78 SAFETY AND PRODUCTION 
Two companies manufacturing wire and wire products had a de- 
crease of 89.4 per cent, or an average yearly reduction of 30 per cent. 
The paper-box and telephone and telegraph groups rank next with an 
average yearly reduction of approximately 20 per cent. Among the 23 
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Wire and Wire Products... _...__.._.____...._.2 1,870 89.4 
Pater BOusl...ommmmmwsmmesien sims 376 61.0 
Telephone and iT 32,000 60.0 
Acids and Heavy Chemicals _..__........__._.._.5 4,339 53.0 
Hardware _____..._..___..._ .._......._.....F 2111 50.4 
Tobacco By-Produets_.______......._._____.....% 275 49.4 
Ixplosives o_o ............16 3,465 425 
ronandSteel ._______.._._..._.__............% (8145 37.3 
Bleaching and Dying ..... ....__...............2 3754 86.1 
BoB. ciiiiniinvininr ssi ever erence Ny. 6,700. 33.5 
Jement....._....oioiiiiiiiciiiiinicee...... 120 35,000 32.8 
Wrapping Paper. ___.._... cial” 775 26.6 
Cranesand Hoists. _.____.............._......t 1977 262 
Paper Pulp and Paper Products... _......_......2" 11,085 17.2 
Agricultural Implements ___._.._..............7 2118 16.7 
Buller, oo covuunan i wins i 28 me fmm mmmeenned 308 143 
Building Construetion._._..____.......__.__.._..1% 3,019 121 
Sheet Metal Products......_.....oc.oceevi. 836 174 
Machine Tools. ....,ocooiiimil 600 5° 
Woodworking Products.._...._.................F L410 ¢* 
Electric Light and Power_....._.__..........._...81 28986 4. 
Electric Railways. ....._.__......_.__._.......172 55781 45 
Machine Building and Metal Working...........65 75377 2.5 
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Bootsand Shoes... _...........cooiimieniieenae 7 
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CrART 36 COMPARISONS OF THE 1022 WITH THE 1025 ACCIDENT FREQUENCY RATES 
oF 39 INDUSTRIAL GROUPS, SHOWING THE PERCENTAGES OF INCREASES OR DECREASES 
groups which effected reductions, the decreases of only 5 groups were 
less than 10 per cent. Twice this number had increases less than 10 
per cent and only five had increases greater than 5 per cent. 
Reductions in Accident Severity.——A comparison of the 1922 acci- 
dent severity performance with that for 19235 is shown in Chart 37.