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PITTS BUKG H PLATE GLASS COMPANY general OFFiCES C\E G A T E V\ A y C ^ \ T E R y TTSBIjRGh February 19, 195k SAFETY DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT 19 5 3 The annual report for the year 1953 covers the following operations: Plants of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in the United States; Plants of Columbia-Southern Chemical Corporation; Plants of Pittsburgh Corning Corporation. Two units were added to our report for the year, namely the Columbia Coal Mine at Benwood, West Virginia and Works No. 21, TwinddWeli Plant of Lincoln, Illinois. The record for Columbia Mine is for the entire year while Works No. 21 was first listed in May, giving them an eight months period of reporting. The comparison of the years 1952-1953 shows for 1953 an increase in hours worked of 5.3$ to a record high for our company; an increase of 16$ in the Frequency Rate of accidents but a reduction of 53$ in the Severity Rate, The Paint Division showed a reduction of 50$ in the Frequency Rate and a reduction of 90$ in Severity Elate for one of the best records of that Division. The other Divisions showed increases in Frequency but, with the exception of the Cement Division, reductions in the Severity Rate ranging from twenty-six percent to eighty percent. Nine organizations completed the calendar year without a lost time injury and will receive the company "Certificate of Honor", Our congratulations to these organizations. Glass Division Research - Completed third consecutive year Works #19, Kokomo - Completed second consecutive year Gas Wells & Lines - Completed first no-accident year Atlanta Paint - Completed first no-accident year Ditzler Paint - Completed first no-accident year Houston Paint - Completed first no-accident year Moorestown - Completed first no-accident year Portland Paint - Completed first no-accident year Torrance Paint - Completed first no-accident year SL 103859 -2- Fifteen Additional organizations had records better than the injury Frequency Hate of the Company for 1953, and will be awarded the company's "Certificate of Merit" in recognition of their achievement,, Works #1 Glass Plant, Creighton, Pennsylvania Works #3 Glass Plant, Creighton, Pennsylvania Works #h Glass Plant, Ford City, Pennsylvania Works 06 Glass Plant, Ford City, Pennsylvania Works 09 Glass Plant, Crystal City, Missouri Shop 02 Ford City, Pennsylvania Baltimore Brush Plant, Baltimore, Maryland Milwaukee Paint Plant, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Newark Paint Plant, Newark, New Jersey Springdale Paint Plant, Springdale, Pennsylvania Zanesville Cement Plant, Zanesville, Ohio Columbia-Southern Chemical Plant - Corpus Christi, Texas Columbia-Southern Chemical Plant - Lake Charles, Louisiana Columbia-Southern Chemical Plant - New Martinsville, West Virginia . Pittsburgh Coming Plant - Port Allegany, Pennsylvania The Severity Rate of the Company, not including penalty days assessed for a fatality, is *329 and eighteen organizations had records lower than the Company rate for 1953o In addition to the nine organizations with clear records, nineteen others showed a reduction in their Frequency Hate and twenty-one reductions in their Severity Rate. There was one employee fatally injured during the year. This fatality occurred at the Barberton Plant of the Columbia-Southern Chemical Corporation as the result of an explosion of a solvent storage tank. We were assessed a penalty of 6,000 lost days for this fatality. Thirteen injuries resulted in permanent partial disabilities. Two of these cases resulted in the loss of vision