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P/e*. * /\e tl- Cl^de. CPpPick. P iTTS B U KG H PLATE GLASS COMPANY GENERAL OFFICES GRANT BUILDING PITTSBURGH i& `-'A February 20, 1^53 SAFETY DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT 19 5 2 A The annual report for the year 1952 covers the folio-wing operations!*, All plants of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in the United States; All plants of the Columbia-Southern Chemical Corporation; Plants of the Pittsburgh Corning Corporation at Port Allegany, Pa. and Sedalia, Mo, A total of forty units were reporting at the end of the year. This is two more than for 195l The Atlanta Paint Plant!s record is for seven months, having started operations in June, and the Shelbyville Fiber Glass Plant's record is for t:J"ee months, having started operations in October, However, both plants are included in the totals for the year. Comparing 1951 and 1952 reports, we find a decrease of 3 percent in the hours worked in 1952, a reduction of U,6 percent in the frequency rate of accidents but an increase of 2,3 percent in the severity rate. The frequency rate of 6,2 for the company for 1952 is the lowest rate ever recorded by our company. We can feel proud of this achievement but we must realize that it was made possible only by the exceptionally rood records compiled in many of our plants, and that we can and must reduce injuries in all organizations to place our evtiftany in the position where it rightly belongs, Divisicnwise, from the frequency standpoint, the Cement Division continued its clear record for the entire year, while the Glass Division and Columbia-Southern Chemical Division showed reductions of 11 percent and 18 percent.respectively. The Brush, Paint and Columbia-Southern Coal Division showed increases. From the severity standpoint, the Cement Division was clear. The ColumbiaSouthern Coal Division showed a 8l percent decrease, the Columbia-Southern Chemical Division showed a 17 percent decrease and the Paint Division a kS% percent decrease. The Glass and Brush Divisions showed increases. Si 1q3899 2- - Five organisations completed the calendar year without a lost time injury, and will receive the company "Certificate of Honor.* Our congratulations to these organizations. Zanesville Cement Plant - Completed third consecutive year Glass Division Research - Completed second consecutive year Shop No. 2 - Completed first no-accident year Morck Brush - Completed first no-accident year Works #19, Kokomo - Completed first no-accident year Fourteen additional organizations had records better than the accident frequency rate for the company for 1952, Works #1 Glass Plant, Creighton, Pennsylvania Works #3 Glass Plant, Creighton, Pennsylvania Works Glass Plant, Ford City, Pennsylvania Works m Glass Plant, Ford City, Pennsylvania Works #9 Glass Plant, Crystal City, Missouri Ditzler Paint Plant, Detroit, Michigan Torrance Paint Plant, Torrance, California Springdale Paint Plant, Springdale, Pennsylvania Red Wing Linseed Oil Plant, Red Wing, Minnesota Suydam Paint Plant, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Columbia-Southern Chemical Plant - Barberton, Ohio Columbia-Southern Chemical Plant - Corpus Christi, Texas Columbia-Southern Chemical Plant - Lake Charles, Louisiana Columbia-Southern Chemical Plant - Natrium, West Virginia These plants, with the exception of those in which fatalities occurred, will be issued the company's "Certificate of Merit* in recognition of their achieve ment. The severity rate for the year, not including the penalty days assessed for the fatalities, is .388 and eighteen organizations had records lower than the company rate for 1952. Besides the five organizations with clear records, twenty-one organizations showed decreases in the frequency