El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-17

Is Kept of the accidents attributed to
tHe members Of each team, based on
d cerlaln number Of points in pro-
pofuon to the seriousness Of the ac-
cldent At the end of each two month
RtSalod The managing officials invite
me winning team TO dine with them.
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Durlng the past month one man has
DeeH injured on the Southwestern, ad-
l1sung coupler with his hand as
LW9 cars were about to come together,
anu another man had his foot crushed
auJustlng the coupler with his foot. 1t
Is against the rules, the company does
not want them to do it, and the men
themselves know that it is only a queS-
ION OF time until they get injured, and
yet the same bad habit still exists.
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J. ". Baker, one of Che oldest and
pest engineers of the Ell PasO and
southwestern, has very decided ideas
on safety first. This is what he says:
Safety firsti The term sounds well
and looks well in print or emblaZOned
on button, but 1t really means much
more than that particularly when ap-
piled to the business of modern rail
reading. 1t means literally that eter
mai vigilance and unremitt1ng aULen-
ton to the smallest details Is the
price Of safety for the public, the
company and the employee
safety first practiced by one or two
classes of men alone amounts 10 but
very little To obtain the best re-
suits IL must be Dracticed by ali and
all the timer Unfortunately, there are
men and a considerable number-not
confined to any particular department,
eluher0WhO are far more interested IN
hearing the whistle blow for quitting
time than in doing their work in such
manner as to best advance the prln-
cipies of safety first.
Chains DeraiI Locomotive.
THE writer has seen locomotive
in the ditch q raCTTff of a. switch
chain carelessly thrown up on the Pill
OF and allowed to fall off under the
wheels. He has seen tender de-
rallied as the result of leaving Dig
wrench or nut on one of the truck
braces and falling off out on the
road. Any accidents Of this nature
cen be avoided and are the result OF
carelessneSS on the part of somebody.
The men who are safe men today look
for themselves, see everything tnat
pertains to their business and take
nothing for granted. It can be readlIy
seen that if safety first is to be any
thing more than an empty sound II
must be practiced by everybody from
the call boy to the general manager
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George NJ. Douglass, safety ex-
pert, who was recently in FL Paso as
sisting in the safety work O3 the FL
PasO smelter has written some very
pointed paragraphs on the prevention
of eye injuries This is what he says:
stopped to think that the safety first
movement is about you and for you.
It is not the manager or superintend-
ent that gets hurt; it is the workman.
Ninety-nine percent of all Industrial
accidents happen to WOrkmen, and up
to a very few years ago these acct
dents were on the increase, and II IS
also known positively that over 90 per-
cent Of such accidents were absolutely
unnecessary and need not have hap
pened if certain rules had been car
ried out, or if the workman through
a little right thinking had not taken
unnecessary chance
you can earn as much money and
do as much work as you have done in
mon dangers that surround you.
Cooperate With Employers.
Cooperate with your employer In
having the dangerous parts Of the dill
ferent machinery guarded and then
protect yourself and your family by
exercising the instinct Of caution TO
the limit.
should your employer suggest the
use Of a safeguard such as safety Cog
giles to protect your eyes from flying
dust or chips, or from the splashing
of hot metal such as babbit, lead, cast
iron or steel in foundry work, or from
copper matte in smelter work; do not
get it into your head that your en-
ployer has some scheme TO make you do
more work or to lessen your wages,
or some other Interior motive IN try
ing to get you to take care of your
eyes. If you lose your eyesight your