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PITTS BU KG H PLATE GLASS COMPANY GENERAL OFFICES GRANT BUILDING PITTSBURGH IS PA SAFETY DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT 19 5 1 This annual report for the year 1951 covers the following operations: All plants of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in the United States; All plants of the Columbia-Southern Chemical Corporation; Plants of the Pittsburgh Coming Corporation at Port Allegany, Pa. and Sedalia, Mo. This gives us a total of thirty-eight reporting units for the calendar year 1951, which is the same number as for the year 1950. In comparison with the year 1950, there was an increase of 9.7$ in the hours -of exposure; an increase of 3$ in the frequency rate of accidents, which is the first increase recorded in the last five years, and a 98$ increase in the severity rate. This enormous increase in the severity rate is due to the penalty charges of 6,000 days for each of five fatal cases occurring during 1951. From the Frequency standpoint the Cement Division has the same clear record as for 1950, the Brush and Coal Division registered decreases and the Glass Division had the same rate as for last year. The Paint Division and Columbia-Southern Chemical Corporation showed increases. From the Severity standpoint all divisions with the exception of Paint and Columbia-Southern Chemical showed decreases. Five organizations completed the calendar year without a lost time injury and will be issued the Company's "Certificate of Honor," Our congratulations to these organizations for their outstanding achievement. Portland Paint Plant - Completed fourth consecutive year Ditsler Paint Plant - Completed second consecutive yfear Zanesville Cement Plant - Completed second consecutive year Torrance Paint Plant - Completed first no-accident year Glass Research - Completed first no-accident year. 2- - Sixteen additional organizations had records better than the accident Frequency rate of the Company for 1951 Works #1 Glass Plant, Creighton, Pennsylvania Works #3 Glass Plant, Creighton, Pennsylvania Works ik Glass Plant, Ford City, Pennsylvania Works #6 Glass Plant, Ford City, Pennsylvania Shop #2, Ford City, Pennsylvania Works #9 Glass Plant, Crystal City, Missouri Columbia-Southern Chemical Plant - Barberton, Ohio Columbia-Southern Chemical Plant - Corpus Christi, Texas Columbia-Southern Chemical Plant - Lake Charles, Louisiana Columbia-Southern Chemical Plant - New Martinsville, W. Va. Springdale Paint Plant, Springdale, Pennsylvania Milwaukee Paint Plant, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Forbes Paint Plant, Cleveland, Ohio Red Wing Linseed Oil Plant, Red Wing, Minnesota Baltimore Brush Plant, Baltimore, Maryland Keene Brush Handle Plant, Keene, New Hampshire These plants will be issued the Company's "Certificate of Merit" in recognition of their achievement. In addition to the five organizations with clear Frequency records for the year, thirteen organizations recorded decreases in 1951 over their 1950 record. The Severity rate for the year not including penalty days assessed for fatal injuries is .261 and twenty organizations had records lower than the Company rate for 1951- Besides the five organizations with clear records in severity for the year, twelve others showed decreases in their rates over 1950. As stated earlier in this report, five employees suffered injuries which resulted fatally. One in the Paint Division occurred in the Thresher Paint Plant and the remaining four occurred in the Columbia-Southern Chemical Corporation organization. One of these is chargeable to the Midvale Coal Mine; one to the Limestone Mine at Barberton, and two to the Lake Charles, Louisiana Plant. In addition, there were fourteen permanent partial disability cases, one of wnich resulted in the loss of vision of