Canadian wood products industries . evention As-sociation. Mr. Lovett dealt largelywith the responsibilities for themany accidents which occur in thefurniture industry. He thought thata large part of the responsibilityrests upon the shoulders of the fore-men and superintendents, also thatthe management should take their-hare of the blame. Of all the acci-dents which occur, fully 90% arepreventable. During 1920 over 300accidents took place in the furnitureindustry. The cost of these to thefurniture manufacturers was in ex-cess of $+0,000. Safety work is one of the mostimportant phases of indust
Canadian wood products industries . evention As-sociation. Mr. Lovett dealt largelywith the responsibilities for themany accidents which occur in thefurniture industry. He thought thata large part of the responsibilityrests upon the shoulders of the fore-men and superintendents, also thatthe management should take their-hare of the blame. Of all the acci-dents which occur, fully 90% arepreventable. During 1920 over 300accidents took place in the furnitureindustry. The cost of these to thefurniture manufacturers was in ex-cess of $+0,000. Safety work is one of the mostimportant phases of industrial activ-ities. Accidents are unnecessary andit is for the superintendents andforemen to take a hand in instillingthat thought into the minds of theemployees. The foremen should seethat sa/fety devices are provided andused, but this is not enough. Safetyappliances will only prevent 25c,< ofthe accidents. The men should thorough instruction coveringthe dangers of operating the machineat which they labor. If they do not.
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