tions for the elimination of any conditions that
might contribute to personal injury to you or your
fellow-workers.
To be able to enjoy life as it was meant that we
should enjoy it, our personal welfare and safety
must be foremost in our mind at all times. We
must be able to recognize a dangerous condition
when we see it, and to do all in our power to help
abide by all the rules and regulations that have
eliminate such a condition. We should not only
been established for our protection, but we should
do our utmost to sell others on the great impor
tance of following safe practices.
If you really wish to get first-hand information
as to why ACCIDENTS DON’T PAY, just sit
down and talk with someone who has suffered an
injury that resulted in loss of time. Ask this
person about the suffering involved in his per
sonal injury .... how his being away from work
affected living conditions at home .... just how
much he lost in wages .... and how his injuries
interferred with his usual off-the job activities?
The answers you get to these questions will no
doubt impress you with the great importance of
doing things the Safe Way.
When work is planned as it should be, with the
necessary precautions being taken to eliminate the
possibility of being injured, then ANY JOB IS A
SAFE JOB. The old saying about ANY JOB
BEING A SAFE JOB FOR CAREFUL WORK
ERS, is one that holds true the world over. To take
unnecessary chances that could possibly result in
a lost time injury, is the same as flipping a coin
every payday to see whether we receive our full
paycheck or just a portion of same. We are not
only gambling with our lives and wages when we
do things the UNSAFE WAY, but we are sub
jecting ourselves and our loved ones to untold
suffering that is so uncalled for.
Injuries resulting from HANDLING OB
JECTS and STRIKING AGAINST OBJECTS
have been far too numerous here in our plant for
the past few years, and have actually accounted for
over 50 percent of our minor injuries from month
to month. These two causes can only be reduced
through CARE and SAFE PRACTICES, and we
as individuals must accept our part of the respon
sibility in reducing such cases. Realizing that the
injured person is always the greatest loser, we
should be impressed with the great importance of
remaining accident free.
Let us remember that personal injuries will
surely decrease when WE decide to decrease them,
and NOT UNTIL WE DO.
Accident prevention is being stressed in all in
dustries today with this one thought in mind:
‘That the workman shall live to enjoy the fruits
of his labor; that his mother shall have the com
forts of his arm in her age; that his wife shall
not be untimely a widow; that his children shall
have a father; and that cripples and helpless
wrecks who were once strong men, shall no long
er be a "BY-PRODUCT of industry."