SAFETY AND PRODUCTION
The following 16 industrial groups had decreases in both the acci-
dent frequency and severity rates:
Acids and Heavy Chemicals
Agricultural Implements
Bleaching and Dyeing
Boilers
Cement
Electric Light and Power
Electric Railways
Explosives
Gas
The following 9 industrial groups had increases in both the fre-
quency and severity rates:
Automobiles
Brass, Bronze and Copper
Products
Cotton Goods
Fine Specialty Machines
Decreases in the frequency rate were accompanied by increases in
the severity rate in the following 6 industrial groups:
Building Construction Iron and Steel
Cranes and Hoists Machine Tools
Hardware Wood working Products
Increases in the frequency rate were accompanied by decreases in
he severity rate in the following 7 industrial groups:
Boots and Shoes
Carpets and Rugs
Castings
Cutlery and Hand Tools
Comparison of Production and Accident Rates.—The following 9
industrial groups show increases in the production rate accompanied
by decreases in both the accident frequency and severity rates. These
9 groups are 56 per cent of all the industrial groups which experienced
decreases in both accident frequency and severity rates.
Agricultural Implements Paper Boxes
Bleaching and Dyeing Paper, Pulp and Paper Products
Cement Sheet-metal Products
Machine-building and Metal- Tobacco By-products
working Wrapping Paper
Two groups show decreases in the production rate accompanied by
increases in both the accident frequency and severity rates, viz., fine
specialty machines and textile.