The Survey, Volume 30, Number 3, Apr 19, 1913Various
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The Survey, Volume 30, Number 3, Apr 19, 1913
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Local “safety revivals” have been conducted in many parts of the
country, with some member of the committee present as the principal
speaker. James Emery, my associate in this work, and I have spoken on
the subject of accident prevention or workmen’s compensation on an
average of once a week for the last three years. We have constantly
agitated for safety museums.[6] A special effort has been made to get in
touch with factory inspectors and to urge the keeping of statistics
bearing upon accidents.
Footnote 6:
It is not betraying confidence when I call attention to a movement
inaugurated by Congressman Robert C. Bremner of New Jersey and Lewis
T. Bryant, labor commissioner of the same state, to establish a
national safety museum at Washington. Letters and newspaper clippings
indicate that President Wilson is in favor of such a museum and every
voter of the country should get behind Congress to give such a matter
prompt and favorable consideration. Every European nation has a number
of such safety museums where can be found on exhibition safety devices
for the protection of working men in every field, not only for
accident but for sickness. A national safety museum in Washington
would materially stimulate the safety movement and it would be a
fitting monument to the spirit of the times.
The co-operation we have established with insurance companies, both
stock and mutual, promises to be a most effective means of establishing
a system for rating risks which, in the same manner as fire schedule
rating, shall provide subtractions and additions of insurance rates
contingent upon the accident prevention activities of each insurer. Many
insurance companies are endeavoring to arrange for central inspection
bureaus for rating good and bad risks.
A colored “safety” supplement has been established for _American
Industries_, the official monthly magazine of the association. The
interest of the members in this safety supplement is shown by the fact
that 5,000 extra copies were ordered after the supplement’s first
appearance. Another effective means of educating for safety is the use
of motion pictures which have been prepared partly at the expense of the
National Association of Manufacturers. These are distributed through
regular motion picture channels all over the United States. Several
thousand lantern slides are being used for educational lectures before
the general public, interested organizations and college classes.
The safety campaign was one of the factors that led to the organization
of the National Council for Industrial Safety, which had its first
enthusiastic meeting four months ago. This new organization plans an
annual gathering to take the form of a national “safety revival” and an
international safety convention during the San Francisco exposition.
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