b"Atleft: Fluidsflowto therooftopthrough hoses.Atright:Forwardpropelledfeltlayer. Since the hearing washeld, it isinterBelow: Toking therisk out of hoisting theTaking the risk out of roofing using kettlesesting to note that when this subject was fluid material by use of an air compressor.withcontrolsthateliminateflashfires.discussed atthe Purdue Roofing Superintendent's Conference, Carl Carlson, Aeroil Products Co., speaking on the Service and Maintenance of Roofing Equipment, stated thatthe mechanization of the roofing industry during the past 15 years had taken most of the hazards our of the industry. JamesMcCawleywastheonlyrepresentativeoftheroofingindustrypresent attheHearing.ListedasanAdvisorto ReportNo.16,were theNational RoofingContractorsAssociationandthe UnitedAssociationofSlate,Tileand Composition Roofer's Union. Below:TakingtheriskoutofroofingbyIt isdoubtfulthateitherorganization operationof aself-poweredgravelscratcher.actually read the report or the serious erWecontendthattheroofingin rorsinit wouldhavebeen excised.Undustry is much safer today than it was in theB.M. era-before mech fortunately listingthemas Advisors gives anization.Wewouldliketohaveauthority to the Report. your comment.There never wasaperiodin whichit wasessentialthatyoungpeoplebeattractedtotheindustryasacareer.This Report would ban chem. Hepointedoutthatthelowermanufacturing accident rate testified to by other witnessesmerelyreflectedthefactthat peopleworkingundercomfortableconditions the whole year round were not influencedbyweatherconditionsandseldom sought medical aid for any but major injuries. McCawley noted that in the more temperatestateswhererooferswereemployed the whole year round, injury rates were lower than in Northern states. Askedby ocherwitnesses if the special exemptionforapprenticesandstudentlearners offered by the Department would change his opposition to the proposal, McCawleyansweredinthenegative,stating chat if all of the operations classed by the Bureau as hazardous were banned, the apprentice wouldhavenothing to learn.Taking the risk out of steep roofing:Steel roof brackets holdscaffoldplanks leveland ahoist at eaves eliminates manual moving of materials. Ladder on roof tailored to job. JANUARY,196243"