The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-11-16


The data emphasizes the ]
health protection measures to
extent. the Office of War Inforl
a statistical report.
Basic causes of high inju
commented, were lack of proper
supervision and lack of effective me-
chanical safeguards.
In general, said the Industrial Haz-
ards Division of the Labor Depart
ment's Bureau of Labor Statistics, ac-
cidents are usually traced to:
l, existence of unsafe working con-
ditions; 2, commissions of an unsafe
act by some individual; 3, combina-
tion Of these accident fac
tors.
10 Industries Covered
Statistics covering 10 typical criti-
cal industries for which figures are
available, together with an analysis
of corrective assistance available
from local and federal agencies, were
included in the Office of War In
IOTHldlIOit ItDOIL. ~ iiCo
are:
Rubber tires; motor vehicles; tanks (;
guns and related equipment; ammu-
milton, except for small arms; ship
building and repair; logging; miscel-
laneous lumber products mot includ-
ing furniture or containers); cotton
goods; canning and preserving. (This
list does not include all the critical
industries, or even necessarily those
most critical from a production stand
point, it was pointed out, but are
merely typical of all in that cate
gory.)
A production total of almost $4,000
100000 worth of munitions a month
according to WPB, must be achieved
during the last months of 1914, un-
less Germany should fall before the
end of the year. This means that
production, as now scheduled, must
increase considerably abovle the $5,-
3G0,000,0 900 level achieved in Septem-
ber
Protecting Workers Vital
"Increased conservation of current
" employed manpower resulting from
increased safety measures and i'm
proved industrial health standards
cannot fail to be Of prime Importance
in the maintenance of necessary pro-
duetion levels" said ]. A. Krug, War
Production Board chairman.
The Importance of protecting work
ers now employed is clear when it is
realized that in the entire manufac-
turing field 20 workers out of each
500 employed suffered disabling in
juries in 1943. A disabling injury, ac-
cording to the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics, is an injury that causes the
loss Of one full day or more of the
productive capacity of workman.
Six of the 10 vital war industries
surveyed in this report did better
than the 20 out of 500 average Of all
industry. Tank construction, for ex
ample, had an average of 1872 work
ers injured per 500, and heavy am
munition had an average of 10 per
500 workers.
Logging Record Bad
On the other hand, a did consider
ably worse, the figures ranging from
25.3 disabling injuries per 500 work
ers in canning and preserving to S2.2
in logging.
Thus, in logging, disabling injuries
occur to about | in every 6 employees.
In sawmills the ratio is about | to 3.
In planning mills the ratio is about |
TO every IL.
In stressing the need for manpower
conservation in the must indus
tries, WPB said that production of
heavy trucks, for example, was 1858
units behind schedule i'm September
output Production of heavy duck |
cloth for the Army cannot meet pro-
duction requirements, but an addi
tional 5000 workers could provide
100000 additional yards out of
present facilities, it was pointed out.
Highlighting this urgent manpower
need is a statement from the Bureau |
Of Labor Statistics that in l943 |
throughout all industry 56,s00,0O0 |
man-days were lost because of dis
abling injuries to employed workers |