one eye and thirteen being amputation of fingers or parts of fingers. In the Glass Division yearly physical examination of employees exposed to silica dust were made and results of these examinations are favorable. We have continued the aluminum dust therapy treatment of silica exposed employees in our Ford City Plants and at Creighton Operations. A total of lk2 employees received treatments during 1951. In the Paint Division the examination of lead exposed employees is continuing and the results cf this program, especially in Milwaukee Paint Dry Color Department, is very encouraging. In the Columbia-Southern Plants, a program of periodic examination and blood tests are made for employees exposed to certain toxic substances and our results so far have been very favorable. SL 103920 -3- It is necessary in all of our operations that a closer check be maintained on exposures, or possible exposures, of employees to toxic fumes, vapors, dusts, etc. The introduction of new processes and materials have presented both an accident and health exposure, and preliminary studies should be made to determine the extent of possible exposures, and then methods devised to eliminate any hazards presented. We have used the facilities of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation to assist us in determining any health exposures in our various organizations and their recommendations have been closely followed. Housekeeping is a major item throughout the plants of our Company. A number of plants have set up a procedure of monthly or bi-monthly inspections, by members of the General Safety Committee, and in these plants very good housekeeping conditions nave been maintained. One plant conducts a Housekeeping Contest which nas brought excellent results. All organizations should strive to improve the conditions throughout their entire plant, as good housekeeping is one of the major factors in attaining and maintaining a good accident record, a good fire prevention record, and is a medium of building higher morale among employees. The year 1951 is the first year since 19^6 that we have shown an increase in our Frequency rate of injuries for the entire Company. Our severity rate has shown increases or decreases from year to year, as a result of the number of penalty days charged on fatalities or permanent partial disabilities. There is no doubt that the results of 1951 have issued a challenge to each and every one cf our organizations to study their individual accident records and to investigate the effectiveness of their Accident Prevention program. We must make a reduction in personal injuries to employees in the future and we know that with the full cooperation and the interest of our various plant managements that we will be able to do so. We are thankful for the interest and fine spirit of cooperation in our Safety and Fire Prevention program and are counting on this excellent spirit to enable us to render a much more satisfactory report for 1952, Respectfully submitted, Y--- TRDsdrs Enclosures Thos. R. Dohoghue Director of'Sa'fety PITTSBURGH FUTE GLASS COMPANY Industrial Injury Report YEAR - 1951 FREQUENCY PGH. PLATE GLASS CO. Cement Division General Office Brush Division Paint Division Col.-So. (Chem.) Glass Division Colo-So, (Cos-1) MAN HOURS U8,930,006 771,758 1,727,911 1,205,562 5,687,866 8,112,5146 30,803,7L8 620,615 LOST TIME INJURIES 1950 1951 281 319 __ 32 83 29 3L 16 53 187 200 38 27 FREQUENCY 1950 1951 6.3 6.5 - 1.9 7.2 5.3 2.2 6.5 71.2 - 1.2 2.5 6.0 6.5 6.5 1*3.5 FREQUENCY COMPARISON 3% increase Same as 1950 31% decrease 65/6 decrease \3% increase 195/6 increa.se Same as 1950 6h% decrease SEVERITY PGH. PLATE GLASS CO. Cement Division General Office Brush Division Glass Division Paint Division Col.-So. (Chem.) Col.