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438 T*i'ct*tv-s*'cond Congress--Rational Safety Council the aivnal H'incj. This ubalaliun alone. I Witte, prints cundwntly that tlte accident |iwciniw dollar. properly invested. p*)i big diridends. Ahvn ten years ago the extent rves oi our cutnpany Wiewl that it-would stimu late farther interest in accident lecrcntkai to 'vganizc an annual safety contest- I will not Imnfcn you with the many details that have been carried on each year in eonduelttif; our annual nntot Soffice it tn say that each year during the last nine years, with the single nccitkn oi 1929. our company has shown an improvement in aeewlmt prevention work. Daring 1929 there was a decrease caused tn* five deaths. lt of Which, however, were disputed claims and were settled m a percentage but have heen considered as fatalities in our tahohliin. I Iwtievc that cvm Industry should lentnr bow its accident experience compim with other industries. IJkcvise. orfr factory slwadtl ctmtfare as accident experi ence with the experience of *ahcr fact<wtes in tire same industry- Years ago the rulr* ber industry was considered a hannkiw hasmess, and perhaps llat was true: but during the last few years, due to the sjilcndhl cflints cm the i*art of the National Safety Cmuactl in accumulating industrial accident statistics, wc are aide to prove ermetosively that the ruhher industry is not now a haaardous Industry* In 1931 the rdfer industry stood tenth Irest in frequency* and ninth hot in severity' among 28 of the leading industries. In 19.12. the ruhher industry was ninth best in frequency and sixth best in severity among 21 leading industries of the ennatry. Tire <mly industries having a better combined severity and frequency rate than the rubber imhtstry were the tdaro*. laundry, prmlutg and ptMishtng. and textile industries. I v<ulW-ss will l*r interested to know how we use our atrident and cost figures at a particular taci'U-r. .fir example, take the accident and cost ex|eriencc of a factory emptoemg from lifl) to 22*0 own. mamiiacluring mechanical roNicr pofe. tnrfoding fire hew. forking, letting rubber tiring, etc. Yua win note that during the four pars 1927 thnmgh 192b. the accident experience *f this fdant did not im* prove. In Ort'dwr. 1920. a .decided change was made m the entire safety program at tle |darn. An experienced full time safety man was engaged, safety committees were organiml. safety ioremen mrrtijjgs were held, and the safety advisory mm* muter. <*npo*cd * executives, met monthly t* discuss safety pUtctes and prodtug safety matters. Tlte results were outstanding. \\ ithin one year the cost was reduced ?17.000. and within two year* the e*t was further reduced $272100. And this was *t facWy which had trailed akng fiw several jtaw well ibwnt in the list d factories tn ntr annual safely ermtest. 1 can not brlp Inn ntonkn. al*i the excellent work of erne of r*tr textile mills- During 1928 they lad 77 htst-thnr acttdcrls: in I9& 50: in 1920. 12: in 1921. 2: and in 19.12. *dy 1 Don't think that h i< necessary to spend large stmts of nvetey in trdcr to get *- detvls. I know small iaetories where there is no safety erganizatton. hut the man agement is ciwtAaraly taking the time (anti 1 believe that time is worth more than mmryl to impress all of his associates with the importance of accident prevents** w>rk. As an illustration. I know <rf a large plant where an employee coming down the stairs erne night slipped on an apple core. Catling in such a manner that he Iwnke hts hack. The |ne man has not worked a day since. In the small factory that I have Just referred to. no *tc m the plant could imagine anyone throwing or leaving an apple ore *n the stairs. .1/1/01 'KXMHXT TW I- X T V-SKCOXD .1XXC.1L X.ITHTy COXGKIiSS XjtTIOX.1l. S.H-r.TY COCXCII. Safety Section, A.R.A.--Steam Railroad Section N.S.C. Officers 1932-33 'Chairman--CiIauis E. Hiu. New York Central Lines. New York City. First riVr-Ob'mwfl-C 1- I-aFocxtaixx, Great Northern Railway Co, St. Paul. Minn. Second I ice-Chairman--H. A. Pakisii, Chicago & Nnrili Western Railway Co, Chicago. Secretary--J. C. Cavixtox. American Railway .Ana, New York City. .1/rmfvn, Committee of Direction: F. Kaxtixstos, 1-thigh Yaltcy XaDruad. Dclhlehcm. Pa. H. A. Rowe, Odavarc, 1-ackawartna & Western Railroad Co, New Vidt City. C X. WaWAin, New* York, New* Haven & Hartford Railroad, New Haven, Coon. Koenrr Scorr. Atlantic Coast Lines Railroad Co. Wilmington. N. C A. O. JlrcK, Canadian National Railway, Montreal P. 0, Canada. F. W. Cum*. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, Denver, f- G. Evaxs, Louarille & Nashville Railway. Ixmisnllr, Ky. C F. La*50.x, Missouri Pacific Railroad. Sl l^suts. K. M. MeTCaux, Northern Pacific Railauy Co, 5c Paid. Uhm. J. T. Piatt, Reading Co, Reading. Pa. The complete report of these sessions is published in a booklet entitled '`Froeeediays W the /2th /fungal hfeetini/ of the Safety Section", oToilahle from the .VbvWaw Raihror .-ixsoriotiou. TUESDAY MORNING SESSION October 3. 1933 The sessions of the Safety Section. American Railway A (socialion--Steam Raflroad Section, National Safety Council, were held as a part of and in conjunction with the Annual Omgress of the National Safety Council in tlte Stevens Hotel. 439