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FILE NAME Industrial Hygiene Foundation IHF DATE 1937 Nov DOC IHF004 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Conference Proceedings of Special Meeting - AHFA FELT AMERICA Inc. = ^' ie PTE con KaTAD OE TO SPECIAL MEETING OF MEMBERS mo PITSBURGH PITTSBURGHPITSBURGHPITSBURGHPITSBURGH PITSBURGH PITSBURGHPITSBURGH PITSBURGH PENSYLVANIAPENSYLVANIA PENSYLVANIA PENSYLVANIA PENSYLVANIAPENSYLVANIA PENSYLVANIAPENSYLVANIAPENSYLVANIA PENSYLVANIA PENSYLVANIA NOVEMBER 30 1937 SeRSipnregt raeet =o Sar ~- MEAREsoem ory AUREL ROE LT PROCEEDINGS Sear eSor OF SPECIAL MEETING OF fastea AIR HYGIENE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC e NOVEMBER 30 1937 eo . = we te e we : a orn aE Et wee a ps is ay au 7. : % oo : CONTENTS Page Opening remarks by Chairman Board of Trustees 1 Greetings by Dr. E. R. Weidlein Director Mellon Institute . 1 seessgnssstenepeseseseascceassncecesssvessonnceransese Managing Director's report on membership services rendered to members status of research ......... -- Col. Willard T. Chevalier Industry and its Workers 9 A. Lanza M. D Recent progress in the medical field toward further improvement of industrial health the Medical Committee's plans for ........ 21 LeRoy U. Gardner M. D Mixed dusts and protec- tor dusts occ ccseceeeteeeeee renee nenneneasveveeneeeeeeeeeneneesen 25 S. Reid Warren Jr Choice of roentgenographic apparatus and technique in industry 29 Prof. Philip Drinker Engineering progress toward controlling occupational disease including the Committee's plans for 1938 ............... seaseneenevveennnnesseere 35 D. Harrington Observations on air dustiness drilling 39 C. Hirth Work of the Legal Committee during 1937 47 Theodore C. Waters Compensation legislation a criti- cal review 00... cs sssserssenseecorserseerersverseerensersenennesesseeserserefi 51 H. B. Meller Correlation of American researches in industrial air hygiene hygiene sees .......e. srer. see. rere. erse. esse. ees 59 Trustees Executive Staff and Committees of Air Hygiene Foundation of America Inc. 63 Members of Air Hygiene Foundation of America Inc. 64 3 PROCEEDINGS OF SPECIAL MEETING OF q AIR HYGIENE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC 4 NOVEMBER 30 1937 Pursuant to a notice given to each member a special meet- Bi ing of the members of Air Hygiene Foundation of America Sd ag Inc. was held today November 30 1937 at Mellon Institute Bos Pittsburgh Pa The meeting was opened by Roger A. Hitchins Chairman of EERa a the Board of Trustees who said a It is very gratifying to note the interest in Air il :a Hygiene Foundation as indicated by the attendance = at this meeting Our annual meeting as you know . SSR is in February so following the custom inaugurated : last year this meeting of the members of the Founda- oteG0Te . tion and others who are interested in its aims and 4 activities is held in November The purpose is to Fie give an accounting of the work during the year and to make plans for the next period At the meeting a year ago a research program AG with which I think you are all familiar covering AEA work in the medical preventive engineering and legal coer3 phases of the problem of industrial air hygiene was : Fe, adopted You will hear reports today from the Managing Director and from the Chairmen of the three major committees outlining the advances that have been made during the past year in furthering your research program The Trustees feel and hope that at the conclusion of this meeting you will agree that a substantial amount of work in the field of indus- trial air hygiene has been accomplished especially considering the limited funds at our disposal 3 The completion of the research program depends 3 only upon adequate financial support We believe the work so far accomplished and the work in prog- 4a ress warrants the continued support of industry and u | 8 the enlistment of the present members in the secur- ae | ing of additional members for the Foundation among Se those companies that have problems similar to yours i in this field The Chairman introduced Dr. E. R. Weidlein Director of 1 Mellon Institute who extended a greeting to the members and guests ; Members of Air Hygiene Foundation I am not going to make a speech I am not a part of this program today You have a very complete program and I know that you need all the time available to hear the papers and for the discussions It is rather interesting as many of you know that this room actually was dedicated by Air Hygiene Foundation's meeting last year It was the first meeting that was held in this new auditorium " wish to extend you a cordial invitation to make yourselves at home around this building and to get better acquainted with our organization NOTE At a meeting of the Board of Trustees held im- mediately afterward it was decided that the scale of dues in effect in 1937 should remain the same for 1938 viz Group 1284 1284 1284 1284 5 6 7 8 9 Number of Employees 20,000 and over 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 1,000 to 2,499 500 to 999 100 to 499 Less than 100 Employer Associations Annual Dues 1,000.00 750.00 500.00 850.00 200.00 150.00 100.00 50.00 50.00 H. B. Meller Managing