The Final Article of the Industrial Section Report Deals Mainly With Accidents JIN the concluding part of the report, reference is made to the index of safety in industrial accidents, and it is stated that the stoppage of work in factories in August and the subsequent re-opening on a reduced scale during the rem ing months of the year has rendered the usual accident report non-comparable with other years.
There were 1752 accidents reported during the first seven months, and 1976 during the twelve months of 1937, as against 2200 in 1936, The fact that there were only 224 accidents reported for the last five months of the year provides in itself an index of what the hostilities did to industry.
The proportional increase for normal months over the 1990 figure hag. been partially due to better reporting, the procedure now having become more or less automatic in the main agencies supplying. information.
As in past. years accident reports have been supplied by the Police and Fire Departments, the hospitals and some eases by the factories themselves. Again the hospitals were chiefly responsible for the assistance iglven, 1138 reports having been sent in by them, This is a considerable Increase on the figure of 1368 for the whole twelve months of 1936, Following the procedure "already established, each of these accidents has. been" investigated and where feasible preventive measures have been requested. Experience gained over the lust three years has enabled inspectors to deal more readily with situations as they arise, During the portion of the year under review, there were 51 cases, which had fatal consequences as against 95 for the whole of 1036 and 104 for 1999, There was a rise in the number of women injured, 212 cases having been reported as against 103 in: 1996 and 100 in 1985. This Is accounted for by the} large nuumber—101—who were gassed one dneldent. The cause in this case was leaking ammonia in a cold storage plant, There were 18 deaths from. falls nine of which took place on buildin under construction. As in the past, falling has again "proved to be the largest single cause for fatal accidents, Shanghai, And again the textile industry shows up as being the industry in-which most fatal accidents take place, eight textile workers having been killed during the period under surve Eight workers met their death by accident while engaged in transport duties. Six were fatally injured, in machinery and metal product trades. Of workers Injured, the largest age category Is that of 14-19, Of the 1752 accidents recorded 53 were associated with power driven machinery. There were eight natalie ties. For the twelve months of 1996 there were G49 out of a total 2,200, algo with eight fatalities Electrical Accidents There were five fatal accidents due to defective cables and fexibles, this number being two more than the total number recorded for 1980. Accidents this category represent the majority of those which took pla The toto number of accidents reported for the seven months period was 21 as against 86 for the whole of the preceding year.
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