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FILE NAME: National Safety Council (NSC) DATE: 1925 Mar DOC#: NSC003 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: National Safety News Article - Protective Mask for Dusty Work National Safety News Published by the National Safety Council. Volum e E leven CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MARCH, I 25 N umber T hree How Baltimore is Solving Her Safety Puzzle B y George E a rl W allis FE W cities have undertaken to solve their puzzles of human safety more seriously than Bair timore, Md. With the organization of the Baltimore Safety Council, in April, 1923, this city started out to make safety records which would place it in the foremost ranks of those cities in. which f r e e d o m from accident per ils is considered a tangible commu nity asset. Success has attended this ambition. A t no time since' the sponsors of the Baltimore Safety Council met around a table and agreed that com munity s a f e t y work would be a benefit to their city has there been any let-up in enthusi As serious in- safety the Baltimore Schools. asm or effort. The results speak for themselves. During 1924, Baltimore was one of the few cities of the country which reported a decrease in fatal accidents chargeable to motor vehicles. In 1923, 103 motor vehicle fatalities occurred in Baltimore; in 1924, only 90 deaths were recorded from the same cause, a decrease of 13 per cent. That is not all. Fatal accidents of all kinds to children from five to 15, the public school age, numbered 56 in 1924, com pared to 63 in 1923 and 85 in 1920. Personal injury acidents in 1924 also were reduced over 1923. _ As a result of a strenuous two-year fire prevention campaign, Baltimore in 1924 experienced the best fire -rec ord in years. F or 1922, the city's total fire loss was $4,211,431; in 1924, this total dropped to $1,500,000, a decrease that citizens in any city can appreciate both from the humanitarian and eco and of business interests as a whole, nomic standpoints. In the 23 months of its existence, the Council has performed a real service to the industries of Baltimore. A few might be mentioned, such as the organizing of an industrial safety club, but it also has the confidence and co operation of a large group of civic and community associations. T h e Balti more Safety Council has permanent ly established itself in the city--not primarily because of the need for an or g a n i z e d cam paign against acci dents but rather be cause it has made itself indispensable in the life, of the community. It has succeeded in this accomplish ment because the civic and business leaders of Balti more have not only given their money to the work, but because they have been and are per sonally interested work as their elders. A junior safety Council meeting in one of in the movement. These Councils now have more than 7,500 active members. The members of the Council's board contributing toward the elimination of of control meet weekly to review costly industrial accidents by coop progress andto plan activities for the erating in the collection and analysis future. Civic organizations have asked of causes of accidents in the various classes of industries, and by maintain ing a consulting service on industrial safety education and safeguarding. Safe drivers', schools have also been held for drivers of 'commercial vehicles. Many other achievements stand to its credit which can not be given sta tistical value. Through cooperation with all the agencies of the city and state governments, the Safety Council has stimulated and direct official inter est in the prevention of accidents of a more public nature. It has become the civic clearing house on safety subjects of a wide -variety. It not only has the support of the Baltimore Association of Commerce for assignments. 'Commercial con cerns have given of their strength to makestreets, homes and factories safer for their employees. Going back over the record of the work done we find that under the di rection of Thomas J. Barnes, district sales manager of the Sun Oil Com pany, the Council has erected and maintained 85 public bulletin boards at safety zones, gasoline filling sta tions and prominent street intersec tions. These boards carry messages on street and traffic safety t o the automobilist and the pedestrian. They are changed monthly. More than 1,000 trucks carry cards with the same message^each month. Street cars of the United Railways and Electric March, 1925 National safety News 4i& Protective Mask PROTECTION against dust en countered in cleaning boilers and the insides of furnaces and similar operations, is afforded by the dust mask shown above, which is now used by the United Electric Light and Power Company, New York City. The mask was designed by Timothy Leonard, foreman' boiler cleaner, at the Sherman Creek generating plant. The khaki colored, hood' is of very finely woven canvas, extrem ely.light in weight. The hood is made to fit snugly on any size head and it cov ers the shoulders and the body down to the waist. Elastic bands prevent flying dust entering the armlets or body base. The hood is fitted with extra large laminated lenses which are prac tically non-fogging. An ordinary aluminum sponge respirator with a pneumatic rubber cushion and outlet for Dusty Work *' J\ valve at the top has been fixed inside the. hood.