The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-21
THE FARMER: OCTOBER 21, 1911
instructions To
 The Corporations
Sent Out By Public Utilities Board = Accidents Must Be Reported at Once Reports of Severe Ones to Chief Engineer.

To disseminate more light regard ing the duties in railroad wrecks and industrial accidents incumbent upon employees, Henry F. Billings, secre- tary of the public utilities commission has written circular letter as fol lows:
 Hartford. Oct. 1s
 I am sending you under other cover to-day, six copies of 'An Act con- cerning the Regulation and Supervis- ion of Public Service Corporations, under which act this commission was created. I wish to call your particu- lar attention at this time to Sections r and IS which have reference to ac- cidents occurring in the operation of such corporations. I am enclosing herewith instructions issued by this commission on the subject, and beg to impress upon your minds the necessity for strictly complying with the same.
 Yours truly.
 Public Utilities Commission.
 Henry F. Billings, Secretary.
 Enclosed with the letter to be sent to the public service corporations are these instructions, printed as mo- tice:
 Section r of Chapter 12S of the Public Acts of 1911. being "An Act Concerning the Regulation and Super vision of Public Service Corporations" !" reads as follows:
 Companies to report accidents. Ev- cry. public service company shall, in the event of any accident, attended with personal injury or involving pub lie safety, which was or may have been connected with or due to the operation of it's plant or equipment, or caused by contact with it's wires, mo- Hvy fQ1n phone Or otherwise, as soon as may be reasonably possible after the oc- currence of such accident. If said notice be given otherwise than in writ ing it shall be confirmed in writing within five days after the occurrence of such accident. And company fail- ing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for each of fense.''
 While this commission has no power or desire to abrogate or waive any of the requirements of the section quot ed above, a compliance with the fol- lowing instructions will, in the opin- ion of the commission, meet the in tent of the statute:-
 1. Accidents attended with slight personal injury must be reported in writing to the commission within five G) days of the occurrence of such ac- cident.
 g. Accidents resulting in severe personal injury, which were or may have been connected with or due to the operation of the plant or equip ment of any public service corpora ton or caused by contact with it's wires, must be reported immediately to the commission, and notice sent by telegraph to the chief engineer and inspector of the commission, MT. Chas. c. Elwell, at New Haven, Conn.,, such report must be confirmed in writ ing within five days after the occur renee of such accident.
 3. All railroad wrecks (either steam or electric) which occur, attended with personal injury or involving public safety, must be reported at once by telephone and telegraph to the chief engineer and inspector of the commis- sion, MT. Charles c. Eqwell, at New Haven, Conn.,, and a like report made to the commission; such report and must be confirmed in writing to the commission within five (5) days after the occurrence Of such wreck.
 4. All notices and reports required to be given to the commission con- corning accidents should be sent to the office of the public utilities com- mission at Hartford, Henry F. Bill lings. secretary.
 This commission respectfully re- quests that all public service corpora- tions strictly comply with the above 
 Public Utilities Commission.
 By Henry F. Billings, Secretary.