Abstract :
According to the National Safety Council, industry had a better safety record in 1947 than in 1946. The “accident frequency rate,” for all industries reporting, (number of disabling injuries per 1,000,000 man-hours) was 13.26 in 1947, ten per cent less than in 1946. The “accident severity rate,” (number of days lost per 1,000 manhours) was 1.23 in 1947, seven per cent lower than in 1946.
