White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-01
SAFETY FIRST IS
PROVING WORTH
STATE CONFERENCE AT RENO
SHOWS MOVEMENT Is MAKING
GRATIFYING REDUCTION IN
NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS.

the auspices of the University Engi-
neer's Club and the Nevada Indus
trial commission, was an event thai
brought together between 40 and
500 delegates. from Nevada and else :
where in the United States, repre-
senting mining and the manufacture
of mine products. railroading, cleo
trical operation and other branches
and departments of industrial enter
prise, in the interests of common
cause, the advancement of safety
The employee as well as the employ
er was represented, and the confer
ence was marked by sessions of dis
cusslon and practical experiments
covering a wide range of subjects.
The storms and railway blockades
of the early part of the week delayed
the arrival at the conference of Gov.
Oddie and others, but all eventually
arrived and took active part In the
program that was carried out nearly
dS previously affohbt's
There were present from the Ely
district. c. V. jenkins. business man
ager of the Nevada Consolidated and
Steptoe companies; T. ]. Duddleson.
superintendent of the Nevada North
ern railway, and Sam Smith, master
mechanic of the same railroad.
Lindsay Duncan. chief of the me-
chanical department OF the Steptoe
company. was to have attended and
Was listed among the speaEers. bni
was unable to he present. Mr.. Jen
kns was among the speakers. and
the News publishes an abstract of his
address on what IL being accomplish
ed In the Safety First department of
the companies represented by him.
It Is safe to say that the Nevada
Con. and Steptoe companies are
setting the pace in the Safety First
movement among the big industries
OF the state, and Mr.. Jenkins gave a
comprehensive outline OF results,
covering two periods. from January
list. to July 27th. during which time
the companies carried their own
risk, and from July 2s to December
81. under acceptance of the Nevada
Industrial Insurance law. That the
percentage OF accidents per month
for the second period is 264 as COM
pared with Sc per cent for the first
period is significant. as showing that
the companies are continuing their
efforts with increased activity for the
protection of life and property. not
withstanding the state rather than
the companies has assumed the re .
sponsibility of reimbursing for ac-
eidents.
II was also evident that the local
companies are looked upon as lead
ers in the movement and that their
methods are considered examples
worthy of emulation, as during the
conference frequent mention was
made by several speakers to what
has been and is being accomplished
In the Safety First movement A
resume of Mr. Jenkins address fol-
.ows:
As has been ably demonstrated
by the many excellent papers read
and addresses made before your con-
vention. the science of safety first
consists of two principal important
branches. each with its many COR
relative and ramifying branches.
The first pertains to mechani-
cal safeguards. the providing and
maintaining of safety devices, and
appliances and OF safe ways, means
and methods for the protection of
.workmen from the hazards of their
work. Practically all the large in
dustries OF the world today have
given this important branch of the
service practical duplication with the
result that Industrial accidents have
been very materially reduced not
only in numbers, but in the serious
ness of resulting personal injuries.
80 much has been done in this d.
rection that the reduction OF works
accidents has reached the limit be-
yond which slow process can be made,
or hoped for by means OF mechanical
safeguarding. This first branch OF
the science has to do with the duty
the employer owes to the workmen.
The second branch has to do with
the duty the employee owes to him
self and to his employer. II is de-