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P: M,'!:,,;fcv6;; fa'- ^r*rM M-S-A I Expert FLIP FRONT Quick-simple and positive in the New WILLSON Welding Helmet Mo. 300 have given it their approval Show tins helmet to one nr yii.iv welders, one Vvlin takes pride in titrnim; out a pood joi> and who knows that the `(utility of his work depends tn a lane' measure on the worth of the took he has to work with. Let him stive tost iiis opinion >.t the worth of its, -,ou-r;d otaduMve team res. Flip Front . < \,,linin' tin* mil, ;t ts -.111 %, t!(.V"uri to raise that. !..n't ...i the t.,tnpo-.itinti Sens holder whieh holds tins ` : and elear < oin yla--, iitothei it ai vias- tnahe- oationarv -oa 1 ooi, protect- five welder-' -".vs . .t dot ; atierini' i"hs. hiiidtt projection- "ii hotit lower -idot> to 11 minii -pace u.r. in-rant rijn11r;. Three Position Headgear `he (ointortidiic, adjustable headyar holds -lie helmet so inrec poN'iiinii- hi u-e ,.s a imtr--k,d drum whieh luriis wu liin a -uhstantiai -t raddle - print; at id hold- nett po-uive pM-iiion. Composition Glass Holder t he eiriss holder is molded ot a due tfraiie plm-tic com- p.otuoi+o,', .will not warp or head. it is not a < 'in ductor ot h. p-.'iarv and is nnaftmed by moi-:ure ! i .trenie a ua '.ait'lire-, Willson-Weld Glass It meet,' a .nParo -pn'ideation- for p< oeva.-t; ei e- fi'oiH- harm I ill ravs ``matiHlmst iroin wcldme . tie had ill am 'hiuic !'! 11 v.v! i >tU IIUMO, Belter Grade Fibre .Marie of o..... durable hlavk til ire, iu imnp>ve. j ie-i ii'th ni.1" tnution, the new 'A dhoti ileiinrt- ," i land-hif1'and a s-t of oiniishm*-nr. ,- -td - an iilusiV'.o-' Yv it--, v-utivi- a tin* - _ weerinn litu*. "i' a-- ;;v evclu-ive dixjnhntor lu -nr -'''ion, 'A':!!~ " tl'f, I'a, ..'.'tL-l a id WcY' ': :r .to- hy I > ihdlrm! J"" h 1'.tilth cdtai : "aa w1'.itiieuieut hi-unche-, a:,i: a. i "aetd'a in npjiiv i otinunii--I .d.utrmb and hr a nr lie-, WILLSON PRODUCTS I |-m i 1". I Y KERRI; ARY. 1933 li -.tU'h -V I, ` -1- - Ii'" rt*...... . . inik'!' , . , I,- '< is > --o |' 't'V" ,,t oo- ' I'-s-lh, Ai nal 1J.I tl SHOP FLOOR FOOT BRIDGES STAIR TREADS TRAP DOORS "ID PLATFORMS SIDE W AS. K OPENINGS Wherever a hazard for the feet of your workers exists, it can be practically eliminated at little cost by the use of Carnegie Floor Plate . . . Write for widths, thicknesses, and other information. CARNEGIE STEEL COMPANY, PITTSBURGH, PA. CARNEG NATIONAL SAFETY NOT AN ACCIDENT RETORTED THIS MONTH -AND STILl OUR ' ABSENCE RECORD IS Hlfrtt ri*r; ......... * Infections cause more lost time tha l Do ymr records agree with the recent c-zhausrive plant studies which show that one out of every four hand injuries be comes infected? If so, you can readily see thru when you reduce your rate of hand infections, you've Rone a iorur way toward InweiiuR the figure at the bottom of your "absence'' column, The obvious way to reduce hand infec tious is, of course, to make workers report cverv in jury -- no matter how minor. Have you found some way of doing this? If you have, see,res of plants arc eager to learn about it. Unfoilunatciv, in most cases, workers just won't realize the importance of promptly reporting minor hand injuries. LAVA SOAP--The Practical Way But there ft, a practical, proven w w to reduce your rate of hand infections- >*"juenf use of Lava Soap and water rn was:,* D-vuv the dirt and sjerins from mcks and cuts, Lavn Soap is made by Procter dr. Gamble especially tor rxtra-dirtv hmuis. Ir :yb ,(!iv kind of grime in lew ;han a :nmuic. Here A how Lava works. First, its thick, heavy hither nets the surface dirt. Tat';, its pulvmved winner ---mi tine that, it <\ n * irritatepietenderfst skm--gets the grr s*i- i.t burr, AH the while, S'-Hirhing glycerine and other oils protect the skin, help heal little mrtr* and scratches. Anrf Lava kills Terms. .As a Di'rventive against mn^t aliJr- n ion bacteria, Lava Soap is -u-verai times cftei'tive a-;, . ..rhniic acid. Outlasts Ordinary Soaps Soto of nlw* D,;b.-v , .. < "o,sui in prt-vw.ruuf um-ctions that - arc furmdims* 1,-iv i f-.-c to tin ir rc-tt-r '. Lav," nutissts. 'I'lUniuy vtps S *'" I '.V r,--, well in anv Water- -..a - a, :.... - ,.,r .-ft. Inv-hica'- `on ~ v- : .a1 , KKBH1 UO. FREE , , . LAVA SAFETY FOSTERS S.aiVfy Fiirfctrirs 'it 'fd.ittu' iw'.imtfl jvlwntn ;o H parti of the L>4untry have i- t;n--sf<?w r-jr>'ij nre now on our nunlmft list, A set ol nrw poster* u mwi'lexl out rvflv wvu siMinths. Th<*v an* voui* mereiv h> tilHnfi out and mmhns thisi.cr.uiM.ttt f'n-Prr t*-- rv, Gamble Cm, i>epf, \ Box iKul, vincmnati. Ohio. ,'^fTif___ j- f i rt rr V*MH/:rer ri- D .ittitttrtn y . J.'ufe. Vif>uA/ /> j n f f*r^s f f*f/ m trust**. ,.n GETS DIRT FAST, , . PROTECTS THE SKIN f 'TABLOID' FIRST-AID ("Pac-Kif"j 36 Unit, illustrated. List Price $14 (Com plete Kit) Subject to Trade Discounts Also furnished In ID-, I?-, 16-and 24-unitcases.each having a standard list of contents. "protgcttonl 'TABLOID' FIRST-AID PRODUCTS A KIT FOR EVERY NEED THIS KIT IN YOUR PLANT ruts down time lost through, acci dents. preventing minor intones from becoming serious. Grave injuries can be held in check un til medical attention is available. U( ivnui<.MftitirdmiJ ' ICbloid ` Fugu-AhL Firm Iritiur A'iGrr:.; . _______ _______________________ Oftiru:! CupnCitv- ....... . __ j A wide variety of convenient units especially de signed for organizations requiring rugged equip ment--Public Utility Companies operating forces, Fire Departments, etc. TRADE MARK i TABLOID' -- FIRST-AID t "PAC-KIT'ri All units are systematically arranged- convenient, easily accessible--when the emergency arises the required unit can be instantly selected for imme diate use. Burroughs Wellcome & Co. aw 9 & 11 East Forty-first Street NEW YORK CITY A--ociuted Houses: London i Eng * Montreal Sydney Cape Town Bombay Shanghai Buenos Aires Milan N VriOXU, S TFKTY \K\\S D SAFETY ^N~fc,rOr:. -Here's PROOF The above letter and photograph tell the whole story. Genuine foot protection in just such emer gencies as this--the definite savings in money, time and man-power is ample proof of the outstanding safety advantages offered by fiy-Test Shoes. Their maav new and distinctive features have en abled Safety Directors, througiiout the country, to hold serious foot injuries to a minimum. The extra gauge steel box toe with special flange insures positive anchorage preventing tipping back, pinch ing or rubbing. The new spacious t ointort last, .1 feature emphasized in Hy-Test Shoes, allows plenty of room for the toes, permitting comfort and flex* ibilitv to an unusual degree. Our In-Stock Department can rapidly supply you. Both dress ami semi-dress models available, as well as specialized work types for all industrial purposes. Write for further, more detailed information. FEBRUARY. 1935 TEST SAFETY SHOES DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED EXCLUSIVELY BY ATIONAL SHOE COMPANY, ST. THE WORLD'S LARGEST SHOE MANUFACTURER National Safety News Published monthly in the interest of accident prevention and the health of industrial workers VOL. XXXI, No. 2 CONTENTS FOR FEBRUARY, 1935 > talks the Tired Driver---Harry Hanantee............................................... II Y<m fell 'Km!" IT. J, Lknnhton....................................... ............................. . te I'p Above the Flm.r So High - f \irmnn V, l-'idt . , . , .............. . . I ' Dramatizing Ascidents--G. D. .Wwiok ................................... ............... . . in Were We Worth Our Salt in ioS4? --William H. (.'<tmcrnn , , --........... .. 1 Protection Suppiemems Training--A'. B. Roaprr............................................... .. D' How Klertricity Affects the Hndv--If. H. Kumirnknvrn.......................................1 Training ('mints in Fire I'rotection--Pt r< v Hnglfrc................................. ............. - The t niiipany <>t Survivors--John H`. Hammond.................... ............... 2" Hydro- Hxtractors- Industrial Data Sheet D-ilen. o ....................... '7 Annual Report or the Treasurer, \\S,<A. .. .................... ........... ......................... .. , Be\and the Nurse's Routine--< httiiec D. Bradford, R. -V.................. ................. ;A Mine ' Safety 1'rosmun Includes the Schools....................................................... ..> Regular Departments {JitaM.il . . .... .....Tht- M m-u'itu; iJtrt'Ctu! ^ P SutcU1 jns.trutt.Hn C.ird^ Thu hsilrtin, Ha,i:d , ............ d . .........in v, ..........Ml , , :-4 .. . id ( otpune Events ........................... ............ Y 4 EVtMMLlK ............ ........... With thr Manumciurer........ ....... f,' .k\ia\ I. Fish, Kdiror. <;. M. BRinas, Associate Kditor "mamky H. Kmo-haw. i'niter Etitm H. Miller. Advertising Manager / `ripv! imr EE',4 Dv 'atwrm ss t, t \ 1 ' > j h I lit"1 i *r1 n t ft r.rWl. Pm hh suit'd morah-.' Hlttr- |C,J u- miitfer i. ilfXL ,< t t-O* POM Wt 0 H i. 0 B *t o, ill., IHUV!' A.,-t ot Mor+u ; s; a idditmnai ftdrv r>t El, '-I'en. `j Utj a lii< dipt ion pnop tu rrnnn tor $4,im pnr v;u\ -un^le copies, Nj r<-nt*, tionF and pinkie* u*pis "U rvquuFt. `O.piiK* <:' f 00 NATION Ah .TaKET!' NT. A Uedurt-d quantity price* l nr yearly Mincer.d- SubHcriptions awe a voi!n hP- onlv to memnerw **! the National Eaten- Council. Mfmhpr Audit- Bureau of Circulation. This in indt-'d in ttw* industrial A r 1 #* index. 'MafemHii s .tfni opinions .pt von*1.-*! iti s ia-riva jirfieu^ d-. t..-. unb^rMond jua indi va *! Fr.r .nuior*. smr , * t fhp National >i: * r -- t v Council, National Safety Council, Inc. , ..... L'i*/. v Tr-.A" Pin.itt 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, U, S. A. New York Office, 9 East 41st Street Office of the Education Division, I Park Ave., New York City National Safety Council Officers, i 934-1935 Joh.v K. Lose,, President, Hubert L Eatlin, Vim-President Tor Public ,safety U. h, Ftnnmi, Vice-President for Pub lic delations Lew R. I``,i mtk, Vtee--President for Safety Councils Albert S, Hnovfa, Yrep-President for KtigincLTing {.. W. smith, Vice-President for indus trial Safety H, T. Soi,h\:;cKNr Vice-President for Membership Cassius H. VVatsov, M.Dm Vice-President for Health Albert W, Whitnf y, Vice-President for {`.duration. Wim.um E, Worth, Vice-President for f iui!lift- ami l rua.surer W, H, t.AMiHiiv. Snwetarv rmd irifi Uitcctor Executive Committee Members at Large The Above nF^rrms and: A, W AhMS7Ros*y 1'jistman Kodfik i o. T. H, Varhow, Mtffty Section, tron of American Kailrnadx. J fV i.ojJ.NEv, Hctiih'hi-m Steel Ovp. tUHtn- i tn man-, ihc hiilnmn i.n. T, Bw LMcrn, Chicago North Shore ami Milwaukee Hailroad Ya, Tho.maji P, Kbahnx. Industriai CommisMon m Ohio Thomas H, MacPosaio. LV S. Burma of Public Hoads EnwARu .1. Mkhutn. Portland ' Association Haroio i., Minfh, 1 , !, dtiPnnt n* **--- ifxuirs tV < dE.ohiiK E, SiNHinti, ifMjvwai Electric ' o, Harpy A. Si.Hri.rz, Pnitcd states Steel f.Sirp, H. vVarkkl. p'juim PaciUr Hu 11- road Safety Council Representatives O-ajrencf p. TAYJ.oa. Maxsachtisotts S-'-ttVdy Eouucii 'AWl.Ttm {ikNT SMITH. ! lOinAViifr S.i|S4\ Tlouncii V. h, Hai-mon*. \Vesh*rn Pennsylvania Safety t ouncil ). L, h'svrii,, Kansas pity Safety t ouncj) ' lltmFBT E, ''.- h virr, 1 .*!tsviHr* nt>tv Vonnctl H. IV Fortun !,Nni! \ aifpy ^sif^ty Emmoii FR*vKrs M- KKFwn , Evanston safp^v ' Tnunci 1 Sectional Representatives tArr. FT A, Fism, in , Mamie E. V', liiiu s, Wood Products HkROi.n E, KnFF'U\, street and High way I'rallic Merle r, II u r Automotive md Macmnp Shot) l. SV, Miu.aru, Accident Preventtou Equipment Manufacturers i.iAij-N i). M'uiuiH, .'u'l'.inaiiliciil i *>ss MptwK Past Presidents Kom.Hi S`"A I'A.Mtoo-i.r, Arthik I'. Morfv i,f;w H, IMwer fHVtn V|N SCJtAALK*' EUt.pii E, HrcriABOti* r.ffAuri-s P. Tor,man ARTTTt'R M. V.srvo -VfARut'R V. How Ev.wtr pypitois, Earl B, Wm. FHkfiDS B, S' inT Wat.tfr <1. Kt.vo HflVF.R K. N i i.st' f.T.-dOL. Henry .V Bininofr E, I't'nfvr PriTIRONF W, Berooiust ivMPx E Pr' X *" H Honorary Members BOBERT W, ( *1 MPBEI I VsMitJATios srf. Iron ,v Stnim, Et pcthtchi. Hyrry kf-ns Arthu.; Wrt.ruvv 7 FLOOR P LATE v Maximum resistance to slipping v Comfor*tabLl,e und.er ` foot a Good traction for wheeled vehicles Easy to clean Drains readily I v Attractive and modem in appearance v Symmetrical-- minimizes waste in A cutting 01 QJ 'HML SECTION "A" Section Q.qnn , Thickness 1nches 3 16 14 5 16 38 7 16 ! :i Width and Length, inches Over 6" to 18" wide Over 15" to 30" wide Over 30" to 84" wide 120" 240" 120" 240" 120" & ?4Q|,# 120" 240" 120" 240" 120" 240" 480" 480" 480" 480" 480" 480" Weight per u. ft. Pounds 8,70 11,25 13.80 16.35 18.90 21.45 MANUFACTURED BY ^Illinois #tin'l (Emnpatuj Istf*)!'08 SOUTH LA SALLE STREET CHICAGO, ILLINOIS SUBSIDIARY OF UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION FEBRUARY. M35 8 with 49 HOT WORKERS' GOGGLES Virh rinse new AO sroyyics on their eves, men who work in hot. humid conditions inure <. icarlv . , . un better .coo \\ ork, Ountlire "so'' Hot Workers' yoptrles have nearly twice the usual vctinlatiori area, brrc-.liowmy: air i urrents keep tilt- eves tool iiu! rhe lenses tree Irom sweat, steam anai fo<> under virtually jIt crmeHtuans. Workers no longer run the risk of 'alls and roihsiotis that sometimes tvsuir from tut-clouded t'oes'le lenses. \ot .tie thev tempted. because ot that ,uiiu>\ance, to raise or discard their pot-yles and -expose their eves to the hazard ot' tly. or panicles, lives ,,re cool and lenses clear. The Duraiite " m" Hot Workers' Gu,h1c is one of a complete line .<( ttoyeies developed hv American Optical <. ompanv tor protection nsramsr every known eve hazard. A branch office lo cated near vim carries tire full lint; , . , available to <-ou ar a ilimiifiH s Home, Moreover, rhe AO industrial man stationed there will recommend exactly the rurhr eoupie tor the needs ot each worker. Write or call vour AO branch nttice today. merican The AO Hot Workers' Go (ride lus an txiensioo rma that doubles tire ordinary ventilation area wuiiom m>riccable increase in weight or restrict ton r.f vision. Boilermakers, blacksmiths and others say, ",',n toe whatever. The best goggle I ever wore." Super Armnrpiate lenses offer maximum impact resistance. Patentee ptical Company M.jnmanurcfs. "or more tiun n vp.ir. .G nruduecs to ami preserve simou. F attorn** at mHichbruiire Miii. in Canadau t.*unn,iujarra Optical Co., Led. Bunch othces m all principal industrial centers 1465 AATKJNAL SAFETY YEWS 9 NATIONAL SAFETY..NEWS Published by National Safety Council, Inc. FEBRUARY, 1935 Vol. XXXI, No. 2 Accident-Proof Highways . * LEVATKD highways arc being urged frantically a.-* a ' cure-all for traffic accident.;;. One of the must, fervent advocates of such highways i~ the Ckirai'o Tribune, which Says the Ida me for the vast majority ot highway casualties on the public officials who refuse to build these modern tlwroinrhfan->. (editorially, the Tribune says: " Public officials who continue to refuse to build separated way- arc becoming more and more guilty of manslaughter. The uutomuoile manufacturers improve their cars year by year. The mad builders do nothing to beep pace with them, and it this official attitude continues, the risks of traffic will otitinue to -how an increasing loss.- \nyonc who has ever driven from f hicagos Lc>p to one of the western suburbs will not dispute the need for elevated highways. Existing through streets in every ritv are inade quate tor todays traffic. Hut no satisfactory plan of financ ing .adequate highway construction has yet been advanced. More taws? Every municipality already has a staggering total of tax delinquencies, and the heavy imposts on motoring are being diverted from highway construction for more press ing needs Autoniuoiie manufacturers nave certainly progressed more than the mad builders, but such a comparison is absurd. Yearly modeb in highways ate hardly practicable, although ...me ni,iris (re obsolete before the bonds are paid off. Mod i ftt .lutomoiiiies with their .-tee! bodies, powerful brakes. ..fetv glass, and general mechanical reliability are wonderful mat bines but they are just, as tough on pedestrians as the old Model I , Me h.ur i.1 .served plenty of drivers echo find even a fourl.me higinvav >>> narrow, noi to mention those who pare on hills and curve-, -mne individuals are born with these wni;ile\e>. ..tlie-s get that way at the wayside inn-. Kievated highway- with separated grades are desirable for both -atetv and convenience but their construction will not b --an the need for training drivers and barring the incompe tent ami intemperate, in I he years that must elapse before the ideal superhighways are available we must keep an eye mi the car ahead and be sure that the brakes are functioning. Disasters in the Making 11K closing months of lvM were marked by an epidemic of disasters, -'carrely had the public settled back into normal . omplacency following the burning of the Morn, t'astie when a hotel fire flamed into the headlines. And on i hristmas night a tram wreck added its toll to the year's tragedies, in addition there were ,-evml grade >.m-sing . rashes with numerous victims. There is no need to resurrect the grim details ot the .Morn. < a-tie. The official investigation placed a heavy load "t responsibility on the officers and i rew who failed to live up to the traditions of the =ea in an emergency. Hut how about tin- public which demands luxury in mean travel and resents (he unpleasant suggestion of danger as exemplified in lifeboat drills? FEBRUARY, 1935 The bunting m a hotel in Lansing, (Michigan. furnished another -<i story ot neglect. Even though the building was not of "fireproof" tonstruction. it would seem that reasonable supervision of the premises and promptness in turning in an alarm would have prevented wholesale tragedy. The train wreck at Ifundas, Ontario, seemed doubly tragic, coming as it did ar the close of a joyous holidav. An expre-? plowed through the flimsy wooden coaches >f an excursion train, and it doe- nor require a vivid imagination to picture the - eim which followed, \ < anadian veteran, an c\c wit tie-- >0 the wreck, declared that nothing in his war experience surpassed tile horror uf that Christmas night. Wooden coaches were responsible for a large ptoportion m the casualties. a- has been the case too often in the oast. But back..of the disaster was still another story of human failure. A onmsed hrakemim, thinking the excursion train was on the main track, hastily threw the -witch when he saw the headlight of the approaching express. His training had not been sufficient to make the right action automatic. Many a '.'