every psesun. thnt tc*tni*o tut csrioB of "iridntfvial fir* PrsveniWh.* ^hank yon very much for yo*T kind cooperation and your *rrfoas attrntfor*, wbkrk I believe mud* Oil.* a very Intccril- and Wa*hdererdaupoovntlu(apo*.!weejeiwsfojAn. r llir *)u4vmUl fir* Wrcven lion" Section adjooroed af it.n p. m. OCCUPATIONAI. DISEASE HAZARDS Thllttll&V Morning Seton April iet 1042 This *r*|04) of the OrruMib'Ml DlirttK Flmnlo of it All-Ohio Safety Congrec* u-pa called in M*\*r at S:S* x at. t>y Or. A. U K*ftntv-rr. A*f*tnl bBperinlB4cKf, Medical r,l\*J*lnn, Jnd umi-IkI CncMtiiaHinn nf Ofc'o, 'V'umbu*, Ofllii. CJnilrmaB Kefauvcn >Cc jvlh c> * tor I* 'lav. Dr. il. R. cn-s-.w*. j-'.impr li. K Bnn-xH of Mine*. lT'A3fcUiglc>n, 0. Cv who *MU speak on Oofbpxfiuitnj sod Tn>iivtr!aT ]f>(C-u- l'&c*r Pr%*.<i**it. <.4,/!dUlon*. 1ft. -Sayaf*. (App1aa*,> fliyCfip.OVnWAI. lMr*tM* .i-vii (.tuvitiKMl' IIV<;(KNK chttRH jCRKSk^t m.vwiTioy* > >y is. ii, mumui * In the. pro>f\t-Aay three-dlmewsinfiHl. iw^t-beateM warfare, Snr1u*tr>el t~ titOtJ f* at Jcaxt ** morrir,i an cracieni'V. Th* iwipnrlanor nf IitdiiR- irti portion*3 to fhc TsUfrstT forcoe I* fndlrMcil by the fact thnt it take* IS or more people Itb liar* tn ko*p one t*il>l(rr flyh*lot*, The (tHnortxae* of nalcrfnl lo the miHlary machine it*.* born 4***io*-lr*ttA tragioally in *nrwra1 larthnues where uepreparednev* b yevnliad fn ***>"?- e~r the ^vutwenecint rkcorv .iu b xVxir*P vy in* Hailed BnM.tnK whi n ibcly Jnduairlei outpuf In rwttckir mffUarr atid civilian r*rpiirerarat!i rant of the enemy and pvarrort>* the hainrica| u( the VXK auAntlly of material fhol the Aa|s powers b*rfc boon iicrv/uofellmr for year*. The *frtvl*Slr. pnnlifas of fho ooutluental Paflhd fttglac with regard to n*ourcm, lltdsgirlal opirent, and prooent re* flbUfuAfc* Imm tb son* t-( actuai Combat uuUre* ir flM Mglr-af arsenal for (be dtrsocrasr**. Th* rnoident* nf i'crj Harbor and Wok* Tnioud. lb* rraJhxnr dftbi* of Ralaan l>*lQ*tia *nfl th* vlmle *rmxrgiA fn th* ouitiu-*i r*arlft Imv* ferfaied ffmeadouaiy lb* rn'easarc all loynl Ani*rfcsn* ft*t an ell-uiit viotory effort Thf* pressure Is exerted mor eepeciuiiy on petwonn working in lit* war h*9isirf*. The mnhfcelag rwtuirementa of m.*i>r''vrr tor tn* mliftiry an welt an the iodvxtrlat tear rlfnri create* eperiitl prnbUut rn rhe nr producllon. As the war contlnses, th* osseatlal Industrie* must b* in UiCTC**Jt*r mmhr bf (hose tpu do aot mnt.*urW up to (he phytic**! standard* hy th* termed tr+re*. Atm a* <t>* mUUacr force* r expanded, lbe*e r><il'rniU probAblr vlll t *m) IhAurtrT till hay* to uftMxe the rnrvm** of (he loss pbyrt- aUt it. kcw*n now th t*nflmry In to employ women, who hae a hlahrv afolr- r*t than ma. The sttuatloa 1* complicated further by the demand for fcixxatioEi at rcytrtetloaie Ob hoars o( labor and the *tmdtnw up nf nil fnAuecrla! Kireasea Many of the n*w worker* r* artlcxlned or bite* hy* long Idt* **4 bt i*fi0J|Jtr M'ft hlhn bnssrvt* f p?*K( np*r*i(*n Pnrh worker*, a* ur*U *4 th* J*5*rlly unfit, are mw prone tn uttrer *v-i.cn* end 'v>rp*tf<*n*( reacfloaa dirt l\ad tn fat|ge, inefneTeacy, end Xhseateeiem with reduction omdSeU**. fi>r (netaBei*, In the three Imliuirlea that bavn been rvpsodrd nwsfttir--wMklae wot*, aircraft production, and ehtbbult'tlne--Ibe imntber d fteabHrtg Injuria* per mlffloa hfruc* worked tner**rt by 45 perrrnt durtn fh*kt aoath* preceding i*ei; * medernte increase to hoars werked In the Tnaem- bets?* *f riptoslve* vm acv'inoanied by a great Incrrasa (n (he numb** of SMttag injuries. (1) pitting 1S(0 dtuabiinu Injurle# ceuevd *ne tofg at 5l.llf.oafl **<?* or about I,5hO,ooa,iO laan-boure. nnfl >e Is rHm*titi) mat ifgure* for wegaifexxt fnJurtes in )<l oxrenfleil those of iiWfl hr sc e-rr-tit. <*; tab J.MO,- # maa-awt* tore through acrl4*nt* fn' th* tmu4 durlsg 1144 era 'Prewated *t th* AINOhlo Safely Coagr***, Colambur, Ohio, April lfl, 15(1 'Dftaeler, Barwtu of HJneo, U. S. Department of Interior. WAahlngion, T>. a. m equivalent <ntl\r lalmr time required ( r*utruet JUjRkO in lg,OSO Isrjrc boiqbcr*.