INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY 79 
The accident severity performance has not been as satisfactory as 
the accident frequency performance. Chart 37 shows that 310 com- 
panies, or 86 per cent, experienced an over-all decrease of 27.9 per 
cent in the accident severity rate; and 49 companies, or 14 per cent, 
experienced an over-all increase of 75.2 per cent. 
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Wire and Wire Products. _........._............._2 1,870 92.4 
Wrapping Paper... oi" 75 91.7 
Carpets and Lc 035 83.0 
Boots and Shoes... o.oo 1,034 81.8 
Sheet Metal Products. _....._.._...__ 836 176.9 
Paper BoXeS. ...........oo..ooo 376 73.0 
special Machinery. _.._____.__.._...__ L816 63.0 
Acids and Heavy Chemicals. ..._._.___........_..__ 4,339 52.5 
leaching and Dying... 754 47.6 
1 304 46.0 
Sutlery and Hand Tools... = 4,362 43.6 
“urniture__._._._..._._.._...__. ceme-.. 1% 2852 42.0 
Explosives... _._.._........._16 3465 40.0 
Electrical Machinery, Apparatus and Supplies... 2 2,773 39.6 
Agricultural Implements. ..__.___._.__.._ 3 2,118 311 
Paper Pulp and Paper Produets.................._22 11,085 30.2 
Castings... _20 17,189 27.0 
Cement .................o..o.._.._.........120 35,000 22.9 
GS. 13 6,766 18.7 
Machine Building and Meial Working__._.._._._65 75,877 18.7 
Tobaceo By-Products...__.....__...__.. __.._ 2 275 18.5 
Sleetric Light and Power. .__...___..___..._ 31 28.986 6.2 
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6...__.... Brass, Bronze and Copper Products 
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CrArT 37 COMPARISONS OF THE 1922 WITH THE 1025 ACCIDENT SEVERITY RATES OF 
37 INDUSTRIAL GROUPS, SHOWING THE PERCENTAGES 07 INCREASES OR DrecrEASES 
Comparison of Frequency and Severity Rates.—The wire and wire 
products group experienced the greatest reduction in both the accident 
frequency and severity rates. The knit-goods group experienced the 
greatest increase in both the accident frequency and severity rates.