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FILE NAME: Caterpillar (CAT) DATE: 1944 DOC#: CAT016 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Published Article from National Safety News H A T IO H A L IA7ETY REVS Published Monthly I s the in te re sts o f Accident Prevention npA th e Health of In d u strial Workers YOUMB January-Juae 19M* NAT1QKAL SAFETY 20 no Vacker Drive C0UBC3X, IRC. Chicago 6, HI.. Time for Lunch! ln>p!ont feeding le ne of the most effective vayt of cooeerring nonpowet for vor production ^rw ^O DA Y we know* enough about X. the importance of nutrition to be able to s j j that the number of pUntv guns. Unit that come out of the na tion's plant* i determined largely by hat the nation's workers put into their stomachs." This statement by Dr. Victor Hriser, lieafch roesuJlant of the National A*elation of Manufacturers, typifies the attitude of American industry to ward its workers. So, in order to produce the goods of war in sufficient quantity and on lime, industrial man agement i* ouking certain that its criers are well fed. In-planl feeding, tailored to fit the need* of the individual plant, has pro vided the answer. More and more industries have stepped up production, reduced absenteeism and* cdf 'downaccidents through mention to* this* basic human need. In general, all such programs embrace three essential points: cafeteria is usually the best answer. Whether it is operated by management or by an outside coocessiocuite is a nutter of individual company policy. far the large plant spread over an extensive area, the food must be brought to the worker- Lunch stands placed at strategic points and the newer mobile cafeteria itfuti hare done much to h r this problem. The Boeiog Airplane Company's plant at Wichita, Kan., where the super-fortresses are built, is a pioneer in (he use of "roll ing cafeterias." Equipped with elec* trial heating and refrigerating units the mobile cafeterias cany ta t and cold foods direct to workers on the factory floor, where complete meal- are Id on a cost basie-tirtVosavcfags price of 40 cents. 1deluding "dessert and drink. Boeing's Wichita plant uses 22 of these mobile units. Each is constructed of spotless, stainless steel and deliver* food piping hot or cold in an appetiz ing manner. The units are packed ai the main kitchen and are dispatched in trains, hauled by a factory tow-truck to distant paru of the factoiy. By this method workers are able to eat ap petiang. nutritious meals near their working places during the allotted lunch period. At the Caterpillar Tractor Company in Peoria, 111., an elabontc, modem central kitchen serves seven company restaurants. Food prepared here is transported by heated conveyor trucks. Each cafeteria 1 equipped w-itb coffee ums, refrigerators, hot food tables and dishwashing machines. Meals include choice of two meats, potatoes, vege tables. bread aad butter, dessert, bever age and cost an average of 30 cents. Selection of the proper food for good health is an important considra tion in in-plant feeding. Serve!, Inc. Evansville, Ind.( has found a simple method to encourage workers to eat the foods. A low- cost nutritious "victory lunch" is featured daily. Workers ate encouraged by poster (To fjg r SO) l, A Kuir M K flin ; A JUfpleewnurv >tv itr. * An cducatMiui fn ifu a i The basic food service mar be any thing from the uorkrt** own lunch box to the huge industrial cafeterias which feed thousands of employees at etch meal. In the plant which has con centrated large groups of workers in a relatively small area* a restaurant or biahwaakiwt Heklaw kar* ratud fcjwWwk w iiin ii ta <h* fcltm*. tCaWpUke tnawJ S ofter Mm . AUrc*. l4S Accidental Deaths in 1944 Prtlm lnoiy Figures Show 5 % Decrease the job, thus -ere 41,000 hided and TKC NATIONAL ACCIDENT FATALITY TOLL 1944 ALi. ACCIDENTS .........................................................94L4M1000 Motet Vehicle ...................................................................23300 Public Koo-M ofot-Vchicle- Cr>ilian ........................1I3J.,W50O0 H e w --C W U ie ................................................................SOA,MwOo Occupations!--G v iliea ...................................................17,,W90o0 MililU)' P tiw in e l ...........................................................I1I1,W,50O0 1943 9935 23326 17300 52,900 ISAOO 12,500 Ounce -- 5f< o --9 2 ^ T hi meter ttb jr it lo /Jr rdwdt tom* d e a th site h tla d e J fa efraJjlwaj!, m iltLrj f f i i o in tl a td hem*, T b it dafU thea j meunteJ to j boat 4 S M death er jrjr i. Te 19S all-attiJrat aad meter rt i i t i e M al) art V J . C m w B en w fixetf). A ll atberj art Saltana} S a jffj C e ta n i M inate/. 