- M.W mrdtCTK brnithrm: 74.000 iir Aj^itr pHnn; (n trainer plane* (depending us type*; ms #u*in <.-, * e* einihtb#. Ilia**# is aid (t) to cause l% to so tlmtw ## >ml&v ca** n( ahyeaiesUtn. M ncclAenfs and to o responsible for about ev*n (Ime* nn much burs of 00* from wnrlf. Vaia ton*, mwlInC ispun** acxt the <ivfk(nt root r*| Innursnr* fa the t'nltvrl Rlale* (otalrrt epj>prvrexvijan*tt*iotrn *M7"I.h*U*.sbiu#rrt*W\ #|n, mo. tally n( precinu* wm- <*.-,*+* *,, prnrtur Uoo < war material, i* a iThRilou task. Wuc la b*fa rf/n# to r#rn#lr Ihe sftuadoa which no doubt under prrsrnl rOJfdfrfom will grow *<** V adequate *ntrsl measure* are not taken Blkbety af Kabtlnjr 0epa(1wul DUmm aaa awihmi c.m*i The known uifuAure* t>n- the eontroi *t health and safety bassrda Ut industry are probably efllulvnt neu*b when applied Intelligently mad afltqualMy. The < >.! tiH ir> failure in apply them, Which la turn l* due largely m lack or 0*discar> pr"Ra*-l and rumlpwttn. rut Ui\ ~r farllttl## for In. a f<royraM. t ellnrictAir riiVl<5*ni .nl In Indus* try la Jndlrat.nl by the t*ol that Ol Hv i,i*t aaiwUHaP.mciii* survcyM by the KhUo>ei AsWKlnttop of Manufacturer** it) a doctor or e*gt*t*fed atirme vu employed (a ** mtt* JMWqg fairer 1b*a JM eji>p*>'#*e, in in* group **f piani* employing between 14,4*0 nod iQ,psp, y* *- (hap# wrvlwt Yr the mv*y u & whole it pttMW metoulntd a dct*>r and <! percent . t-**lt*rd none. 'When It Is realised that tbm croup ut plant# having **w*r (b* CM aM*tove* ccmiirt**# SI percent of American tatort## and ampfo.*# n>*e* than CO peretm. tc i*. mu>u f***A*y wether# t&> the inadequacy of InTdVutstCriawl imv'iildIomn l Haeearvltlhte ohfr *thleC^Avim4<tr8itr.tn KydteeJ Aemwialtpci 14) fiats Hi eaiablfekmenC* that employ more Ihnu 1.1M sees and women; TIlM* larpe yuMih>i*i><- iy 19 or 11 percent of tbe total airnkcr bt workots? 4) pereoat of this ennntiOUK proup ts working toc*<.nr in u*u (^e> f 4pft or laaa. App^'KlmeUiy i>oq or 1.W0 phyatetapa are fisted la <h dowrl^n btedlcal Directory who elthoe limit tbsfr wnrlr (A the lndpotrlal field or who term-lee reward tl a their aperUi? Iatere#t. Tbs majority of AmeTlcaa-tfrdaateiai TrorVer* rc*|ee medical rare from phydriam whosa laterest ta this tculuurlal work t*. to MTlhsth(ooUHaosirLl,nocebooansdicaToTbj(eIcIt-ive# of both tadootria) and military tnofilcJne men- dotted by ftrtato) (T> fodlcst* a scope of work that will require many icitn* Indostrlal phyelcinna. Mutineer* and other teehnioal worker* than ace avallablr at pTrehseenbtaisictho*bjIefcntiitvaed# foitaf tbaao.th InduJrtrf*} medlrlne and mllflsry medlelne *r* matchL thTeoastwm#, rnuainm,elbyy: mmlMtln, ihe Alness of liAlvUstU tor olvtllen work or ealUtsry aoreico. and to pier# lndtv5daa.l la strUvUtes eonaonsnt with tb(r physti.caTl andmmoico-tnatlaMf aaka#di#Imaapdrofvls* bltlhifeisihtiealth and slflelrnry of those already ampltn.yeTdo#redlaucgantevetrhnemewaot rskeervr icOef. the servlae mau on matter* pertaining tc oers4o.aeTl ohy*rUedauc.e Inei ilmr d shesnteelaia from Industrial occupation or militTaoryridsoetsy btaeecsaousoebJoofoUIMvoeMa ofoer lItnhjrotryIn. dustrial or military madKhie a dettafte plan or pmaram nui be formulated Bader suitable medtesi airedlon, with <bs empieyment ot oaJAnd pbVolciAna *erpoona, harem and uthar speeiaUeto sad techatelsna s# may tj* needed. Medical ofdges and adeg.uata Mnercaocy. diepesmavy end hnspltsj faclllfle# are assentlel. mutable physleef enmlastion asd medical records era aeceemrr. Kalla*) suporrlstoa also should Inc) ada sU msltrr* of general sanitation and eavlroameat hygiene, with the assistance et specialist*, rech as ogiseers and cbcmlrts. ms may be required. Tbs v*r i* epeediaq up industrial byglea wotk It is every other pksw of activity. Tib* qUMltoii. however^ |e atill broader ihan the dsvelpjMnsnt