rate and sixteen showed decreases in the severity rate over 1951. It is regrettable that there were four fatal injuries to employees during the year. Two occurred in the Glass Division, one being at Works #12, Clarksburg and the other at Works #10, Henryetta. Both resulted from embolisms following leg injuries. The other two were chargeable to the Columbia-Southern Chemical Division, one occurring in the Barberton Chemical Plant and one in the Barberton Limestone Mine. The penalty assessed for a fatality is 6,000 days, consequently, 2li,000 days were charged. SL 103900 -3 - Sixteen injuries resulted in permanent partial disabilities. One caused loss of vision in one eye and another percentage loss of vision in both eyes. The remaining were amputations of toes or fingers or parts of same. The penalty days assessed vary according to the specific injury and for these cases we charged 10,120 days. We have continued the yearly physical examination of employees exposed to silica or asbestos dust in the Glass Division and the results of these examinations are favorable. The aluminum dust therapy treatments are administered to silica exposed employees at our Creighton and Ford City plants. A total of 1$0 employees received treatment during the year. The examination of employees exposed to lead dust in the Paint Bivision has continued and the results of this program, especially in the Bry Color Corona plant at Milwaukee Paint, have been very favorable. In the Columbia-Southern Chemical Plants, routine blood tests are made of employees exposed to toxic substances. This program is continuing. Injuries attributed to "glass handling" accounted for 23 percent of the total, while "sprains and strains" and "struck by objects" caused 22 percent res pectively. It is of note that 70 percent of the "sprains" were "back cases." Teaching and demonstrating proper methods of lifting should materially reduce these cases. "Caught between objects" although showing only 10 percent, accounted for most of the serious cases of amputation. Complete guarding of exposed drives and checking on methods of job performance would eliminate this type of accident. Twelve percent of the injured were "new" employees having under eight months service. One fatally injured employee had service of only about three weeks, while three of the amputations were to employees of five weeks, four months and eight months service respectively. Improved methods of selection of employees, proper placement and control of job transfers through qualifications, better induction and "on the job" training are programs which should materially reduce the incidence of injuries to new employees. However, 28 percent of those injured were employees with five to ten years service and 18 percent had ten to twenty years service. This reveals that our program must give consideration to the older employee. His training in new jobs, new methods or changes in operating procedure must be continuous. Housekeeping is of major importance in all of our plants and should command more attention. It should be given major consideration as it enters into all phases of accident prevention, occupational disease prevention and fire prevention, as well as being a governing factor in employee relations and employee morale. Not only should our plants be outstanding in cleanliness but they should be painted to conform to our standards of Color Dynamics, Some of our plants are doing an excellent job in both respects. -uOur record for 1952 presents a challenge to all of us. We can and must reduce injuries in all operations. We can make a substantial reduction in both frequency and severity rates with interest and cooperation in reducing accidents in your organization. Thank you for your fine spirit of cooperation during the past year, and we trust that through our mutual efforts we will be able to show a better report for 1953. Respectfully submitted, TRD/dsk Enclosures SL 103902 PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY Industrial Injury Report iYEAR - 1952 r' ./ FREQUENCY -f PGH. PLATE GLASS CO. Cement Division General Office Col.