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FILE NAME: Engineering (ENG) DATE: 1931 Nov DOC#: ENG001 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Trade Journal Article - The Very Least an Employer Should Know about Dust and Fume Diseases Prrrmtion H d lh Comcrroiion Firo PrercnUoa ^ o . e i y iL fB g in e e r m g U Thlrty-firti Year-- The Pioneer Publication in lit Field t1 /oV;-, - TT* T- h !R t fThe & Magazine of Safety Ol " w$ with which b u been combined: Protection Efntineerin. Conservation *nd Fire Prevention Cn . ARTHUR C. CARRUTHERS, Editor Jt ijl. O. B, UBAD, Ant. Editor P Harry Armand, Asst Editor ft of; Vol. LXII, No. 5 CONTENTS November, 1931 r7if:1ri WIIAT TIIE EDITOR THINKS* FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION: Putting Our Shoulders to the Wheel ........ 269 The Kind of Christmas Presents That Help 269 Safety Has its Thanksgiving......................... 270 Prgeucaisuhtiinogns AApgpaliinasntceFsre.e..z..i.n...g....o..f....F..i..r.e.....E...x..t..i.n... 287 VoFciarteionFailghEtedruscat.o..r.....A...d...v..o..c..a..t..e..s.....C...o..u..r..s..e..s....f..o..r 290 &(3 <g ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND SAFETY: Ha* Development of Safety Codes Helped FH,eraetiTngestPslanoft FPiarretsiti.o..n...s.....................................................229914 Reducing Industrial FireLosses ...................... 25 4 AAcincisdweontrthPre..v..e..n..t..i.o...n.....i.n.....i.n..d...u..s..t.r..y..?...--....U. 'v.....C..y..r..il 271 Bl"arsetinn--g RCyapGs eCoragueseGM. aKniyngInj..u..r..i.e..s....t..o.....C..h..i..l.- 29"7 Often There is a Better Way ....................... 274 1 OnHeerMbielrltionW.StiHleosoovferSa.f..e.....B..u...s....D...r..i.v...i.n..g..._...B...v\ 275 HEALTH CONSERVATION: & _ . ' WoDoadysPWroidtuhcotust CaonmApcacniydeOntpe..r.a..t..e..s....o..v...e..r....4.f.)..0 276 OrAd.erVlinosesss .a..n..d.....C...l.e..a..n..l..i.n..e..s..s....i.n.....M....i.n..e..s..--.....B. y T 298 l Proceedings of National Safety Congress .. 277 Some Representative Exhibits -- National Rheerus m^ a t i c Disease A.m....o..n...g....I..n..d..u...s..t r..i.a. l^ W o ' r k 304 tq, Safety Congress ....................................279 EdtueccatitoionnoafsCahnildErsesnenatinad! PFeadcetostrriiann*theonPtrhoe CSiucrkantievses QAumaolintigesMoafleViIonldetusRtraiavls E...m...p..l..o..y..e..e..s. 305 --By Dean K. Ilrundagc ........................ 307 i?c" Men. Money and Sickness--Bv I'hiiip P. St W rheiettnsey and H i g h w a y s -- By Albert \V . 23 J Safety for the Boiler-- By G. E. S a m s .......... 2S2 Jacobs .......................................................... ? GUalsiaHt aizsaBrdesinagndDoHnoewtotoPMroeteetctTthheemEves of 3!I ?: CoLm. mLo.n SCpaeunsceesr o.f....I..n..d..u..s..t..r.i..a..l....A...c..c..i.d...e..n..t.s..--.....B. 2v83 bkIinnduDsitsreiaalsesWofrrokmersB--raBzyiliaLnewWisa l nHu t sCa...r..r.i..s. 351|(4j . -- The \ cry Least an Employer Should Know ?c' Coal Mining Makes Excellent Safety Record 285 eArbicokut WDilulsstona,ndM. FDum...e.....D...i..s.e..a..s..e..s..