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FILE NAME: Edison Electric Institute (EEI) DATE: 1938 Sept DOC#: EEI001 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: EEI Bulletin - A Look at the Safety Record Septeml-fr. 1931 EDISON ELECTRIC I.V .V nTLTt U U .fl IN Fifre jys DEPOSITION EXHIBIT PLEAXINHTIBIFITF'S A Look at the Safety Record 1 LAURIEBAkR | EVANS FPORTING SERVICE By Col. John Stilwell Vice-President, Consolidated Edison Company An address before the Empire State Gas anSdepEt.leIcSt,ri1c93A8ssociation Convention, Lake Placid, N. Y., HAVE long interested myself in all problems that may affect the rela tionship between employer and em Iployee, but only in safety work have found such whole-hearted employeeresponse, such rich rewards in dollars saved and lives spared, such pleasurable satisfaction with a humane job well done in society's interest. Let me persuade ybeoug,regaetn, tyleomu ewni,llthneavt,erthreogurgeht itth;etheofufogrht the earnestness of your initial course may asetlff-iirnsttermeseteetdwsiothurcsoesm,e yoopupowsiitlilonbefrfoomre alonndg hsauvpepowrtonotfhethroessepevcetfruyl addismsiernatteiorsn; athpopuegahr athveoidmaobdleestexnpeeendsse,ofyosuafewtyillmiany evitably return that cost many times over in any single year's dividend from improved accident experience. It is re grettable that all of our safety dividends ;annot be more definitely shown--but they are there. I mean not only the dol lars but the saving of suffering and in creased morale of employees. The first step in the job is the one you wmialnl taoll dfiirnedct tthhee whaorrdke.st--N'foindminagn cthane hbee htaaksefnailferodminaint ootrhedronjoebi--t peosoprelcyi--allyanidf be expected to be an efficient safety man. This has often been done in the past due vtoaluaelaocfk soaffetthye. fuInllvaarpiapbrelyciastuiochn aofmtahne is temperamentally if not otherwise unfit itnogcaarmryanonofastwroonrgk dsyonadmefiicnifteolryce,relqibueirrs ally endowed with powers of persuasive nweesasklainndg ctarunneotlecaodmermshainpd. thCeerretsapinelcytfual attention of men of higher position, espe cially if they are forewarned by knowl oedthgeer ojfobtsh.at Iwf eyaokulinhga'vsepearllfoowrmedancyeouirn sdeilrveecstioton bientpoerssuucahdead mtoang'isvehathnedss,afyeotyu areBleicksuedrebtehfaotreyyoouur sstaafrett.y engineer re panoyrtsoptoertahteintgopundiitr.ecUtlnyleasnsdhenoftintdhsrohuigmh saetlifngin barapnocshitioanllotfhpearwitayywfirtohmtheboottpoemr to top. your safety man will soon find he I COLONEL STILWELL can accomplish nothing without the sanc tion of the very men whom he must curb in their unsafe course. Management in industry is charged wcointhseqmuaennycerebsupot nnsiobnielitimesoroef tgrreamveendthoauns safety. No longer may he explain away anusmucbceerssoiofnaocfciddiesnatsst,erws,itohr aanfeawbnworomrdasl of vain protest at an unkind fate that whaosrldgraktnuoiwtosustloyo wenevllelothpaetd achcimid.entsHdios not happen; they are caused, and not en tthireelmy ebnywthheo aurnefihtnuersts. or carelessness of The army--that paragon of discipline --tells its officers that they are responsi ble for the safety of the men under them. W e men, too, are officers in an army-- the vast army of an important industry --and the men engaged in the gigantic ttuasrkingofgagse,naenrdatidnigstreilbeucttirnicgityb,othmaanreufeanc tarsuasrteedthteo poluarntssafaen-dkeoetphinerg pjuhystsicaaslspurroelpy efartrieass owfeohuarvevafariioleuds icnoomuprandiuetsy. toIwnarsdo oteucrtienmgpltohyeemes aignatihnestvtihtael mwaanttteornofwpasrote otof stehreiocuhsaargcceidoefnth,awvienglaybeoeunrsdelevreeslicotpeinn that duty; and we may well thank our lucky stars that, in this country at least, industry is not governed by so rigorous a discipline as army regulations impose. WLe emt iugshtloboekcoaumrt-ommaerntitalaetd.safety, that we may see just what the nature of our dfiurety, eixnplroessipoenc,t otor soathfeetrydisi.sasTtehretoripskhyosf ical properties should, of course, be re mduecnetdsthoouitlsd irbree,doufcicboluersme,insiomcuomn.stEruqcutiepd aabnlde inrisstkalloedf