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fir NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL SAFETY Chartered by the Congress of United States A NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL PUBLICATION Vol. 82, No. 3 SEPTEMBER 1960 EDITORIAL 4 Safety Semantics HOMS OFFICE -2= 425 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago ]| JS New York Offices: Local Service Office 60 epL East 42nd St., New York 17; Public-f*^ Service Fund,639-40 Chrysler Bldg., ' York 17. '' San Francisco Office: 703Market St.,Si Francisco 3. '' FEATURE ARTICLES 12 Hard Sell (Diary of a Safety Engineer)--Bill Andrews 20 Big Buildings Are Her Beat--Bob Dorsett 24 Safety Got a Shot, Too--James K. Skipton EDITORIAL STAFF Editor: Carman Fish Associate Editors: Janies D. Saul, Robe: 1 28 Ten Days of Blindness 30 The Company That Cared Dorsett Technical Dlrector: Roy Benson Contributing Editors: Harry C. Johnson) 32 Better Driving for the Whole Family--Richard Tossell and William Sabota Arthur S. Kelly, Harrv N. Rosenfieid L>:-- C. Smith, R. C. Ellis, Jr., T. J. Nolan, ~ J. T. Siedlecki 36 Electrical Test Equipment--Data Sheet 496 Editorial Director: Robert L. Meyer 7g| Manager, Publications Department: Jack 42 Gen. Gruenther Joins Congress Offensive Horner 44 Five Complete Home Study Course 46 Showmanship Sells 'Em i 50 They Built It Themselves i 54 Congress Exhibitors--Old Faces and New 56 Str-r-RIPPED! 60 Safety Month Proclaimed in Pennsylvania ART STAFF Director: Ralph Moses Cover: William Wendland Photographer: James B. Lehman 68 Accidents Anonymous--Robert D. Gidel 82 Sugar's Safety Harvest--E. O. Evans 86 Welding and Burning on Plastic Coatings-- Newton E. Whitman FIRE PROTECTION 26 Big Liquor Problem 70 Fireproof Rustproofing 79 Partners in Plant Protection-- John W. Hall and J. C. Robertson MAINTENANCE AND SANITATION 18 Sanitation's Objectives--Albert J. Burner DEPARTMENTS 6 Safety Valve 8 Wire from Washington 15 Around the Compass 23 News Briefs 34 Tdeas That Worked 48 Coming Events 52 Personals 56 Voice of the Reader 58 Off the Job 62 Occupational Health 64 Small Business and Associations 68 Consultation Corner 72 Library 111 Keeping Posted 127 Calendar Contest 139 New Products 146 Trade Publications Statements and opinions advanced -ii signed articles are personal expressions _ the authors, not necessarily those of th$ National Safety Council. '= National Safety News is publisher monthly by National Safety Council. Copy| right 1960 by National Safety CouncT Printed in U. S. A. Entered as second cla: matter June 21, 1921, at the Post Office afi Chicago, Illinois, under the act of March 3^j 1879. Subscription rate: S6.50 a year. Singly copies SI.10. AH prices subject to 10 ~ cent discount to National Safety Counci members. Quantity prices for yearly su' scriptions and single issues on request; Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. THE COVER Mrs. Margretta "Butty" Rottmayer is nf5 __ aid nurse on the 20-story Hartford Firej Insurance Company Group skyscraper prop, ect in Chicago. Here, she pauses on thej^ construction site after one of the frequen^ tours she makes daily. Although the r:gors| of getting around and treating injured u* are more difficult here than in most hgf dustrial nursing situations, Buffy is enthR siastic about construction nursing. 38,000 copies of [his issue were prirted National Safety News, September, Not OCCUPATIONAL HEALT h Abstracts of current 'literature on " Occupational Hygiene, Medicine, and Nursing 3y T T. S1ED I;*.;;.,- Xoentgen Study Of Silicosis "Ropiugen iiuay of Silicosis in Ceramic 'Voricars Ov'hc Hove Received Mciniyr* Aluminum Powaer." By J. W. G. Hannon, M.D., P. G. Bovard, M.D.. and L. R, Osmond, M.D. industrial Medicine and Surserv. Voi. 29. No. 6. June 1960. Po. 286-239. * There Has been considerable dis cussion among various investigators whether aluminum therapy is of any value in the prevention of silicosis in workmen exposed to high concentrations of silica dust and whether aluminum therapy dees prevent the usual progression of es tablished siiicosts. The authors :n this paper report a study of a program started in 1944 in a plant that manufactured ceramic sanitary bathroom fixtures and where the average dust expo sures were seven million particles per cubic foot with a quartz con tent of 25 to 30 per cent. At the beginning of this study many of the 132 workers involved had long exposure to silica and showed radio logical evidence of silicosis. Alumi num therapy treatments consisted of six-minute inhalations once a week. The authors point out that plant management