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Industrial Hygiene Digest August, 1967 of the British Standards Institution, and vice president of the Institution of Industrial Safety Officers. He concludes that safety is everybody's business in the United States. (1) There is a great awareness in government circles of the high cost of accidents at work and their , effect on morale and the national economy. (2) Management has become so indoctrinated with the gospel of safe working that the correct implementation of accident prevention programs is accepted as a normal function of management. (3) The average worker (at least at those plants visited by the author) accepts, without question, personal responsibility for his own safety. He also expects others to do the same, whether they are shop floor workers or management. --Cond. from Nat'l. Safety News 804 The Management of Industrial Injuries. The Internist's Role. R.A. Sokolov. Arch. Environmental Health _1_4, 348-354 (Feb., 1967). Proceeding on the theory that industrial accidents are part of a psychological process, a group of internists and psychiatrists arranged a program to study and treat accident victims. Internists managed each case and obtained consultation and direction at weekly seminars. As the internists gained experience and confidence in dealing with emotional and personal problems they required less and less help from psychiatrists. Analysis of the case histories revealed a recurring pattern of causation. This pattern is illustrated by a composite history derived from the entire series of patients studied. The details of a single case are presented illustrating the therapy. Four references are given. - Author's summary