.immunity has a disaster in the making in its midst. Che tondition may have existed for years, awaiting only the gathering of a large number of people and s<onebodv'- neglect to administer .mother .-hock to the public, ( ot:- -nil,-'.' nspt'i non would reveal many of these k tsards, "ome. however, are quite well known to those responsible. Happilv the human element does not tail in the vast majori ty ..t cast--. Two tv..enr -teamship wrecks which angnr nave involved heavy Ins- . t life were mereiv unpleasant incidents to the passengers heiause leadership mil discipline pre vailed. And the world will never know how many potential disL-tct- failed to make the headlines bemuse some humble indivinum kept his head and did the right biing. In This Issue How erious a factor is fatigue ui higinvav a v (cents? interesting raits were tompiled in an extensive -urvcv 'in ductee 1 y f.ie Mational safety <' >ur,r;l. !'!/ !e eiing of tins >--ot- Is -mnmary of the farts presented >n t he book let, 1 i oi, I oiig at the Wheel." -ingle copies of which may be obtained hy members from Council headquarters. I',age II) If you are looking for helpful hints on advertising mfetv to ctnpjc;...... aj will find -werai that have proved effective in the (beat: Hearings [division of lieneta. .Motors. 1`tge lot "How fnrrtble are right words." -ays the Bible. "A picture is worth a thousand words," says an advertising axiom of unlertain origin. These statements are nut as < "tUradictory as thr\ might seem at first. Both words and pictures are essen tial in dramatizing accidents. i Page 15) When the National Safety Council began its series of hafe Practice.- Paniphlets some twenty years ago, the committee .-electing the subjects decided to begin on ladders. 1,adders bill occupy much of the attention of supervisors and safety men. i Page Uri The Safety Movement did more than hoid its own in lyJ4, The Annual Report of the Managing Director tells of another year of service to humanity which should he encouraging to all members, i Page 17) 10 The Managing Director's Page Gossip i" ALSE alarms and irresponsible or malicious gossip " : are not unknown in the serious business of preventing accidents. Mot infrequently they cause embarrass ment to those who are trying to carry on the work and are unjust to public officials and others who are sincere in their efforts to cooperate with the safety movement. This com ment is suggested by a letter which was sent to the Council headquarters by one of the great public that is continually writing to urge that the National Safety Council get. busy and do its job. The letter reads: "f tall your attention to a state of affairs which, in my opinion, is responsible for more accidents than poor brakes, blinding lights, and other usually recounted hazards, "! refer to the fact that incompetent drivers and applii ants for driving licenses are able to obtain a license, regard less of their proficiency in driving, by the payment of $3,00 (or more) to the inspector. "I know personally of three cases where this has been done. The most recent was within the past month, and is rather more incredible than usual. The applicant--a woman - -owned a car which is fairly old and which at rimes, if the clutch is let in too suddenly, completely stops and refuses to be cajoled into starting for at least ten minutes, when it suddenly returns to normal. INTERESTING ITEMS The founders of the ,\ntbmal Safety Council believed that #nr*ntunily thf* sifety movement wouM bo by ^tate-wide `utVtv organizations. .V half-rfomi demonstrations have -hmvn the of thi* form of organization. The most recent example is to he found in the accomplishments of the Minnesota Safety Council for 19IU and the comprehensive program, which this r.mncii has laid out for The leadership has been rehium> fuel and energetic, and through the governor's initiative and with help from the ERA, the approach has been effective. *** The fturtv of the effect of hour- of driving upon acrhieiits in volving vommemui (chicle- lias been completed, and -everai thousand copies of the printed report have been distributed. Copies are available on request. Negotiations are in progress for the organization of a popular -afety club among the little folks under the sponsorship of a nationally known juvenile movie -tar. Watch for the pledge tarii and -afety button. The \tmmii Reports of the managing director and the trea-nrer of tiie X.itinnai -afety Council arc pre-ented in this, t--uc, Improvement wn- made in main direction- during i'fl}. With improving Im-ine--, a larger member-hip. and more ample linunrini support, main more Ihe- . pin he saved. "Knowing this fact, the woman when taking her test for a driving license, jammed the dutch as described after she had gone half a block with the inspector, t )f ..-nurse, neither his nor her efforts could immediately pm the i ar back into action. Che handed him a tive-dollar bill ami received her license in due course, 'without fumin' tntien the. dfimi test. 'This particular driver is in experience!! and exceedingly reckless...a hazard not only to herself and other occupants of the car. but also to other motorists and pedestrians." This looked serious so we referred the matter directly to die motor-vehicle commissioner of the state. ! have ,, . opy of the sworn testimony given by the author of this complaint. When requested to appear before the commissioner she did nor respond. Mie had to be picked up by the police. Here is her testimony: "The reason I did not come in answer to that letter wet because I could not give you accurate facts. ! was told about this by some girl and I don't know the jterson who had gotten the license, f was very much interested in it: the reason 1 didn't come in when you wrote the letter w>> : ... cause i couidn't give you the accurate information.' This woman's complaint to the Council was prompter purely by loose talk among her associates, the -immussioner nf motor vehicles, who is widely known for the rtiirkiicy of his department and his tireless efforts v. anorc"the motoring standards of his state, o.-ndurten > ---ry fry nigh investigation of the charges, which proved to * en tirely without foundation. Our whole system of justice is, founder! on tne orinc.pic that every person is honest and upright uniii ne q*s <->:!: definitely proved otherwise. ('ertaiuly. pubuc attic in:? ;r.u employees are no less entitled to this .-.insideration -- m private citizens, There are many men of out stand in? tcter and ability in our public life; .... of them if puniic offices were no* a warms arc-, - abuse arm' innuendo. sometimes these persons who make unfounded complaints are sincere in 'heir desire to corra.t Tb -.netics-. however, they are actuated by less a on. ay Tio'iv's, persons are bom talebearers and derive an unwholesome pleasure in broadcasting gossip rhat wiil injure i-omeb<;y reputation. When inve-iigating accidents, accident causes, or hi mors of official dereliction, take the time to be fair and just, mii ret tin '(lets. We niusr listen carefully, investigate eternally, hut take nothing for granted. TjfKf -7 \ ' NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS II Death Stalks the Tired Driver By HARRY BARSANTEE "Too long at the wheel" is the story behind many a tragedy on the highway TRUCK driver tries t'i pick up A a little income on the side by hauling a load of lumber to a neighboring town for a morning delivery after completing his regular day's work. Fie is dog-tired, but he turds the money. He drowses a moment and---crash! Two young brothers own a truck in which they haul coai. They've got to hustie to make any money in this busi ness. A cold snap has set in and for once there is more business than they can handle. Well, get it while the getting^, good. Plenty of time to sleep when business slacks up I The driver's g- ip on the wheel relaxes, his head lolls side ways out of the cab window. The truck veers toward a telegraph pole. Snap! and a headless driver sits at the wheel of a wildly careening vehicle. Three college boys leave for home. T)0 miles away, after attending a dance. Their conversation is lively for a time. Then one nods and soon another follows suit. The driver, left to his own thoughts, soon becomes weary and Prnbnbly pvce--iveiy Inmr periods at the wheel durin? the Christmas rash wio a rmitributing cause when this load of t.hri.-.tmus trees ran off the toad. I Hired as the miles of pavement How dents are happening. Day bv nay. week under the speeding tar. His eyeiios hy week, they drop into the records to become heavy and he slaps his own face become mid statistics on the effect of to try to keep awake. No use. . . . fatigue on driving. What's that vague outline abend-' A flood statistics and viral information bridge? Smash! The front axle rips on the problem have until now been over the rivets of a sloping girder, the woefully scarce. For this reason the car climbs a. bit, then slumps over back National Safety i ouncil recently under wards to land bottom up on the pave took a study of fatigue in traffic red-, ment, One lari crawls from under the dents and the result -- a 4,-s-page wreckage and lives to toll how his com pamphlet entitled ,l l oo Long at the panions died. Wheel"--is now ready for distribution, In every part of the country such aeci- single copies may be ontained nv mem bers cm request. 'ince the study 'vis orimariv - nct- rinding inquiry about this complex ,-ca dent problem, it is important to imrier- :-tand how the data were gathered. Re quests for information were first -ent by mail to every -tale in the Union. Then field visits were made in nineteen states, tiie District of Columbia, and the Province of Ontario. These involved ,8T4 miles of travel by automobile. hi 5 by truck. -!4o hy rail and 400 by bus. Records of statistics were obtained from -tate motor vehicle departments, state police, state highway departments, in surance companies, trucking-companies, city police and community safety - ouncils. Information on hours of work were obtained from drivers :u Tasking 'errninals and truckers' eating p act-s; from tilling station attendants, trucking companies, trucking associations, in- FEBRUARY. 1935 often the case, an unfortunate fellow who has invested his iife savings in one truck as a business venture, tie is engaged in the freight and hauling business between .`sew S nrk and Chicago. Competition is -prong and profits dim; su his wife has joined him. Their only address is 'am route." They get loads from broke'- at each end oi the run and manage to keep going by . having prices, [n summer, me drives while the other s|et-p>. if the truck is full they must sieep sitting up in i'lraor hint rit i'/i/ge -to i HK.NERAl, K tit i >MMKM) \ I K I Ns \ port nt entry mi the kmisi' border. Truck' entering the -late nmM report here, it she driver -hows T^n^ or t-ver-sfive fatigue or alcoholic indulgence, the truck imi-t top until the driver T rested. Minimc < umpanits. ?t;m- highway pntmis, --tab' iahur immissions, and Trntn teanihtera and truck driver?' unions. I'he ^mnv oi information was i onsidvred in deterniininsr it? reliability. I'he trip? ,,n trm k? and buses were made nt course, to ohset'v.- ,n tual driving otiditiotis The sttuiv and report were made by lames ''tannard (biker, sta retary of the 1 .niiinl'. i oininiitet- on the Itrivrr, and ` i~<, a>- M i inmiersoii, engineer. under the m-riera! n[>m i~i<m of -ills-- j. Williati's dn'ei tor nt the f'ouncii? Tiihlie :'afe!v ! iivision, !' liivue i- an c'lrh; ...'conn <>i t-ne oiiov [c.nt: "'Ut, tun one (.f the many l.itisribii- .nisi - . ,t automobile wrecks: however, i -ntdy of u i~ estreinely unable shut- it is an ,accident i reative S'luiition which would seem to be reia' e!\ ample to deal -wit h, While acci.tr:i'r Itt,a were difficult t" obtain, if i~ now [itfssiiiie to make what ttusfht lie termetl an "educated guess' that be'e.-n two and six per if-nt ca' the total i.otot .. htiPe .aiidem? involve drivers atiii had either /alien asleep at the wheel e eh.- had been seriously handicapped by fatigue. What fatigue accidents lack in fre tueniv, however, they make up for in iright fulness! in the crashes thus cased, the driver ran make no attempt to put on ihe brakes or dodge the dancer. The i;tr is umipletely our of control: it areetis tinder full power until the crash! The tired driver accidents usually cause ; `.icratic i..-s of life and heavy property damage. Why do pieople drive until rhey fall asleep? A separate section of the pamphlet, which is a fasi itiattug piece of reading, tells why. In the case of the private driver, it. seems w t.ir because so many of us crowd our days with work anti our even ings and week ends with social or recrea tional activities of rather trilling siyniiiI UU'e: We -Iiish oil to t<et "tile place without any real reason for having to be there at a particular time, True emerg encies are rarely to be found aniontr the '"iiTunfsi.inccs of these ma.:. In `lie is'..... f ouimercia! \ eh driver, the reus ms for falling asleep ut the wheel are much more sptviuc. \oi oiiiv .i>, -'-os! nors .if trucks :ra: ' -,t-r put in more n-uirs -m the -<-ad pi-1 than the private passenger . ur -.rtver, bur they do much of their driving it night and many are Mihiected to e\r.ausring runs not once a year or mice a month, bur o'i - week once a da'-b Hus iivident? involve so much publicity that most inis companies are now extremely refill about s-Ume detinue limits on hours which 'heir drivers may work, There are :i! far ton many lines, however, particularly those doing bartered This serv'c'r and long haul businesses at bargain rates, where the drivers work double shifts or take extra runs, .umetimes tor two weeks at a stretch. In the trucking industry, there are two principal reasons for driver fatigue: emergencies and financial necessity. The latter is particularly vicious, Mnnv absorbing pages of this inter > -timr s--t twin are given over to descrip tions of the way in which the small nnetruck and two-truck outfits operate 1 )ne is especially pitiful. It involves, as is !, The element at talieue -fuiiild In- ou-n i more important place *m amtlriit report form* mod lv fleet owner*,. inHUMiice um* punier. `tate> ami cities, Sn aiblitinn to nr in place id the mual item? rouci-mine the driver, "a-he|jM and 'YAfrenudy fatigued/' pace', -hoiihi he provided for recording the number ot` hour- during which the driver hah been on the wav prior to the accident and the amount and place of ..!*** p during; the preceding 21 hours. 2, There is urgent need tor mh-ntitir re.search to determine what rheet eontimious driving, long hours without deep. tmd dif ferent mechanical :trpei-fs oi vehicle base on tatiKUe and to indicate the recuperative value of vanou- rest periods, `ntrh re-envh -houltl also bring out. if pO"fhh\ what ieuree of futiinie b dangerous and how dif ferent individual- varv in m-reptibifity. ! ^onpanies op^ratim; vehicle Het-u, ntd individual truck owner', dmnid \tdimtanh oiMard/e their {owne-M*- tnwini ex. es-iveh lorur hour' of hdv for tiriver- and ilm* to minimi/,e the number and ro-d d ,oiident-s which imwitablv re-nif trom timing ofiile '-XTfs'ivrh tired, Mrivers <d private pjt'>enref' ,'Os -Ikhi I d *lo he hrou'lit * ceaU/e the datueer ot tjrivni/ when -in-jiv, t, Lvcr% 'tale -fimjid limit the hour- on duty of all '{rivers except tho-e -f nrn. ate pa'semrer .at'. ",neh a limitation dmuid co\er total working and waiting time ami md mereU the time }o-nt ,p tin* whe*d or on the road, Thc'e law' -hophl -pet d\ .tin. me itmoimt and conditions of re-t required to interrupt Mich a period on duty. h I here i* need for aiit eement amonc the `tates. a- to what ron-Htute- time on dntv and the renditions under which rr-r m,n In* ofdatned, 0, Hindi >tate r-honfd earefuliv devi.se mid adopt a dehnite pio-dure for the enforce ment of rule*' reiitiiatinK tlrivers hours* of duty. The authorities- responsible, the meth ods acceptable, and the murre of funds lor mch enforcement should be contiidered and tin? proper authority ^ronteel to make the legislation effective. ?, A* a matter of good management, truck operator* should have detailed trip vheet1' kept >o that they can know exactly the con dition.* under which their truck* and drivers work. Requiring *urh trip pheeN to be kept bv certain chis^e.s nf truck ami bti* driv*crs >houi<l be considered as a method of i>nforrins; law* r rule* limiting hours of (hitv. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS /7V/ou TI e1l1l tCm!\n 13 EMEMBER walking down tilt1 By W. J. DENNISTON R main Mem hmv that sporting goods window caught your eve? .viir/it Uu<u( iti'orttuix ti- twiui Mufttvs i `.ar})or<tlkm How die old dogs slowed down and you had to drift over. That window magically became a meadow sloping down to a brooklet, on the hank of which There are many things we can was pitched a tiny green tent with camp tire and upturned canoe, Round about were mattered jll manner of fishing gear and accessories, inr the moment tell employees to sustain their interest in safety. Here are a few of the appeals that the you get away from this man made soul destroying thing we call civilization, and author has used effectively you hear the Red Hod's railing, Mr. Spurring Hoods Dealer has satisfaction: your foreman's training merely dressed up his merchandise in iour.se> may fie hot stuff. But the bird the manner that has proved to have the y<hi must reach is the oitr that ,.yts greatest a|>[>eal. Fie is appealing to a hurt--the worker. primitive instinct in man---the instinct If you believe the workers ate inter to "go native.'' ested in themselves, you tell Villi Seems to me 1 ve heard somewhere if you think they put the future well that self-preservation is a primitive being and happines> of their wives and instinct. If the will to live is more than kiddies above the present ami immedi a passing fancy, why i an't we appeal to ate pleasure of hell-raising and horse this instinct through our show winnows, play, you tell 'em! the bulletin boards? If it has ever occurred to you that We tan. <_>f course, but you remember those young and healthy laris running what some wise bird once said about circular mws and power press.1- might success, "l do not know the secret of have their style cramped in mmole scat `UK-cess, Imr 1 am afraid it is hard work," .Ml 'sporting goods dealers don'i haw technique by the ins*. of a hand, you tell Vtn! And if you ted that 'Paradise l.ost." attractive display windows. The little i- no laughing matter that to navi- for shops on -ide streets sty i.intent in ever blotted out the sight nr the eat PL- thrmv a mess of fishing tackle, guns, new horning each Springtime, the and what have you in a none too clean window. Then they -at omen and wait for their regular customers to come in gorgeous dowering of gardens, the glorious full moon, and under 'hat- full moon the light that dunes some time for and get their replacement honks Hues and sinkers. They are not making new converts -- merely serving the old ones. Aren't we who arc Irving to >ell -afety in .-ai-whal the -ante position,- U'e are agreed that all the edu- i.ition in strident prevention tcquiied by estvutivrs, super visors anti engineers is useless unless imparted to the workers. I hey are receptive1 they do not -van1 to be injured. They do not want to lose motley bet a Use of injury. T hey offer practically no -ales resistance, do what ? Voin a., idem re. ords may be kept at fine shape. You may make -indies in accident pmm-- tic-s you mav have yotir tom- miitees working m your entire most every man in some woman's eyes- oh hell! if you think the product of the glass eye manufacturers to lie interior t.o the "windows of the soul," you tell tm!;: There are so many things you can tell them, all about the company's product, how its success or failure may influence their lives. The records in satety itdng made i>y their department and cither depart ments in the plant. Vnd when accidents do happen to their buddies you will rind that they are not only interested in how he is outing on hut also in lust how the a, eluent occurred and what is being done to pre sent recurrence. And really about the only way vmt can ted them about these things i,_vway of the bulletin board. Ton have in your plant a i-rtain number of bulletin boards placed in what you believe to In- the he-t in. okm to reach your public. If you consider these boards u> high priced advertising space you will natttraiiv give >ome thought u> to the mpy v-mi prepare. You wiil find out as all adver tisers do that "time ads pull and other.-, eo tiat, but even your best . opv will have additional pulling power it >ttrartivelv presented. \ clean, neatly painted bulletin hoard is an absolute et-miai, \o mat ret how good your material, if vmi put o an on run down, detected looking bmu-: boards, it will lose its effectiveness. grounds immeninteiv make sour hoards attractive, md it t-m y,. nothing more than place your : m -vJ Hia * ra.;'U} '?! : '.t'V- fHf ;ifjty ---i.j snn 1. lurmtirf1 ti<i tniuijuc Hi-iik-un hn.txd, usjiuj vividly 'tth'.rwi < .jrdbnaxd brivk- krrounds. n;ive an exarnfM* In LTH^d hiH^rkeepiny. and demon- frated the mnnnpvrnentv mter- '-M in your -.tfVry rampaiifn. Uit1* ohur r'lt-pimut w;i- intBUijed to fo- the n*M of the dfpurtmotU lm\- UHi: fho Hor-t iijrrDiit f*'*'nrrj, Muf -uicb fho onftre plant h;i' rm( hail on aoriih'nt tor mitFV than nmo immlhs; tin* h*phynf i> mi. dor a hi fho front ofliiv, vvmi'ARw 14 Wiu. Your Pepartceat Win One In 1951 f What Are YOU Poihg To Help r . S'".'' GOING fO fHCinOYOTONIGHT? H YATT ROLLER BEARINGS .r a>>> Vo" ROLL UP A SAftTY RECORP = With m>t ;i little more effort you cun :idd to the attractiveness of your display hy cutting out of Yuri-colored cardboard < iroles, squares, triangles, etc., of vari ous si/es. ..rrangitur them in modernistic form for your background. The show window is ready for the merchandise-what are you going to put in itr Where are ;mi yoitu.: to net `hepostei material? Have '."ii til-mned vonr campaign or ire ;. a; iu-e ni-tiending on an assortment "f posters iieinir "pretty good?" Are you coin/ to -tick to "general" tio.sters or are you going to use specific" posters where yn . an use them offer i vely - Are you going to use any gruesome posters.' Is a grin more effective than a groanr How about an occasional home made poster that just, hits home in vour own plant? Are you working in -niuts. i<attests. \re you lying in your '.defy adver tising with the plant's product? "Wrap? \\ a-.te,- t.Hmiityr \ml mo't important of ail, have you tried looking at Your bulletin hoards ihroueh the t-u-s of a worker? i'ut \ few home-muile hnllrlm linurU !--tilu vs. Hyatt rnller hearing- are frequently irirnrprirute.l in the lesdui, \ ourself in his place; would it uteres1 you nr would you Say, 'same old honey 'Roster fete" the animated cutout figure furnished hy the National Safety Council > an be placedl in many v-emi positions on a poster to illustrate a Ooitu v>`U are *rv:ns* n. imi A pair of shears, -mie paste and canjboanl, plus a -apply of the old posters \on have used in the past otter possi bilities- for instance poster -U-ti Wowmsr Death hoveritisr over the iari riimoim; into the moving freitrht elevator can he usfi.i hy cutting out this shadow)" future of Death arid pasting it in the same posi tion over the chap with an infection. . tit from another poster. Wry effective barkenrnmls ran he made in black and white by cutting out your firm name or trade mark, laving it on a fheet of white L.tnlhoard and .-praying with India ink. When cutout is lifted you will have a 'Unking `.uk.,'rouno for your poster, spraying can be done by dipping an old tooth brush in a little India ink placed in a mrer sun by drawing .. knife blade across brush you get a nne spray of ink with a little practice you i.un do shading and blending. Here at the Hyatt Division of i n nerai Motors wr have neen running home made poster contests with very good results. Another stunt we have useo v> , antfige is " The Royal t trrler of r.iie White elephant, ' he R .-, *: im.-. t !ii<- While (elephant /few out t ,. razzing organization in the .stiles j >ep srtment of general .Motors and was cist .ear adapted to -atety in the following manner, The foreman of r.im department me day received in an envelope a picture W a white elephant, without comment. A few days later a single sheet ,v ,,\11 inches with the words in old English lettering. 'The Royal Order of the White Klephant. ` was received miri later the following: "Von tire probably wondering what ;; White (elephant has to do with safetv. and in order that you may appreciate whv we have adopted 'he White Klephant as being -ytnbnlir ..if a bad wifely experience, the following is a tinft i (urn to pugr NATIONAL .SAFETY KFiWS FEBRUARY. 1935 15 Up Above the Floor So High By CARMAN T. FiSH Ladders are hazardous but in dispensable. A ladder is no and fall backwards. If too tar from the safer than its weakest rung or bottom of the wall, too much strain is placed on the side rails. An angle of the man who uses it about 75 degrees from the ground is best, Well-seasoned, straight-grained wood should be used tor ladder construction. HE ladder might he tailed a For extension and straight ladders, the Tuniversal hazard, in urir form or another it. will be found in rails should be of spruce. Douglas hr, or Norway pine. Lung-leafed yellow pine manufacturing plants, mercantile iesstaa durable wood, but is somewhat blishments. offices and homes, As a heavier than the others mentioned. For means of reaching an elevated position the rungs, oak, ash or hickory are pre it is far mure hazardous than an elevator ferred. Straight-grained wood, free from or a permanent stairway, hut often it is knots, is ail-important. the only practical means. There is prob faint will preserve the surface, but. it able no more used and abused piece of will also cover up a multitude of defects. equipment than a ladder, It i- .-ample Therefore, to protect ladders against the and looks harmless---but ask the insur deteriorating effects of water and damp ance companies. ness. they should be given first a coat of The manufacturers >*f ladders are linseed oil, followed by a coat of clear under a handicap from the start, "ince shellac. a. ladder is portable, the weight must be When piled horizontally, iadders kept down. This eliminates many of should have at. least one supporting point the stronger materials, such as .-reel, to prevent sagging. They should be except for permanent installation. And stored in a dry place protected from the -ince ladders are too often, bought on weather. price, particularly for the homes, quality Frequently mercantile establishment? may suffer also, Hut even the West of u?e Ladders on sidewalks while repairing ladders will not remain site very long signs, windows and awnings, or washing with hard use and deferred maintenance. windows. Many people have a super In addition to hazards resulting from stitious fear of walking under a ladder -truciitnii weakness ! the ladder, we but there are also Mime who do nor watch must also insider the man who lists it, where they are going and may bump His fontimi at best is insecure, t limbing against the ladder. In such cases it is a ladder requires two hands, advisable >n have a man stationed at two feet and undivided at the bottom of the ladder nr to have the tention, if the mini the -pace roped off. ladder loses his balance, his Without special non-slip feet, a ladder first prop is the ground. is likely to slip on any surface except Frying to carry loads which soft ground. 'There are three general should be raised by a hand types nr safety feet: t 1) spiked points: line, reaching too far instead (-) abrasive metal soles; (3) corked of moving the ladder, and at "oles or rubber suction soles. tacks of dizziness all figure !. onditions under which ladders are in falls from ladders. used vary so greatly that it is impossible Many accidents occur to establish any definite rules. Sharp because ladder? are not points will hold securely on wood or properly placed. If the hard ground, but many companies ladder is placed so that the object to their use. Tor wooden floors, bottom is too close to the cork or lend coated bases are recom wall, the man nn the la rider mended: for iron floors abrasive metal is apt to be overbalanced / Please turn to paer o-v < tHAH WAR- UWS THAT AA ALWAYS BfOKOD m,!rs 7'50 in 3c^'on anj ,. -- duri"5(emo,,^^"f^J U >\ ^ ^ MMr is^S##^ toikj - 900 * .v . ^omohiie A ,n w is ^7 Accicknh fatn identities have played in charting the course to be fol lowed in the conservation of life and limb. These identities may be regarded as introverts, f say this because it seems to be their custom to speak and write of the automobile tvddent problem in such terms .m are understood only by members of the charmed circle. What good will it s)n humanitv, it is affected by the .scriottsness of the automobile accident prob lem, if the great mass of the public {> kept from an under standing of the causes of street and highway accident-if Dramatizing Accidents Knami>i<v of safety iitiiilieiu Out haw* *-uiturc-d Hit* Utt-iiOmi >U the jnijittV, By S. D, NEWTON Aen<$ ft/in'WJ, '7v` r/v/*Wfr in*urt4Ht'<` ` :itni pnnu "VfE U'KRA(5K prison likes m legislature, mechanir.il -intraptions, regard himself ;<* an adept in -.tens, and similar methods, ! find it the ` art ' of cYprrssing ideas, difficult to understand how people can If -me '.an put w>>rd~~ tueether with, put -i much futth ni these metjiads cime -semblance <n i ktritv, it seems to when ev|M?rieme is , .m-itnmiv teaching: he genet ally ameptefi that tm other its that haws ire u>eit~s unless given ability is required to lift everyday events vitality by mankind, that mechanical <ntf uf the wmmnmplaee and pt'esetit -oninspuons and nan* arc ttseies.- unless them to the public in a manner that the public t.- willing ><> "inform. and .vtns r?cntkm i- it ativ wonder. then Urns ", ale ami si raiahi r-'"s -'(ten lead that many efimls i>, miim'itrr innn.tn :o oea-aer unless tho>r .yUo Use mem iimtinet tall hat? know hmv to (it.iiutain ut amttte maryan The weakest link in the chain oi-.it- of wifely. tivities desioned 'o bring alKii.it a re* iiltonunalti'.', :tr - - tfetv to unction ut jo idrllls Is the manner :rt life and Mini) is w* .-wie : cuiot tie which i he a use lets turn (msotttrd before rewha.ru a Pa* turtc t-n*u pmsr oi <yus. she bar ui public "pinion. The problem the ittstallation uf jih*< h-inre il device-, i> nut set nnirh one ui laws remilations Utid the improvement -it 'o'ltis. Vi h.n< .md r'-'trnais. wide and ssraisrhi matter >" 'A hat .`went me may wish roads ,i> it is of hitman <otnh!ct. ('mil in arytte `hi< i|Uesii"ti. ..... * .>r later we realize this fundamental truth, pro it is sit`i r'rjiy to i "toe up short ijf*tor<* gress in the eojt-j,*i-v:iH<m uf human Hie the f tet that m this pruiiii'ni uf an idem and limit will remain '...metbtmg devotr.ty jireveittiim we ire u anna nth human tn He hoped for, beings. come there are who doubt that minims Idle iaiittre "i apprei'tate this fji-t - "luincT ill the Use ui -he tree's nib m.pllHtts " -mal! ; part -u the niyimav - m or ti;im,'-" much ,n'- 1Will" ' -V ' ' ..her :0"U! s I ft- better tti -pile uf what has been v *<nttncf chi-e -no a iik'na. -omplished in industry, > "tis"quendv This failure i.- apparent when we < nn- ther place vreat rrltHnrt` mi mis .,{ -.ider the dl-inifiorrant nart which i. er- \ b--' I KtffW 2550 0OU* tfew* vf 'UPpoSe plant inaitaycrs n nousirv were -dl-nov.i-i tu( at He!--.nitiini' . jireyatti- ! " -: !(-,!! .v '.vottld thru nr -omevvnai ,itt;iie.e,'- :<> that Which i-tnretv perimrts m -h - :t-;d of aufomoi>(h' (t'ritiie'nt tirevetitjot! It is In be admitTed that kttinvff-dae if till the pertinent facts nboti; \ profile!)), -itch ,i the aiitoumbile t .itiia- tion. -hontd he helpful in the `-i-as of itjtiiKim*ini.r: hummi ninduct. Put mere possession of all the tacts does nut con stitute ati of ism e-.-.une bit" do* ,m- -e irju^ihv-- of mankind, 'Uiother 'heurv aht.fi vee .msr .-,w- - ard is that tile amfir b .jprt"---1 1 be ititerf-ted in thiKi* rhino-, vvhirh /'/cu.vc turn to tillin' r; V-ITIlim SAKETV % r- \\> Were We Worth Our Salt in 1934? The Annual Report of the Managing Director, National Safety Council By WILLIAM H. CAMERON HREE facts Stand out in my Tmind which seem to merit special emphasis when tonsidering the National Eafetv < 'ouncil's experiencewhienn people care enough about their fo.U. The first is rhaL it we can ,u - prevention. tomplish as much year hy year in the Hut what were the activities of the future as we have during the past twelve National Safety Council in fyJ4 worth months we will richly deserve the summarizing for this review? Biblical recompense: "t-'tep into thy 1, In spite of a SO per cent decrease reward -thou good and faithful serv in income during the past few years every ant!" The year t'H4 was "tie of established activity has been curried on, deepening experience. We look back and many new enterprises have been upon a year of substantial progress in undertaken which have resulted in a rendering those services to members, to larger spread of educational material. the public and to our government, that 2. The !.3 dramatic programs pre .huuld lead to a more intelligent and sented by the >ld Observer" were sympathetic acceptance "f the obliga faithfully carried out through Ns radio tions for accident prevention. broadcasting stations on ,i nation-wide 'The second achievement was the basis. Millions of people heard these strengthening of the Council as a impressive interpretations. The Na national organization together with an tional Conference mi Street ami High improvement in its business and financial way Safety held in Washington last condition. May: feature safety stories in Liberty, The third conviction lies deeper. Atlantic Monthly and other influential There has always been recognition of publications: the substantial growth of the need for interpreting Safety, but as the Inter-City National Traffic .ratety the accident record grew worse during i`unrest, and similar activities have nut the year, ii became clearer that although the f'onnrii into higher grniinu and we must continue to spend portions of broadened the scope of its humanitarian our time in disseminating information service. concerning the method? and technique of T Our live monthly publications were preventing ,n . idents, nevertheless the tominued; the demands 1 c . ,,tV-ty major part of our iub is to convince posters per member e.v.eedt-o urn- employers and employees, and all of previous tear's record. Our -tati-licd those persons controlling our methods of publications, '.even Industrial safety living, that incidents really ran be pre ` 'unrests, the Annual Congress held in vented, Tin's has been said a million, Cleveland. Ohio, she Regional ratety million times, hut still relatively few ( onierenees, and all of rhe usum, useful people really believe it. Accidents will and general activities of the t'uuncil continue to occur in all walks, of life anti were carried forward with greater in under all types of working am) living telligence and determination, lumlitions until people believe in safety, 4. Among the new services instituted until they accept it as practicable and in !