in one eye. The remaining cases were amputations of toes or fingers or parts of same. The penalty days charged varies according to the specific injuries and the sum total of our penalty days amounted to 7 *>200. The analysis of the disabling injuries shows that 2k% were caused by either "striking against" or "being struck by objects", while those incident to "handling glass" caused 21$. "Sprains and strains" accounted for 19$, with back cases being 57$ of the total. "Falls" accounted for 13$ of which 60$ were due to slipping or tripping at floor level. "Caught between" accounted for 11$ but several of these resulted in permanent partial injuries. Mechanical safeguards were not lacking where machinery was involved, but faulty operation of equipment or failure to properly lock out equipment, caused these injuries. Again we stress the proper training of employees and a checkup to determine that procedure out lined is being followed. 103860 Si -3- The yearly physical examination of employees exposed to silica or asbestos dust in the Glass Division has been continued and during the year only one employee of the Glass Division became disabled due to silicosis. This case occurred at Works #U Ford City and was of long standing. The employee did not become totally disabled until July of this year. We are continuing the use of aluminum dust therapy treatments for those employees exposed to silica at our Creighton and Ford City plants. One hundred and six employees received treatment during the year, which totalled approximately two thousand four hundred and fifty individual treatments. In the Paint Division those employees who are exposed to lead dust are being examined regularly and results have been very favorable. This program is especially effective in the Dry Color Corona Plant at Milwaukee. In the Columbia-Southern Chemical Plants, chest x-ray examinations and routine blood tests are made of employees exposed to various toxic substances. This program is continuing and no doubt will expand in the future as various other chemical products are manufactured. One third of the disabling injuries occurred to employees under thirty years of age. Fifty-five percent occurred to employees with five years or less service. This leaves 67% of our injuries occurring to persons from 30 to 80 years of age and kS% with length of service from 6 to 1|0 years. Proper placement of employees according to physical qualifications and mental ability and "on the job" training of new employees and those transferred to other jobs, should materially aid in the prevention of injuries due to physical inability and inexperience. The importance of training employees transferred from one position, or department, to another cannot be stressed too forcibly. Housekeeping in our plants has received major attention during the year and most units have shown vast improvement. This is of prime importance from the standpoint of fire prevention, industrial hygiene and employee morale. In-plant committee inspections are being conducted regularly, noting conditions of house keeping and fire protection and this is supplemented by inspections made by fire insurance inspectors and by personnel of this office on periodical visits to the plants. During the past years we have continually stressed the importance of having ample fire protective equipment and in-plant trained fire brigades. Further impetus was given this program by the number of major fires occurring in industrial establishments during the year. We have exceptionally efficient trained brigades in some of our organizations and others are progressing rapidly through their train