. Bell telephone magazine . ccounting em-ployees is care in simple things notrelated to the technicalities of the acts as hurrying across floors, 220 Bell Telephone Magazine WINTER in the halls and on the stairs, not hicle driving by the coin collectors,looking, not using handrails, leaving Operation of business machines indesk drawers open, and others, can the Accounting Department requiresbe hazardous. Job operations re- special care to prevent accidents,quiring special attention among the One of the most effective ways forTraffic forces include cord handling, keeping interest in sa
. Bell telephone magazine . ccounting em-ployees is care in simple things notrelated to the technicalities of the acts as hurrying across floors, 220 Bell Telephone Magazine WINTER in the halls and on the stairs, not hicle driving by the coin collectors,looking, not using handrails, leaving Operation of business machines indesk drawers open, and others, can the Accounting Department requiresbe hazardous. Job operations re- special care to prevent accidents,quiring special attention among the One of the most effective ways forTraffic forces include cord handling, keeping interest in safety alive inreaching at the switchboard, carry- these offices is the Safety Committee,ing head sets, and getting on and off The members of these committeesswitchboard chairs. make their own actions safe as anOperations requiring particular at- example to the rest of the force; ob-tention in the Commercial Depart- serve the actions and attitudes of em-inent include lifting and motor ve- ployees, particularly the newer ones;. Wind, floods, and sleet introduce serioussafety problems. Experience has shownthat telephone men usually have fewer acci-dents under such conditions than duringnormal operations 1951-52 Bell System Safety Record 221 note the condition of buildings; andinvestigate accidents after they oc-cur and suggest suitable remedial ac-tion. Both management and non-management employees are included,and to insure a wide interest themembers of the committee are fre-quently changed. A Look Ahead The present approach to accidentprevention is a practical one. Acci-dent prevention is part of the regu-lar job. It is balanced with effortsto maintain service and control is kept as simple as possible. It all adds up to the splendid over-all improvement during recent yearswhich was referred to at the begin-ning of this article. There can be no let-up if our pres- ent performance is to be maintainedand improved. We must constantlylook for ways and means that willbe most pr
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