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FILE NAME: Caterpillar (CAT) DATE: 1942 DOC#: CAT012 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Published Article from National Safety News i! J, i Keeping Them On the Job M k I9 f t * m ao-hours lo st tfcrovgh Illness a i d injury h Me medical deportment*! contribution to eoH crvahen WHILE 11of u* *e striving to pwvml vaste o valu able material*, physician* and safety engineers are 'agine a great fight on another front--with the element o time. Progressive managements h a v e loo* had a deep concent about the health of their employees. The lagBering total o man-hours lost doe to sickness or injury has not gone un challenged. .Vow. ever}* hour lost through U1 health tv accidents is a 60-misute re prieve for the Axis nations. One of the larger companies which for many yean has manifested its in terest in industrial health by setting up veU-equipped fin: aid stations and cstabl&iing efficient safen* and health programs as the Caterpillar Tractor Company. Peoria, 111. Those in charge of man-hour conservation at `"Cater pillar** have quietly expanded the S3 scope of ilteir activities as employ ment has Increased. rne-emplaymenc examinations con sist of a complete physical examina tion including visual tests, blood sam ples and urinalysis. This examina tion reveals the applicant's physical condition and prevents his being placed on a Job where he might en danger himself or others. Rejection*, totaling leu than 1 per cent, are made only vhen the applicant is suffering from contagious diseases, marked high Mood pressure, tuberculosis, lerious heart disease or impairment of right. The meIn firit aid at Caterpillar Tmcter Company. Htaaiy ef an (alary iiukeabytbeaaiaaatU w M u Tfcaaan la tfaa caster it necW > | Snt aM tar m iajirW Cafar, Ule iW ration at the " " h m M a t a m tnaaa water hath tar an (njwid fa*L The Uadcal D o a n a n a wtlniilai a lahantary a y n oaed fcy the D I M i fu la Department el Health fee mekJai all necewary tena and malyeca. 2 Matlaaal Swtrtj JJewi. OcfiWf, t t t l t [ t j . wtW ip) inutU iW Mlh trained ailcndants and Kmni< Inr P*ri*d M 4Mintit\ (allaning n n v hijiflo. a l l y laa tfd throughout the plant and arc constantly supervised by graduate registered nurses. Both health and accident problems are div cussed {n the employe' m aganne In articles prepared by the medical de partment. Medical records are considered con fidential and arc available only to the physicians in charge. Results of phy sical examinations are nnt given to supervisors or other department heads, for it is desired to give the em ployee the same consideration be would normally receive from bis per sonal physician. Emergency treatment is rendered by the m edial department in a of Qlnea, but the individual is advised to consult his family physician whererv rr possible. In many cases the tat* m Jjder etaminations are made peri odically and on request of the em ployee or hts Ri|rvwr. Here the old adage. 4,An ounce of prevention 1 worth a pound of Cute.4' is applied DmUanth*. Hy OK^mting with ihe t '. S. I'll!lie Health syphDis control progmi. OaierpDUr has helped iodusiryV fight again* the "great kUkr." The Company maintains its mm labora tory, fully equipped for hkxid and urinatyds. blood cultures and cbemcal analyst* in prewm and d U p n c occispaitotul diseases A trained tech nician is in charge to make these tests and provide emergency* treatment. The physio-therapy department is fully equipped with intra-red, dia thermy and ultra-violet, and injured employee?, are given massage by a trained physio-therapist. A constant check is made by the safety and medical departments for chemical and dust hazards, so that the employer's health will be constantly safeguarded. H i t first-aid stations are ceoveni- H*dem Xeaj. r i d f w a t a U ih w t prf (fi* M . aia ii w i b * Dr. H. A. V isirtw , ita e r l medial i i m ln , C nu|A U r T o O tr CrnipH^. ter is ailed and informed of the em ployee's condition so that the medial department's findings may aid in the correction of the illness. Accident prevention work is not the exclusive concern of the safety de partment. A wcH-functioning safety program depends not only upon the complete cooperation of safety, med i a l and supervision generally, but upon the employee himself. An im portant phase of this program is con cerned with educating the employee to proper consideration o f the Import ance of Ids ooti health and safety. S4 N ith ttl U fttjr R*m, OefaSer, IMl 'I PRODUCTION PARALYSIS 4 The mm and women on a thm ioH indutiibl front* who produce the -eipm to fight m at be protected again* cold*, SlneuM *nd other cenm ucinhlt diiraui whidt pa/alyxe production. T ht d o g n w a "contact spot** t* the common M tU n t facility.