CHAPTER 10.3 SAFETY Initially, in our overseas activities, the functions of safety supervision and control were carried out by personnel of the Resident Manager's Office. However, as activities at the Atoll expanded and the tempo of construction increased the establishment of a Safety Department under the Project Manager was effected in accordance with established plans. The function of this department was to assist the Project Manager in providing safe and healthful working conditions and in protecting Government or Contractor property against loss or damage as a result of fire, accident, misuse, or abuse. A safety engineer to head the depart-— ment arrived at the Jobsite on December 23, 1949, and assumed his duties as responsible to the Administration Manager for effective planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling the activities of the H & N Jobsite Safety Department. The numbers of personnel fluctuated to meet Jobsite requirements. At peak load one Safety Engineer, one Assistant Safety Engineer, and three Fire Chiefs were employed. The activities of the Safety Department may be broken down into three major categories, Accident Prevention, Fire Protection, and Camp Sanitation, and will be discussed in that order. ACCIDENT PREVENTION The "Manual of Accident Prevention in Construction", issued by the Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., and "Standard Safety Requirements of the AEC, Regulations =— Safety #3" were the basic guides used in formulating the accident prevention program. Frequent inspections of the entire Jobsite were made to detect, ami to promote appro=priate action to eliminate conditions which might cause injury, illness, or damage to property. Many meetings were held at which employees, both individually and by groups, were orientated to safe working practices. All accidents were investigated and analyzed to determine the cause, and action was initiated to eliminate the causes ami to prevent any recurrence of the accident. Safety education was promoted by the utilization of signs designa- ting hazardous locations, safety bulletins, posters and directives as required, to effect optimum results. On the first working day of each week, a report was submitted to the Resident Manager reviewing the Safety Department's activities for the previous week. A monthly Summary of Accident, Occupational Disease and Fire Experience and other reports, as required, were prepared for the Los Angeles office, to be forwarded to the Atomic Energy Commission after the inclusion of Home Office totals. A recapitulation of these reports for the twenty-two month period, August 1, 1949, through May 31, 1951, shows that for a total of 6,573,670 man hours worked there were 25 occupational injuries involving lost time as follows: 10-5