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MAINTAINING INTEREST IN SAFETY Fig. 7*17 This receptacle for suggestions has a locked door that protects over the poster frame so that the poster, as well as the cabinet-mounting screws, ore under con trol of the key Since poster change now requires opening the receptacle, sugges tions can be taken out at the same time Courtesy Personnel Materials Company gestions, should be substantial and of an en gineering nature Changing a method or material, guarding a hazard spot, invention of a safety tool or device are all in the class of suggestions to be paid for Putting up a sign, cautioning workers, publishing a slo gan are not Suggestion awards It is easy to meas ure the money value of suggestions that re sult in greater efficiency and reduced waste When a company has a formal suggestion plan, employees often are paid for these sug gestions in proportion to the savings to the company Although safety suggestions also have a money value, it is not generally easy to measure, hence, the sums paid for sug gestions that contribute to the welfare of die employees but result in no direct sav ings to the company often are estimates The distinction between safety awards and others is a mistake and can result only m the feeling that safety is regarded by the company as a sideline of no great impor tance Payment for a safety suggestion, ex actly as for other suggestions, should be based upon its real worth if that can be determined If a suggested safety device enables an operation to be run at a speed that would be dangerous without the device, it is easy to measure the saving If a number of acci dents have occurred on an operation and a suggested device will eliminate them, the cost of those accidents can be projected and a saving calculated Awards should be made in accordance with the merit of the suggestions Some companies give cash prizes, useful articles, certificates of ment, medals, or a tnp to the National Safety Congress Many compa nies exclude superintendents, foremen, de signers, and other supervisory personnel from receiving prizes, so that the other workers will have someone to whom they can go for assistance Suggestion committee If necessary, a special subcommittee can be set up to pass on the money value of safety suggestions so that employees will be rewarded for them exactly as they would be for other money-saving suggestions Many old, estabbshed suggestion systems now in operation are producing excellent results in savings and m the building of morale No company should start a sugges tion plan or decide not to start one without studying carefully plans now in operation Boxes and forms Suggestion boxes, at tractive and well placed, and special blank forms may be used It is essential that management acknowledge all suggestions promptly, to increase the interest ol the employees and to establish a spint of co operation Commercial suggestion forms also are available (See Fig 7-17 ) 7-90