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trie* mes. Here is the list CbLIIME No. VOLUME 29 1953 TRANSACTIONS Current Safety Topics in the 3 .................. 14 15- ................... 10 ................... 17 ................. 15 ..................... 19 .....................A 7' 22 23 7.* 2: ....................2o ....................27 ................................2S ................................. A ................................. 30 ................................. 3i ................................. 32 ................................. 33 ................................. 34 t--....... --......... 35 ES TO MEMBERS opies 1000 or more Each $0.17 .23 -35 .55 30 (10 to 99 copies). s 10, 14, 30 and 3Z CHICAGO 11, ILL 1J001H02 RUBBER INDUSTRY as presented in sessions of the Rubber Section at the 41st National Safety Congress & Rubber Industry Safety Data, #l 952--Awards and Results-- 1952 Trends . What Are We Doing to Prevent Windup and Let-Off Accidents? (A Symposium).............. Production Present* Their Side of the Story The Engineer'* Approach to Safer Windup* Mechanical Guards Have Their P)ace 6 6 6 8 Lights Out: Something Different in Safety Presentation 11 Synthetic Rubber (Round Table Discussion). 12 New Problems in the Tire Plant (Round Table Discussion). . . 14 Reclaim Keeps Up with the Times (Round Table Discussion) 16 Mechanical Goods Makes Big Strides (Round Table Discussion). 17 t I* NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL 425 North Michigan Avenue Chicago 11 III PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT Is Wtf- 634 3Z? PLAINTIFF'S |i3 EXHIBIT Ttecv 400 If safety is to keep pace with today's rapidly advancing technology, we must continually have "new approaches." Each year, at the National Safety Congress, the ideas and experiences of many of the nation's top safety men are presented in the various sessions. Many of these ideas, devices and methods, first presented at a Congress session, later become generally accepted within their fields. In order to present this information conveniently and at small cost, the Congress Transactions are published in volumes, one for each Section or Division, along with a General Sessions and Detailed Index to all volumes. The 35 volumes of the 1953 Congress Trans actions are listed on the last page of this volume. Safety directors everywhere have founds the Congress Transactions a useful aid in their accident prevention7 programs. In industry, for example, their judicious distribution to-lcey personnel in management and supervision has proved to be of invaluable service. _ In preparing these Transactions, the proceedings of the Congress have been condensed and edited for reference purposes. Complete original manuscripts, with any charts or illustrations which were used, arc available in National Safety Council files. Views expressed at the Congress or in this record are those of the Congress participants and are not necessarily those of the National Safety Council. THE ROBBER SECTION This volume is a record of the sessions held at the 1953 National Safety Congress by the Rubber Section. The conduct of these Congress sessions each year is only one of the many cooperative activities which the Rubber Section carries on in behalf of its members, and for the benefit of accident prevention work in the rubber industry generally. The Section gives guidance in the prepara tion of a great variety of technical and educational material useful in the day-to-day safety programs of rubber plants. The activities of the Section are under the direction of its Executive Committee, the members of which are listed at the close of this volume. 000 technology, experiences the various presented at i their fields. : small cost, ne for each nd Detailed tress Trans- Transactions ridustry, for management >ngress have lete original re used, arc sssed at the participants .'ouncil. '53 National ,, ct of these cooperative ihalf of its stork in the the preparaterial useful he activities mmittee, the Rubber Industry Safety Data, 1952--Awards and Results--1952 Trends By WILLIAM J. DOOLING Safety Dir., Hood Rubber Div., The B. F. Goodrich Co., Watertown, Mass.; Chairman, Statistical Committee Uhen injury rates arc compiled tn acurdance with the standard method, the> ..in contribute immeasurably to the succes> i safety work in many ways. The prtnci;al quality of such rates is tliat they can it compared one with another, a procedure which is important in measuring safety per: rmance. One rate, even though compiled accordance with the standard method, tutributes little helpful information. For example, if a company had a frequency rate f 15.0, this still does not tell too much .itxjut the company's safety performance. True, it indicates the current rate at which iicabling injuries are occurring, but it does not indicate whether that rate is good or !'.nl, or whether it is getting better or worse. However, if injury rates are available for other companies doing similar work, the rate of 15.0 assumes significance by com;iarison. And, it the previous tear's rate for he company is available, or the rates for -everal previous years, then the rate of 15.0 a-sumes added significance by identifying he trend of injury experience. Records of accidents are just as funda mental to efficient control of accidents as control over men, equipment and materials .re for the efficiency in the operation of an industrial organization. Interest in safety is created among su;>ervisors when they are furnished with in formation about the injury records . which are guideposts to them. Decreasing rates -how that the safety program is producing results, while increasing rates indicate that 'omething is wrong and requires investiga tion. Accident records help to determine the major accident problems so that efforts may be directed where the largest reductions in injuries may be expected. Statistics are also valuable for providing supervisors and safety committees with in formation about the most frequent unsafe practices and conditions so that they can utilize their time and efforts to the greatest advantage. I Hiring the year 1952 there were 153 con cern.-. in the Rubber Section Safety Contest. These contestants were divided into five I fivisions in accordance with the average man-hours worked per month. The Divi sions were as follows: Division Average MonthlyMan Hours Division I . Division It Division III Division IV Division V . (Over -100.000) . (200.001-400,0001 00.001-100.000) . 00,001-100.000) . i Under 50.000) The injury frequency rates for 1952 re veal a reduction over 1951 of 12% for all Divisions. The frequency rate for 1952 was 5.08 for all IHvisions as against 5.91 in 1951. However, the following indicates that Divi- Mon- I and IY had the best individual per centage decrease for 1Q52 over 1951 : m: Percentage from 1951 All Di\ isiofis Division 1 .. Division II Division III Division IV Division V 5.08 3.24 6.19 7.95 7.41 12.12 -- 12% --21 TS --3 --32 -4 The average frequency rate for Division I was 3.24 for 1952. The three leaders in thi- Division were: Frequenev Kate Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.. England. .'0 The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.. Akron. Ohio, Plant 2........................................... 60 The Firestone Tire fit Rubber Co.. Akron. Ohio, Plant 1........................................... 79 The average f requenev* rate' for Division II was 6.19 tor 1952. The three leaders in this Division were three B. F. Goodrich plants as follows: Frequency Kate The B. F. Goodrich Co., Tuscaloosa Plant. . The B. F. Goodrich Co.. Oaks Plant............. '82 The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron Aeronautical Div............................................... 1.06 The average frequency rate for Division III was 7.95 for 1952. The three Safety leaders of this Division were the following: FrequencyRate Electric Hose and Rubber Company. Wilmington, Delaware ....................................... 51 Humble Oil and Refining Co.. Houston. Tex.. .62 U. S. Rubber Company, Milan Plant............*. .64 The average frequency rate tor Division IV was 7.41 tor 1952. In this group there were five top Safety leaders that were tied for top honors with perfect records. They are as follows : Frequeacr The B. F. Goodrich Chemical Co.. Port Nccbes, Texas..................... The B. F. Goodrich Chemical Co . Clarksville Plant ....................... L\ S. Rubber Company. Naugatuck The Firestone Tire Sc Rubber Co.. Memphu-Flotation Gear Kentucky Synthetic Rubber Corp.. Louiswlle, Kentucky Conn. Rate .00 .00 .00 00 .00 The average frequency rale for Division V was 12.12 for 1952. There were 11 leader*, tied for top honors with jierfcct records as follows: Frequency Kate Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. Quebec-lnd. Centre Si.. . . .00 The Firestone Plastics Co., Pottstovn. Pa .00 The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.. Christchurch. New Zealand. 