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* ir .\ ' I, f *. I I BENEFITS OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE Union and labor interest in fields of health and fringe benefits necessitate good liaison with official agencies. These agencies are state department of health, of labor, compensation boards and other regulatory groups. One must be prepared to compare data for work areas in plants with Often, we find it possible to be of service to the Sales Department in pre paring precautionary labels as to safe use of petroleum products. Other fields of service may be to customers concerning the safe use of petroleum products in their plants. This field is not static; it is dynamic and, therefore, it is necessary to keep in contact with others in this field by participation in professional activities. Industrial hygiene activities extend the medical services out of the clinic into the industrial plant. It provides a mutual-contact between the engineering and maintenance group in the field and the physician. ' . i. . / CONCLUSION Summarizing some of the benefits that arise from an active and constructive- industrial hygiene program, it provides facts regarding working environment; prevents or reduces to a minimum occupational diseases; reduces compensation costs; demonstrates company interest in health and welfare; permits control of hazards before injury is done to employees; assists Medical Departments in protecting employee health; serves as clinical diagnostic aid; reduces lost time due to illness; reduces employee illness costs; and provides most effective and economical control of hazards. Industrial hygiene is a natural evolution in the enlightened, resourceful industrial world. It is another practical tool of science used to increase the efficiency, lower the cost and maintain higher standards of living in our free enter prise system. Today, management recognizes that no longer is manpower cheap. Slight losses in efficiency are important. . 002299 18-0000879 II INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE IN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION 1 Modern public health techniques have allowed the present world to build congested industrial, business and residential centers. The secret of this development lies in our control of communicable diseases. Benefits from control of the environment are obvious to everyone living in a modern community, where our food and water supply, waste disposal, insect vector control and general sanitation are guided by public health principles. Control of communicable diseases in modern industrial communities has given rise to a new standard of living in our homes. It has been said that there is no better yardstick to gauge the culture of a community than that of basic sanitation. Today, we have large groups of people working closely together in modern plants where efficiency and production are greatly accelerated because we have these controls. Communicable diseases have been brought under control by a combination of medical and engineering practices. Generally, isolation, vaccination, protection of food and water supplies, and limitation of contacts and transmittal by insect vectors have been the winning approaches. Occupational diseases are also controlled by the application of present day scientific knowledge. The practice of this science is called industrial hygiene and industrial medicine. This field has many facets, therefore requires the application of several branches of basic sciences, as does the control of infectious diseases. Industrial hygiene has multiple dividends to offer industry, the same as environmental sanitation has multiple rewards. 18-0000872 Specifically, we also have sanitation for esthetic reasons. The pleasure we derive from boating and fishing on our rivers and from our beaches and parks, is an example of the worth of suitable conditions in recreational areas. Also, for esthetic reasons, we build our washrooms and toilets in modern refineries as attractive structures, using tile and other suitable materials for easy deeming and pleasing appearance. 002292 DEPARTMENT Refining I MATERIAL Lead Mercury Benzene Dust (silica) Dust clay Carbon Tetrachloride Production Mercury Lead Insecticides Benzene Carbon Tetrachloride Herbicides Noise Solvents (petroleum) Pipe Line Hydrogen Sulfide Carbon Monoxide Solvent vapors Degreasing solvents Bitumastic coating Exploration Carbon Tetrachloride Mercury Benzene Fluorinated plastics Law Crude oil Industrial waste Air Pollution Research and Development Mercury Carbon Disulfide Nickel Carbonyl Radiation agents Seles Cutting oils Solvents Lead Oxide I UNIT OR PROCESS Painting Doctoring Welding and Burning Gasoline finishing (TEL) Laboratory Meter and Instrument Shop Pilot plant Hydroformer Laboratory De-waxing Lube oil Reclamation Contact treater Electrical DEGREE OF HAZARD Severe Moderate Severe Severe Moderate Moderate Severe Slight Moderate Severe Moderate Moderate Moderate Severe Meter Geological Gas testing Painting Camp site Paraffin removal Core analyses Field maintenance Drilling Drilling Moderate Severe Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Severe Moderate Moderate Moderate Pump Station Gauging Pump Station Pump Station Maintenance Pipe doping and painting Moderate Severe Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Core Analyses Core Analyses Cable Shop Electrical Severe Severe Severe Moderate Claim Claim Claim Slight Slight Moderate Reservoir Laboratory Laboratory Catalyst Reagents 1S_0000878 Severe Severe Severe Moderate Customer Shops Customer shops Paint Plant 002298 Moderate Moderate Severe I 4 1 -6- BENEFITS OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE Union and labor interest in fields of health and fringe benefits necessitate good liaison with official agencies. These agencies are state department of health, of labor, compensation boards and other regulatory groups. One must be prepared to compare data for work areas in plants with their#- Often, we find it possible to be of service to the Sales Department in pre paring precautionary labels as to safe use of petroleum products. Other fields of service may be to customers concerning the safe use of petroleum products in their plants. This field is not static; it is dynamic and, therefore, it is necessary to keep In contact with others in this field by participation in professional activities. Industrial hygiene activities extend the medical services out of the clinic into the industrial plant. It provides a mutual-contact between the engineering and maintenance group in the field and the physician. / r . i, l' ~ l : * CONCLUSION *' Summarizing some of the benefits that arise from an active and constructive industrial hygiene program, it provides facts regarding working environment; prevents or reduces to a minimum occupational diseases; reduces compensation costs; demonstrates company interest in health and welfare; permits control of hazards before injury Is done to employees; assists Medical Departments in protecting employee health; serves as clinical diagnostic aid; reduces lost time due to illness; reduces employee illness costs; and provides most effective and economical control of hazards. Industrial hygiene is a natural evolution in the enlightened, resourceful industrial world. It is another practical tool of science used to increase the efficiency, lower the cost and maintain higher standards of living in our free enter prise system. Today, management recognizes that no longer is manpower cheap. Slight losses in efficiency are important. . 002233 18-0000879 I I I -9- SUMMARY In the broad sense, any program of environmental health or industrial hygiene is one of preventive medicine. For many occupational diseases there is no satisfactory medication; the only method of control lies in prevention. There are certain medical and engineering principles which can be applied to the working environment to enable an industry to locate and eliminate working conditions which are likely to cause illness, lower production, and the like. Modern industry, especially the petroleum industry, accepts the responsibility for the health of the worker while he is on the job, and it is willing to institute the necessary steps for adequate health maintenance. It needs to be guided in the approacn to this goal. JWHammond 1948 1 002300 18-0000880