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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
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vice, and payment of a differential allow-
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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.
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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
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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.
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