-So. (Coal) MAN HOURS U8,930,006 771,758 1,7 27,911 1,205,562 30,803,7148 5,687,866 8,112,5L6 620,615 DAIS LOST 1950 1951 SEVERITY 1950 1951 19,700 1*2,781* .1*142 .871* 75 8 111 8,7014 2,875 575 7,352 _ 26 20 8,o56 6,369 20,077 8,236 .112 .005 .015 .101 .017 .305 .261 .521 1.12 .090 2.1*7 13.7824 13.21* SEVERITY COMPARISON 98% increase 100/6 decrease 200/6 increase 83% decrease ll*/6 decrease 115/6 increase 2,6hh% increase h0% decrease COMPARATIVE REPORT FIVE PREVIOUS YEARS MAN HOURS LOST TIME INJURIES FREQUENCY RATING DAYS LOST SEVERITY RATING 1950 191*9 191*8 191*7 191*6 1*!*, 591*, 97 2 1*0,931,200 1*3,1*60,315 1*0,001,753 33,631,81*2 281 272 377 1*05 358 6.30 6.61* 8.67 9.88 10.60 19,700 17,333 39,775 1*6,81*1 1*1,990 .1*1*2 .1*23 .915 1.11*3 1.21*8 FREQUENCY RATE SEVERITY RATE Average Rate Previous Five Years Rate for 1951 8.31 6.50 .8114 .871* SL 103922 COLUMBIA-SOUTHERN CHEMICAL CORPORATION Industrial Injury Report TEAR - 1951 MAN HOURS COL.-SO. CHEM. CORP. 8,112,51*6 Corpus Christi New Martinsville Lake Charles Barberton Barberton Mine Bartlett 1,1*1*5,978 l,l*0i*,106 969,181* 3,61*2,571 532,621 118,086 COAL DIVISION - Midvale 620,6l5 LOST TIME INJURIES 1950 1951 16 53 22 1* 5 27 1* 23 -6 1* 10 38 27 FREQUENCY 1950 1951 2.2 6.5 1.8 3.5 2.5 l.l* - l*o.o 1.1* 3.6 6.2 6.3 11.3 SU.7 71.2 U3-5 FREQUENCY COMPARISON 195$ increase 29$ decrease 3$ increase ll*8$ increase 350$ increase 100$ increase 112$ increase 61*$ decrease MAN HOURS COL.-SO. CHEM. CORP. 8,112,51*6 Corpus Christi New Martinsville Barberton Bartlett Barberton Mine Lake Charles 1,1*1*5,978 1,1*01*,106 3,61*2,571 118,086 532,621 969,181* COAL DIVISION - Midvale 620,6l5 DAYS LOST 1950 1951 SEVERITY 1950 1951 575 20,077 .090 2.1*7 51* i5i 31*1 10 - 19 202 383 1,052 70 6,271* 12,096 .01*8 .11*0 .132 .116 .273 .289 .101 .593 - 11.78 .021* 12.1*81 7,352 8,236 13.781* 13.21* SEVERITY COMPARISON 2,61*1*$ increase 192$ increase 107$ increase ll*9$ increase 1*88$ increase 100$ increase 51,900$ increase 1*$ decrease SL 103923 CEMENT DIVISION Zanesville CEMENT DIVISION Zanesville PITTSBURGH FUTE GLASS COMPANY Industrial Injury Report Divisional YEAR - 1951 MAN HOURS 771,758 771,758 LOST TIME INJURIES 1950 1951 - -- FREQUENCY 1950 1951 - - FREQUENCY COMPARISON Same as 1950 Same as 1950 MAN HOURS 771,758 771,758 DAYS LOST 1950 1951 75 75 SEVERITY 1950 1951 .112 .112 SEVERITY COMPARISON 100^ decrease 100^ decrease 103924 SIj PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY Industrial Injury Report Divisional TEAR - 1951 MAN HOURS GLASS DIVISION 30,803,7U8 Glass Research Shop #2 Works #3 Gas Dept, Works #19 PGH. CORNING CORP. Sedalia Port Allegany Total PLATE GLASS Works #6 Works ih Works #1 Works #9 Total mWINDOW GLASS Works ----Works #10 Works #11 Total 398,066 Ul9,88U 58a,721 101,662 20U,559 573,o?U 1.080,680 1,880,a33 U,691,213 8,00h,137 7,133,508 21,709,291 2,225,562 1,602,U30 1,903,819 LOST TIME INJURIES 1950 1951 187 200 1 11 12 --1 23 16 16 22 17 "53" 1 8 18 25 TT 2 5 31 37 TT 19 15 39 23 55 52 113 90 FREQUENCY 1950 1951 6.5 6.5 2.5 2.a 2.a 1.6 3.a - 9.7 8.3 ia.7 3.1 16.0 TO 10.5 20.a 1579 .6 1.8 2.a 3.9 "O 1.1 1.1 3.9 5.2 "am 8.8 23.1 29.5 19.8 6.7 ia.a 27.3 TO FREQUENCY COMPARISON Same as 1950 1005? decrease Same as 1950 113? increase 100? increase 77? increase 239? increase 28? increase 32? increase 83? increase 39? decrease 62? increase 33? increase 69? increase 2a? decrease 38? decrease 7? decrease 8? decrease MAN HOURS GLASS DIVISION 30,803,7 U8 Glass Research Shop #2 Gas Dept. Works #19 Works #3 PGH. CORNING CORP. Sedalia Port Allegany Total PLATE GLASS Works #6 Works Works #1 Works #9 Total WINDOW GLASS Works #10 Works #11 Works #12 Total 398,066 Ul9,88h 101,662 20U,559 58L,7 21 573,07U 1,080,680 1,653,75L l,88o,Ii33 h,691,213 8,0CU,137 7,133,508 21,709,291 1,602,U30 1,903,819 2,225,562 5,731,811 DAYS LOST 1950 1951 8,701 12 7 - 31 26 8,o56 _ 11 10 35 a 21 5 137 IC2 187 678 B55 21 6ia 2,701 2,a75 575TI 