Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-08
EMPLOYEES DANGERS.
SOME OF The HAZARDS TO WHICH
WORkMEN ARE EXPOSED.

Diamond Cutting and Its Effect I pom th'
Bowels - >teeI-Grinders and Rheum
atism-Cement in the Lungs-Ferils o.
Cut-GIsss Tobacco Feathers.
The sanitary inspector of the New \ IOrs
board OF health has prepared a list of in
juries arising from the inhalation Of dust
In his report appears the following:
In diamond cutting the amount of dust
created is small, and yet the occupation
is a very Injurious one. The setter pre-
pares the diamond for the cutter by sol
dering il on the end of a copper rod with
an alloy four parts of lead ami one Of tin.
He does this with charcoal fire. and is
exposed to great heat As well as poison
Gus gasus The settlers suffer from head
ache. tinnituS aurium, impaired digestion
and irregularity of the bowels
File-Cutters work with hammer and cold
chisel, holding the blank ON the anvil by
u strap passed under the feet, and putting
sand or other dust on the anvil to keep
the iron from slipping. They have to
bend over their work, keep the eyes
keenly fixed upon ii. are eNpu~rd to metal
lie and mineral dust, and in making
hammers often weighing as much as six
pounds PhthisiS is very common among
them.
Dust OF METAL AND STONE.
Grinders Of steel are also liable to in
Jury from flying particles of metal, which
are intensely heated by friction and scat
ter in the form of sparks, producing Occa-
sionallp severe burns of the cornea
h.
at a very high velocity and the fragments
crush everything in their path, as they
tiy of at tangent Those who work at
wet grinding. while they are relieved
from the danger of dust. are covered with
the spsttering> from the stone consisting
Of mud and water and 50 are kept con
stantly wet and cold They are
more liable than the others to
rheumatism, pneumonia and bronchitis
of an acute form, due to such exposure.
Workmen who make Portland cement
are greatly troubled by the dust caused
by shoveling he mass into sacks. after it
has been burned and ground They have
a persistent cough and eNp"ctOrate little
humps OF cement Stone cutters work
with hammer and chisel. and not only in
male considerable dust. but are liable to
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