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FILE NAME: Edison Electric Institute (EEI) DATE: 1941 Sept DOC#: EEI003 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: EEI Bulletin - EEI Will Cooperate with National Safety Council's Emergency Safety Program SEPTEMBER 1941 Building Business Through Good Citizenship . . . H. C. THliERK 365 Prize Awards in 1942 368 Looking F o r w a r d .......................................................... SARAH M. SHERIDAN 369 So You Know the A n s w e r s .........................................WALTER J. THOMPSON 371 A New Method for the Uniform Rolling-In of Condenser Tubes . . . . . . FRANK F. FISHER 373 U.S. Census Dramatizes Extraordinary Progress in Rural Electrification . 375 v/EEI Will Cooperate with National Safely Council's Emergency Safely Pro- g r a n t ........................................................................................................................................ 380 Rural Electrification in the United States-- Part I, 1906-1923 . . . . . - ROYDEN STEWART 381 Ready for Lunch at 10 A. M.-- After Seeing MKB's New Movie . . 337 Air Conditioning Installed in 1940 388 EEI Sponsors First Two-Day Conference for Home Services Directors and Economists . . . / ............................................................................................ 389 Commercial News Notes ....................................................................................... 390 Commercial Electric Cooking Conference lo be Held in Chicago . . . 391 Pennsylvania Electric Association C o n v e n tio n .............................................. 392 Fall Meetings of Engineering C o m m ittee s.................................................... 393 Personals . 395 Conventions and Meetings, 396 is- EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE EEI 00023 PLAINTIFFS EXHIBIT l 'U t 380 EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE BULLETIN September A EEI W ill Cooperate with National Safety Council's * Emergency Safety Program Re p r e s e n t a t i v e s of the a <> cident Prevention Committee of the Edison Electric Institute who attended the Emergency Safety Confer ence, called recently by the N ational Safety Council, expressed complete ap proval of the aims and purposes of the Conference, and will initiate at the Committee's meeting in N ew York next month plans for cooperation in carrying through the Conference's broad objec tives. T he Conference was held at New York September 9 and attended by rep resentatives of more than 100 national organizations, representing industry, transportation, home and farms, and child safety. T he E E I was represented by George S. Diehl, Chairman of the Accident Prevention Committee and A. B. Campbell, secretary of the com mittee. T he major purpose of the Conference was to discuss measures for meeting the present accident emergency situation and agree on definite programs of action which could be undertaken by the inter ested organizations, jointly and severally. T h e outstanding points brought out at the Conference were (1) the large in crease in the gross number of accidents, (2) the large proportion (roughly two- thirds) of off-the-job accidents, (3 ) the relatively large proportion of traffic ac cidents in the total, and (4-) the enlist ment of all the trade and other organ izations represented at the conference to promote the National Safety Council Campaign to reduce the number of acci dents. f Industrial accident deaths have in creased 7 per cent so far in 1941, traffic deaths are up 17 per cent, all accidental deaths, 3 per cent. Probable accident toll for 1941 was estimated at 100,000 deaths by President John Stilwell of the National Safety Council, who stated that conditions arising directly from defense activities are responsible for the rising number of accidental deaths. "W hen we think of the thousands of new workers added to industry almost >vernight, and of the enormous increases in highway travel due to defense activ ities, it is apparent that emergency mea sures must be taken to meet an emer gency situation." M r, Stilwell said. "W e cannot hope to stop all these ac cidents. B ut all of us, working together, can prevent many of them if we try hard enough. T his is proved by the experi ence of Industries, Beets, cities and states which, through energetic and persistent safety efforts, have cut their death and accident rates far below average." T he Industrial Committee, one of five committees appointed at the Confer ence, presented, in a report adopted by the Conference, the following statement of principles: Statement of Principles "T he Industrial Safety Committee is in full accord with the aims and purposes of the Emergency Safety Conference, and is convinced that the human and economic losses resulting from prevent able accidents can be reduced to a mini mum in all industrial establishments by acceptance of the principles, and by in tensive application of the methods, which have proved successful in the accident prevention programs of hundreds of progressive companies. "T he committee, therefore, recom mends and urges, as vital to the success of the National Emergency Safety Cam paign : 1. T h a t executives of every indus trial organization recognize the prime importance of aggressive management leadership in accident prevention. This leadership must be given wholeheart edly and continuously if safety is to receive adequate attention during the rush of defense production. 2. T h a t organizations of employees continuously emphasize to their mem bers the possible serious consequences of accidents, both financial and other wise, and that they cooperate with in dustrial management in formulating and applying sound and reasonable procedures for safeguarding employ ees. 3. T h a t managements recognize the high cost of accidents, both in time and money, and the consequent impor tance of- judicious expenditures for correcting accident hazards, safe guarding equipment, and educating employees. Money spent on safety is really an investment in economy of operation. 4. T h a t management take positive steps to meet the special difficulties now encountered in maintainiii safe working place. Over-cr-*" and confusion resulting from exp ed operations are a constant acct threat. 5. T h a t industry recognize tfi position of the supervisor and man in training workers for' and in maintaining safe stand operation. In these times of trial stress, it should be realiz demands on supervisors to mee` duction schedules must not be ' treme as to make safe operatio possible. .,f 6. T h a t both employer an ployee refuse to accept the id the defense program in Indus' quires chance-taking. Plants^ there is a disposition to speed up ations regardless of possible^ losses of men and m aterial' 1 accidents, are not in line safety principles laid down) President's Proclamation. 7. T h a t injuries to workmen the-job accidents be recogn;; losses to industry of equal sej? to injuries occurring on the job) defense program is retarded'* when a skilled mechanic is disap a home accident or a traffic.* than when he is injured at " It is the recommendationcommittee that the principles *' gram suggested in this report immediately in the hands of in managements and industrial e through such means os: publi vention addresses, safety com ters, personal safety service, posters, and other means, groups which should be able pate in the campaign are: trade: tions, labor organizations, depa, of labor and other government insurance companies and professio. cieties. "T his statment of safety ptin formulated in the belief that our^d efforts can be successful only throu d en t production, an3 that safe^ efficiency go h^nd in hand. Ip pledges its unceasing efforts to eo men and materials through accideq vention, as a major part of its bilitv in the defense program.' ' EEI 00024