The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-04-08
Sc KILLED and
1878 ARE INJURED
DURING ONE YEAR
Kentucky Compensation Board Report
Shows Accident Loss During Year
Causes and Effects
Reviewed.

Reviewed.
Frankfort, KY, April 6--Although
there were $50 more employers &C
cepting provisions of the Workmen's
Compensation Law in 1918, the num-
Der faccidents reported to the State
Board fell off from 1880 for the ele-
ven months ending June 80, 1917, to
1855 for the year ending June 30,
1918.
In its annual report the board cred
its much of the reduction to the fact
that employers are finding it advan-
tageous to adopt safety appliances
and reduce insurance rates.
There are now 1857 employers op-
Grating under the act, and since the
enactment of the law only thirty EIGHT
have withdrawn, twenty-five because
of change in name or ceasing opera
tons, six because they did not have
the required minimum number of en-
ployes, and seven for reasons not
given.
Out of an estimated total of 3,246
compensate cases, about rs per cent.
of the total number of accidents. O.
oO3 were settled and the other 744 are
IN process of settlement or contested.
The report said there has not been
a charge of fraud made, and the in
surance companies have co-operated
IN every proper way with the board
in making the law effective and ex-
peditng settlements.
Interesting Statistics
The statistical tables contain much
interesting data as to causes of in
juries, their nature, the occupations
and ages of injured people.
The mining industry leads in the
number of accidents with S,797. Sec
ond highest is general contracting
with 656; stove factories had 4S4; ma
chine shops, 443; carriage plants, 40,
and book concerns, 400.
From this figure the various indus
tries present accidents in decreasing
number, till banks, butchers, tea con-
Germs, fathers, roofers, dressmakers,
safe manufacturers and undertakers
are tied for the minimum of one each.
Adjusting machinery caused forty
five accidents; operating, 1,421; stop
ping, three; oiling and inspectine,
twenty; cleaning, thirty-four; repair
ing, nineteen; breaking of machinery
thirty-seven and miscellaneous causes
1899.
thousand two hundred and seven
ty-two victims were caught between
objects and 1,549 were hit by falling
objects. Freezing injured eighteen
and fire thirty-nine.
Industrial accidents during the year
'heared workmen of five arms, three
hands, thirteen thumbs, 120 figures
four legs, two feet, twenty-five toes
and fourteen teeth.
A total of 941 fractures. included
1870 arms, thirty-seven hands, one ell
bow, forty-one wrists, eighteen
thumbs, eighty-nine figures, three
thighs, 1877 legs, five hips, nine knees.
sixty feet, twenty-nine ankles, fifty
nine toes, sixteen noses, twenty-six
skulls, eight jaws, ten necks, ten spin
al columns, PIP ribs, thirteen collar
bones, seven backs, one pelvis, two
heels, seventeen shoulders and one
head.
Twenty-seven Women Affected
One thousand six hundred and fifty
ffty-three men suffered the crushing
of their members and another 1,40s
sustained dislocstions. Lacerated
wounds amounted to 1921, cuts TO
1,345, Commissions, 1857, and burns and
scalds SIS.
These injuries affected an earning
capacity of s2OS,769 annually, an av-
erage Of 81 weekly. Ages of the in
jured ran from 13 to 81, and three
men above SO we're hurt in Industrial
accidents, while sixty-three were N
or over.
There were twenty-seven women in
cluded in Industrial accidents. Their
average wage was 1892 weekly. and
their ages ranged from 16 to 70.
There were ninety-six fatal injur-
les. Three we're caught between OBJ
jects, five killed by explosions, five
by electricity, nine hit by falling OBJ
jects, six by vehicles, sixteen killed
In falls, twenty-three by falling slate,
one by gas explosion, two by slipping.
two by cave-ins. five in collisions and
the others by machinery.
Out of the cases reported 1899 al
ready have returned to work. or the
number of compensate. cases settled
thirty-four we're permanent partial
disability, IFS for dismemberment,
twenty-five for loss Of use. one for
permanent total disability. and SIS