sod app<<c*i<M< f * ib#iu industrlsl nodical orgsnlsatk>n. The sourer ol mitt' tary and Indaetriml petaannsl Is the clvtUs* poptusuou. ?a*ea* h#sKky, etdolent mUUsry sad industrial organlssUak reqmlrtt ibst these irepurfsnt avail* dcailons Ticeearr to the preset ratios of the Kotioa be fostered in ths gspersl peealattcn. This |* s problem for tbe publJo bsmltb and medical urofesalosv U would eseca that Uts beatth M the g#awos pubtin imwoctant from a military * ----* --.t Manfai uerfccttoa must b* present among tbs ivtrta J55 ikat etm.os..t half of thangdKraafiMt sdeolencto**a** hsatrreea<b)e>e` nb#re*afusdeedmtoonreptmhytrsdicablyAethffetctt*aodl 0*1 kind nr On# rMoort fur Ule #**>.)(}' of ituatincd. personnel U that industrial inedltffn# la a conrparailv# neiyovmcr In Ihr flelil uf mpdlcUtf. Host of the organisation# (aUrected In ihl* subject have Or.-srtnpcd rnirn-a J>U. The I'ed^ral Bureau vC Mlatt, Which did th* And work W Auh dlafn*## l* '* <*# *r w* V..IWB outtee, va* rrvetvd la 1)11 sad (be Dlvltten of Jfldiiilrlal Hygiene of the United Stairs t'ubUc tlcslth and tht Section n (MluctrtAl Hygloa# of the American Public Health Avab^'lmttnn In lH. Only yiuce 1?7 has tne Coamdl on ladustrial lieadh r the Anxerican Medical A.vpoclailon l>e*p nbentlte hi f*eiKration vrith coofmli'##* iir-n<M #n iniui in i NTSl* Msdinel SocletlMi, mo#( of which have bsa organised during (h* peer three year*. The whole apeolalty of Industrial hyglcftd a* We know It Ip the United States hi* developed altaoet entirely the World War and la now only a J(l* over U yufird old. Hefor# 1931 only (tv,- that# iWntn<rt *i .j t< vi vhvve mate jjwpartraent# of fnlior wer* pcdacUg hyglrmo tiauvltlcs wed these were ut a limited nature IT). At present J* -Rt*'.'.*. a sad i duos have industrial hygirlte mtlKe, nttm'iv in d*p*rnneatw braUb. Of the 42,000,000 work<w* eoemsretnd (ti the 1040 Croeoa, 47^40,0*0 live In those Stntte (T). 9*t nd local r<i c#aaia wii x<ifl mere awar* nt Ibrir roeponui-^ bllUIr# In 10do*trial hygiene and the dsy (e n<H far when ail pf th# 49 Scales nd the Terrffvrl** will prow*4r tu-i)o?e igdqgtriaf hygiene Wfvires. A* It in, cAHal ledwlrld hfglotte aervteoo m new atsllultb to almost the rallrt labor rerec ut fhe mitscf Htatrs. mi. AMovner T#smn why fore## imfti*d in (aduslrlol luadlclun, public health, aftfi MOltstlOh are lsadoqunts U> rw oar military, aod indnnrncJ aseda fa tho leek of Ir&lfttot focIJitlce in the vdvrstlAnal system of tfct Ufilied Btalaa. Only, a small nvmb o>( aolvaraitle* and msdfcal cchoolh prnvld* special t-onrse* for ledustrlal hwl^afai** Vh#r* -a nuakn -t jMttatvanenc agearl# sagatrsd. la ine*tr}*t lUMItb work, the more Important of which are the Industrial Kygteh* Pvmsdwflon. tba Anaericah Assotfailos nt Indostrlsl T'hrolcMtis bjH &irgoos, ike America^ kfadlnal Aasoclatlan. ike Americas Tuhtlc Health Association, the Acotrjrsn Indoctrfof HygtM* Aeeeuialfon, the Amevtcan Sodrtv of Hcatinr and VenUUiUag Snglneerm )b Ajnericaa Ktudard* Aavotiflxloa, the (UumlooHag Bagiaeera Seofetr. the MatIon*I Safety Cnnrxll, the .National Taiicrcatoel* A- socutloiv the Saranac 7giboratorr tor the 9idr of TnU#toulo#J*. Ut# Ainertcaa Fmuutrraien'a Association, the National Aseoclatlen nf MDiyfsctsrsri, th* Poyl- lssd Cement.Association, IstarstorlH milalsln** by many loavcsnce toisimale*, ts# jfsekell 1a boretary ot lndu#trl<il Toxfeotngr, And ik# hcsfih 4*pTt<ui*nt 1 lb# lotornatloBgl Oarmeat "Workers Union. These ardenJs*tlone, nawever, #r> nei engsged primarily In training i>ersnnnnl fur lntla*tr)*> radfc(MA and hyginp Itkeuch mens ol Mi afford tvMtderslil* 1 raining Ibraugh thelv ntcslingN and ysbiteillon*. Also such yubliriuloM* a* (he Jourusl of jpdgstr(si tlyglene and 7osllairy, th American Joerttal nf 1'QUlia Htvbltlt, Industrial Sfedlrlns, sad the Ieanut.1 et lb* Amariree M<n1)kU AssodaXloh ron'eta invrh raiaable mafcrfal Isr trsfatng quatlgod ntcdlnel and atber Coohnlcsl >Ar#etiel. In Industrie) hjrylaat sad tnrlooiogy. Step* have faa#n taken by the Fedots) Om-eromint rn assure adequate bHdib and wellare strvires u< meet the nerds uf ll*v Mttmnat 3* fen*# program br Ik* e*tabUehat by tbe f'r*id*nt r>a liieptrrnl'er 3. 