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FILE NAME: Caterpillar (CAT) DATE: 1947 DOC#: CAT009 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Published Article from National Safety News Where There's Smoke T tin t H n A rt I t a Fir* H o ard TV/ltEV Caterpillar Tractor Corot pany leaded, 1a March 3946, to |rmit smoking in Ha Peoria, 111 factory the company began a cos* tinting study of the rouh* of this tvive . . . made only after deliberate m oderation concerning fire hazards, and teleetion of certain smoking re* rtrirtlons in designated factory areak To date not a fire resulting from asking in the plant has been re* corded, and violations of company rnuking standards have been few and fai between* It has also been noted that the new practice has improved employee relation* and individual owrale. The general overall "housekeeping"' problem that results from smoking in an indurtrial pUot has b e n handled fa orderly fashion by distributing re* RjAaclo, at slategic locations, where nn|i!oyees may discard cigarette and agar butts, pipe doltle and used matches Use of these receptacles pro* motea safety and deanHsea*. Employes welcomed the chance to smoke while at wort. Factory super* rutan, the industrial rcUtions nun* ager and safety engineers repirt con* t a i l cooperation at every tum. All " Caterpillar" factory building* are of steel and masonry construction aad the entire plant is protected by an automatic sprinkling system* Tbs floors of the factory are constructed of three-inch creosoted blocks, laid on five inches of concrete, and sealed with tar. Further safety is assured by controlling absorption of oil on the doors through use of comnintaal preparations consisting mainly of dia* jomaceous earth. After more than s year trial, it ap pears ss though the new practice at "Caterpillar** is uotoilnl, and at present nothing has occurred to indi cate a necessity to return to the former restrictien. _ _ _ _ _ _ ______ 3m 'll I. Therei m tetitfed exprexuat an tkii utifterltr't fe e t u Ac p n f t w w r a*, a **ftr. t. ta y e y ia f * Jmjic does mat htietfett rut Ituptctien / emurpilUt Itaelu 1 F a ttin g s s Ac i m V / lute d ie t met prevent * rIm . 4, R ietptatU t ate p itted so that cmjimp*** m e j i u r t t i eigttette*, eigart and pipe dtttie hefett entering a ttU rieitd y 1L <5jV* ' 11 Sm It rt^ V " dr > . - ' Kaicaat S tfatp N m , S**i*sfcr, 19*7 B .# 4 i 3 1