| Show Deaths Is Toll Tollof Tollof Tollof of Accidents Last Year Economic Cost to People of U. U S. S Chicago The The American public always the loser In n the game of Safety versus Accidents heaped lives fives on the altar of ot carelessness care care- during 1935 declares the National Safety council In its 1936 1938 edition of ot Accident Facts the Council reported that an additional persons suffered suffered suf sut- suf- suf non fatal Injuries in n accidents of one sort or another and that to pay the economic cost of at their disregard disregard dis regard for rules of at safety Americans Americans Ameri Amerl cans dug into their wallets for at least about about 2705 for tor each of the nations nation's men women and children The Councils Council's averages showed that accidents killed persons every day of the year and that the estimated daily dally bill for tor lost income doctor and hospital fees and the overhead cost of ot insurance alone was The Council credited to automobiles automobiles automo automo- automobiles biles the largest block of accident deaths which it said rose to a new time all-time high of in n 1935 The years year's totals also showed persons were permanently disabled I and land temporarily disabled in n motor vehicle accidents Fatalities In n Home Dome Another set of totals indicated the Council said that members of American families without apparent apparent ent concern for loss of life lile moved blithely about their homes homes tum tum stairs falling fallini out of win winn windows dows drowning themselves getting cut and burned dying by the thou thou- sands lands The years year's report listed 31 deaths In n accidents that occurred occurred oc oc- oc in n homes placed at the number of persons permanently disabled and at the turn Ium ber temporarily disabled The third largest number of persons persons per per- sons Ions died In n public accidents drowning burns falls faUs beat heat prostrations prostrations prostrations pros pros- deaths by freezing railroad accidents firearms accidents pot pol etc that etc that occurred outside the home borne but not in n occupational I pursuits and that did not Involve of accident acel acci- i motor vehicles This type typo I dent the Council said was responsible sible for permanently disabling inJuries in tn- Juries to persons and for temy tern tem to 2100 disabling injuries 1000 I Occupational accidents those suffered suf sut while engaged in n gainful em em- claimed lives more than In 1934 the Councils Council's statistics showed and inflicted per permanent anent disability upon Less ess serious injuries were suffered by y Of the total number killed in n accidents during 1935 were between twenty five and sixty four years ears of at age Other age groups and the number of ot accidental deaths which occurred in n them were less than han five years five to four tour teen years of at age COO 1600 fifteen to twenty four years sixty-five sixty years or more Motor vehicle accidents were the greatest cause of ot accidental death n in n each age group except the less ess than five years and sixty five years rears or more classifications Au Au- accidents as a cause of ot death were second to burns in the former ormer group and second to falls n in n the latter group Fire which the Council said saki annually an an- mally takes an average of at lives ives caused property damage amage during 1935 Matches and the he fire hazard connected with fig ing ng cigars pipes and cigarettes de de- chimneys and flues petroleum petro petro- leum eum fires and defective stoves furnaces and boilers were give givet as the principal causes of ot the years year's conflagrations Hazards on the Farm arm Of the total of occupational l deaths the he Council said laid agriculture pur pur- suits suits work on the farm tum caused more accidental deaths than any other classification of at gainful employment Trade and service industries industries in- in were next with fa fatall fatali tall ties ies Construction operations with 2500 deaths was third on the list while about 1600 deaths were sut- sut cred by workers in mining quarry quarry- fig ing ng and other extractive industries In h the transportation and public utilities industries there were 2100 accidental deaths and manufacturing manufacture ing ng accounted for 1900 fatal acci dents In relation to compensation Insurance ance the Coun Council il said the largest slice of ot the total paid for industrial accidents 28 per cent went to accident accident acci acci- dent victims injured to n falls However However However How How- ever falls caused but 22 per cent of at all industrial accident cases The handling of ot objects tools objects tools and material material caused caused 29 per cent atall of at all Industrial cases the victims of at which received 17 per cent of the compensation However the Council said proof of the progress in to industrial safety In the United States is offered in n statistics for 1935 that show the accident accident accident ac ac- ac- ac frequency rate disabling Injuries injuries in n juries per million man-hours man of exposure exposure ex ex- 61 per cent below U tie e rate tor for 1926 These figures it was ex ex- explained planed were taken from reports of only those companies which h. h have ve been carrying on continuous programs programs programs pro pro- grams of at accident prevention This select group said sold the Council Count also has a 1935 accident severity rate days lost per 1000 man-hours man worked that is 43 per cent below 1926 1923 |