1441, of the Office ct IWmss, Keallh, and Welfare Service* wlifi (hn g#4or.| Security Adratnlatceiov mdlrtsUr who, with tbs approval of <h Trreklent. )?* kern rtevlgastcd by tbs CewNtl of National Hetman am 'Voordl/at>r <vf ilemlih. Mcdloal Welfare, and bout Decease Aetivltls#.''' Th* dade* and pnw#r# uf this office were oat* i<Sed In tha izmuUc* Order w fultowi; t SabfMC to ueb poitalea, Tg\>iH.iien*, sod AireeUona as the President atj frotri tints to lints prescribe, the Office shat): A Sarvs a# the center fur the cserdlnattuu of health and welfare *rrt*e miA available br the de>trtmees and agcsclas of the Federal Ojnnmcst, and ethst snadn. pnbiw ana i mi me nseos ol ktate sad loea) r*reuolt(o arising front (be dehu* program; and take sseessorr at*pa to a#eare the cnopcrattn* if the agpropclate Federal da* and agencies relslLvs therein. V Make avaHable to States and localities, upon rwiuast, iha ##vi#*a r *##taUi m noun and welfare eoUvItlos to aeeist In tbs plsnoing oad vsecsthn of such innai nm n#** ' cee a. Stufly, plan and encourage tnuium deilgwsd to assure tfc* pruvl- stoh Of l**ataia dafepea health and wtlfurw ssrvlees to Ua ltV*n* of Uii KtlO 161 parloa *f IK* nt*nai. and cnordlotU iititln and vey* naAe by T Uriel and ttendu wltb catpact to tiau ai>u*. d. Keep tfe* president informed rrteii respect to program mad* in carry)of out thl* Order; and perform such related flmle* tb* President uuty ** t* v* ttm* alri at delegate to it4. Til* Director nay provide for the dtm( Brgeaisauoji *ud oC tha CXV at V*t*fl** Meoirfc and TV-lter* Hervlceo. Ha shall obtain til* PreaU drat** approval toy the eatabltebineat oi tha -principal lubdWUlcn* pf ih* Office iM 5it. **laapthAinstmtuadnyt ooff tphreobheliwadss aIhnaenionf.ii< 4iMiw>a* * iu toadies* and rtpousSbllltl** H *H*U ba the policy ot th* QOe* of Defease Health and Walter* Brvf*a to collaborate wllh aad to utilize, la so faT a* prwatleable. tha tectlitle* a*d.auhrie*a of existing departments aad agncl* which perform rotated luuc Uoaa. . Puvtbamdt*. %% u.u w *v*. aniiry #f th* OITU** of Defeats Health aad Welter* Rervlcr* in carrying nut fLa timedon* and duties io nmh *-it* through tfea 5iaue and |maf Jc/enn; *>tiollo and other appropriate tStoie and Local ds/eu** oouhetla and other appropriate 3Lata and local agendo*, ud in *-*' to eooy*r*to and \<ork In conjunction with the Ogle* of Civilian D**po. **TlVa*rIf* nrheatattKobnaohlalpethw* itOhflhlct*ecoofub<ei t>e*a*msU* IWltb and Welfare Aerviee* a HaeJlh end Medical CottmllUQ to ua*teL nf a Muitwin lo ba appolutad bp tea Freshioni. tb* dorgeoa Saoarat at tea Amp, lb*- tturgmwi Casoral pc the X*y, tba Q*nt th* United State* Public Health fiervlca, th* eh*ir>uae of ib Committee oa Medical Research of the oaivv >< oi*aii* wvaardb sM Development, and auob other* aa the Prealdent map from Usm to tin* deteraiioa -fha Committee abet! edvtee the Director regarding the health ae m*<u*i naota of oatSoual decease axclmdee of medical nmeareh and m> *l*t Id tbe eaordlbaUoci of beaito ana imaimi afteotloc aatloaal da- Caana To* member* of the RoTomlttaa ehall Hrv at* aMh irithoot epJTXpnoaa- UO* bat abU be antllted to.aCtool uul atqatirr tran^Mtatlnn. *abaktenca. end other axpenta* tnetAontei to tha performance of Hulr tfntte*. 