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2= ? PiPCSTRIll Hrt'.TV SICTIO?: * 1948 Ply-t 'T-e 4 to til of 66 surreys of health conditions sis conducted In the plants of oar Croup polieyboldtrs 67 the ambers of the Industrial Syrians Laborrtory Stiff teirj tie peer 1948* Kill* tils is a decrease in tie sunbtr cede la 1947, tie plants surged ware larger tad, therefore, affected tit health of any aors of our Croup certificate holders. The laboratory, In conj^setion nith the United States Public Health Service, ^rsiertoo': a study of the use of sodlun fluoride during the pourinr of ris steel In open hearth furnaces. This study was taien at tie joint request of tie Unitei Steel Tor'iers of ineriea--3.1.0. and the Republic Steel Corps.--, "he addition of sodlun fluoride to colten steel at the tine It Is poured into nolds helps produce an unusually touy':i steel rhieh i.s free frsr hlor holes. It does not create a health hazard chich could be attributed to the use of sodlun fluoride. This eor.clurien eoaeurs clth the findings tht we hare cade of tests taien of these operations covering a period of tires years. la 1935, tie Buffalo, Her Tori plant of tie Republic Steel Corporation ras insured for Croup Insurance, i surrey nas aade of tie plant and recorrendatior.s for ti control of hazards found *ere sent to tie iiana^enent of the Republic Steel Corporation. Based on this service, the Republic Steel Corporation insured the liwes of *11 their employees niti the understanding ti`t every plant rould b surveyed ones every tro years. Ths Republic Steel Corporation is nor re-uestithat surveys be cade annually in all their plmts. i 00545 -2- The Corpianr also cants the laboratory to piss on the posricl* heelth canard* of substituted nr materials and the introduction of new manufacturing processes. This worle alone will Increase the activities cf the field and laboratory staff approad-netely 25 percent. The study of the ateospherle conditionj is the clt7 of Rochester was continued during the yaar. This has been done far the Rochester Gas & Zleetrie Caapeny to detanine chethar or not hrcardous substances are disseminated Into the air of the city fron their ssoke stasis. The Rochester Gas & Electric are building two ner power houses and this study will be continued for two years longer when these new plants are in operation. i great deal of newspaper publicity was given to the fatalities in Dooora, Pennsylvania as a result of suspected pollution of the air fren factory s taels. Cn* of our policyholders who happens to be the largest user of fluorspar ii the 7tHey re-guested us to sale a stud;?- of any possible air pollution fror fluorides tanating fron the shads of his plant. I!o excessive ccnoantrationc of fluorine of a ha carious nature were found. One of our polioyiolitrs who rarufaotures chromates ha* bed a number of elairs -due to lung ccneer due to chrome. It was planned to erect a building which would hart an efficient ventilating cyste.n to control any haoard -shich would be developed. Our 7entilatl*i Engineer spent sene tins during tie year with tha eoastruotion engineers In going over their plans for the building ana incorporating into th*se plans^,efficient ventilating control?. A lar-e insurance eonpar.y reouestsi the laboratory to sale a series of tests in their nultigrapa units to determine the vapor concentration produce i 0054G 3- by cleaning fluid. Studies *<re also uda of sols* Is their 1.3.'-'. machine rooas and zone suggestions c*r cade to Improve the condition. The following arc tone representative pleats vhich vert survejed during years The nintkote Company Allied Industrial Products ^Semins Class Works .tepublie Steel Corporation General Electric Coopery Johr.j-Vtnrllle Cosnrr.y _-- Diarond Alkali Coapcnr . noehester Gas L EXeetrd.0 Corcpcry EeCrory -Stores Evening 3uiltia Test*.--. Biscuit Ccnpiry SUsdtri Bletchery printing Ce=par7 -crples collected ia the plants mi scat to the Eor.e Office necessitated tadtir.g 3,165 analyses. Ties* er.ttiled taelyses of the regular run of substance: such as siiict, 1 asbestos, lead, sar.5tr.ese, mercury, fluorine, acids, solvents, hydrocarbons, ! etc. ?--. . ......... Studies are being conducted in the Hone Office Divisions There 1.3.','. Punch Press rsehines are operated in cn aiterpt to find ztjt of elinir.stia; the noise. Staples of the vae-i eater cad soap solutions \iseu in the Conrisscrp ii>:isi:r. *ere teste 1 b*ccu*e sore cases of derctiiiis hrd been reported to tae -'edict! Division. 