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FILE NAME Painters and Allied Trades PAINT DATE 1974 Aug DOC PAINT033 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Article from Painters and Allied Trades Journal ea Them NEW YORK STATE SCHOOLALATIONS STRIAL&LABOR ALLATIONS i 1 MetLo. Major IBPAT Safety Program . - oo, 7 @ _. Our 23rd General Conven- : . tion is going to be the kickoff point of a thorough finding study of the potential hazards members of our Brotherhood face on the job We know some- thing of where the problems - lie General President S. Frank Raftery has said but not until now have we been able to assemble the kind of scientific data we need to judge job hazards , through " consider this a break- through day for our Brother- hood start on achieving our longstanding job safety . . goals medicine It was arranged in cooperation with will take some time to process the American 9... Cancer of the delegates Society tae NIOSH is the research arm of the All information will be totall confidential with the members & Occupational Safety Health Ad- ed ministration OSHA which was cre- receiving several regular medic ated by the landmark safety law While OSHA is a U.S. benefits in addition to contributi to the better understanding of wor Brother ment of Labor Depart- ing conditions faced by our division NIOSH is part of the U.S. hood's members it was emphasize Department of by John Pecoraro the IBPAT Health Education & Welfare islative Director who has responsi In a very real sense the whole . bility for safety and health history of our Brotherhood is grams ; wrapped up in this project to im- Pecoraro said the ' prove the job safety of our mem- be tests that bers President Raftery said in an- possible on the mobile unit cou stitute nouncing the a thorough health screening program provide covering every phase of an ind protection in the workplace is the vidual's health record reason our Brotherhood was found- Results ed 87 years ago while that protection includes wages jurisdiction and working conditions noth- ing can be more important than our health and life itself determination In expressing his determination Delegates to . the 23rd General to make improved job safety a Convention in Los Angeles opening top IBPAT priority for the years to Sept. 9 will be the first participants . come Raftery described the Broth- in a major new facet of our new program as a major step in that di- erhood's ongoing safety program to rection- one we have been test occupational diseases working on fora long long time to Under terms of a new research make possible . contract announced jointly by Gen- When the new mobile unit is in- eral President S. Frank Raftery . troduced at the convention in Los and the National Institute of Occu- Angeles it will first be : pational Safety & Health NIOSH painted by members of the sign painters local a mobile unit equipped with diag- there . ; will get a report from the teststested Meanwhile the member will alerted to any condition which nostic and ray equipment will conduct a thorough study of our Broth- erhood's members and exposure to toxic materials encountered in their work careers The NIOSH contract for studying job hazards was awarded to the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine whose Dr. Irving J. Selikoff is the nation's foremost expert on environmental Many convention delegates have already received questionnaires on their health backgrounds to expedite the work in Los Angeles since all delegates wishing to participate will be processed outside the conven- tion's regular working hours of 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Even with the mobile van's capacity of 20 diagnoses per hour it 2 THE JOURNAL and the team of physi- conducting the tests will re- the new mobile will be paid to those with or more experience in their 7 because a primary goal program is to detect exposure carciogenic substances which been known to cause cancer_ dividuals exposedover extreme- periods of time Contact with : the conventionconvention inaugural n will be dispatched to various Councils and Local Unions members SciencesLaboratory ae mortalitpyrogram 98,000 hygienex hygienex tests membersclinical clinical tests ddaattaa wilcolllected studytests EnvirEnovirnonmmenetalnttaal ke according This wilbldievidfeidnanced98Sci,ences00098,000 from Laboratory NIOSHNIOSH divided and anindustrial industrialhygienex hygienex parpts arts enex the first stagsetage clincal survheyygienex ty 800 members Atthseame time data for collected for studypossible members patterns job that member in IBPAT Brotherhood death among Brotherhood i Brotherhod members Every Every member development1967 recordreedcorded base IBPAT be 1967 recorded as base mortality the of permanepntermanent development of permanent result from development technicians be looking the direction of the General ! Board with the General goon over an extended period with the original contract project calling for the first valuation valuation of the program at the recorded will recorded sign 3 be recorded a on recorded alsoon layers layelrasyers ccaarrppeettlayers and =+ Sin After it's Broctahreerehrood one painted and prepared byby members of our at the 23rd General Convention a new mobile unitBrotherhod somewhat like this will be launched on its ae testing Se THE JOURNAL 3 nest Nemrainaden