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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 10 (March 21, 1927)

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Sir Gerald Bellhouse, H.M. Chief Inspector of Factories, in a recent letter to the London “Times” on the work of the National Safety First Association, states that “the more the problem of accidents in our factories is studied the more evident does the need for a wider adoption of safety-first principles become. It is beyond all question that, if a real inroad is to be made upon the huge annual total of industrial accidents, those engaged in industry, both employers and operatives, must take a more direct part in accident prevention. It is the experience of the Factory Department that only a minority of the accidents reported to the inspectors are preventable by physical safeguards; of the rest the great majority are attributable to human failings, and can be prevented only if employers will make safety an integral part of management and workers will educate themselves to carry on their work with a proper consideration for the safety not only of themselves, but (more important perhaps) of their fellow workers.”

A “Safety Last” workman and defective tools go hand-in-hand. From the Safety Section, American Railway Association.

A “Safety Last” workman and defective tools go hand-in-hand.
From the Safety Section, American Railway Association.