Sy Employee services and benefits were adopted to include a contributory retirement plan, a Corporation-finance group life insurance plan, an insurance counseling ser- DISABLING INJURIES 5.76 i, vice, and payment of a differential allow- Hj ance to employees entering military service to make up for loss of income during the period of adjustment to military life. An million hours worked Severity Rate per thousand hours worked employee review committee was established to review employees relationship problems. * The reduction in severity is particularly impressive, since it reflects a reduction in serious injuries, which is obviously A bi-weekly employee newspaper was inau- gurated. The training program during 1953 included 50, 000 student hours of instruction. more important from humanitarian and economic standpoints than a reduction in number of cases involving only a few A full-scale industrial health activity, in March 1953, moved into a new modern medical building. Awards of Honor National Safety Council for Sandia's ing safety record were received for ance for each of the last two years. Frequency Rate per days of lost time. 2.45 of the outstandperformSandia's frequency of disabling injuries and the sever- ity rate for accidents has been kept below those of other AEC contractors and the national average for similar industries. In the field of accounting, a major accomplishment was the installation of a cost control system covering expenditures for research and de- velopment work. An auditing organization fa Up Zi 1950 1951 1952 1953 was also established for making internal audits for management's information and control, and for the auditing of vendor's cost type contracts and contracts subject to renegotiation. Relations with the unions have been good, and the number of grievances has been small. During the three-year period, one grievance was taken to arbitration by the union, involving the Corporation's right to discharge an employee for striking his supervisor. The arbitrator's decision supported the Corporation's action completely. 13. WEAPONS INSPECTION AND SCHEDULING IN THE SANDIA AREA The Sandia Field Office is responsible for technical direction of the weapons inspection program and has other responsibilities in scheduling and distribution. These assignments are in addition to a wide scope of security, support Service, and contract administration functions resulting from its association with Sandia Laboratory. A summary of weapons inspection, scheduling, and distribution activities is reported here as it assists understand- ing not only of SFOO Field Office activity but also of the rather extensive scope of productionrelated SFO activity. POEIALB 76 xt