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348 Tuvnty-fifth Motional Safety Congress Contest Committee Chairman--A. Scott Down, The Paper Industry. Chicago. III. Engineering Committee Chairman--D. B. Chaxt. The Ontario Pulp & Paper Makers* Safety Assn- Toronto. Ont- Canada. Health Committee Chairman--Dr. Edward \V. Paixf, Hollingsworth & Whitney Co., Watenrille. Me. Poster Committee Chairmon--). H. Turner, Consolidated Paper Corp- Ltd., Grand Mcie. P. Q-, Canada. Statistics Committee Chairman--Fred W. Braun*. Employers Mutuals, Wausau, Wis. Members at Large-- Ernest Augustus. The Mead Corporation, Chillicothe, O. \V. J. Brennan. Maine Department of Labor and Industry, Augusta. Me. M. W. Dundorr. Beloit Iron Works, Beloit, Wis. K. L. Faist, The Champion Paper and Fibre Co- Hamilton, O. W. A. Gleason. Hammermill Paper Co- Erie, Pa. E. EL Grant, The Crystal Tissue Co- Middletown, O. J. J. Hastings. Port Huron Sulphite & Paper Co- Port Huron, Midi. / C. O. Holmer. Minnesota and Ontario Paper Co.. Minneapolis, Minn. f F. L. Irvin. St. Croix Paper Co- Woodland. Me. / D. A. MeAlary, Fraser Companies. Ltd- Edmundston. N. B., Canada. Don E. McDowell. Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Co- Kalamazoo, Mich. Arthur Murray. Container Corporation of America, Chicago, 111. H. G. Xovf-s, Oxford Paper Company, Romford. Me. J. J. Plzak, Consolidated Water Power & Paper Co.. Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. Samuel Pruyn. Fincb-Pruvn Co- Inc- Glens Falls. N. V. B. D. Rogers. Bird & Son. tnc- East Walpole. Mass.* F. H. Roscausn. Nekoosa-Edward* Paper Qx, Port Edwards, Wis. S. F. Sitattvck, Kimberly-Clark Corp- Xccnah. Wis- Representative. The American Paper and Pulp Association. L. R. Simpson. The Brown Paper Mill Co- Inc.. West Monroe, La. MONDAY AFTERNOON SESSION October 5, 1936 The opening session was catted to or der by General Cliairman E. R. Grant, the Crystal Tissue Co- Middletown, Ohio, who presided. Chairman Grant reported on the progress of the Section during the past year, commending the various committee chairmen on their ac tivities. Report of Accident Experience Exchange By A- E. WINSLOW Manager of Personnel, Hollingsworth & Whitney Co., Watenrille, Me. In spite of- the fact that 125 plants re ported 1313 accidents in the Paper In dustry Safety Contest this year against 111 plants and 1,448 accidents in last year's contest, the number of reports sub mitted to our Experience Exchange dropped from 239 last year to 108 this year. We find but 24 plants, out of the 125 reporting in the contest, submitting reports for the Exchange. Of the 18 com panies and 36 plants reporting in last year's Exchange, 9 companies and 18 Paper and Pulp Section 349 plants were included in this year's tabu lations. The time lost as a result of the 108 accidents recorded for this year's study amounted to 10,160 days. This is approx imately 4 per cent improvement over the average days lost per accident in last year's study. The accidents |>cr plant this year range from 1 to 14, which is about a 39 per cent improvement over the pre ceding year and approximately 80 per cent over the first year's study. Thus year the average time lost per individual is 94.1 days, or a reduction of about 6 per cent over last year, and 13.6 per cent over the preceding year. Ex cluding the standard time charges we find that the average per individual has in creased to 243 days, or 22.1 per cent over last year's figures and 37.2 ter cent over the preceding year's study. In spite of this increase we again find the frequency rate in the contest lower by 1.497, or 9.05 per cent. Wc find but one fatality in thus year's study compared with two last year and four the preceding year; four finger am putations and no loss of eyes against ten finger amputations last year and seven the previous year and one loss of an eye in each of the two years. 61 per cent of those injured were tour workers, 37 per cent day workers, and 2 per cent not clas sified. The marital status of injured persons shows somewhat the same ratio as those rc)K>rted in previous years. 63,9 pe* cent married. 33.4 per cent single, against 71.1 per cent married and 22.2 per cent single in 1935 and 72 per cent and 28 per cent in 1934. / The tabulation of accidents by months and days is of even less value than last year and so wc merely record that Feb ruary was high month with 17 accidents and October was low with but 3 acci dents. Wc find Thursday the fateful day with 21 accidents, and Wednesday with 20 is in second place. Last year Monday led with Friday second, and tnc first year's tabulations showed Tuesday high and Thursday in second place. There is definite evidence to substan tiate the theory of greatest accident oc currence between 9:00 and 12:00 in the morning and 2:00 and 4:00 in the after noon. A study of our plant records shows no serious accidents and very tew lost time accidents occurring during the night tour, which is 10:00 p. m. to 7:00 a. m. If employees can work in comparative safety during the night, why do we have so many accidents during daylight hours? Will our study eventually answer this question? This year's tabulation of hours worked previous to time of injur)* does not coin cide with those of the two previous years: nevertheless it docs indicate wc are sub stantially correct in our previous deduc tion that accidents are prone to occur following several hours of duty and at the conclusion of a tour. While wc cannot confine this year's ac cident prone age to a span of five years, 25 to 30, as wc did in the two preceding studies, we can say without qualification that workers between 20 and 30 give ev er)* indication of being more susceptible to accidents than the older employee. This year's tabulation, according to years of service, with 183 per cent of the accidents occurring among employees of less than two year's service and prac tically 26 per cent with two to four years, substantiates our deductions of the two previous studies that the tendency is for the young employees in terms of service to become injured. With the peak for 1934 in the one to six month class, and 1935 the one to two year class, this year's peak has risen still further to the two to three year class. In studying the tabulation by depart ments, as in the. two previous years, "ma chines*' still account for the largest num ber of our accidents, with the repair and maintenance detriment a close second. The beaters show marked improvement over both of the preceding years and pulp mills improved greatly over 1935 although not doing as well as in 1934. For some reason the finishing departments ran into an extremely bad year, having about a 50 per cent increase over the 1935 figures. As indicating where we may expect the most of our accidents to occur, we may safely use the total of all three years. The results of such a summation indicate that wc may look to the laborers, wood han dlers. and the millwrights for approxi mately one-third of our accidents in 1937. This year we have only 39 different ma chines. tools, or appliances involved in the 108 accidents reported, ns against 101 in