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STANDINGS IN THE XYZ COMPANY' SAFETY CONTEST JANUARYJUNE Oakland leads at the halfway mark* Tulsa moved into second place Chicago slipped from second to third place in June Corbin, m last place, had no disabling injuries during June Good work! Tulsa still leads for the President's Award for largest improvement over the previous year's record Plant Oakland Tulsa Chicano Cincinnati Corbin Rank 1 2 3 4 5 January--June Frequency rates 14 1 146 175 21 9 24 8 % Increase + or decrease -- over last year -30% -40% + 5% -20% +22% 'Frequency rate is number of disabling injuries per 1 000,000 hours worked Tips on How to Win, No. 6 One-sixth of our disabling injuries occur in the use of cranes and hoists Have foremen hold a safety meeting on safe practices in hitching loads and other crane operations for shop men We'll furnish a film Use posters on the subject Require safe methods See the enclosed bulletin for suggestions on how to solve this major accident problem Fic 12-9 --Simple monthly contest bulletin gives essential information about current standings and also includes a suggestion for improvement in "Tips on How To Win " Rule 3 Awards should be specified "XYZ Company" follows the general practice of giving first, second, and third place awards Rule 4a The frequency rate is most often used as the basis for determining standings as it can be computed promptly and easily Rule 4b There should be a satisfactory method of determining the winner between two or more units having perfect records in order to give the smallest contestant a fair chance Selecting the winner on the basis of the largest number of man-hours worked since the last chargeable injury is fair to all units, regardless of size Rule 5 A standard method of counting in juries is essential in order to avoid contro versies and maintain confidence in standards American National Standard ZI6 1 is described in Chapter 6, "Accident Records and Injury Rates " First aid and other minor injuries generally 279