--....B...y.....F..r..e. d j- --I Pr: I Published Monthly by f $<if: rhjvti Safety^ Magazine Publishing Corporation f ublication office, 34 Crystal St, E. Stroudsburg, Pa. Editorial and general offices, 119 Nassau Street u r New York, N. Y. ' i' s { :fc? ARTHUR C. CARRUTHERS, President AUSTIN F. HANCOCK, Vice President O. B. MEAD, Secretary :inrti?tl H A RIW ARM AND. Business Mnr.a.:cr L c n t, r,,,u) b,. ,\r!i |-,k- ,, v,,,,r V .,r, it * s v u s u c iiT io x s -ij^ N j^ / . ' ' i T , , ? f '< g ( - - 1: 7.J LiNkW.NLLtdNl.; 317 The Very Least an Employer Should Know . about Dust and Fume . Diseases By FREDERICK WILLSON, M.D. Prciiden!, WilNon Product*, Inc., Readmit, Pa. THtoL^iJnihaarmlat,,iownrooufghdtu,sint ,ainnddusfutrmyesbyis,diasseayseest, dnuoet . so well recognized as are those visible injuries pcauagryhntgcoanl ptahsesagmesu.cusSumchemlabrgraenpearotifcletshemanvausanlpleaansd cpalouyseedr wbhyo ihnadsusattrihaelaartccthideenwtse.lfarNeeovferhtihsewleossr,kmtheen aenmaednrtlsypidt,rybutthethseecirnectoionnvse,niceanucseinogccthaseiownoedrkmisanso tomahrakwekd the best monetary interests of his company should wish to have some information on this subject, that he may that the nose and throat are soon cleared of these large particles of dust. In other words, large dust particles not err through ignorance of the danger of dust and fumes or of the liability under the law which he must tcaotniotinn.ue a source of local irritation instead of lun-&- irri always face. Although industrial respiratory diseases are not in maFnobreeiignngspwarhteicnletsheiinr mthaessaiirs bsoecsolmigehtdtahnagtetrhoeuys rteoadhiuly celmudpelodyienrsWaorcrkimnenno's sCeonmseperenlsiaetvioedn Athcetrsebiny mfroosmt sttahteesir, wrehmeaninsuinbjseucstpeednstioonmineatshuereamtmeonstphgeernee.ralSlyuchindpiacratitceleas anivdcroesfporencseibnitliotyp.inioPnrsobbaebalryinogneonofthtihsesumbojesct tinis- size under 5 or 10 microns (a micron equals 1/25,000') and are therefore so minute as separately to be invisible, the Sta1teJuodfcNeCwutlJeerrsseiytt.ingJuidngetheCuStlueprresmaied:Court of adlettheocutegdh iwn htehne aintmgorsepaht ecroenicnenthtreatifoonrmsuocfh aduclsotucda,nanbde "It was the duty of the defendant company to excrcisc reasonable care that the place in which it set the oinn tehveerayctchuimngulaantidonesveorfywphoewred.ery material which settle bdyeceitasfeodr adtowinogrkt,heanwdotrhke, ssyhsotuelmd ober mreeatshoondabaldyopsatefde thrUoungdherth5e mmiocurtohnsanidn nsoizsee, dtruasvt_erpsaertitchleesbrroenacdhiilayl ppaasss for the plaintiff, and free from latent dangers known to the defendant company, or discoverable by an ordi sages and lodge in the alveolar tissue, from which re mote parts of the lung structure they cannot be dis nary prudent master, under the circumstances. It lodged by hawking or coughing. cwisaes arlesaosotnheabdleutycaoref tahneddesfkeilnldatont pcroomvipdaenysatofeexmear catSiounspoefndfuemd ems aatstewreilnl aasirdumsat.y cFoummeeusnsdigernitfhye, "cLlaisqsuifidi cphloinyeedry, aanndd ianppkleieapnicnegs snucwhhmicahchthineedryecaenadsedapwplaisanecmes or solid particles from 0.2 to 1 micron in diameter formed by physico-chemical reactions such as distilla in a reasonably safe condition for such use, including tion, condensation and combustion. Acid mists, ammo the duty of making inspections and tests at proper intervals while lie was.so employed. If the defendant pnriuomduccehdloirnidteh,e lfeoardm, zoifncfuomxeisd.e", and the like,' can be failed to perform this duty, and the plaintiff con tracted the disease from which he died