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v _,(? t 1 CONTENTS--'Continued IMPROVING YOUR SAFETY PICTURE What Is Photography?.............................................................. Earl R. Wallace Why Use Photographs in Safety Engineering?..................Robert H. Albino/ How An Photographs Used in Safety Engineering? (A Symposium) (a) Simple Record Pictures....................................................... lack R. Ban (b) General Public Education.................................................. Ralph Kahli (e) Special Uses of Photography in Safety Engineering. Allie C. Peed. Jr. 73 74 77 78 81 L P GAS SAFETY FROM BUUC PLANT TO YOU Round Table Discussion....................................................................... 84 SAFETY IN MULTI-PLANT OPERATIONS Solutions for Multi-Plant Safety Administration Problems (Panel)............. 84 CHEMICAL SAFETY IN LABORATORIES AND SMALL PLANTS Personnel Training Methods................................ ........................Ellis L Stout 98 HOW PLANT SAFETY ENGINEERS MEET FLEET PROBLEMS Background of the Plant Motor Vehicle Accident Problem............... ............................. .............. Clyde F. Schfoeter What Can the Safety Dimctor Do to Control Motor Vehicle Lasses..................... ............. Richard Wilkies Techniques We Can Use to Reduce Our Company's Motor Vehicle Losses (a) Selection of Drivers . John A. DePew (b) Training ................. . . D. A. Wearer (c) Emphasis on Supervision Amos E. Neyhart 101 104 108 109 111 INDUSTRIAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS--THEIR DEFICIENCIES AND EXCESSES Medical Aspects..........................................................Dr. Kenneth E. Markuton 112 Nursing Aspects....................... ...................................... Helen A. Rcnchl, R.N. 114 WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED Recent Research on Fire Sprdad and Fire Control in Public Buildings............... .......... ......................................... Dale K. Aock What to Look for in Determining tire Origin of Fire and Telltale Signs Concerning Progress.....................................Sgt. Drew Brown Theories of Combustion .of Wood and Its Control......................f. L Browne 119 125 127 OFFICERS, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS. 1959-40 . 134 Other Volumes in 1959 National Safety Congress Transactions Back Cover ACCIDENT PREVENTION FUNDAMENTALS PART I -- KNOWING YOUR PROBLEM GATHERING ACCIDENT FACTS By RICHARD M. BRYANT Superintendent, Engineering-Audit DepL, Glen Falls Insurance Co., Glen Falls, N- Y. Xo accident in itself is of primary im portance. even though the resultant cost and inconvenience may be of great consequence. Studying the results of accidents merely in forms us of their number and severity, but be complete. Such data as the workers* name, sex, age, aftd occupation; the date; hour and place of accident. These, however, have little direct bearing on our efforts to prevent further accidents of the same nature. leaves us wide open for more of the same. Getting back to the five major factors in What is important is the reason why the volved in an accident, let's consider them accident Happened, and whether or not the one at a time. Fir^t, the agency and agency conditions still exist which might result in part. There will normally be little difficulty another. Gathering the facts of the acci in determining the machine, elevator, hand dent must include a careful investigation of tool, or whal-have-you, and the particular the causc or causes that were responsible. part of the agency involved in the accident. All of us liete have one thing in com mon: an interest in safety. Not all of us work at it from the same point of view, and not all with the same size budget My particular interest as supervisor of the en gineering department of the Glens Falls Insurance Co, is to Help our insureds to eliminate accidents. 1*11 admit that we have the ulterior motive of trying to make a profit on the various types of business which . we service, but our department is interested in preventing accidents rather than in com In Amarillo a scaffold turned over, causing an employee to break an arm and be badly bruised, resulting in an insured loss of $3,975. There was no question but what the agency involved w*s the scaffold. Any time there is personal injury or property damage, the injured person, foreman, or supervisor will be very willing to place the blame on the inanimate object The agency might even be an animal, bird, or insect but here again, there will be no reticence about plac ing the blame. piling statistics. Factor #2: The unsafe mechanical or physical condition. Here again, with no In our efforts we try work with the great effort ** be determined if the people responsible lor safety in the plant, institution, hotel, or whatever the risk may be. in analyzing the accident for the con tributing factors. A knowledge of these fac accident resulted from improperly guarded or defective equipmoit, hazardous arrange ment or procedures, improper illumination or ventilation, or unsafe dress or appareL tors is a primary requirement. I'm sure that all of you are familiar with the Ameri can Standards Association's Code Z-162 "Compiling Industrial Injury Causes** but I In the previously mentioned scaffold case, the unsafe physical condition of the scaffold ing was the came. Is LaFayeUe, Ga., a mechanic and helper were taking a track would like to re-state ami discuss these five factors. They are: 1) The agency and agency part, 2) The unsafe mechanical or physical condition, 3) The accident type, off a caterpillar dozer. A chip from the mushroomed heaq of the chisel took the right of one eye of the helper who was holding it The chisel was defective and 4) The unsafe act, and, 5) The unsafe per the man should have been wearing safety sonal factor. goggles- Due to the fact that the manage There is other information that must be ment had refused to cooperate in eliminat included in an accident report in order to ing snch unsafe practices, our coverage