. Labor problems and labor legislation . r of industrial injuries oc-curring throughout the country is not knownprecisely. An estimate issued by the UnitedStates Bureau of Labor Statistics places the num-ber of fatal accidents at 25,000 annually, andinjuries resulting in disability of more than fourweeks at 700,000. Since about three-quartersof all accidents requiring medical attendanceresult in recovery within two weeks, the totalnumber of injuries in American industry mustbe close to 3,000,000 annually. During the in-tense activity of the war period this figure wasprobably increased. Mining,
. Labor problems and labor legislation . r of industrial injuries oc-curring throughout the country is not knownprecisely. An estimate issued by the UnitedStates Bureau of Labor Statistics places the num-ber of fatal accidents at 25,000 annually, andinjuries resulting in disability of more than fourweeks at 700,000. Since about three-quartersof all accidents requiring medical attendanceresult in recovery within two weeks, the totalnumber of injuries in American industry mustbe close to 3,000,000 annually. During the in-tense activity of the war period this figure wasprobably increased. Mining, especially metal mining, is the mosthazardous occupation, resulting in the largestnumber of deaths in proportion to numbers em-ployed. Railroading, electrical work, and quar-rying are high on the list. In agriculture, theintroduction of power machinery has added tothe earlier risks due to live animals, while gen-eral factory work, in relation to the occupationsjust named, is comparatively safe. [71] LABOR PROBLEMS AND LABOR LEGISLATION. FIRST AID ROOM. Up-to-date factories are equipped with first aid rooms wherequalified physicians and nurses care for injured employees. Factories and Workshops Industrial safety laws in the United Statesmost frequently deal with conditions in factoriesand workshops. Besides fixing a general min-imum age of fourteen years for employment ofchildren in general factory work, many statesset a minimum of sixteen years for more dan-gerous processes, and in some states an additionaltwo years maturity is required for entrance toa number of especially hazardous sixteen-year limit usually applies to suchemployments as cleaning and oiling machinery, [72] SAFETY adjusting belts, and operating machine saws andgrinding or stamping apparatus. Among theoccupations for which an eighteen-year mini-mum is required are work in mines, at blast fur-naces, or on railroads, outside erection of elec-tric wires, and manufacture of explosives. Somestates g
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