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Vol. 8, No. 1
E.l. Du Pont De Nemours & Company, Inc., Brevard, N.C.
Jan.-Feb., 1975
Unsafe Acts!
This is the theme of the 1975 Plant
Safety Program. It charges us with the
responsibility of stopping acts that
safety training and common safety
sense tell us are unsafe.
A brochure, drawn up by Jim
Hodge'sSafety Program Subcommittee,
shows quarterly themes and monthly
topics for emphasis throughout the
year. Copies were distributed in Janu
ary Area safety meetings.
Monthly news letters, prepared by
the areas, will be issued according to a
schedule given in the brochure. They
will cover monthly topics for group
safety meetings.
Publicity for the program will in
clude some new and thought provoking
attention getters. Look for the "Stop"
sign in many places around the plant.
When you see the "Stop" sign
around the plant in the new year, think
of its new meaning. It stands for stop
ping unsafe acts. The end result should
be stopping injuries to Brevard Plant
employees in '75.
Belated Congratulations
On Plant Safety Award
We're due belated congratulations on
winning our 6th Board of Directors safety
award for no-injury performance from
October 11, 1973 to October 27, 1974.
The award had been pending the outcome
of a hand injury which occurred on Sep
tember 13, 1974.
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IN THIS ISSUE
RINGING OUT THE OLD 2
SHAPIRO DISCUSSES ECONOMY. ... 3
ENERGY CRISIS 4
NEW PEOPLE 5
3 HEALTH PROBLEMS 6, 7
VIOLETTE TRANSFER 8
DERA DOINGS 9, 10
BORDONARO'S TRAVELS 10,11
BROWN & MORROW RETIRE 12
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STOP
UNSAFE ACTS '
IN '15 V
.. . Say Ruth Wilson (Coating) and Brenda Norton (Stores)
Lap Plus Shoulder Belts
Equal Zero Auto Deaths
Extensive studies by researchers in the
U.S. and abroad have shown that death or
serious injury are virtually nonexistent
among motorists wearing lap and shoulder
belts in severe accidents, according to a
document from Calspan Corp.
"Among approximately 500 users of lap
and shoulder belts in the 30,000 accidents
investigated by Calspan in Western New
York since 1969, there was not a single
death reported," said John W. Garret, acci
dent research branch, Calspan's Transporta
tion Safety Dept. "Furthermore, we found
only a single serious injury suffered by a
motorist wearing a lap and shoulder belt
and in this case the driver was injured by
the collapsing car structure."
In 1974-model cars, equipped with the
ignition interlock system in which the car
can not be started unless safety belts are
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
worn, some 25-30% of the front seat occu
pants were wearing the lap-shoulder belts
at the time of the accidents investigated. In
earlier years, only about 1-2% wore the
combination restraint system, with approx
imately 30% wearing the lap belt only.
A study of 28,000 accident cases by AB
Volvo, the Swedish auto maker, several
years ago indicated that none of the motor
ists wearing the three-point lap and shoul
der belts was killed in impacts up to 60
mph, Garrett said. Injuries among those
wearing the restraint system were reduced
to 40-90%, depending on accident speed
and type of injury.
And a General Motors study several
years ago showed that among 160 persons
wearing lap and shoulder belts in accidents,
only two were killed .and these deaths
resulted from severe crushing of the car
and motorist contact with objects outside
the car.
"Those of us engaged in accident
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