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Hear Ye! Yes, An American Tradition, but far too few of us look upon self-preservation as we should. It is all well and good that we become excited and upset emo tionally when a serious accident occurs in our midst, for such a tragedy tends to open our eyes and put us on guard, so to speak, against a recurrence. But . . . and please let this sink home . . . "If we would become just one-tenth as interested in preventing personal injuries day in and day out, as we become excited and upset following an accident, each and everyone of us could reap greater dividends.” The old adage about "it being foolish to shut the barn door after the horse is out”, really does not apply in an accident prevention program. We do learn ways and means of pre venting future personal injuries of the same type, through study ing the contributing causes of each accident. However, we must admit that in connection with bodily injuries, the preven tion will always be better than -Sa^M ^raJi(ion... Jin.A SAFEIT FOR ALL the cure. It is the personal responsibi lity of each individual in every walk of life today, to foresee and help eliminate any existing hazard that could cause bodily injury. Truly, this American Tradi tion of "Safety For All” should not be taken too lightly by any of us. It is one tradition that we should strive to make strong er at all times, for on it depends our chance for a longer and saf er existence. HIDDEN DAGGERS! The phrase "hidden daggers” could apply to numerous objects causing puncture wounds in in- || dustrial plants throughout the United States daily, but here at | Ecusta, we are referring to ' "wooden splinters.” During the past 28 months, or since January 1, 1946, we have had an average of one splinter case treated in our First Aid station every two days. To be exact, there have been 408 such injuries here during the above 28 months, and fortu nately, none of them were of a serious nature. However, splinters often cause infections that result in some instances |to amputation of fingers or toes, and it is very important that all splinter puncture cases be treated immediately. Even though the majority of these 408 cases resulted from handling lumber and other ma terials, several of them were due to employees striking tables, dol lies, and other wooden struc tures. Every possible effort should be made to avoid "hidden daggers’’, JOHNNY^BOBBIN IN: "It Is Better To Be Safe Than Sorry"
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