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FILE NAME: Crane Company (CRC) DATE: 1929 July DOC#: CRC048 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Trade Journal Article - National Safety News - Keep Them Well and Keep Them Working --m ' Keep TKheemep WThelelmandWorking ratte C um patty M a k es . a Substantial P r o f i t . Through Conservation o f Em ployees* H ea lth By J ustin W. McE achren F Jitm r, V O v t Comfomy. C h in a * TH E historic. coctinuing prob)tm of indtwlry--* s far 1 Its human producing units 1f t concerned'--rosy be pressed otae- thmf Wte this: Keep them. Keep them well. Keep them busy. The industrialist's dream of H aven >1 s leer labor torn-over, a ad * cheerful. Healthy, stable pro- dtidpg force. It seems logical that an industrial organization, engaged in the s a g o * factore of products intended for the comfort, health and happiness of humanity, early in its development cfcould ha'C sees the desirability of having those products produced by comfortable, healthy and cheerfrd employee*. It |ust a s logical to assume that the putposts of |*edueim and of increasing (he comfort and con serving the health of 5u etnployees. were practically the same; that H, both ere intended to be raaterutly profitthfc. The reasoning was that a cheer ful, healthy worker naturally would produce a better quality at a better profit than would be produced by a worker below normal physically, and mentally. A a d l man works better, therefore -more profitably, than a sick out. The establishment of a medical department by Crane Company was just as practically considered as any other department of its extensive activities. It promised to make the Imritwss more profitable. Health bad au economic value as capable of producing dividends as fabricated steel and brass and iron. It Is true that the humanitarian, sentimental, altrehtk phase of the undertaking had its mlamce. But the dominant impulse v u the prospect of in creased and more profitable buss- T ie unnfi-fi ~ s i C o O F a n u tr im l U f l i j i v r ttfo im W t l oaA d r n ft h o r if t fU to u t sorroom itgs W rWtfrV m td in l e* rr. Crane Company offers general beallh sepervistoo to all of its em ployees--approximately 10.000 in Chicago and about an equal num ber in the other divisions and de partnotis o f the organisation. It gives a somewhat extensive medical treatment to those needmg doctor's service* 00 account of sickucst. A complete medical and surgical ser vice is provided for those arable to work by reason of Injury due to in dustrial accidents. In addition, many who are injured by non-indnitrial accidents also are cared for. Pie-Entrance Examination The general health supervision begins with the p n sesln n te examt nation o f those starting to work. By this examination we are able to locate remedial defects and diseases. Such applicants are advised regard ing treatment, and when the dis ability is removed, they may be again* considered for engagement. It sometimes happen* that we run across those n o t . suited for our work. We do not wish to take any ooe who has tuberculosis, valvular heart disease, epilepsy, venereal disease. etc. It also sometimes happens that the individual selected for work is not physically suited for the intended job. In such instances the medical deportment cooperates with the employment department Id placing the man where he is best fitted. ' Cases unable to work because of sickness are reported to the medical department- Inquiry is made to de termine whether or not the person so reporting has a physician in at tendance. If so, then our'visitm g nurse cooperates with the attending physician in charge of the patient. If no physician 1* 'in attendance, medical treatment is lursished by our medical department. We urge iB ot our employee*. A case of sickness, to secure the ser vices of thetr faintly physician. But where there is no family physician, we step in and do what we can for him. If the patient is able to nail at our medical bedding, (or treat ment, this u done. Cases are in the hands of our competent nurses, and when they report that additional service i$ aeedfd, cur own physi cians give it. Employees who are working and feel indisposed, may call at the med ical deportment at any time during tbe day. by getting the necessary pass frost their foremen. In this way we take care of a large num ber of trivial cases, headaches, coostipxtioo, colds in the bead, etc, ao that the employees are kept o s the job. But where we find a man really un able to work, we send him home and take rare of him Em ftopHS sad (Aar fom Swt rfm fewer* A rewa rd ImM d w`|V o fife m to - fltim o* Cnrm t Form s. until he is physkafly fit oooe more. AH employees who are off work for six days or longer. 