<H4 were our new booklet This definitely undertake their share of the ''daughter Must Stop"' state Automobile responsibility for their own safety as Examiner's .Manual'': 'High school well as for the safety of others. Motor Clubs": ``Vott and Vour Job": If preventing accidents is nut a norma! "Magic Safety Messages for PutoII oi natural human interest,then the bitter Envelopes": the new v-ric- !tf ratety rear- of anguish must continue, In the posters 'Lite vs Flnzard", a ravi-ed :"e:ei;aue. the National Safety t `otmeii and improved speakers' manual, ">jv-ak- ini!'1 keep boiling over with this message mt! for Safety": `School Buses" t serie* of prevention. Vddents will cease otdy of letters for driver-salesmen, twelve in dustrial data sheets, and other similar publications. 5, The really significant accomplish ment in 1934 was the maintenance of interest and activities among the thou sands of members of the National Safety Council. Then too. we gratefully acknowledge the significant a. hievements of hundreds of other organiza tions who have pooled their results for the advancement of the safety move ment. This report could well he filled with a list of the cooperative activities hy National, State and Local Govern mental Departments, insurance > ompunies. transportation iompanies, and cithers. The attendance at the Annual Congress in Cleveland, jt the Greater New York Conference, and at regional conferences throughout, the ountry indicate that the slight improvement in business and general .welfare has gener ated an increasing willingness to inter change valuable ideas and experiences. A loiuimmtion of the depression may clow flown the rapidity with which we are expanding, but it enthusiasm, in telligence and money are available to produce the dims, Per.mtre r: ..;',-,er educational .oils, p,, noid meeting.-,, conduct research, to formulate plans and to develop ideas, we .an save thousands of lives and conserve millions of dollars which otherwise sv: 11 be acritired through preventable incidents. o. Every activity undertaken in the Council benefits \meriran industry di rectly or indirectly, nevertheless from an industrial standpoint it may be well to emphasize the increasing values ..f the Nvrroxu. 'mm-.tv News, the -ace Worker, the I'O monthly Industrial V-ws-Letters, as well ns that of our \SSfvF.ngineerinc Section1 th1 --Nfety 'aiendar: die id ivpes ,f -stVtv post-w* distributed cadi month: rhe new and revised rate Practices Pamphlets- the annual report known as \rrinent Curts," and the -eparate 'tatistirnl FEBRUARY. I`35 studies for 32 major industries. Six National Trade Safety Contests, as well as the Steam Railroad Contest, ac companied bv the Green Book, were carried through successfully. Altogether 120 trophies and 45 certificates were awarded to the winners in these contests, and hundreds of medals were presented to persons saving lives through the Prone Pressure Method of Resuscita tion. The industrial Health and Safety consultation ami publicity services have been maintained and time given to technical research, study and publica tion of results. The usual work on safety codes, and < ooperation with the American Standards Association, with trade associations, and engineering colleges have been continued. 7. A new service known "Safety instruction Cards" has proved to lit- <4 unusual value in training workers to do their jobs in the best and safest manner, 8. The alarming increases in some types of accidents have helped to bring the ready resources <d the newspapers and magazines to our aid. Hundreds of special articles and stories were sent to the editors. In addition to the "Old Observer" dramas, weekly radio broad casting material was sent to sm**ral hundred stations and material has been released through the national news agencies, T Because highway accidents consti tute our great accident problem today, the Council is ever alert to its responsi bilities in this held. All -of the general services established over years of trial and experiment have been maintained including the regular publication and distribution of Prnr.ir -'mciY, Con stant attention was given to State Driver's License Laws: essentiai sta tistics were prepared for use in many campaigns; the - ottunerciai tieei i .in fests were promoted through hundreds of company members. The Third Annual National Tronic safety Contest grew in accomplishments. .Awards were made at public ceremonies in o5 Cues, where prizes were given tor first, -r<owl and third places in each group and cer tificates of honorable mention presenter! to others. These ceremonies were held simultaneously and joined together through a radio broadcasting hookup. Secretary of l otnmerre Roper amt Mr, Floyd Gibbons made interpretive speeches. Continued <ooperation was given to the National Conference on Street and Highway Safety. v pioneer study was made on the hours of driving commercial trucks. Other engineering studies, street and highway traffic ,-urveys have lieen conducted and attendance at state vehicle administrator's conferences were included in the year's work. f0. The school safety program, financed by the National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters, was extended definitely into the high school field. All through the year contacts were made with state superintendents of edu cation; the monthly magazine, safety Education, including poster lesson out lines. were continued and the number o, copies printed considerably increased. Contacts were maintained with the National Congress of Parent and Teachers and similar moperating insti tutions, 11. The Community Safety 1 Muncils have been handicapped by the continued depression, hut. new councils were organized during the year and continued service rendered by correspondence, con ferences. . i >n sol (dated reports, and personal visits and mntacts. The .Annual Conference of .Managers, the Monthly News - Letter, and -imilar services were maintained, 12. Our Eastern Office, located in New Cork, has continued its committee activities, especially among those mem ber* representing hotels. . nmmercial vehicles, the stevedoring interests, etc, ('here have lieen district meeting-, the now regular tAreater New V..;k - bety Conference, personal service* the Safety * ouncils operating cm riv- Eastern re,aboard, the continued a.c.miplish- ments of the Metropolitan 1 burner of the ASSE - Engineering Section and miscellaneous services to memm-rs. rn-- in ittees and others, especially in (.renter New Vork. 13. Eighteen Regional 1 'in ferences were consummated between the Chicago .old Cleveland Congress--- A number of direct services were rendered , arious departments of our N tdonai i.lovernment at Washington, including several months of direct service t< the HLRA in the beginning of the yooc: dir safety engineering survey of nw Federal prisons and of the Boulder Dam on beet. In addition to the hundreds of speeches by voluntary committeemen .md mem bers during the year, the staff also made many speeches and were in i mi stain at tendance at various committee meet ings, cervices were rendered ' nor Racine Coast members through the Annual Safely Convention of the 'tale "f California and at a number of other meeting?. The .Annual <".ingress u Cleveland, in which the All-Ohio group played surh an important part, brought out an attendance that was equal to the old-time Congresses previous to the de pression. 14. In spite of a reduction in incume ---just about half of 1929--every essen tial activity of the Council has been carried on; every call for service met promptly; every request for cooperation promptly filled. The requests for sample publications from many parts "f the world, given freely, are opportunities the Council welcomes. The several volumes of printed Transactions were edited, printed and mailed as usual. 15, There are just three outstanding Moments in the success of a protect like that undertaken by the National Safety Cnuncil. The first is leaders.-lip. the noiid is money, and the third is i management, The t '.uincil ha ail tit the problems of a complicated business. Our leading committees know how diiti- aiit it is to spend m.ir comparatively .mall income for the best- interests of our members and yet s'retch a hrtping hand to many others unwilling or.unable to pay their -hare ot the c.ist, in ad dition to its regular income many -u' our industrial members have contributed -.mall amounts during the year to build up a. onringency Fund. The shm but steady growth of the fund hits been reir- ficuiarly encouraging because in- 1 uu- cil has no uipitai, nor has it mrer been endowed. As 1 stated at the re- omnm "i diis report- -mimgh is mm mown about the prestige of safety m '-naoie the Council ro ati-wer abnuM am maiortant at i idem prevention problem, c: we eannot adequately publicize -c v- - ription without larger nmnrs r :ve- We cannot serve adequately, iimot crow ir. we should without ,i..equate iiino^ cf :uy *..a c 'c\ A.-iDii bill. In, .Among ;h<- hang,:-.. '-re a:;. ,.nd ,-p..rreorship -ae . - -, were several rienrhs (hiring tr.e ;, - :n:i: will mean a loss- to the .-.-.fetv movement for years to come. Among the*' -houhi lie mentioned: William R, M ,ur.:;,''f`i. James F,, Jordan. Thomas j Trerey Mrs, Marcus Dow, Dr, < 'alvin W. Rice \V. E. Megraw, Dana Pierce. \V, H. Boyce. ,,\1. i falarv. Although we ft-e! it our ilutv to remind the members that *o much more* .uiti he (lone if the t 'ouncil w;is more gererousiv "itpporred with money, ere ire ,rem-ian!.v aware that the priceless resources of die Council are the good will, ihe services, the enterprise and the canacit" .f its members ,md moperators. Accidents me unnecessary.. their cost N A-rrinr. nut they can be stopped when employe..* and the public make up theN minus to do so, NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS J9 Protection Supplements Training By R. B. ROAPER SnfrUf fcnginrrr. Humble Oil & Refining f\onipanyt Houston, Texas Employees never become too proficient to need special pro and uncomfortable. Equipment that protects but interferes with the free movement of the wearer will not be tective equipment for certain popular. Tnder some conditions it hazardous operations might actually create a hazard. This situation is being relieved be muse the makers are beginning to rea ROTECTIVE equipment alone lize that both comfort and protection P mnnot prevent all accidents, nor must be considered. Manufacturers are am the training of employees. employing men who have had actual a., matter how proficient employeeexsperience on the lob da wed as icCi'.- may heroine, .n-rrain operations will nicai knowledge. Equipment that will always require special equipment lor he worn with the minimuni of i.ot-rrion their protection, will mean increased sales. i'o determine the equipment required, it, is necessary to study past experience Head Protection in each class of work. Wherever men are prone to receive injuries to icrtain parts of the body, then protective equip ment for that part should be worn as ,t toutine part of the job, A worker will not, wear protective equipment unless he is convinced that lie Is actually in danger without it. You may produce evidence and issue orders, vet you cannot rest assured that men will always take advantage of such pra te t ion. From personal experience j have round that men will subject them-elves to extreme hazards rather 'ban wear the equipment provided. There must he a reason for this atti tude. I feel it is due in large measure to the fact that much of the safety eiitiipment in the past was i timbersome (me of the most important innova tions in the field of protective equipment are hats and caps made of rigid ma terials for use where iniuries to the head are likely to lie frequent, f.t is hardly necessary to mention that head injuries are usually serious. In -mme occupations where there Is danger of objects falling from a great height, we have found it profitable to insist: on the use of head protection. While measures to prevent the dropping ot objects should nor be neglected, I he use of protective headgear must be mciuded In the s ft , program if head iniuries are o> be re duced to a minimum. The producing end of the oil industry has been the last to make the use of dies,- promoting hats 'O.mijuiso-.-; in .1 ur rig building department particular;v we found that only through the use of head protection were we able to eliminate iniuries from tailing bolts nuts .mil washers. 1 have ,i record of the tiead injuries in one Western mining company from 1024 to lo.-t,;. I*rum pt-tsuriai knowledge based on a safety inspection of the prop erties in ld.14, this company at that time had been i among on an intensive 'itety campaign for .wveral years .mb had adopted all of the better known safety measures. During 1924, c>2 head injuries resulted in a loss of time <b o.YW lays In pc's, ' T head injuries resulted in a io'S of 41 1 -lavs, (n Iv.'b W head iniuries caused a ins.- of Rio day-, for low the record was |.f injuries and 7.*. days lost rime, and for lo.W, 4 injuries and 27 days lost. From 1929 to 1942 this company has not experienced a disabling head injury. The significant point is that head protection was intro duced in the company's mines in 1925 and made compulsory in the fall of 1927, l the i-ierriek xmin the -Wetv !n!e h -earrelv I<-- - important than .i parai-hiite t- tn ,m aviator. In the above illustration he *- ready to take nit: in the lower left, he ba- finished hi- ,ie-ieni .tt'eK. In i.hi-uruction v ifk I; pra. . impossible to avoid having one :rr-.up of men working above another. Where each group is handling bolts, nuts, rivets, toots ,tixl materials, the prevent ton- -f head injuries A a mo.-* ;.-rious proYco The solution is tn be bound largetv In providing protective headgear and -eemg that it rs used. Protecting the Eyes Probably the oldest and most ex tensively used device is the goggle, Ihere are so many kinds of eye hazards in industry that --verai types of v'lgvies are required. For example, j different type of vogde 1- required ivf.-re > )e.-e is danger or a heavy impact than for protection against tine pantries, -'till different type is required for pro- : I- HI!I \U\. 1<J35 20 ieetion against acids and other corrosive substances. A careful study must be made to select the right type of toggles for each occupation. To avoid the possibility of goggles not being avail able .then needed v\e provided each worker with a pair for his individual use. The present trend in goggle manu facture is to embody c..mfort, wider vision and freedom from distortion along with protection, litis should make it easier to secure the cooperation oi employees in wearing them, but we still find considerable educational effort necessary. We find it necessary to in struct them in the proper way of fitting and wearing goggles. Most men have the headband so tight that the goggles are uncomfortable. Respiratory Protection While improved ventilating systems ( an he Used to reduce the dust hazard in many processes, complete protection is not always possible, in many instances, particularly where the worker is ex posed to dust for only short periods, some respiiatory protective device must lie provided, in <oir company we have supplied respirators to each group of workers and spent considerable time in training men in their use. We also emphasized the importance of sending in equipment tor replacement when necessary. We found, however, that this equipment was nut living kept in good condition, and that reliable protection was not always avail able when needed, Mow the foreman in i hnrtre of the unit is made responsible for the equipment. Whenever a > rew needs respirators the foreman secures them and satisfies himself that the equipment i> in ,-vrvin'uble condition. 