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BADIN BULLETIN
RODDINU-ROOM FOREMEN
lem, even when handled very carefully,
and requires more attention on the part
of the workmen than cutting in a new
room; and one passmg through when a
new room is being cut in, and seeing
the array of fireworks, would think it
impossible to make the first week’s run
without a single burn or injury—but
such was the record of Potroom No. 24.
This is a record to be proud of, not only
by the men in charge, but by every man
cutting a shift during that week in this
room. Practice safety, and watch for
good results in accident prevention.
Wear Your Goggles
The importance of wearing your gog
gles on your eyes and not on your hat
IS now a proven fact. It was fully
proven by an accident which occurred in
Potroom No. 34 a few days ago.
Will Moore, No. 1226, was pouring
hot metal into a mold when some of
the metal splashed out, hitting squarely
the lenses of his goggles. Will was
badly frightened at first, but after tak
ing off and examining his goggles, he
said, “Oh, Boy; it sure pays to wear
your goggles where they belong; not on
your hat.”
It is very evident from the looks of
the goggles Will was wearing that his
eyes would have undoubtedly been very
severely burnt, and maybe blinded, had
it not been for that little safety first
precaution. This should be a lesson to
every man in the plant, and everyone
should realize that if their work is such
as requires the use of goggles, be sure
you have them, and wear them where
they belong.
Ragged Cotton Gloves
On January 20, we had another exam
ple of the danger of wearing old cotton
gloves. Cleveland Little, No. 5408, who
is employed in the Re-Melting Depart
ment, had on an old pair of ragged cot
ton gloves, and in picking up a pig of
metal to toss it upon the paddle his
glove caught upon a ragged edge of the
pig, jerked his hand forward, catching
his hand between the pig and the paddle.
Cleveland has a badly split finger, and,
though losing no time on account of the
injury, has a very painful wound.
This wound would not have happened
had he been wearing a glove with a
leather palm. It seems that someone
must suffer that we may be forcibly
reminded of these dangerous practices.
As much as we regret this accident, let
us all profit by Cleveland’s misfortune,
by discarding the cotton glove, for think
what might have happened had it been
some part of a high-speed machine upon
which this glove had caught.
Keep Your Mind on Your Work
Without doubt, the greatest act of
carelessness or absent-mindedness that
has ever come to our attention was that
of Robert Kelly, one of the store-room
employees.
On January 5, Kelly was one of a
party who took a truckload of coal to
the Club House. After the truck had
backed to the coal hole, Kelly took the
cover off the coal hole, stepped up to
the truck for his shovel, and then stepped
backwards into the' coal hole, the fall
fracturing three ribs. When asked why
he stepped backwards into the coal hole,
Kelly replied, “I forgot I opened it.”
Though this is an extreme case of
carelessness, yet it goes to show what
will happen when our minds are not on
our job. Remember that, whatever your
work, there is always some element of
danger. Keep your mind on your work
at all times; and let us hope no one else
will ever be guilty of such carelessness.
Boy, Page Greenlee and Brown
Some of the boys working on the seven
o clock shift in the Potrooms, since check
ing over the Weekly Tabulation for the
week ending January 10, which shows
the number of accidents occurring in
each potroom, their cause, and the shift
during which the injury occurred, have
asked, ‘Why has the graveyard shift
more injuries than either the seven
o’clock shift or the three o’clock shift?”
We are passing the question to Mr.
Greenlee and Mr. Brown for an answer.
Charles Elliot Kirk Dies
Mr. Charles Elliott Kirk died Satur
day, February 14, of influenza-pneu-
monia, at his home near Badin, follow
ing an illness of a few days. Mr. Kirk
was well-known in Badin, he having been
a barber here for some time. He was
thirty-two years of age, and is survived
by his wife and four chidren. The fu
neral services were conducted by Rev.
Mr. Hoey, of Albemarle, and Rev. J. M.
Arnette, Sunday afternoon, the burial
being in the family graveyard. The
pallbearers were: Mr. Jacobs, Mr. Sells,
H. C. Nash, Linnie Myers, A. S. Smith,
anl Clarence Cotton.
Occupy Handsome Building
One of the largest and most com
modious buildings in Badin is that to
be occupied by The Parker-Little Fur
niture Company. Badin’s furniture
houses are among its most progressive
stores, carrying a line that would do
credit to a city.