, 1921-06-11
Boyland Most
Seriously Hurt of
Men Injured a t
Standard Plant

pitfalls, two of them critica
injured, one with less than
even chance of recovery as r
suit of an accident which oc
CURED at the Standard refinl
cry at Don today. II Is impossible to
give details on the injuries OF the in
dividuais bccause at press time the
serious injuries required the close at
tention OF h personnel OF the hos
pitai in which they are confined.
Hugh Boyland with a fractured
skull. both arms broken and both legs
brd<en and a badly spiintered knee
as well as many minor cuts and
bruises Is in the critical condi.
ton. He was taken to the operating
room shortly before : O'Clock and
every effort is being made TO ave his
life. He has a chance to recover. ac-
cording to the statement OF DR.. II. r.
Lathrup. who Is directly in charge OF
ni!nistering to the injured men. II he
car rally from the severe shock Mt.
terdant upon his injuries
The other 10 men injured. all of
whom have broken bones and severe
cuts and lacerations are:
1aAhsNE 1NEntes t. To- AQkAnNt r lOlQ
Crockett. c. Il. Muldovney. Frank
Cook. f.. Mckenzie. Jerry Murphy.
Harry Pinkerton. W. F. Caffce, and
j.. L. Bennett.
At least one OF these men Ii In a
critical condition but after a hurried
examination DIR. Ls'hrop did not
know the mans nans
All OF the men were pipefitters and
helpers employed in the gang OF
which w. c. Noyes is foreman. Just
low the accident happened has not
been determined MS all OF the men
were working on n scaffoldinE 30 feet
above the ground which suddenly
gave way. precipitating them to tho
cement Foundation and piles Of pipe
beneath.
The platform was braced on six SIX,
inch beams. the standard scafold
brace at the plant. In swinging a
i2-inch pipe into place the men OK
erted such pressure that the eye
beams turned over on the side and
gave WY to the weight on the plat
form.
A fortunate turn OF the accident was
that It occurred just a moment after
seven morn men all OF whom were
working in the same gang. left the
platform 10 engage in some other
duty. 1t was also fortunate that Just
at the mbment OF the accident that
there wcr no laborers Underneath
he platform whinh gave way. al.
though laborcrs had been working
there UP to the hour that h accident
happened. ~
The " beam brace for scaffold was
considered a good safe scaffoid and
this Is the first time hat nm accident
ha happened since s~caffoiding OF
this kind has been adopted as standard
at the plant. Only the fact that great
pressure was exerted on the platform
in swinging the heavy pipe into place
could have caused the eye beam sup
port to turn over and buckle under the
weight Of the men on he platform.
The accident happened at Battery
No. IL. on the south end OF the Stand.
ard plant. Word spread quickly
through the plant that an accident
had occurred and men from all sec.
tons were recruited to bring the in.
jured men to the first aid stations for
treatment before sending then to the
hospitals. |
Cars of employees at the plant and
OF the management were command
eered at the plant to dispatch the
injured men to the hospital rs rap.
idly as possible.
lat this afternoon II was learned
hat Messrs. Adkins and Mckenzie
were among the men least injured as a
result of the accident.