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PREVENTABLE ACCIDENTS
Investigation of accidents reported during the past
five months has revealed the fact that the greater portion
of these accidents could have been prevented. Disobedience
of orders, willful neglect, carelessness and bad practices
are factors in a large majority of cases, and inasmuch as
untold suffering and a great economic loss are occasioned
by these factors, it might be worth while to cite a few
accidents which have occurred in order to show to what
extent care and thoughtfulness are needed to reduce this
. awful toll which is being exacted from the industrial popu
lation. The following are a few typical cases in which
the above-mentioned factors caused the accidents and
represent classes of accidents which could easily be
prevented if every person concerned would be careful:
Disobedience of Orders
At one of the quarries of the State an employe, in direct disregard of
orders, rode on a truck loaded with stone. This truck was allowed to run
down an incline by gravity, and instead of walking behind as he had been
told to do, the employe climbed on a truck and in jumping off got under the
wheels. His lef t ankle was broken and in addition he was badly bruised, so
thathe was compelled' to remainaway from work for many weeks and to lose
considerable in wages, besides enduring a great amount of suffering.
taking a Chance
An employe of a certain plant had occasion to examine a motor.
Instead of making the examination f rqm the outside of the guard rail, which
in this case was possible, he evidently climbed or. stepped over the guard rail
and was caught by the driving belt. He was immediately whirled to his
death. Had it been, absolutely necessary for this man to go inside of the
guard rail, his first act should have been to stop the motor, thereby
removing all possibility of an accident. The chance taker eventually gets
caught.
Neglected Wounds
The following accidents demonstrate the necessity of the prompt
reporting of all injuries, no matter how trivial, for attention and treatment.
Serious cases of blood poisoning often occur from neglect, and not only
result invthe loss of dollars and cents, but also cause great suffering, with
perhaps the loss of a finger, hand, leg or even life.
An employe in a steel mill while changing rolls caught his finger on
a sharp edge of a bolt and failed to have same attended to. As a result the
wound became infected, necessitating the absence of the injured man from
his work for three weeks.
In an axle works a workman was assembling differential cases, and
while so doing received a scratch on the first finger of his right hand. He
did not report this injury, but remained away from work the next day. He
did not apply to the company hospital for treatment, but saw one of the city
physicians. Blood poisoning set in and an. operation was performed five
days after the injury was received. This man was away from his work
for at least three weeks, all due to carelessness in not reporting for treatment
as soon as the accident occurred.
Improper Use of Elevator
An employe in a warehouse was ordered to get some material from the
third floor. It was necessary for him to use the elevator. Lifting up the
safety gate he started the elevator and when it reached the floor on which
he was standing he attempted to jump on while the elevator was in motion.
His foot slipped and his body was caught between the safety gate and the
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floor of the elevator. He was instantly killed. No person should attempt
to step on or off a moving elevator. Repeatedly accidents with serious and
fatal results have occurred in this manner.
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An employe had been working at a "pickling" vat for over four years.
This vat was used for "pickling" plates, the process being carried on in the
following manner: Before the plate is put in the pickler it is placed on
edge in a cradle or rack. In this cradle or rack are set small iron rods about
one-half inch in diameter, in order to keep the plates apart, so that the' pickle
solution will have free action on the plates. The cradle or rack is then set
in the vat. These vats extend about two feet above the floor level. This
man had been repeatedly instructed to push on the cradle and not to pull on
it. He disobeyed the order and took hold of one of these iron rods, placed
his foot against a pile of plates to get a greater leverage and pulled on it. The
rod broke off and he fell into the vat with fatal result. Strict obedience to
instructions is one of the prime requisites of a workman's duty.
Horseplay
A workman in a knife manufacturing plant threw a six-inch pipe
nipple at a fellow workman, striking him on the index finger of his right hand
and breaking it. As a result, the injured man will be absent from his work
for at least two or three weeks. All fooling and horseplay should be.
prohibited while on duty, and rigid rules should be enforced against it.
THIS CAMPAIGN IS SUPPORTED IN THE INTEREST OF ALL HUMANITY BY THE FOLLOWING MANUFACTURING
AND PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES:
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
The 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
Traylor Engineering & Mfg. Co.