1. Tba D/r#<?lor la aathodiead to appoint etLeh odekaorr sommiKeca and aab- oonunlU*<eb with reapoet to partteular eapoote of hoolth, nraWare, nntrUltm, Yoeraatloa, aad related eeLWHiee ae Ve toby dud nceemarr or danlrahla to ****** alea *a iba parformanoe at HI* datlaa Such adeiaory oenrmHteea cany Incladt reproeatetlree from radatel .department* and eroacle*. Slate and local ao-vetr*. menu, pnret# organUatioaa, and tha pnbllo at lorna Tbe members of mAriaort eommlttow shall aerre a* inieh without eempeasatloa, bat shell be entitled to actual ad noeaesanr tmaepertaUoR. aobidetanca, and other mmnite lAeidentil 11 thae pWTirUf-MrrmntatHhTfi Uomf Hthaeairt dsaulScheaf.vnds an may ba approprleud or allocated to the OAce of P*fsne* Health aad Welfare Setvleea by lb* Prealdant. th Director ms? employ enmury prroenaet nad mua yrcvUton for tin noc*esstry aopaJiea facUlO** and Mr*im through the .Federal awtnrliy A**e*y. The OQe* ol Ptfesae Health and Walter* Sereteea star use each. atetLatiehi, lafortnatiomU, decel. peteonail end other general bnstnene sereleee and faellltlss as outr he n>adr anilrMi threagh the Oflte* for Bmrrgency HanrurrmenL Th* Dhlslen K Indastrtel Hyateoe of the Halted State* Tubllc Health 9ctt- teee, T*hkH vu tranefstred to the Snntal Secorltr Agency orbA that egoner f*** created; bad organised and A**el6t>e4 IhftaetrUU hygiene eervines in hi State health. 49trtmeU with the aid of foods nidi available under the Social Se* entity -Oct. Forty-two State ahd local units are now <iafpp*4 tar industrial h/gfajia senricoe IP). The wort of these filet*'unite has beea on lutecrelated erith the! of the Ot*te!a of ladhstrlal Tlygftne (bat there now exlete a Vationwld* organlaatlea to ***** efru*eiy (he werhera hi defense tadeotrtes. Thr dlrtrtoo haa set up mobile trolls *an*teting of a physician, an snairieH, end * chemist apeclallr trained la the detection and mtiol of Sadustrlal har&rfa. They are prepared tn go anywhere lo the country on short nolle* to provVJt L*tiei ewnwHiiafien wlh RUl* and local health agenoleu. Additional con* eeltaat* will ooon be even able to tba army e** **y pMmm in Govenuarnt emireted or ewaed mnatllone planla. Coop*ration has also been sstahllnbed vH othor Oovermneat agenelea, particularly the Division of Labor Standard* df tb* DepOarntmWeanyt So,f iLab,oir. o**yrtlen vrlth th* Offioe of th* Surgeea flenaral of tbe * --" *" * ** rtrajaano* department tb* Division began a eysteomue iwdm- 657 (Ion of SO laduetrlel mlUtary uteltKsbinenli eminent by Lbs War Pipxrtmuu for inveatlgallou* Th* foedlcat and engineering studies o rvvlrnnmenfnl tiralth . haaerds have boon complsteJ. As as ib* rvporte on Ihese sfudlee hove been prepared similar stodiee will be mad* la. ovcvn*n-n*:**a so* arin*v p*r. atsd plant*. Oh Hay t. 1811. tb* President epprov*d a Federn) lru>f*rcion OIU OTwctcd by Congress, autbnTlaiag aad empowertug the Boeretnry of (bo laterlor, acting through the United 5fales Bureau of Uhies, to mates nr Mm** to b made annual r ux^warir lsp*ctK>fiN AM IftresUgaHcnn In *n*| iiiIuas Ibe product* u( wiUc.h rcauisrly eitlor com more* or the uperatlooa of erhich subsMiiUally nifoct com* merer--- (a) I'ot the porposs of oblafaing laforninllnn reisllag to htuHh and aeCety ooedlllon* 1* *0h slM. I** f o>Wnw lurulvl** hoAllr r Lena ot life Ip such mins*, irtiunover such bosUfc or safety uoadltlnua aecWeate, or ecrnpstltvaal dlt*a** burden or obstruct oommsro* or throetea to burdeu o* obsfract commerce. (b) For (he pprpOM* of obtaining Is/annaUo* relating te batu *nd safety tw vb -mi***, tne eausee nf arebtant* Involvlog bodllr injury or )vs* of J!f la *uch mine*, or in* causes of neetepa tlonal dlsoaseu oiltflaeAloa la such * baste fur determlDtbc tho most efCsctiva mahaer Iti which th* public fund* mad* available dor th* protection or advancement ot b*fUi or aafsiy in real Miner, end for tbo nraveaUert or veil>f n e^eyatleekl (# therein may tie exprede>l fur lha *i*eomplli*linicnl ot such nb/octe. (e) Far th* paroosa of *ailalng IntormaUnn relating to health ! safely condition* In such alnna. lbs mm of analitem* lnrU'Uvg bcOUy injury or loan of life in such mine*! or tbe causes af occupational disease*. erigfoatJae In. woo* latsM. a* a bsJ fvc ih* MrapacauOA MO ****!