The early working life of one occupational physician in the 1970s

I joined ICI’s Medical Service, as it was then called, in 1976 after completing a three-year general practice vocational training course. ICI offered comprehensive training and it was indeed provided. At the time ICI had many divisions and owned many companies around the world. To name just a few, the divisions were Mond, Organics (formerly Dyestuffs), Agriculture, Petrochemicals, Paints, Plastics, Plant Protection, Fibres and Pharmaceuticals. The site I worked on in Scotland had parts of Organics and Petrochemicals Divisions, plus the major part of Nobel’s Explosive Company. On-site manufacture included initiating explosives (detonators), burning explosives (black powder or gunpowder—the stuff which used to be in penny bangers) and blasting explosives (dynamite, sometimes known as gelignite). There was no manufacture of TNT on site.

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