38 682 l,7a9 1,690 a,131 958 1,126 591 ao5 i,a38 712 27555 SEVERITY 1950 1951 .305 .261 .030 .016 - .128 .oa3 .026 .097 .171 .7 20 .015 .137 .107 .326 .627 .523 .013 ,iai 366 .387 TO .020 .ia5 .219 .237 TM .567 .605 .275 09 .253 .755 .320 T5TH SEVERITY COMPARISON ia? decrease 100? decrease 160? increase 100? increase 3a? increase 1,57a? increase 2,066? increase 358? increase 389? increase 5a? increase 3? increase ao? decrease 39? decrease 16? decrease 55? decrease 25? increase 16? increase increase SL 103S2S PITTSBURGH FLATS GLASS COMPANY Industrial Injury Report Divisional YEAR - 1951 PAINT DIVISION Ditzler Portland Torrance Springdale Red Wing Forbes Milwaukee Houston Suydam Newark Mo orestown Thresher MAN HOURS 5,687,866 1,167,877 110,967 360,735 1*00,3l6 173,033 31*9,390 1,1*07,1*59 263,881 270,029 901,7 26 122,212 l60,21a LOST TIME INJURIES 1950 1951 29 31* __ -- 1-1 51 l2 78 52 -3 7 11 12 2 1* FREQUENCY 1950 1951 5.3 6.0 _ - 2.9 - 33.6 3.0 1*.8 20.7 - 7.6 12.3 12.5 -- - - 2.5 5.7 5.7 5.7 7.6 11.1 12.2 16.3 23.5 FREQUENCY COMPARISON 13$ increase Same as 1950 Same as 1950 100$ decrease 100$ increase 83$ decrease 90$ increase 19$ increase 63$ decrease 100$ increase 61$ increase 33$ increase 88$ increase PAINT DIVISION Portland Ditzler Torrance Forbes Red Wing Houston Milwaukee Moorestown Springdale Newark Suydam Thresher MAN HOURS 5,687,866 110,96? 1,167,877 360,735 31*9,390 173,033 263,881 1,1*07,U59 122,212 1*00,3l6 901,726 270,029 160,21*1 DAYS LOST 1950 1951 2,875 6,369 _ - 6 76 1*06 52 1,955 1* 328 - 1*8 _ - - 2 li 9 52 6 25 173 56 6, Oli 2 SEVERITY 1950 1951 .521 1.12 - .018 .228 2.731 .215 1.31*5 .01*9 - .358 - .299 _ - - .006 .023 .031* .037 .01*9 .062 .192 .207 35.5 SEVERITY COMPARISON 115$ increase Same as 1950 Same as 1950 100$ decrease 97$ decrease 96$ decrease 81*$ decrease 97$ decrease Same as 1950 100$ increase 1*6$ decrease 100$ increase 11,101*$ increase SL 103926 BRUSH DIVISION Baltimore Keene Morck PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY Industrial Injury Report Divisional MAN HOURS 1,205,562 878,8UU 190,795 135,923 YEAR - 1951 LOST TIME INJURIES 1950 1951 83 11 21 51 FREQUENCY 1950 1951 7.2 2.5 1.3 10. h 32.5 1.1 5.2 7.k FREQUENCY COMPARISON 65$ decrease 15$ decrease 50$ decrease 77% decrease BRUSH DIVISION Baltimore Keene Morck MAN HOURS 1,205,562 878,881 190,795 135,923 DAYS LOST 1950 1951 111 20 16 1 6k 12 31 7 SEVERITY 1950 1951 .101 .017 .021 .333 .202 .001 .063 .o5i SEVERITY COMPARISON 83$ decrease 95$ decrease 81$ decrease 75$ decrease WORKS GROUP "A* Ditzler Works #6 Milwaukee Corpus Christi Works #4 Works #1 Works #9 Works #10 New Martinsville Barberton Works #12 Port Allegany Works #11 GROUP "B" Zanesville Baltimore Newark Sedalia Works #3 Barberton Mine Lake Charles Midvale GROUP "C" Portland Torrance Glass Research Forbes Red Wing Shop #2 Houston Moorestown Morck Springdale Keene Gas Dept. Works #19 Suydam Bartlett Thresher COMPARATIVE REPORT YEAR 19 5 1 MAN HOURS LOST TIME CASES 1950 1951 DAYS LOST SEVERITY RATE PER 1,000 HRS. SEVERITY COMPARISON WITH 1950 1,167,877 1,880,1x33 1,1x07,1x59 1,1x1x5,978 lx,691,213 8,00lx,l37 7,133,508 1,602,1x30 l,lx0lx,106 3,61x2,571 2,225,562 1,080,680 1,903,819 -- 1 7 2 8 18 25 39 4 4 19 16 55 -- 2 38 8 52 2 202 5 682 31 1,749 37 1,690 23 405 5 383 23 1,052 15 712 22 678 52 1,438 - .020 .037 .140 .145 .219 .237 .253 .273 .289 .320 *6E .7 55 Same as 1950 54$ increase 97/6 decrease 19256 increase 3/6 increase 40/6 decrease 39$ decrease 55$ decrease 107$ increase 149$ increase 16$ increase 358$ increase 25$ increase 771,758 878,81xlx 901,726 573,07 lx 581x,721 532,621 969,184 620|6l5 110,967 360,735 398,066 31x9,390 173,033 1x19,884 263,881 122,212 135,923 400,316 190,795 101,662 204,559 270,029 118,086 160,241 _ 1 7 1 1 - 2 38 _ 1 1 1 5 1 5 1 5 - 2 - 2 - 4 2 _ __ 11 11 173 6 187 2 421 6 6,274 7 12,090 27 8,236 _ -- -- 22 14 1 ll 29 26 17 1 25 1 12 1 10 3 35 3 56 10 70 4 6,042 .001 .192 .326 .720 11.78 12.481 13.24 100$ decrease 95$ decrease 46$ decrease 2,066$ increase 1,574$ increase 100$ increase 51,900$ increase 4$ decrease _ - - .006 .023 .026 .034 .049 .051 .062 .063 .097 .171 .207 593 35.5 Same as 1950 100$ decrease 100$ decrease 97$ decrease 96$ decrease 160$ increase 84$ decrease Same as 1950 75$ decrease 100$ increase 81$ decrease 100$ increase 34$ increase 100$ increase 488$ increase 11,104$ increase 9*7* DISTRIBUTION LOST TIME INJURIES PERIODS OF DISABILITY NUMBER OF CASES CAUSING DISABILITY OF PUNT Works #1 Works #3 Glass Research Works #li Works #6 Shop #2 Gas Dept. Works #9 Works #10 Works #11 Works #12 Works #19 Baltimore Barberton Barberton Mine Bartlett Corpus Christi Ditzler Forbes Houston Keene Lake Charles Midvale Milwaukee Moorestown Morck New Martinsville Newark Port Allegany Portland Red Wing Sedalia Springdale Suydam Thresher Torrance Zanesville General Office TOTAL 1-7 8 - Hi 1$ - a. 22-28 Over 28 daysdaysdaysdaysdays 11 5 1 l l U7 75 21 10 3 2 1 13 6 9 3 2 2 10 5 5 l 2 1 1 3 5 2 3a i i 9 1 3 a11 13 7 1 a1 2 C -H ro 2 2 1 11 96 62 2 1 11 2a 12 i 1 2i 1i 2 2 3 2 3 1 1 i 3 1 2 2 1 2 6 1 1 2 1 llU 56 _1 as 29 75 SL 103929 LOST TIME INJURIES YEAR - 1951 CAUSES OF LOST TIME INJURIES Struck by object Sprains and strains Struck by glass Falls Burns (acid, chemical, electrical) Caught between objects Struck against object Trucks (hand and power) Struck glass Eye Injuries Tools (hand and power) Machinery Struck object 51 1*8 hi 28 13 13 12 10 10 9 9 6 5 Equipment (moving) Struck by (2) Caught between (2) Caught by (l) Crane Infection Slips Fighting Heat Cramps Elevator Boiler Caught by object Transfer car Laceration Explosion Puncture 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ACS! GROUP 16 to 20 years old 20 to 25 years old 25 to 30 years old 30 to U0 years old 1*0 to 50 years old 50 to 60 years old 60 to 70 years old 70 to 80 years old 13 1*7 1*3 61* 51 39 21 1 LENGTH OF SERVICE Under 6 months 6 months to 1 year 1 year to 2 years 2 years 3 years 1* years 5 years 5 to 10 years 10 to 20 years 20 to 30 years 30 to 1*0 years C"`'0 M w U ) f O w o o SL IO3930 ins 15 GENERAL INJURIES (not specific) 17 STRAINS SL 103931 PUNT Works #1 Works #3 Works #1* Works #9 Works #10 Works #11 Works #12 Works #19 Barberton Ditzler Houston Milwaukee Port Allegany Sedalia Suydam TOTAL HERNIA. GASES 1951 NUMBER OF CASES U 1 1 6 2 2 1 b 1 1 2 1 2 _2 30 DAYS LOST 129 U2 51 368 38 lUl 109 83 157 25 21 77 111 150 73 1,575 SL 103932 FATALITIES AND PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITIES TEAR - 1951 FATALITIES Midvale Coal Mine 3-6-51 6,000 days charged Case No. 51-27 Service! 3yrs. 8mos. Working as a loading machine helper on the afternoon shift, the injured had been notified about a large area in the roof without timber support. Going over to a spot between two mine posts, considered safe under such conditions, the roof fall of about twenty-eight by forty feet and from zero inches to thirty-three inches thick, fell on him. He was killed instantly. Lake Charles Plant 7-9-51 6,000 days charged Case No. 51-1333 Service: 2yrs. llmos. This cell renewal laborer returned to his work in the cell room after lunch about 1:00 P.M. Cell #l6l in circuit Hi had been "cut-out" of the circuit the night before. The "jumper buggy" carrying current around this cell was in position. He was found, lying across the bus bar on the jumper buggy, by a co-worker. After artificial respiration was given, death was ascertained at 2:20 P.M. from traumatic shock and thermal burns. The autopsy indicated a diseased heart, poor kidneys, and undigested food in the stomach, all of which led to the belief that the victim had a heart attack, fainted or blacked out which made him fall forward across the bus bar. All personal