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24 Mttdr Industry not afford the protection desired to the pper part of the leg who* this ocean. However, la waring later type kopast h u Important that (he trousers are bloated over the top of the legging, to that molten metal oncot enter through the top and na down mssde bet i*cm the phots and the legging. Before I qmthme diseasing penenal safety equipment. let's see ft, in your esti- arfen, this wcariog of safety equipment pays. I have positive proof that It does pay. hraanse 1 can use the feisdry 1 sorb hi as an maniple of the results dal on be obtained. The Harvester Gaapuiy par* dosed and took over operation of the Wau kesha Foundry in February IMl We had go phnoed safety program and not many safety tides, sndi as those we have now requiring the wearing d safety eqripmott. We had 3 lost-time accidents among our foundry workers la 1916 iadadmg one fa* rafity. In June of that year we bad a safety program functioning and a goggle and legging wearing rule that worked. Oer record thereafter shewed fes* it worked. Of the 3 lost-time acrideits in 19t& twenty-five tapperod daring the fits tin months. Wo had three lost-time accidents the last she months of that yeas. During 1917 we did oot hate a lost-time accidem. and we did oot have a lost time aeddent again until August 1948, which was the cnfcr one of Us type that par. So we woAcd two years with one last-time accident Daring these two yeas, 1947 and 1948, we worked over 2459000 horns with one lost-time icridcnt in m 100 po cod fotodiy -operation. InodaeuJly, the one acridoit we did have 1947 and 1948 amounted to only three days lost time. la 1949 we had three last-time --44-w*^ These amounted to a total of 48 days lost dm* and so far to 1950 we have bad two last- time acedarts. one of which amounted to foor days, and the other to one day of lost time. 1 tliiak this record speaks for itself, sad if yea cnold see same of the personal safety eqrigmm tossed in for re- pheement sad repair, you too would be oithuriastic about equipping your esployecs with seme type of od other types of safety cquipmatt. la Wisceaca, as probably many of yeo know, tader our Industrial tVinwwSwt roles a^y safety eqidpmeni that an em ployee b required to wear as a f****--^ of wnptoyrecQt mast be famished gntis by the employer. So we do net require that our employeesawear safety shoes in order la Into their yobs, but we do our best to sdl employees on the idea of wearing ofo; times. We sdl two types of times, hoe and what b commonly called uM- ers shoes, which are the tiip^a type with clastic sides. We sdl lace shoe in both high and oxford styles. \Ve discourage waring oxfords except in our deasing. inspection, cone and finishing departments, as hot and and molten metal in other de partments may get in lew shoes very eutiy. These safety times have saved many em ployees from serious fajaiy. I trash I could show you a couple of shoes that have withstood the heavy impact of a osttog that acridcattily dropped or feH, so you could see hew the blow was deflected or how thetoeof the shoe was crashed with out outing injury to the foot. We also encourage the wearing of gloves by our gtuulcrs sad employees who handle castings treatise an accident sari) aa a cut or* hum may take place. Many a grinder's hand dips and touches the wheeL The glow b cut hut the hand is saved from injury. Sharp edges on castings can muse oasty etas, wfchh can he prevented by the wearing of gloves. Likewise a itifto may accidently bum tus hand on mollca metti or oa a mold or weight. The gloves used are. of the gauntlet and knitted-wrist type with a lothcr pafan. Cloves arc sold to employees at cost. X thud; I have mentioned the hoard* most commcB So cur feuodrien which arc buses, eye, foot and band injuries, and the measures w-e haw talsm to jimau them Of coonci what b done to prevent sad ojuries U up to you, but we have pre vented a lot of (hoe injuria is our pbnt. Safety education Is a never-ending process, and yea mast pa all your efforts late it to keep St alive. A safety pmgiam most go on dayafter-day so Hot there will be ao letdown. During the many years that