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OCTOBER
CITY
NATIONAL
SAFETY Inc.
COUNCIL, A.
INC.
Foreword
of the
Congress
of the
Safely Council,
are published in t w o
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Sections.
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the
The
and addresses have
\n delete e x t r a n e o u s
the less
a n d e m p h a s i z e w h a t m a y l>e o f
in promoting
safety
and
prevention measures. These
there-
fore, are a
practical
of particular
the student and executive
thorough
prevention suc-
The
arc available for additional
i f d e s i r e d , i n the files
the
Safety
National Safety Council, its Congresses, seeks t o
which are not pertinent
t< t h e a i m s t h e C o n g r e s s o r w h i c h
be c o n t r a r y to the
Council's
ft cannot accept
however,
all views expressed either in the papers which have been
these papers.
NATIONAL 2 0 North
Drive C O U N C I L ,
Contents
Council Officers and Directors
Council
and Program
Annual Meeting of
Annual Banquet
Special Subject
E l i m i n a t i n g Mechanical Causes o f
Control and Prevention
Fumes, Gases and Vapors
Governmental Safety Service i n Industry
Health Service in Industry Industrial Nursing
Maintaining Interest in Safety
Occupational Disease Control
Accidents
Safety Inspectors
The Human Side of Safety
W e l d i n g and Cutting
Aeronautical Section
A . S.
Section
Automotive and Machine Shop Section
Cement and Quarry Section
Chemical Section
Construction Section
Food Section .
Marine Section
Meat
Tanning and Leather Industries
Section
Section
Mining Section
Paper and Pulp Section
Petroleum Section
Power Press Section
Public
Section
Refrigeration Section
Rubber Section
Steam Railroad Section
Textile Section
Wood
Section
Safety Exposition Exhibitors.
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OFFICERS A N D DIRECTORS.
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If
Safely Council
S.
Safety Council
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Cement
Safety (
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Company
New
Safety
Safety
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Safely
C
SMITH,,
Air
Inc.
S>J
Service
J.
City Traffic
Pa.
of
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Western
Safely
Valley Safety
M . TOPE, Consulting Marine
Tor
Past
G,
Greater Chicago Safety Council
General Electric Company
C
President
A.
Food Section
G.
Safety Dept.
of
T.
Safety
of
S.
Mutual
W.
National
i'
Wood
N
Safety Cnnnril
W
WORTH.
V
Age
H.
of
Power
s
Council Purposes a n d
Program
National
profit, cooperative
the
of
To
achieve this objective the
the following
of
CREATING INTEREST IN
T Y . People
try to
only when they are convinced of three
things: fa)
accidents are really
threatening
industrial
and economic security;
(b> that accidents don't
but
that
one
ascertainable
that
can
T h e basic
in a national safety
therefore, is a
and
fective presentation of
facts to more
and more people.
ACCIDENT CAUSES.
Accident causes are not the
in any
two
any two
in any two
schools. They are not the
f r o m one
Every industrial
every city, every school and every other
public or private organization,
must study
of accidents in its
own
that
al-
ways will
directed at
really
f or
3,
INTEREST IN
People retain interest in very
few things
which Ihey are not
it is the task
of
the
the
the school,
public speaker and every
other educational influence to keep
ing
the
housewife
the
child thai
from
depends on
and that the safe way is the right
way and the
the
not
of httman
hut of
social
ENGINEERING
faulty.
automobile
are
the
stop
of
he
into every piece o f
every
is the stairway is
that every
safety every
We
insist that the
we
whether a
or a
sign,
a
or a
safe
A n d we must be
if necessary
to pay a
price because o f this
in safety factor,
that it is t r u e
to do so,
1 TRAINING
Many
accidents occur
the i n j u r e d person
or some other
an unsafe
manner. This unsafe art often is
because the
involved never
has been taught how to do the j o b in
the
way. Therefore.
and
and women, must
how lo
work, how to
how to cross the
street,
to live safely. This teaching
and
is a
of
of schools and
of
groups and of parents in the
6.
FOR S A F E T Y .
Many who know well the
of
performing an act
are
in accidents because, due to h u r r y ,
or some other reason, they
do not perform
act in what they know
is the safe way. There fare, we
good
foremen
industry, alert patrol boys
our schools, diligent
officers on our
parents in our
These, through wise guidance o f
under
their
can greatly
the
o f accident.
7.
FOR
SAFETY.