*tlo* of yOportfc* atijdin*/ sUUtstlc*. aud utker educational maiarfalo pertaining ta Ui* protoctloa or ad- isaremrnt at haallb ot Misty Ja coal tnlne* and la tbs prevention or relfsf u( *rlde( or ooeupaiCiodaJ dteaassi let ***l (d) For Die purpoe* Of Ok taintaa lrnrmnMnn rrlMtfng to iMMiati inrffly log bodily injury nr loss ol llfv In f*e& tnlheo or relating to occupational dte- * erlginatlna bi such mines, fa> a* 6ra.u.uuiA*d to the fiuraau of i* D*u*ua (o? as* La eoopecUfrs with lb* orezm>ration *nd eompn*(iui ot the vartov* *it*u Tiports. (a) For the burgam at n&fafhiftg le(bruvxttos relating t* haniib end aatoty osodfllon* la such m(n*a; (lw orpm* at scaldsate invuivinc bodily Injury or tees sf Df la such Minos, or U** cause* of occuoatieoat illeaases otiftiaatlng In *uc& sitees, ta ba transmuted le lb* OcnfKF foe tie maldindWn In c)n*eUoA with ktWUf* matters Mvolvcng hesllb and safety conditio**. arcMepts, or.oeeupatlsaal d|mn Is coat min**. T tempir with the urovlsloju* at tb* nw jaw la* Baraau uf Minos has orcaeUad * mlo* lnapoUoa divi[oa vllb a ntrpv of mnro than 110 Innporlaca. IIM Inspector* have i>ha given an inteoelv* ir)tiri/r mun* nd dviacivd to 1MU portUon* through lb* eoaf-mlalng 8I(m in IiUIii furl* ubuut teutile to MIL and safety la ooal mining that oan hill or lnijum minor* aad Imp*de dofMN Krtiulluo, The BOW ImpcBlor* Will wiftlK eWIjr vtlh 8to< tlr|>srt- h*<U of mines, coai-mlnirtg op*ratans and mlas workers* organlsatinuM. They tern goo* late tb* fl*ld to l&vesilgftte condJUoni in the mal xofoos and to odTer rseseMHtdaUoiie fur eJ.lrs.lAsting boewdous practicew *a>4 eonOUloo* so that man power awd material will ba conserved for <h* Nation's war ettuctm and for tb* peaoeUm* production program < fotiow. Th* Important* of this tror-fc to Ibe war riTort l* lndlaat*4 by tha foot Chad injuria* to <&e*.l minors 1* 1910 d*(rfiwd Usltad Ateteg detcane aad IndoetrUi plant* of u potential ton snd a half illoo tons of coal, according to Bureau *eaitstles. in that period L9.TSJ miner* sir* tejured, and a echo loot a ivcnce of I* wnrhiag daye^ or a total at l daya. Baaed on aa *v erago prodootioa of 4v4 tens of poal par day tar *** OLlaat, th* ataggotlng loss of 10,4.gffi ton* of poten llal coal can be rtergso %p ta aeoidnotej mist of which couid bar* been pnmt4. by Abumnte f utatf ru)M and pvuetloat. la oddsttch to tho accident hasnrd*. (he coal-mine worker 1* subjected to ihmvotu activities and hte working environment may b of suei> navore ns to k< Arrii**M(l to fcM(U). Thwiiiif*, in mmi Oaimt mini ta* provisions ot the bn lAipertlou wot, the Bureau baa rborganlwd noil aypandod tbo work of the dttlbhlvlilan. much at which has been In aiwyanec elnre Un Uepvcsalon owisg s iMfc of Inode. Phyalcten*. ctaemlala Mattery esginror*. and other tsohaioal f*enl aader th* dJroeUon of the rcoeatly absrolutefl Chief of the Division. 35* ft Senior AUrg***a ..r the Pnhtlr HtAlth flvrvlo*, 'will non|irriU wllh tk mlxs lnx(tm<Mr tort with h*-altlt departments nf tb* various coni-mining la awertatniriv rke utco>vi-h-r|r> &nrt *iikr omiiltloa* that rtmy ofTeet nil* w*ri) hih -..v* ro.v r# n* miner* (xorh ax ilnst*. gaxfx, tBix*TaiuTt and b<nnl4'irx. end m*1hnd* i,( work). laboratory fertilities aliui nr* bt-log *x- paadcri tn handle th* aual/rVal work required to determine th* liaxarri* tr> safety as * qua f*iw*l! t health of rli* physical lit}- min* air. Viaav have br*f for mulated Cor th- <r. par*;lon iif <1 Hailed rep-rtx amt the rl6i|<rMiJ OiA->*Jia!na- lioo of th# Infrirmnth'it obtt*lrts>l Iroot iaoi>v;m f > -**.... u v^> .nir*.. IlonaI.t la hop*-* that th* a*od created by ike urgency of d*(en** requirement* for further elurfy >< hruttJ* amt safety CMnditloan lit iarisvtry and for InrrvaHrd wont in im* *<ui i<> * if mN 'idMer<w4 qm of crain*,il p*-rv.un*J nod equipment la lit* ka-nUUne of lartaacrtal h/ffteqe ptvbhVnv. I'mW yressnl condition*. Uirtnsrrhil hygiene lx m war n***e*lfy. and the HTnrix to prevent and ooBtiXu f>rt'iitMil>>fi:>l dLwAxe ami llloewu will heroate more irnpirlAnl at the dr* muiAr frif military pri-Uje*ion Incrnay*. and II lx hi<^x1 that run! !