00 matter what the eause most have a pass from the medical department before . they can resume work. By this rule the department has oppor tunity to pass upon the employee's physical condition as a precaulton ary measure; and this plan cakes the place of periodic examinations. All accidental iajttrfcs are *.ken care of by the medical department. Trivial cases are able to return to work after first aid. If subsequent dressings are needed, the employee comes to the medical department on she advice of nurse 'or physi cian. If the accident Is serious tough, the patient is sent home or to a hospital, whichever is deemed best. Kail hospital cart is furnished and everything is done for the patient until the disability is removed. We find a large number { our employee* m/rwf by non-indus trial accidents--fall* on sidewalk*, by automobiles, street cent, home accidents, etc. These persons pre fer to he treated by oar own medi cal department, and sometimes they are not able to hare their own medi cal attention. We uke care of these eases the same as lhoqgh the accidents bad happened in oar shops. Of course. 0 case hospitaliaation is needed, the patient pays hi* own hospital bill. We find that some men, after or tnstitatiooal care are sent to one confinement in their homes or in a of the public institutions. hospital, arc not yet able to return There are home cases that can to work, though they re no longer get along as well at home, under sick. For these we have provided supervision and proper environ a sanitarium. Such case* are sent ment. In such instances we have to Crane Farms, where, under care had sleeping porches arranged. In of a nurse, proper diet, exercise and this way, keeping the patient un expert supervision, they convalesce der observation of the visiting more readily, and go back to work nurse, a built-up resistive force is In much better coeditioa than if readied and the disease -arretted. they had luafed afoood the house If we find (hit the sputum is ocgx> for two or three weeks. tive for lubcrcttiotu after repeated -The -Run Down*' Employee examinations, and there is no dan ger of contagion, we send this type Again, employees are sometimes of patient to the sanitarium at Crane "ran down." They really are not Farms tor a few weeks. sick, but they do need rehabilita Our medical biuSdiflg is in froi)t . of the company* extend*'#- dirk* tion. This type of case abo is scut, to Crane Farms. _ in Chicago, t T i* staff consists of There are horda-linc cases, not two of more physician a sd a cum ber of qualified nurses. The build tubercular, but on the verge of tuberculosis--that is. anemic, un ing is fully equipped format! emer gency work, and includes* a dental derweight. poor appetite. Siring office. conditions not up to par. This type The main object of the depart of case also gore to Crane Farms, where we Sad tbev make splendid ment i> to prevent discs* and acci dent. Next, to care for those who improvement and come hack to may become tick oc Injured, and to work with increased vitality; and get them bade to work as soon as in addition with the knowledge of possible. The department feels how to care for themselves, as taught n oar lu it s n u n . that it has not done its duty to the company anti) it has performed mil We do not take contagious or ac Its obligations to the individual tive tubercular cases at our We have no benefit soefetv. but tarinm. The G tv of Chicago and ' the company pays sick benefits hot Cook County make very good pro to exceed fifteen dollar a week to visions for care of tubereuUr eases; any employee who Is unable to and those needing hospital!ration (CoHJimot om fop* M) ' * CC 5232 f f I I .V.MOS'AL .V.ffAT*' MtfS On Guard Yboetuweaennd High Costs When coats menace profits call on the K e st One of Flux-Core Solders. In the K*ter line is i older for every purpose, with the fhuc rijh to the core 1 the solder--simplifies the operation --a m both tiro end money. Behind Xester Solder u oor Kernrcb end Experinwsu) D e p n tR x m -at your erriec to help yon choose the best ftuveore solder for your per* tietdn epentiea. Write us today. No obligation. KESTEft so lder com r a m * f l UX-COsRo ld e r Nominate N.S.C. Directors For 1929-30 To Ik* , Member? 0/ the .WiMof Safety Council: |tnarided l>y the J*-law* of the National Safety Council. I irmcnh to vw herewith the report o f the nominatiag amnuttce composed of Messrs* Jt. A. Xorttmwd. chairman, Howard It. Fonda. T. G, Cntotoa. Herman S^nehrcr. and Elmer 1- Hewitt. THs crvnmittee has tmatwatnafly ruminated the following fur election as dnetnr of the National Safety Council at the Annual Meeting in Chicago, on September 30. 1929, to succeed the director?- whose terms of office expire at that time, and to hold office for three year?: If. H. Hover*, president, New Orleans TuUic Service. 