Avoidance of accidents requires the adop-
tion and
of
leg-
on
on public
on home
and maintenance, and on
of personal conduct Such legislation
provides
to which a
jority o f people arc
lo conform and
live
harmoniously and
provides a basis for
o f a small minority, who would
not
he
to submerge their
f o r the sake o f s a f e l y i n
the entire group.
ft. S A F E T Y R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y . ership in every walk o f life should involve
in safely. Those who administer
9
ftlint
in t
r in
no flying
If?
of
airline
aircraft.
of our ftiKht deck
of
crew five a of a
the p r i m a r y flif?ht
hy
pilot
flight
task. I
are flown
deck on the
for
is
cabin on
land
the
the
clippers arc flown by
flight
the direct
who graduated to
and of
of
of
captain,
normally han-
copilot are divided
radio of these
lor officers
manned particular
I the
f
of study and crews
man and make trans-
of
ail
factors.
fn
I
of
Ihe
of
ftving. T h e y are basic t o
of
without a
flight
I he
record of transoceanic and
air transport did not just
is the result of deliberate
of painstaking
of endless research
test. Air
as w e know i t
is purely a concept of this
had to make its
from the
competition with the matured safety
of the older forms of transport-
has had to straggle with
principles of
inherent in any type
speed
w e Have the
ever
to man. But.
these very
m o r e effort has heen
continuously and
exerted to
raise the standard of airline
that lavished in
similar period of
on any other means of trans-
has not come
from within the industry itself.
results are. to a real
to the tireless
w h i c h the
air
industry has received from
agencies such as ihe
Committee f o r Aeronautics, our
great
ihe Civil
to effect greater
stand out as a
{heir
year in office.
all having to d o w i t h a v i a t i o n have
early
by
of its responsibility
in the matter
elements all
live as
in their common goal
1
promising
.^^
can
American Society o f
Safety
Section
General
Members J. Ft. A .
Officers
Oil
t.f California,
W.
Wis.
J.
&
Steel Corp.,
National Safety
Chicago,
ADAMS,
Paper Co,,
American Standards
Consulting
United States Rubber Co.. New
Central Tube Co..
York.
N . Y. New York,
Calif
Y. Safetv
*C
Wisconsin Public
Co..
Calif. (San
of
itan Chapter)
M.
Co,,
{Philadelphia Chapter)
Commission of Wisconsin. Madison,
Lever Brothers Co., Cambridge.
( hapter)
C
Texas
Association,
Texas.
west Chapter)
THOMAS
The Koppers
Co
Bureau of
1). C.
The
Hudson Railroad
L.
Pont Nemours Co..
Del.'
T.
Central Power
.
{New jersey
Chapter)
Aetna Casualty
Surety Co., Hartford.
Industrial
Inc.. New
Y.
A. V .
Iron
Railway Co..
Minn.
Guarantee Corp, New York. N
General
Schenectady,
J.
Hercules Powder Co..
Standard O i l Co.
X Chicago. | | |
S.
Union Carbide Carbon Corp .
Y.
Motor Co. flint. Mich,
S.
Co.,
Mass.
dn Chapter)
(Niagara
P.
Mine
Appliances
Fa.
Officers 1939-1940
Wis.
).
ft
Corp.. Pittsburgh. Pa.
239
Hydro
Out.,
,
IM
I.
N. Y.
York, Y
\V
New York. N . Y.
(
Y.
Public Service Corp , Milwaukee.
VV
San
Calif.
Mo.
City
>
( Niagara
N. Y
Frontier
)
(
)
California, San
Iron Co.
Ala. (Alabama
)
I
Co.
Y,
N.
Chapter )
Co.
N . J (New Jersey Chapter.)
M
Electric Co., Philadelphia. Pa. (Philadelphia Chapter )
1.
United
Line Co.,
Coast Chapter.)
A
o f "Wisconsin,
Co, Cambridge,
F
Koppers
Co ,
Pa.
G
(
The
Railroad
Albany,
W S
Aetna
Co., H a r t f o r d , Conn.
A S
York, N Y
A V
Range Railway Co .
Minn,
1) !
&
Corp.,
York, N . Y
Sf hrnectady.
1 S
SMITH, Standard O i l
t
S
Carhidr ( . Nrw York. N Y.
Co,
Mich.
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WEDNESDAY LUNCHEON 1939
SESSION
The Annual Section
in
the of the
a
National held
dor van, Com Calif..
Chairman E. Standard
California, San Francisco. of
2
ail delegates.
The report of the
was
by C. B.
Other
of
Committee were D.
and
of names of the
to
Nominating A. Smith. A to
by the No may be found t section of the C ongress
After the ing was
Donovan
follow;
regular A.
business of the mt Chairman
the speaker for t McCnnc
of Flaws in
and Steel Parts
A.
York City
From the standpoint of safety our chief
concern is proving that
parts are
f r o m physical defects or flaws
the
type that might cause failure.
any discussion of
or their
must be
to the
surrounding the
under tests:
whether it is a newly made
or one
service.
new parts
may exist in ihe
rectal itself in the f o r m o f
laminations of slag. O n the other hand
raeial
f r o m such imperfections can
ily be
by improper forging,
grinding, heat treating
other pos-
sible
operations.