00 The Firestone Tire Sc Rubber Co . Akron Research Lab.................... (>G Armstrong Cork Co.. South Gate. Calii oo The B. r Goodrich Co.. DuBois Plant 00 The Fhntkote Co.. W'hippany Plant (X` L'. S. Rubber Company. Manchester Plant oo The Fhntkote Co., of Canada Ltd . New Toronto Plant oo 1` S. Rubber Co.. Burlington Plant oo Fabric Fire Hose Co.. Sub U S Rubber ( Sandy Hook, Conn. ... 00 Three types of awards for outstanding performance in industrial accident preven tion are provided for in the "Plan for Rec ognizing (rood Industrial Safety Records" adopted in January 1952 by the Industrial Conference and the Board of Directors of the National Safety Council. The three types of awards are 1. The Award of Honor, the highest award, replaces the Distinguished Service to Safety Award. It goes to industrial estah-,, lishments whose experience meets rigorous statistical standards, even though it may not be injury-free. It also goes to those whicn complete 3,000,000 man-hours without a dis abling injury. 2. The Award of Merit has similar but less exacting requirements. The standards for non-perfect records are somewhat lower, and the minimum number of injury free man hours needed to qualify is 1,000,000. 3. The Certificate of Commendation is given only for no injury records covering a period of one or more entire calendar years and involving exposure of 200,000 to 1.000,000 man-hours. For qualifying calendar-year cxi>ei all three types of awards are made matically on the basis of annual r submitted to the Council by members Award of Honor and the Award of may also be made on special applicat two types of cases: 1. Where a qualifying total oi : free man-hours is accumulated in son riod other than a calendar year. 2. Where a current period of t\ more years is to f>e used in evaluatu jury rate improvement. Eight plants qualified for the Aw a Honor, which is six per cent of tho porting. This is considerably more th corresponding percentage of 3.6 for ; dustries. Two of these Honor winners for perfect records and six were on ; comparison basis. The names of the two companies th; jierfect records arc as follows: Firestone Tire and Rubber Con Akron Plant #2. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Con England Plant. The other six winners of the Aw a Honor on a par-comparison basis wci f ollowing The B. F. Goodrich Co., Tuscaloosa, Plant. Hood Rubber Company, a Division < B. F. (ioodrich Company, Watertown, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, sen, Ala. Firestone Tire and Rubber Cotniiany tire Company. Firestone Tire and Rubber Con Memphis..Plant... - Firestone Tire and Rubber Compan; Akron Plants. Perhaps a word of explanation is r sary about the two awards to all Firt Akron plants and to their Akron Plan 2. The award to all Akron plants \ par-comparison award based on expei for the calendar year 1952. The awa Akron Plant No. 2 was for a no-i period terminating in 1953, only a c of months before this study was under! There were 21 Awards of Merit, t for perfect records, and nine on the comparison. For all industries, the pei age of Award of Merit winners was idar-ycar experience at-' \are made aut s';___ /annual reponcil hy members. The the Award of Merit special application ir. ying total of injury emulated in some pc idar year. it period of two <: sed in evaluating its - d for the Award oi >cr cent of those reicrably more than tin ge of 3.6 for all mHonor winners were i six wpre on a par 0 companies that h.i>i ollows: Rubber t'ontpans 1 Rubber Cotnpan. rr s of the A wan) >>i irisoti (sasjs were tin- C'- - Tuscaloosa. Ala. -) ny, a Division of the iy, Watertown. Mass ubber Company, Gad- '.ubber Comjan>. Kn Rubber Company. (ubber Company. A!i explanation i> nece-ards to all Firestone leir Akron Plant N. Akron plants wa- a based on experience 1952. The award to vas for a no-injury 1953, only a couple tudy was undertaken rds of Merit, twelve id nine on the pardustries, the percentit winners was about Rubber Industry Safety /hitil. ltof>2, .twards and Results- -W52 Trtttds 5 six per cent, which, on 150 units, would figure to about eight awards. There were four Certificates of Commen dation for 1952. The theoretical number based on the all-industry percentage would have been four or five. It might be of interest to know how the average frequency rates compare for the first six months of 1953 with the total a\ - erage of each Division for 1952: 1st 6 Month> Yen 19*-: 19'5 a;; Divisions V 08 4 '4 Dmsion | . . t..N \ O' Division 11 . 6.19 4.80 Dimiioo lit Division IV ? 9s h "4 ' II 0 O' Division V i:.i: 11.54 M6 S :\ 1' .*.. ''' It would appear that the rubber industry m all Divisions except Division IV will show a definite improvement when figures are totalled up for this current year. For the first six months ot 1953, the vari ous divisions each had industrial plants that ere tree from any disabling injuries !hrisitw l C S Rubber Company. Mishawaka Plant 1`ttiston II The Firestone Tire and Rublicr ( "inpany, Des Moines. Iowa The B. F f'uMslnch ('onjiany. Oaks Plant. Pkdsion III Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. So. Africa ' 'rfi-rioM II" The B. F Goodrich Company, Cadillac Plant l\ S. Rubber Co, Xaugatuck, Conn. Kentucky Synthetic Rubber Corp.. Lou isville, Ky. Vulcanized Rubber and Plastics O . Morrisville, Pa. The Tile-Tex Div. of The Flintkote Co., Chicago Heights, III. World Bestos Corp., Div. Firestone Tire and Rublier Co.. Xew Castle. Irid. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.. QueliecInd. Center #5. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co , Reclaim. Division C U. S. Rubber Co., General Labs., Re search Dept., Passaic. McCreary Tire and Rubber Co.. Indi ana, Pa. The B. F. kroodrich Co., Research Cen ter. The Firestone Plastics Co., Pottstown, Pa. Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.. Xylos Rubber Co of Calit. The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., Christchurch, Xew Zealand. The B. F. Goodrich Co., DuBois Plant University of Akron, Akron, Ohio. L'nited States Rubber Co., Div. of Xau gatuck Chemical, Baton Rouge, La. Genera! Shoe G>tp., Nashville, Tenn. Canadian I-astex Limited, Montreal. One. Canada. U. S. Rubber Reclaiming Co, Inc., Cheektowaga, X. V. U S Rubber Co., Burlington Plant. The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. Akron Retread Shop. Fabric Fire Hose Company, Sandy Hook, Conn. According to statistics from Accident Facts (I would like to recommend its use and it should be read by all companies), reveals that the Rubber industry stands in 10th place for both Frequency and Severity Rates, and well above the standing of all industries, a performance we all can take pride in. The all industry rates and rubber rates are as follows: All Industries ' " 19' 1 Free Rites . Severity Rates . ................ 9.06 .0- Rubber IndustryFree Rites ............ ................ '.91 Severity Rites . ..................... 36 1938.40 .88 '.96 ,4J In conclusion all indications point to 1953 lieing a year that will at least equal or better the 1952 records if the trend continues with so many perfect records in all divisions as it has been for the first six months. 6 Rubber Industry What Are We Doing to Prevent Windup and Let-Off Accidents? (A Symposium) Production Presents Their Side of the Story By THOMAS J. CAIN, JR. Director of Safety, The B. F. Goodrich Company, Akron, Ohio My assignment is to outline briedy some ui the background of this important rubber industry safety problem--the prevention oi wutdup and let-off accidents. Certainly the problem is not new by any means. Seven years ago (1946) our National Safety Coun cil Rubber Section devoted half of the afternoon session to emphasizing the problem and its seriousness in fractured arms, and legs, chest injuries and fatalities. At that time Walter L. Schneider, then safety engi neer for our company, and recently retired, led the discussion presenting a series ot slides illustrating the lack of standardization in equipment. From a production point of view, this lack of uniformity in design is our big stumbling block. Even within any one company, and for that matter within departments in the same plant, there is almost a total lack of standardization--be it chucks, shell bars, spacing of rolls, braking or lack of it. This situation certainly doesn't lend itself to Standard Operating Procedure for pro duction employees. In 1947, growing out of our National Safety Council program in Chicago, Rubber Section Chairman Stanley Wright of Inland Mfg. Div.