aascctiodeenlitmtionatteheevreeraysoanvaobidly careful workmen. There remains, then, only our part--we must teach our em ployees how to work safely and must sec to Gitivtheatyothuery sdaofewtyorekngsainfeeleyr. not only the unqualified backing of an executive ianlsdoepthenedfeinntanocfiathl esuopppeorarttinsog gderoseurpvsi,nbguat job requires. Let him have a few col leagues to help him educate your work ers, and inspect your properties; and give him the cooperation of seeing to it that his reasonable suggestions are promptly complied with. He will soon prove by htiinsureedsuslutsppwohret.thReermheemdbeseerrvaelws ayyosu,rhcoown esuvepre,r-stahlaetsmtahne; siaffehtye ims atnhemmusatn beyoua wtharonut gthookueteypoaunrdpesruspopnonretl, ayoguenwerialll cfionnd sccoimoumsneensts froofmhitsheprgerseeantceb, ualkppwrehcoiatiavree benefited, silly criticism from those few wyoiuthr feaxnpceieridengcreievoatnhceerws.isSeh,oubledyvy|oreu fliensdt yalolu afnindd yyoouur hwavheolenosasfaefteytyeefnfogritne.perrovaet in Ivfaiyno.u would know what an effici>ent safety campaign can accomplish, I point to our own record, my pride in which yboeaur wwiillthbemteterfournjduesrtstaandfewif myooumwenitlsl hazOaurdrouinsdounster,yfiilsledof initsitsveervyernyatoupreeraa tainodn sweriitohusthaeccpidoetnetn.tiIanlitaiesrecoefntfrteaqbuuelnat ttihoinrtybyreptohretinNg aitniodnuasltrieSsafaertey cClaossuinficeidl as to accident frequency rates per mil- EEI 00017 CUI3U.N bt.fcCTRIC l.NSTITCTB Sl'U .ETIN September. 19J3 lion hours worked. Of these tobacco led with the extremely low rate of 2.22, and lumber lumbered along last with 5w7i.t2h9.12.3O4urfollionwduedstryonlsytoboyd infdifutesetrnieths whose record shows them to be habitual slyafetaym. ong the poorest performers tn Reduced to a ratio of accident inci dence by hundreds of employees, our in dustry's rate comes to 2.55 nationwide. P Without the Consolidated Edison group of companies, the rate is 2.75, because that company's low rate of 1.43 brings down the national average to this marked degree. I should like to make the ob sgerrovuapt,ioanlthtohuagt hthteen CyoeanrssoaligdoatwedorsEedtihsoann the rest of the industry in the matter of aocfciadnenatctifvreequsaenfectyy, chaams pbayigtnh,epaladcoepdtioitn self in the lead. I have mentioned the improvement in o1u9r27s,ysjutesmt tceonmpyaenariess'preixoprertioencthee. laIsnt available complete year's experience, we hhaudndraend aecmcipdleonyteesfr;eqthueencbyalaonfce 1o0f ptheer industry had an accident frequency of 8.2 for electric, and 8.05 for manufac tured gas operations. Those are the figures, but not all of the record. W e can never hope to know how much our safety work among em ployees has accomplished in the preven tion of accident away from plant and davisatirliabbulteionto ospheorawtiohnosw. Stmatuicsthicsimarperonvoet menecnet reinsulntsonf-rionmduestdruiaclatiaocncidoefnetmepxlpoeyreie pcoenrscolundneel;thbautt wthee hdaivffeuseiovenryofrigshatfettyo 1 eiddeuacsattehdrouagnhd thhieghcloymtmrauinneind' bgyroaupweolfl j' men and women must have its full share 1 of credit for the general reduction of * tahcacitdeanpt ufbreliqcueuntcilyit.y Isthoisuledntbireelfyorfeimttionsgt among the leaders in this important civic mmaokveemyeonutr; aenmdpylooyueewsillsaffientdy thcaotnsicfioyuosu, they will quickly earn for your compa nies the grateful appreciation of the citi zens who are your consumers. In brief summary, gentlemen, the achievement of safety is not difficult-- tehvaent ist,hneotmtoosot dhifefisciutaltnttoafnadil ttoheattmraocstt doubting. There are three phases of this wcoomrkp'--etefnirtstm, eenngtionereerminogv,e cpohnydsuiccatle,dhabzy aedrduscaotironincvaitrartiieodnsontobyacecqidueanllty; sceocmonpde, tent though differently trained men to eanraydipcarotenenfreosms otrhepremdiinsdpsosiotfionemtpoloayceceis is co labor honestly for one's bread, let us now learn a duty even higher, to earn dent; and third, enforcement, the disci plinary arm that must be yours, ready it in perfect safety to oneself and to the world. always to chastise too frequent offenders aegnagiinnseter thaned peldanuncaintogr, aanndd