The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-10-26
KNIJDSEN PLEDGES AID TO
NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL

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"Fixtures for both vertical ant
horizontal machines show sub
stantial progress as we'll. The
enforced use of goggles and auto
matte trip-off on presses with
safety control have probably beer
the biggest discount to bad acct
dents. r.'#.5
INJURIES LOW
"a new hazard has in recent
years been introduced into fac
tory operations by the increase OF
electrical tools. ......
Today occupational injuries
from use of electricity in manu-
featuring are quite low.
another hazard which has
come to the front in recent years,
and has had to have the attea-
ton of all of US, is the question
of elimination of fumes, paint
spray, acid fumes, and dust which
modern processing brought in.
There is today hardly a single
problem of ventilation of this sort
which cannot be handled SO that
the operators health is fully safe
guarded, and dangers of fire or
explosion eliminated.
''By and large, the mechanics
of the safety problem in factories
c.r be said to have made substan-
tial progress, and is on the way
to more progress.
"But when We come to the mat
ter of safety in product manufae-
tured,. we come into field where
progress is more difficult because
while we can control the circum-
stances under which the product
is made, we have no control over
who is to be permitted to use it;
the circumstances under which it
is to be used; the behaviour of
other individuals who, though not
using the product, come into con-
tact with it or are affected by it.
"There is no industry where
this is more evident than in the
automobile industry.
USEFUL TOOL
"Let US recognize that the au-
tomobile is one of the finest and
most useful tools mankind has,
and let us not take action which
will not improve the safety phase
of the problem. but which will
damage and reduce the efficiency
of this great tool. Let US rather
by patience and intelligence, in
crease its safety, but retain its
usefulness.
''No one can say definitely
what are the causes of automo-
bile accidents. 1t is impossible to
say how many automobile acct
dents are due to any particular
cause since to determine the
causes of this type accident re-
quires much more careful inyes-
tigation than is usually the case
in accidents. Further, most auto
mobile accidents are the result of
a combination. of causes which
further complexities the situation.
However We would like to give
you the benefit of our thinking
and our Investigations in the mat
ter. In the first place, what are
the factors controlling the safe
operation of an automobile We
find that there are four:
l. The car.
2. The driver.
8. The highway.
4. The other fellow.
"Let us look further into each
of these. First the car: We be-
lieve that in only a small percen-
tage of the cases is the car to
blame. We have spent large sums
in research laboratories and in
proving ground so we can cor
rectly design and adequately test
the cars. We have spent large
sums in finding, perfecting and
making available to the public,
devices for their greater safety
and for the greater safety in the
operation of their cars. Manufac-
turing methods in the automobile
industry are still regarded as
among the best. Labor is among
the highest paid of all industries.
Inspection is a highly developed
art. AS for materials, we are al
ways looking for the best. Much
| OF the demand for alloy steels OF.
lglnated in the automobile indus.
try. So that in design and manu-.
facture, l submit the conclusion