had put in engineering control measures to minimize the hazard of airborne silica dust, but in spite of these controls, new siiicotics were being developed each year. For this reason piant manage ment decided to inaugurate a pro gram of aluminum therapy and prophylaxis. The authors conclude: "1. The inhalation or McIntyre Aluminum Powder can help protect workers from silicosis for 15-plus years. "2. The use of McIntyre Aluminum Powder will prevent or decrease the rate of severity of the usual progression of ceramic silicosis. "3. There was no evidence that the inhalation of McIntyre Alumi num Powder was harmful in any manner to workmen who took this type of additive pro phylaxis in the prevention of silicosis." Asbestosis, Carcinoma Of the Lung "Asbestosis and Carcinoma of the Lung." By J. Anderson, M.D.. and F. A. Camoagna, M.D. Archives of Environmental Health. Voi. I, No. i. July i960. Pp. 27-32. The authors report oa a case of asbestosis associated with carci noma of the iung. The literature is also reviewed, ana it is indicated that this is the 24th reported case with complete autopsy findings. Many investigators previously have felt that asbestosis predisposes to lung carcinoma. Hueper of the National Cancer Institute reported that 127 cases of asbestosis carcino ma of the lung are on record. The authors in this paper have indicated that, in their case, the patient had been a heavy smoker until five years before his final illness. They also indicate that two other investigators commented on smok ing and their patients had been heavy smokers. They suggest that any further cases of asbestosis with or without tumors be reported with careful attention to other factors, such as smoking. It is only when all the facts are available that an evaluation can be made of the re lationship between asbestosis and lung carcinoma. Providing Suitable In-Plant Environment "A Practical Method of Providing a Suitable In-Plant Environment." By K. E. Robinson. Industrial Medicine and Sttrzery. Voi. 29, No. 6. June I960. Pp. 233-237. The author indicates one must have a basic understanding of how a worker reacts a> ;;i, before different me'.hoc. s,. and ventilating can be obtain a satistacior. .'in. in a plant. He discusses the A.S.rt,' Comfort Chart for still :,ir effective temperature chart, tunateiy, these charts are well illustrated in this journal ever, they can be found Manual on Ventilation pub|: the .American Conference of emmental Industrial I-lygi With these charts, one can mine whether or mu pi.mi .... tions are within a Lemperumr considered comfonabl- The author also desenm-. many heating systems lail m psatisfactory environment:'.! tions in industrial plants. The discusses with illustrations control the environmental tions in a plant having opera such as heat-treating operatio voiving considerable quantity radiant energy. He stresses that satis factor stallations must be based reaction of the individual environment rather than suPe the heat loss based on a cal B.T.U. loss from the building. Arsenic: Chronic Human Intoxication "Arsenic: Chronic Humtin Intw' B. D. Dinman, M.D.. Occupational Medicine. Volume 141. March i960. : author reviews, m )f chronic arsenic into mans, giving the dtq y, and prognosis. He that occupational expos ; and its compounds has ced acute and systemic i among exposed cases of arsenic into. --To P< 62 Narionoi Safer/ News, i-P1 Circie irem No. 39--Rsccer Serv.ca Cord Occupational Health ^from page tave been caused by accidental inyon of various arsenicals. This ^ been due largely to the avail- bility of these compounds in insect spraysAlthough occupational exposure tD arsenic may be by inhalation or jjjjn contact, the most common manifestations are dermatologic. Arsenic trioxide dust dissolves in (be moisture of skin folds and mucous membranes to cause in- "flammatory changes. Inhalation of excessive amounts of dust will lead :to perforation of the nasal septum. iThe author indicates that gastro- lintestinal and neuritic alterations Efave been reported on some occa- ans in the past 20 years, but most ports of systemic involvement [arising from occupational exposure ipredate contemporary literature, leases of occupational cancer in- -volving skin and respiratory pas sages have been reported. PRESENTING FOR THE FIRST TIME An All-Purpose SHIELD OF SAFETY' PLAQUE SfS-10 TWO TONE Jewelen Brcnxe Etching with Green Enjuoeled "Shield of Safety" emblem. Genuine Walnut Plaque IQ^xlOVi" 53-10 AWARD OF MERIT SS-II PLAIN BIBBON 33-12 AWARD OF HONOR 33-13 PLAIN RIBBON. NO EMBLEM SI0.95 Each Expert Hand Engraving fie per letter. Write for Free 4Q.