TEN GOOD REASONSl
With the great number of finger and thumb
injuries that occur reguiarily here in our plant,
we are wondering if some of us haven’t disregard
ed the important part that these digits play in
our earning a livelihood? We like to refer to our
fingers and thumbs as "wage-earners,” and to the
fact that we cannot begin to run our jobs with
out them.
Some of our finger and thumb injuries are
brought about through the handling of material,
while others result from contact with moving
parts of machinery, and especially in the use of
our wood-working machinery. Amputations have
taken their toll of fingers and thumbs here in our
plant during the past few years, and the old adage
really holds true about "the most useless part of
a person being that part left in machinery due to
an accident”.
Since the greatest part of our work is done
with our hands, it is only natural that the digits
be involved in the majority of our personal in
juries, so the great importance we attach to pro
tecting these digits cannot be over-emphasized.
Realizing that the injured person is always the
greatest loser, and especially when such in
juries result in amputations, we should all do our
utmost to protect our "wage-earners”.
WHAT CONSTITUTES A LO!
The National Safety Council defines a lost
time accident as "a personal injury occuring on
the job, which prevents an employee from re
turning to work on his or her next regular shift.”
Here at Ecusta, we have experienced too many j
such accidents since the plant started operations *
in 1939. We say "too many”, because a great a
majority of them could have been prevented i ;
through the following of safe practices.
To begin with, Management is vitally interested
in your remaining accident-free ... in helping in ;
every way possible, to save you the discomfort :
and inconvenience that automatically go hand in 1
hand with personal injuries ... in seeing that 1
you stay physically fit to earn the livelihocd that (
you so justly deserve . . . and last but not least, ;
in pointing out to you the very important part 
YOU play in our accident prevention program. 
We feel that the answer to eliminating per
sonal injuries and lost time accidents, is good
teaviivork. It is very necessary that we puU to
gether if we experience a good safety record,
and like football, it takes a "full” team at all
times. No individual or minority group can pre
vent personal injuries. We must all work to
gether so the answer will be ALL FOR ONE and
ONE FOR ALL.
With the frequency rate of lost time accidents
JOHNNY BOBBIN IN: “It Is Better To Be Safe Than Sorry”
BEING VITALLY INTERESTED IN THE PERSONAL WELFARE
OF YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN, AND AWARE OF YOUR
DESIRE TO help ELIMINATE NEEDLESS INJURIES, I
WISH TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SAFETY AT SAPPHIRE.
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