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FILE NAME: Colgate (COL) DATE: 1941 Oct DOC#: COLOOl DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Transactions of 30th National Safety Congress TRANSACTIONS 30 th NATIONAL SAFETY CONGRESS GENERAL SUBJECT AND INDUSTRIAL SESSIONS CHICAGO OCTOBER 6-10, 1941 NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL, INC. O' . . 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago Copyright, 1941, National Safety Council, Inc, Printed in the U. S. A. National Safety Council, Inc. honorary members Lew R. P almer smi ******* O FF IC E R S (1941-1942) Col. J ohn Stilwell, President I W HM ? EARBA r Vice"President for Education g. t : Treasurer ? d T-- ' F dent for F ra n c e and Asst. LewT A V rI ' VVic^eC-pPrPesri?dednet nftofr Tr rIanndsupsotrritaaltioSnafety . V. R ohweder, Vice-President for Home and Farm Safety s I ; E ?L^ STEN' Vkxe; President for Membership ^ I- Sorenson, Vice-President for Public Safety W HH. cCYammeSroonn', MMCane"aPgi-nCSgidnDnirtecftorr and SecretaCryouncils E X E C U T IV E C O M M IT T E E (1941-1942 Cart F rank E. Aimes, Marine Section J. I. Banash, Past President C. W. Bergquist, Past President H. R. B ixler, Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation H W Bocgkss s jair prairie o n 1 K arl Brecht, Safety Div., South Bend Association of Comm, LR *' obert SW. TCamp'bNelaltl,0PnlaalstSParfeestyideCnotunciI- fnc. C" ANT>Ontario Pulp & Paper Makers' Safety Associati N ed H. D earborn, New York University c,atl L ewis A. D eBlois, Past President C W. D empesy, Liquid Carbonic Corporation Marcus A. Dow, Past President H arold F . E nlows, The American National Red Cross D. D. F ennell, past President H. J. Griffith, ASSE-Engineering Section L. E. Grover, Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Comtianv H arry Guilbert, The Pullman Company mpa"y J ulien H. H arvey, Greater New York Safety Council W. A. H azard, Construction Section * J LIazlett, Westinghouse Electric & M fc Co a T. H ellmuth, Chicago Rapid Transit Company ' ' W alter G. K ing, Past President J ohn E. Long, Past President C. H. Longman, Chicago & North Western Railway Company J. W. Lord, Commercial Vehicle Section mpa,1) T hos. H. MacDonald, U. S. Public Roads Administration OFFICERS (CONTO.) Robert A. M cA rthur, Public Service Coordinated Transport B. B. M cCulloch, Bureau of Safety, Inc. F R. McL ean, Petroleum Section T W. M illard, Industrial Gloves Company H arold L. M iner, E I. du PontM e . Worcester P h ilip M. M organ, Massachusetts Satety council, Safety h S " & ! ot Ness, Director of Public Safety, Cleveland TT T O 'Brien Tr., Louisville Safety Council . W act S. p T . Aetna Life & Affiliated Compames L ew R. P almer, Past President C. E. P ettibone, Past President G. H. P feif, General Electric Company R J R eigeluth, C. W. Blakeslee & Sons i $ E S ' i i - t . .iro n Range Railway Company c J. R utland, Street & Highway Traffic Section H enry G. Schaffntr, Erie Safety Council Carl L. S m ith , Greater Cleveland Safety Counci R T Solensten, Elliott Service Company L eslie^ J. Sorenson, City Traffic Engineer, Chicago H T Spoerer, Metals Section , M York Inc COL John Sthw ell, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. C P T olman, Past President ,, George G. T raver, Greater Chicago Safety Counc DR. C. H . W atson, Past President A. W. W h itney, National Conservation Bureau Roy V W right, Railway Age Magazine Arthur H. Young, Past President V. A. Zimmer, U. S. Departm ent of Labor BOARD O F T R U S T E E S (1941-1942) W inthrop W. Aldrich, Chairman Board of Directors, The Chase r - S e n t , Aetna Life Insurance Company. H o ^ ^ T y , Chairman of the Board of Directors, Waiworth B n " F N F A .l2 sS,T isid n f, United States Steel Co,pea,Ion, WPr S s