-G.M., Dayton, held a met Akron to which we invited the desig neers for this type of equipment, t this meeting came a great deal of agreement that many times wc coult rate rolls to avoid pinch points, u closure guards, eliminate center roll; the rolls as high as possible, provid control against fabric wrinkles and it safety generally. In the two years following, our 1 Section Engineering Committee ass additional information on equipment ; as injury reports and in 1952 a Data D-RUJ was distributed by National Council. Production employees must l>e ed and reminded constantly that windu let-off equipment is really hazardous. Unfortunately we can not use. fi practical production angle, interlock* closures on much of this equipment. This statement ot the problem has condensed to allow just as much it possible for the experts here to co striving to provide accident prevention how to lick windup and let-off accident their extremely high severity The Engineer's Approaeh to Safer Windups By R. F. SNYDER Electrical Eng., The Goodyear Tire and Robber Co., Akron, Ohio In spite of mechanical guards installed on equipment where it is not necessary for oper ators to come in close proximity to the par ticular area of danger, there still remain many locations where the production man must place his hands near potential danger spots. An example of this is the well-known calender roll where occasionally the oper ator's hands come dangerously near the bite. Then there is the case where the tension roll area is dangerous during the threadi operation, or an innocent-looking idle may be a killer merely from an operate ing his balance. Mechanical guards when not comf effective may be more dangerous than a guarded hazard because the danger i visibly apparent. Many serious and fatal accidents have been the result of caught between a moving roll, or belt, i Story ron, Ohio ton, held a meeting i: avited the design eng: H equipment. Out <: great deal of good times we could sejupinch points, use ; tale center rolls, keep possible, provide edge wrinkles and improve 'ollowing, our KubU-r Committee assemble-: on equipment as we! in 1952 a Data Sliced by N'ational Safe: es must lie educate: itlv that windup an : ally hazardous, ran not use, from .. ip interlocked rr: 1. /juipment. Jte problem has bee: jst as much time arts here to continue dent prevention know I let-off accidents wit! severity ndupe xon, Ohio ing the threading-up ent-looking idler rol! from an operator los- ivhen not completely iangerous than an une the danger is not y serious and some it the result of being tg roll, or belt, and a li'hat Are We Doing to Prevent Windup and Let-Off AccidentsT (A Symposium) 7 mechanical guard. On the other hand, few This device can be applied in any application accidents occur on jobs where a mis-movc where the danger roll can be electrically in would cause instant death because the occu sulated from the surrounding structures. We pants of the area realize the severe conse call this a proximity safety because it oper quence. I know of several air compressors ates merely by the approach of any part of whose horizontal belts are guarded front and the body near the roll. top so that they appear safe while concealing the ugly hazard behind them. Yet if a man. m order to steady himself, would lay his hand, palm down, on this guard, his fingers would extend beyond and under the guard ..mi would be pulled between the belt and pulley. A small radio-frequency transmitter is used with the danger roll connected as an antenna. The dose approach of a man's hand disturbs the radiation pattern and trips the safety. We have designed and built sev eral of these devices. Our latest one is de signed so that a failure of power or any In my present assignment I ant concerned tube or other component, will trip the safety primarily with the case where mechanical thus making it completely fail safe. guards cannot be used or where the ultimate reward for their use is questionable. Our aim is to make the safety automatic, fail safe, tamper proof and dependable, and at reasonable cost The automatic objective is. justified from the standpoint that many a An automatic safety is difficult to apply to windups because the danger point moves outward with the buildup. In order to be effective, it must trip by the insertion of a limb as small as the tip of the fingers. man has been seriously injured because the Two methods can be used to meet these hand-operated safety was on his right side, stringent requirements. The first is in opera and his right hand was caught and he could tion on one of our so-called dover-Ieaf not reach the safety with his left hand. windups. This consists of two photodectric Furthermore, the average mental reaction cells mounted on a miniature carriage and time required to trip a safety can easily guided by two rails. A bank of small lamps 1< the deciding factor between a minor and and an optical system provides a parallel a fatal accident. light beam across the fabric to the photo- The science of electronics can l>c applied i. correct many of these difficult situations. \ few standard commercial devices are cdls. The shadow of the fabric buildup on the lower photocell causes the carriage to move upward by a small servo motor. available but most of those investigated by Since the second photocell is only one inch us fail to meet the rigid requirements previ * above the motion controlling cell, the upper ously set forth. Excepting the common elec cell aways sees the light of a beam that is tric eye in its simplest form, we have found within one inch of the fabric regardless of no satisfactory commercially available elec the diameter of the roll. A hand laid on top tronic safety device. So far it has been nec of the fabric or a hand caught in the bite, essary' for us to either completely design and will intercept the light beam to the upper build our own electronic equipment or make cell which automatically stops the calendar. lianges in standard circuits to make them The second type of automatic safety for worthy of adoption. -- this application'is a combination of elec To an electric eye, a piece of stock looks tronics and mechanics. This consists of a the same as a man's hand and for this rea- light-weight, counter-balanced idler roll that -on, their use is very limited for calendar rolls on the buildup from an empty shell to and windup applications. We have carefully the full roll. This idler is supported by investigated the possibility of using minia pivoted side arms to which an electric po ture radar similiar to that used for traffic tentiometer is attached. The potentiometer regulation but find that it, too, has severe is connected to a specially designed small limitations. The electric eye so-called "Cur electronic control unit which ignores the tain of Light" seems to have pretty general slow gradual movement of the roll buildup. application where the presence of productive However, if even a finger passes between materials do not give false operation. the idler roll and the fabric, or is caught One of the most unique automatic type of between the fabric and the buildup, the idler safeties is one in which the mere approach roll will be moved upward at a very fast of a man's hand will actuate the safety. rate of travel. The electronic circuit differ- r j. ,i i H ; : Isii ; \ | \ 8 Rubber Industry enuates between the slow buildup and this sudden movement and trips the safety. Of course, in some cases neither of these devices prevent the man from being caught but they both have such a fast and automatic response, that they will protect against a serious injury. We are now working on an electric eye model that will provide a light leam and eye that will follow the danger side of the bite area during buildup. This model will stop the calendar if a hand gets in the danger area, and thus will prevent the accident. A few words about the engineer's assist ance in a safety program might be in order. Many of our windup* safety projects have been difficult merely because of the peculiar mechanics of the machine. This applies mainly to old machines with high iftertia drives, which makes quick stopping difficult, or, to old handwheel clutches that require turning of the handwheel to stop the windup. Some of these hazards have existed f years because no one had an ect solution. An engineer with a good imagina usually find a simple solution to the; lems. We have recently solved a nu knotty problems of long standing b\ inserting an air cylinder and piston i with an operating bar or shipper cable operated valve instantly revet action of the piston and retracts t which quickly stops the 'machine u valve is reset by hand. Failure of a sure will also render the machine ino My final admonition to the safety e is to take an electronic engineer anc chanical engineer to the problem j examine the machine from all angl< theni know that you and their fel "are depending on them to save theii lives and loved ones, and you can t sured that your confidence in them wi rich rewards of safer machines. Mechanical Guards Have Their Place By N. H. RINEHART Mechanical Eng., U. S. Rubber Co., New York City 1. General A. Did you ever see a preacher entangled in a wind-up or let-off unit? No--because clergymen are never near such equipment. B. Accordingly, the most effective way to avoid accidents is to keep everyone away from critical rolls and "pinch points." C. This can be accomplished hv the fol lowing methods of minimizing exposure-to accidents and specific illustrations will he shown later. Methods of Minimizing Exposure to Accidents 1. Eliminate some personnel and exposure to accidents by using automatic and semi automatic equipment. This method will not only save lives but will greatly decrease costs. Management will be gratified and your safety departments will become stronger. 