Need of Safety from the Employer's Point of View

thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house if any man fall from thence. The problem of safeguarding the manual worker against accident was, however, primarily a product of the Industrial Revolution. Under the domestic and handicraft stages of industrial organization, the safety of craftsmen and apprentices was largely a matter of individual caution since they were exposed to few employment hazards. The introduction of machinery brought with it new risks which were multiplied by the increased interdependence of the workers. The safety of an employe depended not only upon his own prudence and judgment but also upon the prudence and judgment of his fellow employes and upon the foresight of the employer in detecting the hazards inherent in the new mechanical devices. In the early stages of the factory system, the interest of the employer in the protection of his employes was primarily humanitarian. The number of workmen in a factory was small. The employer was in many instances a fellow workman and, in any event, was in close contact with those in his employ. If a man was injured, the employer usually took personal charge of the case. He was fully cognizant of the special dangers of the occupation. In short, he was in a position where he could directly supervise his workmen and insure the exercise of a reasonable

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