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Show Accidents and Depression I In the height of boom times, ao- I cidents are a costly luxury. And in ! depressed times they work an in- i tolerable hardship on both indtv- ! idual workmen and industry. Ev-1 ery accident costs money. Every ; one lowers plant efficiency and morale. Every one makes hard times just a little harder on those involved. The plant that enforces the gospel of accident prevention increases efficiency and profit1;. The experience of the past three years has shown that while accidents acci-dents naturally increase with industrial in-dustrial activity, they do not decrease de-crease proportionately with lessened lessen-ed output. The mental obstacle seems to be the trouble. Men who. are uncertain about their jobs and their future are men ready for an accident. And when it comes, it adds another mite to human distress. dis-tress. Eivery employer, foreman and executive ex-ecutive should give intensive and increased effort to his acciden' prevention program. The mere guarding of machinery is not enough a genuine "safety consciousness" consci-ousness" on the part of workers is the main thing. This is a good time to begin establishing new highs in accident prevention in factories. |