The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-02

eS,iH:: eGi,io:: Detroit and Lansing. Mich MI.
onmI:ee and Chicago. Already oOO OF the
largest manpnG,quii bnye APPLIED for mem6ersnip
WrStbSn VIZ a few months 1t IS certain lnht
here Will be local council IN ever S cpar
siderable factory center ,,Si 3n' rnn ,, Into the
OF Individual meHlpets VIZ
'hTTs The Industrial commissions and tae Ia a.
Dor departments OF nan "a opnrate with
eIreiuy ar ,,n yt,anaI council: all OF them VII be
invited, Cities which have csua n,isi,nH DIE, "a
puS''GI ns1 I,se Sa- special section. with George
W. ~ JttIe of the Chicago cominls9ioh as
Its chairman. IL is probaole that 80 ~ .,,n
land and Brooklyn viii De the ''is' WV
hgr,oe'I Tbn national council for industria,, !,
safety will act as a clearing house ior an
sorts OF safety first arss aii1 aGY''t be- ] organized
n,in' ,nin sections, each OF which vii Gontai n
All those who arc in the same i.ils , ,on %,
business, Thu Thus anatber 5nerf r' for tanners,
,6ird for foundrles, and so on. Whatever
"sa fety arst" plans have proved success, 81,
fa .cDSea In ONE steel aSa nI illustrated @ and dstrib
uted TO ali the steel mills on us hS,- -.
Whenever factory. anywhere IN ,Is the
country and IN any, any nrn0 ,I,ov4Inent n Il viii
and In the files OF the national couhcl'
Working plans, blue prints. and deScrip
t!ons OF just what has n nefa len G9jn9 kjnd " The he
cnuncii niso will be ready 10 tell factory
owners Just how TO go about INC tol!ain !n
tion OF safety movement, NOV ~ -, IT, - c
II is appropriate that the headauarters
OF tho national council should oe oS'a Sapo
some asrrea Of n the &c earliest and most important
HDfety Hsa fety irst" t" movement ..
nf
work, al least on big scale, was MAGE a.
by the Illinois Steel company. under the
direction Of Robert W. Campbell. Who Wtho
now becomes the hrst as pgsSt1 gsoft1y followed ii 1
by the launching of broadly planned
safety first" campaign on the !;a Chicago & e
NorthwestsTn railT9aG 1nGriI sant,nT 9s reSui'S 0
In 1910. the last year before Inc the seIeiy
first, campaign, there were 30. %oS SIh peoph,c
killed and 10000 Injured on the North-
the campaign. the number Of killed was
reduced to 249 and OF injured to 71l5
In the last two years the plans oi the
Northwestern have been adopted and put
into force by forty-seven other railroad
companies. operating more than l4OOOO
miles OF railroad.
Industrial accidents Is divided Into three
bra inches: the safeguarding OF all dan
gerous places and OF all dangerous ma
chnery; the esta9lishment oi r1'gs { rs ,,Ips Tor
OF caution in the minds of all concerned.
Many large employers are now willing
70 spend any reasonable amount OF
money to make their plants and their
machinery as safe possible: they have
learned that accidents. deInoralizine the
working force. creating CONFUSION and
loss OF time. compelling the substitution
OF new men for experienced workers. and.
frequently, the payment OF damages. are
extremely costly. Even II a man has
no conscience in the matter. he cannot
of nr2 fn
plant And in many states the laws com
pei the installation of safety appliances,
But safety engineers estimate that only
one third of the total number OF indus
trial accidents are caused by dangerous
plants and machinery: two-thirds are the
result Of carelessness on the part OF the
worEmen. 1t Is true IN all lines OF work
that familiarity breeds contempt for
danger
In order to make the men more care-
ful. to give them an active and enduring
interest in the protection OF themselves
and their fellow workrnen. safety COM