The campaign for safety is taking firm root in Detroit. The Detroit
Manufacturers’ Association has in its employ two safety inspectors who
are at the call of members for work in their plants at any time. They
are constantly hunting for danger points and suggesting methods of
eliminating them.
More recently, following the enactment of the Workmen’s Compensation
Law, there has been organized the Detroit Accident Prevention
Conference. There have been three meetings so far, with such men as John
Calder of the Cadillac Motor Car Company and W. H. Bradshaw, safety
director of the New York Central lines as speakers and papers by those
members who were equipped by reason of experience to give instructive
information. The meetings are held in the evening in a down town hotel
where a moderate priced dinner is served, the addresses and discussions
following. The average attendance has been about one hundred. As no
membership fee is charged and as great enthusiasm is displayed it is
hoped that shortly the attendance will be double this number.