F' y;wf: -; 1 r i " T"T ! - : Li iSHTsPijraaa ."n17f. iWlFIinS You Should Profit by The Lesson . i-i KL of "Near Accidents" i A "NEAR ACCIDENT" may be defined as a happening, the nature of which is dangerous to persons, but which did not result in injury owing to the fortunate absence of a man from a particular spot, or to his quickness, or to the merest other chance, but the recurrence of which is always a peril a peril which should be abolished by proper care. A familiar illustration of a "near accident" is the case of a per son caught between two trains traveling in opposite directions on different tracks, but who escaped death or injury by lying down , between the tracks. There are many other such instances of escaped injury, inside as well as outside the industrial shop. Tools and materials flopping from scaffolds and roofs but striking no one; ladders falling or slipping with men who land unhurt, vehicles skidding and just missing pedestrians or other vehicles all these are common occurrences. These are but a few of the many instances that will suggest themselves to the average reader, but in every instance of this kind there is a lesson from which every one should profit. "Near Acci dents" are a fruitful source of suggestion, for precautions to be observed, and for rules to be formulated for the avoidance of dangerous practices. Regrettable as it may be, however, the fact remains that too little attention is paid to "near accidents." It sometimes seems to require actual accidents to startle us sufficiently. This should not be so. There is just as much instruction to be had from "Near Acci dents" as from actual accidents. "Safety First" work is a study and prevention of accident causes, and it should not require the theft of a horse to make yqm realize the importance of locking the barn. GOOD SAFETY WORK IS SEEING THAT THERE IS A LOCK ON THE BARN DOOR BEFORE THE ATTEMPT TO STEAL THE HORSE IS MADE . ' ' THIS CAMPAIGN IS SUPPORTED IN THE INTERESTS OF ALL HUMANITY BY THE FOLLOWING MANUFACTURING AND PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES ' i & v. . 5j$$e&-' The Pennsylvania Railroad Company Tike Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. The Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. The Baldwin Locomotive Works The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. The Corn Exchange National Bank of Phila. . Insurance Company of North America Philadelphia National League Ball Club New York Shipbuilding Corporation The S. S. White Dental Mf jr. Co. Champion Blower & Forge Co. Thos. Wolstenholme Sons & Co., inc. Henry Bower Chemical Mfg. Co. . Otto Eisenlohr & Bros., Inc. (Ctaco) Samuel T. Bodine, Pres. U. G. I. xo. The Edwin H. Jitler Co. (PWh. Cordage Co.; Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company Traylor Engineering & Mfg. u. Traylor Shipbuilding Corporation , ' Salem & Pennsgrove Traction Co. , The Pennsylvania Co. for nsurances on Lives and Granting Annuities The Home Life Insurance Co. of America, Philadelphia, Pa, Basil SjWjJgFwj Central Market Street Cowrietorsoi IVictoria, Globe, HSKStaSSS" Market Street and Auditorium Theatre Mass. Employees Insurance Assoc. Bethlehem Steel Company John Lucas & Co., Inc. American Bridge Co. J. S. Wentz Co. Alan Wood Iron & Steel Co. Sauquoit Silk Mfg. Co. Philadelphia Electric Co. Atlantic Refining Co. Lukens Steel Co. David Lupton's Sons Co. Nagle Steel Co. Empire Tire & Rubber Corporation Empire Steel & Iron Company Midyale Steel & Ordnance Co. Aberfoyle Mfg. Co. Ballinger & Perrot Bernstein Mfg. Co. First National Bank of Phila. Abrasiye Company Crew-Levlck Co. The Bank of North America Freihofer Baking Co:. L. G. Graff & Son Quaker City Cab Co. Alexander Brothers W. Atlee Burpee & Co. John B. Stetson Co. Louis J. Kolb J. E. Caldwell & Co. Ingersoll-Rand Co. A. F. Bornot Bro. Co. D. G. Dery S. W. Evans & Son Norfolk & Western Railway Commercial Coal Mining Co. Glasgow Iron Co. Antonio Roig & Langsdorf Union National Bank John Gribbel Robert K. Cassatt Harrisons, Inc. Charles E. Hires & Co. Pure Oil Company. Delaware State College Union Paving Co. Chas. J. Webb & Co. Clyde S. Adams Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co. . H. W. Butterworth & Sons Co. Keystone Type Foundry John A. Rigg New Jersey Zinc Company Link-Belt Company William Amer Co. M. B. Laubach Co. American Engineering Co. A. T. Baker & Co. Whitall-Tatum Company Joseph Stokes Rubber Co. The Franklin Baker Co. Abram Cox Stove Co. Susquehanna Coal Co. Ketterlinus- Litho. Mfg. Co. Standard Steel Works Co. The Brown Instrument Co. Stephen F. Whitman & Son Electric Service Supplies Co. The Miller Lock Co. Isaac Hathaway Francis John T. Dyer Quarry Co. John R. Evans & Co. Ford & Kendig Co. Moore & White Co. Pioneer Suspender Co. Sun Shipbuilding Co. F. G. Vogt & Sons, Inc. Geo. D. Wetherill & Co., Int. The John C. Winston Co. Parkesburg Iron Co. Standard Roller Bearing Co. C. J. Matthews & Co. r i John Lang Paper Co. Armstrong Cork Co. Atlas Powder Company Alexander Kerr, Bro. & Co. The Hcss-Bright Mfg. Co. utocar Company H. B. Underwood Co. Logan Trust Co. J. Edwards & Co., Inc. Willard Supply Co. Philadelphia Paper Mfg. Co. Graham, Parsons & Co. Wills-Jones Co. Elder & Jenks Thomas H. Wilson, Inc. W. H. Sylvester & Sons Supplee Milk Co. Scott-Powell Dairies Jonathan May & Sons W. W. Lindsay & Co. Breycr Ice Cream Co. Abbott's, Alderney Dairies Penn Paper & Stock Co. American Baptist Publication Society F. T. Chandler De Haven & Townsend J. T. Jackson Co. f f r t K READ EACH OF THE ARTICLES TO COME LfS tfj t V. j.fc.J- u' vV It .11. ?. ft t. ( .,, ;m VfcK rvt .:ia it 5.-pik.iH. rAjuii r, Ml '".-. !?' m &?t $, w. $S i.fl ' w M ms m m : 1 fi au A c t
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