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. Industrial Hygiene Digest - 42
January, 1950
company expenditure per employee varies from $10,00 In companies with lea a than 500 employees to $1.88 in companies with over 5,000 employees. Ibis is exclusive of overhead and permanent facilities. Forty-five per cent
report that at least bi-p of the employees participate in the program. The principal benefits reported are improved morale, better acquaintance, and improvement in health and personality.
135 Industrial Kutritlon. Industrial Health Bull. 4, No. 1. State of New Jersey Dept, of Health, Div. of Ind. Health, Trenton, N.J.
i2pp. (1949).
Three objectives in the promotion of industrial nutrition are listed:
(l) education of the worker; (2) education of the management and food
operators;
(3) provision of food to meet the basic-seven menu pattern
which meets the nutritional requirements of the workers. Methods of accom
plishing these objectives are given. Factors determining type of service
And recommended practices for in-plant feeding are discussed. In con
clusion the need of educating food handlers in proper methods of storage,
preparation and service-, of foods, is stressed. "Management should pro
vide for complete supervision by the plant medical department, and,
whenever feasible, by a-qualified nutritionist over all food services
offered to employees in the plant, thereby, assuring a safe and healthy
eating place." A leaflet on "Sanitary Practices," applying to public as
well as industrial eating places, accompanies the booklet.
136 Methods of Statistics of Industrial Injuries, Internet. Labor Office
Beport Prepared for the Sixth International Conference of Labor Statistics 32pp. (1947)
The need for international standardization of records relating to
industrial injuries is stated. Such studies would be of value far the
prevention of industrial accidents and occupational diseases. The report
deals with general definition and classification; with frequency and
severity rates; and certain proposed resolutions. Die word "injury"
should replace "accident." Seasons are set forth for the resolutions
proposed.
-- Condensed from Bull. Hyg.
137 Bethlehem Steel Insurance and Pension Plan. Anonymous Labor Law J. 1, 226-234 (Dec. 1949).
The full test of the agreement relating to insurance and pensions
between Bethlehem Steel Company and United Steelworkers of America,
dated Oct. 31> 1949, is presented here with the pension plan adopted
Jan. 25, 1923 as amended to July 3Q 1948, an which the agreement is
based.
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138 Industrial Hygiene at Kennecott. B.T. Fring. Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. Quart. 10, 88-92 (Dec. 1949).
Kennecott Copper Corporation has a bingle industrial hygiene depart ment, with a staff of nine persons, in the service of four divisions com prising sixteen plants. Ohe functions of recognition, evaluation, and