Health of the War Worker
1942-04 1942 1940s 44 pages In any factory where much weight lifting is a big part of the work, the health committee should learn up the subject thoroughly. Movement of solid bodies was one of the sciences about which much was known even in ancient times, but we still often fail to apply it in every...
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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| Language: | English English |
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London : Labour Research Department
April 1942
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| Summary: | 1942-04
1942
1940s
44 pages
In any factory where much weight lifting is a big part of the work, the health committee should learn up the subject thoroughly. Movement of solid bodies was one of the sciences about which much was known even in ancient times, but we still often fail to apply it in everyday factory affairs. Eye Injuries A further line of approach to accidents is to study them in relation to one particular part of the body. Accidents to hands are very common; so are accidents to eyes. "Of all the injuries sustained by industrial workers, those to the eyes are utterly preventable and wholly inexcusable." This statement was made recently and supplemented by much valuable evidence by the Safety Director of a large industrial concern in the U.S.A. with 22,000 workers. Nevertheless, roughly 10 per cent of all accidents to industrial workers in the U.S.A. involve the eye, i.e., there are 300,000 accidents a year involving the eye and entailing an absence from work of one day or more. About 80 per cent of eye injuries are caused by flying bodies; other causes are mishandling of tools, splashing liquids, explosions, falls, and infections. Protection against most eye injuries can be obtained from suitable goggles. But goggles are made for different purposes; for protection against impact, for protection against dust and vapours, against splashed acids, against glare, and against infra-red and ultra-violet rays, as in oxyacetylene welding. If you work on a job liable to cause any eye injury, it is most important to obtain an accurate specification of the type of goggles required and then see that that particular type is supplied. Just any pair of goggles will not do. For example, goggles that only have coloured glass in them are not effective for oxyacetylene welders. The British Standards Institution, 28 Victoria Street, S.W.1, publish specifications for protective glasses for welding, price 2/-, and only glasses that conform to these standards should be worn. When goggles are supplied they must be worn. The same attitude must be cultivated to goggles as to other safety clothing and as to guards on machines and safety measures generally. Here are two slogans about eyes — "You can see through glass goggles; you can't see through glass eyes." "Goggles are to protect your eyes, not your cap." Think out others. Workers who are particularly liable to eye injuries should have their eyesight tested periodically. Instant response to impending 19
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