Director presented a report on membership services rendered to members and status of research The Chairman then introduced Col. Willard T. Chevalier Vice President McGraw Publishing Company who addressed the meeting on the subject Industry and Its Workers After the address by Col. Chevalier the following reports were presented Dr. A. J. Lanza Chairman Medical Committee Recent progress in the medical field toward further improvement of industrial health the Medical Committee's plans for 1938 | Dr. LeRoy U. Gardner Mixed dusts and protector dusts Dr. S. Reid Warren Jr Choice of roentgenographic ap- paratus and technique in industry Prof. Philip Drinker Chairman Preventive Engineering Committee Engineering progress toward controlling occu- pational disease the Committee's plans for 1938 D. Harrington Chief Health and Safety Branch U. S. Bureau of Mines Observations on air dustiness in drilling oy A. C. Iirth Chairman Legal Committee Work of the ve Committee during 1937 ra Theodore C. Waters Compensation Legislation critical review H. B. Meller Correlation of American researches in indus- trial air hygiene General discussion followed after which the meeting was Le adjourned te This together with other reports and the address by Col. Chevalier is printed in full on succeeding pages en 2 mae a ms e e anFiat REPORT OF MANAGING DIRECTOR eae Membership At the time of the membership meeting of November 25 aRegYELE 1986 there were in Air Hygiene Foundation 23 company SRLark members and 11 association members a total of 34. At that LE: meeting new regulations regarding membership and the scale Sok of fees and dues now in effect were presented and adopted ph Today there are 192 concerns supporting the Foundation in its efforts to help remedy certain occupational ills This sup- port is derived from the various industries in the following proportions Classification by No. of % of % of roundation's In- Shans Industries Members Membership come in 1987 ean 1. Grinding Wheel and Abrasives 40 20.2 8.5 2. Steel and Metals 15 7.8 13.9 3. Mining Smelting Refining 20 10.4 20.8 Coal and Ore included 4. Foundry and Foundry Supply 14 7.3 3.6 5 Machinery 12 0000000 6.5 8.4 Electrical pumps etc. 6. Refractories oo... 18 9.3 6.5 7. GlassGlass or 11 5.7 10.1 8. Pottery Clay Ceramics .......... 15 7.8 6.1 ; 9. Quarrying Sand Stone Feld- spar Gypsum etc 23 11.9 5.1 10. Manufacturing 9.08. 11 5.8 5.4 Asbestos Safety equip etc. 11. Chemicals 2.00 0 ee 9 5.2 9.9 12 Miscellaneous 4 tte 2.1 1.7 During the year one company in Group 8 resigned because of a misunderstanding as to the purposes of the Foundation Publications The Foundation has published and distributed the following printed bulletins thus far in 1937 Medical Series Bulletin No. 1 Silicosis and Allied Disorders the manuscript for which was prepared in 1936 Legal Series Bulletin No. 2 A Critical Study of Provisions for Occupational Disease Legislation This was discussed 5 by its author Mr. Theodore C. Waters at the meeting in November last Supplement No. 1 to Legal Series Bulletin No. 1 which brought the statutes and court decisions with respect to occupational disease down to March 1 1937 Supplement No. 2 to Legal Series Bulletin No. 1 bringing the information down to September 1 1937 was distributed to members last week Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of February 9 1937 Abstracts of current literature Bulletins have been issued monthly beginning in January 1937. To date 588 abstracts have been sent to members The practical value of these abstracts is indicated by the popular demand and favorable response they have evoked A bulletin Concentrations of Volatile Sulphur Compounds in Atmospheric Air This reported the results of a special study conducted under supervision of the Foundation for a group of members who defrayed the actual cost of the investigation In press Compensation Legislation Critical Review A summary of this will be presented today by its author Mr. Theodore C. Waters Projected A series monthly of articles on pertinent engineering subjects and a series of medical aspects of industrial disease problems The Chairmen of the committees concerned will tell more about these in their reports how to establish and operate a department of industrial hygiene Research As might have been anticipated because of the changes in regulations regarding membership and the adoption of a sliding scale of dues the first part of the year was spent in interesting industrial organizations to affiliate with the Foundation This action was necessary to determine what the income would be In the latter part of the year however a start was made on the research program Work is now going forward at The Saranac Laboratory and at the University of Pennsylvania Research will also be undertaken at Harvard University arrangements having been made and an account opened at that institution when specific problems have been selected from among those being considered and when Professor Drinker has determined who will be the incumbents of the two fellowships Dr. Gardner will tell of the program at The Saranac Laboratory and Dr. Warren of that at the University of Pennsylvania As these gentlemen report it will be noticed