1'his is part "f his regular duties. Methods of protection against toxic cases include the removal of gas by ex haust ventilation, taking advantage of natural ventilation in gaging tanks am t .lining toxic vapors, by gasring from the rvindward side, and by the use of gage wells mid automatic `.raging devices. However, in the oil industry where sour crudes are handled, it is impossible to operate safely without gas masks. We have spent rnurh time and money in an effort to design a gas mask that would he both comfortable and efficient. The half mask has approached the solution o' die problem more closely than ,mv other fvpe, bin for worts in enclosed -paces we -iill find it iur->-uy u-e the full face musk. i >tir experience in the use of gas masks has paralleled our experience with respirators. Formerly masks were assigned to the variutis units for their use. No one would assume the re sponsibility for repairs and replacement or even reporting their condition. The defects were not usually discovered until the safety engineer made his regular inspections. Instruction, appeals and reprimands seemed to do no good. Fur ther investigation revealed that the men did nor object to the use of masks but rather to the unsanitary practice of community use of one mask. We then issued a personal mask to each individual and made him responsible for keeping it in a safe and sanitary condition. We have had no trouble since. In our refineries nose masks for emerg ency use are kept at specified places and inspected periodically. The face pieces are wrapped to keep them dean and the entire assembly, blower, face piece, trunk and hose, is kept in a weather proof metal cabinet. These are brought in to the safety warehouse for inspection, cleaning and sterilization each time it is used, and periodically whether used or not. Other inspections are carried out at the location. Hose masks for transient service are kept at the safety warehouse ami issued as required. This applies also to fresh air masks used in. sandblasting and using t (impressed air, (in this equip ment the reduction manifold, cage and safety valve tire tested by the instru ment shop before being used. Corrosive Substances In handling adds and other corrosive liquids it is always imperative that pro tective equipment, he worn, The very minimum protection to be worn by workmen consists of rubber gloves and rubber .aid goggles. When vu.- work involves the repairing of lUjd finer, pumps, etc,, considerably mure protec tive equipment is necessary. Tifety in this kind of work is greatly enhanced by releasing pressure from the lines and draining the liquid, \ccident records teem with at id burns caused by acid spurting from lines *n:u had -upposedly been bled but. due to leaky valves somewhere in the , \ -'.cm. had refilled and built up sufficient pressure to cause a spray oi add when the line was opened. Some companies insist that workers opening acid or caustic lines, regardlesF of the precautions taken to bleed the lines, must wear rubber hoods dint over head, neck anti moulders, `"miter gloves and rubber ,pron until an opening has been made in the line, after which rubber gloves will suffice, Safety Belts There are many types of safety belts on the market today. They are used extensively in oil production as well as in many kinds of construction work. There are few other devices that offer protection to men working at heights, and undoubtedly they have saved mamlives by preventing falls. Under certain conditions well ` wist rue ted s< urtoldinsr and handrails will remove some of the hazards. In the producing division of the oil industry, however, it is abso lutely necessary for men working on derricks to wear safety belts. As a result of the i oinpuisorv use ,,f these belts by derrickmen, v-rimis in juries from falls have become cxtremciv rare. Herrick slides, or escape lines, are also important, in .erfam fields where high pressure gases tre ..see the use of safety slides has prevented many fatalities. The . --.vaj.w ;T-- w installed just above the working 'catform and extend to the ground it to tingle of about 10 degrees. Safety Shoes The severity of many t'.mr in furies has been lessened by the u-e *0 -,-te;y shoes. 'These -hoes usually dm no more than ordinary shoes and there i- no reason why thev Tumid not iv we<i extensively In industry. 1 nrir o-e would effect a considerable reduction in the frequency .md severity of font in juries. In order to afford maximum foot protection., a -hoe should have. T addition to the safety toe a sutiicmmiy heavy -ole, should not, have , : .S,,,-: heel, and should have non-r-parkir.g uai!- if there is anv pn&ihiiuv ti_ worn in a gaseous atmosphere 'AT im used many brands of s.fr* . It is gratifying t v V. in the quality `he - v............ 1 i. manufacturers ttmv compared m rhosc manufactured a few wars ago. Many other ;y;*s fi \ ing .are used for ernv, ", ca.W specific hazards. Asbestos iqs used toproieu fire fighters ami men wn- work in extremely hot locations. Ashe.-- ios or leather gloves, arm protectors aprons, leggings, etc., are useo for ;,r lection against extreme heat, living sparks nr molten metals. At this point let me emphasize the. extreme importance of the vfetv de partment maintaining , ..ompiete in spection and maintenance ..orpU'ui n - safety equipment. >afe'y ...iifio.-.oy of no value unless kept in perfect con dition. Plr.isi' turn tn vjSc ;,:g A Vl li t\ \ I - \ 1- FTY \'F,5 How Electric Shock Affects the Body By W. B. KOUWENHOVEN lirote$i.or ot hlectrival Hnguitenng Tbt' Johns {Ionian* t iiiner.sitif Type of circuit, voltage, cur small < urrents while rats are much more rent, resistance, points of contact and duration of shock all have their influence on the resistant. The difference lies mainly in the behavior of the heart, \1! animals used for these experiments were com pletely anesthetized. resulting injury The number of accidents involving electricity is apparently increasing. This is particularly true of those t .cused by contact with low-voltage circuits. HE discovery that the (low of Madachlan1'- in 1030 and atrain in 1934 T< urrent of clcctririty through animal tissue would cause a con published excellent summaries of imss of electric shock. His results show that traction of the muscles goes back mtoena are injured more frequently than fortuitous observation of Galvani (17-57- women, that accidents teach their peak i 7981- It was the practice of his took in the summer months, and are more in string troy legs which were being frequent in the early morning and late prepared for the table on a. brass wire afternoon hours. The urrent path attached to the iron rati of the balcony. through the body is usually from the The leys swinging in the wind would right hand to the feet. sometimes come in contact with the iron In every rase there are certain factors and vein to resume life with a lively that influence the resulting injury. fhe>e tart. are the type of i intuit, its voltage, The earliest man-made electric -.hock i urrent and resistance, the [joints of con of which there is any record occurred tact with the circuit, and the duration in Holland when two Dutch physicists of thr shock. inadvertantly discharged a Leyden jar through their bodies. The first fatal Types of Circuit electric shock .recurred in France in In I he experimental studies three 1.379, As the use of electricity has be types of circuits have been used, con come widespread, the number of fatal tinuous or direct current circuits, alter shor 1-- has increased until the death nating current: circuits of iommerriui tate in this nnmirv is one per 100,000 frequencies, and the discharge of m inhabitants, In England and Wales it impulse of surge generator. Uunstant is lees than one-tenth of this rate. voltage circuits were used wherever pos This article deals mainly with the te- sible heuiuse they are used in both in ,-utt.s of number of experiments made dustry and the home. at The Johns Hopkins t'Diversity.-* fn these investigations two methods have Voltage been employed: tl) To compile and uudy the data in eases of human in juries, arid (2 i To study the effects of electric shock on animals. Animals differ widely in their ability in with stand electric currents and it is difficult to apply the results thus obtained direct ly to man. Dogs are killed by rather ' - ,< in*' ..tirl'Kir an t n is - ! K If < ' T K laimiWoi'i'tvy r by, ...... . - ' ;,i. .iiriNo .i.i : ) * k. I i*>.kr ; (iie tbutj ..i Hviiionc, ['t3di1*j t.n- ID*'1 UUIIO! t **[' Shl'*!' 'A-irk SI i;i * i * > f I I'll*'' l.\ i r.t- < , * ui'FH i 1"tl y -'if Thtf* 1 '.'im'renrt' v*n Ku-rtrir Uhork, The individual is subjected to less chance of injury in making contact with a 110 volt direct i urrent i, ireuir than with alternating current of the same voltage, in fact, the writer has been able to learn of only one authentic case of death on a I .in volt dirert current circuit. In this instance a man was working inside of a scotch marine boiler .0 a temperature of 112' Id He tied with him a defective portable light -upplied from a 1. ;(t volt direct * urrent t ircuit. fn Italy there is on record the FEBRUARY. 1035 j-c of a limit who tuts e.t-ciroruteu on a 4b volt alternating current circuit. At higher oltaaes. 1 UUU volts >r over, the direct current shocks pro duced greater injury than the alternat ing current, particularly it the brain or nerves i enter lay in the path oi the . urmtt. A comparison of the two commercial frequencies shows that the -A cycle cir cuit has less effect upon the heart than .circuits of 51> or on cycles. The public recognizes the danger of high voltage circuits but does not realize the danger that is ever present in the 110 330 volt house circuits. The danger is greatest under damp conditions. I'nrier these circumstances the muscular contraction sometimes maintains the victim in contact, with the circuit and he cannot release his hold. 1 hi the other hand, when contact is made with a high voltage t ircuit the contraction often throws the victim Hear of the (ircuit. low voltage circuits, wen if the dura tion of the shock is only a few seconds, frequently result in fibrillation of tne heart. 'I'here is also another factor - for winch no explanation is known. A number "f rats were tested on ATT and 1 ouo vit alternating circuits in which sufficient resistance was introduced in the primary of the circuits so as , cause the mfecnve mirage across the animal to drop to 110 and 220 volts respectively immediately after closure of the circuit. fOscillograms showed that the voiraae fell within the firsr cycle, The resulting hiiurv, how ever was almost great as that found with circuits where the voltage was main tained at its full rated value, \pparrntlv the initial shock plays an import ant role. Resistance .Most of the resistance that the human body offers to the tlovv of electricity lies in the contacts wirh the -kin. When the :.kin is dry the contact resistance is very high; some observers rate dry skin at 100,000 ohms per cnr. When the skin is thoroughly wet the resistance drops to 1.200 ohms cm-'- or less. This skin resistance is not a true resistance hut partakes of the nature of a contact potential drop. A series of tests with thoroughly moistened gauze covered electrodes, using voltages from 120 to 1,200 volts, gave a contact, potential drop at the electrodes that varied from 00 to iu0 volts irrespective of electrode area or of the circuit voltage. f >nre the current penetrates the skin the resistance of the body is relatively low. The fluids are the best conductors. Bone, however, has a high resistance ami does not conduct current readily, .'mother factor not always recognized is that the resistance of the body varies with the size .,f the animal". The larger the amnia! the smaller the resistance that it utters to the flow of the electric current it is evident that, under damp nmtiifions the protection that dry skin utters to the time of current is lost, and it is this fact that makes ` (intact with low voltage circuits particularly dangerous, in bathrooms no part uf ,m electric circuit 'liouid be within reach of the person in the tub. Current the 'ctisitivity of persons to t-iei trinity -caries widely, some being .title to detect a current of less than I. rnilliantpere. others require three or four times thru, amount m produce sensation. A current of 12 to 15 milliamperes through the hands and arms will stiffen the tmisrles so as to make it. difficult either to Bend or to extend the arms and will cause -were pain: however, the adorer an -till release his hold. An increase of the current to to or to 2 5 milliamperes will produce a complete tetanus uf the muscles and the individual can no longer Tear himself from the . in-nit, 2 he pain is so intense that it an be endured for only a few seconds. \ oti cycle current of one-tenth ampere flowing from the hands to the feet will probably result, in the death of the in dividual. There are two completely attested cases on record in Europe'' where so cycle currents of this magnitude 1 a used death, in horh cases, artificial respiration failed to resuscitate the victims. The Mirreni, however is not the only factor; :he path uf its flow through the- Tiny, -he current density, and the duration of the contact are also of great importance. A fat individual can carry a greater current without injury than a. thin person. Although a small current may cause death, it is not safe to con clude that a much larger current of several amperes will make death more certain. The effect of the current upon the heart depends to a large extent upon its value. Points of Contact The position of the poinrs of contact with the ctn uit determines largely the pathway uf the --urrent through the body, and the resulting injury. < nice inside the body, the rurrern spreads out in a more or less fusiform shape, assum ing uniform resistance of the tissues. It I-, doubtful if the current is of am con siderable magnitude in organs that He far outside of the current path. A number ot experiments ' were made with rats to determine the result ing injure- for various * unvm paths through the body. Hie circuit -'"(tage used wus t ,0UU volts and no uiimai recmcrcd when the Brain was included in the circuit. When rhe bruin i untact was removed to <me fore-leg, 4 2 pet- rent <>f the animals recovered. With the contacts on both fore-legs no atiimai .arrived, hut when the < onracts were placed on the hind-legs'do pier cent, re covered immediately. This series of experiments demon- ^t rated clearly that the injury -s less severe when the path ot rhe current dnes not involve nerve structures and vital organs. Respiration was interfered with, when the current traversed the spinal cord nr the region of 'lie vagus nerve, Put when the current passed only through the posterior portion of the body die injury was slight. In industrial accidents the < urrent usually ring- from the ng:'f "and 2"' 'nr feet, and it is scarcely pnssibie that any appreciable amount of .urrent passes through the brain. Both the heart and the lungs, however, V in do- oath. A -ries ot experiments a w,-. .even ..ut to Petermine the amount of , urrent that jMissed through the heart f.-r various current paths, The dog v;?* \r.?en as We experimental animni. ft was found that when *h<? current flowed parallel to the axis of the body, approximately 10 per cent passed through the heart. When the current path was from fore leg to fore leg-- rmnsverselv through the thorax--ap proximately three per - ent passed through the heart. When the current path was from hind leg to hind leg, no .urrent 'VmVt detected flowing through the heart. It is dear from these tests that a much larger portion of the current traverses the heart when the current path is parallel to the long axis of the body than when it flows transversely. Slightly more current flows through the heart when it enters via the right hand than via the left. Duration of Contact in general, the longer the time that, a man makes contact with a circuit, the less is his chance of recovery. Fortun ately, high voltage circuits usually throw the victim dear and the duration of the contact is very short. < >n tinother hand, in low voltage accidents, the victim often t armor release his hold, in such t ar-r-s. the current may flow for a considerable period of rime, \rtincia. respiration should he started promptly Surge Generator Tests A number ot tests1' were mscir using a surge of impulse generator Rats wt-re used as the experimental uiminL [at.. the cum- of rats lying mi the ground plate, no permanent, injury resulted when they received the discharge from -he gener ator. 1 )nlv :: tew uf them mowed evi dence of vestibular in nation by ,'tinning in circles for a tew minute- iofi.jvving the shock. This effect, however, --oou disappeared, I hr- experiments with the impulse generator also -.erven to wrify `ne re lationship her ween the current path ant: the .resulting electrical injury. Ft is oi interest to note that the severe muscular lontrnrtions which .lecotnpany -lirerand alternating '-urrent shocks were not produced by rhe discharges ;-TM: -he urge venerator. Damage to Nervous System Dr. Langworthy made autnnstes > the majority of the animals texted, ana examined sections of their brains ami spinal i urns. In addition, ;-::d:e-2 tne nervous .stems m men ,vno oau been killed by electricity. He found-1- -- in injured nerve .DLs that the t.ueieus was no .longer located near me enter ,,f -h<- eit 'hat nucleolus s-v-iler: md that there was a lose of g-mules. We all of the cells in any one group showed, art equal amount of damage. \ormal cells were scattered among those that had suffered great changes. Lang worthy found similar groups of damaged cells in both animals and humans that had hern subjected to electric shock. it Is well known that biis :vpe or nerve t ell destruction may He caused Please nun m pneu so, NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 23 Training Counts in Fire Protection By PERCY BUGBEE Assistant Manaijina Director, Suttonal Fir* Frnrtrtton Assoi-iuuan Apparatus is important but there is no substitute for a trained and alert personnel T IT tully as important to train the tmt only reduce the tire hazard but would I plant pe./onne! in preventing tires and controlling incipient Diazes as also save money. A saving of S3H4 in one month was actually effected through it is to i utistfuci a building properly andthis means. provide adequate tire prevention facili f'he tire brigade work of the plant ties- There are plenty of .