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Simple Precautions Keep Plant Workers On The Job
Amid wartime defense production a nationwide focus on reducing absenteeism from colds and illnesses grows. The Canton area notes 1941–42 safety programs, with 844 accidents first six months of 1941 rising 60 percent from 1940, and emphasizes rest, diet, exercise, weather dress, staying away from the sick, and rapid response to illness to protect workers and sustain output.
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American Federation of Labor Research Bureau
Canton Defense Industries
National Insurance Company
Canton Chamber of Commerce
The
Tate
Bureau of Safety and Hygiene
Timken Roller Bearing Co