that the Foundation is endeavoring to put into practice that which it advocates namely avoidance of unnecessary duplication of effort In these two instances advantage is being taken of a great deal of investigational work already done and the Foundation's support is for research to go forward from there Advisory Service to Members A major research arranged and supervised by the Foundation for a group of its members was completed on October 15th This was the study of concentrations of volatile sulphur compounds mentioned above During the year several short time studies were conducted for members A study of anthracosis in the Pittsburgh district which Dr. Samuel R. Haythorn and others including the speaker have been carrying on was advanced during the year Several papers have been published In this work the Foundation has been cooperating but has assumed no financial obligation In a number of cases advice was given as to plant surveys Cooperation With Other Organizations and where indicated companies were put in direct touch The question has been raised several times as to the rela- with physicists engineers and physicians who not only were tionship the Foundation hears to other agencies in the field qualified to make such surveys but who could testify in claim The U. S. Public Health Service and the U. S. Bureau of cases In two instances where member companies wished Mines are represented on the Foundation's Board of Trustees to develop their own survey units preliminary training in There is an agreement that if data gathered by the Founda- sampling and dust counting was given to selected individuals tion at any time should indicate that standards along some This type of service is growing particular line should be set the data will be sent to the There was also rendered a number of minor services in American Standards Association whose specific function it ete the way of advice through the Foundation's technical committees any organization such as this might expect This is to determine and promulgate such standards There is no direct affiliation with any other organizations but whenever e advice has ranged from where to get a published article to 6 there is an opportunity the Foundation cooperates in matters 7 cep Sapte et SUAHOM UATVGHD Aqyupadscomunicaton Sysipulods comunicaton punoisyug joponuzriyn[alust OPBISUAIBWOUIED Spyavqiipoasuqet isthought excuse signfcae ther maythose that specialst your any LmapeIds}iNaO Avijeq JouVs eulnuedBPa}p0lAoapp plhoys BUIOJEG econmic only therby whobeing betray iygonourarnce programwork (L Ares0U ispnoyasd and econmic SLI SUfIOUL nevrthles cover devote Awur oy Japwoiq au0daq ideas genuine GNV GYV AULSNGI THNOT UONeAIsqo paziyefoads suover Aqolay)sdUIAEdXxa AQTIsod D1WaoOUUBdYDyaIsS sajyzieAau a[qulTBAe SuryaeDUBzwIoOpdUN RBa[yZIAeNApjaalroeanuylpa aAlqvdsi1a problemsclusively sahvoiulalbdebecause iimnpvorotlanceed inWe mornig necsary foronly imediate become ownas s[iound yduw8qQ8 puodsaqYyIN0Yy asNdxXe ysules spI0oM dojasp asndeqpPlNoys avilabe importance thatsightlikely Nevrthels imediate ismhedoiautledimediate imediate be TUM from technical technical technical and journals sapr Ajax] second betray trade media puy aq comunication Ul ppy asoy 8,AUp inok ov} pjnom posiblity able UG siy Zuleq AUpo} you vdoy posiblity ay alu dnois background UdYM UBYM aroyz broader those OYm 1aA0d are multiude pugjs sauy 4BYZ ay ynoqe A[SYI[ ences those ideas the 9804} MOUY do decided It YoUa JO Yel suoId mornig way, a1ayz svopl time concerns concerns pasn Aay} w 07 pus Jo Sulop *YIOM esoy auop dominating necsary Aut y]R} YotyA AXA Nevrthels 0} useq pue own S,ABP AjUQ sBYy ayy Om aoBy see IJ JOy saoue work become day's objectives "PPG oquT OF BF eNO] journals the daily press press qof -X9 8] for two reasons 81 First may betray ignorance ignorance ay} Jo s1 SY umo OB ate Need face and experience second those specialists in vas JO sly 0} yey) aa UL si experience on 0F 0} are specialists my uo NOx ayy op there the being you program djay 78Yy3 a0qu3e BM sqof A[UO may be able help against against work the soy 04 Aul Quy, Bw sn Bas 0} os words know broader dn today those social are blue used know used cover multitude interfer- interfer- Joy equ Jo JF INO nevertheles aq v op is develop nevertheles they stand 6 Jey oq Y 0} aas S4YI SI uMo time me that have decided devote to UBd Avur 0} BIB morning concerns the | SIY} 4WY} ano aM aA, We very prone see immediate 38y} are JUL Jo ul dominating dominating importance It necessary should 0} so of done is each able we job are oq BIB it clusively involved Nevrthels Nevrthels particular when when jobs become ex- ATUO nod ynq [[B perspective perspective perspective likely to the the are likely results ayy, ay] of aM 41 ago] ayy day's . imediate My ywyy pu AyS gf au os se 03 Jo problems that y ultimate ultimate objectives objectives SB You OY} Ul Pepnur BIWAyrvey said 8B [adsIp yp A[lep peinyau SOLAN" Bayjow 0} your oy) pazenjs aq soy, steusnof [BUOTNpS uoHepunoy [LM SUOTIBPAY 697 ay apex UOLBoTNIWDeBpjmouy sAiPLyAyYIB qn panulyUOD alesusiz^'[yyNzoBy asayeq10yeypuoruysve JO uorpezsd*suorydau0s f4saroqzuL yerasnpur Jo uy woly ULpaw UONEpO,y UOIZBd09 apqusodpENynut jo saYyZO ary, Jo pray puY