safety equipment had been worn at the time of the accident. Thresher Paint & Varnish Plant 8-30-51 6,000 days charged Case No. Service: Almost 7 years Helping to make varnish, the victim was standing alongside of a kettle of varnish which was to be pumped into the thinning tanks. The pumping station was adjacent to the varnish cooking room where two kettles were being cooked. A three way valve arrangement which permitted the lines to be purged of heavy varnish, unfortunately allowed the thinner to enter the kettle of hot varnish. The resulting thinner fumes spilled over the kettle and followed the natural draft toward the cooking room. Although the fires under the two kettles of cooking varnish were turned out, evidently it was not in time to stop the flash which fatally burned the victim in the adjacent room. Lake Charles Plant 11-21-51 6,000 days charged Case No. 51-825U Service; 3yrs. 3mos. A Dempster-Dumpster winch truck operator was transporting a box of refuse to the plant dump. Evidently all of the box of refuse did not fall out of the box when its bottom was opened. The operator probably used his sledge in trying to dislodge the refuse. Standing inside the open box at the back end of the truck, the operator was crushed when the bail of the box became dislodged from its retaining hook. Death was probably instantaneous. SL 1q3933 2- - FATALITIES 8-30-51 6,000 days charged Barberton Mine Case No. 51-12885 Service: 5yrs. Umos. Attempting to scale loose stone from the rib of the mine, a timbermanscaler was standing on the boom of the shovel contrary to safety procedure when operating over 17 feet in height. The stone loosened, struck the injured and knocked him off the boom, resulting in a fracture of the skull, fractures of the right am and wrist, fracture of the left ankle and a compression fracture of the body of the eighth dorsal vertebrae. The injured appeared to be recovering nicely when in January 1952 he complained of a severe headache. He was readmitted to the hospital and an operation revealed an infection in the skull cavity and spinal cord. Injured died on January 27, 1952. A later autopsy revealed a brain abscess behind the original skull fracture. PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITIES Works #1 3-8-51 150 days charged Case No. 51-U851 Service: 22yrs. Employee was pushing wet board into a saw. While pushing his fingers slipped and struck saw. Laceration of the left thumb, index and middle fingers. One and one-half segments from index finger of left hand amputated. New Martinsville 3-15-51 300 days charged Case No. 51-5 Service: 6yrs. Umos. Fellow-worker was rotating the blade spindle of the turbine drive with a bar and another worker was attempting to align the coupling between the blade spindle and the generator. Injured was standing on the north side of the turbine with both hands resting on the case or shell beside the rotating blades. He was observing the procedure and not performing any definite duty at the time he was injured. In some manner, which injured could not explain, except that he was very much interested in what was going on, the thumb of his right hand which was resting on the case near the larger blades, was pinned between the blades of the rotating element and the case of the turbine. Amputation of proximal end, terminal phalanx of thumb. Works #1 U-3-51 150 days charged Case No. 51-6833 Service: 6^-yrs. Employee was in pit, under grinding and polishing table, repairing table. A wheel of the table ran over tip of finger, crushing it. Amputation of left little finger at distal joint. Works #11 li-26-5l 300 days charged Case No. 51-789 Service: I6yrs. lOmos. Employee was helping to lift hand wagon; as wagon was lifted, injured's finger ring was snagged onto wagon. Weight of wagon as it was let down severed ring finger. Amputation third finger