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A PAPER by Luis Ruiz-Castillo Basala entitled "Eliminación de accidentes en la 'Industria de la Construcción' por el conocimiento del factor humano" appears in Revista De Formacion Y Documentation Profesional (3, No. 9. Madrid, 1944), dealing with the problem of obviating accidents to those included in the category of the "Industria de la Construcción". The investigation was conducted for this class only, which includes twenty-four different forms of employment, constituting about 70 per cent of the manual workers in Spain (agricultural workers are excluded). Each of the occupations is examined separately, and the most relevant conditions which characterize them are given under the headings of physiology, psychology, hygiene and other factors. It is believed that accidents could be eliminated to a very large extent in the branches of industry referred to by attending to certain points, among which may be noticed the following. (1) Selection of those most adaptable to the particular type of work. This could be effected by a physico-technical examination of special type, starting with a study of the characteristics enumerated for the various forms of employment. (2) Psychological influence by means of conversation, etc., on those who come under examination, to help each one to make use of his psychological qualities in the fulfilment of his daily occupation. (3) Propaganda by means of posters, handbills, and so on, having the special object of eliminating accidents. These would teach people the most convenient positions to adopt at their work and the most rational methods for proceeding with it, and would also show the necessity for remembering on all occasions the attitudes of security most fitted to avoid foreseen risks.
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Industrial Safety in Spain. Nature 155, 199 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155199b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/155199b0