The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-03-26
MEDICAL EXAMINATION
FOR MEN IN THE MINES
NEW SYSTEM ADOPTED By COP
PER QUEEN COMPANY
OF ARIZONA.
(Bisbee Review

Commencing on or about. the 18TH
Of the present month the Copper Queen
Consolidated Mining company will
require every man going to work for
the company to take a physical exam
nation and prove his fitness for the
class of labor which he will be engag
ed in.
This step on the part Of the company
is taken after a thorough study of the
situation and the subsequent applica
ton of safety first principles before a
man goes to work for the company as
we'll as after he is at work on the pro-
perty Of the company.
From another standpoint the appli-
cation of physical examinations &c
those going to work in the mines Is
practically a new idea in the mining
world. 1t is the first time, according
to those who are familiar with mining
conditions in different parts OF the
country. that men will be required tC
take physical examinations before be-
To Reduce Number Of Accidents.
With the study Of safety first ideas
which has been tested in the mines OF
the Warren district perhaps more
than in any other mining section OF
the country various means have been
looked into to cut down the accidents
in the mines The various corps OF
trained men have not only made a
careful inspection of everything which
Is possible underground, but study
| has also been conducted along the lines
of prevention of accidents before a
man goes into the mines.
The physical examination idea of all
men applying for work in the mines
first came from one of the sub-com
mittees Of the camp in the safety first
department This committee made Its
recommendations to the central COM
mittee Of the organization which Is
composed Of miners, DOCTORS and oft1c-
ers of the company. After a lengthy
study of the matter 1t was finally
adopted as an excellent method tc
eliminate many accidents which are
directly traceable to physical ailments
of men before they entered the service
of the company.
DANCER Due to Disease.
According to the men behind TIT
idea 1t will eliminate great man'
Of the causes of accidents In tn
mines. 1t is said that men sufferin'
from certain forms Of heart disease
|epilepsy. certain forms Of kidney trou
lille which brings on commissions an
Ifainting spells and tuberculosis nav
very sionally found work In tn
mines.
These men, according to the offcer
Of the safety first movement, are NOR
dangerous to themselves and to TN
men who are working with them tina
any amount Of loose ground or othe
dangers which are encountered In tn
mining work. Many accidents of IN
extreme. nature. have been directl
traced to the physical condition OF on
of the men in the accident.
How Accidents Occur.
Miners have been known to fall 0
a ladder from a sudden stroke Of heal
failure and to carry one or more
their fellow miners down shaft VIII
. them. In the consideration Of tubercu
losis It was readily seen that one ma
{ suffering with the white plague cou'
, easily disseminate the germs or n
{ disease in a close space and transm
the germ of the malady to his compar
! lion. 1t is for the elimination OF a
! such causes that the order will go ir
r to effect.
The present employees OF the cor
) pany will not have to take any exam
ination. ]. N. Osler will have his ofilc
established midway between the CZf
J and Holbrook shafts. Men wishr
employment will secure a card fro
: Osler and then will go to doctor VIZ
t will make an examination. If this
: passed successfully the applicant II
work will return to the employmei
/. office and there be assigned to work
t whichever shaft his services are neet