. Bell telephone magazine . cept is gaining a wideracceptance in like to cite one ortwo examples whichare probably alreadyknown to you: In 1945 the majorautomotive companies,machine tool builders,and industrial equip-ment users got togetherto discuss improvedmethods of buildingand installing electrical,hydraulic, and pneu-matic components onmachine tools. Thestandards that resultedfrom this cooperativeeffort were not some-thing the law came aboutthrough the initiativeof private industry. And the re-markable thing about the adoptionof those standards was that, alongwit
. Bell telephone magazine . cept is gaining a wideracceptance in like to cite one ortwo examples whichare probably alreadyknown to you: In 1945 the majorautomotive companies,machine tool builders,and industrial equip-ment users got togetherto discuss improvedmethods of buildingand installing electrical,hydraulic, and pneu-matic components onmachine tools. Thestandards that resultedfrom this cooperativeeffort were not some-thing the law came aboutthrough the initiativeof private industry. And the re-markable thing about the adoptionof those standards was that, alongwith a better safety environment foremployees, they brought gains by wayof uninterrupted production, longerequipment life, and reduced equip-ment maintenance. In another specific case, an auto-motive plant had several hundredlarge presses that were loaded, un-loaded, and operated by hand. Toeliminate the possibility of amputa-tion, the company adopted a policyof prohibiting any part of the op-erators body being put between the. they have a right to expect us to train them toavoid hazard . . punch and the die. Dies and otherequipment had to be redesigned—which was costly. This companysprimary objective was to protect itsemployees. And in this it succeeded—for the change brought a decidedimprovement in the plants safetyrecord. But it also brought increasedproduction and a decrease in keeping arms, fingers, and handsout of the danger zone, it was foundthat presses could run continuouslyinstead of intermittently. Efficiencywas increased, costs were cut. Again,what started out to be only a matterof making the job safer turned out 242 Bell Telephone Magazine WINTER
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