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MAINTAINING INTEREST IN SAFETY used as the basts for determining standings as it can be computed promptly and easily. Rule 4b There should be a satisfactory method of determining the winner between two or more units having perfect records m order to give the smallest contestant a fair chance. Selecting the winner on the basis of the largest number of man-hours worked since the last chargeable injury is fair to all units, regardless of size Rule S A standard method of counting injuries is essential in order to avoid con troversies and maintain confidence in stand ards American Standard Z16 1 is described in Chapter 9, "Accident Records and In jury Rates " First aid and other minor injuries gener ally are excluded because if they are count ed, workers may fail to obtain treatment so that cases will not be put on the record The result could be an increase in infec tions Rule 6. Various special rules may be in troduced into a contest of six or more months' duration m order to stimulate and maintain employee interest Rule 7 Frequent contest bulletins keep everyone informed about standings Bulle tins can be posted and standings discussed at safety meetings Contest results can be announced in plant publications and in other ways to build and maintain interest Rule 8 Questions about rule interpreta tion will arise and must be settled fairly This is an important function of the contest committee, which, in turn, may refer deci sions about disputable injuries to outside judges A committee of the American Standards Association has been set up to interpret standard definitions Rule 9 (See F 7-20 for award ideas ) Interdepartmental contests Interdepartmental competitions get "close to home" and place responsibility for a good showing on supervisors Smee workers have a greater personal interest in the stand ing of their department than in the record of the entire plant, this type of competition has proved popular for creating interest among both supervisors and workers An interplant contest plan often may be adapted to an interdepartmental competi tion A company operating a number of similar plants may take advantage of work ers' interest m their departmental records by conducting a compebbon among the same departments in various plants Public ublibes may conduct a contest among dis tricts, and other nonmanufactunng compa nies may follow a similar plan Since haz ards in similar operating units are about the same, the basis of standings may be the frequency rate. Departments or other units may be grouped according to size Most departmental contests, however, are conducted among dissimilar departments in one plant, and the departments often differ greatly in size The difficulties due to vanabons in hazards and number of employees from. one department to another may be overcome m the same manner as with simi lar differences between plants, just discussed. One plan that produced excellent results was aimed particularly at foremen in charge of departments having five to sixty em ployees The principal rules were 1 This contest will cover the period from July 1 to December 31 2. Each department will compete against its own previous six months' accident rec ord Disabling injuries only are counted 3 The department's accident experience will be judged by the frequency rate de veloped during the contest as compared with its frequency rate of the previous six months 4 A suitable prize will be given each fore man who reduces his department's fre quency rate in the contest months by 50 per cent or more over his frequency rate m the previous six months 5 If a foreman had no disabling injuries in his department during the previous six months, the prize will be given if he meets his previous six months' record A bronze trophy was given to each fore man who met the requirements for an award, and a dinner party was held When the rates of the contest period were com pared with the rates o( the previous six months, the results were reduebons of 30 per cent in frequency and 62 per cent in seventy A steel company developed a successful plan of giving awards on the basis of the lowest frequency rate and improvement in this rate No plaques or trophies were awarded to supervisors or departments The plan promoted teamwork and interest in 7-14