ing program to develop a fire safe organization. We are following this program of preparedness in all plants of our company. SL 103861 -u- Although our records for 1953 did not equal our low record for 1952, nevertheless, I feel that progress has been made in each organization and that better results from our safety and fire prevention activities should be forth coming. We wish to express our thanks and appreciation for your interest and fine spirit of cooperation and trust that our mutual efforts will result in improvement in the future. Respectfully submitted. TRD:kb Enclosures Thos. R. Dojrtoghue Director or"3afety SL 103862 PGH. PLATE GLASS CO. General Office Cement Division Paint Division Glass Division Col.-So. (Chem.) Brush Division Col.-So. (Coal) PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY Industrial Injury Report YEAR - 1953 FREQUENCY MAN HOURS 5osoo5A2k 1,612,011; 761;, 675 6,212,01# 31,231;, 609 8,623,U8l 933,38U 621;, 912 LOST TIME INJURIES 1953______ 1952 365 298 21 125 1*6 225 170 61* 1*6 13 6 35 29 FREQUENCY FREQUENCY 1953 1952 COMPARISON 7.3 6.3 16$ increase 1.2 1.3 1*.0 7.2 7.1* 13.9 56.0 .6 - 8.0 5.8 5.6 6.0 53.1* 50$ increase 100$ increase 50$ decrease 21;$ increase 32$ increase 132$ increase 5$ increase SEVERITY PGH. PLATE GLASS CO. General Office Paint Division Glass Division Brush Division Cement Division Col.-So. (Chem.) Colo-So. (Coal) MAN HOURS 50,005,12^ 1,612,01a 6,212,oa9 31,23a,609 933,38a ?6a,675 8,623,a8l 62a,912 DAYS LOST 1953 1952 22,a68 i*5,iai 5 376 9,a63 382 750 10,33a 1,158 52 3,563 is,a5a 2,005 19,697 1,370 SEVERITY 1953 1952 .as .95 0 9 .01 .06 .1*1 .98 1.20 1.85 .03 .62 .63 2.02 2.38 2.53 SEVERITY COMPARISON 53$ decrease 90$ decrease 90$ decrease 52$ decrease 80$ decrease 100$ increase 50$ decrease 26$ decrease COMPARATIVE REPORT FIVE PREVIOUS YEARS MAN HOURS LOST TIME INJURIES FREQUENCY RATING DAYS LOST SEVERITY RATING 1952 1951 1950 19l*9 191*8 a7,a86,768 as,930,006 ai*,59a,972 ao,931,200 a3,a6o,3i5 298 319 281 272 377 6.3 6.5 6.3 6.6a 8.67 a5,iai a2,78a 19, 700 17,333 39,775 .95 .87 .aa2 .a23 .915 FREQUENCY RATE SEVERITY RATE Average Rate Previous Five Years Rate for 1953 6.9 .73 7.3 .1*5 SL 103863 COLUMBIA-SOUTHERN CHEMICAL CORPORATION Industrial Injury Report YEAR-1953 COL.-SO. CHEM. CORP. Corpus Christi Lake Charles New Martinsville Barberton Barberton Mine Bartlett COAL DIVISION Midvale Benwood MAN HOURS 8,623,1*81 1,576,037 1,025,006 1,581*, 895 3,726,1*25 583,51*6 127,572 621*, 912 1*66,325 158,587 LOST TIME INJURIES 1953 1952 61* 1*6 23 23 10 8 39 20 8 1* 38 35 29 17 29 18 - FREQUENCY 1953 1952 7.1* 5.6 1.3 2.0 6.3 10.5 13.7 23.5 2.3 3.0 5.2 5.1* 7.2 67.5 56.0 53.1* 36.5 53.1* u.3.5 - FREQUENCY COMPARISON 32* increase 1*3$ decrease 33$ decrease 21$ increase 9l*$ increase 90$ increase 65$ decrease 5$ decrease 32$ decrease No Comparison COL.-SO. CHEM. CORP. Lake Charles Corpus Christi New Martinsville Bartlett Barberton Mine Barberton MAN HOURS 8,623,1*81 1,025,006 1,576,037 1,581*,895 127,572 583,51*6 3,726,1*25 COAL DIVISION Midvale Benwood 6 21*, 912 1*66,325 158,587 DAYS LOST 1953 1952 10,331* 19,697 9 31* 301 1*6 681 9,263 2,110 3,01*0 1,625 38 6,265 6,619 1,158 528 630 1,370 1,370 - SEVERITY 1953 1952 1.20 2.38 .01 .02 .19 .36 1.17 2.1*9 2.13 2.28 1.05 .32 11.28 1.78 SEVERITY COMPARISON 50$ decrease 99$ decrease 99$ decrease 82$ decrease 13$ increase 90$ decrease 39$ increase 1.85 1.13 3.97 2.53 2.53 26$ decrease 55$ decrease No Comparison SL 103864 CEMENT DIVISION Zanesville CEMENT DIVISION Zanesville PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY Industrial Injury Report Divisional YEAR - 1953 MAN HOURS 76It,6?5 