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Organization and Committees MANAGERS STAFF INDUSTRIAL REL SAFETY SUPERVISOR DIVISION MANAGER MANAGER OF MANUFACTURING SAFETY POLICY COMMITTEE -I SUPERINTENDENT | ) i ASST SAFETY SUPERVISOR {GENERAL FOREMEN FOREMEN 1 SUPERINTENDENT 1 } 1 - ASST SAFETY SUPERVISOR GENERAL FOREMAN FOREMAN 1 | SUPERINTENDENT - ASST SAFETY SUPERVISOR - GENERAL FOREMEN FOREMAN SAFETY OBSERVER SAFETY OBSERVER SAFETY OBSERVER FOREMAN SAFETY OBSERVER - FOREMAN v,SAFETY OBSERVER FOREMAN SAFETY OBSERVER FOREMAN FOREMAN FOREMAN SAFETY OBSERVER SAFETY OBSERVER SAFETY OBSERVER LINE ORGANIZATION ----------------------------- SAFETY ORGANIZATION FlC 2-3 --Organization chart showing the direct supervisory type of safety setup for a large company Courtesy Westinghouse Electric Corp that of die plant with a full-time safety staff The medical setup for the small establish ment commonly provides for periodic visits by a physician under contract or on call, with emergency cases referred to the physician for treatment The small plant has special need for enough persons thoroughly trained m first aid to take care of the working force during each working shift In the industrial organization with few em ployees, the full-time or part-time nurse be comes even more significant to the total safety program than she does m a large plant with a medical department She carries more re sponsibility, is in a more strategic spot to be of help m die public relations aspect of safety, and becomes indispensable almost in inverse proportion to the lack of medical service pro vided by a licensed physician A full-time registered nurse can readily be justified for operations employing 200 or more persons, where the work is not unusually hazardous For improved medical service, small com panies and plants in the same locality can pool the services of a qualified physician Scattered operations Organizations with scattered operations re quiring relatively few employees, as well as scattered construction operations, face special problems of organization Their operations may be seasonal or intermittent and there may not be a sufficiently stable working force to operate continuous committees effectively 30