eteqaucahlliyngproef Torchio Retires from pared to bring into tine supervisors who for one or another reason will not be Consolidated Edison cooperative. The activities of engineer and educa HofILCIoPnsoTliOdaRteCd HEIdOiso, nVCicoem-ppraesniydeonft tor are of necessity most effectively car ried on under the general direction of a New Y'ork, Inc., retired on August 2, in accordance with the company's 70-yenr properly qualified insurance department, because the insurance mind best under age limit. A native of Italy, M r. Torchio began stands the necessity of reducing insurance costs by the elimination of losses and his career with the Edison companies in 1895, when he was employed as a adcecviodteensts,itasneldf thtoeretfhoere mimopsrtocvoenmsiesntetntolyf draftsman by the Edison Electric Il luminating Company of New York, every means of achieving the result that is the fond hope of every insurance man predecessor of the New York Edison Company. Four years later he was made --a perfect experience--one without ac cident or loss! setnagtiisnteiceirano,f tdhiesntribenugtiionne,erchoifefeceolnecotmriiccasl, speYakouarsplaotinegncaes wIillmnigohtt poefrmwithamtewtoe engineer. In 1924 he became vice-presi dent in charge of electrical engineering. have done to better our accident record. We have lectures for operating person Aentgitnheisertiomfethhee'UanlsioteadctEedlecntsriccoLnsigulhttin&g nel twice yearly, in which by precept and picture, we set forth specific hazards and EPolewcterricCLomigphatn&y, PNoewwerYCorokmapnadnyQ, uYeeonns offer specific remedies. W e have safety committees of purely supervisory people kWeresstEchleecsttreirc LLigighhtitng& CPoomwpearnCyoamnpdanthye, at which accidents and responsibility for them are discussed. W e use bulletins, Bronx Gas &c Electric Company. Before the merger of the New York Edison and of commercial types readily available"at reasonable cost, but more often of our United Electric Light & Power com panies into Consolidated Edison Com own design made by our own people to meet our own problems. W e subject our pdairneyctoher owfatshesseenitowrovcicoem-ppraensiiedse,nt and a drivers and chauffeurs to periodic meditcinaui eedxapmhiynsaictiaol"nfittonedsse,teramndmeh~otlKdeisrpeccoinal M r. Torchio is best known through out the industry for the work he has straaffeftiyc amnedetionfgscaart owphericahtionproabrelempasinosf sdtoenaeminantdhehdyedvrealuolpicmsetnattioofnseleacntdriciintythine takingly analyzed. W e hale to a court of inquiry any driver who has had an unification of systems of transmission and distribution over large territories; accident, to give him the opportunity of telling what he thinks happened, so that He originated (and holds a number of patents, here and abroad) various im he may be justified, if blameless; criti cized, if blameworthy; educated, in provements in apparatus, cables'; storage batteries and electrical contici'.^During either case. tdheeveWlopoirnlgd, Wwiathr, thhee wgoasvecrnomnseunltta'sn^tcpin- Yproinucihpaavle anpoptricoeadc,hI taomsasufertey, tihsatboyurthe orefseenletacttirvices,popwlaenrsbeftowreetnheelienctterricchaconmge gentle method our people to of do education. their work W e teach efficiently, pgarneaietslyaloinncgretahseedeasrteerqnuisreeambeonatrsd toofmteheet offering them a great variety of technical job-training and other courses. W e teach war industries. He was also consultant for the Navy Department in the develop them to do their work safely, using every medium and device and method known ment of electrical cable for use in large, electrically propelled battleships which ftoinaulslyt,owceonsveneyd othuermsaofeuttyinletossothne. wAonrldd, have power plants of enormous capacity. M r. Torchio is a past-president of the wleearnseedrvetotodoshtohweirhwoworkw, ealnl dthteoy dhoaviet tNheewAmYeorrikcanEleInctsrtiictualteSoofciEetlye,ctfreicllaolwEnof sdaufteylyo, f aThpuisblgicenuttlielmitye--n, aIndbeilfiewvee, hiasvea gtuintee,ersIl,lummeimnabteirngofEtnhgeinFeerarinnkglinSoIcniesttyi, hitherto learned that one's first duty Associazione Elettrotecnica Italiana. BEI 00018