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Afe 22899 / / I. Introduction Safety Education and the Health of the Industrial Worker ' a. Bevelopment of industrial hygiene hy periods 1. Ifo effort, slave labor . 2. legislation, factory system, wider knotiledge 3. Transition to education, failure of police methods b. Reasons for late development 1. Changing social outlook and order . 2. State of knowledge , slowly acquired a. Cause and effect not clear, e.g. accidents b. Varying succeptibility c. Ignorance of causes, new products, e.g. II. Concern. Scope / $ t o* /<>* . a. Mortality by occupational classes b. Committee report, importance of small industries 1. limits of state aid c. Occupation vs. social environment d. Relative importance of 0. D. 1. College of Surgeons Report. 1 O.D., 60 A, 885 K.I. 2. Considerations other than total volume a. 20 States with compensation laws 3. More liberal interpretation of laws. Actual outlay not decreased. Pew figures available 4. Probable increase in over-all costs, e.g. Wisconsin outlay 5 x, cases 3 x III. Objectives of sound safety program a. Aim is physical well-being of worker - due consideration to . socio-economic factors which constitute background b. i<ledical and engineering problems within the industry - function of each c. Understanding and cooperation of the worker particularly in certain hazards, e.g. Ill d. lack of knowledge of losses from non-occupational illness is great e. Kon-occupational illness not a direct responsibility of industry 'out affects costs f. Present educational facilities may be employed more inclusively g. Broader view of safety engineering and education to include 1. Accident prevention - machinery guards, etc. 2. Greater knowledge of intoxications 3. Interest in factors associated with occurrence of disease 4. Knowledge of effects of general health on occurrence and'duration 17. Necessity of enlarged program a. Present problem of assimilation and distribution b. lag not peculiar to industry - masses get to benefit from improvement in general medicine c. Hygienic control in pls.nt only by integrated effort from top down 1. Well trained safety supervision necessary 2. Courses of instruction in both plant problems and others 3. Most effective in dermatitis 0022901