These
may
be discovered
in the mill or plant
it is,
prevent such parts f r o m getting into
vice-
Used parts present a different aspect; the
type o f
usually suspected a sepa-
ration o f the surface, or one extending f r o m
surface w e l l down i n the body of the
commonly
a crack.
This crack may
of
incipient
as to d e f y
by eye o r by
of a
powered glass or by any
the
of
This
most dangerous type of defect became
if
a
is permitted to remain in
iFailure is likely to
in used parts are usually
faulty
poor workmanship. They
more likely the
of excessive and
is a
fact that any separation of
metallic body
considered a stress
and, regardless of
i t takes Tittle
from Ihe point o f
or in com-
with a vibratory stress l o courage these t o assume
Where overstrcss not a
cracks developed i n service
be the
of sharp
grooves f r o m
operations or accidental notches
handling.
One noted authority concluded that
was nothing remarkable as to w h y
formed at such
the
what delayed
The useful metal
forms of raisers.
fatigue strength is limited to these
which produce
Despite the
advance in
design and metallurgical
and
methods
directed toward
const ion o f
he termed
proof
there
so many unpredictable factors
inspection of
parts in
ice
All
found to rontain shallow
need
he
as a great m a j o r
on heavy sections,
crack can be
by dressing
o f the metal to a point below
the crack lends, then
to
that the crack has been removed.
by welding and
I
Just as easily inspected.
to contain
can be chipped o
and
The
o f a crack is the origin
a very
notch. is the
notch and not the reduction o f
the metallic
causes
Thereforr. to insure safety
Automotive and
Machine
Shop
Section
A.
Detroit,
Co. East Pitts
Mich.
Mich. Detroit,
i Mich.
port, at
E. A. A. L. SAIN, F. THAI T.
H.
i Mich.
i
( hair
i i
Motors Corp,
Motors
h Co .
Mich.
A.
Murray Corp. of
A I.
Detroit Div
Motors
H.
Cadillac Motor Car Co. Detroit. Mich.
Nash
Corp,, Detroit.
Chrysler Corp
A. VV.
Co.,
Ky.
Manufacturing Co. Williams-
i
Eye Shield Co..
S.
Products, Inc., Detroit, Mich.
Detroit Steel Products Co., Detroit,
l>ominion Forge
Co,
Fisher
Div .
Motors
Industrial
of Ohio, Columbus,
Motors Corp.
Motor Co., Flint,
Chrysler Corp Detroit,
Corp . Detroit. Dayton, Ohio.
Mich.
Electric Manufacturing Co, East Pa.
SF.ATON,
Motors Corp,. Detroit. Mich.
I.
Plymouth Div., Chrysler Corp ,
Mich.
Corp., Detroit. M n h
W. T.
(
Detroit, Mich.
H.
Truck Coach Co..
Mich.
Motors Corp Detroit
I.,
& Kales,
A. SHAW, M u r r a y Corp. of America. Detroit.
A.
Detroit
Corp.. Detroit. Mich.
JOHN
The
South
Corp , Detroit,
245
( ,\ V Spark ( ,
. Mich -il A .
Motor Co,
n Co , Detroit.
Corp.,
Plant.
Corp.,
Chicago Eye
Co.. Detroit. Mich.
A.
Corp.. Soto Div.. Detroit.
A. CLARK. S. Rubber C o .
Mich.
Detroit Steel Products
A.
Dominion Forge Stamping
Ont., Canada
J.
Detroit Div.,
Motors
Detroit, Mich
Industrial Commission of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio,
Products Div.,
Motors Corp.. Dayton.
F. THAI
Corp.. Hint,
T
.
TUESDAY A F T E R N O O N SESSION
I
the
Shop Section
called lo order of
John
and
Pa ,
with
formal
for the current year, a
given above, the Chairman
the first speaker on the
Machine Shop Hazards and Their Correction
By HARRY
of Safety of Ohio,
Ohio
Industrial
to
yon that a fearful
that
city on the coast of
\ were to tell you that of
of
community,
calamity un
to
that
of the
of nature
death to
people,
50 others, put
in the
and slightly injured
of
It
t o say you w o u l d be
at the risk o f hnng
247
and
I ask
Why should we
by the causes
or the a f t e r m a t h o f a catastrophe
only
casualties, including a little
lives sacrificed and 50 people
life? Are we really concerned about such
?
ft
should not deeply interest the
ffiacfiiine
owners and employees in Ohio,
the figures I have hern
the
against machine
employees of the Slate o f Ohio in
if
has been distressed about i t
one
brought it very
lo my
As a
fact,
o f us
has given more than a passing
to
this casualty list that has
up in your
ranks
space o f
year.
