The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-10

Percent killed per 1000 employed. oi
Amount of coal produced for each
employe, tons ...............s. tOt
| The report contains throughout the
whole issue strong expressions regarding
| the '.safety first" movement in this state.
The date and statement therein was fur
nished by the Alabama Coal Operators
association. whose secretary, James l..
Davidson, has devoted a great amount OF
time to furthering the safety first pro-
1aganda The following are some OF the
suggestions made:
Emphasizes Safety First
| "The mine foreman who wears out the
seat of his overalls sitting around the
top-house is endangering the lives and
safety of the men.
| "The mine foreman or his assistant
should go TO the face of every working
place every day. instruct his men and
| see that his orders are carried out, If he
expects to have a good accident record at
| the end of the year.
] 1.-THE mine foreman should check the
| fire boss frequently and see that his daily
mark is at the face of all places whether
| working or idle and should require the
| miner to report to him whenever the fire
| boss mark fails to appear every day in
| his working place.
1.-The mining law requires that the mine
| be kept free from dangerous accumula-
1
| as we'll as working places.
| Brushing out acculations of gas with
a rag or jumper is vain thing for safety,
put the air current to 1t"
Mr.. Nesbitt in his note to the governor
makes this comment about the work OF
the operators association in the district:
"In 1911 the Operators association en-
ployed experts on sanitation to survey
and make recommendations for the mine
villages and the Inhabitants. They COM
pleted the work and made their reports
early in 1912. and issued pamphlets on
the following subjects: The House Fly,
| the Mosquitoes, Isolation and Distinction,
Wells and Springs, Distributed Water
Supply, and other topics. In addition
to this hundreds of government pamph-
let's on the subjects of health and SANTA
ton were distributed by the secretary of
the association.
Completed at Several Places
Several of the oaerator had therefore
employed experts ard had this work wei;
under way u the beginning of the year.
and with few exceptions, the operators in
the association andi their employees took
great interest in these matters and the
same spread, to an extent. to operations
not in the association. At several places
the work has been practically completed
and at many others, it IS, being pushed to
completion as fast the necessary
money and means can be procured. With
out going into detail, at these places. the
Improvement and work has consisted OF
one or more of the following: Construc-
ton, remod sing and painting dwelling
houses, schoolhouses, churches audito-
RUINS, commissaries, club houses. read
ing rooms and the like the installa-
ton of sanitary pfivies. septic tanks IN :
cinerators, filters. tanks and water sup
DlV systems. draining and oiIiuP nopI
| fencing Yards and gardens; establishing
and maintaining soavenger service, man
Gal training and domestic science classes
moving picture and lyceum entertain.
ments, and encouraging truck gardening
and flower culture
AT many Of these places, the most uni.
versal and striiSing of these improves