Show The Fruits Of Accident Prevention Accident ent prevention is 15 good od busi- busi business business business ness and justifies l itself lf in m dollars and cents return in m the opinion of H N of the National Safety Council To illustrate Mr Blakeslee points point out two t outstanding examples of the th financial as well vell as social alue alue of md industrial s safety ety programs In 1918 n a plant employing men spent because of industrial md aCCI- aCCI aCCIdents accidents accidents dents or about 44 per pcr man In 1928 tHE tHa same plant following x R period of safety work ork spent only for accident costs from around 30 per man in 1926 to less Jess than 7 in m 1928 1328 American industry has Mt bc been n re- re remarkably re successful ful in m reducing all types tj-pes of accidents According to re- re reports reports reports ports from selected establish establish- establishments establishments ments ments a reduction in 11 industrial mis- mis mishap mishaps hap bar of 21 5 21 per cent was as achieved between betHen 19 1923 1926 and 1928 There was wasa wasa a 1 corresponding drop m in the frequency hand seventy rates In still another field accident pre pre- has borne fine fruit Due to safety education in m schools the death and injury rat rate among children has ha consistently diminished for several years The automobile accident problem however hOH grows S constantly greater death record Last year a new high was established Apparently App we e have havea hav hava a long way vay to go in m educating motor motor- motorIsts motorists motorists and modernizing traffic legisla- legisla legislation tion before Wore the terrible annual toll toU tollof tolof dam dam- damage damage damage and property of death injury age caused by recklessly or incompetently driven motor cars is 15 appreciably appreciably l- l ably reduced |