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Page Twenty-Two BADIN BULLETIN Continual Carelessness Causes Casualties ^SAFETY DEPARTMENT nallassee HINK SAFETY >OWER RACTICE SAFETY lOMPANY 'AUTION SAFETY various safety Committees are on the job; and the boys cannot receive too much praise for the good work they are doing. Lost Time Accidents During February Lost Time Days Aluminum Plant Accidents Lost Potroom No. 22 0 “ 0 Potroom No. 24 1 3 Potroom No. 26 1 2 Potroom No. 28 1 2 Potroom No. 32 3 16 Potroom No. 34 0 0 Potroom No. 36 0 0 Rodding Department 0 0 Pot Lining Department 0 0 Metal Loading 0 0 Re-Melting Department 0 0 Unloading Ore 0 0 Cleaning and Sweeping 0 0 Carbon Plant R. E. Lee 1 2 A. D. Howell 0 0 G. E. Biddix 0 0 W. R. Young 3 7 ElcQtrical Department Rotary Stations 0 0 Power Houses.., 0 0 Motor Repairs 0 0 Miscellaneous Electrical 0 0 Machine Shop E. N. Evans 1 4 M. S. Ragsdale 0 0 T. L. Chambers.;. 0 0 Construction Departnjient.. 0 “ 0 Store Room 1' ■ 5 Reclamation 1’ 3 Planing Mill O' 0 Townsite 0 0 Total for Entire Plant- 13 44 Total for January 7 54 Who’s Who! On the Safety First Boards this week is a poster entitled “Who’s Who!” This shows five men standing around a large casting that has just been hooked to the crane yoke. Three of these men are signaling the Crane operator to move the load, while the Craneman no doubt is cussing a blue streak, and wondering which one of the three he is to obey. Common sense tells you that the Crane man should obey only the signals of one man, and that all signals should be given by only one man, and that one is the Crane Hitcher. How few of us in the Potrooms, the Carbon Plant, and Machine Shop ob serve this rule, or have given the mat ter a thought. You may be hooking onto a crucible of metal, a load of car bon, a rock of metal, or some other load; several men standing by may simultaneously signal the craneman, he moves his carriage, or lifts his load, an accident occurs, and you cuss the craneman for something that was en tirely your fault. Remember, Boys; the craneman is just as interested in your safety as he is his own. He has to be to hold his job. So why jeopardize your safety and the safety of those about you by confusing the craneman with conflicting signals. The craneman’s duty requires that he watch his load, and we all know that the only person who can safely signal him when to move is the man who makes the hitch. Hereafter, Boys, let just one man give all signals, and by doing so you will make the craneman’s job easier, avoid confusion, your work will be safer, and we will eliminate the cause of many accidents. Safety First The following tabulation shows the number of Lost Time Accidents which occurred throughout the Plant during the month of February. Since December first, each month has shown a material decrease in the num ber !of days lost over the preceding months. We are having fewer and fewer cases -of "infection, and"it"Bhows-that“the" Accidents, and days lost on account of accidents, are gradually dropping each month. Figures for the past month have shown a steady decrease in both acci dents and days lost. Keep up the good work, and help reduce our accident rate to a minimum. It’s up to you to open up your eyes to the fact that “Careless ness causes casualties;” so let us en deavor to keep in mind at all times that --"Careftilnessund safety go hand in hand. The Safety Committees throughout the plant are having regular meetings twice a month, at which time suggestions and recommendations for the progress of safety work are acted upon. Don’t let them do all the work. If you have any ideas or suggestions to make, see some member of your Safety Committee, or send them to the Safety Director. Be cause a dangerous place exists, which you know of, and no mention is made of it, “You are to blame if anyone gets hurt there.” Don’t say it’s up to the Safety Department. Help the Safety Department out by giving us a hint for betterment along Safety and Sanitary lines. What is for your good is for our good, and what is for our good is for your good. Put your thinking cap on, and give us your suggestions. Useless Loss of Life Did you know that 22,000 men were , killed while engaged in industrial occu pations in the United States during the year 1919—a number greater than that of our fallen heroes who lie in the Amer ican Cemetery in the- Argonne? Such a useless loss of life is appalling, and it is against this slaughter that the great army of Safety First advocates % are constantly fighting. That the Safety First movement is continually adding new members to its ranks, making ai; safe worker where we had an unsafe one before, and eliminating the dangers of our various work, is one of the most encouraging signs of the times, and as sures us that eventually this great an nual loss of life will be no more. That we men in Badin shall do our share in combating this great waste of human lives, the world may rest assured. Let every man fully realize that Safety First stands for law and order in the workshops, in the factory, on the high ways, and in the home; that there are certain rules and regulations to be ob served and obeyed; that the aid and co-operation of every man is essential, as without it the cause,weakens and dies. Remember that “Thou art thy brother’s keeper,” hence you have a duty to per form which you cannot shirk. We all
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