Show i r 7 re aC k IN J mow 3 rr c Y A q C 54 yS' yS MEET YOuR YOUR Accident NEIGHBOR A Accident id t- t prevention ve t on is t the he job of f I this newcomer to Utah F. F A. A Gerard c came mc f from m midwest Utah Ordnance Plant Engineer Takes Hard Work in in Stride CIA sA A man who takes a hard day in his stride is the w way y F A A. Gerard East Sec Second nd South street t e t is characterized by h his s fellow fel fellow el- el low workers at the Utah ordnance pi plant nt 55 As safety supervisor a at the plant Mr Gerard i is proud of the fact the plant has the highest safety r rating ting of any of pf its size in m the United States according to gov government fig figures res Ever since since his college days in Minnesota sota Mr Gerard Gerard has worked In large plants plants' in h the middle west and east endeavoring to make the empl s s 's safety conscious conscious st He lie Ie said saili that now s safety fety am amounts toa to toa a complex with him c Everywhere I go I s see e hazards a that should be corrected he sa said d. d Although Mr Gerard looked forward to doing a great deal of hunting and fishing when he cameto came cameto cameto to Salt Lake h he has been so busy working on s safety fety measures for forthe forthe forthe the state of Utah in his capacity of state chairman for the national conservation of f man power power- in de defense de de- fe tense se industries he has had had no notime notime notime time for much 1 relaxation One night a week Mr Gerard erard teaches a safety engineering course at the University of Utah attended by key men in il war industries in in- Mr Gerard believes that the greatest per percentage of df f safety t can can be built u up by Y education of oJ em em- about about 85 ab ut 85 p per r cent of accidents c can n be eliminated ted using using this method 1 Ui d. d wl while i e po posting ting guards eliminates only about 15 per per c cent nt In training g new Mr Gerard uses a 3 film called Safety for Defense wherein prop proper r pro procedure ro- ro and safety measures are emph emphasized supplemented supplement d by byan an instructor who p points out ut safety rules for each ach d department While there ther are blanket safety rules I which fit the whole plant each ar area a has its own rules which are posted in ina a prominent place and brought to to the attention of the workers |