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Document ID (ISN)20429
CIS number 74-565
ISSN - Serial title 0373-1944 - Travail et sécurité
Year 1973
Convention or series no.
Title Ford - Prevention ... an American-style challenge in South-West France
Original title Ford - Prévention ... un défi à l'américaine dans le sud-ouest français. [in French]
Bibliographic information May 1973, No.5, p.278-293. Illus.
Abstract Describes the safety techniques adopted in the new Ford-France factories in the Bordeaux area, where 2,500 workers will be employed. Safety is built in at all stages (whether it be the form of a hook, the slope of a staircase, the type of switch selected, etc.). Indicates how equipment is purchased (taking safety standards into account) and how delivery is taken. Description of the various safety services. Up to the present, accident frequency and severity rates have remained exceptionally low.
Descriptors (primary) plant safety organization; motor vehicle industry
Descriptors (secondary) safety engineering
Document type -
Subject(s)
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Motor vehicle manufacturing industry