3,y0o,o00 injured. Hie 19 i l time loss involved in a!] worker accidents amounted to ap* proximiltly 3d3.0ti0.000 man-days, or 13,000,000 less than for 1943 accn dents. Two major doaslcn occurred during (he year. A mine fire resulted <n 6c. deaths, and the explosion of a ga\ storage tank killed 77 workers. Dcjtlts reported to industrial com- mictions in 29 state* during 19-14 to talcsl 9.196, or 3 per cent less than in 19-13. Decreases ere recorded in I'J THE death tel] fracs occupational accidents in 194-1 was approxi mately 17,500, a 3 per rent decrease Inary indication of die general trend of accident talcs o o be obtained from accident prevention contest reports. In states, increase* la 9. One state had about the same number of dcjtlw Itftli years. The stale totals follow: (ram the 1943 total of 18,000. This seven sectional contests conducted by roludieq was accompanied by de the National Safety Council, else aver 1044 1943 OtlBgC crease of 3 pet cent in ooa-agricultunl age 1944 frequency rate (lost time in Total 19 tati* . 0.1% 9.52: - 3 * employment. Hours worked per week juries per million nun hours) was Alabama 129 ITS -- 36% wcRued slightly. 9.47, a 4 per cent decrease Item 19IV Arisons ................. California . . 66 921 -- 17 99) - 1 Injuries, also, wit down about 3 per fit, totaling approximately 1,800,- In community safety council conicst, the 1944 rate was 10.0), a 17 per cent drop from the previous year. Cnfinectitut finida Georgia , 60 -- 13% I6- 200 --29% m its -- a 00. Permanent disabilities included in the non-fattl tout, numbered about The severity rate (days lost per thou Idaho . . . . . Illin o is ................. 6t 49t 64 -- i 405 -- 9% L*f *<1,000. sand man-hours) in the community K anui . . . . 93 -- 11% fi council contests * 0.71, the tame a> K em u rL r............... 144 -- to% m Wage lost, medical expense, and in 1943. Maine (10 m,) . 97 36 + 3% (lie overhead costs of insurance In add/fon to the occupational ar<*> 1 LI nw-t 146 ACufaJiufem . . . 421 --20% amounted to about $1,050,000,000, denis, the natron's productive capacity Michigan . . . . 3U 216 + 3% The so-called "indirect** costa totaled was lo v td by off-the-job accident in M inee (11 rr4 ! 2 R7 + 1% afipioaimately $1,2)0,000,006 includ workers. The 194-1 death total from Nebraska , . 67 +36% ing such items is time lost by workers, these accidents was 33.300, and the New York ............. .1 . North Carolini .. . lot 1.334 124 0 other than the injured. Interference injury total approximately 2. 100.000 Ohio ........... t.lS l 1,101 + 2% with production schedules, property The * oriier accident totals, on and off Gregna fio nvrt ) I/O 129 -1 5 % damage, and partial disability due to Prnw lvjnli 1.315 -- *% accidents vhiffl did not result in lost South Carolina Tennessee . . . , 76 . 147 71 ITO -- 14% lime. Total costs are thus placed at Texas ................... J> 459 +23% $2.300,000,000. Vermont ............. 1) 14 --21% The 1944 accident experience of different industries will not b e avail able fot several months, but a prelim- Roilrood Accidenti Dearii* oi railread empio) et* oo duiy. escludine thoae rccum ng mere iKitt _** hou n s ii th iniurr, nurnheied t 9 in Virginia ............... , 209 U^srh/ngtun , .. . 2VO u 'n t V ittima . . . V conviti ........ . VX> 260 --20% 3(5 -- *% 459 + 3% 141 --n % th Uni elevcfl oan ih t ut 1944. a dtcreuc (d J per cent fm n 10(3. 1n|urin with < ,+ ,* ,+ , a L. rP f- W0R.K ACCIDENT DEATHS more tban thtee da)' disaMltr numbned 42.699. a 3 per ceni curette. M in hnurt tose ibouf 3 per cent. Coot Min AeetdeflH ALL ACCIDENTAL DEATHS D n tlu in roti mine accidenti In 1944 tntaJed 1,239. a cerea* of 11 per <it frotn th cortpsuble preliairurr total fot 19(3. Felli of reni or enei vere lUtc tea 50 pei ceni of th tesitn, haulagc ac cidenti for 26 per cent, bile all other t w * f accidenti tnritidcd 30 per cent ut th deathe. Firn U u The 1944 total of pmperty dniroycd bjfire s a i atout idU.OOOfiOO accordine fa th National Board o f Fife Uflderwriten. T hi v u ipprocimately t2 per ceni mote h'Htaml Safety M m , M i , 194$ Ifldw uul and busineu establiihmenu I t B *M* 'M *41 * 1U