Traylor Shipbuilding Corporation
Harrisburg Pipe & Pipe Bending Co.
GenVral Accident Fire and Life Insurance
Corp., Ltd. -
Martin & Wm. H. Nixon Paper Co., Inc.
Typothetae of Phila. "fta!,f ?
The Wm. Cramp & Sons, Ship and Engine
PWtadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Samuel T. Bodlne, Pres. U. G. I. u.
Th? Pennsylvania Co. for Insurances on
Lives and Granting Annuities
The Home Life Insurance Co. of America,
' Insurance of Houses From Loss Dy
Mass. Employees Insurance Assoc.
John B. Stetson Co.
D. G. Dery
John Lucas & Co., Inc.
Midvale Steel & Ordnance Co.
American Bridge Co.
J. S. Wentz Co.
Sauquoit Silk Mfg. Co.
Philadelphia Electric Co.
Atlantic Refining Co.
Lukens Steel Co.
David Lupton's Sons Co.
Nagle Steel Co.
Aberfoyle Mfg. Co.
Champjon Blower & Forge Co.
Ballinger & Perrot
Bernstein Mfg. Co.
First National Bank of Phila.
Abrasive Company
Crew-Levick Co.
The Bank of North America
Freihofer Baking Co.
L. G. Graff & Son
Quaker City Cab Co.
Alexander Brothers
W. Atlee Burpee & Co.
Bethlehem Steel Company
The J. G. Brill Company
Louis J. Kolb s
A. F. Bornot Bro. Co.
Norfolk & Western Railway
Curtin & Brockie
Autocar Company
Philadelphia Paper Mfg. Co.
Graham, Parsons & Co.
Antonio Roig & Langsdorf
Union National Bank '
John Gribbel
Edw. A. Schmidt
Robert K. Cassatt
Harrison's, Inc.
Charles E. Hires & Co.
Pure Oil' Company ,. n
Delaware State College '
Union Paving Co.
Armstrong Cork Co.
American Railways Co.
Alan Wood Iron & Steel Co.
The Philadelphia Rubber Works Co.
Otto Eisenlohr & Bros., Ijtc. (Cinco)
American Electrotype Co.
Parkesburg Iron Co.-
Chas. J. Webb & Co.
New Jersey Zinc Company
Link-Belt Company
Joseph Stokes Rubber Co.
F. S. Walton Company
Quaker City Rubber Co.
F. A. Bochmann & Co., Inc.
Isaac Hathaway Francis
American Dredging Co.
Atlas Powder Company
G. A. Bisler, Inc.
Chandler & Co., Inc.
E. W. Clark & Co.
Commercial Trust Co.
The Commonwealth Casualty Co.
Eddystone Ammunition Corp.
Garrett-Buchanan Co.
Harper & Turner
Ingersoll-Rand Co.
Geo. A. Huhn & Sons
Lehjgh Portland Cement Co.
Alexander Kerr, Bro. & Co.
Northern Trust Company
M. B. Laubach Co.
Charlemagne Tower
Stokes & Smith Co. '
Stead &. Miller Co.
Day & Zimmermann, Inc.
Diamond State Fibre Co.
Henry Bower Chemical Mfg. Co.
Whiting-Patterson 'Co., Inc.
Primos Chemical Co.
The Downingtown Mfg.. Co.
Sun Shipbuilding Co.
S. W. Evans & Son
Ketterlinus Litho. Mfg. Co.
William Amer Co.
Powell Knitting Co.
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
The National Drug Co.
Kerr Paper Mill Co.
The Reading Stove Works .
Felton, Sibley & Co., Inc.
Farr & Bailey Mfg. Co.
Concordia Silk Hosiery Conine.
Coatesville Boiler Works
Royal Electrotype,Co.
Commercial, Truck Co. of America
Scofield Engineering Co.
Frank C. Roberts & Co.
Estate, Geo. Pabst
Harbisonfs Dairies
Frank Samuel
J. H. Weil ; Co.
Philadelphia Export Co.
J. T. Jackson Co.
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