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visors and two councils concerned with safety of tank truck operations and of automobile transporters Such councils conduct monthly and quarterly meetings and engage m safety engineering activities that relate to their par ticular interests according to geographic loca tions or type of operations The American Waterways Operators, Inc. 1250 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 502, Washington, D C 20036 The American Waterways Operators, Inc, is a trade association representing the national interests of operators of towboats, tugboats, barges and shallow-draft self-propelled freight ers and tankers engaged in domestic trade primarily over the inland waterways of the United States AWO has a safety committee which pursues three primary objectives Promotion of individual member com pany's safety programs, More participation by members in the Barge and Towing Vessel Industry Safety Contest which the Association co-sponsors with the National Safety Council, and Preparation and distribution of AWO safety posters which the Association issues to its members each month The association's manual. Baste Safety Pro gram for the Barge and Towing Vessel In dustry, is designed either (a) to be adopted as a complete company program, or (b) be used as a guide to develop or supplement an individual company's program The manual covers methods and techniques for accident prevention, and contains valuable guidelines on all aspects of personnel safety in the barge and towing vessel industry American Water Works Association 666 W Quincy Ave, Denver, Colo 86235 The AWWA Safety Practices Committee (a) collects and compiles annual injury sta tistics on more than 2500 water utilities em ploying 80,000 workers, (b) issues awards to utilities with outstanding or improved per formance m accident prevention, and (c) sponsors accident prevention schools for water utility personnel The committee has pre pared a manual entitled Safety Practice for Water Utilities, which may be purchased from the Association. Another committee manual, Tailgate Lectures for Water Utilities, was is sued in 1967 American Welding Society 2501 NW 7th St, Miami, Fla 33125 The society is devoted to the proper and safe use of welding by industiy Through its Committee on Safety Recommendations the society coordinates safe practices m welding by cooperating with committees on promoting new and revising existing standards "Safe Practices for Welding and Cutting Containers that Have Held Combustibles" is one booklet produced by this committee and available to industry Another is "Recom mended Safe Practices for Gas Shielded Arc Welding," which covers such subjects as ven tilation, clothing, eye protection, and radio activity The necessary precautions are indi cated, and unfounded fears are dispelled The society also sponsors American National Standards Institute Sectional Committee Z49, whose publication. Safety in Welding and Cutting, is the authoritative standard m this field It deals with the protection of workers from accidents, occupational diseases, and fires arising out of the installation, operation, and maintenance of electric and gas welding and cutting equipment Frequent articles on safety in welding ap pear in the official publication of the society. The Welding Journal Associated General Contractors of America, Inc 1957 E St NW , Washington, D C 20006 This association of contraetois specializes m the building, highway, railroad, and heavy construction fields All areas of the United States aie served by the association's 131 chapters, which carry on their own programs and render assistance to their membeis The association has had about 50 years of continuing interest m the activities of its Ac cident Pievenhon Committee, to which mem ber contractors have freely contributed their time and effort The committee's Manual of Accident Prevention in Construction is revised penodically Each year, the national organ ization presents awards to members and chap ters for significant achievement in accident prevention 611