Industrial medicine and surgery . ause of the accident. As an example of this latter condition, I recall two serious accidentswhich occurred as the result of a safety tread which was placed upon astairway. It was a stairway which led into a basement and was usedchiefly by the women employees. No accidents had occurred herebut the safety engineer thought he would anticipate trouble by cover-ing the steps with a new type of safety tread. Shortly after it wasinstalled a girl caught her heel upon the iron tread and fell down the ACCIDENT PREVENTION 325 steps, fracturing her arm. The fact was repor
Industrial medicine and surgery . ause of the accident. As an example of this latter condition, I recall two serious accidentswhich occurred as the result of a safety tread which was placed upon astairway. It was a stairway which led into a basement and was usedchiefly by the women employees. No accidents had occurred herebut the safety engineer thought he would anticipate trouble by cover-ing the steps with a new type of safety tread. Shortly after it wasinstalled a girl caught her heel upon the iron tread and fell down the ACCIDENT PREVENTION 325 steps, fracturing her arm. The fact was reported to the safety report, however, blamed the cause upon the high heeled shoesworn by the girl. The next day another girl fell down these steps, butno serious consequence resulted. A week later a third girl caught herheel in the same way, falling and injuring her leg. It is needless to say that this safety device was removed, butonly because the doctor followed up each history and was thus able topoint out the Fig. 41.—Properly guarded grinding wheel. {Courtesy General Electric Co.) The high heeled shoe worn by an employee illustrates another causeof accidents—those due to faulty wearing apparel. The shoe with aloose sole often is the cause of falls. Or the worn sole will allowinjuries from nails or splinters. A loose sleeve may get caught inmachinery, pulling the arm in and causing a severe accident. An employee was oiling a shaft five feet above the floor. Hehad a loose sleeve, and besides was doing the work while the shaftwas in motion-—a condition that should never be tolerated. Thesleeve caught and the man was whirled around the shaft three timesbefore the torn sleeve released him. His injuries caused fourteenmonths lost time and permanent disability. 326 INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY A safety appliance attached to the employee is another means ofprevention. The best example of this is the wearing of goggles inemery grinding or in any work wher
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