left hand, laceration second finger left hand with tendon severed. SL 103934 -3- Port Allegany 5-15-51 375 days charged Case No. 51-239 Service: lino. Employee claims while cutting packing paper on table saw, paper sanehow jerked sideways, pulling his left hand into saw and cutting index, 3rd, and hth fingers, resulting in amputation of 3rd and Uth fingers at distal joint and cut index finger of left hand. Works #1 7-19-51 300 days charged Case No. 51-15218 Service: 23yrs. Injured was using crane bucket, putting on crane, bucket closed injuring hand. Amputation of right thumb at distal joint, crush-laceration and compound fracture of right index finger and crush laceration of right middle finger. Works #12 7-18-51 150 days charged Case No. 51-206U Service: 3mos. Employee claims jack hamner slipped into loose cullet. Finger caught between handle and corhart wall. Evulsion tip of left third finger. Works #3 9-6-51 375 days charged Case No. 51-1870 Service: lyr. Umos. Cutting wood when a knot broke out of the board and remained adjacent to the saw blade. In attempting to brush knot away blade caught finger tips. Amputation middle and ring fingers (2/3 distal segment right finger and 1 segment middle finger) left hand. Midvale Mine 10-li-5l 1,800 days charged Case No. $1-I3h Service: 2yrs. llmos. The rotating cutting chain of the coal cutting machine had become fouled or wedged in the guide which holds the chain in place on the cutter bar. Injured was using a chisel as a wedge to work loose the fastened chain. One chisel had been driven between the chain and the guide. Another chisel had been placed four inches away from the first to further wedge the chain back into position. The second chisel was tapped just one time with a hammer which apparently loosened the first chisel and caused it to fly. The chisel struck the injured above the right eye. Injured was wearing his eye shield during the entire operation, with the exception to the blow which made the chisel fly. The blunt end of the chisel did not cause any damage to the eye or even break the skin above the eye. First Aid was indicated and injured was sent out of the mine. Enroute to the physician about 35 or 1:0 minutes later, injured felt an accumulation of moisture in his right nasal passage. He held his left nostril to clear the mucous from the right and felt a sharp excruciating pain in his right eye. As it was later learned, he had stretched the optic nerve rendering it permanently useless and atrophied. SL 103935 -u- TJorks #9 11-17-51 675 days charged Case No. 51-6193 Service: 8yrs. Laceration distal extremity of right 1st finger, amputation of right 2nd finger and 3rd finger near distal joint. Severe contusion or right l*th finger and avulsion of some soft tissues. Injured claims he was attempting to take cullet from the table as it was being pushed into ribbon second side and he raised the cullet with his bench knife and reached for it with his right hand and his fingers of the right hand were caught between the tables causing injury as described above. Works #1 12-7-51 75 days charged Case No. 51-26271* Service: l*yrs. Molds on lehr jammed. Injured was replacing moulds and caught finger in gear and chain. Amputation l/3 of distal phalanx ring finger. Works #9 12-1-51 150 days charged Case No. 51-61*21 Service: Injured claims he was sawing 2x6 boards used for bracing crated rough plate for shipment. He caught the second and third fingers in power saw. Severe contused laceration of second and third fingers of left hand with compound comminuted fracture of 2nd finger. Amputation of the left middle finger between distal and second joint. Barberton ll-ll*-5l 75 days charged Case No. 51-16932 Service: Injured stated his fingers were caught between two mill rolls as he was cleaning rolls. The motor was stopped but the rolls were coasting. Crushing