The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-09-03
SAFETY FIRST \
TAUGHT PUPILS.

It Z matter Of common knowledge
that the large Industrial corporations
who have made their slogan Safety
/ First" and who have earnestly tried
to reduce the number Of accidents to
their employees. have succeeded in an
extraordinary degree. A SO per cent
redhction Of accidents in single
year is a common experience a
While it is generally known that
industrial accidents have been greatly
reduced, It Is not so well known that
street accidents can Sbe Just as sue
cessfu1ly reduced, and largely by the
same method which has proven sue
cessful In industry
Chance taking. thoughtlessness and
carelessness cause such an over
I, whelTsing amount of misery and finan-
cial loss that 1t is high time to break
their hold on the American people !,
s* Conservation at all times is desir-
abls. AT the present time It is Inn
perative, II we are to make up the
wastage Of war. In a. conservation
program the conservation Of human
life and limb Is Of greatest import
ance.
The Ohio industrial commission has
done great deal in promulgating the
doctrine Of Safety First" Naturally
the commissioners have given first
consideration to Industrial safety. IN
the absence Of any other agency to
carry on the work Of securing life
and limb from accident outside Of in-I
dustry, they have also given some It.
tention to this problem. In fact, twol
81 the steps taken by the Industrial
commission will have just as import-
ant bearing on general safety as
they will on industrial safety.
Commissions First Step.
The first of these is considered by
@. w. Price. general manager Of theI
National Safety council as being theI
most important single factor in anyI
accident prevention program. Thisi
step is the introduction Of safety edu-
cation into public. schools. In St.
Louis. where safety work has been
carried on as community problem
for several years, they early realized
that At was necessary to start with
the children if they hoped to achieve
marked and permanent results.
!. Out of the need there developed q 4
plan for teaching safety to children
without adding new studies to the
curriculum. It is today recognized
BY leading educators and is rapidly
being introduced into the schools
throughout the country. At the sug-
gsstion Of f. g. Lange, state director
Of safety, the Industrial commission
gave permission to secure. If possible,
The cooperation Of the school super. Y
Intendents OF Ohio in the Introduction
of this method. Letters requesting In
iorsement of this work were sent to
Governor James NJ Cox, Superintend.s
mt Of Schools Pearson and Mrs.
Sharp, president Of Ohio Federation OF 4
Clubs. Each replied, assur-
ng the director Of safety their entire
ndorsement and support Of thisl
movement. A letter was then sent to
Ill school superintendents and almostl
unanimously they replied assuring the|
Industrial commission Of their col
operation. ~
What this means for the future isl
lifiicult to overestimate 1t meansI
hat each child as it grows up will
lave developed habits Of carefulness
rs they enter industry it will not bel
lecessary to stand over them with al
lub, as is now sometimes necessary
o secure compliance with rules in
ended to safeguard employees III s
Ohio is the first state to have taken #
his vital step, Already the schools
+ Cincinnati. Middletown, Akron and N
aany smaller towns are using. this
- A|oulo pioH S3YsANflH lHt commences
nent, ,of the fall session 1t is reason
BILE to assume that the great major &
y Of schools in the state will take
p this important work
Organize Safety Councils.
The second step, the iinportance
which in the reduction of both iii.
ustrial and street accidents is also
ertain TO be very great. is the or,
Of local counciA Of the
Iational Safety council in each of the Il
lrger cities Of the state, to carry on
,e work Of accident prevention as a
ommunity problem Of the first i'm.
ortance In the city Of Cleveland, as
result Of the work Of the local coun-
i there deaths from automobile az 4
Idents were reduced from 143 for s9
le last half Of 1918 to rs for the
lst half cf 1919
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