Document wgZj9wVJjOe3KK18kdDjjYyOJ

SOURCES OF HELP FOR THE SAFETY MAN S Sponsorship of conferences and courses for lay and professional groups 0 Cosponsorship of demonstration projects and special studies in the field of indus trial vision The wise owl club op America is spon sored by the National Society for the Pre vention of Blindness The club gives special recognition to workers and students who have escaped eye injury because they were wearing proper protection when an accident occurred. The society will forward blanks to any company interested in starting its own Wisb Owl Club. Standards and Specifications Groups AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS 1916 Race St. Philadelphia. Po 19103 ASTM membership is composed of pro ducers of raw material, fabricators of semi finished and finished products, consumers of these products, and a general interest group of engineers, especially those concerned with quality of raw or finished materials The society sponsors research in the properties of engineering materials and de velops standards, including specifications and test methods ASTM standards are published under the following categories 1 Nonferrous metals 2 Ferrous metals 3 Cementitious ceramic and masonry ma terials, soils, roads, and waterproofmgs 4 Paint, wood, adhesives and shipping contamers 5 Fuels, petroleum, aromatic hydrocarbons, soap, water, textiles, and leather 6 Electrical insulation, plastics, rubber, and paper ASTM test methods are of interest to the safety engineer since they identify areas of hazard and estabbsh guidelines for safe per formance The society also publishes test methods for atmospheric sampling and anal ysis, fixe tests of materials and construc tion, methods of testing building construc tion, nondestructive testing, fatigue testing, radiation effects, pavement skid resistance, protective equipment for electrical work- . era and others, which constitute basic ref erence material for the safety engineer The safety engineer will frequently be confronted with ASTM specifications in processes, as with power plant installations m which vessels, pipe, valves, end other component parts are designed and fabricat ed according to these standards ASTM specifications may also be factors in the raw materials used in protective equipment or other devices encountered AMERICAN STANDARDS ASSOCIATION, INC. ID Eoit 40lti St, New York City 10016 The American Standards Association is the national standards body in the United States Its prime purpose is to provide the machinery for an orderly and voluntary method of establishing recognized Ameri can Standards The standards council of the ASA is composed of representatives of member bodies of the association It initiates a proj ect, determines its scope, approves commit tee personnel, and finally approves a stand ard as an American Standard, when re quirements have been met The safety department of the ASA de votes itself to servicing the committees en gaged in the development of safety stand ards The SAFETY STANDARDS BOARD and H1CHWAY TRAFFIC STANDARDS BOARD Serve m a general advisory capacity to the Stand ards Council and have jurisdiction over various sectional committees concerned with safety Standards developed in these two fields have in many cases been adopted by state and municipal regulatory bodies, and even more frequently have been adopted volun tarily by industry Standards established by the ASA are generally accepted as minimum require ments by safely engineers Below are listed the ASA committees concerned primarily with safety codes A code is usually published by the title of the committee preparing it ASA Sectional Committees Reporting to Safety Standards Board A10 All A12 A13 A14 Safety in Construction Industrial Lighting Floor and Wall Openings Scheme for the Identification ol Piping Systems Safety Code for Ladders J2-7