2. Completely isolate the wind-up and letoff units with electrically interlocked sec tional fences, cages and safety mats. J. Completely enclose critical rol nips with "removable-disconnect" t\ guards. 4. Arrange critical rolls and pinch such that they are shielded by othe chine parts. 5. Use "disconnect-nip" guards. 6. Use pneumatic safety feeds. ,, 7. Locate safety bars and cables in cal areas. 8. Avoid falling rolls of fabric fro cidentally-opened chucks by positive type engaging devices or "catch cradl The above methods will now be illustr 1. The first method is to minimizi sonnel and exposure to accidents b suiting automatic and semi-automatic i ment. One such piece of equipment is the . son Automatic Roll Changing IVind-u Fabrics. This unit automatically cuts fabrit starts it on a new roll at speeds up t Is have existed tor man;. inp ''|d an economic*. a good imagination can solution to these prof it ly solved a number oi ong standing by simph der and piston in serier or shipper ro<l. A instantly reverses the and retracts the liar the machine until the d. Failure of air presthe machine inoperable t to the safety engineer tic engineer and a methe problem job and from all angles. I.ct i and their fellowmer. m to save their limbs, and you can rest aencc in them win bring machines. Place :hy A >. iritical rolls and ;-disconnect" type oi roils and pinch point' lidded by other ma- nip" guards, tfetv feeds. :s and cables in criti- 1s of fabric from ac ks by positive can-, or "catch cradles." ill now be illustrated is to minimize perto accidents by in- semi-automatic equip- 'uipment is the Sitnpianging Wind-up for illy cuts fabric and at speeds up to 600 .Mechanical (luards I lai c 7 heir Place ieet per minute without stopping or chang ing the speed of the process line. The fabric passes over the large friction winding roll and on to the package being wound up. The empty shell is in its start ing position on top of the fabric and fric are then swung 90 degrees counter clock wise into the normal winding position after the idler rolls are retracted from the newly started roll. This unit costs approximatelv $31,000. Semi-automatic roll changing wind-up for tion winding roll. The splicers are in posi plastics. tion against the empty shell to help carry This is a continuous winding unit with the new end of fabric around the shell. The which the shells can be (but not always splicers arc nothing more than three small are) fed automatically and the finished rolls pulleys in triangular formation with a nar row belt passing over all three pulleys. One ode of the triangular belt hugs the empty dropped on to a wrapping table. However, the cut and start of a new roll is made by hand. shell. The air operated gate knife, which is usu ally serrated, moves upward, cutting the fabric and forcing it against the empty shell and into the nip of the. triangular belts and the shell. These belts or splicers in turn guide the free end of the fabric into the rip between the fabric on the friction wind ing roll and the shell. Thus the roll is started and while it is winding, the com pleted roll on the far side of the machine i released on to a conveyor, truck or hoist by pulling the lever on the side arms. A new shell and shaft are pushed into position by forcing two hardened, spring loaded rollers apart at each end of the shaft. These rollers then close in around the shaft jour nals and hold the shaft in position until they are released by the lever on the side arms. This unit costs approximately $3,500. 2. Completely isolate the wind-up and let-off units with electrically interlocked sectional fences, cages and safety mats. This application is a triple let-off unit which had been responsible for two minor accidents. -In order to permit- insertion and removal of the let-off roll trucks and yet isolate the rolls and pinch points during operations, vertical slide gates were installed with interlocks. The back or far side is guarded with "drive enclosures'' and interlocked swinging gates. The coated fabric passes over two pull rolls prior to traveling under the festoon dancer roll and on to the take-away conveyor. Of course, the festoon dancer moves between a starting switch and a stopping switch. It was the accidental bumping and movement of this roll by the operator which started the equipment and caused one of the injuries. The worker was entangled in the .Another automatic type of winder is the nip of the roll just below the dancer. Pills Automatic Roll Changing li'ind-up When renewal of fabric rolls is necessary for Paper and Plastics. the gate is raised and the limit switch at This unit will automatically cut and start the top shuts off the power. This permits new rolls of paper and plastics at speeds up the service men to enter the enclosure and to 1,000 ft. per minute without slowing work safely. When servicing is completed down or stopping. the gate is lowered causing the switch to As the roll of plastic at the .top.is near-,, dose and again make power available for ing completion, it and the empty shell (at operation of the equipment. bottom) are swung approximately 90 de grees counter clockwise. Two idler rolls are moved into contact with the empty shell by means of pneumatic cylinders. This It may be observed that if it were not for the "recora" safety mat anyone could enter the enclosure and close the gate and thus make the equipment operatable with causes the plastic to have about 180 degrees of wrap on both the top idler and the empty shell. The shell is propelled at one end by speeder, A belt. A pneumatically operated knife similar in shape to approxi mately 70 degrees of the shell circumfer ence cuts the plastic and guides it around the shell and hence starts the new roll. The completed roll is then released and a new shell inserted in its place. Both shells the person inside the enclosure and danger zone. However, when he stands on the safety mat the power is again disconnected. These safety mats are advertised in your safety magazines. At present we do not have the safety mats within the enclosure. This important method of affecting safety was practiced at the Detroit plant of the United States Rubber Company through tv | E':. i. i; rt : J in Rubber Industry efforts of the safety organization, and the manager and assistant manager of the plant. 3. Fully enclosing critical rolls and nips with removable-disconnect type of guards. Not all rolls have danger points and it is only necessary to guard the more critical ones. The guards arc interlocked so that the machine will not operate when they are not in place. The guard is swung hack into the non-operating position in order to permit threading and adjustment of the fabric. The interlock is open and workers can safelv work on the critical roll. -4. Arranging critical rolls and pinch points so that they are shielded by other machine parts. A slitter and rewind unit is designed so that all of the real danger points arc barred by other machine parts. The two top rolls of material' are turflfaig in such direction as to place their nips at inacessable locations. The platen or friction wind ing roll forming nips with the two top rolls is covered by these two rolls. The nip roll is isolated by the front top roll. The slitter knives are barred by the platen, nip and two top rolls. The two idler rolls are not dangerous as they are contacted only by the web and not backed by solid rolls. In case of human contact the web will give or tear. This is considered an economical and effective type of design for safety. Its principles should be used often 5. Using disconnect type of nip guard*. A pivoted two-way guard covers the nip between a web and a roll. In case of en trance between the guard and the roll the actuating member will move to the left and in case entry is between the guard and the web the actuator will move to the right. Movement in either, direction will actuate the disconnect switch. There are three possible points of entry and three corresponding movements of the trip bars. (1) Hand over bar--the safety trips down. (2) Hand through liars--safety trips up. (3) Hand tinder liar*--safety trips up. 6. Employing pneumatic safety gourds and feeds. This method uses an air stream to push the free end of a web on to a traveling roll >>r belt which in turn carries it into the bite. Of course, the air stream is directed at such an angle as to help carry the web forward into the bite but its main function is 1 it snug to the moving roll or belt, important to have the forward end feed table split the air stream s< half of it is on the end of the feet and half on the moving roll or be soon as the web enters the nip the shut off. The air pipe and any supj members it may have act as rigid ( for the nip. The air is preferably con by a foot valve. This applicatior rendered through the offices of N Dery, Ratz, Lambton and Pierce o Dominion Rubber Co., Canadian subs 7. Locating saftey bars and cabh easy accessibility in critical 'areas. 