by reason of Naturally, the more concentrated the quantity of dust ntul fume in suspension in the atmosphere the greater such neglect, the plaintiff can recover unless the de ceased assumed the risk of his employment, or was the danger to which the workman is exjioscd and the smaller the particles the greater the likelihood that en gTuhieltyaboofvwe hoaptinthioenlapwlacteersmgsrecaotntsrtirbeusstooryn n"ergelaisgoennacbel.e" tpraarntciceleisntIon pthreololunnggedinstuesrpsteincesisonwiilnl tehnesuaeir. isTmhoeresilziekeolyf care" and, of cmirio, no employer can observe reason' '' care unless he has at least a little knowledge about gtoerboeusunsdoerrt aotmdicursotnsisththanatmracnrg; inprgobfarbolmy t2hemmicorsotn,s|.lnto- \ turc of dust and fume hazards. nay be said, first of all, that large and heavy par- 0.5 micron, or smaller, because, as jmt stated, these im palpable particles read.ly remain in suspension in the tic cs of earthy and metallic matter generally do not constitute a respiratory hazard. because such particles, air. The size of fume particles, as already given, ranges from 1 micron to 0.2 micron in diameter. In emg arge. do not remain In suspension in the air and en \\ ten breathed by workmen are almost invariably other words, the smaller the particles the greater the danger; unaware of this facf employers and workmen. SAFETY ENGINEERING N m 'rnibert 79.7/ *L A\ sansirresi,jsuch,m- oscorp^icctpsarticMlestwehmichl^frintdhrthcehirawTaayaiemroolth'le^lrumngTs i?th cSoUm,`SptaarnaCti-vely"sli*ghinthaplheydsifcoarl ceofnfseicdt,erawbhleilepeontolld,.sr Iinhsmtamncaestoe^vepnroocnebssreiesf ipnhythseicallunegxptoissusuree, tesnodmetoksitnadrst ltwdhdicehatahdv^raenscueltsp.rogArellsstiyvpeelys, oevfentinief edxupsotsucroentcaeiansiensg, ree silica as quartz" are prone to set up inllammahryidprcoacnensostesbeincomthpeleltuelnyg chtiescsukeed, swehrieonusonccoensdtiatirotends id which result in much physical suffering and in pre-' *zytubrceccocmateh.absOorthbeedr diunstot atnhde fbulmooeds estnrteearminganthde cluanugses lnearcacloprodiisnognitnog twheithtosxyimciptytomofs tohfebsoudbilsytanefcfee.ct LvaornygnIttsmmuecdomabpsloetreptdioisnaboiflittyo,xeicnddinugst iannddeafuthm. es often re Scientific knowledge of the results of dust exposure s not progressed far enough to exactly predicate the ' ' '* dwaanyBcfrorlnancveemO-pkloinyderoifs dtousrteagnadrdfuamlled. usTt hien dIpirtbwu/t abse ahahramzafurdl. toUanddeergrbeees,t wchoinldeituionndseritadcavnenrsoet millions die shortening of life is almost inevitable. tWhee fdoollokwnionwg ,cohnodwiteivoenrs, isthsaetriboruesalythihnagrmoffuld:ust under Lead dust and fumes as found in smelting and burn . lienagd otpeemrapteiorinnsg,, ppoatitnetryspmraayniuntga,ctubraitntger,y,pariuntbibnegr, i lmeaadnuisfaacntuerisnsgentainadl malalteortihale.r occupations in which Arisnesneicctidciudsets,ansdprfauyminegs oasf ifnrusimt etlrteiensg,, amnadnuthfeacltiukeri.ng AHiskpinredssenotf, aospegrraatnioitnes ciunttiwnhgi,chstodnuestcroufshfirnege, ssialincda pteurlivaelsrizainndg,glsaaznedsb, laasntdingso, othne tmhrioxuinggh aoflognlagsssemrieas of industrial operations. AFusbrecsutottsinagndanedvefreyltionpger(amtieorncuirny wphoiicshoniitnigs).used. . Thneicmotainkeincgonantednth. andling of spraying material. with. Fumes of zinc and brass, from brass