The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-06-04
MINING ACCIDENTS;
POINTED COMMENTS
lETIN PUBLISHED BY A
MINING COMPANY.

/ In furtherance of the safety first"
campaign that is now being waged by
mine operators, the Nevada CONSOLE
dated Mining company issues a Safe
lty Bulletin" in which the editor de-
scribes accidents about the mine and
generally adds entertaining and in
structive comments on the same The
following examples are taken from a
recent issue;
Used Dope Instead Of Doctor.
John Drakos, "a pitman at Copper
Flat. was slightly burned by hot Gin
ders thrown by steam shovel fireman
who was cleaning his fire in the usual
way, shovelful of cinders striking
Drakos. who was passing at the mo-
ment. The injured man did not re-
not have been serious if he had not
attempted to doctor it himself. In
lection, due to dope and plaster which
he put on the burns, caused the loss
slant repetition we may be able in
time to bore through and open up one
of the brain cells of these stubborn
employees and insert the rule that an
injured employee must go to the doctor
for treatment. If the injured man In
this instance had called at hospital
and had his burns properly dressed he
would not have lost his 9 days pay.
Guilty Man Escapes.
j. H. Dever stepped on strip of
wood with nail in it, up-turned. The
only "a slight wound, but Mr.. Dever
had 1t attended to by the doctor. Sug
gestion: That's the way reports should
read. Having the wound, however
the good judgment Of both the injur-
ed man and his foreman. Now, If the
man who left that strip Of wood with
a nail in it could be found, perhaps
the proper emergency treatment for
him could be suggested.
A Mule SINNERS Way.
George White, mule skinner at the
Veteran mine underground tramway,
suffered a broken rib by trying to get
ahead of train Of cars drawn by
mule He got caught and squeezed
between the moving cars and the tim
bers of the drift. Suggestion: A mule
is sometimes a dangerous piece of
machinery Mr.. White probably had
the right idea---the safe end Of mule
is ahead of him. But the loss Of time,
the expense and suffering which
White brings upon himself could have
been avoided if he had stopped his
train for the few seconds required to
pass it.
Couples Cars With His Foot.
Mark Bodine, switchman in the
dinky train service delivering concen-
trates from mill to smelter, tried to
make a coupling with his foot. He
lost four toes and two or three. months
wages The cars in this service are
equipped with standard automatic
safety couplers, all parts incosed,
with outside trip and lever handle. 1t
is never necessary for man to go in
between cars to make coupling. Spe-
cific rules, with which injured man
was familiar, strictly prohibit the
dangerous practice of kicking a
coupling. His foreman. who had pre-
viously been informed that Bodine had
been seen kicking coupling, warned
him not to do 1t again. Suggestion:
1t is rather discouraging to everybody
concerned, after all that has been
said and done in practical endeavor to
stop this fool practice, to find mar
in the employ Of the company VIII
still persists, in obstinate, asinine stu
pidity, in this method of trying
couple cars. The injured man wi
probably call it "ill luck" In spite o
the fact that he failed to observe a
ordinary intelligent rule of safety