Industrial medicine and surgery . rder to prevent disease among the employees as aresult of working conditions. This involves a study of thesanitary arrangements of the following and correction whennecessary: (a) The construction of the building. (6) Arrangements for lighting and ventilation. (c) Cleaning of the interior of the buifdings. (d) Washing and toilet facilities.(e) Removal of fumes and dust. (f) Removal of refuse that would tend to breed flies, mos-quitoes, and other disease agencies. 138 INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY (g) Drainage, and sewage disposal. (h) Proper protection of emp
Industrial medicine and surgery . rder to prevent disease among the employees as aresult of working conditions. This involves a study of thesanitary arrangements of the following and correction whennecessary: (a) The construction of the building. (6) Arrangements for lighting and ventilation. (c) Cleaning of the interior of the buifdings. (d) Washing and toilet facilities.(e) Removal of fumes and dust. (f) Removal of refuse that would tend to breed flies, mos-quitoes, and other disease agencies. 138 INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY (g) Drainage, and sewage disposal. (h) Proper protection of employees from fumes, or directcontact with material that is detrimental to health, andall other forms of protection from occupational Accident Prevention: 1. Changes in construction of building so that dangerous stair-ways, unprotected elevator shafts or light shafts, unprotectedplatforms or other elevations, narrow halls, sharp corners,doors opening the wrong way, or similar conditions, will nottend to cause Fig. 33.—Shell filling factory in England. Cleanliness, good ventilation, properlighting, concrete floors, and respirators aid in production by preventing disease. 2. Repair of all broken boards in floor, broken window panes,loose parts in walls or ceiling, or other dangerous conditionsabout the building 3. Removal of loose nails, boards, broken glass, broken parts ofmachinery, tools and all obstacles so placed as to causeaccidents. 4. Careful arrangement of stock, boxes, cases, etc., so that theywill not fall and cause injury. 5. Repair of all tools, machinery, and appliances used in workso that accidents will not occur to the user of the parts or tofellow employees. 6. Safeguarding all machinery and other physical appliances PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND SURGERY IN INDUSTRIES 139 about the plant with special safety apparatus wheneverpossible. 7. Protection of individuals from potential accidents when theirwork is hazardous by the wearing of special appl
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