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38 Metals Industry Our safety departmoit consists of twentyfive safety engineers and statistical person nel each of whom is charged with the re sponsibility for employee safety in specific areas of our operation. The safety record of our division is comparatively good, espe cially in our foundry operations where the frequency rate is SO per cent below the industry average. The management of our division is well balanced, having the advantage of the en thusiasm and drive of youth and the leader ship and guidance of men with long years of experience. The safety of our employees is of prime importance to them and their support and participation in the safety pro gram is the major factor in its success. The value of training to a well balanced, efficient organization is given full considera tion, particularly in the field of employee safety. In charging our supervisors with the responsibility lor the safety of their employees, we recognize the importance of providing them with the *t<v!s with which to meet this responsibility. In addition to the support and backing, which is so impor tant to the supervisor, the matter of safety know-how, provided through a training pro gram. is of prime importance to the effec tiveness of the supervisor in matters of employee safely. Obviously, the better we can equip him to meet his employee safety responsibility, the better result we will get in terms of a reduction in our accident ex perience. We are convinced that the most effective way to accomplish this purpose is through conference-type management train ing meetings. Our setup provides that mem bers of supervision attend one of these onehour training conferences each week. The subjects for discussion include industrial economics, employee relations, methods, qual ity, cost, employee safely and other related manufacturing subjects. At the present time one conference each month is devoted to a studv of effective methods in the field of employee safety. This brings us to the supervisory safety training program in the engine and foundry division. This is a formal program develojed by the training section in conjunction with the safety unit. It consists of twelve one-hour conferences aimed at belter equip ping supervision to meet their employee safety responsibility. We have attempted to presort the subject in a little different man ner than usual in an effort to maintain con tinuing interest and, at the same time, get it over in an effective and lasting manner. While we cover certain generalities in the program it is, for the most part, devoted to a study of specific safety problems and their effective solution. Thus each supervisor takes away from each conference not only a recognition of his safety responsibility but a thorough and practical means by which it may be effectively met. Detail leaders' guides are provided for the use of the train ing section conference leaders who conduct these meetings. While our initial outlay was something over $10,000, wc firmly believe that the results more than justify* it. The subject matter of the twelve sessions is as follows: 1. Why Safety 2. The Principals in Accident Prevention 3. The Principles of Accident Prevention 4. The Principles of Accident Prevention 5. Training the Xew Employee 6. Training the Old Employee 7. Mechanical Inspection 8. Good Housekeeping--Personal Protec tive Equipment 9. Accident Investigation--Statistics 10. Analyzing a Job for Safety 11. Analyzing a Job tor Safety 12. Humanity in Safety Session One: IPhy Safety--is devoted to exploring the reason why employee safety occupies Such an important place in the industrial scheme of things. We will discuss it more in detail a little later. Session Two: The Principals in Accident Prevention--has to do with the responsi bilities of the principals on a well balanced safety team, the supervisor and the em ployee. The mutual interest ox the super visor and the employee are discussed and it is brought out that working as a team they can accomplish a high degree of safety in dqcirtmcntal operation. Session Three and Four: The Principles in Accident Prevention--in reality is an exploration of the well worn subject best known to safety man as the three E*$. We felt that the usual presentation of engineer ing. education and enforcement as factors in accident control was rather dry and ineffec tive. It was also felt that it did not go into There Is a Han in the House 39 enough detail to effectively present the fac tors in accident control. Therefore, we took the liberty of dispensing with the three E's snd looked at the subject strictly from the standpoint of the major factors that con Session Nine: Accident Investigation-- takes up a study of the principles of acci dent investigation and, in particular, helps the supervisor to develop a technique in scientific accident investigation. tribute to good industrial accident control. The following is a result of this thinking and we present them as a substitute for engineering, education and enforcement: Session Ten end Eleven: Analysing a lob for Safety--is, in effect, a proving ground for the previous nine sessions. Actually wliat we try to do is to put into practice in 1. Safety Engineering 2. Mechanical Protection X Safe Practices and Rules 4. Working Conditions these two sessions all of the principles of safety as brought out in the previous con ferences. This is accomplished by develop ing. in the conference room, an industrial facility irom the ground up. By that I 5. Publicity and Promotion 6. Personal Protective Equipment 7. Safety Education and Training S. Accident Investigation mean, we take a plot of ground, build a building on it, purchase and install machines and equipment, select and train supervisors, employ and train employees and finally pro duce a product. Throughout the entire de o. Rehabilitation velopment the theme is one of considering Session Five: Training the New Employee --is devoted to a study of the problems of getting the new employee started off on the right foot safety-wise. Specifically it deals with the formal New Employee Orientation Program that is xn effect in the engine and foundry division which is designed to pro appropriate and adequate safety at each step. Session Twelve: Humanity in Safety--is the dosing session and is devoted to the responsibility of industry to operate a safe plant. It further explores the rights, privi leges and responsibilities of all of us as American ritizens and workers. ride the supervisor with an effective means by which he can give the new employee his basic training in safety. Session Six: Training the Old Employee --is, in fact, a continuation or follow-up on training the new employee. However, it specifically has to do with a formal Super visor-Employee Safety Contact Program whereby the supervisor meets formally with his employees once each two weeks to dis cuss safety with them. This is the story of our Supervisory Safety Training Program. Now. I would like to go back to Session One: JJ7:y Safety--and give you pans of it as it is put on for supervision by our con ference leaders. Since the material is writ ten around the industrial supervisor it will, therefore, be necessary for each of you to assume the role of, say, a foreman in one of our production deparunoits, or maybe you would like to be a general superintendent. Session Seven: Mechanical Inspection--is In any event, take your choice and we will devoted to a study of various types of ma have a look at Session One. chines and equipment in terms of detecting the hazards that can be effectively guarded. This session provides a good foundation for the supervisor in carrying out his part of a formal monthly Mechanical Inspection Program which is designed to detect and correct mechanical hazards. Many of you members of supervision have probably asked yourself the question many times, "Why is safety so important?". "Why docs upper management place so much em phasis on it?*', "Why do they spend so much money to guard machines and to proride the many safety devices?" "Why do they sup Session Eight: Good Housekeeping and Personal Protective Equipment--is self-ex planatory. However, I would like to tell you that emphasis is placed on the value of good housekeeping to productivity as well as employee safety. In fact, it is an excel lent measuring stick in determining the managerial ability of Supervision. port a full-time safety department?" These and many other questions have, no doubt, come to jour mind many times. L ndoubtedly, many of you have found the answer to them, but. just against the chance that not all of us. really understand the basic thinking behind employee safety, we are going to explore h here.