8. Avoiding danger of falling ro fabric from accidentally opened chuc positive cam type engaging devices or ' cradles." A near accident was caused by a collar freeing itself from a conver. spring catch and sliding back to the where the chuck was open and the m; with a heavy roll of belting fell apj mately six feet to the floor. As a conmeasure, Nelson Longee of U. S. ber Co.'s Passaic Plant affected a track on the periphery of the chuck and an attendant cam follower. The was located in such a position as to the open "V" shape track to engage it when the chuck opening is in an ut position. Thus the chuck collar cann< tract and open the chuck when the op would be in a position to permit the 1 mandrel to fall. Other variations of tracks and followers were made by Longee but time does not permit diset them. The "segmental collars" or "catch era immediately beneath the chucks will pr the mandrel from falling when the < is open. There have been cases wher roll was stopped, the chuck open and i upward position and while a hoist or conveyance was licing adjusted the would turn to the downward position mg the roll to fall. These "segmental lars" will catch the mandrel and prev* from falling. The development of and other safety features at Passaic furthered by H. W. Willard, plant man 0. Spacing of let-off snuffer rolls a.* mifttiitiou of six inches between their pe rries. Lights Out: Something Different in Safety Presentation 11 ain function is to hold tg roll or belt It is 2 /"^ward end of the i--) stream so that end of the feed tahk ing roll or belt. As :rs the nip the air is and any supporting act as rigid guards > preferably controlled This application w : offices of Messrs and Pierce of Th< Canadian subsidiary bars and cables / ritical 'areas. of falling rolls . 'ly opened chucks by ging devices or "catch s caused by a chuck from a conventions', ng back to the poin: jpen and the mandrel belting fell approxiloor. As a corrective gee of U. S. Rubant affected a cam of the chuck collar follower. The latter position as to allow ick to engage it oniy rt J in an upward iCk-Dollar cannot re ck when the opening to permit the loaded r variations of cam were made by Mr. tot permit discussing s'' or "catch cradles" : chucks will prevent ing when the chuck een cases where the tuck open and in the Itile a hoist or other adjusted the chuck nward position cans hese "segmental colndrel and prevent it velopment of these ires at Passaic are Hard, plant manager. snuffer rolls with a between their periph- j It may be noted that the minimum di> i unce between the surfaces of these five hold J hack or snuffer rolls is six inches. It was ; Mieved that this would allow the passing of ] a human hand between rolls without excessive : injury, if any. In case others have more or different information on this, wc would he pleased to discuss it with them. 10. Use of center type wind-ups instead .>(' the surface type winder \ dangerous type of nip is afforded by he solid friction winding roll and the heavy fabric roll (1,000#). It is difficult to place mp guards on such units without being in the operator's way during roll changes. One - unit is favored writh a constant winding tension but automatic tension control units now afford the center type winder with a constant winding tension. In the operator's position there is not any. exposure to nips. Also the nips on the side opposite the oper ator are not of the solid and`-dangerous type. One side of the web is free for expansion in case of a "caught hand or limb." The center type causes less adhesion between plys and provides rounder rolls. 11. 11'ire wind-ups. It is regretted that time is not available for the winding of wire as this can be some what hazardous. 12. Designing for safety. Mechanical engineering societies, publi cations, and so forth, are constantly pro moting safety in the design of new equip ment. Several of the features listed are important and it may be possible to cover them during the discussion period at the end of the program. In concluding I would again like to ask: Hid you ever see a preacher entangled in a wind-up or let-off unit? Lights Out Something Different in Safety Presentation By J. L. GUIHER and I. F. SHEPARD Supervisional Training Div., The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio (Editor's Note: To assist readers in the interpretation of this safety presentation, directions and content are published as given bv authors.) Tape Recording: Gentlemen: It all depends on you. What do you know about your eves? Did you ever give much thought as to just what your eyes mean to you? Let me illustrate asimply as possible just what I mean. Will each of you gentlemen close your eyes tor just one minute and I'll tell yon when the minute is up. Thanks, gentlemea just hold it and remain in darkness for 60 seconds. (One minute of silence) AH right. That was one minute ni dark ness. How long did that minute seem to you? I hear you answer. I never thought a minute could be so long. That's what your eyes mean to you. Take them away ior just one minute, and that minute seems like an hour. Yet, I read somewhere that there are 107,000 totally blind people in our country- People living in perpetual darkness. ')ne moment of carelessness--one quick slip of the hand--(bang--lights out)-- results in a lifetime of perpetual darkness. I repeat, mer 100,000 Americans are totally blind, living in perpetual darkness. J. L. Guiher: Yes! It can happen to you. Blindness is not confined to any race, creed, of color. It can happen to anyone. It happened one hundred and forty years ago to a little French boy. At the age of three, he was playing with a pointed instru ment and some leather scraps in his father's harness shop. He held a piece of leather to his eye and struck backward with the pointed tool. He punched himself into total blindness. Some 20 years later, working with an other pointed tool, he pricked thousands of -bus into cardboard and paper. This time he punched himself into immortality. That blind young man was Louis Braille, whose last name, uncapitalized, is a part of a language of every ttation. The touch system which he developed permits the blind to read and write and is among humanity's greatest boons to blindness. (Uncover flannel l>oard) Braille signs like these are probably not important to you, but they are to those W'ho are blind. A casual glance won't cover the f, :/! I- 12 Rubber Industry job. No, it has become necessary to let I thing called common sense, and prot out each letter--each word for the rest of eyes of industry by providing ma their lives. Never again will they cnjo\ the eye protection. Over 100,000 of your wonderful experience of seeing a sunrise, Americans are totally blind. because for them, the sun has set forever. More than 400,000 arc blind in o Their home life! Their job! How can they And every year about 20,000 more 1 answer the innocent question of their son right of an eye. who on Sunday morning asks his daddy to read the funnies. How about that job that they have to give up because they can no longer handle it. Their dreams and their hopes have all vanished into darkne-v Eye injuries to the working mai loss of sight cases and temporarily di cases, cost about $10,000,000 a ye; cause the working man to lose abo million working days. Worse by far Yes! Blindness is a pretty stiff price to many ca-es, careless injuries cost p pay fora few minutes' of carelessness. Yet. eyesight which, through proper pret you risk it every day, every time you are might have been saved. too busy to put on safety glasses' In tact You begin to get a fair idea of l every time you disobey any safety *ign. perfection of man in the protection Wake up! Stop tins needle" waste of eves such a precious gift as eye sight I think you will agree that the Protect-y-our sight-while you still iia'\e and simplest wav to improve this ; the opportunity--after the accident has hap ami conserve the eyesight of our pe> pened, it is too late. 'imply to protect everybody's eyes. L \ Remember, it can happen to you ` (Place flannel board cards--"It Can Happen To Yon.") be an objective of your organization must decide that eye injuries are ur sarv. You must decide that you wi vent eye injuries from now on. an< I. F. Shepard: But it doesn't have to embark on a program of 100 per cc happen to you. We were bom with eye protection. protection. Our eyes are placed in the safest You arc the men who can put thi and most useful location, back in the bony gram across successfully. To you I c structure of the skull. They lie in a bed this responsibility. Indeed, it is a of fat which gives them great mobility and undertaking in a field of serious protects them from pressure. In addition there are other natural guards for the eyes namely, the eyelids, eyelashes and tear glands. quence. If you will decide that ezery person ing for you will have maximum cvi tection, then our problem of prev Consider what a perfect job the Creator eye injuries is settled. In plain lani has done in the protection of your eyes. eye injuries will stop, and this nu The Good Lord certainly never meant type of injury will be removed from that we human beings would be so foolish responsibility. It all depends on you. as to expose our eyes to the hazards of your sight while you still can see. industry-without man-made protection for remember, don't let it be "Lights Ou' them And so, we must use a little of thh vou! Synthetic Rubber (Round Table Discussion) Presiding: F. T. Reynolds. Personnel and Safety Dir., Government Laboratory. L'niv of Akron, Akron, Ohio Conferencf Recorder.