The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-11-22

| liShment of standards of accident
prevention for the particular class
or classes they represent. Also tC
empower the commission to carry
on a general educational propaganda
for accident prevention.
Schedule Rating-Credit
(a) Any plant coming within
the scope of the Workmen's Com
pensation Act, adopting and putting
into effect the Safety Standardiza-
tion of safeguards promulgated by
the department, shall, upon proper
showing of the fact to the said COM
missioner, be entitled to receive a
reduction of 5 per cent upon the
cost rate of the subdivision of the
class to which said plant belongs.
(b) Any such plant, adopting the
rules of the physical standards pro-
mulgated by the department, shall
be, upon such showing, entitled to
a per cent reduction upon the cost
rate of the subdivision of the class
to which such plant belongs.
(c) Any such plant, adopting
such educative program for Acct
dent Prevention, as shall be promul-
gated by the department, shall be,
upon such showing to said commits
sioner, entitled to 10 per cent of the
reduction in the cost rate of the sub
division of the class to which said
plant belongs.
PENALTIES
Penalties.
(d) Any plant coming within the
scope of the Workmen's Compensa-
ton Act failing to adopt and put
into effect the safety standard of
safeguards promulgated by the de-
partment after reasonable length
of time shall upon the proper show
ing of that fact to this department
be subject to an increase of 5 per
cent upon the cost rate of the sub
division of the class to which said
plant belongs.
(e) Any such plant failing to
adopt the rules of physical stand
ard promulgated by this department
shall upon such showing be subject
to 5 per cent increase upon the
cost rate of the subdivision of the
class to which said plant belongs.
(f) Any plant failing to adopt
educational program for accident
pevention as shall be promulgated
by the department shall upon such
showing be subject to 10 per cent
increase in cost rate of the subdivi-
sion of the class to which said plant
belongs.
Experience Rating.
The Industrial Insurance Commits
sion shall, at the close of each cal
endar year, prepare table showing
the accident cost experience of each
class, subdivision of each class, and
each contributor thereto, for the
year previous, showing the amount
so contributed to the ae cident fund,
and payments of claims paid on such
account.
Any plant, whose accident cost
rate for the year which is being ad-
justed, shall equal not less than rs
per cent, nor more than 100 per
cent of the amount which said plant
would have contributed to the ac-
cident fund upon the basic rate of
subdivision of the classs to which
said plant belongs, shall take the
cost rate of the subdivision of such
class,
Credits.
(a) Any plant whose accident
cost rate for the year which is be-
ing adjusted shall be less than 81
per cent of the amount which said
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accident fund upon the basic rate
Of the subdivision of such class to
which said plant belongs, shall be
entitled to reduction of 10 per
cent of the cost rate of the subdi-
vision of such class.
(b) Any plant whose accident
cost rate for the year which is be-
ing adjusted, shall equal not less
than 81 per cent, nof more than rs
per cent of the amount which would
have been contributed to the acci-
dent fund upon the basic rate of
the subdivision of such class to
which such plant belongs, shall be
entitled to a further reduction of
per cent of the cost rate of the sub
division of such class.
Penalties.
(c) Amy plant, whose accident
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