Miscellany
DOI: 10.1063/1.3061523
The Award of Honor of the National Safety Council has been presented to the Atomic Energy Commission in recognition of the safety record achieved in the atomic energy program during 1952, when the frequency of occupational injuries per million man‐hours worked in all categories of the program decreased 50 percent below the average for the previous three years, and the severity of injuries was reduced 33 percent. The injury rate in the atomic energy program has declined steadily since the end of 1949. Frequency of injuries from accidents in the program dropped from 5.40 per million man‐hours in 1949 to 2.51 in 1952. The injury rate for American industry decreased from 10.14 to 8.40 per million man‐hours during the same period.