`samples of was developed to n high degree, bach serum-, fires in well Iniilt and well pro department has a tire company with a tected structures. The really important captain Httd a. lieutenant and from four iui` m| the industrial man chanted with to ten members, according to the hazard tire safety in ids plant, is to ret* that involved. 1'here is a company for each the mtlue of tire p.c-vntion is fully im shift and rhe companies are drilled at pressed upon the workers. least once a mouth. An extremely I " keep this article practical and con practical method of drills is carried out. ' rote. I ,mt going to cite a few examples The chief of the plant tire brigade hands of effective fire-prevention effort in well the company tin envelope which contains known industrial plants. ,i description of an imaginary fire which t tne of the must remarkable fire pre might actually occur in some specific vention campaigns that, has yet mme to location around the plant. The com my attention has been carried cm by the pany then proceeds to get out the appa Youngstown -beet A Tube < 'ompany. ratus and go through such motions n- The campaign was conducted by W, T, the case requires under the watchful eye Kilmer, director of safety and fire pre of the < biet who comments on their vention for the company, ably assisted method.-, after the drill. by hire Thief Philip Harty of the YouniMown Works. This company of Did It Pay? vast si/e ant) with an tinny of employees Hy this simple but effective method, had ,la rate number of .-mall tires. the men are trained to meet almost any Hu ring the pant' HCo there were 1.2 7-1 condition and they have become enthusi blazes on the company's properties. astic in their work, fn 1026 the com Mr. l-T-me: .mb tttef Harty -vt out pilin' had 274 fires. The number -<t tn do two thim.es: first. to secure the tires occurring in subsequent years has Miopeivitinn of the men in the mills been; 1927--U27: 1928 624: IQ2 in reducing the excessive number of tires -579; 10.40-254; 1941--I14; 163 2 by removing tire hazards; -ernmi. m Fhe number of fires in 19C was develop ihe eflirienry of the employee ,M.. per cent the number in 1626. it fire brigade, series of meetings was would be hard to convince the officials held with employees to demonstrate the of the Youngstown sheet & lube ( otn- practical value of tire prevention work pany that fire prevention does not pay. to them and to the industry, The im Another large corporation that tuts portance of tire prevent ton in site-guard realized the value of fire prevention ing life mid protecting' their jobs was work is the Endicott-Johnson Corpora :old to employees in i otnmon sense tion. Here again rhe petvnaliry anti language, energy of one man have been largely re One incident will illustrate the practi- sponsible for a remarkable piece of c a 1 importance of the larnpaign, In one work. ! refer to hire Chief fames IT -ection of !he plant 'he cureless twe of Kldridge. head of the ompany:s fire oil mid ./reuse had * reated a -riutis prevention department. <hiet Kldridge hazard. The tire prevention workers has a real department consisting of two Pointed cm (o the -uperintendem that a i-'istant i hiefs, four captains, four more careful use of oil anti crease would lieutenants, to men derailed to ambu lance work, six switchboard operators, a tire-alarm supervisor, and 82 full-time firemen. The men also serve as inspec tors and watchmen tor the plant. The department has adequate fire fighting equipment but the actual work of fighting fires has been but one of its duties. This department is constantly inspecting the many buildings which the plant controls. A complete check-up of every section of every building is made by a night patrol of 40 men, and all reports are marie at headquarters over a lire alarm system. A daily report on the icmdition of all tire-righting equipment is tiled by the department inspectors. Teach Every Employee It is the responsibility of the fire pre vention department to see that every man in the < ompany s employ knows something about tire prevention work. The workers are trained in the use of fire appliances and given frequent fire drills. Cuud housekeeping has been .tressed as an important factor in fire present ion, and special emphasis is placed cm the disposal of waste material. Fvorv fire that occurs on the property is recorded and analyzed with a view to preventing the recurrence of a similar tire, Asa result of these etiom the total tire i.e- for the entire group m ,44 manu facturing buildings for the five-year period ending in !94o was only if!4.000, an annual average of less than $3,000. \u< it her -inking fire prevention cam paign is being carried on by fhe ( nnadian 1 nr and Foundry company under the direction of Ceorge Creenfield, director of fire prevention, This com pany has hit upon a novel wav of arous ing interest in its fire prevention pro gram. in each of the tompany`s four large plants there is a fire brigade. For many years these brigades have held annual efficiency contests for a cup and for rash prizes. An elaborate score sys tem has been developed for each plant, including points nor, only for efficiency in fire lighting, but also tor such items as general housekeeping, care of flammable liquids, obstructions to sprinkler ys- KEBRr ARY. 1935 terns, .smoking, etc. The annual compe tition is looked forward to hv the workers and it has aroused great interest. The duPont Company, one of our largest corporations, might he thought of us an industry of exceptional tire hazard. 'This company operates plants in all parts tif the country for the manufacture of explosives, lacquers, film, paints and cither flammable materials. This minpany has maintained for years a very efficient tire prevention division under the leadership of Harold L. Miner, who is now president of the National hire Protection Association. "Che greatest of > are and study is given to fire prevention in the duTont properties and the [irecautions ami inspections have few equals for thoroughness. Fence Protects Trains [ he tire prevention work of this com pany was described by Mr. Miner at the Annual Greater New Vurk safety Con ference and published in the National S.uucrY News of June, lsM4, under the title "Fire Prevention and Modern Manufacturing." Let me quote just one paragraph: `During the past nine tears about 4S.UOO.UOO gallons of lacquer and other pyroxylin finishes have been manu factured at one of the fhtl'ont plants. The total tire loss during this period was N,1172. No tires have been experienced with the handling of large quantities of solvents or in packaging operations or storage. \me of the tires which nuiirmi was particularly interesting or resulted from any unusual or unforeseen cause-. The majority of them were the result of tailure of the human element which is so difficult to control in any ma n u fact uri n g rst ablishment. ' .\nother uintern that appreciates the a aim- of tire prevention work o the Uerwin-Wiiliams f ompany. ` hv *f their activities has been the development of a very practical and easily understood inspection form which t au lie tilled out by mix foreman who has not bad any special training in tire prevention, it - onrains 4o points which must be in vestigated and answered. The form if prefaced by the following statement: O PRO LETT trains from rock roadside signals which regularly coym Tslides, the Pennsylvania Railroad train movements in both directions. has just completed the erection of a hugeAt the highest point in the Elizabeth t'mee over iuOn feet long and 4U feteotwn detector fence Mx small relay box- high in the deep rock t Vmewago i ut just have hern placed on cine of tne - west of Elizabethtown. Pa., through ports. The electric . intuits operatic. which the main line high speed trains are these relays are (ornpieted by using t" operated. 'Che fence is . oust rue ted of rallies which carry the several strands -ix - inch mesh galvanized wire and is fence. These, in turn, are tonnenc electrically connected to the automatic with the track t intuits by means signal system. which the signals are operated. Numerous experiments have been This latest form of detector fence is made by the Pennsylvania Railroad .uteb substantial construction Mat b with this means of protec tion against, able to hold rocks nr other material obstructions on the tracks. In the onsiderable -i/e and weight. et it Elizabethtown cut the method of um- not intended as a complete harrier. ' trurtion employed was to anchor the case mi ks or other objects have been- ends of the fence to ciipports made from dislodged in the sine of the mt a: old steel rails set in ronerete The elec obstruct the tracks, the fence : -rms -- tric attachments ate -< placed on these [Kiim of contact 'which in turn vs supports that when an object strikes the .automatic signals and gives ample war fence at any [joint, a small trigger is inn to the durineman mi that he . released 'which, being electrically con bring his train to a complete stop j.n nected, automatically gives a warning make an investigation before utempt ' by o-1ting in the danger position the to proceed through the danger gone. "The safety of our property and permanency of employment for those working on (he premises depends on the conditions maintained in the various de partments and the efficiency of their tire tpplianres. Therefore w.-tv employer, irrespective of position, van contribute materiallv to safeguarding our mutual interests." According to the safely division ut this company, housekeeping conditions in all plants have improved materially since these inspection blanks were intro duced, The work of the inspectors in the safety division has been greatly reduced. .\nother interesting plan to improve housekeeping was carried out by the i Mdillac Motor Mir `ompany. The plant has a . lean-up committee consist ing of one siipctimemlent and four fore men who are appointed by the manage ment each week. I bis committee grades the various departments on neatness. safety and tire prevention, inspectim tire held every Friday. When the rain iatton is i ornpieted, the department wi: the best, raring is awarded an illuminate clock which it holds for the week. 1 the dial is the following legend: "Th: was the cleanest department, last week and the foreman's name is Mown in t:`. 'enter. A tine spirit of romped don ... untie very satisfactory re.Miits \w -'.cured by this method. Plea.tc turn to Inter v NATION -VI, SAFETY NEW Ti nLc- rvompany urvivors 25 By JOHN W. HAMMOND Few persons teach maturity our tree that year had them all over it, without experiencing at least one narrow escape from My father, rigged up as M. Wholes with traditional costume and snowy rutton whiskers, wits handing out the gilts. death or serious injury. He leaned too close to one of the candles and in a moment his whiskers were all u-blaze. In the mad scramble that fol T'S a great company. a large. ail- lowed they got the tire out before any I inclusive company. Practically thing more serious occurred than a gen speaking, we air all in it--:very erous scorching -if skin, bur it ,vas a one who has grown to maturity, judgc lose shave, any way you look at it. ing from the replies which 1 have re 'firrie went, on and I got to be a care ceived to a question asked of some less, hare-brained urchin of ten or >o. twenty-five nr thirty persons, one could One day in crossing a street without, venture the assertion that almost no looking both ways--it was necessary one lives to he thirty without bavins ex perienced a narrow escape from injury or death in some sort of accident. even then, before automobiles were com mon---;'. horse tnd buggy knocked me down, the horse stepped all over my face Try it on your friends. But bo-yin ivtth yourself. Recall those childhood (kys, or the incidents telated hv your parents from which you learned of the mishaps cam had. 1 shall do the same- to support my contention that we are all survivors. i recall with innsiderable vividness one of my first Christmases. It was in those `'Rood old days" of little tallowcandles for Christmas-tree lighting; and and the marks of the -. arriage wheels were visible on my ankles and chest tor weeks afterward. Being tough, like all small boys. 1 escaped alive hut shaky, so to speak: and my fare was a weird look ing piece of human anatomy throughout the period of convalescence. Coming to the next generation, my seven-year-old daughter was stricken with appendicitis in the spring of the year. She survived this ordeal with the deft assistance uf the surgeon's knife... medicine, and surgery are a power in our favor these days-- and came home. The first day after she got on her tm she went out in the yard to -wing. Some how or other she fell and the swingbuard came down on top of her. striking her on the head about a quarter of an inch Tom the temple. There was no human pro tector near that time, so we'll have to credit the traditional guardian angel. Recently i have been asking almost everyone in my i ircle what pet narrow e-cape they could recall. The personal reminiscences which were thereby un loosed would make a tine start for a grand compilation of the frailty of hu man existence. One man described with graphic detail how he hung hv both hands, from a high trestle while a freight train rumbled past above him. Another while riding a bicycle had a head-on col lision with one of the first nutomoiiiles- .md he survived only by clinging to the radiator until the auioist could step on Santa < lau- leam-ii ton i-lrwe to muiif tin- lamlte- mt tin* I lirCtnui? tree anil m an in-tunt hi- whi.-ker? were ablaze. the brake, But the bicycle was nut -n fortunate. fine man told how he was watching his younger brother examine a revolver. The lad jokingly pointed the gun at this companion--ye-, ' the same old story" -- and pulled the trigger. But the barrel was empty and the elder brother was spared to give "the kid" ;t stiff ralking- tie hung by both hand- front .t High trestle while a freight train tumbled pii-t above him. to about the miiy M pointing trims at anyone, `['he hoy -at down, crestfallen, and with the gun pointed toward tne wall pulled the trigger again, whereup on a bullet buried itself in the '.Taster. Another friend -nitiingiy snuvtv ms head at my question. ' >h no he had never had a narrow escape. Indeed, he had worked forty-eight years in an elec trical plant without m accident. But before be got throiism talking ne aaa told me how he one nay tuuk hold ut the iron handle of a railway rest ur that was tilled with apparatus and how die current came on, nr was already on, ad ministrating a 'Vi-volt Aiuik. bor a moment he could not let go of that han dle, and only by instantly realizing that he would have to get ioose it he wanted to live, followed by a superhuman mus cular effort, did he pry himself free-- and survive. tine man was tnrown from his nurse and survived only because he didn 1 and on a concrete walk and the horse didn't think to kick him. Another fell in the FEBRUARY. St. Lawrence River, but fortunately he did it with someone close by to tish him out from the bank. A third told of his weird experience with a car driver who weaved in and out of traffic and would not let him get bv until he had missed at tiveiy that he and his brothers and sisters had come through a variety of epidemics. He gave credit to his mother for making survivors out of them all. but in the list that he enumerated were ty phoid. small pox, bubonic plague and a The hot'M* evidently didn't think of kick in? him. leu .-a three apparently inevitable colli sions. A girl related how she was get ting off a street car when suddenly the i ,r started. Only because she was al most off did she escape without anything more than bruises and scratches. One or two others narrowly escaped drown ing by staying in swimming too long and having attacks of cramps. One young woman while skating, fell through a hole in the ice and owes her survival to the rescue work of some bnys who were skating nearby, Then there was the fellow who was hit hy the fender of a street car and knocked flat on his back. The car was moving slowly the principal reason for his surs'ival. He was hauled out somewhere be tween t he fender and the front wheels. Still another was walking along a rail road track and selected that time and place to become absorbed in thought. Gradually his attention was attracted to a curious -urging sound that seemed to come from the rails, it increased in vol ume until he finally looked behind him and discovered a locomotive and train bearing down upon him at a smart -peed. He lust had time to step off the tract;-- and whenever he remembers the incident his -kin creeps a little ;uid he feels thanktul for that one look. An elderly gentleman recalled retlec- few others. These epidemics dl hit hard, but human beings have a tennency to survive if given a fraction of a chance. Thus runs the mga of the survivors. When 1 left off questioning those whom I met the ratio seemed to be heading to ward ninety-nine out of every hundred who had survived snmeihing -or uher. And l felt reasonably sure that even the hundredth had prohablv =urviv.