76U,6?5 LOST TIME INJURIES 1953 1952 1- 1- FREQUENCY 1953 1952 1.3 - 1.3 - FREQUENCY COMPARISON 100$ increase 100$ increase MAN HOURS 76U,675 76U,675 DAYS LOST 1953 1952 750 - 750 - SEVERITY 1953 1952 .98 M .98 ** SEVERITY COMPARISON 100$ increase 100$ increase Slj 103865 GLASS DIVISION Glass Research Works #19 Gas Dept. Shop #2 Works #3 Works #21 PGH. CORNING CORP. Port Allegany Sedalia Total PLATE GLASS Works #6 Works #4 Works #1 Works #9 Total WINDOW GLASS Works #l5 Works #10 Works #11 Total FIBER GLASS Shelbyville GLASS DIVISION Glass Research Works #19 Gas Dept. Shop #2 Works #21 Works #3 PGH. CORNING CORP. ^ort Allegany Sedalia Total PLATE GLASS Works #1 Works #9 Works #4 Works #6 Total WINDOW GLASS Works #12 Works #11 Works #10 Total FIBER GLASS Shelbyville PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY Industrial Injury Report Divisional YEAR - 1953 MAN HOURS 31,234,609 428,965 240,491 98,083 101,087 583,249 119,0U6 LOST TIME INJURIES 1953 2^5 1952 170 --- - 1 131 2- FREQUENCY 1953 1952 7.2 3^ - 2.4 5.1 16.8 10.2 - 1.8 - FREQUENCY COMPARISON 24$ increase Same as 1952 Same as 1952 100$ decrease 100$ increase 184$ increase No Comparison 991,677 644.896 1,7377773 1,713,088 4,662,097 8,075,213 6.699,302 5 17 Hi 1 8 32 31 7? 7 5.0 6.7 25$ decrease 6 26.4 9.4 181$ increase T3 ttth 777 74$ increase l .6 .62 Same as 1952 3 1.7 .66 152$ increase 22 4.0 2.8 43$ increase 33 4*6 5.0 8$ decrease 7? JZ O 17$ increase 2,220,161 1,635,314 2,006,895 705,oU5 MAN HOURS 31,234,609 428,965 240,491 98,083 101,087 119,046 583,21*9 991,677 644,896 1,3557575 17 17 32 17 53 62 102 77 23 - days :LOST 1953 1952 9,463 18,454 * - 4 17 111 * - 14 - - 13 50 108 253 100 303 20B 7.7 19.6 26.4 1774 8.1 10.8 35.7 1777 32.6 - SEVERITY 1953 1952 .30 .63 --- -- - .14 .01 .14 .19 .02 .05 .10 .39 .16 .19 712 5$ decrease 81$ increase 20$ decrease 2$ decrease 100$ increase SEVERITY COMPARISON 52$ decrease Same as 1952 Same as 1952 100$ decrease 100$ increase No Comparison 850$ increase 50$ decrease 144$ increase 58$ increase 8,075,213 6,699,302 4,662,097 1,713.088 21,149,700 828 1,565 1,226 1.800 5,419 1,602 1,076 844 192 3771H .10 .23 .26 1.05 .20 .16 .19 .12 7i5 50$ decrease 44$ increase 37$ increase 775$ increase 44$ increase 2,220,161 2,006,895 1,635.311; 5,862,370 602 899 1,572 3,073 6,534 1,603 6,368 .27 3.12 .45 .92 .96 4.04 772 2779 91$ decrease 51$ decrease 76$ decrease 81$ decrease 705,045 536 .76 100$ increase SL 103866 PAINT DIVISION Atlanta Ditzler Torrance Houston Portland Moorestown Newark Springdale Milwaukee Ditzler Sales Forbes Thresher Suydam Red Wing PAINT DIVISION Atlanta Torrance Ditzler Houston Mooreetown Portland Ditzler Sales Newark Forbes Thresher Milwaukee Springdale Suydam Red Wing PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPACT Industrial Injury Report Divisional YEAR -1953 MAN HOURS 6,212,049 212,854 1,108,473 398,144 284,614 103,098 190,727 839,7hJU 473,059 1,376,052 145,342 421,382 186,875 298,470 173,215 LOST TIME INJURIES 1953 1952 25 46 FREQUENCY 1953 1952 4.0 8.0 - 3 - 2.5 - 1 - 2.6 - 3 - 11.0 - 3 - 28.6 - 7 -- 49.1 1 9 1.2 10.6 2 1 4.2 2.2 7 11 5.1 8.3 1 - 6.9 - 4 4 9.5 11.5 2 2 10.7 11.8 U 1 13.4 3.9 4 1 23.1 5.9 FREQUENCY COMPARISON 50$ decrease Same as 1952 IOC# decrease 100$ decrease 100$ decrease 100$ decrease 100$ decrease 89$ decrease 91$ increase 39$ decrease No Comparison 17$ decrease 9$ decrease 243$ increase 291$ increase MAN HOURS 6,212,049 212,854 398,1144. 