Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 304, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1914 — Employment Hazards. [ARTICLE]

Employment Hazards.

According to a bulletin issued by the Industrial commission of Wisconsin, the danger of objects striking workmen constitutes the greatest hazard of present-day employment. "In less than two years,” the bulletin continues, "approximately 65,000 working days were lost by wage earners of Wisconsin due to this cause alone. In addition, 86 men were killed and 107 were permanently disabled. The coet of these accidents to employers, under present compensation law, would amount to over $400,000. Mechanical safeguards would have prevented but a small proportion of these acdidents. They must be avoided, if at all, through the co-operation of employer and employee, which is only made possible to any great extent by better shop organization.”