-o ~.>tm-- thine bur could not recall what. And now that we know we wr- vivnrs it roust lie evident- - >r c -outiin he-- that to continue in this wes-.w com pany involves vigilance. in some respects modern life is in our favor. In others it is against We have high speed locomotion -o' various sorts t.o watch out for, We have highvoltage electricity surrounding as at John Winthrop Hammond, the author of this article, died at his home in Schen ectady, N. '/., December 27, 1934. For 14 years he had been a publicity writer for the General Electric Company. He was well known for his writings of the pioneers of the electrical industry, par ticularly of the late Charles P. Steinmetz. greater or lesser distances, and electrici ty of lower voltages always near at hand. Fire, water and gas are still with us--all of them friends if under i onrrol, but what deadly enemies when they take the bit in their teeth! What, we don't have to contend with are some of the man-made perils of a few centuries ago. These can best be visualized to our modern minds by quot ing this passage from an English classic >f the eighteenth century. "The Expedi tion of Humphrey Clinker" by T. G. hmollett; "The bread I eat in London is a de leterious paste, mixed up with chalk, alum, and bone-ashes, insipid v> the taste and destructive 'I he guild people are nor ignorant of this adulteration: but they prefer e tr, wholesome bread, because it A vhiter than the meal of corn. Thus <ue-y sacri fice their taste and their health, and the lives of their tender imams, to must thsurd gratification .if a mishitiggaj- and the miller or the baker is obliged to poison ihem anu their families. at order to live hy his profession. "f need not dwell upon the paiiid con taminated mash which they .ad -`raw- berries, soiled and tossed by gr-nsy caws through twenty baskets - nssm-: with dirt: and then presented with the worst milk, thickenerj ;:,h `he a TSt A .or, in to a had likeness of cream. But riv milk itself should not pass imanaiy-1--: the produce of t.iaed cabbage Caves and ,-our draff, lowered with hoi water frothed with bruised -.nails, irrieu through the fern? n open " Ts. ex posed to foul rinsir.^: disrh-c-w- ; Tom doors and windows -pittie. -not- ;mi to bacco-quids from fiiut-pasStiig--' . .ver- tlmving from mud carts, .-patte-::;.1 trout "ach wheel?, rtirt and v--- : `n- 'o it hv roguish v;i- . .- ,s- the spewing at Infants, -vno ; 1 jab bered in the tin measure, vntch is thrown (tack in that condition among the milk, for 'he heneiit of the next cus tomer; ana, muuiy. me '.rrmin '.hat drops front the rags ..f the nasty jrab that vends this precious mixture, under the respectable oenomination ->' milk maid." Making all allowances for possible ex aggeration in a work of fiction, more serious writings dealing with tnost- days afford ample evidence that conditions were just about as, Smollett has pictured them. They were undoubtedly v-use. if anything, a centurv or two before, dur ing die gritoome period of the great plagues and the Black (death. in those times, must assuredly 'here were also survivors. Bur nor. =o many! NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS Hyd ro-Extractors Industrial Data Sheet D-Sen. 9 A. Problem i. What are the hazards of hydro extractors and what precautions are necessary? B. Hazards X The hazards are: Hursrrne <<f basket. K Possibility ui miury to the operator bv ...'i-racr v,ith moving parts it the hydro- /:tra<:toi* fr with Us uuntents. C. Discussion a. 'The hydro-extractor, also called a centrifugal 'extractor, whizzer. wringer, or whistler, is a machine used for separ ating liquids from solids by the action of centrifugal force. Such machines are used extensively in sugar mills, chemical plants, dye houses, laundries, dry clean ing plants, and in many other industrial plants. They sometimes are used in machine shops for removing nil from metal chips and borings, 4, 'Che hydro-extractor consists prin cipally of a cylindrical metai "hasher" which revolves within art enclosing casing known as a "curb." The basket is perforated to permit the escape of the liquid that is separated from the ma terial in the basket. The liquid is thrown to the side of the casing by cen trifugal force. Suitable outlets lit the curb permit the liquid to drain off to a sititable container or, in some cases, to a sewer line. The basket is mounted on v^ctiral shaft or spindle .arid is driven by mechanical or electric power some times applied to the upper end of the shaft and sometimes in the lower end, according to the type of machine. Bursting of Basket 5, The chief causes of bursting or failure of a hydro-extractor basket are: ,t. Over speed. k Hxcessivr or otherwise improper iojd- m.fr. V. Excessive vibration. d. Sprung or mis.-dmct) stub. e. Defective 11uter1.1l, design, or v*m- st ruction. Over Speed o, Over speed is one of the must fre quent causer, of hydro-extractor basket bursting. Therefore, no hydro-extractor should ever he operated at a speed greater than the manufacturer's rating, which is usually stamped on the inside of the basket in easily visible letters about '.t-inch in height. The maximum per missible speed is given in revolutions per minute and frequent checks should be. made by means of an accurate portable revolution imuter to make sure the -.peed does not exceed the permissible maximum. It is also important that the fiasket be spirted slowly and brought up to full speed gradually. 7. When the hydro-extractor is driven from a line shaft, care -hould be taken to see that the pulley sizes are such that the maximum --peed recommended bythe manufacturer of the hydro-extractor will not be exceeded when the line shaft is operated at its normal rate of speed, S. If the hydro-extractor is inde pendently driven by t steam engine, turbine, electric motor, or other separate source of power, the speed governing device on the prime mover should be -< maintained that it will at all times pre vent. racing. Xo one should ever be per mit red to tamper with such a device nor w alter its setting in any way except upon the advirtt and approval of the manufacturer of the device. Excessive or Improper Loading T The load in the basket wiuirid always "tie properly distributed and should never exceed that for wmen tne basket is designed. When the loud in a basket is unevenly distributed the basket will be out of balance and the load may shift as the -peed increases and thus produce stresses which may result in injury to the operator or severe damage to the machine. Excessive Vibration 10. Ifxcessive and dangerous vibration may result from improper loading of the basket, from wear in the hearings or from inadequate or insecure foundation under the machine. Every hvriroextrurtor should be securely anchored tii a strong, heavy foundation, preferably of concrete. If the foundation becomes loose or defective in arty way. it should be restored to a sound condition and the machine -houid be reset before it is used again. Springing or Misaiinement of Shaft 11. bpringing or misaiinement of the shaft is due in most cases to improper loading or to applying the brake f>u suddenly. Springing and vibration may also be due to the basket being out of balance because of improper repairs and it is for this reason that many userhave the manufacturer make any neces sary repairs instead of doing such work themselves. Defective Design or Construction id. Most baskets are made of copper, -reel or monel metal. Boiler plate steei is preferable to [/ust iron for < orbs because should a basket burst, the curb, if of uist iron, may be ruptured and fragments thrown with great force in all directions with serious results to workers and others. The .-tresses to wnich -ri baskets may lie subjected make it Im perative to use material of the best quality and to allow a high factor m -afety, IT (".irrnsive or harmful qinstances introduced into the hydro-extractor as a net essary part of the process, may cause originally good material to deteriorate. The inside and outside of the basket and the inside of the t urb are often .ni with rubber to prevent corrosive action or to retard it. The rubber is vu ciniz-w in place and in applying the rubber. !,r work should be done bv experts be-ease '.thenvi-r there may he igrjv or : the covering and consequent p--'-,- c whirh may not. tie readily detecten. It is always best to obtain and follow the advice of a reliable livdrn-exf i manufacturer in the -election of such machine for any purpose. Possibility of Injury to Operator (4, The possibility of injury m W< operator may be largely avoided bv: j installation nr proper safeguar.-ts. h. Safe -'---i.eiriL' piaaicrs. Safeguards 15, Each extractor basket should be equipped with a metal cover which wiliprevenr the operator reaching into the basket for any reason while the rmcnine i- in motion. In, Each hand loaded or emptied f I'hasc rum to pni>e t't11 S FEBRUARY. 1935 The Safety Exchange ------"A ROUND TABLE IN PRINT"------ The ideas presented here have proved helpful, if you have developed a useful device or method send in a description, illustrated with a sketch, blueprint or photo graph, if possible Hand Rail Guards Well This Paper Cutter The Triple railing guard about this paper cutter in a printing plant is welt iiesmned to keep everyone away from the gears and other movable parts. The photograph also shows a 11inch board .-crewed to the rloor to prevent hand trucks from running into the rail guard: also a rack upon which to place all tools when not in use about the rnaihine. i rete and support the bridge, A life-line rope and angle pieces convenient for work space and tool storage are provided for those who must walk the narrow steel beams and work above the open cylintier. The rope tied on the wedge--maped fitting pieces keeps them from falling on anyone below in case they ?,Valid be knocked oft. The work place mown here, is about 40 feet above the dour level and the damage done by one a' `ht-.w pieies if it fell would lie considerable, Switch for Electric Blasting Increases Safety Here is a safe and reliable blasting .-witch, designed by F. W. Baker. Hope Metals t o., Winkelman, Ariz. The novel feature in its construction is the double pole throw switch. This switch, with the throw handle turned at right angles to the switch blades, is placed inside a wooden box in such a way that the door of the box cannot he closed unless the witch is first disconnected. Thus the ..ontact between the blasting machine and the working face remains constantly Safety on the Golden Gate Marin Bridge The building oi the great bridge over the < Video (late of -in Francisco Bav has afforded opportunity for many safety kinks. Here is a photo, taken bv K. I1.', t loldstine. of the state Compensa tion Insurance Hind ot ( aiitornia, which .-hows a number of safety features about the top of one of the immense dee! o,assorts that hater will be tilled with cmi- Red and Green Lights Tell the Accident Story A.t the entrance to its docks a: < lac.e-.ton, Texas, the Southern Pacific 'team Ship Lines have a large bulletin hoard displaying green and red lights, three of each in three panels showing the safety record for "Today." This Week" and "This Month." If an injury occurs today, the green lights are >-<tineuished ami the red lights Hash on: at the same time the red lights appear in ' This Week" and ` This Month" arid these lights continue throughout the week and month, fin the lower portion of the board is a prominent line reading: AVe have gone -....-- clays without an injury." ( >n a certain day recently this figure was showing 'hat the VO stevedore-, .md longshoremen had worked a total of j! days, or Matin man-hnurs, without a distillling injury. broken. The box. made of one-inch white pine boards, is [tainted reu, with ,i danger sign Penciled on the door. When not in use it should be kept locked, and the key kept by the man in charge ot blasting. Wires from the blasting machine, or any other power source, enter through holes drilled in the but tom of the box. and the lOnract wire- (ne working fare Have through the box top in the -ame manner.--Engineering. Minin? Journal. NATIONAL SAFETY TVfS Light the Danger Zone with Spot Lights The suggestion has been made by the Murray t urporation of America that spot lights i an often lie placed to light up danger wines effectively when they cannot he readily safeguarded otherwist-, Such spot lights can also be em ployed to advantage to light up the vicinity of punch presses and sewing machines where stumbling and billing accidents sometimes occur. However, the lights must hr arranged to avoid glare. Hatchet Won't Slip from User's-Grip The end of the handle is taped that it is somewhat larger than the A Shaper Accident That Can Be Prevented The first picture shows a tly cutter operated on a small shaper with a .1x4 as a stop. The part i- placed against the stop and then presses toward the riv cutter which cuts out a section of the moulding. In most factories, per haps, this would be considered a cafe set-up. But the second picture -hows the eune M-t-up after an accident, which -t-vered several ringers of the employ eeV right hand, A knot in the wuod was the assigned cause: the knot broke and caught berween the verti cal guide hoard and the Hop, jerk- ing the man's hand into the Hitters. A remedy for such operations requires that a curved block be placed directly above, the tly cutter and fastened to the vertical guide. Then, if the mould ing should break and the ringers pro gress toward the fly '.utter, the curve on this block would lift, the man's hand out and around the fly cut ter. A safer remedy would be to have the stop at the end of the Table, and then the man would have the pressure on the moulding strip pulling away from the fly cutter. (The pictures are from I'he Murray Corporation m America Detroit.) diameter of the remainder of the handle. Hiould the handle start to -dip from the user's grip, the taped end will pre vent it flying from his ham! and perhaps injuring somebody nearby. I'he photo graph was i ontrihiited by W, H. Baker, ,'.itfty engineer for j. K, Baker uiiiipuny, Vork, !'a. Safety Wrench for Turning Billets V., , iomi when the billet is turned tar enough for weight to carry it over, thereby eliminating the hazards and an ;dents which might re-ult from the -ire m a .-olid wrench. This sketch is taken irutn Metals Suietv, July. ly.H. Safety Box for Carrying Soldering Acids This little metal box won .r.etai 'handle and double lid contains mvo por elain cups for acid, one of rave ami the other of cut acid. The box is n-rd in the international Harvester < mpatiy Met ormick Twine .Mill.' It i\-Tr> a handy ami sate way of taking - are of soldering acids: when the operator is through using the add he can i inse (he lit), pick the |mx up irv 'he handle inti there is little danger of it -.pining or -piashimr anvone whrie being < uried, Prevent Trouble to V'our Portable Lamp Hern i.-. an idea for preventing mois ture from getting into the eiinnevtinns of a portable lamp and musing trouble. TURNED DOWH-TO K&frP mm OUT OF 1 LAMP .POCKET. This wrem h iius j socket ioim which permits the handle to 'break1' at the FEBRUARY. i`M5 The suggestion, worked out by X. Hnn-oti. engineer for the Xot'th Western Fuel Co., is that a ring be tied to the ex tension cord hist below the handle of the Lamp, When tan in use, the lamp nay thus, he hung .-o 'mu. it will s-.ving m a downward position minimizing the ha nee that moisture will get into the . onnerdons. HO Safety Instruction Cards Practical Safety information for the Man on the Job HESE cards are intended for in Tdividual distribution. They may These "Safety Instruction be carried in the [tucket conven Cards" are printed on white card iently: they will slide into most pasytock, 3 by 5 inches, slightly heavier envelopes easily. Jf tacked on the wall than government postcards. In over a work bench or machine they will nut tear off when a little wind strikes them; several of them can be displayed in a smalt space and t.hev will fit in a standard card file. The same data are nut put on posters, any quantity the price is one cent per card (all of one kind or selection) with a minimum order of 25 Icents. Stamps or cash may be sent with order, or an invoice will be rendered. a? many members have suggested, be- i a use workers seldom have the time to study detailed information when pre sented cm a bulletin hoard. Where data tippearing on the cards is needed for permanent posting and the cards are not large enough for the pur pose. or it is desirable to include it with operating instructions issued on standard letter size paper, the cards may be photo graphed nr planographed. The following topical index of -piety Instruction Lards issued to date has been prepared to aid members in order ing cards which apply rn their own par ticular operation. ^u)^ovt d O.'l 'austio pipp iinos, oponins?: M n n tr.-.i joints ... ..... .......... t; id. -triTihtJrir- -hnndliriH ' i f'l tlUlM v, I nn rr - t * :*-5 7 .. 