1,108,473 284,614 190,727 103,098 145,342 839,744 421,382 186,875 1,376,052 473,059 298,470 173,215 DAYS LOST 1953 1952 376 3,563 -4 313 - 75 129 - 230 1- 9 385 17 20 11 1,207 88 1,013 68 181 114 4 68 2 SEVERITY 1953 1952 .06 .62 w - .01 - .26 - .28 - .90 - 2.19 .01 .01 .45 .04 .06 .06 7.14 .06 .76 .14 .40 .38 .02 .39 .01 SEVERITY COMPARISON 90$ decrease Same as 1952 100$ decrease 100$ decrease 100$ decrease 100$ increase 100$ decrease No Comparison 98$ decrease 33$ decrease 99$ decrease 92$ decrease 65$ decrease 1800$ increase 3800$ increase 103867 SL BRUSH DIVISION Baltimore Morck Keene BRUSH DIVISION Morck Baltimore Keene PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY Industrial Injury Report Divisional YEAR - 19?3 MAN HOURS 933,381; 710,335 83,9UO 139,109 LOST TIME INJURIES 1953 1952 13 6 k5 271 FREQUENCY 1953 1952 13.9 6.0 5.6 23.8 50.3 6.3 - 8.3 FREQUENCY COMPARISON 132$ increase 11$ decrease 100$ increase 506$ increase MAN HOURS 933,381; 83,91*0 710,335 139,109 DAYS LOST 1953 1952 382 2,005 3 1*8 2,001 331 h SEVERITY 1953 1952 .ia 2.02 .ou .07 2.38 2.50 .03 SEVERITY COMPARISON 80$ decrease 100$ increase 97$ decrease 7833$ increasi SL 103868 WORKS GROUP "A" Ditzler Lake Charles Corpus Christ! Port Allegany Milwaukee Works #1 New Martinsville Works #9 Works #b Works #12 Works #11 Works #10 Works #6 Barberton GROUP "B" Newark Baltimore Works #3 Sedalia Shelbyville Zanesville Midvale Barberton Mine GROUP "C" Glass Research Works #19 Atlanta Torrance Gas Dept, Houston Moorestown Portland Ditzler Sales Shop #2 Forbes Morck Thresher Works #21 Springdale Bartlett Suydam Red Wing Keene Benwood COMPARATIVE REPORT TEAR 19 5 3 MAN HOURS LOST TIME CASES 1953 1952 DATS LOST SEVERITY SEVERITY RATE PER COMPARISON 1,000 HRS, WITH 1952 1,108,b73 1,025,006 1,576,037 991,677 1,376,052 8,075,213 1,58b,895 6,699,302 li,662,097 2,220,161 2,006,895 1,635,31b. 1,713,088 3,726,U25 2 2 5 7 32 10 31 8 17 53 32 1 39 3 39 1 3b 7 50 11 88 22 828 8 301 33 1565 3 1226 17 602 62 899 17 1572 1 1800 20 9263 - ,01 .02 .05 .06 .10 .19 .23 .26 .27 .b5 .96 1.05 2.b9 100? decrease 99? decrease 99? decrease 50? decrease 92? decrease 50? decrease 82? decrease bb? increase 37? increase 91? decrease 5l? decrease 76? decrease 775? increase 39? increase 839,7bb 710,335 583,2b9 6bb,896 705,ob5 76b,675 b66,325 583,5b6 1 b 3 17 23 1 17 8 99 5 b8 1 111 6 253 - 536 - 750 29 528 b 681 .01 .07 .19 .39 .76 .98 1.13 1.17 98? decrease 97? decrease 850? increase lbb? increase 100? increase 100? increase 55? decrease 90? decrease b28,965 2bo,b91 212,85b 398,lbb 98,083 28b,6lb 190,727 103,098 Ib53b2 101,087 b21,382 83,9bO 186,875 119,0b6 b73,059 127,572 298,b70 173,215 139,109 158,587 - -- -- 1 1 b 2 2 2 2 3 b b 7 18 a - -- 1- 1373 #* -1 -b b 17 -3 2 11 - 17 1 68 8 b6 1 lib 1 68 1 331 - 630 _ - - .01 .01 .Ob .ob .06 .lb .lb .36 .38 .39 2.38 3.97 Same as 1952 Same as 1952 Same as 1952 100? decrease 100? decrease 100? decrease 100? decrease 100? decrease No Comparison 100? increase 33? decrease 100? increase 99? decrease No Comparison 65? decrease 13? increase 1800? increase 3800? increase 7833? increase No Comparison SL 103869 DISTRIBUTION LOST TIME INJURIES PERIODS OF DISABILITY 19 5 3 NUMBER OF CASES CAUSING DISABILITY OF PLANT 1-7 days ______ Works #1 Works #3 Glass Research Works #4 Works #6 Shop #2 Gas Dept* Works #9 Works #10 Works #11 Works #12 Works #19 Atlanta Baltimore Barberton Barberton Mine Bartlett Benwood Mine Corpus Christi Ditzler Ditzler Sales Forbes Houston Keene Lake Charles Midvale Milwaukee Moorestown Morck New Martinsville Newark Port Allegany Portland Red Wing Sedalia Shelbyville Springdale Suydara Thresher Torrance Zanesville General Office 6 1 3 1 5 14 25 2 1 11 3 1 9 1 4 4 2 9 4 2 6 3 2 12 14 1 1 1 - 2 TOTAL 130 Percent of Total 433 8-14 15-21 22-28 Over 28 days__________days____________ days_____________ days 11 1 3 1 17 6 3 2 10 5 l 5 2-1 4-1 li- l l ll 1 2 43 1 l2 l 67 39 29 1856 Si l3870 l 3 1 3 1 3 1 1 78 225? 