- -The design was passed 'by--'the cen tral safety committee and handed over to-,the superintendent of repair shops under whose supervision ftiiej, masks were made. The -masks Have'.proved highly satisfactory in actual use. They are now used by men when working inside o f , cinder ^catchers, blowing out g e n e ra to r an^cM fifiig rotaries with compressed air at' sub stations. W ith slight changes in con struction, they can be used for numer ous purposes. When necessary, _the- hood can be made of. fire" resisting material. " - The photographs and' description of the mask were supplied by'Edward P. Durfee, educational director, Hamlin & Company, Safety Department, New York City. 11, a. Are proper w arning signs posted instruct ing the public of the dangers incident to this work? b. Where a,re the signs posted? r. Are signs posted at the various entrances to this building w arning the public to keep out of this building? d. Are the warnings given on these signs enforced? 12. Are all scaffoldings and runways carefully built, sufficiently strong, provided with proper guard railings and toe boards, and furnished with screens to prevent mate rial falling from these scaffoldings? 1J. Are substantially built roofs provided for all lower tier scaffoldings? 14. Are all scaffoldings securely fastened? 15. Are men allowed to work one above the other without head protection? 16. Arc all holes through the floors properly and substantially covered? 17. o. Are all openings- through the floors (either temporary or perm anent; properly railed off and protected? b. Are all elevator hatchways carefully pro tected with substantial guard rails, each set back from the edge of the elevator opening a distance of at lease IS inches? c. Are these protective railings provided with a toe board at least 6 inches high? d. Is the railing at least 3 feet 6 inches high with an intermediate rail attached? e. If these conditions uo not exist, s^ate why they do not. 18. 6, Are all ladders passing through floor m floor of proper construction and suffi ciently strong for the weights they arc required to carry? b. Do the stringers of these ladders extend above the floor at least 3 feet 6 inches? c. Are the bottoms of the Udders carefully and securely fastened to the lower floor to prevent slipping? d. Is the top of the ladder lashed into place so as to prevent slipping? 19. a. Are all appliances used :or hoisting ma terial carefully and regularly inspected? b. Are all cables carefully watched and kept in first class condition? 20. Has all work been securely fastened so that it will not be dislodged* by the wmd?t 21. Is there any lumber with nails in it lying around the work? 22. -Is there any broken material of any nature or rubbish around this operation which could be takes away? 23. Is the light unquestionably good in every place where men are working;? ?4. Has the roof been thoroughly cleaned from all loose waste materials? 25. Are you doing all th at you can to prevent the bringing of liquor on the premises? 26. Have all of the accidents which have occurred at this job been properly and promptly reported? Safety Bucket for Hoist ing Brick x A Safety Check List for Construction Work < < \/'O U R first order is--`prevent X accidents !' " This statement heads a list of 26 questions on a check list of accident hazards used in a daily safety report by the Westlake Con struction Co., St. Louis, Mo. The re port covering the 26 questions, with sub-questions, is made out and mailed to the home office between 3 and 4 o'clock p. m. each day. The report states the location of the work, the hour of the inspection and may not be made by the same person on two consecutive days. Persons who make the inspections and report upon the conditions of the. work, together with their direct superiors, are held strictly accountable for accidents which occur on the job by reason of improper or unsafe conditions, defective construc tion, material, tools, appliances of bad practices and other matters covered in the report. Following are the ques tions : 1. Are there- any employees on this w ork'to-day who have not reached legal working age? 2. Exterior conditions--Are all public ways in good, clean general condition, free -from material and carefully protected in every way? 3. Have the banks supporting public ^been' properly secured by sufficient shoring?" 4. Are the banks, walls and foundations adjoin ing property securely shored? 5. How are materials stored on sidewalk or other public way? 6. W hat is the condition of any existing bridge work supporting any public way? 7. If any engines, pumps or boilers located in public way, how are they guarded to pro tect the public from injury? 8. Is every public way over which construction or demolition work is going pn orotected by a well-built carefully braced roofing? 9. Is this roofing built in separate units of a length not greater than 10 feet? 10. Are the watchmen properly instructed as to keeping pubhc from premises? THE brick hoist backet shown above is especially useful in refining blast furnace stoves. The bucket, which is made from 18 gauge sheet metal, holds nine standard brick securely and is an effective means of preventing accidents due to spillage from hoists. The bucket was designed by A. E. Mueller, assistant master mechanic, The ifayvfile Iron Company, Mayville, Wis,