The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-08-26

10 one leg, IS an arm, IL wrist,
II their skulls, Is their backs. IA
their collar bones, IL shoulders, 81
hands. feet FOR ankles, 20 jaws or
noses, 81 ribs. U hips. clavicle or
breast bone. and so fingers:
:, The largest number Of accidents re-
ported was, as usual. from the mines.
The ore industry had So fatal &C.
cidents and 1862 non-fatal ones, as
combpared with sS3 fatal and 4,424
non-fatal in 191O.s LAUNDERING, with
33 fatal accidents$and 1,461 non-fatal
ones, came second. This represents
& decrease OF 20: in fatal accidents
and an increase Of 345 in non-fatal
accidents-a net increase of 1928. The
decrease in mine. accidents we attri-
butte in part to "a lessened ACTIVITY.
which we are unofficially informed
obtained on the ranges and party to
prevention work.
The increase in the lumber acct.
dents we attribute partly to increased
production and partly to better re-
ports. Eight lives were saved this
year, by better guarding Of saws
SO that they would not throw pieces
which strike the workmen, less ia
talities occurred ons4belts and shafting
and 3 less by falls. No workmen
were killed by lumber piles falling
or lumber falling: from loads, as
against 6''last year, while less oc-
CURED on account of logs falling.
Two fatalities and 1916 non-fatals
accidents were reported from the rail-
road shops, 2aless fatal accidents and
102 more non-fatal accidents than
last year. 81 sc. -.
=. IA Killed in PubHcsU Utility Work =:
The public, utility industries report
ed H. fatal accidents; less than last
year. Three occurred tn the tele-
phone industry, 6 Sin the electric light
and O. in the street railway, and 8
in the city work.As "A, total of 243
non-fatal accidents were also report
ed, 30 OF which were. of a serious
character. s,@ p -.
The contracting industry reported
16j fatal accidents and AL non-fatal
accidents. Last year it reported 81
fatal accidents and 1T non-fatal ones
Three fatalities and I'll injuries
were recorded for.the flour industries,
q decrease of s In fatal accidents and
an increase of 80 in non-fatal acct
dents. r
The mntal industries such as foun-
dries. machine shops and other iron,
steel and brass workers, reported Z
fatal and 523 non-fatal casualties.
This is an increase Of al in nom
fatal accidents. +: =. ":l
The other fatal accidents reported
were: Brick manufacturing, L; creo-
sofa manufactures, L: 1aundry,1; fur
making, meat packing, 2; quarries,
T.; coal dock, 1;ssjanitors, q; agricul-
ture, H.. and mercantile establish
ments, also, reported 50 non-fatal in
juries; agriculture, 106. and general
manufactures, 354.
: = Agriculture Fatalities,
Attention was called in the, last
biennial report Of this bureau to the
dangers Of various types of agricul-
ture machinery and various phases Of
agricultural work One fatal accident
Is reported in each Of the following
instances. 2 total Of II. !, H. .z
Fell from top Of silo, pitching hay,
horses started ahead struck rack
adjusting knives On binder, horses ran
away; caught In gears Of gasoline en-
CINE and crushed; corn shredder.
blood poison from hand cut; fell from
tree while trimming branches; slid
from wheat stack. and fell on pitch.
fork; fell in front OF gang pillow drawn
by engine; tree fell and struck him;l
blood poison, cause not known.
Eleven fatalities, s amputations Of
arms, Of handS and 81 fingers to-
gether with q broken back, s broken
legs, 4 broken arms, 9 fractured coll
lar bone and az number Of terrible
decorations and crushings constitutedy
the more serious Of the III accidents
reported. Fofty- snx of the accidents
including ono fatalitity;ss amputations
Of hands. % amputations Of fingers.
and many sever and probably per-
n az crushings and decorations oc-
Cured on corn shred ders. The res
common & dations recently made to the
corn shredder is1anuf cturers under
the provisions 81 chapter 354, e., u.
OF 1911, should prevent these acct
dents during the next year. s s.}5as ].
Eight accid ents occurred on power
saws used to cut wood or boards On
farms. Sven accfd ents. & Including one
fatality were caused BY workmen be-
coming entansled Ia belts and d s to
5etxposed gears u, galosins engines,
hay presses andsothe mac ines.s We
believe g J, that state labor commits
Ssioner should 10 4 I'M powered TO In
.spect an agricul tlra I ma chinery sold
In Minnesota IN eq,iife proper
boxing ct belts q ssiha fling on MI
sf 8. moe l.irefg rnaa rsntly Int Ill.
sed ill buiidtngs