-So. (Chem.) Glass Division Brush Division Paint Division Col,-So* (Coal) 1 MAN HOURS 47 > *71 b7,l86,768 771,801 1,701,282 8,27b,633 -?9,"h6&r29,l` 992,091 5,736,079 5b2,591 LOST TIME INJURIES 1952 . 1951 yoi : .far 319 frequency 195^ 1951 6-3 6.5 * 1l 170 6 b6 29 - 2 .6 53 200 5.8 3 6.0 3b 8.0 27 53.u - 1.2 6.5 6.5 2.5 6.0 U3.5 FREQUENCY COMPARISON 56 decrease Same as 1951 505S decrease 186 decrease 11)6 decrease lbo6 increase 336 increase 236 increase SEVERITY M8<a PGH. PLATE GLASS CO. t MAN HOURS ; ufToTTrr l&ih&rrm D* 3+' DAYS LOST 1952 1951 fj* 't1*1 b2,78b SEVERITY 1952 1951 7fT~ s&r .87 Cement Division General Office Paint Division Glass Division Brush Division Col.-So. (Chem.) Col.-So. (Coal) , / va 771,801 1,701,282 5,736,079 Mr&i 992,091 8,27b,633 5b2,591 - 52 3,563 I8,b5b 2'00? 1,370 26 6,369 8,056 20 20,077 8,236 _-- .03 .015 .62 1.12 .63 .261 2.02 .017 2~&rf* ' 2.U7 2.53 13.2b SEVERITY COMPARE 26 increase Same as 1951 1006 increase b56 decrease lb26 increase 11,7826 increase 176 decrease 8l6 decrease COMPARATIVE REPORT FIVE PREVIOUS YEARS MAN HOURS LOST TIME INJURIES FREQUENCY RATING DAYS LOST SEVERITY RATING 1951 1950 19b9 19b8 19b7 b8,930,006 bb,59b,972 bO,931,200 b3,b60,3l5 bo,001,753 319 28l 272 377 bo5 6.5 6.3 6.6b 8.67 9.88 U2,78b 19,700 17,333 39,775 b6,8bl .87 bb2 b23 .915 1.1U3 FREQUENCY RATE SEVERITY RATE Average Rate Previous Five Years Rate for 1952 7.6 6.2 .76 .89 SL 103903 CEMENT DIVISION Zanesville CEMENT DIVISION Zanesville PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY Industrial Injury Report Divisional YEAR - 1952 MAN HOURS 771,801 771,801 LOST TIME INJURIES 1952 1951 FREQUENCY 1952 1951 FREQUENCY COMPARISON Same as 1951 Same as 1951 MAN HOURS 771,801 771,801 DAYS LOST 1952_____________ 1951 SEVERITY 1952 1951 SEVERITY COMPARISON Same as 1951 Same as 1951 SL 103904 COLUMBIA-SOUTHERN CHEMICAL CQRPORATIun Industrial Injury Report, TEAR - 19 5 2 C` r MAN HOURS COL.-SO. CHEM. CORF. 8, 27la,633 Corpus Christi Lake Charles New Martinsville Barberton Barberton Mine Bartlett 1,333,01*1* 992,961* 1,552,965 3,721,51*9 555,556 118,555 COAL DIVISION - Midvale 51*2,591 LOST TIME; INJURIES 1952 / 1951 / ------- 53 FREQUENCY 1952 1951 S'-* VS-T 6.5 -13 3 8 20 1* 8 2 1.1* 7 3.0 6.2 5 5.2 3.6 23 5.1* 6.3 6 7.2 11.3 10 67.5 81*.7 29 27 53.1* 1*3.5 FREQUENCY COMPARISON 18# decrease 1*3# decrease 52# decrease 1*1*# increase li*# decrease 31# decrease 20# decrease 23# increase MAN HOURS COL.-SO. CHEM. CORF. 8,27l*,633 Corpus Christi Bartlett New Martinsville Barberton Lake Charles Barberton Mine 1,333,01*1* 118,555 1,552,965 3,721,51*9 992,961* 555,556 COAL DIVISION - Midvale 51*2,591 DAYS LOST 1952 V" 1951 1M5? 20,077 -300- ? J*38 1,625 6,619 2,110 6,265 202 70 383 1,052 12,096 6,271* 1,370 8,236 SEVERITY ',1952 1951 4.o5 2.1*7 .11*0 .32 .593 i.o5 .273 1.78 .289 2.13 12.1*81 11.28 11.78 2.53 13.21* SEVERITY COMPARISON 17# decrease 61*# increase 1*6# decrease 285# increase 5l6# increase 83# decrease 1*# decrease 81# decrease SL 103905 PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY Industrial Injury Report Divisional YEAR - 19 5 2 GLASS DIVISION Glass Research Shop #2 Works #19 Works #3 Gas Dept. PGH. CORNING CORF. Port Allegany Sedalia Total PLATE GLASS Works #6 Works #1* Works #1 Works #9 Total WINDOW GLASS Works #12 Works #10 Works #11 Total FIBER GLASS Shelbyville GLASS DIVISION Glass Research Shop #2 Works #19 Works #3 Gas Dept. PGH. CORNING CORP. Port Allegany Sedalia Total PLATE GLASS Works #6 Works #9 Works #1* Works #1 Total WINDOW GLASS Works #11 Works #12 Works #10 Total FIBER GLASS Snelbyville MAN HOURS 29,1*68,291 397,932 375,230 158,378 51*7,358 97,897 LOST TIME INJURIES 1952 1951 170 200 _, _ -1 -3 12 11 1,01*9,513 636.931 1,686,1311 7 6 13 22 6 "25" 1,618,173 l*,5l5,l*72 7,968,831 6,658.392 20,760,868 1 3 22 33 59 2 5 31 37 "75" 2,089,015 1,571*, 525 1,71*3,21*2 T,io6;?K 17 17 62 96 15 23 52 ^ 37,1*02 MAN HOURS DAYS LOST 1952 1951 29,1*68,291 397,932 375,230 158,378 51*7,358 97,897 1,01*9,513 636,931 i, 6 86,inn* 18,1*51* - - 13 ll* 108 100 ' 208"' 8,056 - 11 35 1*21 10 678 187 B65 1,618,173 6,658,392 1*,515,1*72 7,968,831 "20;760,868 192 1,076 81*1* 1,602 3,711* 1,71*3,21*2 2,089,015 1,571*.525 3,1*06,782 1,603 6,531* 6,368 11*, 505 ^37ji*02 (^ruuu,T% - 38 1,690 682 1,71*9 1*,131 1,1*38 712 1*05 2,355 FREQUENCY 1952 1951 5.8 6.5 -- - - 1.8 10.2 2.1* ll*.7 3.U 9.7 6.7 9.1* 7-7 20.1* 10.5 1579 .62 .66 2.8 5.0 2.9 1.1 1.1 3.9 5.2 3*7H 8.1 10.8 35-7 17.7 6.7 ll*.l* 27.3 lO FREQUENCY COMPARISON 11>6 decrease Same as 1951 100$ decrease 100$ decrease 1*7$ decrease 5$ increase 67$ decrease 11$ decrease 51*$ decrease 1*1*$ decrease 1*0$ decrease 28$ decrease 1*$ decrease 31*$ decrease 21$ increase 25$ decrease 31$ increase 3$ decrease SEVERITY 1952 1951 .63 .261 -- .026 - .171 .02 .720 .11* .097 .10 .627 .16 .326 .12 .52T .12 .16 .19 .20 tit .020 .237 .11*5 .219 T2H7 .92 3.12 l*.ol* or .755 .320 .253 75TH - SEVERITY COMPARISON ll*2$ increase Same as 1951 100$ decrease 100$ decrease 97$ decrease l*i*$ increase 8i*$ decrease 5l$ decrease 77$ decrease 500$ increase 32$ decrease 31$ increase 9$ decrease 27$ decrease 22$ increase 875$ increase 1.1*97$ increase 1*19$ increase SL 103906 PAINT DIVISION Atlanta Springdale Ditzler Torrance Suydaim Red Wing Milwaukee Newark Houston Forbes Thresher Portland Moorestown PAINT DIVISION Atlanta Torrance Red Wing Suydam Forbes Ditzler Houston Springdale Newark Milwaukee Moorestown Portland Thresher PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY Industrial Injury Report Divisional YEAR - 1 9 2 MAN HOURS 5,736,079 90,755 1*1*7,521* 1,181,252 380,288 256,197 169,532 1,327,355 81*7,030 27 2, 273 31*7,089 169,01*8 105,080 11*2,656 LOST TIME INJURIES 1952 1951 1*6 31* 11 31- 13 11 11 8 9 11 3- 2 1* 2 2 1* 372 FREQUENCY 1952 1951 8.0 _ 2.2 2.5 2.6 3.9 5.9 8.3 10.6 11.0 11.5 11.8 28.6 1*9.1 6.0 2.5 _ - 11.1 5-7 5.7 12.2 7.6 5.7 23.5 - 16.3 FREQUENCY COMPARISON 33$ increase New Plant 12$ decrease 100$ increase 100$ increase 65$ decrease 1*$ increase 1*6$ increase 13$ decrease 1*5$ increase 118$ increase 50$ decrease 100$ increase 201$ increase MAN HOURS 5,736,079 90,755 380,288 169,532 256,197 31*7,089 1,181,252 '272; 273 1*1*7,52l* 81*7,030 1,327,355 11*2,656 105,080 169,01*8 DAYS LOST 1952 1951 3,563 6,369 _ 1* 2 1* 20 313 75 181 385 1,013 129 230 1,207 - 1* 56 2 - 9 25 173 52 6 - 6,01*2 SEVERITY 1952 1951 .62 1.12 _ .011 .012 .016 .06 .26 .28 .1*0 1*5 .76 .90 2.19 7.11* _ .023 .207 .006 - .031* ,062 .192 .037 .01*9 - 35.5 SEVERITY COMPARISON 1*5$ decrease New Plant 100$ increase 1*8$ decrease 92$ decrease 900$ increase 100$ increase 723$ increase 51*5$ increase 13l*$ increase 1,957$ increase 1,716$ increase 100$ increase 80$ decrease SL 103907 BRUSH DIVISION Morck Baltimore Keene BRUSH DIVISION Morck Keene Baltimore PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY Industrial Injury Report Divisional YEAR - 1952 MAN HOURS 992,091 72,157 799,UOO 120,531 LOST TIME INJURIES 1952 1951 63 1 51 l1 FREQUENCY 1952 1951 6.0 2.5 ' 6.3 8.3 7.U 1.1 5.2 FREQUENCY COMPARISON ll(0$ increase 100$ decrease k73% increase 60$ increase MAN HOURS 992,091 72,157 120,53U 799,UOO DAYS LOST 1952 1951 2,005 _ h 2,001 20 7 12 1 SEVERITY 1952 1951 2.02 .017 .03 2.50 .051 .063 .001 SEVERITY COMPARISON 11,782$ increase 100$ decrease 52$ decrease 2^9,000$ increase SL 1q3908 WORKS GROUP "A" Port Allegany Works i6 Works #9 Works #1* Works #1 Corpus Christi Ditzler Milwaukee Works #11 New Martinsville Barberton Works #12 Works #10 GROUP "B" Zanesville Works #3 Sedalia Newark Baltimore Midvale hake Charles Barberton Mine GROUP "C* Glass Research Shop #2 Morck Works #19 Shelbyville Atlanta Torrance Red Wing Suydam Keene Forbes Gas Dept. Houston Bartlett Springdale Moorestown Portland Thresher COMPARATIVE REPORT TEAR - 1952 MAN HOURS LOST TIME OASES 1952 1951 DATS LOST SEVERITT RATE PER 1,000 HRS. SEVERITT COMPARISON WITH 1951 1,019,513 1,618,173 6,658,392 h,515,h72 7,968,831 l,333,Ohii 1,181,252 1,327,355 1,71*3,21*2 1,552,965 3,721,51*9 2,089,015 l,57h,525 7 1 33 3 22 1 3 11 62 8 20 17 17 22 108 2 192 37 1,076 5 81*1* 31 1,602 2 300 - 313 8 1,013 52 1,603 5 1,625 23 6,619 15 6,531* 23 6,368 .10 .12 .16 .19 .20 .23 .26 .76 .92 1.05 1.78 3.12 l*.oi* 8l*$ decrease 500$ increase 33$ decrease 31$ increase 9$ decrease 61*$ increase 100$ increase 1,950$ increase 22$ increase 285$ increase 5l6$ increase 875$ increase 1,1*97$ increase 771,801 51*7,358 636,931 81*7,030 799,1*00 51*2,591 992,961* 555,556 _ 1 6 9 1* 29 3 1* ---- 2 13 6 100 11 385 1 2,001 27 1,370 7 2,110 6 6,265 - .02 .16 .1*5 2.5 2.53 2.13 11.28 Same as 1951 97$ decrease 51$ decrease 13l*$ increase 21*9,900$ increase 81$ decrease 83$ decrease 1*$ decrease 397,932 375,230 72,157 158,378 37,1*02 90,755 380,288 169,532 256,197 120,531* 31*7,089 97,897 272, 273 118,555 1*1*7,521* 11*2,656 105,080 169,01*8 - - - - - 1 1 1 l 1* 1 3 8 1 7 3 2 _-- 113- - - - 1* 12 3 1* 1 1* 2 20 1 ll* 2 75 10 38 1 181 2 129 - 230 1* 1,207 -- - - - - - .011 .012 .016 .03 .06 .11* .28 .32 .1*0 .90 2.19 7.11* Same as 1951 100$ decrease 100$ decrease 100$ decrease New Plant New Plant 100$ increase 1*8$ decrease i*i*$ decrease 52$ decrease 900$ increase 1*1*$ increase 72l*$ increase 1*8$ decrease 51*5$ increase 1,716$ increase 100$ increase 80$ decrease SL 103909 DISTRIBOTION LOST TIME INJURIES PERIODS OF DISABILITY 19 5 2 NUMBER OF GASES CAUSING DISABILITY OF 1-7 8 - iu 15-21 22-28 PLANTdaysdaysdaysdaysdays Works #1 Works #3 Glass Research Works #h Works #6 Shop #2 Gas Dept. Works #9 Works j^XO Works #L1 Works #12 Works 019 Atlanta Baltimore Barberton Barberton Mine Bartlett Corpus Christi Ditzler Forbes Houston Keene Lake Charles Midvale Milwaukee Moorestown Morck New Martinsville Newark Port Allegany Portland Red Wing Sedalia Shelbyville Springdale Suydam Thresher Torrance Zanesville General Office TOTAL 5 1 9 ii 3k 1 7 7 1 1 3 1 1 10 7 3 U 1 I* 1 1 U 1 1 1 1 llL Over 28 Si 1039iq 19 5 2 SUMMARY - LOST TIME INJURIES CAUSES AND TYPES Glass Struck by Lo Struck against 28 Sprains and Strains Back L5 Knee 8 Ankle h Legs 3 Hip 1 Arm 1 wrist 1 Shoulder 1 Groin 1 Struck by object Falls Lower Level 21 Same Level 15 68 - 23* 65 - 22* 6L - 22* 36 - 1258 Caught Between Burns Chemical Electrical 9 2 Hot Metal 1 Hot Water 1 Gasoline Struck Cfcject Infection Eye Injuries Chemical Exposure Chlorine Exposure Heat Exhaustion Punctures 29 - lose Hi - 5% 658 AGE GROUP 16 to 20 years old 20 to 25 years old 25 to 30 years old 30 to ao years old ao to 50 years old 50 to 6o years old 60 to 70 years old 70 to 8o years old 3 - 158 27 - 958 a9 - 1858 90 - 32* 58 - 20* ao - ia* 15 - $% 2 - i* LENGTH OF SERVICE Under 6 months 6 months to 1 year 1 year to 2 years 2 years 3 years a years 5 to 10 years 10 to 20 years 20 to 30 years 30 to LO years LO to 50 years 33 - 12* 13 - a* 26 - 938 lli - 558 30 - 11* 12 - h% 80 - 28* 50 - 18* 19 - 1% 6-2* 1- SL 103911 ETES GENERAL INJURIES (not Bpocific) STRAINS SL 103912 PLANT Works #1 Works h Shop #2 Works #9 Works #10 Works #11 Works #12 Corpus Christi Ditzler Midvale Mine Milwaukee Newark Port Allegany TOTAL HERNIA. CASES 1952 NUMBER