H Ppr.ident, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. New w I S a T p F O M . President. American Telephone & Telegraph Com- e T h ! ^ ? Director, Union PaciSc Railroad Company, New ToM AsTpAK Hruso, President, The Equitable Life Assurance So- aS S T T T onratinn. New York City 5 B * Genera, Mo,or, Cor O FFICERS (CONTO.) T homas J ohn W atson, President, International Business - Corporation, N e w a r k City -- Charles E. W ilson, President, General Electric Company 1S City _________ ' D IR E C T O R S (1941-1942) H. J. A ldrich, Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc. Capt. F rank E. A mes, Marine Section T O. A rmstrong, Springfield Safety Council; Hampden Safety Council C. W. A very, Detroit Industrial Safety Council J. I. Ba n a sii, Past President E rnest W. Beck, United States Rubber Company C. W. B ergquist, Phst President R, E. Biggers, Chattanooga Safety Council H. R. Bixler, Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation E. F. Blank, Jones & Laughlm Steel Corporation H. W. Boggess, Sinclair Prairie Oil Company F. S. Brown, Standard Accident Insurance Company O. C. Boileau, Wood Products Section E. G. Borserine, Kansas City Safety Council C. B. Boulet, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation Clayton O. Braatz, Paper & Pulp Section Karl Brecht, Safety Div., South Bend Association of Comme E dward H. Brin k , Grand Rapids Safety Council J oseph A. Brophy, Elizabeth Safety Council W. H. Cameron, National Safety Council, Inc. L. C. Campbell, The Koppers Coal Company Robert W. Campbell, Past President R aymond A. Carey, Evanston Safety Council Robert I. Catlin, Aetna Casualty & Surety Company D. B. Chant, Paper & Pulp Section Charles A. Chappell, Safety Div., Syracuse Chamber of Coi Lammot duP ont Copeland, Delaware Safety Council J. E. Culliney, Bethlehem Steel Company J ohn D 'A mbrosa, Sr., Rahway Safety Council N ed H. Dearborn, New York University Louis A. DeBlois, Past President C. W. D emfesy, The Liquid Carbonic Corporation F. W. Den n is, Chemical Section Milton W. Dobrzensky, East Bay Safety Council C. R. D ooley, Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc. J ames B. Douglas, The Philadelphia Gas Works Company Marcus A. Dow, Past President H arold F, E nblows, The American National Red Cross R. S. E arnum, Rubber Section D. D. F ennell, Past President D r. H art E. F isher, Chicago Rapid Transit Company E dmund F itzcerald, Safety Div., Milwaukee Association of merce 6 OFFICERS (CONTD.) V ictor B. F i t z p a t r i c k , Richmond Safety Council H oward B. F onda, Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (U S A ) Inc. Arthur C. F rey, Worcester Safety Council L yle H . Gift, Peoria Association of Commerce Safety Council O. F. G nadinger, Steam Railroad Section H enry J. Gorman, Blackstone Valley Safety Council W. A. Griffin, American Telephone & Telegraph Company H. J. Griffith, ASSE-Engineering Section E. E. Grover, Columbus Safety Council H arry Guilbert, The Pullman Company D, T, H arrington, U. S. Bureau of Mines F rank H. H arrison, International H arvester Company J ulien H. H arvey, Greater New York Safety Council W. D. H aselton, Mining Section P. L. G. H asskarl, Public Utilities Section R. C. H aven, Food Section Loins H awes, Rochester Safety Council W. A. H azard, Construction Section _ Dr. T. L yle H azlett, Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. G. T. H ellmuth, Chicago Rapid Transit Company _ _ H arold G. H offman, Unemployment Compensation Commission of New Jersey _ Dr. R alph H. H oughton, Kenosha Safety Council W m. F. James, Philadelphia Safety Council J asper B. J ohnson, Madison County Safety Council T homas P. K earns, Industrial Commission of Ohio W alter C. K ing, Past President W m. C. K noelk, Milwaukee Safety