c 114 /^fei? The President's Conference on Occupational Safety Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell, Chairman Washington, D.C. March 1-3, 1960 January 1960 FACT SHEET WHO? WHAT? \^^HEN? U'HERE? WHY? HOW? YOU — and those wiio can do something about JOB S The President's Conference on Occupational Safety, v,"^ March 1, 2, and 3, 1960. Washington, D. C. To seek voluntary means for further reducing the annual toll of nearly 2,000,000 disabling injuries and 13,300 deaths due to occupational accidents. By invitation of the President of the United States. " THE CHALLENGE OF SAFETY IN A CHANGING WORLD " Forward-looking in its approach to this important national problem, the 1960 President's Conference centers around the interaction of man and his environment in a period of ex- plosive technological change. It will seek methods of safe- guarding the life, limb and health of the American worker aga^inst hazards associated with our rapidly changing way of life. This is the Conference theme — "The Challenge of Safety In A Changing World." OBJECTIVES Three major objectives have crystallized from the six Conferences held during the past decade: Tact Sheet - 2 - 1. To focus national attention on the importance of occupational safety and the continuing need to do something about it; 2. To identify and emphasize emerging problems in occupational safety, foreshadowed by unprecedented ex- pansion and changes in the size and composition of the Nation»s work force, and by the impact of explosive tech- nological advances in American industry; 3. To obtain a broad consensus of views and to formulate recommendations on matters requiring considera- tion or action by appropriate groups concerned with job safety. THE NEED Just as eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, so is unremitting study and action the price of safety. In the face of significant gains made by American industry, labor and the States in improving working conditions and work practices, accident losses continue to be a problem of major magnitude. These losses are preventable; no accident is inevitable, yet in 1958, some 1,820,000 work- ers were disabled and 13,300 deaths occurred on the job. If this Nation is merely to maintain, let alone increase, its stature and status in this era of dynamic technology it must devote its best efforts toward further reducing the losses in manpower, in technical skill, in human suffering, and in financial waste which job accidents still cause. SCOPE Wherever men and women work they are subject to environ- mental and other conditions which may lead to accidental injury and death; hence, the President*s Conference covers all segments of the American economy. Chief among the groups which the Conference brings together on a vol- untary basis are leaders of American business, agriculture, labor. Federal, State and local governments, insurance, education, health, and private safety organizations all of whom have a common interest in job safety, to devise and then apply cooperative means of controlling occupa- tional deaths and injuries throughout American industry. The following editorial comment from the official journal of one participating professional association gives addi- tional insight into the scope of the Conference: Fact Sheet - 3 - "The Conference (1958) was both a very practical, effi- cient sort of an affair and at the same time a program inspired by very human and commendable motives. Some 3,000 men and women gathered together to learn more about how they could help somebody else from being hurt in an accident. The fact that we live in a time and in a situation where this motive is considered important and worthwhile by the whole society is a fact from which we can all take some hope and courage." ORGANIZATION Organization of the Conference is on an entirely voluntary basis; it is set up to accomplish its objective through promotional and educational means, not through legislation or compulsion. Conference participants are chosen because of their leadership, responsibility and interest in ad- vancing safety in the Nation^s workplaces. Since basic legal responsibility for preventing job accidents rests with the several States and upon employers, the Federal Government's role is to emphasize the national interest and concern in safeguarding the health and safety of wage earners, and to provide technical assistance and informa- tion on accident prevention. The Conference operates on the consensus principle. Pre- siding officers will encourage audience participation. Where necessary, floor microphones will be provided for this purpose. Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell is General Chairman of the President's Conference. President Reed 0. Hunt of Crown Zellerbach Corporation serves as £Ixecutive Director; program coordination and conference arrangements are under the direction of Arthur W. Motley, Director of the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Standards. Con- ference planning and programing is carried out through a volunteer Technical Advisory Committee composed of rep- resentatives of cooperating groups and a Program Committee under the chairmanship of A. C. Blackman, General Manager, American Society of Safety Engineers. THE PROBLEM "This is a work in which all of us must share. An injury anywhere is a loss to the Nation as a whole. Safety must become a daily habit in all our workplaces if we are to reach our full potential of strength." President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Fact Sheet - 4 - "While we can point with some pride to our improvement in overall work injury rates, the record is still far from ideal. . . . Experience of industrial firms with full- scale safety programs indicates that we might eventually cut the total of 1,810,000 casualties to about 300,000, reduce the yearly fatalities from 13,300 to around 2,100, and lower the toll of permanent injuries from 75,700 to about 10,000, If the President's Conference can help us take another step toward these eminently worthwhile goals, as I feel sure it must, then those who participate will be repaid in the most valuable coin of all— the greater welfare of the American working man and woman." Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell. 19 60 PROGRAM WILL STRESS "SAFETY IN OUR TIME" "The new decade upon which we are embarked is truly a decade of urgency; not only is the_ world around us chang- ing suddenly and dramatically, but we are confronted almost daily with new materials, new processes, new and faster paces in our various activities, new horizons in- side the atom and in the far reaches of interstellar space. What hazards are being spawned by these environ- mental changes and what measures will control them, no man knows. But it is the solemn duty of all Americans to focus their minds and hearts upon our quest for the answers to these problems," Reed 0. Hunt. President. Crown Zellerbach Corporation and Executive Director, President's Conference on Occupational Safety, "Despite appreciable progress in reducing hazardous con- ditions of employment in industry, the cold fact is that unsafe working conditions continue to bring death and in- jury to industrial workers . . . our progress has not kept abreast of industrial hazards at a time when we face new risks now looming on the horizon. We must do some hard thinking about the future." George T. Brown. Assistant to the President. AFL-CIO . "The Conference planners have tried to select subjects which are timely and, it is hoped, thought provoking. We have been extremely fortunate to secure nationally, some internationally, recognized speakers to discuss these subjects. We hope the Conference delegates will find the program informative and stimulating and that any recommendations or findings will be productive in reducing injuries and deaths to American workers." A. C, Blackman. General Manager. American Society of Safety Engineers; Chairmaa. Program Planning Subcommittee, Fact Sheet - 5 - INVITATIONS Invitations are extended by the President of the United States upon recommendations made by representative groups, private and public, concerned with the advancement of safety throughout our industrial economy. These organi- zations include, among others, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, the National Safety Council, the American Standards Association, the American Society of Safety Engineers, American Association of Industrial Nurses, the Industrial Medical Association, State labor departments, the Small Business Administration, the U. S. Bureau of nines, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Federal Safety Council, as well as trade associations, insurance companies, and educational institutions. Travel and other expenses of attending the Conference are borne by the individual or his organization. There is no Conference registration fee. MEETING PLACES The opening session of the Conference on Tuesday morning, March 1, will be held in Constitution Hall, 18th and D Streets, NW., Washington, D.C. The Tuesday afternoon, Tuesday evening, and Thursday morning (March 3) plenary sessions will be held in the Departmental Auditorium, Constitution Avenue between 12th and 14th Streets, NW, On Wednesday, March 2, simultaneous workshops in the morning and afternoon will be held in the following cen- trally located auditoriums: COMMERCE DEPARTMENT AUDITORIUM - 14th Street and Constitution Avenue. HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT AUDITORIUM - 330 Independence Avenue, SW, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE AUDITORIUM - G Street between 4th and 5th Streets, NW, DEPARTMENTAL AUDITORIUM - Constitution Avenue between 12th and 14th Streets. (See PROGRAM