OF CASES 6 3 1 3 2 5 3 l l l 1 1 2 30 DAIS LOST 262 19U 32 213 197 251* 180 56 30 8 25 8h 111 l,6h6 SL 1Q39i3 FATALITIES AND PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITIES TEAR - 1952 FATALITIES Clarksburg Flant, Works #12 1/16/52 6,000 days charged Case No. 52-133 Service: 8yrs. The injured, a lehr operator, was working at the discharge end and assisting that operator to remove a broken sheet. The sheet had been run on the tip table which was being raised or was raised to the vertical position. Suddenly, several sheets fell from a nearby floor dolly and knocked the employee to the floor. Several fractures resulted in the injured's left leg which caused blood clots in the pulmonary veins. Six days later the patient died of an embolism. Henryetta Plant, Works #10 8/15/52 6,000 days charged Case No. 52-3226 Service: lOyrs. 8mos, A "paper boy" at this plant was assuming the normal squatting position for papering glass. A long standing "football knee" may have been a contributing factor in the tearing of the left medial semilunary cartilage which locked the knee and mod. it "give way" during the action of squatting. Subsequently, the knee was operated;^ upon and recovery was evident. Ten days later, an eribolism caused the injured's death. Barberton Mine Case No. 52-17077 Service: 17yrs. 9mos. 11/29/52 6,000 days charged The deceased employee, a power shovel helper, had been watering down stone in one of the mine rooms. The shovel operator had been talking to him at that time. The truck hauling the stone soon arrived and was positioned. The shovel operator swung the shovel full of stone in an 180 arc to dump the load in the truck. Evidently, the helper had started to walk out toward the truck on the side of the room opposite the shovel. Evidently, the rear end of the shovel caught the helper against the wall and crushed him. Death was practically instantaneous. Barberton Plant 11/5/52 6,000 days charged Case No. 52-1597U Service: 3weeks This relatively new employee, an F.M. Tender and CLeaner, was attempting to retrieve a hoe from #L5 F.M. furnace ash chute. He evidently tried to reach the hoe by leaning forward with arms extended into the furnace opening in the ash. Becoming overbalanced and unable to crawl back out of the ash, he was fast covered by the falling soda ash. -The ammonia fumes and heat from the furnace burned the employee on the face, neck, upper posterior and anterior chest, forearms, hands and fingers. The finest hospital care could not save him, and he died at a later date. PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITIES Lake Qiarles Plant 1/29/52 1,800 days charged Case No. 52-8U3U Service: Uyrs. Umos. A cell renewal man was hooking up the "jumper switch" to an electrolytic chlorine cell. A socket wrench 2U" long was being used to drive a bolt into place. The wrench short circuited the two busses. The injured was struck across the face and broke his safety glasses. He sustained a fracture of the left frontal sinus, fractured septum, fracture of the left orbital bone, laceration of the left cornea with loss of sight, laceration of the right cornea and flash burns of the face, arms and right leg. SL 103914 PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITIES (cont'd.) Henryetta Plant, Works #10 3/U/52 75 days charged Case No. 52-681 Services 21yrs. lOmos. A cut-off saw operator was cutting a 3/li" heading on a piece of warped lumber. Saw guard lifted as kickback occurred and the operator's hand slipped into the saw blade. The injury involved the laceration of the distal phalanx of the left index, middle ring and little fingers. Part of the distal joint of the little finger had to be amputated. No lost time occurred but time charges were made. Milwaukee Plant 2/22/52 932 days charged Case No. 52-256 