A Summary of Industrial Accidents in USAEC Facilities; TID-5360 (Suppl.2)
Oak Ridge, TN: United States Atomic Energy Commission, Technical Information Service, 1959. Reproduced from the best available copy --believed contemporaneous with initial publication. Wraps. iv, 30 pages. Footnotes. 8 Charts. Cover has some wear and soiling. Ex-library with the usual library markings. This report includes narrative descriptions of accidents involving radiation reported to the Atomic Energy Commission by its contractors in 1957 and 1958. Data are also presented on occupational injuries and fatalities in all activities of the Atomic Energy Commission since the beginning of the AEC as a civilian agency, Jan 1, 1947, through Dec. 30, 1958. Narrative descriptions are included on all fatal accidents during 1957 and 1958. The contents are: Industrial Injury Rates, AEC Fatal Accident Experience, A Summary of Accidents Involving Fatalities in Atomic Energy Activities, 1957-58, Lost Time Injuries from Radiation, and A summary of Accidents Involving Radioactive Materials in Atomic Energy Activities, 1957-58. Where comparisons are made, the latest data on injuries published by the National Safety Council were used. The Commission's injury rates, taken as a whole, including accidents involving nuclear radiation, compare very favorably with the best rates in the National Safety Council's annual report. The over-all AEC injury frequency rate for several years has been second or third from the top. In most cases of strains and sprains, workers were lifting improperly or failed to obtain proper assistance. Over 90 per cent of the fracture resulted either from workers falling from a different level or from falling objects striking the workers. The fatality rate was attributed to increased construction activity. It was noted that at all times the rate (deaths per 100,000 employees) had been below the average industrial occupational fatality rate reported by the National Safety Council. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Atomic Energy, Nuclear Accidents, Radiation Accidents, Industrial Accidents, Fatal Accidents, Lost Time Injuries, Radiation Injuries, Occupational Safety
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