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the other hand, if the employer brings about such injury or death 

 through neghgence, the widow, children or dependents come 

 within the provisions of the Act, and further have cause for 

 action against the employer for any damages in excess of those 

 awarded by the Commission. 



(10) Provisions are made for penaKzing an employer who fails 

 to observe the safeguards required by law. He must not only 

 pay the regular percentage on his pa3nroll but, in addition, 50 

 per cent of the award granted to the injured party. If the work- 

 man removes, or allows to be removed, any safeguard and he is 

 injured thereby, the award is reduced 10 per cent. 



(11) Employers are required to report all accidents to the 

 Commission, and their books must be open to inspection by the 

 traveling auditors of the Commission. 



(12) AppHcation for relief under this Act must be made 

 within one year from the date of the accident. 



The adoption of this Act has led to the abandonment of 

 liability insurance by lumbermen in Washington, and many 

 operators beheve that ultimately it will prove to be a cheaper 

 form of settlement for accidents than has previously been avail- 

 able, as well as promoting a better feeHng between employer 

 and employee. 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE TO CHAPTER IV 



First Annual Report of the Industrial Insurance Department, State of Wash- 

 ington, for the twelve months ending September 30, 1912. Olympia, 

 Washington. 



Pratt, C. S.: Washington Workmen's Compensation Act is Successful in its 

 Operation. The Timbermen, Portland, Oregon, August, 1912, pp. 74-77. 



