Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-08-09
SAFETY BODIES
FOR FRISCO HEEI'I
RAILWAY EMPLOYEES IN PLAN
TO LESSEN ACCIDENTS.
PROMPTED BY STATISTICS
Committees Along System 10 Meet
Once a Month 10 Listen to
suggestions.

Commerce Commission, the employees
Of The Frisco have arranged for the
organization Of safety committees, by
which 1t is believed the number or
oasIly-ayoidable accidents resulting
IN injuries to employees win be great
ly reduced
These statistics show that IN the
year ending June 80, 1910 S,41s rail-
way employees We're killed and GS,925
were injured, OF this total one-fifth
Of the number killed and one-tenth or
the injured was due to collisions or
dcrailments; the remaining four,
fitths Of the number killed and nine
tonths OF those injured was, to an
overwhelming extent, the result Of
trivial causes which could have been
CN'ily corrected,
The loss or injury Of an employe
rs the result Of an accident; the great
harm his family sustsins by reason
Of his impairment or loss; and the
necessity Of placing green man IN
his place, which increases the risk TO
the business and the per. Of other
employees, are factors recognized by
tho railroads Of far more Importance
than the mere question of dollars and
cents IN the settlement of claims.
This organization which the Frisco
employees have formed Is unique not
only IN the Southwest, but In the
United States, 1t will consist first OF
II central safety committee, com
mittee for each division, shop COM
mittee, round house. yards and sta
ton committees
The duties Of these committees VIII
be to discover defective conditions or
careless practices local to their divl-
sion or plant, Further that the ne
cessary improvements or remedy is
brought about, and n the matter is Of
general applicability of interest, # Is
reported to the central safety COM
mittee, and all recommendations
thought to be proper and practicable
by this committee are to be submitted
10 the management.
The names Of tho members Of the
committees arc to be placed at places
'ANaN v NAAN NAAAl'l'g NN Nbllb tEuAtt III Ut
der that any emplUye may go to a
member Of the committee with a sug-
gestion or recommendation
The committees are to meet once a
month and report unon the correc-
tions they have made and the recon-
mendations.
Each division committee is to make
periodical trips over It's respective d.
vision, on special trains for the pur-
pose OF making a general inspection.
Each member OF all the committees
Is to wear button having upon 1t
the Frisco trade mark and around its
outer circumference the words:
Safety First" on these inspection
trips each member of the committee
is assigned TO investigate some de-
partment Of the service with which he
Is not familiar, II being argued that
the machinist will overlook conditions
In his plant, by reason Of constant as
sociation, whereas the station agent
VIII see dangers and probably suggest
betterments or improvements which
regular employees viii have over
looked.
An account OF the proceedings OF
the central sofety committee will be
furnished to all other committees so
they viii know, not only what action
has been taken regarding the recon-
'mendations made by them, but also
what suggestions and recommenda-
tions have been made by other COM
mittees.
Bulletins are to be distributed
among the employees showing the
number OF Injuries to different clas-
ses OF employees from different causes
that have occurred on the Frisco road
and as given by the Interstate Com
merce Commission for all railroads
OF the country the purpose Of these
bulletins being to attract the atten-
tion of the employees to the number
of accidents from particular causes,
that they may sec their character |
and how unnecessary most Of them |
are.
Each member OF the saftey COM
mittee il to be furnished with q
block Of postal cards, addressed 10
the chairman OF the division safety
committee. These cards are to be
used In reporting the dangerous prac-
tices or conditions that this commit
tee has discovered and the action ta-
ken If susceptible to remedy by him,
and If not his recommendation upon
II. It Is believed that thesI cards,
which are to be forwarded by rail-
road mail, will attract the attention
OF those through whose hands they
pass and aid in the work of promot-
inf safety,
At the end Of each year the COM
pany will give an attractive prize to
the division which has shown the
fewest accidents In proportion to the
business done.
---------