>iu*-rt arii-utint* rtltentlr-n ftWm t*> lh- biwny mUCM i:ii < u.i (`tA*--., iw-l in trie! rif itf the Jfn!i-*n nill eenteibate m.'i<triMy t* l!w ui'lm.ate i'li*ory .f th ralled Kation*. It will enquire th* Mmhlltd xffortx Arid th* eonpcrxtlpti of all iirllvidirtli liltd ellk ar OMfWtlon ami |1e hrOllh A lid Wfifttr* of worker* to ao|*e Uiv man/ pmnii-mx i* 1ml|>*Trjhl h*?l*n* which are sure l<j aria*. SU5UTAK.V r rh pre*n'-d*y tbree-dltonotloaal. mechaniml warfare industrial o- pronutry is 1 Iraxt A uoporUuat xx military ecwieec.r. vie;> r*u hr -*- a-flr aefetewd by the Irafted Vitlon> when their Industrial imipoi In veweuftfl.! military and HriiUn requirement* surpuxxfR that ol the ninny nnit the haailktj) nf tht! IT|<> ouanlity of material'that the rtxle piiwerx lnur been arcrmoUiTiuij nm the tr*N> -:*%v rk wnrM. Yhe lrUU-^i> of Pearl Harbor and he ttaJIantrr of *h tfnlted Nntlena' Ihw.pa le the n'liih- watt Pacific hare [ncrHXod unmeudoueb' thn prexavro u all Ir.yal Amrrlcxn* for an all-oat rllry effort. fhU praxnro t nriA more erpnelally on the ftuStmlfte* Imliapetxabfe t prosecution of tha oar. If the war coniine** industry will hare lu uMlIre th* *ervV# >`f {h* J*t ptyileally At who nrt prone tn iffr accident* and nempeMoral dlwtict whloh lead to fatlauwj inMheltep)', and abwmlntlam irlUi naxrqutnt TedvrClun In pro* duetkao vital to the pemgmuii of Lh-e war. ISxperleuce In irdlvrduxl plants ano mdwatrlea ihow that the bear- low can be prerested hr the uppllrutlfti r proper meaeurew. AILheujrh much hax been dono In the application of well-lcruwo vrevenilv* ra*aauie much nn-n remnlaa to be done. Th* prlncrpal reui-illnic litHu*mv bn* baaa the lack of trained cnmUeaJ and nther Irrhuliai prremiml ami equipment to conduct lb necesaaey' iaveiiirnt.fuaa and *pnty prcruntlv*. menMurex m par* ilcula* cOmllthaae. Thla Juck l due partly to the lata develiqurioar. of ImliixtrUU zoAdlcine and hypienc himI to th* paucity of fni-llillee in our rdumthmal xyxtem for tralalnp Iniuetrlnl hydealxta Tfeo pra*tr need of all-out" production of wbt avppLIes* hu clean power ful inptiux to Industrial mertlelnr and hryleae. Many ynv*ram*nta( and ptiiat* orcaalaatlonx are making atronuoun affertx to proelde ailequal* InrillUm for p/otecrlnjt (he h**HX ad wtf#rr aad Increoxlnf the eAMerww <.f workere. This paper dWusaea some Of then* nryulMtionr and th* enrt the* at* doing to aaJtxt la aehlovlng vtdnry. |BI.(001UrHY t. X>ltn(on *f rndoetrfaf Hygiene. Vatfoncl lastJtut* nf Health. Patlgv* and Honrs of Percies of Intererxto Troch. Driver*: Pablle JH*ailk Boll, 1*5, V. & Public Health Servtc*, 19*t. I* pp |. OnanlM, Edward R,, Ketlnn's S*. l Pink Column: $Wf*ty Bllglnesrla*, ml l. February 1*41. p. *1. I. aKrhursl.E. Indoairial Health EC*fard* tftclitent to thb JJeferv?* Program: Reprint from me M'rvh. jiy i*n, * pp. f. JfeCormdelt. jolio vr.. I^abor Want*** Through Wnrk laJurlax la More Dora* aging to Production Than Strike*: Posgrcaalopal Rec., April t, 1141. i. Matttul Aaenclatlon of Manufacturer*, Infutritl Haaltli Praotlcoa: A Report a 9urvsr of f.fR Indoatiial latabllilineali, Ottobtr 1941* T9 pp- r*V> t. Milpmin, Thnirm* !. OnpnrtnnIJU-* Kit l`hytMnlace la Imliolry: lour. Am. Med. A*e*u\, vnl. Ilf., IPta pp. <C>7*1?3? 7. Flrlatol. r<ercr"ii fi,, tndurtrUI (l*ilih nnr) `Vuiionnl I'rfffno: Jo'.iv. Atu. Mod. AMOt, ro). ItS. no. 1116-mt. S. Dirlxlon of Ioduxirj*? Hyrlepe. N*ar?onal institute of IIoaIMi. Current Nrwx f Industrial Hygiene Activities: V*l. 1. 1511. u im. 5. CnUert ^tatrx I'ublir HetJlh S-rvlue, Imluwriaf Tlylee--/hr-rept h'owy "f nrneiai In'iurtrlul llTklenr Ac'iv'.U-y. 1'ivUlr.n of lMt*trf*l Hvgient, KaTo'Miiu.r i/r tccmmi:, v*-i. j. no. , |>*r-nmar>' 1 "-!2. 