00547 4 4 too-year study has been nade of the use of triethylene glycol for the prevention of eolii and other respiratory conditions. Ope section of our air conditioned fruildinr There about 500 enployses ere located ns used aa the trtaiadat rooa and a control roon ns set up in another pert of the air conditioned unit, Curing the latter half of the past year, the asplayees Tileh had previously bee used as eontrols'nro treated rlth the triethylene glycol, cad tiose thich prerlously had been treated uere now used as controls. Records rere Lept of the respiratory infections of both groups and baeteriai counts were side in these rooas. The results were negative and the study was dis continued. TT.. The experimental fluorescent ligating installation on the 14 th floor of. viit 1 res eorpleted during the year and the report of the Lighting Connittee' has been submitted. A*..? t < f During the year of 184S, Cr. UeConnell received 28 conplaists of poor V' lighting. Inspections were zsade and reeo.ucer.iations cubnitted far inprovesent. The mount of credit received fron our Group pollcyiaiders during the year of 1948 mounted to ?7,166. 51 Thi* represents incidental expenses of travel and nainter.mee is one field incurred 'ay our Laboratory Teebnicicss 'rile ' eur.*eing the individual slants. The General Heotrie Conpary partially -ays -5- for laboratory service* is well is for tnrl expenses. The reisoa for this is that the Croup contract ith the Ccnsrtl electric does nst Include service. The satire (count spent for travel la the Industrie! Health Seetloa mounted to $7,946.38. One thousand nine hundred ninety-four (1,994) requests were received for Information end isslstir.ee on industrial health end general health subjects during the yetr. This is in increase of 77 percent over 1947. is in the past, these requests covered a vide variety of subjects and were received frsa every state in the Onion, as well as froa cany foreign countries. 7b: requests froa foreign countries vert evidently es a result of cur radio end nare:i.-.e advertisements. i nunber of our Creep policyholders have ashed our assistance in ressr.-.e.-.iin; a doctor to head up their medical units. Sue to the increased use of fluorescent Imp tubes, rany policyholders have ashed for information oa the correct and safe disposal of .these tubes. Several eases of poisoning have developed frsa the berylliua used in these laaps. Another subject ihieh seens of interest lately it the use of color dyotries in industry to prevent fatigue and prevent accidents. The ntgeiir.e of the /jsericca asdicel Association, "Kyjeia," carried tn article that the `ietropolitan had been using the glycol vaporisers r-hish had been roeeessiul in controlling and preventing respiratory disease* men; the L 00549 00530 - 7- SUtu lr=j. I booklet entitled "Dfcaapreijian Slclaiess" cu prepared for tie Derek Ham1. ,-i >*nD~- Airin* tha 7w# Dr. Lazt Attended 57 seetlnss tad conferences held in different parts of the country or in the Hone Office 3uiliir. He gave e paper at the Fifth Post Graduate Coursa in Industrial L'ediclna at the Long Inland I'edieal College and one on Industrial Hedieire to the Staff of the North Country C0n.nur.it7 Hospital, Destbury, Long Island. r- -'......n During the year, Dr. VeCoraell attended IS neetin;s end conferences, end ' gave toe lectures to the class of the Institute of Industrial and Social Vedieine of the Ken lark University. -- r.t--.-i IT. Fehnel attended three eoanittee meetings durir.; the 7ear. la"'ttr-s Dr. DeCannell hts been invited b7 Hr. Edvard Cars!, Xndustriel Co=issicr.er of the State of Ker fork Depertrer.t of Labor to becone a aeaber of the Advisory Coesittee for preparing proposed rales relating to Control of Silica Dust in Stone Crushing Operations. Hr. fehnel has been ashed to serve on the Nonane tin 7 Coarlttee for Geverr.:rr Ccuneil Vecibers as the representative of the Industrial Hygiene Section of 00551 8 the Aatriean Public Health Association. Ha has also batn ashed to aerr* on the Subcommittee on lye Protection of a the Aserlc^ii Standards Association Safety Code for the protection of Head, Eyes and Hesoiratory Orjans. fisre are attached a fee of the tuy letters va liavt received teUinj of the value of our services* Er. Henry Almond, foreerly Medical Director of the Brown Cornany, Berlin, Sew Hanoohire joined the Staff of the Industrial Health Section on July J, ISIS. Dr. A. J. Lars* retired on December 31, 1?4? to taxe urn full tire his duties oiii the Institute of Industrial Medicine of the V. sr- ferh "*.iT*r:i*.y, ' Bellevue "eiicnl Center. 0055:: 005r3