19 5 3 SUMMARY - LOST TIME INJURIES CAUSES AND TYPES Objects Struck by 67 Struck against 19 Glass Struck by 62 Struck against 15 Sprains and Strains Back 38 Ankle 10 Shoulder 7 Knee Arm 6 2 Wrist 2 Hip 1 Chest 1 Falls Lower Level 29 Same Level 17 86 - 2hi 77 - 21$ 67 - 19% U6 - 1356 Caught Between Burns Chemical 10 Hot Water Electrical 3 2 Steam Oil 2 1 Hot Glass 1 Eye Injuries Infections Slips (not falls) Heat Exhaustion Chemical Poisoning Vehicle Horseplay Fatality - Explosion 38 - n% 19 - Si 12 - # 2% AGE GROUP 16 to 20 years old 20 to 2$ years old 25 to 30 years old 30 to UO years old kO to 50 years old 50 to 60 years old 60 to 70 years old 70 to 80 years old 17 US 55 93 6k 53 2k 2 LENGTH OF SERVICE Under 6 months 6 months to 1 year 1 year to 2 years 2 years 3 years U years 5 years 6 to 10 years 11 to 20years 21 to 30years 31 to 1*0 years 51 33 2l* 3U 17 18 lli 76 56 19 5 YEAR - 1953 ms GENERAL INJURIES (not specific) PLANT Works #1 Works #3 Works #U Works #6 Works #10 Works #11 Works #12 Baltimore Barberton Benwood Mine Corpus Christ! Ditzler Lake Charles Sedal i a TOTAL HERNIA CASES 1953 NUMBER OF CASES 9 1 U 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 __ 1 27 DATS LOST 392 H8 233 32 98 U2 87 58 29 U2 22 35 52 U9 1,219 SL, 103873 FATALITY AND PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY CASES YEAR - 1953 FATALITY Barberton Plant 9/21/53 6,000 days charged Case No. 53-117U8 Service: 17^ years An "A" welder was assigned to the job of closing several small pin holes in the cover of an isopropyl chloroformate storage tank. When finished, a second arc was struck and the tank exploded. Apparently about ten gallons of isopropyl chloroformate had entered the tank sometime between Friday before the Monday when the accident occurred. Fractures of both legs, internal injuries and a possible skull fracture caused death to occur shortly after the accident. PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITIES Ford City, Works #k 2/16/53 150 days charged Case No. 53-2699 Service: 9 years Injured, a carpenter helper, was having a dolly of lumber pushed into the carpenter shop by a fork lift truck. As the dolly and lumber kicked sideways, the injured grabbed the lumber and caught his finger between the lumber and the fork truck. There was no actual time lost but an amputation of the first joint of the left little finger was necessary. Ford City, Works U/22/53 li50 days charged Case No. 53-6091 Service: 12 years Injured attempted to put a guard into place on a conveyor in a bending lehr. The spacer, which operates intermittently, started operating and caught his left foot in the chain and sprocket at floor level. Partial amputation of the left great, 1st and 2nd toes. Ford City, Works #h U/9/53 75 days charged Case No. 53-5U89 Service: 7-2/3 years A general repairman was changing bearings on a crane trolley. The trolley started rolling which caused the repairman to grab a gear wheel. The wheel meshed and smashed the ends of the index and third fingers. Amputation of one half of the terminal phalanx of the third finger. No time lost* Ford City, Works #h 10/12/53 300 days charged Case No. 53-11197 Service: 12-J years Working on a high speed run out drive, this millwright caught the tip of his left thumb where a guard had been removed. The crushed tip of the thumb had to be amputated to the base of the nail. No time lost. Ford City, Works #6 8/6/53 1,800 days charged Case No. 53-326U Service: 3 years A fellow workman and a cutter helper were cutting 1^" white