Commission C. L. L aF ountaine, Great Northern Railway Company Roy Lee, Contra Costa County Safety Council J o hn E. L ong, Past President C. H. Longman, Chicago & North Western Railway Company J. W. Lord, Commercial Vehicle Section E ber S. L u s k , Refrigeration Section T hos. II. M acD onald, U. S. Public Roads Administration R. A. McA rthur, Public Service Coordinated Transport B. B. M cCulloch, Bureau of Safety, Inc. F. R. McLean, Petroleum Section _ R oy S. Marshall, Seattle Traffic & Safety Council C. M. Mense, Meat Packing, Tanning & Leather Industries Section D avid L. M illar, St. Louis Safety Council I. W. Millard, Industrial Gloves Company H arold L . Miner, E . I. d u P o n t d e N e m o u r s & C om p an y H. H, Mohler, St. Joseph Safety Council P hilip M. Morgan, Massachusetts Safety Council; Worcester Safety Council _ . , R. B. Morley, Industrial Accident Prevention Associations C. L. M urray, Mason City-Cerro Gordo County Safety Council H on. E liot N ess, Director of Public Safety of Cleveland F rank S. N ewell, Toledo Safety Council E. J. O 'Brien, Jr., Louisville Safety Council O FFICERS (CONTD.) George C. A. O pp, The Detroit Edison Company J ohn M. O rts, Transit Section W alter S. P aine, Aetnat Life & Affiliated Companies L ew R. P almer, Past President David A. PAXiQN^,JvWaiac-Saej^Counc;i E. P ettibone, Past President C. H. P feif, General Electric Company P ontius, Greater Eos~ftflggles Safety^Omncil W. M. P owell, Cement & Quarry Section A lbert S. R egula, Industrail Relations Counselors, Inc. R. J. R eigeluth, C. W. Blakeslee & Sons H. A. R enincer, Past President J. W . R eynolds, United Pacific Insurance Company A- V. Rohweder, Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Company C. J. R utland, Street & Highway Traffic Section H enry G. S chaffner, Erie Safety Council E. C. S chultes, J r., Power Press Section E arl S. S hartzf,r, Utica Safety Council F rank T. S heets, Portland Cement Association John R, S herwood, Baltimore Safety Council Dr. L. A. S houdy, Bethlehem Steel Company Leslie R. Silvernale, Child Education Section Adolph S kinner, Safety Dept., Nashville Chamber of Commerce Carl L. S m it h , Greater Cleveland Safety Council C. R. S m ith , American Air Lines, Inc. R. T. S olensten, Elliott Service Company L eslie J. Sorenson, City Traffic Engineer of Chicago H . J. Spoerer, Metals Section E. C. S pring, Philadelphia, Pa. T homas I. Starr, Employees' Publication Section Col. J ohn Stilwell, Consolitated Edison Company of New York, Inc. E dmund C. Stone, Western Pennsylvania Safety Council E mery E dward Stone, Berkeley Traffic Safety Commission P aul S. Strecker, Automotive & Machine Shop Section George S. S troud, Des Moines Safety Council H ugo S wanson, Superior & Douglas County Safety Council J. M. S ylvester, Lehigh Valley Safety Council A rthur M. T ode, Consulting Engineer C. P. T olman, Past President George G. T raver, Greater Chicago Safety Council W ilfred E. V olger, Albany Safety Council Dr. C. H. W atson, Past President W . B. W eaver, Textile Section G. W ise W escott, Safety Dept., Automobile Club of Rhode Island T. A nglin W hite, Safety Div,, Birmingham Cnamber of Commerce S. E. W hiting, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company A. W . W hitney, Natonal Conservation Bureau Roy V. W right, Railway Age Magazine Arthur H. Young, Past President E. J. Zauft, Safety Bureau, Duluth Chamber of Commerce V. A, Zimmer, U. S. Department of Labor 8 Aeronautical Section Officers 1940-1941 <Chair,r^MAJOR R. W. S chroedf.r, United Air Lines Transport Corp., Chicago, . ,, t om 0 . H ardin, Transcontinental & W estern Air, Inc., Kansas City, Mo. -mT ledekeR. Civil Aeronautics Board, Washington, D. C. ' -E dward T. P axton, Pan American Airways, Inc., New