. Bell telephone magazine . eces of safetyequipment: body belt and safety strap. It is the cooperation of employees in ob-serving such safety practices which makes possible outstanding safety records in the Bell Svstem safe is evidenced by recent safety rec-ords established by some of the unitsof the Bell System. One plant di-vision of about 650 men has workedseven years without a single lost-timeaccident, and an area having 1,500men has worked more than two years however, as long as any accident oc-curs that could have been there is still a job to do is In-dicated by the follow
. Bell telephone magazine . eces of safetyequipment: body belt and safety strap. It is the cooperation of employees in ob-serving such safety practices which makes possible outstanding safety records in the Bell Svstem safe is evidenced by recent safety rec-ords established by some of the unitsof the Bell System. One plant di-vision of about 650 men has workedseven years without a single lost-timeaccident, and an area having 1,500men has worked more than two years however, as long as any accident oc-curs that could have been there is still a job to do is In-dicated by the following summary ofunsafe practices observed during thefirst year the safety observation planwas in operation In one large organ- loo Bell Telephone Magazine summer ization. It should be remembered Motor Vehicles 342 that these figures represent the re- Tools and Materials 1059 suits of many thousands of observa- Rubber Equipment 28 tions of the work of some two thou- Miscellaneous 152 sand men during the entire year. Total 3447. At THE START of each job, the foreman and his men study what is to be done and planhow to do it. Analysis of potential hazards helps men to work in safety Number of UnsafePractices Observed Ladders 562 Hand Line 165 Safety Straps and Body Belts 199 Climbers 188 Goggles 97 Poles Aloft 130 Poles, Other 118 Working Aloft, Other 52 Guarding Employees and Public 355 As a matter of further interest,the 562 ladder unsafe practices in-clude 34 cases of over-reaching, 63cases of not tying pull rope to rung,33 cases of working on an unguardedladder at a hazardous location, andothers. Space docs not permit a de-tailed list of all the specific unsafepractices included in each classifica-tion, but tlieir types can be assumedfrom the examples given. 1944 The Bell Systems Safety Observation Plan lOI While the number of unsafe prac-tices listed above might make it ap-pear that safe practices in this par-ticular organization were extensivelydisregarded, quite the opposite i
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