SAFETY AND PRODUCTION
cent of the total number of employees whose experience could be
subjected to the analysis of the relationship of significant production
and accident rates. It also represents almost one-tenth of the industrial
workers of the United States.
Two other conditions are shown in Tables 1-C and 1-D, where pro-
duction increased in both groups, while frequency increased and sever-
ity decreased in one and frequency decreased and severity increased
TABLE 1-A
[NCREASES IN THE RATES OF PRODUCTION ACCOMPANIED BY DECREASES IN BOTH THE
ACCIDENT FREQUENCY AND ACCIDENT SEVERITY RATES FOR IQ INDUSTRIAL
GROUPS WITH 513,083 EMPLOYEES
[ndustrial groups
Acids and Heavy Chemicals
Agricultural Implements. .
By-product Coke. .......,
Tastings. . "er nw nm wal
Cement.................
Corrugated Cartons. .....
Cotton and Woolen Fabric
Electric Light and Power. .
Electric Railways........
Explosives. .............
[ron Mining.............
[ron and Steel..........
Lanber, sus swe an smn sms
Newsprint. .............
Paper Boxes (set-up).....
Paper, Pulp, and Paper
Products. .
Steam Railways—Freight
Service. ..............
Steam Railways—Passen-
ger Service............
Telephone and Telegraph . |
N Length
4 0
ber of f ;
experi-
com- ,
ol ETC In
panies
years
3
4
55
Q
5
3
9
6
120
6 |
3
6
25
3
3
5
£72
14
(04
2
6
9
3
2
2
4
)
3
g
1c
-
-
76
Io
176 |
10
Per cent
decrease
Number
of
employees!
Per cent
increase
m
produc
tion
in
|accident
fre-
quency
4,276
2,418
14,001
5,253
24.2
18.7
107.3
13.5
42.7
8.5
74-9
10.2
35,000 | 32.0
466 17.3
6,087 3.2
24.002 2.0
20.0
37.9
36.5
2.2
55,781
2,035
36,629
23,451
10.4
13.8
20.5
18.2
39.0
68.5
35.6
10.7
2,300
6,158
246
10.1 |
21.9
31.3
12.4
18.2
12.7
7,387
18.7
7.7
148,267
47.0
22.0
57,236
82,000
| 30.8 | 7.8
2¢.8 61.8
Per cent
decrease
in
accident
severity
|
47-7
42.6
36.8
31.0
|
30.0
51.9
35-9
22.3
64.0
26.41
16.9.
7-5
23.0
7.7
31.3
63.01
23.11
1 Fatality rate.