- Eari. Gardner. The Goodyear Rubber Reserve Corp., Akron, Eye Protection Howard W. Cable of Kentucky Synthetic Rubber says that they have a complete eye protection program and at the present time have four Wise Owl members, the lat< whom is a welder who caught a pie slag in the center of his safety glasses he raised his welding hood with the s Synthetic Rubber <Round Table Ihscusstonj 1J sense, and protect ti.r providing man-mark Ij pO oi your icllov arc blind in one c\e t 20,000 more lose il e c working man. l* r: i temporarily disabling 0.000,000 a year am: tart to lose about tw Worse by far, in injuries cost preciouigh proper prccautiit d. fair idea of the inthe protection of ln grcc that the casu'' improve this picture ight of our people i.body's eyes. Let tha* 'Ur organization. Y<>i: injuries are unnece-ie that you will prem now on. and ther i of 100 per cent e>< ,'ho can put this po ll}". To you I comm:" tdeed, it i- a minor <L "\| serious ennse- ' __' at every person work; maximum eve projblctn of preventing . In plain language. ), and this nuisance removed from your epends on you. Save still can see. And be "'Lights Out" for (glasses underneath. They feel that they certainly saved an eye there and they have had three similar cases. They say that they have saved thousands of dollars by their program. They present awards right in the plant when they have an accident and it creates a great deal of interest. They pay the entire cost oi the e>e pro gram except that they do not pay for eye examinations and the employee pays the cost of special lenses. I Fred Sands of the l\ S. Rubber Company in New York said that his company has 100 [K-r cent eye protection, a portion of which t- paid for by the company. R. R. Johnson I the Richardson Company, Mclburn Park. Illinois, has had 100 per cent eje protection at one time. However, this has lagged some what and they are in the process now of getting back to 100 per cent. Mr. Utley oi Firestone Synthetic Plant at Lake Charles said that they do not have 100 per cent. Mr. Miller of Gates Rubber Company in Denver said they do not have 100 per cent, but furnish goggles wherever needed on specific jobs. AH of the com bines do have an eve protection program of some kind with two companies having 100 [>cr cent. Mr. Cable makes the statement that the program in his plant has paid for itself many times in the eyes saved through the wearing of safety glasses and that it has become a program where the employees as well as management are for it 100 per cent. The question was brought up by Mr. Johnson as to what type of glasses are being used and it was agreed, thatfor gen eral protection, the regular acetate frame is used, but for specific hazards, special type* >>f goggles are issued. aboratory. Universit;. : Corp., Akron, Ohio lembers, the latest of o caught a piece of > safety glasses when lood with the safety Mr. Cable brought out the fact that the fitting of glasses is very important to have the employee wear glasses all the time. It was agreed by the group that the program should be a selling -one rather than one of forcing employees to wear eye protection. Mr. Reynolds brought out the fact that care must be taken in choosing the right type of frame for use in industrial plants, inasmuch as some types are not approved for industrial use and do not give the proper amount of protection. Safety Training New Personnel Mr. Utley of Lake Charles says that people in his plant are given an indoctrina tion talk by the safety director for an hour or an hour and a half during which they are told of the safety rules of the plant in general and those pertaining to their particular job and are then turned over to the foreman who instructs them and again -tresses the safety rules. Mr. Cable stated that the procedure in his plant is quite similar. The new worker is given a safety manual and the manual com pletely covered by the safety director, after which he is issued his safety equipment which consists of glasses, hard hat and safety shoes. Jtlr Johnson said that the procedure in his plant is again quite similar and in addition, the foreman has a check-off list, which he must cover in talking to the new man. which includes all of the safety aspects of the new employee's job. Vessel Entry Procedure It was agreed that all vessels which have contained any hydrocarbons should be filled with water and boiled rather than steaming only. It was brought out here that in one of the synthetic plants a static spark had occurred from condensate forming on the top of the tank due to interrupted steaming. The boiling is in addition to the standard procedure of blanking all lines, locking out switches, and so on, which is a normal procedure in all plants. Fire Prevention . The next subject discussed was hot and cold work permits which all of the plants use; the permits being issued by either the fire department or the fire and safety de partment. Fire brigade training was the next subject discussed. It was found through discussion that cooperation of the employees in serving on the fire brigades is excellent in all of the plants represented. Also discussed in this regard was the subject of alarm systems, the testing of the fire and gas escape alarms and the frequency of having fire brigade drills and all-out plant drills. Mr. Cable brought out that, in his plant, rules are set . Ilit1 '. {. 14 Rubber Industry up so dial only diose people who are vital to the emergency such as fire brigade mem bers and operators, are at the scene and all others are to stay clear. This procedure was agreed upon 100 per cent by the group. Housekeeping It was found that most all of the plants had a regular housekeeping and safety in spection program of some kind during which all departments were inspected. New Problems in the Tire Plant (Round Table Discussion) Presiding: H. L. Andrews, Safety Dir., The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., Pottstown, Pa. Conference Recorder: J. L. Dean, Safety Dir., The Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., Mem phis, Tenn. The subject of continuous run-buttons is being brought up. It is one of the extreme hazards in the rubber industry. These*con tinuous run-buttons are those on the semi automatic machines, not on the automatic machines. As a man was gumboring the tie he got pulled into the machine. What can be done to eliminate this particular feature of the operation? It has been suggested by Mr. Cross of Firestone to continue with the old foot pedal where your machine stops when the foot is taken off the pedal. A moving foot pedal is what has been suggested so that the man can use a foot pedal and still be doing some other operations; but when he takes his foot off the pedal, the machine stops. It was pointed out that a safety was put under some of the heavy duty machines to eliminate the possibility of the man getting pulled by the drum. Spinner Bars This is a bar that puts on plies on a big tire building mlachiher One points out that they blow them on with air. This brings up a number of hazards, also. The bar is attached immediately in a series of short rollers. The bar is operated by a spring being attached to the machine and the man does not have to hold it and make it pos sible for the bar to fly back and hit him. One of the U. S. Plants puts a tread on this which is already spliced and this can cause considerable trouble with the bar fly ing back and hitting the man in the head. Other companies just run the tread on by a continuous-run method. There is no standard way of putting on treads or using roller bars or putting or. plies. It seems that there was no direct solution as to how to eliminate the man working with a prodder bar or a roller bar other than -constant supervision, very thorough training and follow up work on safety in struction. (B. F. Goodrich is talking about a bar which looks something like a crank, similar to that of a prodder bar. It eliminates a lot of hazards of a prodder bar. It is still in the experimental stage. The drum rotate' when he uses this which eliminates, as wc say, a considerable number of hazards.) The advantage to these crank-type bars is that they do not throw a man. Bagomatics This new type of equipment was brought out by Mr. Cross of Firestone. There was a discussion as to what kind of accident problems are being caused by it. Mr. Lynch of Firestone described one of the types of accidents he was having. One of the point' brought up was that one of the operator' of the Bagomatic machines would lay the tire in one mold; then go over and lay a tire in another mold, then come back, as the machine was going down on the first mold, to lay the serial. This created