Monthly Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Volume 1, Issue 4The Department, 1914 - Industrial safety |
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Page 22 - Until the last few years this two-fold saving has not been appreciated, and in striving to increase outputs and sales the avoidance of accidents has been overlooked as one of the big factors reducing the cost of operation. Employers have been somewhat slow to awaken to the fact that most of the many simple accidents could have been avoided, and have not seemed to consider seriously the great double saving to be effected through prevention. Realizing that the efficiency of a working force depended...
Page 20 - ... taste ; and will go far to make children love order and neatness. Whoever carries into his own home, a feeling of discomfort and of aesthetic rebellion against dirt, vulgarity and untidiness, has learned a lesson which is of considerable value as a foundation for an orderly life. Old Joseph Lancaster's rule, "A place for everything and everything in its place,
Page 20 - ... emergency hospitals. Where the number of employes justifies it, the hospital should be in charge of a surgeon or trained nurse at all hours and the men should be taught to report to the hospital for the treatment of even the slightest injuries. In this manner many cases of infection are prevented resulting in a great good to both workmen and employer. Whenever necessary first aid instruction should be given to selected men in each department. The one most important problem confronting the safety...
Page 20 - There can be no clear cut division between safety, welfare and sanitation. One is a direct aid, or supplement to the other. The furnishing of pure drinking water by means of sanitary fountains, doing away with the common drinking cup ; the construction of sanitary water closets; the installation of wash-rooms, shower baths and lockers, in short, everything which contributes to the physical well being of the workman, is a direct safety measure and just as important as the guarding of dangerous machinery....
Page 17 - The owner or person in charge of an establishment where machinery is used shall provide belt shifters or other mechanical contrivances for the purpose of throwing on or off belts or pulleys. Whenever practicable, all machinery shall be provided with loose pulleys. All vats, pans, saws, planers, cogs, gearing, belting, shafting, set-screws, grindstones, emery-wheels, fly-wheels, and machinery of every description shall be properly guarded.
Page 22 - Of course we can never reach the point when occupational accidents or those incident to labor can be entirely eliminated. It is the opinion of those well informed on the subject, however, that in the absence of systematic prevention work, an employer will have to contend with 30 to 40 per cent more accidents.
Page 18 - October. 1913. was especially applicable to the manufacture of iron and steel, always classed among the more hazardous occupations, by reason of the fact that its processes involve the lifting and moving of heavy loads and the constant handling of hot and molten metals. The growth of the iron and steel industry, especially in Pennsylvania, has been nothing short of marvelous, and the wonder and admiration of the whole world. New mills and furnaces have appeared as if by magic. In the early days,...
Page 22 - When thought is given to the many activities of every day life, it is remarkable how little the average person seems to think or care about the hazards on every side. As a rule he does not see how they can affect him. Even where a man has witnessed an accident due to carelessness, the lesson is shortlived at best. He may have his own ideas as to who or what was to blame, and thinking that he will not make the same mistake, becomes possessed by a feeling of security and selfsufficiency which at times...
Page 23 - The average loss of time in cases where at least one day's time was lost, was 62/3 days, or a working week. Of the 2,200 accidents, about 65 per cent, resulted in loss of time that amounted only to that necessary for the proper medical attention. On the other hand, in many cases the employe was assigned to other work not necessitating the use of the injured member. However, in all cases, the suffering, inconvenience and interference with the regular line of work were such (and so many of the accidents...
Page 23 - ... over the eastern half of our country, and I trust that they may, through suggestion, be effective in helping some of you to promptly recognize similar hazards should they exist, in which you may be interested. (A number of lantern slides were shown by Mr. Douglas.) In 737 cases out of 2,200 analyzed, at least one day's time was lost. The total time lost was 4,602 days, or, on the basis of 300 working days, nearly 16 years. The average loss of time in cases where at least one day's time was lost,...