12 pp, Chalrmnn Kefanseri Or. Sayers h*x *lmo iu n. very ;le.ir und apt historical, *rgAl and phvsfiOl proMem III o^uimtiuQAl dlreApe* nn>l ln.istrla! hvgic.i* badtr Pf'-vut conA\'toflm. \nw. will huf of r-~y t-f 4 h- -l-p (* ot t lOrtttXirUI nitSATrlX. |faiAfUtKle ri>f1<vi!.n*. ni,i rmplt^xil>-Ma of some i^-o|<u-oaI tutanrd*** >y Dr. <'harlv A. l'*en. lUi-r^-tor of V'-ilh-el Keer.wroh, lTr-f, xmiT rttAfrinitM ilrpaftmeOt f i/i*rlirlui`. f>Mo Si*< < l v'rrelt y, f'Jiunbui, (A|i|<lriUNr.) liyuiPHACir MryfWi''14/ivc imi iMet,ic,v'i,u,'V.* or 71ASAKPS mvi riTteTAti ?lt. I'll Ml MSA A. f(MV IHmrtor f Ttedlcal VeaoorH*. Okie 51*1* t;jil-rnJt>'. (MhiuHiui, MAlu Tkp are. chnirwuii. i^idl'a xml nm 1 iniiim: io>tny. am n**c*r h*Tor#, lcdlv:r:uatly UDd km jt nation, we xr* rr.iUxlmr Iknr o|iHmum phyahvil rttoexs lx ike yrar^n-ulelto fur eumuineO elTori and maximum ouljiul In InrhMtry. Work, sj parforin-'d l.y ih* AveruK*: (vrxna >-rt)n< b* redenrtf (o a yfmphi fcrnmla. The Cattnu* .f h* *rlin*r f**i>r- w-nrie": lx i-' xhrr. i. -ihx o tse ordinary txl of le i*Jryy-l'*yfxt. .Vr*r du ihr icyir o/ (lie psTi-lfiHuyirit, jut lUfpuued Uf Dr. ftxyer*, pnivlil* the svyer. \'elttr hux fully txplAlsrd *orailed chronic fadusYHaf fellgwe wlf.h lla derrcxwe In prr'duRtlvily an<l Inoreauu In Mtnrxs aaxiiolatdd wftli lung hours of light or mottersl* n*urk. TK1*> irr* d lvhl. >. nu<nn<iiic (> i-r,nfue"<1. p.x tt \rsx in tn* 1,1 t war. with malingering Akd Inrlncxx, le a vt-ry deflnli* xtat* thoogti. ax Jias been saggtntfad, it in dlfft-fwlt u> m*nxuct- g&)milvrly. Wt Hxt* #cn erlileiice of tt (rten the tnedh-aL standpoint tn tb nelectlon of <h>aorx fur btnod transfusion*. Vbn us--U wt fr*ob(-4ly (imc to do. nr used to tbtnX we bad to do--hnvu a rstuuleer donor, aftur th* end of - ilej^e hAiil ^UjaIfaI emrh. donate blood la Ike tarly evening, the recipient mere often than not after r-rtlvliat 5*0 n. c. of life napatlblr, presctmaMy norma!, bloud feel* very murk vrnr than hr <r eh# 4lil Irlure Ih* UMAfttMi'K. There lx frr.nxfcrrml to the viil>t, hy the blond from ttala tlrmf wnrlcer, th* *> <f*cr#c of fatigue that rhe donor wax *rprl- eaetug to further nrn|iUeat# rather than help the xfinailnq Ik t*rnu of the (II- n*ui. So, pus may (<blaln *n imlcx of the degree t nrc'imulnt*.| fatigue nrod- iieia, Ur anting ibe rtlfTereniv In th* rexpinn (he recipient In twn dnnAClnoa of bhd fmm Ihi; xume rtnnor. <mc taksn b*(*rt on<l >ne after prolonged plL>`slcsl Hlnrt! loddantaliT (hr "faIftied*' itonrvr numnt so purely Inker hhh l<hHl rdt reaerren TSe Mcbl and Kunninlr ennHIOona Inxlile and lh* f.triory. In ndilt- (Jin to Mi* controlling n( the kurx of |nbur, are very Impm-tant for lira health *< tht KOTkeT. Th* purcAnlrtglxi and the director r*f pereenn*! each h.ire good d*sl to coAtribuC# (o the pmblem. The phyxiHan, since tn* rims e( ninpoeratex. kf knomi tho importjLnc# of rml and diet in the treatment ef Al*w*, and atilt rale ike patient to h*rt when t> beromex III. ffo *Jxn kneivx the value of viwfj and <Urt> and recreation In (hr prereallita of dJreare, which Kx wr chief objective row, aod which, rather Hum Itu* I'ure of oixeueo, hue iieen for xome time the artoripal goal of the alert Ml/oUflc phyvlcinn. Tlx camnot win tbs war with work al<.o*. t'hyHral *wl m*ati) 0-tnevs must WbUlgJrd "vll1inrn*w`** and *pntrlo1lxm.M Tii* [trflla'-nt *ypltrat|/.n of| nl gncil kuvn, madtcal iscls will work w*idr! Sou. there are xveral iyp*M i.f medical busird* In the drxc pfAca. <nfe- Omn. such as tbs common cold and lador.iiwi, are always n real epldtmlc hazard a ssjr sltaatloa. where indlviduAlx lice or work rngeiher In close proximity, 2*rUuUrly if optimum hygienic conditlnnx do not -hfaln. Among the more #w aaagec vhiih may ii ih 14-Almunuu ii> uirmton or toe inrtivMnai (jflRg *ueh pspclrmtef, lx anew la hi some degree, The plant nurse xbould be on *.fc alert, lor (hn appraranc* ul unusual pnitor r elgnn nf nUnnraud fatigue In ay worker. Aside from sub-opltmal nnlrlHnn mn<iy niher f*rt/>r* mny coa&Aot t anemia: chronic hemorrhoids Uset petKir ttleer, low atari* hemolytic