[Newspaper]
Publication: The Muncie Evening Press
Muncie, IN, United States
vol. 37, no. 62, p. 1;11, col. 4;4,8
LIGHT CO. 1ST
IN SAFETY
CAMPAIGN
164,317 Hours With
No Accidents.
TO RECEIVE CUP
Hemingray Glass Co.
In Second Place.
The Indiana. General Service Company, with the record of no lost-time accidents in 164,317 "man-hours" worked, won first place in the safety contest conducted in 29 Muncie factories during September, October and November. The winner will receive a silver loving cup.
Announcement of the winner was made today by N. B. Watson, chairman of the general committee of the campaign, after records had been gone over carefully at the Chamber of Commerce, which assisted in conducting the contest.
Glass Company Second.
The Hemingray Glass Company with no lost-time accidents in 113,127 man-hours worked, received second honors and will be awarded a large silver shield. The Indiana Steel and Wire Company with three accidents in 566,098 man-hours took third place.
The awards will be presented Monday evening at a meeting of representatives of all factories that took part in the contest. The meeting will be held at the Chamber of Commerce.
Until reports are received Monday evening, the winner of the American flag going to the plant having the largest reduction in accidents in comparing September, October and November with June, July and August, will not be known. At least two plants, however, have curtailed the accident rate by 92 per cent.
The code number rating of the other factories participating in the contest: Code No. 4, fourth place, 2 accidents in 310,882 man-hours; No. 13, fifth place, 8 accidents in 897,740 man-hours; No. 6, sixth place, 2 accidents in 133,250 man-hours; No. 17, seventh place, 13 accidents in 783,454 man-hours; No. 3, eighth place, 2 accidents in 91,827 man-hours; No. 19, ninth place, 2 accidents in 86,718 man-hours; No. 24, tenth place, 3 accidents in 103,933 man-hours; No. 8, eleventh place, 30 accidents in 961,373 man-hours; No. 25, twelfth place, 2 accidents in 52,265 man-hours; No. 28, thirteenth playe [sic] place, 3 accidents in 73,934 man-hours; No. 11, fourteenth place, 13 accidents in 303,652 man-hours; No. 18, fifteenth place, 23 accidents in 533,611 man-hours; No. 5, sixteenth place, 3 accidents in 67,599 man-hours; No. 14, seventeenth place, 5 accidents in 109,004 man-hours; No. 1, eighteenth place, 5 accidents in 71,952 man-hours; No. 7, nineteenth place, 10 accidents in 124,443 man-hours: No. 2, twentieth place, 13 accidents in 126,179 man-hours; No. 32, twenty-first place, 33 accidents in 217,693 man-hours.
142 Accidents Reported.
During the three months of the camqaign [sic] campaign there were only 142 lost-time accidents in the total of 5,893,111 man-hours worked. By a man-hour is meant each hour worked by an employe in the plant of a participant.
Whether or not the campaign will be continued for another three months will be determined at the Monday evening meeting. The three months' contest proved so successful and cut down accidents so well that it was thought likely today that the campaign would go on.
Interest in the contest was aroused by the Indiana Steel and Wire Company and Kitselman Brothers, which undertook a similar campaign early in the year. The contest was successful and the two concerns interested other plants in the movement.