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Sources of Help The safety professional frequently needs highly specialized or up-to-the-minute, yetunpublished information as well as knowl edge of the work and publications of trade associations, public agencies, and private service organizations These sources are numerous and their charters of responsibility are varied As an aid in the safety profes sional's search for information, this chapter classifies these sources and defines their functions A chart showing how the various sources of information can be tapped m order to find a solution to a safety problem is ex hibited in Fig 14-1, shown on the next page On a particularly difficult problem, such as the guarding of a special machine for ex ample, it may be necessary to write to a num ber of sources before the best solution can be obtained State authorities can furnish the minimum requirements under the law Standards from a number of sources must be consulted to see whether or not the problem has already been answered After a review of the law and the standards, it may be found that requirements for safety set up in the plant are still not met and further advice is necessary Insurance companies or their associations mav shed light through their knowledge of a similar problem solved in another plant The trade association in the industry that is the prime user of the equip ment ma/ have a safety committee that can be contacted for specific information If no solution is found, it may be necessary to consult a service organization, such as the National Safety Council, and present the problem to the unified thinking of one of its sectional committees, its industrial staff, or both Service Organizations National Safety Council 425 North Michigan Ave , Chicago III 60611 The National Safets Council is the largest organization in the world devoting its entire effort to the prevention of injury It is non profit and nonpolitica! Its staff members work as a team with more than 2000 volunteer officers, directors, and members of various conferences and committees to develop and maintain accident prevention material and programs in specific areas of safety These areas include industrial, traffic, home, recrea tional, and public There are also volunteerstaff teams in such areas as public information, publications, membership extension, and field organization Council headquarters facilities include the largest safety library in the world The bulk of this work is done at Chicago headquarters b> a staff of over 450, about half of whom are engineers, editors, statisticians, writers, educators, librarians, and other spe cialists In addition to the mam office at 425 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, the council has regional offices at 703 Market St, San Francisco, Calif 94103, and at 856 Lincoln Bldg, 60 E 42nd St, New York, N Y 10017 Recognizing that industry's safety problems often require specialized treatment, the Coun cil has divided its industrial effort into sec tions, each is administered by its own execu tive committee, nominated and elected from the membership within that industry Each executive committee consists of a general chairman, a vice-chairman, secretary, a news letter editor, and such other officers as may be needed to head the functional committees of the section The industrial membership of the Council is organized according to the following in dustries Some sections are subdivided into specialized operations or interests Aerospace Section Air Transport Section Air Force Navy Maintenance and Servicing Overhaul Base Ground Service Operations Automotive and Machine Shop Section Cement, Quarry, and Mineral Aggregates Section Chemical Section Coal Mining Section Labor Mine Operators Bureau of Mines Mine Inspectors Institute State Mine Inspectors Roof Control Committee This ch.ipter was revised by Rov G Benson, based upon renews bv selected members of the National Safet} Council 312