glass, A snap had just been made and the cutter had just pushed one piece off the snapping stick. Both men were pushing off the other piece when a small piece of cullet flew and struck the helper in the left eye. Eventually the sight was lost. SL 1038?4 PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITIES (cont'd.) Crystal City Plant, Works #9 2/17/53 ISO days charged Case No. 53-7llO Service: 2 years After helping to load 25 bales of straw to be moved by towmotor, the injured, a straw loader, assumed a position on the towmotor running borad. His foot slipped off the running board and under the front wheel of the moving towmotor. Later it was found necessary to amputate part of the great left toe. Crystal City Plant, Works #9 7/2/53 15 days charged Case No. 53-2896 Service: 23 years A pedestal type fan, while operating, was wanted in another location on the floor. A crane follower decided to move it without shutting it down. His left index finger slipped through the guard and was almost amputated at the base of the nail. It was necessary to amputat the terminal phalanx* Henryetta Plant, Works #10 l/U/53 750 days charged Case No. 53-27 Service: 19 years An automatic laydown machine helper was attempting to change the speed of the machine motor. His hand slipped and was caught in the conveyor sprocket and chain. The fingers of his right hand were badly broken, resulting in the amputation of the fourth and fifth metacarpal bones of the ring and little fingers. Henryetta Plant, Works #10 3/26/53 150 days charged Case No. 53-1336 Service: 19^ years Using a stick is good practice in removing scrap wood from a table of a running cut-off saw. The operator forgot this important rule when he reached with his hand and accidentally touched the moving blade. The laceration of his right index finger resulted in the amputation of the distal end of the second phalanx. Clarksburg Plant, Works #12 5/3/53 300 days charged Case No. 53-1081 Service: 6 years The injured, a tank man, was adjusting the cardboard which directed the air from a short pedestal type fan. In handling the operating fan, his thumib slipped through the guard and was badly lacerated at the distal end. This resulted in an amputation. Shelbyville Plant 7/23/53 375 days charged Case No. 53-1289 Service: 1 month The injured, a selector packer, reached under the guard of a cut-off machine for superfine, while it was in operation. The machine had jammed, and as the jam was loosened the blade came down on the fingers of his left hand. The tip of the index finger and lj phalanges of the 3rd and Uth fingers were amputated. Barberton Plant U/17/53 1,800 days charged Case No. 53-751 Service: 16 years An "A" welder wa3 chipping the rust from a piece of pipe, in preparing it for welding. While using a hand chipper, a piece of rust struck and lodged in his right eye. This revealed a previously undisclosed cataract, requiring removal. The sight was not restored. 103876 SL PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITIES (cont'd*) Zanesville Plant 2/26/53 750 days charged Case No. 53-98 Service: 11 years While lubricating gears with heavy gear grease, a cement packer used the wrong stick and forgcrt to shut down the equipment. His stick was drawn into the gears which caught the fingers of his right hand. Amputation of the little finger and the first joint of the ring finger was necessary. Subsequently, further amputation was made to the ring finger* Si 10^7S FORM IStl REV. 2-1-93 1 PITTSBURGH PLATE CLASS COMPANY COMPARATIVE INJURY CHART-FREQUENCY PLANT OR WORK* HOUR* worked LOST TIME INJURIES RATE PER 1 ,000.000 HOUR* CL. RES. WORKS #19 ATLANTA DITZLER TORRANCE HOUSTON MOORE ST'WN PORTLAND GAS DEPT. WORKS 6 GEN. OFF. NEWARK CORPUSCH. ZANESVILLE WORKS #4 LAKE CH. SHOP WORKS #1 SPRINGDALE WORKS #9 PORT ALL. MILWAUKEE. WORKS 03 BALTIMORE NATRIUM 397,932 428.965 158,378 240,491 90,755 212,854 ..... 