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(b) Firms with Fifty to Ninety-nine Employees
Of the nine factories in this group none has any first-aid
room and none employs a doctor or nurse to visit the factory.
Seven provide a first-aid box in the charge of an employee holding
a first-aid certificate. Two have first-aid boxes but no trained
personnel. One of these factories has cutting and stamping
machinery and the other carries out processes involving risk of
serious burns.
(c) Firms with Twenty to Forty-nine Employees
Of the twenty factories in this group only one has a firstaid
room with trained person in charge. Seven have a first-aid
box in the charge of a first-aid trained employee. The remainder
have a first-aid box but no trained person in charge. One of
these factories employing, over 40 men is carrying out welding of
heavy equipment and sheet metal work.
(d) Firms with Ten to Nineteen Employees
Of the six factories in this category two have a first-aid
box with a trained employee in charge and the remaining four have
a first-aid box but nobody trained.
(e) Firms with Five to Nine Employees
All provide first-aid boxes but in four out of the six
factories in this group there is no first-aid trained person in
charge.
(f) Firms with Under Five Employees
All provide first-aid boxes but in only one of the nine
factories in this group is there a first-aid trained person
responsible.
With one or two notable exceptions first-aid arrangements
appear haphazard and the employment of persons holding a first-aid
certificate fortuitous rather than a matter of policy.
In only two instances is a medical examination on entry
required by the firm, and in both cases the factories are branches
of larger concerns and the examination necessary for purposes of a
pension scheme.
Welfare and Personnel Management
In the factories covered by this survey the functions of
welfare and personnel management generally devolve on employer or