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Sources of Help This includes operations on board vessels and at piers and terminals The Safety Bureau has several models de signed for demonstrating safe operating meth ods, including (a) A ship's boom model, (b) guy stress model, (c) lifting model, and (d) safety shoe demonstration In addition, the Bureau has developed the following safety educational hlms Hand Hooks, Gang ways and Ladders, Deck Conditions, and Mo bile Equipment Portland Cement Association 5420 Old Orchard Rd , Skokie. Ill 60078 This organization, devoted to research, edc cational, and promotional activities to extend and improve die use of portland cement, is supported by more than 70 member com panies The Accident Prevention Department of the association develops and administers the safety program This work is based upon the safetv needs of members as revealed in stud ies of disabling injuries (reported on a stand ard form to the association), in committee and regional conference discussions, and in plant visits Loose-leaf accident prevention man uals and other publications and materials transmit findings of studies to all plants, im part accident prevention technology, pub licize the successful features of company safety programs, and stimulate safety work at all levels The association holds an annual series of regional safety conferences throughout the country during which mutual safetv problems are discussed and ideas exchanged A sum mer safety campaign for all-out accident pre vention is conducted annually, and special program materials are provided for the fall and holiday seasons A safety trophy is awarded annually by the association to cement plants that operate a full calendar year without a disabling mjurv More than 150 plants have earned member ship in the association's Thousand-Da> Club, which comprises plants credited with more than 1000 successive days of safe operation Since the inception of the association in 1916, its safety work has been sponsored by the Accident Prevention Committee The committee meets twice a year to review activ ities, to consider the effectiveness of the acci dent prevention program, and to make plans Printing Industry of Amenca, Inc 719 15th St NW . Washington, D C 20005 Printing Industry of Amenca, an association of local pnnters' organizations, actively spon sors the development of safety in the graphic arts through its affiliated local organizations and through its participation in the Educa tion Council of the Graphic Arts Industry, Inc (See listing in this chapter ) The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc 250 Park Ave , New York, NY 10017 The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc , s the national commercial trade association serving all segments of the plastics industry SP1 functions through divisions repre senting functional or product interest and committees representing comprehensive in terests of the entire industry Among its committees concerned with safety matters are the Accident Prevention Committee, the Committee on Fire Prevention, and the Com mittee on Plastics Education The Accident Prevention Committee con ducts a quarterly survey of disabling injury experience among plastics processors The committee has published a Plastics Safety Handbook, designed lor supervisors and other representatives of management The Committee on Fire Prevention has prepared an open-end series of bulletins to help the plastics processor develop sound fire prevention practices m his plant At present, there are 21 bulletins in the series The Committee on Plastics Education of fers a series of in-plant training booklets de signed for the machine operator m injection and compression molding and finishing and decorating Many aspects of these booklets are concerned with operator safety Southern Coal Operators Association 503 RCA Bldg , 1725 K St NW Washington, D C 20006 The Southern Coal Operators Association has a Safety Department to furnish health and accident services to its members Steel Plate Fabricators Association, Inc 19 South La Salle St, Chicago, III 60603 The association has an active safety com mittee which prepares publications on safety 340