an extreme hazard. This definitely calls for a training pro gram and should be eliminated. The oper ator should lay the tire in one mold and lay the serial and then push the button to dose the mold. On the Bagomatics, when the mold was in process and the safety was hit, the mold 5 11 the plants L---(safety inid miring which ted. , Pottstown, l'<i. ibber Co., Ment or putting or. 3 direct solution e man working oiler bar other very thorough k on safety in- ng about a bar a crank, similar eliminates a lot x. It is still in ie drum rotate iminates, as we ( ' ^rards.) The V >ars is that nt was brought me. There was ind of accident it. Mr. Lynch of the types of tie of the point' f the operator^ would lay the over and lay a ime back, as the i the first mold, ited an extreme a training pro ved. The operne mold and lay button to close i the mold was as hit, the mold AVtt' Problems in the Tire Plant (Round Table Discussion) 15 would go back up no matter where the safety w;t' hit A new installation was put in whereby when the safety was hit, the mold would immediately stop and the lid would m* *t continue to reverse itself and go back up Mr. Turner of Goodyear pointed out that when the bag is about to blow in a mold, :!iey put in a strain safety so they will know when the bag is going to blow. This would -lop the mold from opening. Knowing that there was still pressure in the bag, it was dangerous to open the mold because the bag would continue to blow. A safety installa tion was put on a post several feet away :rom the mold which was a remote switch; when the operator was called away from the mold, this switch was used to open the mold n order to get the tire out. The bag would blow. Since no one was close to the mold, no ne Would get hurt. Mr. Croushore of Armstrong has some new Bagomatic machines. He doesn't have any particular trouble with them. He pointed >>ut that the new type of installation where the bottom half of the mold is at floor level would make a much easier handling problem. Mr. Frame of Goodyear asked a question n how to prevent accidents when molds and housings on the molds break. The only '-afety that he has on it is a safety block. It was pointed out that the new McN'eil molds are counterweighted so the molds cannot fall. ' hi- the old type which he is speaking of, the tnold can drop out of the top half of the nold. When the transmission housing breaks, die mold will roll and drop. He wants to know what safety devices can be used. He uses a safety block which allows a man enough time to get out of the mold before :he top falls. Mr. Cross of Firestone pointed out the wav the safeties at the Firestone plant work. When the mold opens entirely, a pipe-type safety falls in line over the cylinder which holds the molds up and the man has to pull a lever to close the mold when he wants to 'hut the mold. The Goodyear man from Toronto pointed out that he had a safety on the back of the mold which was a form of notches. When the mold would drop the safety would fall into the notch, eliminating the possibility of the mold continuing to fall. Getting the employee to use the safety Mock is important. It is a matter of con tinuous supervision, continuous safety in structions, and pointing out the importance of the safety features to be used. . Mr. Kumpel of the union felt that it should be a rule that every man should be required to use this block for his own pro tection, that it should even be put into nego tiations. Mr. Carson of U. S. Rubber wanted to know what methods other plants were fol lowing for cleaning the molds. Several of the plants make minor repairs and also clean the mold while the mold is in the jacket. The mold has a safety lock and a red tag is put on the switch before clean ing of the mold is started. N*o cleaning operator gets into a mold until it is certain that the safeties are locked in place, with the result that the mold can be effectively -and safely cleaned by leaving the mold in the jacket. It would be quite an item to be required to take the mold out of the jacket every time it needed cleaning. It is suggested that all manufacturers check with the McXeil mold manufacturer to see if they can work out some uniform safety that could be used which would be effective while making minor repairs and cleaning the mold. Post Cementing After material has gone through the cal ender and then is spread with a post cement, there fc considerable fire and explosive haz ard. Much has been done Further discussion was requested on preventive measures to eliminate the possibility of serious injury. An accident occurred several years ago where the fans stopped in a particular post cementing unit. The fabric continued to be dipped and it accumulated considerable fumes close to the fabric. When an employee came up to touch the fabric, a static spark caused a fire. This has been corrected so that when the fans in the unit stop that is, the venti lating unit, this automatically stops the whole calender unit. There has been a very strict regulation in installation of these particular units in that they are all approved and authorized by the insurance companies and everything is in accordance with them, eliminating the possibility of an explosion or a fire. There are also automatic extin guishers in these units so that there doesn't even have to be a fire, but a certain temper ature will set off these fire extinguishing units. ]( h'ul'l'i'i Industry Reclaim Keeps Up with the Times (Round Table Discussion) Presiding: M. R. Batche, Safety Dir., Xvlos Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio Conference Recorder: H. J. Baldwin, Industrial Relations Dept., Midwest Rubber Re ing Co., East St. Louis, 111. Eye Protection No company had a strict enforcement pro gram. One company will replace safety lenses at no cost to the employee. One com pany will pay $5.00 toward the cost of new or replacement safety glasses. One com pany will pay $2.50 towards the cost of new glasses and will replace lenses in case of lost-time accident. One other company will replace only in case of injury. They find fitting^nhe- glasses to employees is one" of their toughest problems. This should he studied by all companies. Toe Protection We find the shoes cost SK.00 to $10.00 a pair. All companies have ro< compulsory programs. Two companies have programs not compulsory, one company sells by mail order through their personnel offices and gives the employees some discount. Two companies sell through an employees' store at retail or factory cost. One company takes a 25 cent loss on each pair sold. One of these companies also gives safety shoes as safety prizes and attempts to keep safety shoes on the employees, 100 per cent. On the average, in all companies, alout 60 per cent of all employees are wearing safety shoes Fire Protection One company reports all fires (in their last year), and their cost has been approxi mately $295. One other company reported four fires, two due to burning with a torch, and one a fire in an oven. One other company reports two fires, one in a machine due to spontaneous combustion, and one due to welding. One other company reports numer ous small fires. All four companies have fire brigades and one company now is setting up a fire proving ground. The majority of our companies, due to the catastrophe at General Motors, are studying the problem in a very detailed manner. Two of these com panies have had demonstrations by a fire department to show their supervision how t'> handle equipment. Injuries Two companies analyze the type of ries and two companies do not. It analysis by type of injury will he companies and supervision. All four panies hold monthly meetings for supervision and the management a' toward the meetings is reported as good. In one company the vice-preside all top management attend; in one cot the president and the plant managt one company, the factory manager and superintendent will attend an.d in one pany the division superintendent. Th company feels they are by-passed. I of these companies, in case of a los' accident, the ioreman must report the to the plant manager in complete within 24 days after its happening. On new new equipment, inspection I safety department before installatior rej>orted bv one company and that alt guards must be placed on it before it in oj>eration, or, within a certain period other company relies upon the manufat Two other companies arc informal this, but their superintendent and engin department will provide safety prot after the equipment is installed. It noted, in particular, that one compan two safeties on each mill. One safet kick with your knees and the other i a safety bar. This is different and v checked into further. Safety Contests Two companies report they do have contests. Two companies report none, with the contest report remarkable s and they also wish to note that all fir cases do not enter into this picture as ing against a man who has entered th< test, or, as points against them. Their ing is that the important thing is to pr a contact and discuss it between emp and supervision. All in ail, this group that it has learned something from the table and wishes to have more of them. tnes r' \ i!1 ) west Rubber Reclairn- ries yze the type of injues do not. It is fell injury will help al! ision. All four core- meetings for their management attitude is reported as very the vice-president and tend; in one compare : plant manager; ir rev manager and plant end and in one com rrintendent. This la^t 'e by-passed. In one i case of a lost time nust report the injurs r in complete deta:' ts happening. ent. inspection by the fore installation wa' inv and that all safeon.it before it is set ( jtain period. One p6.. die manufacturer are informal about ndent and engineeritn: de safety protection is installed. It tu tat one company has *nill. One safety you and the other one is diflferent'-and will be iontests "t they do have safety es report none. Those 1 remarkable success note that all first ai<l this picture as count- has entered the connst them. Their feelnt thing is to promote it between employees t all, this group feels ithing from the round ? more of them. 17 Mechanical Goods Makes Big Strides (Round Table Discussion) presiding: S. C. Longee, Safety Dir., l\ S. Rubber Co., Passaic, N. J Conference Recorder: Arthur R. Pomf.roy, Safety Dir . Ohio Rubber Co., Willoughby, Ohio The following questions were brought up i.