Chath am Blanketeer
Vol. 5 JANUARY 27, 1939 No. 13
The Real NO ACCIDENT CLUB
Here are the charter members of the NO ACCIDENT CLUB. This splendid group of Chatham
employees have been here for a total of 237 work years; that is if their time was stretched out for one
man it would total that amount. Mr. Neaves is shown here pinning the Chatham Manufacturing Co.
NO ACCIDENT SAFETY AWARD on the uniform of our star pupil, “Aunt Mandy” Burcham. “Aunt
Mandy” has been here for 47 years, and has rightly earned the title of the most careful person in
the Plant.
On the left is Lena Hodge, with a 30-year record; Marjorie Finney, 26 years; Jack Freeman,
27 years; Tom Golden, 33 years; Fred Day, 25 years; Clay Burcham, 24 years; Evie Yarboro, 25
years, and Ell Burcham who is' “standing in” for the group that have been with the Company for
many years but have suffered a minor accident during the time. “Aunt Mandy” comes next with
the record of 47 years. Mr. Neaves is no newcomer to this organization, having been here himself
for more than 26 years, and of course without an accident.
Safety Campaign Shows Good Results
A —
A BOUQUET FROM
OUR GENERAL
SUPERINTENDENT
Mr. Neaves Agreeably Surprised
at Decided Reduction in
Number of Accidents
Since our Safety Campaign
started, on July 1st of last year,
I have been agreeably surprised
at the decided reduction in the
number of accidents in our plant.
This, I am sure, is due largely to
the sincere co-operation of, our
employees with their foremen
and with each other. Since this
campaign started, out of more
than twelve hundred employees,
we have had only 12 “lost time”
accidents, none of which were
termed “serious.” There were
only 44 accidents that required
the attention of a physician, and
all but twelve of these returned
to their work immediately, and
without any lost time.
This is a record of which I am
justly proud and of which every
employee in our plants should be
proud. All employees except the
above-mentioned 44, at the end
of the first six months, received
the “No Accident—Safety Award”
badge, and we would like very
much to see every single em
ployee receive this award at the
end of the present term.
I want to compliment all of the
foremen and all of the employees
on this excellent record.
W. A. NEAVES, Vice President
SPECIAL SECTION
IN THIS NUMBER
Is Devoted Entirely to Safety
Work; Fine Work of Cam
paign Is Summarized
This issue of the' Blanketeer is
carrying a special section devoted
to Safety work. In this we have
tried to summarize the results of
the Safety Campaign now enter
ing the second six-month period
since it was organized and start
ed last July first.
Splendid results have been
achieved, due partly to the meth
od of accounting and recording
of accidents, and in a greater
part, due to the increased Safety
consciousness of our fellow em
ployees. Much praise is due the
diligent workers who have tried
to carry out the plans of the or
ganization, and have worked
faithfully for, and with their fel-
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The Safety Campaign put un
der way last July first, has stead
ily gained momentum and is pro
ducing some excellent results, as
shown by a reduction in the num
ber of accident cases with their
attendant lost time and human
suffering.
Every employee who has come
through these first six months of
the campaign without an acci
dent has been given an attrac
tive badge to wear, which desig
nates him as a “Safe Worker.”
This badge is his or hers until an
accident puts them in the “Black
Shdep” fold, and they are no
longer entitled to wear it, and be
designated as a safe worker.
Our nurse, Mrs. Holcomb, is
especially proud of the record
made during the initial half year
of the campaign, and is sure
that these next six months will
produce even better results. She
expects to have very few of our
good people drop from the rolls
of the Safe Workers. Those who
are entitled to wear a badge now,
and do not have an accident be
tween now and July 1st, next,
will receive a higher rating badge
showing that they have gone for
a year without having an acci
dent, and those workers not en
titled to a badge now, but do not
have another accident between
now and July first, will be given
their first badge.
From July 1st to January 1st
we had 44 accident cases that re
quired the attention of a doctor,
and only 12 of these cases were
forced to lose time from their
work.
The fine spirit of cooperation
and interest shown by our peo
ple is certainly something to be
proud of, and this same spirit is
what will bring that total of ac
cident cases way down when the
time comes to total up and see
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