Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-12
LAW WORKING OUT WELL
AND CRITICS soUELcHEp
Figures to 30 Of InestimabIs Value in
Future-interestins Statistics Re-
sardins Time Of Accidents During
Working Day-Worksr Has Right to
Take limo to Light Pipe.
special to Times Republican.

1t was the LnlrLy-IlICH SeHerdl dSseh.-
bly, which made this a certainty. The
measure was one Of the many bills de-
rided by the carping critics of Iowa
legislators and subjectede to the sneers
of the pseudo -reformers. But it Is
working out well.
In the biennial report of the bureau
Of labor there will appear for the first
time some interesting tables on indus
trial accidents compiled under the d.
retion of Commissioner Urick.
"The cost is lessened productivity"
says Mr.. Urick, 1.-THE suffering entail
ed the i'll feeling engendered between
employer and employe as a result OF
industrial accidents has long been rec
ognized as heavy burden upon IN
dustry, the industrial workers and up
on society. No adequate provision was
made, prior to the time Of the thirty
fifth general assembly, to arrive at .he
facts and conditions as they exist In
our home state"
Reports Easily Compiled.
Under previous laws only very
small proportion of the employers
were ever reached and reports were
incomplete. Now the collection of &C.
cident reports is on blanks which also
go to the Industrial commissioner. The
reports were collected for the last 1aif
Of the year 1913. but because of the
fact that only a part Of the employers
were then reached the full effect OF
the law is not yet felt. But 1913 en-
blowers were reached and gave reports.
Mr.. Urick reports that. to the credit
Of Iowa employers, it must be said
that those having knowledge of the
provisions of the law, at all times CO.
operated with the bureau in the most
satisfactory manner. Those who have
studied the method Of compiling these
accurate data Regarding some Of the
opinion that such report Tor five
years, or even for two years, would
be of inestimable value to employer.
employees and the state, both as a
means of preventing many unnecessary
accidents. which is the thing most de-
sired. and in rate adjustment, and are
lending every means to make possible
accurate datd. Regarding some OF the
results for the six months on which
compilation was complete Commission
er Urick says:
"As shown by the table following.
there were reported to the bureau.
1855 accidents from July 4. 1913. to
Dec. 81. 1913. OF this number eleven
were fatal, approximately 91-S per
cent. In 1872 cases there was no final
report, because of discharge of the In
jured. quitting the service. suits
brought etc. leaving 9S3 cases in
which computation is possible on
time and wages lost by reason Of in
Jury. also possible effects under com
pensation law. The total number OF
actual working days lost in these
cases was 6.355 and the actual wages
lost, as based upon reports. was S16,-
699.7S.
BASED upon reports coming into the
office during July, 1914. the above
amounts can be multiplied by eight and
possibly ten to reach the actual annual
loss Of wages caused by accidents.
Loss Of Time.
'1n forty-three of the above cases
the loss of time was in excess OF thlr-
ty days, 337 cases in excess of seven
days, and in 1875 cases in excess or
fourteen days, or of sufficient time to
come within the provisions for COM
pensation under the workman's COM
pensation act. This data is upon OASIS
Of all days lost, while above wage data
is upon actual working days lost.
'.Of accidents. partial II character
and permanent in duality as defined by
law, there were as follows: Loss Of in
dex finger 3, loss of third and fourth
fingers 2, loss of four fingers 2. loss
of second and third fingers 2, one each
Of the following losses, second finger,
first three fingers, first two fingers,
third finger and thumb, first three toes,
one hand, one eye.
THE accidents in which the loss
was only Of one joint or less and for
which the law provides half compen-
sation Of that allowed for entire loss
Of members were as follows: Thumb l,
index finger s. second finger 4. third
finger 2, four fingers l.
Time Of Accidents.
MANY sociologists, statisticians and
others, are interested in underlying
causes. To these the general table
should be useful for the many uses
that may be made of it to compute
different phases OF cause and effect OF
accidents. To show the possibilities of
the many details that may be Cleaned
from the general table, we give exam
pies. Number of accidents reported in
each hour Of service as follows:
During first hour Of work 100.
During second hour Of work 1O2.
During third hour of work 1873
During fourth hour OF work 115.
During fifth hour OF work So.
During sixth hour Of work 107.
During seventh hour Of work 131.
During eighth hour Of work 1913.
During ninth hour of work NlO7.
During tenth hour of work IS.
after tenth hour of work 10.
These figures include 1,049' reports
in which complete time dates were
given and are based upon the assump-
ton of break for meals and rest be-
tween the fifth and sixth hours of
work and show the greatest number
OF accidents occurring during the third
hour after going to work and the sec
ond and third hours after the break.
The lessening number after the eighth
hour is no doubt due. in large part,
to the lesser number engaged in SER
vice after the eighth hour"
May Take Tins to Light Pipe.
Lighting pipe is a performance
which may be in the course Of en-
ployment for a workman and be con-
tributing cause to an accident emitting
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