York, N. . THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION October 9, 1941 Safety in Ground Operation -M ajor R. W. S chroeder, Vice-President--Safety, United Air Lines Transport tration, Chicago. ^ent Records--Essential to Effective Accident Prevention By R. L. FO R N EY Director, Industrial Division, National Safety Council, Inc., Chicago safety work over a long period 'has shown that success in accident r_l cannot be attained unless accident ;e is completely recorded and annd use made of the information. nt records and statistics on flight _; have been collected and analyzed tivil Aeronautics Administration. In of the principles I shall advocate __applied to flight accident records Gvil Aeronautics Administration. Company which has paid little or no _ to safety is likely to answer any ^regarding its accident record by the ' - "We don't have any accidems." inquiry usually reveals two reat this statement: either there are no made, or there is no understanding accidents should be counted. This to my first topic--accident definitions "dent rates. Since the beginning of organized industrial safety, a need has been felt for standardized definitions and rates, so that accurate com parisons could be made of accident experience from one plant to another, and from one period of time to another. All of this dis cussion has been carried on by practical men, interested in workable procedures; hence, the results they have achieved are not theoretical, but are eminently practical. The rules finally developed on these mat ters are now incorporated in the American Standard Method of Compiling Industrial Injury Rates. This method is used not only by members of the National Safety Council, but by community councils, federal and state governments, trade associations, and others in industrial accident reporting. The definitions are contained in the Na tional Safety Council's Safe P ractices Pam phlet No. 21, which may be secured by any 253 American Society of Safety gineers-- Engineering Section Officers 1940-1941 "hoirman--F. W . Braun, Employers Mutuals, Wausau, Wis. -H. J. Griffith, Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa. S M aclachlan, Hydro-Electric Power Commission, Toronto, Ont., Canada , , G. E. Burns, National Safety Council, Inc., Chicago, 111. Representatives--E. W. B ullard, E. D. Bullard Co., San Francisco, Calif. (San Chapter) Godwin, Philadelphia Electric Co., Philadelphia, Pa. (Philadelphia Chapter) Gra nn iss, National Conservation Bureau, New York, N. Y. (Metropolitan Chap- H ightower, United Gas Pipe Line Co., Shreveport, La. (Gulf Coast Chapter) F. King, Lever Brothers Co., Cambridge, Mass. (Boston Chapter). K intz, U. S. Bureau of Mines, Dallas, Texas (Southwest Chapter). Oldham, Lake City Ordnance Plant, Independence, Mo. (Kansas City Chapter). Ruddick, H. J. Heinz Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. (W estern Pennsylvania Chapter). L. S hores, Alabama Power Co., Birmingham, Ala, (Alabama Chapter). AS W. T horpe, Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co., Jersey City, N. J. (New Jersey er). Zook, Great Lakes Portland Cement Corp., Buffalo, N. Y. (Niagara Frontier ter). at Large-- J. Adams, International Paper Co., Glens Falls, N. Y. A insw orth, American Standards Assn.. New York, N. Y. Bixler, Industrial Relations, Union Carbide & Carbon Corp., New York, N. Y. n K eefer, Safety Engineering Dept., Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co., Chi -, 111. Lightfoot, The Koppers Coal Co., Koppers Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. X ong, The Delaware & Dudson Railroad Corp., Albany, N. Y. S haw , Hercules Powder Co., Wilmington, Del. Yan t, Mine Safety Appliances Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. / Chairmen-- a n a s h , Chicago, 111. Beck, United States