1,181,252 1.108.473 380,288 398.144 272,273 284.614 142,656 190.727 105,080 103,098 97,897 98.083 1,618,173 1.713.088 1,701,282 1.612.014 847,030 839.744 1,333,044 1,576,037 771,BO 1 764,675 4,515,472 4.662.097 992,964 1.025.006 375,230 411.087 7,968,831 8,075,213 447,524 473,059 6,658,392 6,699,302 1,049,513 991.677 1,327,355 1.376.052 547,358 583.249 799,400 710,335 1,552,965 1,584,895 * * - 3 - 1 * 3 * 7 - 5 - 1 - 1 1 1 2 9 1 3 2 i 3 8 3 2 * i 22 32 1 2 33 31 7 5 11 7 1 3 5 4 8 10 * 2.5 2.6 " 11.0 - 49.1 - J8T6 10.2 - .62 .58 .6 1.2 10.6 1.2 2.3 1.3 * 1.3 .66 1.7 3.0 2.0 2.4 2.8 4.0 i.i 4.2 5.0 4.6 6.7 5.0 8.3 5.1 1.8 5.1 6.3 5.6 5.! 6.3 DITZ. SALES WORKS #12 FORBES BARBERTON THRESHER SUYDAM BARB. MINE 145,342 2,089,014 2,220,161 347,089 421,382 3,721,549 3.726.425 169,048 186,875 358,197----------- 298.470 555,556 583.546 LINCOLN WORKS 10 RED WING BARTLETT MORCK WORKS #11 SEDALIA SHELBY. MIDVALE KEENE 119,046 1,574,525 1.635.314 169,532 173.215 118,555 127.572 72,157 83.940 1,743,242 2,006,895 636,931 644,896 52,311 705.045 542,591 466.325 120,534 139,109 1 6.9 17 8.1 17 7.7 4 11.5 4 9.5 20 5.4 39 10.5 2 .......life " 2 10.7 1 3.9 4 13.4 4 7.8 8 _____ ____ 13.7 2 16.8 17 10.8 32 19.6 1 5.9 4 23.1 8 67.5 3 23.5 -- 2 23.8 62 35.7 53 26.4 6 17 26.4 -- 23 32,6 29 53.4 17 36.5 i 8.3 7 50.3 COL. MINE 158,587 18 113,4 YEAR 1952 1953 1952 1953 47,501,677 50,005,124 298 365 INCREASE 6.3 7.3 16% SL 103877 FORM 1BC2 REV. 2-1B3 1 PITTS B U K.GH PLATE GLASS COMPANY COMPARATIVE INJURY CHART--SEVERITY YEAR 1952 1953 PLANT WORKS HOURS WORKED GL. RES. WORKS #19 ATLANTA DITZLER TORRANCE HOUSTON MOOREST'WN PORTLAND GAS DEPT. GEN. OFF. LAKE CH. NEWARK SHOP #2 397,932 428.965....... 158,378 240.491 90,755 212,854 1,181,252 1,108,473 380,288 398.144 272,273 284.614 142,656 190.727 105,080 103.098 97,897 98.083 1,701,282 1.612.014 992,964 1.025.006 847,030 839.744 375,230 411,087 DITZ.SALES CORPUS CH. FORBES MORCK PORT ALL. MILWAUKEE THRESHER BALTIMORE WORKS #1 SPRINGDALE 145,342 1,333,044 1.576.037 347,089 421.382 72,157 83.940 1,049,513 991,677 1,327,355 1.376,052 169,048 186,875 799,400 710.335 7,968,831 8.075.213 447,524 473.059 LINCOLN NATRIUM WORKS #3 WORKS #9 WORKS #4 WORKS #12 BARTLETT SUVDAM SEDALIA RED WING WORKS #11 SHELBY. WORKS #10 JANESVILLE WORKS #6 MIDVALE BARB.MINE KEENE BARBERTON 119.046 1,552,965 1,584,895 547,358 583,249 6,658,392 6,699,302 4,515,472 4.662.097 2,089,015 2.220.161 118,555 127.572 256,197 298.470 636,931 644.896 169,532 173.215 1,743,242 2.006.895 52,311 705.045 1,574,525 1.635.314 771,801 764.675 1,618,173 1.713.088 542,591 _ 466.325 555,556 583.546 120,534 139.109 3,721,549 3.726.425 COL. MINE 158.587 DAYS LOST rate per lOOO HOURS - * - - - 313 - 4 . 75 - 129 230 - 14 - 52 s 2110 9 385 9 - 4 . - . - - .26 * .01 - .28 * .90 - 2.19 * .14 * .03 .00 2.13 .01 .45 .01 - .01 3340 34 20 17 .01 2.51 .02 .06 .04 3 108 50 1013 88 1207 11 2001 4B 1602 828 181 68 ..... .HA .10 .05 .76 .06 7.14 .06 2.50 .07 .20 ..-10 .40 .14 _____ 17 1625 301 13 111 1076 1565 844 1226 6534 602 38 46 4 114 100 253 2 68 1603 899 .14 1.05 .19 .02 .19 .16 .23 .19 .26 3.12 .27 .32 .36 .02 38 .16 39 .01 - -39............ .92 .45 536 636 8 1572 750 192 1800 1370 528 6265 681 4 331 6619 *9263 .76 4.04 .96 . .98 .12 U)5 2.53 1.13 12.15 1.17 .03 2.38 1.78 2.48 630 3.97 1952 1953 47,501.677 50,005.124 45.441 22.468 DECREASE .96 .45 53% SL 1-03878