badin bulletin
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Continual Carelessness Causes Casualties
SAFETY DEPARTMENT
TALLASSEE "QOWER ^ompany
HINK SAFETY -IT RACTICE SAFETY ^AUTION SAFETY
January Accident Record
The following is a record of the lost
time accidents which occurred in the
plant during the month of January, and
It will be noted that every department
shows a very material decrease over the
E>ecember record. Go to it, Boys; let
every succeeding month show a like de-
*^i'ease, and your record will be one of
which you may well feel proud.
Lost Time Days
Aluminum Plant Accidents Lost
Potroom No. 24
0
0
Potroom No. 26
2
36
Potroom No. 28
0
0
Potroom No. 32
1
3
Potroom No. 34
0
0
Potroom No. 36
0
0
P'Odding Department
Pot Lining Depart
1
1
ment
1
2
Metal Loading
He-Melting Depart
0
0
ment
0
0
Unloading Ore
Cleaning and Sweep-
0
0
ing
Carbon Plant
0
0
E. Lee
1
6
D. Howell
0
0
E. Biddix
0
0
W. R. Young
^^ctrical Department
0
0
Rotary Stations
0
0
Power Houses
0
0
Motor Repair
Miscellaneous Elec
0
0
trical
^^chine Shop
0
0
E. N. Evans
0
0
M. S. Ragsdale
0
0
L. Chambers
^'^struction Depart-
0
0
'm.ent
0
0
^ore Room ..
1
6
^^clamation .
0
0
planing Mill
0
0
^^'u>nsite
0
0
^otal of entire plant..
7
54
Total in December ....
21
116
^0 not think of your faults; still less
® others’ faults.
Have You Yours?
Have you received your copy of the
Safety First Rules and Regulations? If
not, ask a member of your Safety Com-
m'ttee for a copy.
These are in pamphlet form, of con
venient size, and every man should keep
a copy in his pocket. Read it over care
fully; study and analyze each rule, and
if possible memorize them. Remember
these rules were decided upon and
adopted by the members of your Safety
Committee—men who work beside you
in the plant—for your safety and the
safety of others, and these men will
insist upon these rules being obeyed.
You potroom boys who have a bad
habit of propping open the potroom
ventilators will some day be asked by
a member of your Safety Committee,
“Boy, what is rule No. 11 ofl your
Safety Regulations?” The same ap
plies to you boys in the Machine Shop,
Carbon Plant, and Electrical Depart
ment. Memorize these rules and regula
tions; they are simple, and pertain to
all our work, and if you will constantly
keep them in mind you will reduce the
accidents in your departments to a
minimum.
Safety Spirit
The success achieved by any Safety
Organization in accident prevention de
pends largely upon the attitude of the
men throughout the plant; their ability
and willingness to grasp the new spirit
and, by whole hearted co-operation, carry
out the ideas of safety work. What a
new man thinks of his plant safety or
ganization is usually the impression left
him by his foreman and fellow-workers.
The workmen usually express its spirit
and policy, just as the soldier expresses
the morale of the army. If you go about
your work in a careless, don’t-care way,
it is almost certain to influence others
to follow your example, which in time
will result in increasing rather than de
creasing the accidents in the plant;
whereas, if you follow the path of safety,
are careful, and insist upon others do
ing likewise, you set an example that
will be willingly followed by others, and
CAPTAIN DAVE
which immediately impresses the new
man with the idea of carefulness, so
essential to his safety and the safety of
others. Successful safety work is pos
sible only where there is a real safety
spirit. Let us all help to develop that
spirit.
Potroom No. 24
We have noticed several very good
records by different departments since
the beginning of our Safety Organiza
tion, but one well worth mentioning has
been made by Potroom No. 24. We not
only believe this to be the best record
at the Badin Plant, but a record for
all plants. All of us that are familiar
with potroom work know that starting
a room after it has been frozen for some
length of time is a very difficult prob-