THE SAFETY FACTOR
Sir, —Being a woman, and a middleaged one at that, I am not ashamed to own that I am afraid of accidents. Airmen, and to a less extent all transport workers, are expected to have a special bump of efficiency, but in spite of it, enough accidents occur to frighten their wives, even if they do not worry themselves. Research workers have taught us that accidents occur most often when the physical and mechanical conditions are only marginally safe —weather conditions, wear and servicing of machine’s, etc.' But sometimes it is the transport worker whose mental or physical margin is too fine and self-preservation fails him. Are psychologists being allowed to do what they can in preventing human failures when conditions are adverse? Or should margins be increased?—l am, etc., Alice Gabriel.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26852, 17 August 1948, Page 6
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135THE SAFETY FACTOR Otago Daily Times, Issue 26852, 17 August 1948, Page 6
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