Show goat urges car seat seal bells secretary of labor james jamea P mitchell urged all federal agencies to adopt a federal safety council recommends recommend a tion that seat belts be used in government owned motor vehicles in a to agency heads the he secretary tary said the council c it 8 s rt r commendation was has bas I 1 ed on findings that the belts 8 t 1 reduce deaths and injuries which result from froin accidents vehicle accidents are the greatest greate bt single cause of occupational pat ional death in the federal s service ervice mr mitchell said ar accounting counting for 35 fatalities 1 in n 1058 at an average cost of 0 43 direct costs to the government for more than 2 traffic in injuries jurics to its employees that year were 2 24 million the file mederal government operates about motor v hides in the united S tates states and abroad excluding those assigned to tactical military units tile the use of seat belts is in also publicly supported by the am medical association the american college of sur geons the national safety council the U S public heal th service and organ lations concerns concern conc ernd cd with health and the federal saftey council representing various govern ment agencies advises the secretary ot of labor on safety standards for or federal employees it will conduct a symposium on the ahe cost installation and use of the seat belts october 28 26 in the department part ment of labor Audi auditorium torl washington D C |