Rubber Co., New York, N. Y. Boulet, Wisconsin Public Service Corp., Milwaukee, Wis. . Donovan, Standard Oil Co. of California, San Francisco, Calif. K eown, Wisconsin Industrial Commission, Madison, Wis. : P ain e, Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., Hartford, Conn. BAy--nd'UStfil Relations Counselors, Inc.plsleis^York, N. Y. OYER, Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp., New Y ork\N - Y. Sanford, General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y. Sm ith, Standard Oil Co. (In d .), Chicago^ m ith, Union Carbide & Cat bun C oriC N ew York, N. Y. T halner, Buick Motor Co., Flnt, Mich. W hiting, Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Boston, Mass. 263 264 30th National Safety Congress Officers 1941-1942f General C hair*m n-H . J. Griffith, Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., P: M a c la c h la *> Hydro-Electric Power Comme H . R. Bixler, Union Carbide & Carbon Corp., E. 42nd St., N ew S e c re ta ry -R. L. F orney, National Safety Council, Inc., Chicago w - B" LLasD- E - a c - s" * R. M. Goodwin, Philadelphia Electric Co., Philadelphia, Pa. (Phil, ChapteO.NNISSj Natl0nal Conservation Bureau> New York, N EvFARS^rAF MJ LLER,iThe 76X33 C " H0USt0n' Texas` ( Gulf Coast ( EviatETT F. K ing, Lever Brothers Co., Cambridge, Mass. (Boston C R. B um An n , Atlantic Refining Co., Dallas, Texas. (Southwest ( G. G. Oumtam, Lake City Ordnance Plant, Independence, Mo. (Kai xr " NARD* BlaW' Knox C o > Pittsburgh, Pa. (Western Pennsyh E. M. N iblett, Stockham Pipe Fittings Co., Birmingham, Ala. (A k J e ^ e f S t e r L eSdngh0USe & Manufactur!ng Co.. Blooi D Chapter)CH> Engineer' Curtiss-Wright Corp., Buffalo, N. Y. Members at Large-- George J. A dams, International Paper Co., Glens Falls N. Y Cyrh. A insworth, American Standards Assn., New York N* Y R. H. F erguson, Republic Steel Corp., Cleveland, Ohio ' * ' ` Gr? WIN- PhiladelIjhia Electric Co., Philadelphia, Pa W Dean K eefer, Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co Chicago J. E. L ong, The Delaware & Hudson Railroad Corp., Albany, N. Y J. S. S haw, Hercules Powder Co., Wilmington, Del. w S ' 5 MITH' Public Electric & Gas Co., Newark, N. J. W. P. Yant, Mine Safety Appliances Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. Past General Chairmen-- J- I. Banash, Consulting Engineer, Chicago. E. W. Beck, U. S. Rubber Co., New York, N. Y. S ^ B o u let- Wisconsin Public Service Corp., Milwaukee, Wis W. Braun, Employers Mutuals, Wausau Wis ' R. E. Donovan, Standard Oil Co. of Calif., San Francisco, Calif R. McA. K eown, Wisconsin Industrial Commission, Madison, Wis. A S R ^ INE' CaSUalt^ & Surjety Co-, Hartford, Conn. ^ ^ As_P^U&Jliah ^ C'antl0ni GuL,1,s'dw %'^BC-r-iifiwYork, N. ' rER, Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp., New York G. E. Sanford, General Electric Co, Schenectady, N. Y ' - L - W t-S m it , Standard Oil Co. (Ind,), Q iiugu.-------- 1 " H. S. S m it h , Union Carbide & Carbon Corp., New York, N. Y R. b. T halner, Buick Motor Co., Flint, Mich. 5 ~ E~ W hiting, Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Boston. tAs elected by delegates at the Congress. Automotive and Machine Shop Section 271 V L SAIN, Industrial Commission of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio, HAW, Murray Corp. of America, Detroit, Mich. % T halner, Buick Motor Div., General Motors Corp Flint, M . Trotter, Plymouth Div., Chrysler Corp Detroit, Mich. \ Winegas, Chrysler Corp., Detroit, Mich. Chairman ______________ MONDAY AFTERNOON SESSION October 6, 1941 ^ -G eneral C hairman V. I. T rotter, Supervisor of Safety, Plymouth Division, r Corporation, Detroit. 