Service: l6yrs. An Epworth Sludge Recovery Mill was being cleaned with caustic soda. Caustic had been placed in the mill and water added. The steam was turned on to heat the solution. Later, injured started agitator and a violent reaction of caustic and hot water creating heat and pressure caused caustic solution to spray from mixer, severely burning the foreman. The percentage loss of vision is estimated to result in the above time charge. Ditzler Plant 3/27/52 300 days charged Case No. 52-206 Service: 9yrs. Umos. The hook of an overhead chain block hoist snapped, and dropped from the ceiling on the great toe of a paste mixer. The injury sustained was an avulsion erf the nail, deep laceration and compound comminuted fracture of the distal phalanx of th right great toe. It was necessary to amputate the distal joint. Ford City, Works #L 3/29/52 600 days charged Case No. 52-3908 Service: 36yrs. A lehr oiler was oiling around the drive of the lehr. It is not known how, but he caught his right thumb, either between the chain and sprocket or the sprocket and angle guard of the lehr roll drive. Amputation of the thumb was necessary. Crystal City Plant, Works #9 3/31/52 300 days charged Case No, 52-1371 Service: 19yrs. A driller in the sand mine was using a jack hammer fitted with a 2U inch drill. While drilling vertically at the floor, the bit broke six inches from the cutting end. The remainder of the bit hit the drillers right great toe. The contused laceration with a compound conninuted fracture of the proximal phalange finally resulted in an amputation. Crystal City Plant, Works #9 h/28/52 150 days charged Case No. 52-1817 Service: 6yrs. 3mos. A small, light, metal stand was placed on a bench preparatory to painting with acid resisting paint. The `A" electrician, who was injured, claims that the metal stand slipped and fell. Grabbing for it, the injured caught his right index finger, which eventually resulted in an amputation at the distal joint. Si 1o39is PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABUTIES (cont'd.) Creighton Plant, Works #1 5/6/52 750 days charged Case No. 52-81*90 Service: 9yrs. A drift pin about 6" long was being ground on a wheel, too large for the job. The millwright doing the grinding caught his fingers between the wheel and the tool rest. This occurred because the wheel was badly in need of a dressing since the grinding surface was eroded to a peak in the middle. Amputation of the fourth finger and severe lacerations to the ring and fifth finger of the right hand. Baltimore Brush Plant 5A5/52 1,800 days charged Case No. 52-U3 Service: 31yrs, The injured, a mixing machine operator, caught his fingers in the driving gears while the machine was in motion. Attempting to take out loose bristles which were lying on top of a pan under the machine, the operator's fingers came in contact with the drive gears. This resulted in the amputation of four fingers of the right hand. Thresher Paint 7/2/52 1,200 days charged Case No. Service: Almost 8mos. Cleaning a Kent 3-roll mill, the operator was severely injured when his hand was drawn into the fast moving rolls. Using a rag, instead of one of the safer rolls cleaning tools, it is little wonder that his hand was pulled into the feed rolls. This resulted in the amputation of the third, fourth and fifth fingers of the right hand at the middle of the proximal phalanges. The index finger may be permanently ankylosed. Barberton Plant 7/2/52 75 days charged Case No. 52-9776 Service: About 5weeks. A helper in Silene was cleaning a star feeder when he caught his finger in the #8 mill. This necessitated the amputation of the tip of the bone in the first phalange of the second left finger. No time was lost but time charges were made. Corpus Christi Plant 8/13/52 300 days charged Case