36 SAFETY AND PRODUCTION 
tistics adopt uniform terminology and standardized records so that 
all data will be compiled on a nationally comparable basis. 
3. That the executives of those plants having high accident-fre- 
quency and accident-severity rates initiate, direct, and control ways and 
means of lowering such rates to at least the low rates obtained by 
other plants in their industry. 
4. That industrial trade associations, engineering societies, and 
other agencies concerned with the improvement of industrial operation 
bring to the attention of their members the necessity of improvement 
in safety performance as a vital step in the strengthening of their 
industrial position. 
5. That industrial trade associations secure, compile, and analyze 
accident statistics for the purpose of determining the lowest accident 
rate possible of attainment for their respective industries. 
6. That industrial trade associations endeavor to secure such action 
on the part of executives of their industries as will result in each plant 
having the lowest accident rates obtainable. 
Action in line with these recommendations will bring in a new 
safety movement which will far eclipse the old. There are hidden 
sources of strength in executive control which hitherto have not been 
applied to the accident situation. If American industrialists will adopt 
the same executive policy toward safety which they have fully de- 
veloped toward production, we may confidently expect a decreasing 
number of deaths, permanent disabilities, and temporary disabilities, 
with their attendant costs. 
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE REPORT 
The Committee feels deeply that the situation presented by this re- 
port, the remedial measures recommended, and the improvement clearly 
possible, deserve the thoughtful consideration of industrial executives. 
[ndustry is admirably efficient, its achievements are a source of justi- 
fiable national pride, but its processes must be freed from inexcusable 
human wastage. Its operation must no longer accumulate a prevent- 
able cost in human lives and curtailed energies. When these losses 
and costs have been eliminated or brought down to the irreducible 
minimum, then and then only will the highest productivity be secured 
and the most efficient operation realized. The dynamic force which 
can attain this highly desired objective resides in the management. 
Therefore, a responsibility which cannot be evaded rests upon the man- 
agers and executives of industry to make safety a major interest and 
3 continuing care. 
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