I have bom connected with safety, 1 have sold myself cn h. If pia in sold U Is that much to sdl the other fellow, and If yea do sell the'Other feOow os wearing perusal safety equipment your afety pjQgun* is bound to tuaeesA. The Problem of industrial Hygiene in the Foundry 25 Tbe Problem ol Industrial Hygiene in the Foundry By HERBERT J. WEBER Chief Industrial Hypnriit, American Brake Shoe Co* Medical Department, Chicago, XXL Potential hazards to health m the foundry ciost/y are becoming mere numerous today bemuse of odvaaera fa mcteHsrgial resarch. Formerly the foundry was idmllficd vhli tillrout. but treat studies have shown flat the entidote of tittcaris hi tbe industry is low: However sew aRojfng materials are now bring used to obtain speriaf metal* brgicri properties. Thus today we find lead, use, tdhmom. bcryUtecy manganese, phos phorus. ndautke cobalt -to tame a few caterisb bring used routinely fas founding. These have ghto rise to new hazards and to orw problems cf itfturtiui The solution b not the same for all yet. fertu&aidy, there are some common principles of ap proach that are applicable la a generic way. Sometimes I think preventive measures are becoming so complicated that only a trained hygienist Is qpaMe of applying them fetfri&swnJy. Oa the other hind, there arm certain common seise procedures that should wo obvious-cvbi to the uninitiated. In tie Ughs of our pmmt taoviedst ivo ammt deal witfa bertflmm for cnmpfa is the same way as you would with sflka or with ndtsulive unterbU, and resfuratore ut not a solution. As 1 have said else where: "Requuon ase i stop gap-- dubious remedy. In tbe first place their use UH* one into a sense of false security. Suppose managoaent ions respirators to all exposed employtu instead of controlling the dust and fume; and thereby ha Us imnd disposes of the hazard, bos it solved the problem? If the solution of Industrial hy giene problems were that simple, yon need no Industrial hygiene program ether than a respirator service, and you need no to* datrbl hygjceisu. Bat actually, men win not wear respirators continuously because they arc forced to breathe against a resist ance: and for work inquiring exertion or where there is exposure to bat, a respirator is a erud remedy, furthermore unless the respirator fits tightly, it is worthless. Ta tsy experience. (Ms device may* be defined as a muzzle tore ornament loosely pendent from the Beck and used in dirty indutria to distinguish the laborers from the office en> ptayees. "If a respirator must be worn, except for imtttmi (or intermittent or job*. it is as (Abetment of the working cariroamai and an admission of unhygienic conditions- It should be a last resort when *0 other solutions have failed or are ra* practiaL*' This Is not to condemn raplrators per zr. They have tbrir use and there Is a real need for them fas the situations motioned but they lave been readily seized upon as a panacea for aQ 01$ due to exposure to fccadry dusts and fumes: Properly end appropriately worn, they are effective As 1 sud before, the problem of pww tzon is a complicated one. Serna foundries are mrrfttiBiri. some are production shops, ocher* Jobbing shop*. One --,*v*t berylHum brouze casings, another lelhmsm iron, and yet another manganese cteeL Correet and safe pipctdures will be (Efferent to cadi instance and the Halation* of this paper prcvBit a derailed analysb of these specific problems. Howxvcr, there are some control factors conuivju to all and wlihfa the rend: of the poorest riant Oddly enough th^ ere. to tay opinion. the mod powerful weapons to the fight against ocritpatietpl are: They 1. A criDcBgneu on Ike port of top mow* cgrmrmt to eorrtet bed roniiltuu Up sendee U futile and b seadDy by tbe Bne supervision. The annual pep talk at tbe safety dinner b oot enough. Supervisors must be made to accoqsl for departmotal hygiene u well as for production, la tsy experience: unless you lave tbe support of top aaaagcroert, the meet expemive gth>u,t systems will not bring about good writing 2. Good HourtUtpiap, ft carts Cafe he pays tbe biggest dlvtdreds. A duttered and dirty area to a foundry oases acrideats and occupational disease.