MAKE A MEME View Large Image Hat sizing, 1938 (8868084850).jpg A hat factory worker at a Connecticut plant stands at his assembly line sizing workstation working with sizing rollers and steam in the manufacture of felt hats Note that the man was not wearing a ...
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Keywords: Hat sizing, 1938 (8868084850).jpg A hat factory worker at a Connecticut plant stands at his assembly line sizing workstation working with sizing rollers and steam in the manufacture of felt hats Note that the man was not wearing a protective breathing mask or goggles Working as he was with steam and processed animal fur airborne remnants of mercury nitrate could have easily been liberated which he would then readily inhale Inhalation of airborne mecury componds would have eventually lead to neurologic pathology due to toxic heavy metal mercurialism The image was published in the Public Health Bulletin No 263 1941 in an article entitled Mercurialism and its Control in the Felt-Hat Industry https //www flickr com/photos/niosh/8868084850/ Hat sizing 1938 2013-05-28 11 17 https //www flickr com/people/25069384 N03 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health NIOSH from USA PD-USGov NIOSH http //flickr com/photos/25069384 N03/8868084850 2015-04-24 02 53 32 United States Government Work Mercury Safety Work Workplace National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Steam pure water vapor
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