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Maritime Safety Group

Honors 12 Persons For

Technical Presentations

Edward F. Mclntyre, general chairman of the Marine Section of the National Safety Council, announced recently that 12 spe- cialists in accident prevention were cited by the organization for outstanding presentations that advanced efforts in safety for workers in the U.S. maritime industry.

The action was taken at an awards ceremony held at the

Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, in what has become a highlight event of the annual conference of the ship industry group that is held in conjunction with the meeting of the National Safety

Council.

The three-day meeting of the

Marine Section is the 64th yearly

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The awards were made for pro- gram papers delivered at the pri- or Marine Section conference on the basis of selection by a special committee. It was headed this year by Capt. Robert E. Hart, president of the Marine Index

Bureau of New York. The award winners and their papers were:

Capt. P.J. Cronk, U.S. Coast

Guard, "Computer Assisted Anal-

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ASMAR * ysis Techniques for Outer Conti- nental Shelf Safety Studies."

Ron F. Bohn, United States

Navigation, Inc., "The How and

Why of Control Procedures for

Packaged Hazardous Materials/

Dangerous Goods Offered as

Ocean Export Cargoes."

Charles Keller, National Fire

Protection Association, for "The

Marine Chemist and His Role in

Marine Safety."

Capt. Harold F. Norton Jr.,

U.S. Coast Guard, for "Fire at

Sea — A Casualty Revisited."

William Mattmiller, California

Back School, "Prevention of Back

Injuries in the Towing Industry."

Alvin V. Marks, Bean Dredg- ing Corp., "Why Bean Uses Super 8 for Safety Training."

Thomas Smith, Tidewater Ma- rine Service, Inc., "Tidewater

Safety Communications."

Dennis Gaubert, J. McDermott

Corp., "Safety Planning in Pro- duction and What No Man Has

Ever Done."

J.P. Brown, Lykes Bros. Steam- ship Co., Inc., "Packaging for

Safety and Security in Water

Transport."

Douglas Hard, Marine Safety

International, "Safety Aspect of

Bridge Simulator."

Tom Brooks, Marsh & McLen- nan, "The Intermesh Between

Claims Handling and Safety."

Thomas Tooker, National River

Academy, "Towboat Officer's Role as Supervisor."

Mr. Mclntyre noted that in ad- dition to Captain Hart, the Best

Paper Award selection committee included David S. Walker of Bos- ton Towboat Co.; Capt. A.D.

Utara of the U.S. Coast Guard; and William T. McCuen of John

W. McGrath Corp.

The Marine Section is one of 28 separate industry groups that are part of the National Safety

Council.

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