Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-08
BELIEVE IN TAKING
CARE OF EMPLOYEES
Cosden Plant at West Tulsa Has
Every Convenience for Use OF
Those Employed There.

Social welfare work at the Cos
den refinery under the supervision
Of G. II. Fonstermacher. and the
establishing Of n clinic for employees
and their families in connection
twith the first aid station at the
plant. IL a great factor in raising
IN" efficiency Of the men. As the
work IL extended 1t viii no doubt
b" the biggest source Of satisfying
the employees by contributing to
their health as well AS to their
pleasure.
The first aid station is very com
/ plotcly OutfiNsd and It's sterllizing
apparatus Is only equallcd by ono in
Tulsa. Included In the equipment Is
an operating table. two pulmoters
/ and stomach pump, and ever ready
! for Immediate use are solutions for
J tho treatment OF burns, and first aid
kits that can be grabbed at a mo-
mcnts notice and taken to any part
| Of tho refinery where "A man has
! been injured Tho station has re-
Gently been enlarged TO two rooms
instead Of one and there are three
shifts Of first aid workers. making
II possible for the station TO be
opened all night.
/ Arrangements arc being made to
move the employment bureau Of the
! refinery into one OF the rooms Of
the first aid building. This will he
done because every cmployc. before
he Is hired, will he subject to rigid
! physical examination. No person
! found to be defective will be aC-
| ccptcd by the company. for they are
1 IN so ttIt g., 70,
accident. This preventative meas
ura and safety first" precautions,
under the direct management of n
safety engineer, have greatly re-
duccd the number Of accidents at
the plant The safety engineer is al
ways "On the job where construC-
ton IL going on and at all times
must see that the workmen are TAX
| ing no hazards or risks. one small
| but important item IL to see that
! pieces OF machinery prOtruding from
| the ground are properly boxed 50
that the employees will not run
against them.
one particular instance showed
that many OF the men were suffering
from boils because OF walking
across oily ground in ordinary shoes
thus closing up the pores OF tho feet
and ankles. To prevent this trOu-
| bio among men who worked around
the tanks on oil-soaked ground,
they were provided with rubber
boots. and the providing OF boots
was found TO be much less expen-
sive than treating the boils and hav-
| ing men inCapacitated for work be-
cause OF them.
Girls Rest Room.
One Of the most attractive features
OF the first aid station is the girls
rest room that has Just been fin
! ished II is furnished with wicker
| furniture, attraCtivcly upholstered
in creations with cretonne draperles
at the windows A good-sizc bal
cony looks out over the grounds
where there will be placed a base
ball diamond and tennis courts. such
"a room will add greatly to the COM
! fort OF the girl employees. which
| force is being constantly increased
because of the war.
Smallpox is one OF the worst
| thighs they have to combat at the
| plant, but by vaccination OF nearly
I all the employees as well as members
of their families the situation is kept
we'll in hand. However, In some in
stances quarantine has been broken.
resulting in the spread OF the dis
ease, and hereafter those in charge
NJ the first aid rooms announce that
anyone who breaks over the quar-
antine will be prosecuted TO the lin
| its OF the law. Serum treatment for
prevention OF colds as well as for
typhoid is administered at a mini
mum cost by Or. Hart, the physician
in charge. In regard to the serum
treatment for colds. DIR. Hart states
that IL is not an absolute preventa-
tive or cure, but that 1t is 90 per cent
effective, especially II started when !
you feel cold coming on. Many |
employees have given the serum in !
the past two weeks. and with the ex- |
ception' of a very few cases. colds |
have been stopped. The serum !
treatment acts as cold prevenR- /
tive for season.
For the comfort. education and I
recreation ~ mon employees, n hugo /
warehouse will I've converted into |
welfare building as soon as the sup /
plies stored there are moved and the !
building underGucs a few changes.
on the first floor will be basins ,
where the men can wash before eat
ing their lunches, as we'll as lockers |
and gymnasium equipment. on the
second floor will he tables where the
men can eat their lunches and hot
coffee will he served. The selling
Of box lunches will he done in the
building instead OF at the gates rs at
present. When occasion demands
the tables will be pushed back and
replaced by chairs. thus converting
tho huge room into an auditorium,
Always at the noon hour IT has been
planned To furnish some sort OF en-
tertainmcnt for the men while they
eat.
Other plans are being made for
the comfort and welfare of the en-
ployes and their families as well,
Many things have been done and
many things are to he done, hut the
work is a great work, one that is
recrcational an educational admin
istering at once to mental. physical
and moral moods Of the worker