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WPB Forms Safety Branch to Fight War Plant Ill Health
The War Production Board’s Safety Health and Hygiene Branch, headed by Herbert Harris, plans a nationwide push to cut 2,000,000 yearly deaths and injuries among war plant workers. The effort targets malnutrition, crowded housing, and inadequate medical care, aiming to reduce lost man-hours and sustain factory output amid rapid war industry growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne F. Wilson
NEA
Washington
War Production Board
Safety, Health and Hygiene Branch
Sudget Bureau
Herbert Harris
Sidney Willman
OPM
Department of Labor, Public Health Service
United States
WPB
Childersburg
Ala
Valparaiso
Fla
Norfolk