No. 52-U32 Service: Two men were trying to pry an 800# cake of bottoms caustic from a pan. A bar was placed under the cake while the pan was being moved. The injured grabbed the edge of the pan just as the cake ejected the bar and slipped. The thumb of the injured was in the path of the moving cake and was crushed. Amputation resulted. New Martinsville Plant 9A1/52 1,500 days charged Case No. 52-19 Service: 7yrs. The crane operator and the injured helper were moving the Lorain crane from the MCB area to the sound end of the BHC rack. The injured was riding on the deck to the right of the boom, which was almost horizontal. The helper was apparently holding the cable which operates the boom, when the operator started to raise it. His hand was drawn into the sheave and crushed between the cable and the pulley. Complete amputation 2nd, ring and little fingers - amputation 1st and 2nd phalanges of the index finger. SL 103916 PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITIES (cont'd.) Creighton, Works, Case No. 52-2*2Mgp 11/29/52 75 days charged Service: 26yrs. Injured, a night engineer, was holding a wedge under a jack. The wedge slipped and pinned his finger under it. Amputation of a portion of the left fourth distal joint. No time lost but time charges were made. Ford City, Works #6 12/16/52 188 days charged Case No. 52-1*880 Service: lOyrs. Holding onto the end of a table, where the tables had been broken in the GAP., this injured stripper was trying to push back the table. The other table came together with the one being held, and caught his fingers between them. This resulted in smashing the ends of the left 2nd and 3rd fingers. Amputation of parts of the distal phalange of each finger was necessary. Creighton, Works 01 12/23/52 75 days charged Case No. 52-25358 Service: Umos. A cutter was in the act of cutting rubber strips. A strip stuck in the cutter and as he reached for it the clamp came down on his right middle finger. The tip. of the bone had to be amputated. No time was lost but time charges had to be made. 1039^7 Sl> 4 t FORM IH1 MV. I-1-12 1 PITTSBURGH PLATE CLASS COMPANY COMPARATIVE INJURY CHART--FREQUENCY * Year 19$1 Month nf Year i9$2 PLANT OR WORKS HOURS WORKED LOST TIME INJURIES Zones. Gl. Res. Shop #2 Wks. #19 Morck Atlanta 771 801 398 066 397 9.32 419 884 375 230 204 559 158 378 135 923 72 157 90 755 Shelby. G.O. Wks. #6 Wks. #h Cor. Ch. Wks. #3 Snrine. Ditzler Torrance Wks. #1 La. Ch. Suvdam Wks. #0 N.U. Barb. Red Winq Balt. P.A. Barb. M. Wks. #12 Mil*. Keene Sedalia Gas Dept Newark wks. #ic Houston Forbes Thresher Portlanc Wks. #1] Moorest* n Midvale Bart. 37 402 1727 911 1701 282 1880 433 1618 17.3 4691 213 4515 472 1445 978 1333 044 584 721 547 358 400 316 447 524 1167 877 1181 252 360 735 3RO 2RR 8004 137 7968 831 969 184 QQ 2 Q64 270 029 256 197 7133 508 6658 .392 1404 106 1552 965 3642 571 3721 549 173 033 169 532 878 844 799 400 1080 680 1049 513 532 621 555 556 2225 562 2089 015 1407 459 1.327 .35 5 190 795 120 534 573 074 636 931 101 662 97 897 901 726 847 030 1602 430 1574 525 263 881 272 273 349 390 347 089 160 241 169 048 110 967 105 080 1903 819 -11.43 242 122 212 142 656 620 615 542 591 118 086 118 555 _ _ - i 3 1. 2 i 2 i 5 3 2 i 2 i i i 3 _ i 31 22 7 3 3 i 37 33 5 8 23 20 i i 1 5 22 7 6 4 15 17 8 11 1 1 6 6 i ii 9 23 17 2 3 2 4 4 2 3 52 62 2 7 27 29 10 8 RATE PER 1 ,000,000 HOURS * - 2.4 14.7 - 7.4 - COMPAN RidAsTEi 6. 5 . 1.2 .6 1.1 .62 1.1 .66 1.4 8 3.4 1.8 2.5 2.2 - 2. S _ 2.6 ... 3.9 ?___ 6. 2 3.0 11.1 3.9 5.2 S.o_____ 3. 6 S-2_____ 6.3 5.4 5.7 5.9 1.1 6.3 20.4 6.7 11.3 7.2 6.7 8.1 5.7 8.3 5.2 8.3 10.5 9.4 9.7 10.2 12.2 10.6 14.4 ____ 10-8 7.6 11.0 5-7 11.S 23- 5 11.8 28.6 27.3 35.7 16.3 49.1 43.5 53-4 84.7 67.5 --I H I-- 1951 _122____ 48 930 006 .47 486 7 68 319 296 Decrease 6-5 6. 7 k.6% SL 103918