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1947 THE ECHO PAGE FIFTEEN h FOR YOU AND YOURS tCCIDiNTS DDNt PAY GOOD HOUSEKEEPING IS GOOD LOGIC ij iip tf 4 *• i I are really interested .Occidents in DON’T PAY, ,jj|H(,®‘Mown and talk with Sdme- " has been injured. Ask H son just how much he lost . .... how much he suf- ''jll. due to his personal injury j ; how his being away from ( L Effected living conditions at .mil' i ■ could return to his reg- ' j(>) Sthe plant .... and injury interferred with (j I'the-job activities. i(]i “6gin with, no person can H|y7 Over $24.00 a week when .JfOni work due to an oo- ‘•Inal injuty, and this atiloUnt k Paid for the first seveil Unless V unnecessary chances , / 'ii(y result in a lost time in- flVp*’ same as flipping a j(/>On payday to see whether jf lujj ^t^eive your full paycheck or lot Portion of same. You are gambling with your "'hen you do things the af \ j, 'vay, but you are subject- J [o n«,^’'®elf and your loved ones jjj ®ld suffering. It has often that the most useless S which is left 0 ^®^hine, and yet this very \ j Sears, wood saws, and joint- / Sdenf ”^3jority of us are de- on our “wage-eamers” or iiif for a living, but we often ** iv! ^''otect these “wage-eamers’' „, should, fi* Jjh), ,^ou ever try to bowl with / \j®?^ed back? ... tie your ” a bandaged hand? . . . . ^ewspaper with an infect »'iL!oot? ■H **CWS t ’ • . . dance with a cast on ... or play ball with arm? Such things should j k'ioift "'ith the importance f, ? things the safe way, and mil develop “safe practice 30 YPAes AND Jusr ACCIOENTJ »-* National Farm Safety Week July 20th—26th A CLEAN PLANT IS A SAFE PLANT Even though emphasis is being put on Farm Safety for the week of July 20th-26th, it is just anoth er type of safety that merits year- round emphasis. | When you stop to realize that fa- i talities on the farm and in the home each year are double those that occur in industry, it becomes rather alarming. It is the responsi bility of every person to do their utmo&t in helping to eliminate per sonal injuries, whether on the farm, at home, at play; dr at work. Taking for granted that “hints may help, but the hazards can hurt”, the following check-list should be used in correcting haz ards on and about the farm. Leaving guards off machinery, rickety or rotten ladders, unsafe tools, smoking in farm buildings, floors and lofts in poor repair, ser vicing moving machinery, wearing loose clothing and ragged gloves, driving tractor on steep incline, braking tractor at high speed, and the careless use of flame lantern. The Company is vitally inter- erested in your safety, whether on or off the job. For your own sake, you should practice safety at all times. YOU BET YOUR LIFE 40.000.000 automobile drivers, some good and some bad. 140.000.000 pedestrians, includ ing the very young, the very old, the lame, the halt, and the blind. 34.000.000 automobiles, some new, some old, and many ready to fall apart. 3.000.000 miles of highways, with many a hazard in every mile. Add all these together and you have America’s traffic lottery, a complex game of life and death in which each of us, willing or not, must have a hand. Last year 33,900 were killed and more than 1,300,000 injured in United States street and highway accidents. Most of the 1946 dead and in jured were killed or hurt because they took a chance. They didn’t pause to consider the risk because they didn’t expect to lose. They did lose. What of this year? This month? Today? Remember this: when you gam ble in traffic, you bet your life. It has often been said that “good housekeeping” is the answer to a “good accident prevention pro gram”, and truer words were never spoken. Many of our minor injuries here in the plant during the past eight years, have been due direct ly to “poor housekeeping”. By us ing the word “poor housekeeping”, we mean that of leaving materials On the floor, piling materials im properly, not disposing of waste and rubbish as it accumulates, and the bad habit of not keeping work benches clear. Several personal injuries have resulted from persons being struck by falling objects, and in the ma jority of these cases, “good house- ktsepittg” would have prevented said injuries. Such things as hand tools left on shelves or ladders where the least vibration could cause them to fall—scaffold lum ber left overhead when repair work is completed—guards left off of motors and couplings—and bottles left on ledges and window sills. Numerous injuries have result ed from employees striking against obj»cts, and in lots of these cases, said objects were left in aisle-ways or in congested areas about the plant. Tripping hazards are dan gerous in every respect, and no employee should let them go un noticed. When each of us makes it a habit to pick up items from the floor that may cause someone to trip or fall, then we are really practicing good housekeeping. In other words, IF IT DOESN’T BE LONG ON THE FLOOR, PICK IT UP. The old saying that A CHAIN IS AS STRONG AS IT’S WEAKEST LINK, really applies to an acci dent prevention program too. If we allow unsafe practices to go on in the department in which we work, then we a surely sanc tioning such tactics, and can never hope to eliminate the needless in juries. It is the responsibility of each of us to set a good example for those we work with, and what better example could we set than that of doing things the Safe Way?- Let’s all practice “good housekeep ing” and “safety”, whether on or off the job. IF A TIME CLOCK COULD TALK When you buy toys for the kid dies—play safe and buy them safe toys. Stuffed toys should have eyes of stitched thread—not pins or other objects they can swallow. Children’s scissors should have blunt ends. Be sure and have the older children put away the mar bles so that the baby doesn’t step on them and fall, or swallow them. It has been very noticeable late ly that fewer injuries are occurring throughout the plant. It is indeed gratifying to know that employ ees in my department realize that safe practices pay dividends. It is a known fact that none of you wish to have personal injur ies, and I feel that “not thinking” has caused the majority of them in the past. If we will all keep our mind on the job we’re doing and be sure that we are doing it the “Safe Way, then personal in juries will sufely decrease. PlCTUB.eD(BV (3£D>0M Numerous minor injuries are occuring here in our plant daily, due to wrenches and other hand tools slipping. Such an accident could easily result in a serious injury, should an employee be hit in the eye or maybe lose his bal ance and fall. Oftentimes one has his entire weight depending on a wrench holding, so every effort should be made to see that said wrenches do not slip. A wrench to be efficient and safe, should fit snugly to the nut to which it is applied. Remember, a skilled workman keeps his tools in first class shape and free of grease and oil so that they will not slip in his hands. START FROiyi SCRATCH When one stops to realize that serious infections often result from not having minor injuries treated immediately, it should bring out the importance of get ting FIRST AID FIRST. Right here in our plant during the past four years, there have been several bad infections due to late treatment .... untold agonies have been suffered by two em ployees who felt that minor scratches did not warrant first aid . . • besides not being able to handle their assigned work as they should, a number of em ployees have experienced loss of wages where a lost time injury re sulted. To eliminate the possibili ty of such experiences as those above, everyone should have even the very minor scratches treal> ed at t)ie time they occu^.
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