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maintaining interest in safety tion of a change m company policy, or the announcement of an exceptionally fine safety record Fig 7-1 shows how one plant turns out for presentation of a National Safety Council award In companies with plants in different cities, a top executive may cal] a meeting of employees when he visits a plant His talk may cover safety as well as other subjects One company president makes as annual round of plants with the safety director and speaks at a safety rally of all employees at each plant Under certain conditions, particularly in smaller communities, it may be advisable to hold the mass meetings m a local theater or public hall It then becomes necessary to make fairly elaborate arrangements and to give the meetings considerable publicity to assure good attendance A mass meeting in a public hall naturally has one advantage over a plant meeting It makes possible the attendance not only of employees, but also of their wives or hus bands, families, and fnends "Family safety nights" of this sort are very popular in the railroad industry A considerable number may be held at several different pouts on the railroad during the year. In addition to the address or two around which the program is centered, there should be some worthwhile entertainment Often good talent can he found right in the plant This type of meeting affords an excellent opportunity for using an outside speaker who can talk authoritatively and convinc ingly on general accident prevention work Such a speaker can be obtained from a nearby plant, an insurance company, the city administration, an automobile club, or a community safety council If movies relating to accident prevention are desired, a suitable selection can be made from films available through the National Safety Council or through regional film service organizations, whose locations may be obtained from the Council Departmental meetmgs have many safety uses Their purpose may be to discuss die company safety program so that employees will better understand what is going on They may be held to provide information about accident causes and accident types They may be purely inspirational, to create an awareness of hazards and a desire to prevent accidents In many company programs, departmen tal safety meetings are held monthly Some times the meetings are conducted by the safety director, although the trend is to ward meetings conducted by the foreman He may receive assistance in planning as well as various materials, such as visual aids, from the safety department The program for a departmental meeting may include the following 1 Report of injuries m the department since the past meeting, report of a safety inspection in the department, and report of the department's standing in a con test (The total time spent on reports must not be so great that this part of the meeting becomes tiresome ) 2 Discussion by the foreman of where ob servance of safe practices needs to be improved 3 Talk, demonstration, or visual-aid pre sentation on an appropriate accident pre vention subject The speaker may be the foreman, a member of the department, the company safety director, an outside expert, or an executive of the company Departmental meetings give the foreman an opportunity to point out in a forceful manner the dangers of certain unsafe prac tices By condemning those practices, he practically binds himself to set a good ex ample for his men In addition, most work ers welcome an opportunity to "get off their chests" whatever safety ideas they have The workers will follow the lead of the foreman to a surprising degree In stead of discussing the shortcomings of the management as might be expected, they in variably tell of specific accidents that could have been prevented onlv by safe practices on the part of the men At the conclusion of departmental meet ings, the foremen in some plants are re quired to prepare written reports for pre sentation to the plant safety committees and review by the managers Even if not re quired, it would be good for the safety engi neer to make a report Small group meetings with men doing similar lands of work can he held at or near the work place The foreman may discuss the causes of an accident of which the men have personal knowledge or in which they