Show Safety Council Y Releases 1946 Accident Facts One out of every 13 persons In the United States suffered a disabling Injury during 1940 1946 according to the tIe tale table ta le released ed by the National Safety Council The report shows 10 were injured I IThe The report showed increases during 1846 1946 over all types of ac ac- ac accidents except civilian and accidents involving military personnel The The figures also showed 12 other Interesting iI facts for 1946 Deaths of children under 5 II in in- in increased creased 3 per cent Deaths of children in the 5 14 year group decreased 8 per cent 3 Firearms accidents rose 24 per cent to deaths pro ably due to war souvenirs Increased 2 percent to a total of Falls killed persons about the same as in 1945 1045 More people people people were killed In their homes than in traffic 34 traffic 34 as compared to Two states Arizona and Mary Mary- land showed land showed reductions In traffic fic toll Total time lost due to deaths and Injuries to workers was man days which is equivalent to the shut down shut shut-d for foran foran an entire year of plants with 1 I workers Seventy-five Seventy passengers were killed In iQ airplane accidents passengers e eng tC were killed In railroad accidents However 1437 trespassers were A killed Fire loss estimated by the Na Na- Board of Fire Under Under- Underwriters writers was up 23 per cent over 1945 1045 for a total loss of or or more than every 24 hours One person was accidentally killed every 5 minutes in 1946 and one person was injured every three seconds during the theO fye year ye yeo O f Two o hundred thousand per persons sons were injured in accidents every week in 1946 and 1920 were killed every 7 days |