, 1924-08-07
MT. SDremO SAWS :

Mr.. Spremo says:
After making a study OF the ac-
cidents suffered by employees Of the
Parco Refinery for the past year, 1
find that, like other companies, our
records show that about 80 per cent
of our accidents are unnecessary and
preventable and would not occur II
employees believed in and constant
ly practiced Safety.
"Our employees have suffered ap-
proximately one hundred accidents
in the past year and among them l
find dozens of use where the in
jury resulted from a fellow employee
dropping a board. tool, pipe or other
object to the ground from a scaffOld,
runway or other above ground work.
ing place without giving a thought
to the place where the object would
fall. All too frequently 1t falls on
someone's head, shoulder or foot and
results In q serious injury. The in
jured man and his family suffers
from the pain and anguish, time lost
and decreased earnings, while the
one who caused the injury goes on
with his work and by his careless
attitude endangers other employees.
81 find other dozens, even hun
dreds Of accidents resulting from
wrenches slipping, hammers missing
their object, and feet slipping while
using them. Now every man using
tools frequently meets with one or
more of the above conditions, but
only to the careless does an injury
result. A careful man KNOWS that
his tools or his feet may slip, BUT
he first insists on having good tools
to use, and plants his feet on a firm
foundation, and second he is con-
stantly prepared for the slip Of the
tool and his fingers do not get
bruised Or broken and he does not
fall because his body and muscles
are braced for that very condition.
Not SO with careless man. He
uses a hammer that is mushroomed
and lopsided or with a cracked or
splintered handle. or uses a wrench
as q hammer or sledge until It is
battered almost beyond recognition
then tries to use 1t on q nut or piece
OF pipe and It will not take hold.
He. as well n the careful man
knows what is likely to happen but
he does not prepare for II and our
fles Of accidents show the result.
Many other dozens Of our &C.
CAO0ukB dI0 Cyo huJobiCo
from flying steel or sparks from en-
cry stones. air hammers. welding
torches, chisels. lathes. and saws.
Some Of our CAREFUL men have
been working with these tools for
the past year and have been
injured because they always wear
good goggles that really protect their
eyes. Other employees are injured
because they wear cheap, no-account
goggles or refuse to wear goggles OF
any kind.
"Nearly all accidents are the fault
Of our brains rather than the fault
OF our tools and machines and
places Of work. How do know?
Because the careful man neve gets
injured and the careless man does.
Every one OF US who has been In
1ured have said: III I had been
watching and concentrating on my
work and not looking At or thinking
Of something else. or II l had done
the Job In this way which l knew
was safer and better instead OF get
ting in a hurry. or in the I'll take a
chance way. I would not have been
injured" The next question II How
am ! going to make q living for my
wife and family while ! am laid up!'
Or II l have saved any money for
such q rain day How many COM
forts and pleasures that my family
II accustomed to will we we have
to give up to rebuild our savings
ACCOUNT
mo man has any moro eyes. arms.
legs. fingers OF toes than he needs.
and II you do not appreciate them.
ask . fellow workman or friend who
has lost one or moro Of them how
much he misses them. or what he
would give 10 have them replaced.
II = man will not use his brains and
think for his own safety then he
should be made to think for the
safcty Of his fellow workmcn and
those dependent on Q Job and his
fellow workmen should not only rc-
fuse to work with him but run him
OF the Job.
ut does not pay to take . chance.
A few seconds delay in operations
will not use up one ~thousaudth -
much time 81 will be used In gather.
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