\ members attending this panel: 1 Extrusion and vulcanizers -- concerning safe installation. 2 Comments on guarding punch presses and trim operation-, such as on small molded goods. Mr. Dooling brought up the problem of multiple deck presses sticking and how the men can be prevented from jumping the gun in going into these presses to unload, not realizing that the top deck has stuck dosed, and it would fall on to the operator's hands. Another problem brought up was in rela tion to lifting, referring to manual opera tions, how the men may tie instructed, the controls, and various laws that are in effect m different states concerning the load which a man or a woman p> allowed to hit. Other problems posed included monorail *y stems in tubing divisions and what could lie done to prevent head injuries and getting the proper head clearance. Another problem discussed was back trains, hernias, and the like, that occur m the press rows. The tyj>c of man that should I* hired to do the job as far as physical qualifications arc concerned. Still another problem had to deal with hoists being used in press rows and molded goods plants and how they should lie mqrected and what can be done to present failures. Another question brought up was late reporting of accidents which dcvelojred into miection cases The last one was that of l>eople who were injured by simply trying to work u>o fast in order that they may l>eat the rates in effect. In answer to the question on extrusion and vulcanizers, Stanley Wright described the accident which occurred in Inland Rub ber and the measures which were taken to prevent a recurrence of an accident similar to that. He offered, upon request, to send a print of the safety devices they have in stalled on horizontal vulcanizers in their Inland plant. A summary of other comments made by members at the table would be that these \ulcanizcrs must be so guarded that you are not able to get steam pressure into the ves sel until such time as the door is completelylocked and in position. You should not be able to open this door until all steam pres sure is out of the vessel. In answer to the question of how to guard punch presses and prevent accidents when trimming small molded goods, there were a great many comments made by a number of the members at this committee meeting which could be generalized in the following words: that you should, wherever possible, so design and guard your machine that it would not be able to repeat, even if it smashed the machine rather than repeating. \ guard should he used, wherever [wssible. that comes closed before the press actuates. Wherever possible, it is practical to use a double switch where the operator must have Uiih hands on the buttons before the press would actuate or close. It was also suggested that the real solu tion to this problem is going to come when we can so design our punch presses, dies, ami like machinery so that the operator will not hate to place this hand between the dies in positioning the piece which is being trimmed. In answer to the question by Mr. Dooling ><f what could l>c done to prevent multiple deck presses sticking, the top deck falling ami crushing the hand of the press ojrerator, Mr Pomeroy suggested a solution which is being used at the Ohio Rubber. -He offered to semi prints and photographs of the cur tain which the engineers designed and which we feel will do away with this particular hazard. The last question which we had time to discuss was the problem of inspection of hoists in the press box. Mr. Longee ex plained that they have one man responsible in their plant for this inspection. He uses a tag system. He is very familiar with the different types of hoists which are made and the possible weaknesses with each hoist. By his experience, he is able to do a very good job in keeping their hoists in good repair. This is a full-time job for him. ' i Officers of the RUBBER SECTIC NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL 1953 General Chairman--R. \V. FICKES, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Obit I'iee-C hairman in Charge of Program--T. J. CAIN, JR., The B. V. Goodrich Co., Ohio. Secretary--\Y. M. GRAFF, U. S. Rubber Company, New York, N. Y. .Veter Letter Editor--J. "L. DEAN, The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Memphis, T Engineering Cotnmittee--A. R. POMEROY (Chairman), The Ohio Rubber Cc Willoughby'Ohio; D. M. CARSON, U. S. Rubber Company, Detroit, Mich. HART, The Dayton Rubber Company, Dayton, Ohio. Trade Association and Liaison Committee--J. I. RA YTKWICH (Chairman), l\ S. Company, Joliet, 111. Health Committee--R. H. WILSON, M.D. (Chairman), The B. F. Goodrich Co., Ohio; K_ A. KELSEN, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio; HOGUE, JR., M.D., The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio; \Y. . CAUSLAND, M.D., Hood Rubber Co.. Division of The B. F. Goodrich Co., W'ati Mass. Membership Committee--F. W. SANDS (Chairman), l'. S. Rubber Company, New N. Y.; *G. J. BURKHARDT (Co-Chairman), General Tire & Rubber Co., New N. Y.; *R. M. BOYLES. Midwest Rubber Reclaiming Co., East St Louis, III. Publicity Committee--W. J. DOOLING (Chairman), Hood Rubber Co., Division B. F. Goodrich Co., Watertown, Mass. Rules and Regulations Cotnmittee--*G. 1). CROSS (Chairman), The Firestone Rubber Co., .Akron, Ohio. Poster Cotnmittee--C. S. KRUGER (Chairman), Carlisle Tire & Rubber Divis Carlisle Corp., Carlisle, Pa.; G. A. MILLER, The Gates Rubber Company, I Colo.; A. B. MAINES, Republic Rubber Division of the Lee Rubber & Tire Youngstown, Ohio. Statistics Committee--*S. A. WRIGHT (Chairman), Inland Manufacturing D General Motors Corporation, Dayton, Ohio. Manufacture of Synthetic Rubber Committee--K. B. DAVIS (Chairman), The Goodrich Chemical Co., Institute, W. Va.; H. J. JOY, JR., Reconstruction I Corporation, Washington, D. C; E, R. GARDNER, Goodyear Synthetic Rubbei Agent, Reconstruction Finance Corp., Akron, Ohio; F. C. STARBIRD, The Fi: Tire & Rubber Company, Agent for Reconstruction Finance Corp., Akron, Ohio 18 i TIONI t7 IL 1953-54 -o., Akron, Ohio. . Goodrich Co.. Akn -O., Memphis, Tenn. hio Rubber Company Detroit, Mich.; RA) Rul'ber laboratories Committee- -F. T. REYNOLDS (Chairman). University of Akron (iovemment Laboratories, Akron, Ohio; C. E, ERICK, \'an Cleef Brothers Inc., Chicago. III.; J. C. HAREN, Precision Rubber Products Corp., Dayton, Ohio. Mechanical Rubber Goods Committee--X. ('. LO.NGEE (Chairman). U. S. Rubber Com pany, Passaic. X. J.; C. E. BECK, St. Clair Rubber Company, Marysville, Mich.; 1. C. MILARCH, Corduroy Rubber Company, Grand Rapids, Mich. Reclaim Manufacturing Committee-- M. R. BATCHH (Chairman), Xylo* Rubl>er Company. Akron, Ohio; W. D. ROBERTSON', L\ S Rublter Reclaiming Co., Inc.. Buffalo. X. Y.; H. J. BALDWIN', Midwest Rubber Reclaiming Co. East St Louis. Ill Members-at-lutrge--*H. L. ANDREWS, The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.. Pottstown, Pa.; *T. H. BOYD, Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing Div. of Raybestos Manhattan. Inc.. Passaic, X. J.; *R. A. BULLOCK, Corduroy Rubber Company, t irand Rapids. Mich.; R. S. FARN'l'M. U. S Rubier Company. Detroit. Mich.; ROLAND KASTELL. U. S. Rubber Company. New York. N. Y.; *J. T. KIDNEY, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Akron, Ohio; *1. E. l.OVAS, V S. Rubber Company, Passaic, N. J. \lap->RefiYsentative--V^-.\ VAX ATT A. National Safety Council. Chicago. Ul. airman), U. S. Rub! Past General Chairman Goodrich Co., Akn,: , Akron, Ohio; W J. m, Ohio; W. A. M< xlrich Co., Watertow jpany. New Y'ork. lubber Co., New York. St. Louis, 111. Co., Division of The The Firestone Tire ,V c Rubber Division <: Jer Company, Denver. Rubber & Tire Corp utufacturing Division hainman), The B. 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