1ik_ New Oik u s . Ijl T . W. llachus, %tee-president and general manager. Hcrcule? Powder Company. Wilmington, Dei. P a x t o n Mendelssohn, philan thropist. Detroit. Midi. The mines of the iolwwttjy director? whmv terms of office expire Sepsetnier SA. |!W . re admitted for re-efar- l^ v u A. Dcltlot*. G. T. HeilmutK. Miller McOmtaek. \V. .V McGoragle. <ftu A. 0 *n <f, C. E. Ptuihont. Jlenrr A. Reninper. Charte? U. Senti. Harry M. Webber. PROTECTOSEAL SAFETY CANS Oxaqilv tfa (nnsMe Otuijaxties* lire rtpdtlu f and are Ikied as standard In ihe Underwriters* l^aboratiei<> and Faeiry Mutuals. AC ?aCtty Cat are c*(tiTjq<rd with w n flame baffle, Scree * * * t>< allow flame to eater' m rm <r tgnilira. tbSapmoulxtTt--o d{frilelmoijticfm; nmc*enaruc! ptKcclcd wbaher r a |s re ret or *ff- The greatt* ease and m a ttrak o f hiphe*t <|ultty are tbed m the constructicm. Thes* are manufactured in I <|iun. t pan. 1. * * . and ' gahna airs. We nsaaufarture safety #3ciicrJ for luxartlivi* lvprid>. t s t u t pole <** j w requirement*- THE PROTECTOSEAL COMPANY 22 North Sheldon Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS A lliai W\ Whitney. W. H. Wuvuu. In addition to these m oioulion by the oomnuUee. the by-law* provide that " not lea? than ten members way, in writing, make their oocnmatknu for w e to thedirectors whose term* of office shall expire in that year, upon filing the same m writing with flic see* rotary of the Coendl at kart SO day* prior to the date nf the holding of the Annual Meeting.** The hydaws further provide that " no pen may be voted for or elected a director m hall not haw heeu rvgalaHy nominated in either of the manner? above set forth"--(hat i. cither by the nooiiuating committee or a outlined in the preceding paragraph. \Y_ II. O v e m .\. JfaM ytai Oirretor. I t l n Lviut* n k f r t it t c i. fte tsr w v m ,V/tnO.V.fl, S-VJY -V||-5 Keep Them Well and Keep Them Working ( Cvalimtetf from page II ) n-vfk' by reason of tidm ctt, pro* vkled sock employee hat l**cn with the eomfwoy n x month. The limit *f the benefit is tea weels, bat thin limit may be extended by request it the medical department. _ droop insurance is carried for a!I employees, the policy becoming effective one year after the cm* ptoycc begins work for the eom* lany. The individual policy is for $300. increasing flOO each year until a maximum of $1,000 is reached* - There are two t>1*es ot pensions. First, for employees COyears of age and who have iieen with the com* panv 30 years, or more. Second, a l>cnskm fund for employer who have been with the comjtany for several years, hot who are unable iu work' longer by reason of age. injury or sickness. A pension for widows also is provided. In addition we hate a home tor widows and their half-orphan chil dren. At this mitilutioo the chil dren are given a good education and at the age of 16 or IT they are scpjiosed to begin work at some gainful and suitable occu|*tMn. The following rjwofic question was asked recently: **ln a w of partial handicap due to accident * n illness, is the em ployee given graduated tr sujktiwd work after return front the 1'aniiariuta ?" JL>r. Andrew M. lla riw , head of our medical department,' answers: " Vcs. We atm to get a man lack to work a s quickly as possible after the accident or illness, a one of the best means for his full recovery. If the mao is not able to do hi* regular work, we furnish some type of work that he can do, and when he is able to go to hi regular job, he does so. Personally. ] think that too nnich attention hai Iwen given to training men for work with which they arc unfamiliar--for ex ample. trying to make a wnod-|*attern maker out of a locomotive en gineer. My experience has been that men do better work and get ahng better m their work if they can get back to the type of work'thcy were doing before they n-cre tempo* rarily Incapacitated. O f course, in case of strknesx. such as tubercu losis or heart disease, frequently it is advisable to change (he tjpe of work and Jen the employees mi j`oh n where they may 'carry on* in spite of their physical handicap. Ittit this is true only m m e instances." The record made by our medical department is an emuble one. Un der certain types of work the Stair d lUiams requires oiunthly examin ation for occupational diseases. Therefore, we examine monthly cer tain men employed tn the melting and manufacture of brass, nickel, m chromium plating, etc. Out our main objeet Is to mamlara condi tions so that such diseases ilo not arise. We have never had to rc)xrt such a ease to the late. The fact that for a period of five years--the bte*t five-year period rejM*rted. 1922-1937--we topped the lbt fur comparative purposes--(hat is. we bad the smallest number of employees sirk for eight days or fttnger--would seem to prove the effectiveness of oar method of health supervision. Does it ja y ? A general answer would be: We continue it. enlarge it. increase its scope and influence. We would not do this if it did not pay. I venture to say that our medical department jay s larger dividends continuously on the money invested H than any of our prodacing de partments. The Reznor Quick-Acting, Safety Belt Shifter is an intensely practical device for preventing accidents on lathes, drill presses, shapers and other tools with cone pulleys. Mr. Plant Manager--It would be a g<po4 idea for you to know why a long list of die best known plants in this country have equipped with Retnor Belt Shifters. Here is a real opportunity to make a showing in 1929. R ezn o r M fg . C o . - . . m er c er , Pen n sy lv a n ia '*< smiw|r m dvtrrlurt. f~U*u S A T lO X A f. KAFF.TV XTACS