BADIN bulletin Nineteen
Continual Carelessness Causes Casualties
SAFETY DEPARTMENT—
Tallassee TDower /company
HINK safety ■ RACTICE SAFETY Vi.^AUTION SAFETY
Safety Fables
Once upon a time there was a Circu
lar Saw which was Very Dull. The
Workman who used the Saw was also
Dull, or he would have asked to have it
sharpened. The Foreman was Dull, be
cause he did not Instruct the Workman.
The Master Mechanic was Dull, because
he did not get after the Foreman. It
was quite a Dull Outfit all around.
The Saw also did not have mucn Set.
But the Workman aird the Foreman
wei’e Very Set. In fact they were Sot.
They Knew All About Saws, and no
ding-sizzled son-of-a-prairie-dog Safety
Inspector could Tell them anything.
Not by a Dam Site.
The Saw was So Dull that when the
Workman pushed a Plank through it
was like pushing a Lawn Mower through
a Hay field. But he didn’t care—he was
working by the Day. And the Foreman
thought that the more the men Sweat,
the better Boss he was. i
So the Workman Kept on Pushing.
He pushed so hard that once in a while
he Slipped and Cut his Hand. Once he
cut off Part of a Finger. He hung
around the House for a Month till it got
Well, while his wife Stood Off the Gro
cer and the Landlord. Afterward he
Displayed the Stump as if it had been a
Lodge Button. The poor nut didn’t
Know that a man Minus Fingers is some
times Minus Braiiis.
One day when the Dull Saw had no
Set left at all, it Kicked Back—as even
a patient Mule will do if you Crowd
him Too Hard. A Short Block hit the
Man like Babe Ruth hits the Ball, and
Knocked him for a Row of Brick Dog
houses. After Sailing around the Starry
Skies for awhile, he came To in the
Hospital, and heard the Doctor say:
“Fortunately it Hit him in the Head,
where it couldn’t do much Damage.”
When the Master Mechanic Saw the
Saw, which had about as much Cutting
Edge as a Phonograph Record, he also
Came To. What he said to the Foreman
will never! be printed in the Ladies’
Home Journal. The Last Words were
(in substance):
“Get it Filed and Set—See? Before
tomorrow morning—See? And if you
ain’t got a man that Knows how to file
a saw Right, GET ONE—SEE?”
A week later the Foreman said to the
Master Mechanic:
“Funny thing about that Saw. Since
we had it Sharpened we get out Fifty
per Cent, more work, even with a Green
Man.”
Moral: It takes a Lot to Wake some
People Up.
Safety Slogans
The House on The Sand
The foundations were laid by Igno
rance, the bricks were cemented with
blood by Carelessness, the supports were
installed by Recklessness, and the deco
rations were by Thoughtlessness.
Do you live in this house?
Most men crippled in business have a
lame excuse, has been quoted by some
attorneys as the truth; but what is the
use of being crippled when you can be
safe?
Training is everything. The peach
was once a bitter almond; cauliflower
is “Cabbage with a College Education.”
'' In office, bank, factory, on the rail
road, or in the plant, the most able
man is the'*careful man.
Safety is the cornerstone of efficiency;
the more Safety, the less worry, the
greater efficiency.
Some men don’t believe in Safety
devices—they get faith through sad ex
perience.
Do not take short cuts over or through
dangerous places. Take time to be safe.
Acquire the Safety habit—it is the
only habit that will never hurt you.
Let one accident prevent another.
Profit by the experience of others.
Don’t doubt your Safety beliefs, and
don’t believe your Safety doubts.
If my foreman told me I was careless.
What would I do? Get Mad?
November Accidents
The following tabulation shows the
number of Lost Time Accidents which
occurred throughout the Plant during
the Month of November, 1920.
A luminum Plant
Lost Time Days
Accidents Lost
Pot Room No. 22 1 19
Pot Room No. 24 0 0
Pot Room No. 26 1 4
Pot Room No. 28 0 0
Pot Room No. 32 1 8
Pot Room No. 34 1 3
Pot Room No. 36 1 9
Pot Room No. 38 1 4
Pot Room Tappers 0 0
Rodding Department 1 7
Pot Lining Department 1 8
Metal Loading Department .... 0 0
Re-Melting Department 0 0
Unloading Ore 0 0
Cleaning and Sweeping 0 0 '
Carbon Plant
R. E. Lee 0 o
A. D. Howell 0 0
G. E. Biddix 0 0
W. R. Young 0 0
Electrical Department
Rotary Station 0 0
Power Houses 0 0
Motor Repair Shop 0 0
Miscellaneous Electrical 0 0
• Machine Shop
E. N. Evans 0 0
M. S. Ragsdale 0 0
T. L. Chambers 0 0
Geo. Holt 0 0
Narrows Construction Depart
ment 1 4
Sto7'c Room 0 0
Reclamation Department 0 0
Planing Mill 0 0
Traffic Department 0 0
Total of Entire Plant , 9 66
Safety First means a clear mind, a
steady hand, and quick action in emer
gencies.