Burma-Shave from the Off-The-Job Safety Committee?
Anyone leaving the plant cannot fail
to notice the new signs alongside the plant
road. These red and white signs have a
starthng impact upon the unwary drivers
wending their ways home. In a style remi
niscent of the old Burma-Shave advertise
ments, a series of signs implore us to fasten
our seat belts.
Several people have reported that after
these signs were erected, this reminder in
spired them to begin wearing their seat
belts again. Often we become inattentive or
forgetful of safety, and a reminder of this
type can help bring us back into safety
habits.
These signs were erected to stir up en
thusiasm for a safety slogan contest con
ducted by the Off-the-Job Safety Commit
tee. Over a hundred slogans were submitted.
The judges have made their selections and
the winning slogans will be displayed on the
signs alongside the plant road.
The winning entries were:
This winning entry was submitted by John Love, “C”-shift Supervisor, Finishing.
Submitted by winner Henry Adams — General Mechanic
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Marshall Johnson of “C”-shift Casting submitted this winner.
John Love
Henry Adams
Marshall Johnson
In past months, the Off-the-Job Safe
ty Committee has instigated several pro
grams which have benefited most employ
ees. In the winter, free leather gloves in
recognition of four injury-free years, and
a can of Du Pont De-Icer made driving
safer and window scraping a lot easier.
The recent acquisition of safety flares can
make road repairs safer. The flare is the
most universal warning and distress signal.
The signs along the roadway are just one
of the continuing efforts made to keep em
ployees safe; both off-the-job as well as
at work.
Brevard
Employees Win
Directors’ Award
We recently won the Du Pont Com
pany’s Board of Directors’ safety award.
This was in recognition of the Brevard plant
employees having operated 1,679 calendar
days and 5,209,000 exposure hours without
a tabulatable time-losing injury.
The award-for-no-injury plan was es
tablished in 1923. Under the plan, company
units are eligible when they complete certain
specified time intervals with injury-free
records. This was the third time the Brevard
plant has won this award.
At our present rate, if we maintain a
no-injury status, we will again be eligible
for the Board of Directors’ award in 11
months. Of the three given by the Du Pont
company — the General Manager’s, the Pres
ident’s, and the Board of Directors’— the
Board of Directors’ award is the highest.
After winning this award, if no injuries are
incurred, the plant continues to be ehgible
for it, rather than reverting to the General
Manager’s.
To be eligible for these, a plant must
operate a definite length of time without a
tabulatable major injury. This length is de
termined by the number of exposure hours
worked per month. As we expand our plant
and hire more employees, the number of
days required to win an award are reduced
proportionately.
Throughout the company there is a
tendency for a unit to become complacent
after winning a safety award. This must
be countered by increasing our safety aware
ness. New and experienced employees alike
must remain alert all of the time. We should
spot and correct unsafe practices and con
ditions. We can never relax our vigil or cease
wageing war against UPs and UCs. We are
fighting a war that must go on forever, but
we can have daily victories. Each safe day
we work brings us closer to our goal: total
victory over carelessness and the lack of
safety awareness. There are no DMZs for
safety. The enemy is everywhere-at home,
on the highway, and at work. Let’s hunt out
the UPs and UCs and strike them down —
it’s them or us.