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THIS column isn't long enough to list all the industrial fields to which FRIT2SCHE has made major contributions for the efficient, low-cost control of objectionable odors. But here's a partial list of applications — as many as space can accommodate: fertilizers, fungicides, insecticides, mercaptans, vinyls, plastics, adhesives, embalming fluids, printing inks, wall cleaners, cutting oils, petroleum fuels, air conditioning, textile chemicals, sulpho nated oils, waxes, polishes, glues, starches, oils and greases, metal cleaning compounds — and many others. Yours may not be listed, but if it has an odor problem, FRITZSCHE is a sure bet to solve it!
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Injury Rates Hit New Lows Preliminary reports show 10 of 13 chemical categories below all-manufacturing average
w ORKERS in all manufacturing categories had a more favorable injury record during the third quar ter of 1957 than during any previous third quarter. So say preliminary reports compiled by the U. S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. The injury rate for the July-September period was 11.5 disabling injuries for each million man-hours worked—7% below the previous third quarter low in 1954.
All-manufacturing's rate for the first nine months of 1957 also constituted a new low record. The 11.4 disabling injuries were 6% below the former low of 12.1 reported in both 1954 and 1955.
For purposes of the report , the term "injury" includes occupational disease, and coverage includes all personnel-production, office, sales, service, and other classifications.
• Chemicals Compare Wel l . Of 13S selected industry classifications, 22 were reported to have rates o f less than half the all-manufacturing average. Six of these were chemical classifications. An additional four chemical industries were below the all-iriaiiiifactur-ing average. Thus, only three of the 13 chemical industries listed had injury-frequency rates above the all-manufacturing average of 11.4.
The explosives industry, one of the chemical classifications, had the lowest rate of all industries shown—1.7 disabling injuries per million man-hours. Another, synthetic rubber, was tied for second lowest with a rate of 2.2.
The highest rate registered in the chemical group was the vegetable and animal oils and fats industry with a rate of 27.9. This was sixth highest of all industries, and represents a 19.2% increase over the same period, in 1956. Second highest in the chemical group was the somewhat catch-all classification, miscellaneous chemicals and allied products. This had an injury-frequency rate of 15.4.
Rates for selected chemical industries, in disabling injuries per million man-hours, follow:
Industry Industrial inorganic
chemicals Plastics Synthetic rubber Synthetic fibers Explosives Misc. industrial
organic chemicals
Drugs and medicines
Soap and related products
Paints, pigments , and related products
Fertilizers Vegetable and
animal oils and fats
Compressed and liquefied gases
Misc. chemicals and allied products
WindscaSe
First Nine Months 1957
4.8 4 .5 2.2 3 .1 1.7
5.4
7 .3
8.3
9.9 12.3
27.9
7 .8
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Report Made
1956 ( Revised
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4.4
8.5
8.3
10.4 13.7
23.4
8.3
15.3
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority has no fundamental weaknesses of organization, but some improvements should be made. Such are the findings of a British Government commit tee set up to examine organizational details of UKAKA as a result of the Windscale nuclear reactor accident last year.
Generally, improvements call for an over-all "monitoring" of both design and operations by a safety staff. Until now, safety has largely been t h e responsibility of t h e various groups of UKAEA: industrial, research, and weapons.
One of the biggest problems, according to the report, is t h e shortage of qualified people for health safety work. With increasing importance of nuclear power, the committee believes that the
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health and safety field should be made an attractive career for highly qualified people. For example, medical doctors might b e recruited for training in radiation physics, which would become a recognized professional specialty.
The committee also recommends establishment of a national training center for health physics and safety. Courses would b e graduated to suit all levels, and would cover not only protection against radiation hazards, but also safety aspects in the use of isotopes.
• United States Rubber Co. claims new world's record for plant safety in manufacturing plants of the rubber industry. The 5000 employees of the company's Mishavvaka, Ind., plant have now exceeded the old record of 10,250,040 man-hours without a lost-time accident or disabling injury—and they're still going. The former record was established in 1956 by another U. S. Rubber plant a t Naugatuck, Conn.
• Du Pont's Board of Directors Award
goes to the construction department of the company's Belle plant. Award was made a t a special safety rally in honor of the department 's record of 1327 days without a lost-time injury. The department had compiled the record over the period horn April 6, 1954 to November 22, 1957 for a total of almost 3V 2
million man-'hours.
• Monsanto Chemical Co.'s El Dorado, Ark., chemical plant establishes a new company plant safety record in 1957, wins President's Trophy, Annual Improvement Award, and the Executive Committee Award. The record, started 54 months ago, was over 8 million man-hours without a major injury to the end of 1957. Previous record was almost 5.5 million man-hours, established by the company's Nitro, W. Va., plant i n 1953.
• Manufacturing Chemists' Associat ion publishes a safety data sheet on benzyl chloride. Chemical safety data sheet SD-69 has updated information on properties, hazards, control, employee safety, fire fighting, handling and storage, cleaning and repair, waste disposal, medical management, and iirst aid. Copies are available a t 30 cents each from the Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Inc., 1625 Eye St., N.W., Washington 6, D. C.
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