for specific Workshop assignments.) Fact Sheet - 6 - CONFERENCE REGISTRATION Upon the issuance of invitations early in 1960, registra- tion may be made in advance for those delegates whose acceptances are received by February 17. Responses should be addressed to: The President's Conference on Occupa- tional Safety, U. S, Department of Labor, Washington 25, D.C. Those responding by February 17 will receive offi- cial badges (required for admittance to the opening session) and appropriate information by return mail. This pre-conf erence registration will save time and avoid congestion at Constitution Hall on the opening morning. For those delegates who are unable to register by mail, registration facilities will be in operation in Constitu- tion Hall beginning at 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 1, Follow- ing the first plenary session, and continuing throughout the Conference, these facilities will be in operation in the Departmental Auditorium. Thus, delegate badges can be obtained either by mail pre-registration, by actual registration on the morning of March 1, or (for those who arrive late) by registration later on during the Conference. PRESS FACILITIES Throughout the Conference, press facilities will be main- tained, and a press room will be set up in Conference Room C of the Departmental Auditorium. The Conference staff expects to have available for distribution advance copies of papers and addresses to be given at the various sessions . LOCAL INTEREST To stimulate public understanding and local interest, it is suggested that delegates may wish to inform their local newspapers and organization publications of their par- ticipation in the Conference, HOTEL RESERVATIONS Washington in the spring is a mecca for many conventions and visitors. It is therefore suggested that delegates make hotel reservations early, in order to be assured of suitable accommodations. (See separate memorandum on "Hotels.") Fact Sheet - 7 - CONFERENCE SERVICES In addition to press facilities, the Conference will maintain an information desk, a message center, and publications tables. Official Proceedings of the Con- ference will be printed and mailed to all delegates on record as soon as practicable after adjournment, GENERAL All Conference sessions will begin promptly as scheduled in the official Conference Program, Washington will be on Eastern Standard Time. OUTLINE OF PROGRAM (Official Conference programs will be distributed on the morning of March 1,) TUESDAY MORNING , MARCH 1: ( Constitution Hall, 18th and D Streets. NV. ) 8:30 REGISTRATION (if not pre-registered) 10:30 UNITED STATES MARINE BAND 11:30 INVOCATION Frank A. Tobey, Chaplain (Major General) USA, Chief of Chaplains, Department of the Army. ADDRESS Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor 12:00 THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AFTERNOON : ( Departmental Auditorium. Constitution Avenue between 12th and 14th Streets. NW, ) Presiding ; THE SECRETARY OF LABOR ••THE »UNCHANGING» NATURE OF MAN IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT'^ Chairman: Reed 0. Hunt, Executive Director, President's Conference on Occupational Safety; President, Crown Zellerbach Corporation. 2:00 "The Changing Nature of Work" Joseph Kaplan, Department of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, Fact Sheet - 8 - OUTLINE OF PROGRAM (continued) 2:30 "The Changing Nature of Our Work Force" Evan Clague, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, 3:00 "The ^Unchanging* Nature of Man" 3:30 Audience Discussion EVENING; ( Departmental Auditorium ) Presiding; Lawrence G. Derthick, U. S, Commissioner of Education 8:00 "THE SCHOOL»S CONTRIBUTION TO SAFETY IN A CHANGING WORLD." Progress Report of the Office of Education's Conference on School Safety, established as a result of the 1958 President's Conference on Occupational Safety, Moderator; John P, Walsh, Division of Vocational Education, U, S, Office of Education. WEDNESDAY MORNING . MARCH 2: (Four Simultaneous Workshops) 9:30 NEW EMPHASES IN TRAINING ( Departmental Auditorium ) Moderator ; Leon Brody, Center for Safety Education, New York University, 9:30 SETTING SAFETY STANDARDS FOR TOMORROW'S MATERIALS ( Commerce Department Auditorium ) Moderator; Cyril Ainsworth, American Standards Association, 9:30 LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT INJURY OCCURRENCE ( General Accounting Office Auditorium ) Moderator; A. J, Bryski, Director of Research and Statistics, Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, Fact Sheet - 9 - OUTLINE OF PROGRAM (continued) 9:30 EMERGING ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS ( Health. Education . and Welfare Auditorium ) Moderator: Harold J. Magnuson, M.D., Chief, Occupational Health Branch, U, S, Public Health Service. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON . MARCH 2: (Four Simultaneous Workshops) 2:00 COMMUNICATION— A BRIDGE FOR SAFETY ( Departmental Auditorium ) Moderator; Arthur H, Motley, President, PARADE Publications. 2:00 WANTED! — LEADERS FOR SAFETY ( Commerce Department Auditorium ) Moderator: Earl Cheit, Department of Industrial Relations, University of California. 2:00 WHY AND HOW INVESTIGATE ACCIDENTS? ( General Accounting Office Auditorium ) Co-'Moderators : John J. Hanselman, Assistant Vice President, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, and James G. Brownlow, President, Metal Trades Department, AFL-CIO. 2:00 HEALTH MAINTENANCE— ITS CONTRIBUTION TO JOB SAFETY ( Health. Education, and Welfare Auditorium ) Moderator: Logan Robertson, M.D., Occupational Health Services,' THURSDAY MORNING . MARCH 3: ( Departmental Auditorium ) 10:00 SUMMARY OF CONFERENCE CONCLUSIONS Hon. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor 11:00 ADDRESS Gov. Howard Pyle, President, National Safety Council 12:00 ADJOURNMENT Fact Sheet - 10 - TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE This group was constituted to aid the Secretary of Labor and the Director of the U, S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Standards in discharging their Conference re- sponsibilities. Its specific concern was that of Con- ference theme and prograim development. It was assisted by a program subcommittee. Membership of the Technical Advisory Committee: Elxecutive Director of the Conference; Chairman, Technical Advisory Committee: REED 0. HUNT President, Crown Zellerbach Corporation, San Francisco, California. *AHEARN, Vincent P., Executive Secretary, National Sand and Cravel Association AINSWORTH, Cyril, Deputy Managing Director, American Standards Association *BISSONNETTE, Grace, R.N. , American Association of Industrial Nurses; Industrial Health Consultant, Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co. **BLACKMAN, A. C, General Manager, American Society of Safety Engineers BRIDGES, Clark D,, Managing Director, Industrial Medical Association ^BRODY, Leon, Director of Research, Center for Safety Education, New York University *BROWN, George T. , Special Assistant to the President, AFL-CIO BROWNLOW, James, President, Metal Trades Dept., AFL-CIO CONVERY, John M., Industrial Relations Division, National Association of Manufacturers CRANE, Frank, Commissioner, North Carolina Department of Labor DYMEK, E. J,, Automatic Electric Company •^•FERGUSON, R. H., Assistant Director, Industrial Relations, Republic Steel Corp, -^GRIMES, Sidney V., Managing Director, Pacific Coast Association of Pulp and Paper Manufacturers *HAGOPIAN, Robert, Assistant Manager, Accident Prevention Department, Association of Casualty and Surety Cos, *JOHNSON, William G., General Manager, National Safety Council ■»-MATTEI, Carl J., Acting Director, Division of Industrial Safety Service, New York State Dept. of Labor McCAULEY, GEORGE D., Vice President, Federal Safety Council; Safety Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration MOTLEY, A. W., Director, Bureau of Labor Standards, U. S. Department of Labor Fact Sheet - 11 - SEE, Harry, Railway Labor Executives Association; Safety Director, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, AFL-CIO SIVERSON, Reuben, Manager, Department of Manufacture, Chamber of Commerce of the United States SPOERER, Herman J,, Vice President, Youngstown Sheet Tube Co. *STENNETT, J. C, Manager, Accident and Fire Prevention Department, National Association of Mutual Casualty Cos. *TEPLOW Leo, Industrial Relations Consultant, American Iron and Steel Institute WALSH, Richard F. , Vice President, AFL-CIO, and Chairman, AFL-CIO Committee on Safety and Occupational Health WHARTON, Hunter, General Secretary-Treasurer, International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO WILLIAMS, Richard S,, Safety Director, Raytheon Manufacturing Co. Federal Resources Section CLAGUE, Ewan, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor HAYES, D. F., Chief, Safety and Fire Protection, U, S. Atomic Energy Commission HUFFMAN, Gerald H., Assistant Administrator — Programs, Federal Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture LONGHURST, H, R., Assistant Director, Bureau of Safety and Service, Interstate Commerce Commission MAGNUSON, Harold J., M.D., Chief, Occupational Health Branch, Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education and Welfare PARSONS, Douglas E. , National Bureau of Standards, U. S. Department of Commerce SLOMAN, Harold J., Supervising Mining Health and Safety Engineer, Bureau of Mines, U. S. Department of the Interior WALSH, John P., Director, Trade and Industrial Education Branch, Division of Vocational Education, Office of Education, U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare WILKENSON, T. H., Director of Safety, U. S. 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