'Contribution Can the Plant Protection Man Make From the National Defense Aspects? By E. T. ADAMS dent, Plant Protection, Linden Division, General Motors Corp., Linden, N. J. ' days ago I received a call from an the army. He wanted me to recomhim all the men I knew about with lection qualifications. I attempted to names of several fine appearing ; from my files, but as I read their ' and other qualities he would stop -g "Sorry, but that man does not qualifications." him what the qualifications were, d ; "We would like them to have / or navy experience, although that essential as having been a member anized police force, If possible they _ve had plant protection experience ; company which gives a good train ee all they should be fine investi1 be able to write full and compre- _orts." fully I told him that all men such ribed were on steady payrolls at ires with which he could not hope jt with his offer of $1320 per year, x t mention intelligence and loyalty, those two very essential qualities ^lied within the framework of the of the desired men. reeks Post has an article by Garet 1which he states that new plants in u States financed by the U. S. it, the British government and lital now hnilt. building or pend- ing, total 3,429, at a total cost of $3,930,(Ylo'oOO Figures have come to mean little, but'the fact is that every one of those plants must be protected against all manner of in fluences and forces that could lessen their productivity. This does not take into con sideration any of the thousands of existing plants now being operated for the govern ment or producing other necessities. They also have to be guarded. A moment's consideration of the foregoing allows the deduction that there is soon to be a greatly increased demand for trained and experienced plant protection men, and a corresponding shortage of them. It follows that the qualified plant protec tion men of existing industry can and must make contributions to further national de fense activities. Such contributions may_take two main forms: one, the training of thous ands of new men for the job; and, two, the assistance in the planning of plants to permit the job to be done with fewer men. An axiom of training plant protection men which has been forcibly impressed on me is that only a plant protection man can tr^ another one in all the many P ^ e s of toe job. You may get better safety tra,TM"g^ good safety engineers; you may get, fire prevention training from _good fmenwn, and employee relations training from per hut only the experienced pro- Cement and Qu&rry Section Officers 1940-1941 'ftairnum--R. A. D ittmar, Universal Atlas Cement Co., Hudson, N. Y. an -- O . M. G raves, The General Crushed Stone Co., Easton, Pa. an--W. M. P owell, Medusa Portland Cement Co., Cleveland, Ohio. A. J. R. Curtis, Portland Cement Assn., Chicago, 111. tter Editor--J ack D empster, Canada Cement Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q., Canada. !Committee Chairman--F. B. H unt, Dewey Portland Cement Co., Davenport, la. p Committee Chairman--*H enry A. R eninger, Lehigh Portland Cement Co., . Pa. Committee Chairman--H. F. Yotter, The General Crushed Stone Co., Easton, Pa. Committee Chairman--D avid A dam, Lawrence Portland Cement Co., Northamp- Commiltee Chairman--W. W. A dams, U. S. Bureau of Mines, Washington, D. C. at Large-- Baker, J. E. Baker Co., York, Pa. , Barry, Universal Atlas Cement Co., New York, N. Y. Boyd, National Crushed Stone Assn., Inc., Washington, D. C. . Bushnell, Missouri Portland Cement Co., St. Louis, Mo. H unt, Dewey Portland Cement Co., Davenport, Iowa. r, Stauffer, National Lime Assn., Washington. D. C. , W arner, J r., W arner Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Worthen, The New Haven Trap Rock Co., New Haven, Conn. ; Zook, Greai Lakes Portland Cement Corp., Buffalo, N. Y. General Chairman Officers 1941-1942f Chairman--W . M. P owell, Medusa Portland