DANGER SPELLS.
Discussing the question as t*o what extent caution is suggested by posters shown in factories, Mr E. J. Wallace, of the National Employers’ Mutual Accident Prevention Department, said in London recently that such posters are a success.
“Between 9.30 a.m. and 10 a.m.,” he said “is the most dangerous halfhour of the day. The other “crisis” for accidents in workshops and factories is reached in the half-hour from 4.30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Employees may be less alert in the morning. They work themselves into efficiecy and then there is a relapse. In the afternoon they start fairly well until fatigue sets in between 4 and 5 p.m. After that they are stimulated to better work by the thought of the evening’s amusement.
“British employers in business as far apart as glovemaking and battleshp buldng are realsng the value of the poster and the slogan. In one we have prove a reduction of accidents by 87.5 per. cent. “The posters are varied, safty first films are shown in canteens, and pay envelopes are stamped with slogans like, ‘Think More: Risk Less.’ ”
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Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 273, 31 January 1929, Page 1
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