Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-03-30

loSS OF SUU,UUU man-yearS OF LABOR,
and more workers we're killed OFF
the job than on the job-25,0OO to
$1,000.
That drinking on the part of either
the driver or the pedestrian is in
volved in one out of every five fatal
traffic accidents, and that, even in
wartime, one or both drivers in fatal
accidents violate a law in two out
of every three cases.
That about 1000 persons were
drowned in the United States last
year. Smokers cause nearly a
fifth of all fires in the U. S. A.
Accidents kill one out of three
Sabotage children who die.
Three out of five fatal traffic acct
dents occur at night. Nearly
1000 persons were killed in grade
crossing accidents last year. $50,
Look, Listen and LiveD
That thousands of hunters will be
MANNED this year-and nearly 1000
will be killed in hunting accidents
unless the hunter is extra careful.
:. 1900 people in farm families
were killed by accidents last year
and only mining, construction, trans
portation and public utilities are
more dangerous industries than ag-
riculture. About 10000 hospital
beds are occupied today by persons
who have suffered accidents. (This
is roughly 1919 of all beds, and the
pity of it is that accident cases usu-
ally require the immediate attention
of several doctors and nurses, as
well as the use of anesthesia appara-
tus, operating rooms and hospital
beds. And this at a time when
they're talking about drafting
nurSeSD
That Benjamin Franklin was one
of the first safety advocates in
America. Remember? He said:
Haste makes waste" and Care
lessness does more harm than want
of knowledge"
That the Chicago fire of 1871,
the Johnstown flood of 1889, the
Galveston tidal wave of 1900, the
San Francisco earthquake of
1906, the sinking of the Titanic
in 1912, the Boston night club fire
in 1912, and all the other major
disasters since 1865 have killed
less than $4,000 Americans.
(And yet day-by-day accidents
killed $4,000 in 1914 alOneD
That accident figures prove the
safest people in the U. S. are little
girls between the ages of and IA.
:. There is an accidental death in
the U. S. every 51s minutes-and an
injury every seconds! Acct
dents are the fifth cause of deaths
in the U. S. . And cost SAL per
year per family in America.
That the Seaford Nylon plant of
E. I. dupont de Nemours & Com
pany has the best no-injury record
in American industry, having gone
nearly 100000 man-hours without
single lost time injury to one of
its employees. (And at the last re-
port, the record was still running.)
That even if more than 100000
women drivers we're involved in
traffic accidents in 1941, there is no
conclusive evidence that women are
more reckless than men when it
comes to driving automobiles.
A speed violation is a factor in about
70 of all fatal traffic accidents.
. Approximately 40 of drivers
involved in fatal accidents are hit
and run drivers! (The ratsD
That commune atoms is the
safest industry and mining the
most dangerous. One per-
son in IA will have an accident
in the United States in l945, if
the 1914 pattern prevails.
Nearly 10000 pedestrians are
killed in traffic accidents yearly.
(And walking is SO easyJ
That peanuts, coins, medals, mar
bles and such simple things can be
and are killers. More than 600
children under five years of age
are killed every year because small
objects like these are so easily
sucked into the lungs. :. Falls were
the greatest single cause of acct
dental deaths in 1913, the last year
for which figures are available. The
number killed by falls in l943 was
q 400. And 92fo of all persons killed