Quote – J. Sharpe Queener, Safety Director for Du Pont Co. and representative of the U.S Chamber of Commerce, Testimony, Senate Subcommittee on Labor and Public Welfare.

I believe that Congress and the people must realize that if this bill…is passed, we are direct[ing] attention to less than 10 percent of the safety problems in the country….From my own personal experience and evaluation of available statistics, the basic cause (85% to 95%) of occupational injuries is some type of ‘people failure.’ Inadequate equipment or facilities accounts for a very small percent of the total injuries experienced….‘people failure’ cannot be eliminated by legislation.

J. Sharpe Queener, Safety Director for Du Pont Co. and representative of the U.S Chamber of Commerce, testifies in qualified support of the compromise bill. From his written report submitted to the Senate Subcommittee on Labor and Public Welfare for the hearing “Occupational Safety and Health Act, 1970. Part 1”.

Saturday, November 21, 1970