CHAPTER Ill, SECTION 5 SECTION 5 SAFETY VEHICLE ACCIDENT DATA INDUSTRIAL SAFETY. Under the direction of the Safety Engineer stationed at Elmer, the Safety Department has as its main function and responsibility strict conformance to the high standards of safety and health control required on all AEC projects. In addition, the Department was responsible for the Fire Prevention and Protection Program at all sites. The Safety Engineer and his staff also sup- ported the representative of the American Inter- national Underwriters, Inc., who represented the insurance carrier on all matters pertaining to workmen’s compensation. (I July 1956 to 15 July 1958) Average No. of Vehicles —.................222..-------388 Estimated Miles Driven ........................ 892,955 No. of Motor Vehicles Involved..................-.- 11 *Frequency Rate _....00000 vevenetseveseeeseees 1.23 Total Cost of Vehicle Damages............-... $2,317 *Disabling injuries per million man-hours worked. OCCUPATIONAL TIME LOST DATA (1 July 1956 to 15 July 1958) An active and continuous safety program was maintained at all sites where H&N personnel were assigned. Although Fred is under control of the Military, safety activities continued to Average No. of Employees.....................--- 2,492 tions at that site. At Johnston Island a situation No. of Days Lost ...........02...220::ceeeeeeeee 4,718 encompass all Contractor personnel and operasimilar to that at Fred existed. To assist new personnel in becoming ac- quainted with Jobsite safety requirements and some of the elements to be encountered, an in- doctrination lecture was given upon their arrival. This type of programming invited safety consciousness and served as a medium for accident control. Charts pinpointing the causes of most accidents and showing which departments were experiencing the greatest number of accidents in any particular category were distributed to Supervision, creating a competitive spirit be- tween departments and divisions which reduced the number of accidents and resulted in an improved safety record. To assist further in evaluating trends relative to accident frequency during the build-up and operational period, when increased hours of overtime were being worked, the accident frequency charts were de- signed to reflect hours of overtime worked by department and division so that comparisons could be made and necessary controls considered. FIRE PROTECTION & PREVENTION. The mobile fire protection equipment at Elmer consisted of two F.W.D. 500-gpm fire trucks, a Maxim 750-gpm fire truck used primarily for utility purposes, and a truck-mounted foam unit; a Ford 500-gpm fire truck was located at Nan. To meet the need for fire protection equip- ment at all other sites as they were being acti- vated, seven Willys 500-gpm fire trucks were purchased which were more versatile and better Total Man Hours Worked................ 9,080,207 No. of Lost Time Injuries .................2-...22...- 76 *Frequency Rate _...........0..:..cceeeceeeeeeee eee 8.37 **Severity Rate 2.0.0.0... ceceecccseneeee cece tees 520 *Disabling injuries per million man-hours worked. **Days charged per million man-hours worked. Table No. 3-9. Vehicle Accident Data. adapted for small camp use than the larger trucks. The urgent need for additional salt water for the distillation plant and the potential need for additional fire protection at the POL area resulted in the installation of a draft hydrant close to the foam unit with the intake extending into the lagoon. This system was so installed that foam was available immediately should a fire occur in the POL area. A new 10-inch salt water main for the fire protection system was completed on both Elmer and Fred. Additional fire hydrants were installed in the industrial section and at the Deep Water Pier. As recommended by the AEC Fire Prevention Engineer, 103 holes were cut through the deck of the Deep Water Pier and were re- cessed to allow metal covers to lay flush with the deck of the pier. These holes were spaced to allow maximum under-deck coverage by cellar-type fire hose nozzles in case of an underdeck fire. Page 365