Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 303, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1918 — Accidents Notably Decreased. [ARTICLE]

Accidents Notably Decreased.

Accidents in the irqg and steel industry have decreased by more than two-thirds during the last ten years as the result of a . movement to enforce safety regulations, according to a report by the bureau of labor statistics. In 1907, the report shows, 245 men were killed or injured out of every 1,000 employed, while in 1914 the accident rate was reduced to 81 per 1,000. A further reduction would have been recorded in 1917 but for the dislocation of industrial procasses to meet war needs, the rqport says.