* There, one worker may leave the genua which may lay lew an entire crew. Consider thu atartlfcig fact --the Pw adent ha* ctated that 42j000fi0 0 man daya were to* due to fatdutitttl accident*. AVOIDABLE JIX* NESSES LAST YEAR COST OVER 7 TIMES THAT FIGURE . . . OF THE MILLIONS OF WORKERS EMPLOYED, EVERY ONE AVERAGES OVER A WEEK'S ABSENCE. Every day . . . everywhere . . . LILY*TUUP CUPS help the itioade ag d ait n a tig iM i druraiii A nd, aecordate to the study of Induunat Health Pracdtw corn ducted by the National Attodadon o f Manufacturers, wltere companies eaiabluhed health prognma, ihw iw n were reduced 29.7tf. Put U L Y T U U P CUPS to work for you. ULYTULIP CUP CORPORATION. 122 & 42nd Sc, New York, N. Y .~ li2 5 Sc Loot* A ve. Kama City, Mo-- >050 E. l lt h Sc, Lea Angeles. CaL MO0HM "CVNOA DIM" POtTAUt W t n i O A ttltt M u U u h frerlaat . . , Mmto cwiot Mas* s ln li b a re f w i r f It m m Him t t d fertm * * w oitM t Tki* a m -r.esft* M K " A m U. Ii b r | n t r * . m n f m h i m l ilm . . . Im lasim U r O m m m , m . i S p s* t M t < l* * n m l b tt m iw iii d riatlM fw1b lU rb tl 4IHW SM u t r . T v u p ccps i N tftnal Safety Maws. Cets ii r , IfO SAFETY AS USUAL " Z a n a n a m sI* m t M l W a war pndoetia* mom b . l i t safety ita ja d a the job a a 4 M l a new lo r rata f a o c d d n li. A c c e l e r a t e d production, leader boon o f voifc, the m c e r a y employment o f older and inexperienced n o t , iro n y , w jit* ier*-~all o f these i t t for the u t b r n d t 'o c r o i e In Sadat trial tojtuy rates, A nd safety m o m il agree that Uttar arc n o t xmagi- n v j'p n U o itt. R c rernnt tlae f t a m l trend fat n t k la i l rates, m ore than 15,000 employees of CaterpIDif Tractor Company have established new all* t in e low for disabling injuries. Ac* cording to a report b j H . S. SSatp* son, safety engineer, the number of accidents has been redneed to a frequency of a p p ra a s a ld y ten lost* tame eases per ijOOOjOOO man-hours worked. T he company k now htttidg the fastest manufacturing pace in its history and is g o re d 100 per cent to the tnaonfacture of war materials. W ith t o o t 2,200 fe&ow workers m the various branches o f the na* tion's armed service, those who re* main oa the jo b are determined not to let them down. Idaay otthe new employees who have replaced those is te rm s have not been familiar with their jobs and machines, which meant extra responsibilities in train ing and superririea. The general decline in the Sea- d o it rate in the face o f soch eondi* tfao* speaks well fo r tbe wartime morale sa d p&trietbfaa o f employees, ta d the supervision of tbe Safety and Sanitation Division, which ,di-. recta tbe'program nd holps_miiatain standard practices and'condi tions throughout the plant. Mental and emotional fatigue, caused by a longer work week, in* experience, the faster pace o f war* time; and general t a r t y about the international situation and about loved a n a gposed. to danger, is at a niiBUin throughout .the plant, judging from the f i d that the war time aendeot rate is lower than tbe best mark established in peacetime production. "O u r employees and their fam ilies have taken a realistic attitude toward the war, Simpson says. "They realize that Victory will be won by hard, careful w ork and cool thinking, rather than hysteria and haphazard methods. "A a Important factor, in addition to the morale and patriotism of the employees themselves, is the splen did cooperation they recei ve at home. Wives and mothers deserve a big share of the credit fo r the increased safety ax the plant. By keeping the menfolk in good spirits, watching their diets, and practicing safety around the home, they are helping to keep them both safe and well--full-time soldiers on the pro duction front. "A man off duty, whether the cams b e an accident on o r off the The Safety and Sanitation D i job, o r richness, cannot help u s wtn vision itself has a weridng force o f the w ar, Like many other industrial , 70 persons, inriadmg 50 janiiocs. -cooccms we have found th at the Duties include safety inspection, biggest p ercen tage o f mishaps occur laboratory work,hnresugatiost,man* around the home. tenaace o f safety-equipment, re " l a addition, a community that ports, and tbe preparation o f sta- keeps both safe and well r emoves ` titties. In general, tbe Division much o f the strain on medical facil ities, already greatly reduced by the needs o f the armed forces." Records a t " Caterpillar" show that the grm test proportion o f losttune tnjoriei, in terms of tbe per sapervises a n cm - e o dia g campaign agamst carelessoeas, and its success is shared fay su p e n ise ri and by all who accept their part of tbe retponsibiniy. A continuous program o f safety centage o f employment, occurs to m en between 20 end 30 years o f age, and again from 50 years of age upward. `Hie smallest percentage of accidents, in like proportion, occurs to m m between 30 and 50 years-- u training is carried o at with the r id 'o f pfant supervisors who rccr ivc fC M d iw d e* page 70) and those between 35 and 40 are the safest o f all employees. According to the report, the av erage employee works 4 0 years be fore suffering a disabling Injury and months before receiving even a minor injury requiring nothing m ore than first-aid treatment . All statistics arc oo the basis o f a work iog week o r six day's. r !* * * I Al f e iH U r, IMS