injury to the right 1st, 2nd, 3rd fingers. Laceration wound involving tip and distal phalanx to right second finger. Barberton 9-12-51 75 days charged Case No. 51-131*98 Service: injured stated he was riding the dingy in #11 brine wheel to refill the dingy. He placed his left hand on the back part of hinged open door. Fellow- worker closed door and pinched fingers between door and door jam. Contusion and laceration left 2nd and 3rd fingers. Si W393S FORM 1SS1 REV. 2-1-81 PITTS B U KG H PLATE CLASS COMPANY COMPARATIVE INJURY CHART-FREQUENCY Year l?So Month of. Year 1951 PLANT OR WORKS HOURS WORKED Port. Ditzler Zanes. Glass Re 8. Torrance til #6 Balt, G.O. Cor. Ch. Sh. #2 SDrintr. #3 N.M. #1 #9 Keene Milw. Forbes Red Wine La. Ch. Barb. #12 Morck Houston Gas DeDt . Sedalia Suvdam Barb. U. Newark #10 #19 Moorestw 1. P.A. Thresher #11 Midvale Bartlett 1 13360 110967 n31777 1167877 668085 771758 394788 398066 333725 360735 4353840 4691213 1647739 1880433 7582T2 878844 1615055 1727911 1129562 1445978 425417 419884 3397 20 400316 607907 584721 1141876 1404106 7377804 8004137 6389609 7133508 191990 190795 1453717 1407459 333474 349390 148649 173033 805165 969184 2936315 3642571 2151434 22 2 5562 15362(1 135923 242087 263881 109263 101662 326353 573074 258 6 91 270029 468954 532621 516454 901726 1689154 1602430 241968 204559 81478 122212 1003117 1080680 160268 160241 1861945 1903819 533361 620615 99130 naos6 LOST TIME INJURIES . - * i 1 8 5 1 T 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 - 1 1 2 4 5 18 31 ss 37 2 1 7 8 2 5 1 2 7 4 23 i4 15 5 1 5 2 1 t 6 * 3 - 6 1 11 39 23 2 3 1 2 16 22 2 4 55 52 36 27 4 10 RATE PER 1.000.000 HOURS 3.5 COMPANY RATE 19SO 6.30 2.9 1.8 1.1 .6 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.9 1.2 1.8 1.4 3.4 2.4 * 2.5 1 .e 3.4 3.5 3.6 2.4 3.9 3y 5.2 ITT77J 5.2 4.8 5.7 3.0 5.7 33.6 5.7 2.5 6.2 1.4 6.3 8.8 6.7 --3775-- 7.4 ZC77 7.6 * 9.7 3.1 10.5 u.i * 11.3 /. b 12.2 14,4 8.3 14.7 T573 16.3 16,0 20.4 12.5 23.5 29.5 27.3 71.3 43. 5 84.7 1950 1951 lili. ?9h.97 2 I18,930,006 281..... .. 6.3 319 . 6.5 Increase ______3i_ IO3937 FORM 1SS* MV. *.1*81 IB PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY COMPARATIVE INJURY CHART--SEVERITY Ypar Month of-Year 1950 1951 plant WORKS WHOORUKRESD Port. 110967 1131777 Ditzl er 1167877 i337 25 Torrance 360735 3y4788 Gl. Res. 398066 Zanes. 668085 771758 Balt. 7 58212 878844 ------- 333474 Forbes 349390 G.O. 1615055 ]1764?777S3U9 #6 1880433 Red Wine 148649 173033 Shop #2 Houst.nn 425417 419884 242087 263881 Milw. Moorestm L Merck Sprine. Keene Gas Dept . Cor. Ch. #ii #19 Newark Suvdam #1 1453717 1407459 18212427182 153620 135923 339720 400316 191960 190795 109263 101662 1 129562 1445978 4353840 4691213 241958 204559 916408 901726 258691 270029 7377804 8004137 #9. #10 638 9609 7133508 lessrss 1602430 N.M. Barh. #12 1141876 1404106 29^63 Js 3642571 2151439 2225562 Serial ia Bartlett P.A. #11 Barb. M. La. Ch. Mirival o Thresher 573074 99130 118086 1603117 1080680 607907 5847 21 1861545 1903819 468954 532621 805165 969184 ESSSel 620615 160268 160241 DAYS LOST IOROAOTIHOPEURRS .. -. -- -- "5" rors ------ IK ------7733----- - 75' .. .112 *- ' 1 TE------- --rcm-- 1 .001 7b 727B 2 .006 6 TUTS 26 .015 21 ------nm-- 38 .020 406 4 2.731 .023 7 11 .026 5I 1955 52 4 6 81 7 * T7535 .037 --7m-- .049 TSUI .051 . 25 64 12 . 10 54 202 .052 .063 - .097 703B .140 614 .141 682 .145 31 --.. . 128 35 . 171 328 7551 173 . 192 56 2761 1749 .207 .'486 .219 247 5 196T980 .387 .237 405 151 383 5T1 1052 541 712 .... """"b 187 .253 . I3i .273 7TT?----- .289 ------ 777?---- .320 .015 326 10 70 137 678 . 101 . 593 .137 .627 26 421 ------ TT7E------ .043 .720 .bU5 1438 . ..755 6274 11.780 19 12096 ------ 7352------ 12.481 13-784 8236 13.240 48 -------7233---- 6042 35.5 3.9 501951 Uu.<5911.07? 19.700 .iih2 Ji8.93ornnA L2.78L .87li Increase -------- 282L.