The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-04-18
MANY JOINING
SAFETY FIRST
CORPORATIONS AND UNIONS ARE
RAPIDLY COMING INTO
ASSOCIATION.


for the first annual convention of
the Safety First association express
themselves as being much gratified
with the responses already returned
to the letters urging membership in
the association, says the Reno Ga
zette. The convention is to be held
Saturday at 10 o'clock at the Univer-
sity of Nevada.
Among the corporations who have
already Joined the association are:
Goldfield Consolidated Mining COM
pany. Nevada Consolidated Copper
Steptoe Valley Milling &
Smelling company, Nevada Northern,
Southern Pacific company, Nevada
California Power company. Pacific
Power company, Truckee River Cen
eral Electric company, Reno Power,
Light & Water company. Elko-Lam-
ollie Power company.
Labor organizations which have
Joined include the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, Railway
Trainmen and Locomotive Firemen
and the Tonopah Miners union.
Prof. J.. G. Scrugham, secretary of
the committee, spent the weekend
in the southern mining camps and
had encouraging talks with w. II.
Blackburn, superintendent of the To-
nopah Mining company; H.. w. Law
RE of the Montana-Tonopah COM
pany: X. NJ. Simpson of the Gold
field Merger, and others.
Following are suggestions outlined
by Prof. J.. G. Scrugham for safety
work by industrial companies:
1t goes without saying hat the
men at the top-the owner of the
business and the manager, must be
in sympathy with the movement and
must get back of it and must have
convinced the workmen of their own
intentions by visible signs.
The next step is to appoint what
is called a central committee COM
posed of the superintendent as chair
man, and four or five high-grade men
in whom the owner of he business
has confidence and in whom the fore
man and workmen have confidence.
The general management of the safe
ty work is placed in the hands of
this committee and all important
matters are referred to it for deci-
sion.
practically all plants have found
it necessary to appoint one man
whom thep call a safety inspector.
In larger plants he gives his entire
time to the work. In smaller plants
he may give only a few hours each
day to the work. The safety inspec-
tor acts as the secretary of the cen
trail committee and looks after all
the details of inspection, all reports,
and keeps in touch with the various
cmmittees in the shop. In other
words, he attends to the details
which busy superintendent and
foremen cannot and will not attend
to.
1T has been found indispensable to
have each foreman make an inspec-
ton of his department. say once a
week, and submit to the central COM
mittee a written report regarding the
conditions. This plan places a GER
tain definite responsibility upOn each
foreman and gives him an active part
in the safety campaign. Unless he
is given a part to do he is apt not to
take an active interest.
In the majority of plants the SUI
perintendent holds a meeting with
his foreman at least once a month
for the consideration of safety. The
superintendent presides at these
meetings and the safety inspector
acts as secretary. A number of ac-
cidents which have occurred during
the month are discussed and ways
and means are suggested for their
prevention. A very important and
fruitful subject for discussion is the
ways and means of reaching the
workmen.
The most important feature of
organizing safety work has beer
workmen's inspecting committees. In
each department three rank and file
workmen are appointed to serve one,
two and three months and are auth
Orized and encouraged to make a
thorough inspection of their depart
ments once a week, or at least once
a month. In many plants they also
investigate serious accidents. The
reports of these committees are al
ways made in writing and are sem
to their immediate foremen. The
suggestions because they usually
cover minor points of danger and es-
p~ecially of careless practice. The
complete report with the points
which have beer attended to, checked
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