The point is just this. We are all too
lo
impressed by
death and
than by Ihe fact of death and
tremendous influence these accidents
upon
economic
the lives and happiness of
industrial workers.
or
defect
<h)
of knowledge or
attitude.
direction and
training
may
for
to enumerate
you know
well. You
have heard
after year and have
said.
well, it's the same old story/*
So yoti go back home
do nothing about
it. Von
the trouble is not w i t h the
it is with
and me. y o u ask
a four year
boy,
is
sum of
2
and
you he does not
know, the
is not with the
it is
the hoy. H e has not acquired
knowledge.
I have given you the six main causes o f
accidents in the
shops o f
However, the second
the subject
assigned lo me. "Their
is
we ail
To sum this cor-
problem up in a few words, might
say, as H u x l e y once said: "Knowledge is
not the main objective in l i f e : i t is action
we need.'*
A Psychological Problem
statistical records show that
accidents, in
year after
have the
six causes. Accidents
ire like fashions; some
go on year
What arc the
of machine
Ohio?
Machinery
accidents
Handling Objects
accidents
A Hand
accidents
i Flying Particles
820
upon or
against
accidents
Falls o f
accidents
number o f days lost.
of days lost by
major
are closely
to other
Faulty
Human Behavior.
two
can be f u r t h e r subdivided into
and personal
such
and
tt
arrangement of
and
and poor
H
clothing or
ft
and
accident
is
signed primarily to protect the physical
welfare o f the w o r k e r and cannot be
heavily emphasized in our
there
is.
an important economic angle
that should not be
One of Ihe problems confronting
agencies is just how to place their
proof that
and
by their
finger money
We
are constantly engaged in the
work of gathering
analyzing
statistics know that there is a certain
tuation in accident
some
is unaccountable, but i f the records are
given
y o u w i l l find
that
of
ran be easily
raced lo
lack o f safety
laxity in
practices.
Too
vention by
to perience
be when.
both industrial groups
lake accident pre-
are loo
disheartened
futility of their
that an adverse accident
accumulated over a period o f
out by few months o f e f f o r t
a matter o f fact, i t is i\
T o meet
long climb, it
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TUESDAY A F T E R N O O N SESSION
O c t o b e r 17. 1939
made a
( St
Analysis of Cement and Q u a r r y Accident Experience
Safety Engineer, B y 1. F.
GORE
And
or
half of
was 4 00
ratr
at
of
13 p r r rent
than
yrar
At
rnd of
dustry had
a
the year
industry
it
for
to
The f o r the
rate was
rate o f 4 61 t o r
rate
42
rate of
in-
A new
for
reported
were
compared
plants previously.
Greater
been
past t w o
for
was only
have for
data from
yet there were
in
and
in
of September
of than
there
were
Applied
Most June
was
of you are familiar w i l h the annual
Campaign sponsored
winch
much lo our industry s
The
Campaign covered the
period. April, May and
and
large measure
(
l>
A h>
so f u l l
il to
that
I
A
lists
h>
tn
safe
placed on
4 danger
to
of injuries.
fnr the was in
an<l which have
to the
Severity
Y o u will recall that at
safety
congress Ihc
o f an
study
nf
severity
outlined.
to
most arresting fact and the
safely problem facing the cement in-
was the
high
severity of
compared with
ex-
perience of comparahlc
Over more than a
of nr-
safety work
acci-
million man hours
95 per cent,
reduction
nf
has not
pace
The study showed that for
90
per cent o f our industry's severity rate has
hy
time charges for the
three classes o f i n j u r i e s
severe
and
partial
Analysis of
injuries
during
past
that four
danger
in
plants have conlrihuted
almost three
of alt fatalities and
crippling injuries. Last year
large proportion o f 90
cent o f such
to he
to
four danger
producers of
injury
verity arc . moving machinery.
(falling
and
and
railroad. Last year moving machinery was
responsible f o r almost h a l f o f a l l deaths
and permanent i n j u r i e s H i g h places
almost
o f them
electricity
and railroad more
/per
The
on Accident Prevention
accepted the
that
each o f the f o u r
spots represents
to hy
pr .
hirf
in
all over
Slates
hy all hut a handful of plant
means o f .
of safely cheek lists prepared
June
Additions and
pages o f I
Monthly Accident
and t
Clip Sheet of Safety hems o f
lerest f o r use as discussion topics i n
and in plant safety nev
issues o f
P.
carried the story
mascot. at Campaign time
heen ,o An
Gratifying
is properly the effect
severity oth
we are on 42 per cent
for severity largely
the
o f accidents.
8
of
men were killed or
Ihe entire
8
of
hurt
injured o
by t
only
permanent
hy
machinery. F,ve
g
been
accidents from
ceme
represented in the data, and n ,
per cent
Ihe men have
ended in
r m an upper level. This is last year. T w o
ed
Jess
first eight months o f last year