founding, smelt ing, autogenous welding, and other operations of glirkoeupchathraectreersuilnts thaerc purnepselenacseanotfanzdinct.em(pIonrarthiliys incapacitating but not cumulative in effect.) lolBloewsideexsptohseuraebotovesuocpherdautisotynsc,ounndpitlieoanssanats rcelseualntisimmaoyf dfaucstto;rythrfleosohrisnganadndwaclllesaniningtheofprgersaeinnc,eanodf gneurmmbelarldeesns osythsteermoiprerirtaatitoinngs atnedndpinogisotnoouisntmroadtuercieal.into the human Cooperation BEemtwpeloeyneeEmployer and V aMt AI-.RndKicoAtt,B LNeEw evYeonrtk,haws hreerceen4tl0y,0t0a0kenperpsloances iirtieohnedofanfidfty15y0e,0a0rs0' pdeervseolnopsmveienwt eodf tthhee EpanrdaidceotitnJoclemle-i Corporation, manufacturers of shoes. Gtt eworitghe nFo. Joothhnesroanssfeiftstytyheaanrshebaelftohr,eyloouctahtedanidn aEmndbii- -ndatyo bMegr.i>n'Jwohonrskoant itshechbaeinrcmhanin oafsmthaell bsohaoredfaocftotrhye, idicott Johnson Corporation which employs 17 000 Tkers with a productive capacity of 135,000 pairs of DicCtSicpaellry dtahye awnhdolreunwnoirnlgd aist icnaptahceitydeaptthas otifmeanwchceunrn,c EdemplriecsostitonJo. hnTsohnis w"oGrok!eJresnwJausbhiloeneo"ricnegleGbreaotirogne on. The whole community joined in the ccle r- Johnson has always considered himself as One n*lLtbc^-p"dilioi-tolitn Jtohhisnsgorneatasosrogcaiantiezatwioonrkaenrsd. haHse beheans1 : 0,l'y untiring in advancing the Endicott Johnson l'oral.o.i ,o a foremost position in ils industry but Secretary of Labor Doak, United States Senator W ar ner, Congressman John D. Clark and many other dis tinguished citizens were present and expressed their ad mseinrtaetdionas faorgrweahtatinGdeuosrtgriealFb.uJilodhenr,soans'sa lgifreeahtashurmeparnei mtaarinayn,thaonudsamndsmoafinttaaminiilniegs.prosperity and happiness to Hus is .the type of industrial leadership uhidi any company or community is fortunate to possess, the tyii that decs not tail and even in the hardest times of- busi ness depression keep the working force employed and spaloteygmueanrtd.s the community from the sultoriim& of unem Old Mon Accident Says: W illi Carefulness, I Cannot Succeed; with Carelessness I Cannot Fail" November, 1931 SAFETY ENGINEERING 3.19 "' 'I Advertisers in This Issue Tthhise cosnucee.rnThmeyenatrioensepdecbiaellioswts ainrethaelliravdavreirotuissinlgineins ofrfomsafyeotyu. anWdripterottheecmtio.n, and will be glad to hear AAmmeerriiccaann DAibsrtarsicivteTMeleegtarlasphCCoo....................................................... 229648 American Eagle Fire Insurance ICnos.i.d..e.....B..a..c..k....Cover American Optical Co............................................ 265 Atlantic Hotel ........... ."......................................... 316 Books ...................................... , ...................... 292, 293 The b ucket brigade- CCehnictraagloIEroyne &ShSietledelCCoo...............................I..n..s..i.d..e....F..r..o..n...t...Cov3e1r3 Continental Insurance Co.............Inside Back Cover Dayton Safety Ladder Co.................................... 313 Endicott-Johnson Corp....................................... 303 Fidelity and Casualty Co., The ..Inside Back Cover Fidelity-Phenix Fire Insurance CIon..s.i..d..e....B...a..c..k...Cover First American Fire Insurance Co.I..n..s..i.d..e....B...a.c..k... 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