The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-09-05
Their knowledge and Skill
in Rendering First Aid
to the Injured.

miners OF the Pittsburg region viii
demonstrate on Saturday. Septem-
Der 8, their knowledge and skill in
rendering first aid to such Of their
fellows as may be injured while
working in mines. The people OF
Pfttsburg and the miners and oper-
ators of that district win have an
opportunity to witness the first an
nuaI FIRST aid contest, held in the BIZ
luminous region of Pennsylvania
This Will be in arsenal Park, be-
tween 39th and 4Oth streets, But
Ter and Penn avenues. beginning at
1880 D. m. September 8. The en-
tries for this event closed last week
in the 6fHce of Mr.. s. "A. Taylor, sec
rotary of the Pitsburg Coal Opera
tors Association, and include eleven
teams from the following collieries;
Pittsburg Coal company, G. w
schleuderberg. General Manager.
Pittsburg-Buffalo company, John
H. Jones. President.
Pittsburg Terminal n. r. & Coal
Co, W. w. Keefer. President.
Berwind-White Coal Mining Co.,
w. R. Calvery, General Superin-
tendant.
Brier Hill Coke Company, Thorn
as McCaTerty. General Manager.
Seanor First aid Association,
Somerset county, Pa.
OF the vast number of deaths and
| injuries due to mine accidents, by
far the larger proportion result
not from those occasional holo-
causts due to explosions, but, on the
lcontrary, over three quarter of such
accidental injuries occur one or two
at a time in the course of the daily
work of the miner due to the falls
of roof or rock, breaking of hoist
ing and hauling cables, premature
Eshots, etc Careful investigation by
mine company surgeons and Others
concerned in treating injured miners
shows that when men trained in the
administration of first aid are at
hand to imediately apply antisept-
fc bandag/s an3 give treatment to
the injured, the period for which the
L Injured is off duty is greatly re-
duced. In fact, it is authoritatively
asserted, that about One-tenth the
time is lost from work, one tenth
the wage loss results where first aid
treatment is at once administered,
as compared with absence of such
treatment. It is for these reasons
ltthat instructions in first aid has
been taken up so actively for sew
eraI years past by the great coal
companies of the anthracite coal
region. It is for the same reason
that the United States Bureau OF
Mines, recognizing the great value
of first aid instruction to miners
has been demonstrating its use
and giving instruction in the meth
DDS, through its rescue stations and
cars in the United States. No bet,
ter evidence Of the great value OF
this instruction, not only to the min
err, but to the mine operator, because
of reduction in damage claims and
hospital charges. can be asked than
the wonderful progress made the
last six months in adopting first
aid training throughout the United
States.
1t was a little more than slA
months ago that the bureau of mines
started out it's six rescue cars tC
give instructions and to disseminate
information concerning first aid t.,
miners. In that time, the work ha;
been taken up through the organi
zation of first aid corps of mine op
erations from Alabama to the stat
of Washington.
A feature OF first aid work is thu
annual contests, held something OF:
the principle of athletic comEeti
lions, so as to keep up, througl
contests for prizes, the interest o
the miners in the necessary train
ing. For constant training is Is
sentiaI that the first aid man shall
be at ali times prepared with thu
necessary appliances to bandage i.
wound or splint broken limb. Z
For ten years 1t has been the an,
nual practice of the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal Company, the
Pennsylvania Company, thesD. L. g.
w. Company, the lLehigh opal and
Navigation Company, and others OF
the anthracite region to hold such
contests for prizes. That of the
Reading Company, at which teams
from its sixty-six collieries will
compete, will be held September 8,
! al Nahanoy Junction, Pa, that O.!