Cement Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Vffaanr--H . F. Yotter, The General Crushed Stone Co., Easton, Pa. `rman--David Adam, Lawrence Portland Cement Co., Northampton, Pa. -A. J. R. Curtis, Portland Cement Assn., Chicago, 111. tter Editor--J ack D empster, Canada Cement Co., Ltd., Montreal, P. Q., Canada. g Committee Chairman--John N orvig, Pennsylvania-Dixie Cement Corp., NazaPa. "ship Committee Chairman--F. L. M aus, Alpha Portland Cement Co., Easton, Pa. Committee Chairman--L. P. W arner, J r., Warner Co., Philadelphia, Pa. y Committee Chairman--*P. N. B ushnell, Missouri Portland Cement Co., St. Louis, . f Committee Chairman--W. W. A dams, U. S. Bureau of Mines, Washington, D. C. Large-- 'D. Barry, Universal Atlas Cement Co., New York City, N. Y. JR. Boyd, National Crushed Stone Assn., Inc., Washington, D. C. by delegates in Congress Session. 0} CD <D o> 288 30th National Safety Congress F. J. B uffington, New York Trap Rock Corp., New York City, N. Y, A. B. Cox, Pennsylvania-Dixie Cement Corp., Nazareth, Pa. *R. A. Dittmar, Universal Atlas Cement Co., Hudson, N. Y. *0. M. Graves, The General Crushed Stone Co., Easton, Pa. J. J. Kelly, Marquette Cement Manufacturing Co., La Salle, 111. *H. A. R eninger, Lehigh Portland Cement Co., Allentown, Pa. S. W. Stauffer, National Lime Association, Washington, D. C. *A. L. W orthen, The New Haven Trap Rock Co., New Haven, Conn. 11Past General Chairman WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION October 8, 1941 Presiding--General C hairman R. A. D ittmar, Plant Manager, Universal i Company, Hudson, N. Y. Cement and Quarry Accident Experience By IVAN F. LeGORE Cement and Quarry Section, NSC, October 8, 1941 Last year in this meeting we discussed the place of industrial safety work in the national defense program and the effect the national defense program might have on safety work. W e spoke of the magnified problems of labor turnover and shifts of personnel within the plant organization to be expected, and of the much greater attention that would have to be given to the placement, training and edu cation of new workers, transferred workers, and old-timers. As anticipated, the period has been one of tremendous readjustment. Well under way is migration of labor to defense centers. It is said not to be as broad as World W ar migration, and is not yet drawing heavily from farm areas and non-defense centers. But the movement is growing and it is es timated that industry must recruit 500,000 workers in the next 12 months from outside local areas to forestall shortages. Added to our problem is the problem of priorities which confronts maintenance and repair groups with the necessity of utilizing substitute materials in place of those with which they have been familiar for years. Careful thought and planning will be needed in instructing workmen in the use of sub stitutes, including the use of lumber in some cases for lack of steel and iron. Organizations that heeded th nals lost no time in reviewing programs and in perfecting thei selecting, placing and training e safe job performance. These plants got ready for period also by putting more ii work on the numerous details < program, and they tightened spections of physical properties environment cause almost as m; as personnel faults, and this fac importance when operations ar Old equipment and old sources terials returned to service afte disuse require especially carel and, where necessary, these wer< to safety standards. Plants that moved tardily to : uation suffered adverse safety re most part. While accepting acci tion work as "a good thing", th< to take steps to detect and pron environmental and personnel 1 accidents could occur. While safety program lip service, ' failed to make use of acciden tools which are available. It is hard to believe that aits