-Page Catalog 5191. See our Display at Sooth 48 SAFETY AWARDS 4 INCENTIVES NATIONAL SAFETY CONGRESS WILLIAMS JEWELRY & MFG. CO. ePt. HS-9 10 South Wabash Are. Chicago 3, III. Central 6-5018 Circle Item No. -Reader Service Card Cases of arsenic intoxication have i been treated with dimercaprol 1 (BAL). Hyperpigmentation, if j present, has not responded to this drug, nor has toxic hepatitis or cases j of the associated aplastic anemia. | The author gives 34 references ! to the study of chronic arsenic j intoxication. j Origin of Pneumonokoniosis "The Origin of the Term 'Pneumonokonicsis.' " By A. Meiklejohn. British Journal of Industrial Medicine. VoL 17, No. 2. April 1960. Pp. 155-160. Pneumokoniosis (pneumonoconiosis or pneumoconiosis) is a term that has frequendy been used in the literature in a discussion of dust diseases of the lungs. The nonmed ical man has often been confused as to the definition and origin of the term. Pneumoconiosis is a term used to describe a variety of lung conditions involving inhalation of dust. It sim ply means there is dust in the lungs. These condtions may or may not be disabling. Prof. F. A. Zenker of Erlangen, Germany, introduced this term in 1867. The author has translated into English the original German articles describing a condition which he called siderosis (due to the inhala tion of iron oxide dust). In Zenker's paper "Iron Lung-- Siderosis Pulmonum," nomenclature is discussed, and the generic term pneumonokoniosis is introduced. It may be of interest to readers to quote the conclusion of this article, in which many terms used in de scribing dust conditions of the lungs have been coined. "For this new form of disease, I coin, by analogy with anthracosis (which designation will soon be adopted generally) the name sidero sis of the lungs and one can then designate as phthisis siderotica the most serious ulcerated forms, as illustrated by our first case (red ! phthisis as opposed to black phthi sis). "After we have learned to rec ognize anthracotic and siderotic lungs, two varieties of the disease, which are identical in all essential points with respect to mode of origin and symptoms and differ only in the nature of inhaled dust, we (fast) fSftFEJ PRO-MO-LITE ei/m k/uideit Pro-Mo-Life general-purpose liquid detergent saves you labor and money on a full range of floor cleaning jobs. Excellent for resilient and sealed wood floors... forms no soap scum on contact with free lime in old cement or terrazzo surfaces ... for complete stripping or simple daily maintenance . . - leaves no slippery film . . . use- with muriatic acid to dean and neutralize concrete floors in just ONE operation! MASURY-YOUNG GO. 76 Rok nd Street Boston 29, Massachusetts OFFICES IN PRINCIPAL CITIES National Safety News, September, 1960 131 Hi C rc-e irs'Ti N'c. 9C--Reader Service Card For Dependable Service... . . . TRAINING may subsequently expect that still other comparable disease will be added (for example, that due to the makes the difference inhalation of tobacco dust that will be established in the next paper). "It will then be necessary to embrace under a single title all these essentially identical forms of disease. Instead of the long-winded designation employed by me as the title of this article, which appears PLANT SECURITY PROGRAMS NATION WIDE SERVICE to me to express best the essence of the matter, the name pneumonokoniosis recommends itself. One Successful and economical plant pro- i would then require distinguished in tecfion must include highly qualified I dividual forms as pneumonokoniosis anthracotica, siderotica, etc. (or just and trained personnel . . . Acme briefly anthracosis. siderosis)." officers are carefully selected, meet Siderosis is due to the inhalation highest standards and are specifically of large particles of iron oxide and trained in many fields, including: FIRST AID FIRE FIGHTING SAFETY produces a red pigmentation, which may produce an X-ray shadow somewhat similar to silicosis. It is nondisabling. PUBLIC RELATIONS , For more detailed information write: ACME INDUSTRIAL POLICE MAIN OFFICE TAWAS CITY, MICHI GAN IL H WHEEL Hazards of Microwave Radiations "Hazards of Microwave Radiations." By fCuo-Chiew Quan, B. E. E., M.D. Indus trial Medicine and Surgerv. Vol. 29, No. 7. July i960. Pp. 315-318. This is an excellent review of general applications and effects of microwave radiation. The author points out that the human body is capable of dissipating heat at a rate on the order of 0.01 to 0.1 watts per square centimeter body surface. 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