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factory inspection division. I can see how it happened. There wasn't any natural connection between the two. It seemed obvious to me when I got there, because as I began to read about an accident in a workmen's compensation case, I would naturally say to myself, “Call Gernon.” So I would call James L. Gernon and say, “Did you ever hear about this accident? What does the factory inspector's report for that period show? What have we done to correct the condition that brought about this accident?” I found out that sometimes there'd never been any report on it at all. The factory inspecting division had never heard about it and by the time the factory inspector got around he never saw anything.

So we made a rule that they must report every accident that came in as a compensation claim to the factory inspection division and that it must be put in the kit of the factory inspector of that district to look into, so that in his rounds he could say, “I understand you bad an accident on the 4th of February. A man lost his leg here. Where was the accident? How did it happen?” Then he could issue such orders as were necessary if indeed the employer had not already arranged to correct the hazard.

We got on to the fact that there were an excessive number of workmen's compensation claims coming from the mining area way up in the northeast corner of New York State around