1-4 ...a I:; The order should specify "Safety Instruction Cards," and give the ;|>ionnUnuiimpl tVbrf-Sseicrst cO,ofpif>v -,tt.hapefiro.cs. ards sele, cted. ---17 . -" E'nvirur mu a* rods ........ ..... M \ tnvinu .tUmUion mcvuiu- s-h'Okmc .... ................ ...... i-f units ......... . --7'..;* Ki-n, UmEr > li'it a p ,, .. ......'.HT> 1 inr pokm * d ftiiu* ................... '(ti.t.sina- rf"M ain I !' tV i 11 i1" -- - 7. i "o MOiaral sua'p'-s* huk .... ................ ~ i Tu Spited ('ernrroi ................................... 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Him <o nruu* .NATIONAL HAFETY YEWS GLASS TUBING Inserting in Stoppers and Rubber Tubing l> iANjf miner injuries / to laboratory work ' ^ er o'* e.'iysM by the tfk - breakage of qiatt lub- j jf \ l ,fi<? *hen inserting it n V..\^ 1 -' '" '7 GL/ sappers <?r rubber tub mg, Most of these m- jurist or* net serious, but Ihere it always o possibility of permanent iniury if a tendon a cut or 11 the wound becomes infected. Observe tars* lew simple instructions. t N*vf atten-pt to insert tvb.ny bo<nq u lUnjqid end, i. Cut the tutting 10 it has O S-re-ith lure, lhn ii# *etiin Jt. II <1 ronnek fe* fir# poi>;hid, then ferret th* edge wiin o i'ie 1 lor* In* hole m th* linpoei large ene.'jfe in obtain it snug M w-looMt lert.ng- Srert tuOber tuning w<-l,.h .( S>,t il.rjhUu smaller A ,},i5m*t*r tfecjn tfe* tube 4- Use water, loop solution, gi*c*rin#, s" vaseline os <t lubricant end tarr* in* tube into the feo'e or a ratating motion S th* stupper should be grasped lirmtr '* on* nand .id She oioti tvO.ng with th* elner os illustrated iiwejs 'i'"' rh* libmn irem *"* ne>m wf th* ir'-io hnip.ng -<* stnopet m1 -uofitr tubing. {%$) insthucuon cau No. 287 EXPLOSIVE RANGES OF OASES Ignitien f'f '.I **t <am P*f v*Atlw<ii 11 A.r M A>f a ..'etvWne At<"<shr?l Vopor ShfU.a* I' ;`lfjui Senrol V,.por A,e/Han Duu-ufe'd# Carbon Monorio* l,' eol fther r ,pnr t thylwn* Cti'SKri-n Hv riroqe n Veltr?n Penton* Tulupf W-iini cVjs > - it? :a. 48 f-fc 6 Downwaras O- ?S e - 2) iilawn wards 4 - -'i ' *V-r> ? H T* If 2.V S T `i - 5 A . A, .' T AO - f J.6 2S - i ft Dsi t.<> - C0 .; s T ? US 1 4-n ?.*> - **, t:2 12.7 : T5 - 4 1.? S - 6b.i (^ ^'I .suhuOioncard No. ^90 r~ ACID TANKS C le-on-na Out Large fanks -`n-'e s hint Nec*SSurv lor vVj,-t*r t"fn' T "*nt j-5-lS .- p-, ,s (.4 *rn C- >f for or* rsprmfvi w*l#r!s ni *,,:j`^S v`* tnme nri thBunsmvns .i-'-rnisanly. ,i. A., .i burnt. *. Acid C|,ng QfC`"-**ntnlly ri/n ,wtn tjjrsE wh*ie U. is Dkufty 2thing itftn pr(?ir-.iVA *n4jipment S.jrh 04 gciagies end qlavpi. Jh*n proceed -H tpilows t ein*,rl>*ovijhe nt,**; -''*!'--*-*- ---'ll1"* 0* o*n-?.*'n1'i:l* *nt4n,*,'i*i5j n-*,i LINEMEN Cara of Leather Equipment |'HE proper ear* of safety belts end safety strops t r*fy unpurtaflt, Mony seftaus accidents hare occurred because these huve not been in proper j-ndrtioa Her* or* some suggestions for keepl"1 rviut safety belts oats strops m good con dition: L (feiitgija1.rnrs<*tittsitoaiuwtanagtro-tr*f*rrnerot vcrieestsafeatry bmeslpt eermteidt rS*lgrbyo. ris* belor* using (hem An cum.* *! pretaniinn <s better than a pnantj at Cer* * ttnmple* Never eltow o*lt t* be eiposed to etcessiie Heot, Tv ihrnwiflcy it over a steam call or rodioter L> dry ''Her desy s eii ,n the rain. It ihesrirf be wged ah with o clean rug umd a iignt dressing tti "eolstaot oil nppLed the* allow t to dry at roam Ur-peentar* ' Keep belts out f th# range ai blow torrheg, they lirKw o* intense ort (nr feeTond th* visible flame, snm* straas ha.e been su uursen tun way that Iheiy entire strength it lost < Merer punch etrn hates ia the solely belt or strop. ? Sells o"d drops thoa'd *e*r be dropped sr thrown irnm the poie to <n* i|iov" 4 JJ a belt or- tofflv tlrnp is 0- C'dentafly c.t with o ,jr owt-ml* nr snorp t-sni <t thovM be immeiSfotel* ' Sells sheirld be starts m inmni (omouriinents r Kyfig within the truct Never throw them on th# floor te true* * tfeer mor r-om# m contact with "nrowar* OT shq-rp toms >Kif iSi Cut at Injure hem Dof not nep*f": TM the o>sd test hr determining th* strength of th* belt. * ^' ove-rJ siatlellevnbteletsaro*-nnrjvesr-lyrnp>sc osonyiySu-ld b# washed end Jjlj sireir msieucnoN c**o No. 288 COMPRESSED AIR i>rcjcticoi Joltei ^"OMHRESSEO air whwn ml^uMeu can bn* t*itrpniftly dangerous. Thfi fftliaw who iitei to piay practical foUs and places an air hose against the body of another worker--a practice known os '-.loosing '--n't possib,v realize the danger of this wlid prank or he wouldn't da it. The internal Injury that usually re sults is agonizing and is almost always fatal. Sm"g states have already classified the practice as a criminal offense. Never, under any circumstances, aim an air hose at anyone- Remember that atr under pressure will pass right throuqh the : lathing. : 5JtFTY INSTRUCTION CARD No, 2? I HANDUNG EXPLOSIVES hVnpqr.nn the 8la*t With Cap and Fuft? IN pfeoji'f^ "or any shot, or terAi nt sHats, tgeof .noi*,nnj must fie apruJered. however there or# "se rules whi'S apply ^flrwfe*f*. 'r ; - i*-*, '- > 4 use ' `ietCi-Rr-t or i se .. iu.Ibsi# ut-i'-tp' t? rtttocfr atati-ng roru ta Xi* 'n* as* * fiMfri, m j* w fc4*g them it 1 'iff Udinstiierj ><,|i.tjp**f*rse'imnremo* tlf'ijomj eaa<tth ovr fenytts 1 ;"! |>* ( ,,-.,at"..t,jte <n ,f.stntt n* n fe-fiil.og Arr-v nintfijijj caot n <j &, e, gfit marie ler *hai {.'poS# not iome'r >n vouf po:kss ,. Hnroi* fefiRStlng i.uiD ijerMr ot *u times <I,,f tut* t/juvi* ecrati--net *> e u-ini, < -i 1..1 H1<*1 O- Iwn nf i*i frt l tie S.,* sr* : V : *-fvn nri i4tcf ugomst ,iJjewjtmg iy*'t , c-`t tim# is r}*t m *rm trait 4..., ,4* (A , h iOe stick : 1 --?i C-* *tp'oi* iirt^i the oim n-,i*s iiir f* E; ;? f..,t s*v siosiing r-np* Iv^fl atauiid ,. -* ,4 mi u-esed ufi by -.'uloren **r- --r*-4 w*io do not r*a '(ft the>r ii..ni>#r. KfeTf !NbfRUCTrim t *iu No, *94 BRUSH PAINTERS Lead Poisoning BSERVANCE of tft following sug O gestions will hefp you to avoid lead poisoning: I. Eaf a good breakfast tit tit* memjng. (jrini milt at meals, and between meals, if possible. 2. Do not eat meals in a room whieb is being painted. i. Keep dirty fingers out of your moutH and off food going into your mouth. 4, V/osh hands, arms, and face *ith warm .-rater and soap before eutmg. Clean lips and nnse mouth before eating or drinking, If you have a mustache keep st short- Do not wear a beard. 0, Keep 'finger nails cteon, cinij cut short. < Do not chew tobacco at gum while at wort. 8, Avoid th# use of <nto*ii-ont$ as a person u*mg alcohol is more likely to contract lead poitoninp. `'t. fnkm a full bath with warm water and sflap -it least twice a week. (0, ICwep bowels moving reguiorfy--t least once a -joy. It. Wear a cop, overalls and |ump*ft whii* at wirt. Da not wear your waning clothes i*ut trow vour woriintj olace. UK" WSWUCTION CARD No, 23V DRIVING VEHICLES 'Atting Out f-lnres AX,,.;'Kotect.en *o vuuff/i v^ui vehiew 7, ir (4 or niwaiai* rmo^rlonc* that w.jfftjnq iiqtiai be piocea iMMfcDlATPtV af-er YUUf vehicle stops oi the highway, o* not raa' thaa Av* feet at* the highway, ot fright. Flores should be set out iMMhDfAff-LY after stopping. Even it th* stop is un of only o *>wmmutes. Garry fiores so thev are rendy for immediate use; keep them ,n first-class condition. 'J`veck supply ot beqinn.ng 0t o^ch trio: make suiu vou {*oe enovab to lost w**ll* cmti feooir .* uemn Observe these instructions! I. '.iff FlMf our iMVtCHAlHT fto* nil secengs s,oui3 h* the llmrf t ` l" suiting o-.i ftnr* p-sc* i>l inirlf mil 1 Ic-i* belor* : boil, *nis ftsnl*r* r-i. I-----1 feeing ilrvc* b* poinng tiiX>is. I'JOO f*fi| one in ire*t of vehieln nna ulss veiucte ii r-Mf-jing ii*mrr,btes e-rv* at th* :f,Ui ">S t ;Vhi?" neret f *iot in meted botes keep In* key w`(n th* camlion i*y w*ere it wi,j not b* linjni!n. 4 if (ruck is tnfiy.Ag tlommnb>ei <,r>r s-e^ig n* pltco ni S'fle c> Irurk- )>* i,d* lier# tfeo-u be t `<K*d in c#Mv nt rued obot Sa or w! t*t eth no truck GJ,'; lAtnY iNsrucTion No, T-12 LOCOMOTIVE CRANES `Sieom ciKven t Inspection Cneck List .,gs g,> ,sg niii t~ .i-.-mpiuu'Pus piece ? inai ,onr . .ti.i#S f. .iti1,r.ote.a L't n-1 Sir ' !t''3 i -''"-ditto's / , Wachinerv r.*>udmg sheaves, well |ubficatj? No V:-U*e mh No nom jiortti aj bnmrM n gann operdtina ufia.M#/ Uf 'ia.is n* aoqltn >-* unv uth*r irm.i ir jo'ety tfovtcev. see knot tn*v at m ggod order,) Cob wnf'i ftro* ranf and windows in go .,, f Wnrnmrj gang -fe.4St o' "orn wau-vs traooriyf , fto-iwr- sniffty .jiv.j i.ipi.-rntot ireol; and 'S set to bAw r-"d S* r.`rrmrii s-.-o mnr nn arcisvrt> RreSsijffr ouuyig cleon and -n noon ofiswr; Water mug* gloss C'ts" ong /J.#a*ly , ln.,.,i*v in liauil tjourntmo tt,n<jrt.o* > . Latch 0" ijr.t}0, Qrtpr oooretes freely oo holds iwr I'gfrth Signs wr,,**!-n Bjti*r>st. r o.ng oe crane r.ui cinm j-nd r B'.'O Visible? A) i -ght'd tar -ant aoer-nt'* \f,-f * --3d No. 295 Annual Report of the Treasurer National Safety Council COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEETS--DECEMBER -SI. 1934 AND DECEMBER M, 1933 C.iiKRtiNi' A:-shTs: ( \ish ........-- Notts Receivable ........ A:mm ts K ecti v an 11 t Including Billings In December tor January Dues) ........ Inventory of Supplies.. Assets ft V 4t A-s at ti^r O, 19 *4 0. 1933 i '.ii.vi i KM U i ,"AV f>u 4H,7`P,d' '4 6`-> 24.04 .G. 298 07 (ncrmsi' Ui-preaiiL' < " IOH.HK \ D05 ^0 U,02b.77 ! 78 % 1/65.50 G k 711.U1 ( HI 1 fill AsMi s SptYftd ( ash Bund R f.-p t escrrtm.K `>c < of the ma<mr (Ash Krrcipts from De i-ember C t'-'M. m Aecmdance v fh Prs.-fittiun *4 the Ex t u 11 \ e < '.iin> fjuUee. *v'Vc'iiiiei Pi ivis-4 ...... .... \ jMoiwtL Safety < utincil Reserve Fund Investments --M irket Value at Dc v<- m bto i. ^ i, * :A j 24 ,jrui 5? 7. svs i Tmvol* t;.; fash ................... Osh iu Lh'i'n-.i Bank \ imcf Funatmer .m<i E M u I p !U cu f, I < Depreciation .......... . f'nnunu Mdchineiv. ! e>Depredation Deferred fharee* "6,6.'0 s, '*h,lO tKjJdd.nu lU.Vf. : ml L - i " CN,) Kofi.ol vOO S6S/>2 siu?l)0,00 i io Mt Io 2o L'U.FOl 7 j >.j 5 v 1 1 s. '<-i ! ".3 11.00 i `0f on 71 agi.-ly i -i8n )(} ? 20.815.2 I 52"/20 J6 t rtnu NT l.lABIUTtFS: Liabilities ft H i\t A* i flI*c. XU I9U n*i\ -5t. 1933 Nntcs E'ayablc--Soulrt-d bv f oUatcrai..? 81H.65M4 i nsec tiled -............. VlouuIs Payable ........ Accrued Expenses ........ .TILUJO KVHT87 ;il)6,00 888-00 \225.10 20 7,72 Inereaso Ofcreaw 12.68 518,657.14 688,0(1 .V'41.25 S 12.68 $7.1,586.57 Tutui Current JJa- iulrfres ...................t< 'i.TNO.H-' Deterred Income ..........i P.,x6 EuihU Held bv Yxfmiuil P.ifefy C'luncd As Cus- Indian i'<*r rhe Accident Preven t m mi Equipment M .i n u fact u rn s A 'UMa<hiu .... . ."'O ' ! Krsf::.:V ts] Ei nure ' '.-mo Mom- bets 1 .cy.i fie- fii't-ciahori of '< amfies ................... ' ' 1 jOo.na surplus - ....... i 1. s 8 5. s ? E'hffe is ,t .'untinrent IdsHiUp' >f O'- S'* nr reduc- non of rental tor , tj it's Ivis2 ,tfid ' n; a, 11- pend eat JDMll M'txr-Aui >f tvisr ift ) H Mx >2" UhV mV 0,01 K,4 1 t u'bsb-FOti i:. i XO 6 7 521,575.6-1 682.57 Ad' 8,-816.00 6 4 60 ill 'rt-.lVi 62 256.2': ' \ '' \'II * I , X ' Si M. UUX! , ..._ . . r.. va i "ill 1' ' i -.\hOj Ln ^ hi.:, 'in s ( ; 6,709,22 -- , :-------- --- --- __ ---- - V' _ --... STATEMENT OF REVENGE AND EXPENDITURES Fur die War Ended December 41, 1034 Revenue [xdufr! b V-f5' Df\jv`<a .mj Votaiiai Xitrtv New-- PeSii.; vdetv Division .................................. -...... r Department ...................................................... M--u-li.iisc'-nK ''.ties uu'h -ts Booklets Bulletin Board . v, X. 1 (, dr ;.Dsr. ft*' < lUtUfS' -Uhi Tr.ms.l["tHlns ............ .... FBI ms .uivi slides; .............................................. . ........... prmtme Department Gmpcs n <>b<*r i>f\nnm*nK . O; D a.Ov ' Expenses -r Prmtme Department . .. 28 Interest-Av.* ........................... *---- ------ D^sv -u }-vfX`.ndui;rL'v Hvcr Revenue dYanstVrreJ i 'vii plus A'. i"-nt . . I 6 * 6 1 * 6 ; it 7 vU so ni'vi US.S V f 1 " E V ' i: :< I s' so ! .tht.ih -Ofus. IWcmher .Surplus Account DO f nunhutionx from Memhe'" *' < `-i.tmvctu.v Kmd . D--Avr*.- Frees-; .if Expenditures Over Revenue foi \ I rsdtd December *o ` -. .Mvuv D-i'cinhf.-r ` i * - ; ......... ............... Expenditures Industr.n '<fx-ty Dmsh.ir .uni I'vmtmnidi s.iietv Nevv-- Cd'-G: ' fetv i.I'vrsstiM . .............. P : Deroirnrent ____ __ __ ___ Misteilaneous Expendmuo fo BoiTiers huiicun Boards. \itv F'-irkcr. VJi-ndut, e-tc. .. . ? -urnc-v ind Tr.insactiiHK , ........ ..... G- .ad slide's ... , , ........... i HD h --oFD.fH,. y m.p'd 6 JS'I) ^ - U.WO' TUi,,007.R*' : o', j68 cc . .6 701).6- . v .JllO t-v . : 7 06 ` . I T)0,u.. U vx624 mm- u'ui;cd t:.:v ii-Aunuts "t the Nation/! >unvi t. -! '.-t'P-'Hi or `I'O VBi >i .! I i f c-tv ? wij.i. t( ,is i* fT'O^-ubi F a p-.s- cd Dtcembn n >'.<mp4iu itut pvr. in mir oohiu'h. j'l.isrd upon tnr r-xaminaen Kovr-nur ,mi,i Expenditure f.iiflv nresro-. sRYBl R VtM/l'NV ^ FuMFANY, r d-rtmed Public .'mcAuntanuu WTTONAL SAFETY YEWS I 35 LeRCUROCHROME (dihmm-axymeicuri-fluorescein-sodium) is especially useful not only for the first aid station hut also for the home medicine cabinet. 'Even minor wounds may become infected when antiseptic treatment is de layed. '[The prompt use of an antiseptic is an important preventive meas ure. Be prepared with Mercu rochrome for first aid care of all minor wounds and abrasions. In more serious eases a physician should be consulted. flYNSOX. WESTCOTT & UrXMXf;. inc. Baltimore. Maryland FEBRUARY. 1935 Industrial Health A Non-Technical Symposium for Physicians and Laymen Beyond the Hurse*$ Routine By OMILEE D. BRADFORD, R. N. fisloit Irntt Wnvicx, iieloii, Wts, k E- EM PLOY M EXT physical ex aminations have given us a dearer understanding of many accident aitses. We art1 realizing stow that we have MJtnet imes placed the - art before the horse. How can the industrial nurse heip in correcting this situation? It is generally accepted that about Ha per cent of our safety effort must be put across in terms of education. If correctable detects as shown by the medical examination point the way to preventing many incidents. who would he better fitted tor this type of teaching than the nurse? By virtue of her pro fession -Tte is srhooled to teach the preservation of life from the pre-natal state to old age. The nurse has been in close contact with people in Holiness and in health in all the many phases of life, She has ministered m those who are sick in mind as well as in body. The nurse looks upon those she con tacts in her daily work not as individuals discarded as unlit or unsafe because of age or physical impairments bur as per sons to b>e taught and nursed back to health and usefulness. To the industrial leaders, let rne sa.y that the nurse, hacked by the medical profession, can do much to prevent acci dents Iiv teaching that health is the power ami the iflory of iiving, and that lack uf understanding of the human machine and its requirements is one of the primary reasons for ill health. Through pre-employment examinations we are beginning to realize that correct able impairments of the human machine are responsible tor an appalling number of accidental injuries. We will assume that every industry, whether employing five *h son men, gives pre-employment physical ex.iminaTc~. The 'hidings -omnded in tbes records, with the cooperation of the management, provide the foundation tor the nurse'- health building p-ogram, When we began our health program in to.?", i found that most of our em ployees were not health conscious. They did not realize that they needed medical or dental care. They were interested in i rime, .-ports and their own hobbies hut not in their own teeth and tonsils. It was difficult to make them realize that infections in these parts might be caus ing their lumbago, and not stooping to pick up a rope. For the benefit of thos- who maintain health departments but regard the nursed duties as limited to nmiinr first aid. let me refer to a case history which will illustrate how physical ailments can affect not only the `rmperamem >! rhe individual hut the type of work he does. Xu two persons -'an be managed the same way. The nurse learns to appraise not only the physical condition "f the individual but also his mental and emo tional development, A Friend in Need (trie morning Mr. A. tame to the firstaid department. 1 greeted V-- , Th a cheerful lioorj morning, and wnnt max i do for you.'' Through force or habit 1 -canned hi* hands for -ante dun >n injury but saw none. But 'her<......- fire m his t-ve- and resentment m . - "Ha a* he -aid, -I hate rhe word c.uTs;;' and all it stands for. It's the mu>t used and abused word in rhe Fmrlish .anguage, Hi nee this shop has gone safety mad it s been going to she dogs ami believe me when things pick up these -mart alec foremen are going ro have 'heir eve<>petied," When he paused for breath, f said. "Why Mr. \,, you seem to have a lot on "nr mind. Won't you please ty-il me a hat wri.oa: Perhaps ! can help ; i > U. < 'liming flown a little. Sir cod `I've had -itch a headache and pains in rny joints that 1 haven't been able to sleep for a week, and my hands were, so shaky that i made a slip and scrapped a piece of work. n> L am sent home for a week - punished as if 1 were a naughty child, and it's my wife and kids that will have to suffer. Nurse, i don't knoev what this world is coming to. ft looks like a losing battle for the working man," By this time 1 had checked over his physical examination record. The fore man had seen merely a negligent work man - rapping a piece ot work. I rov physirarwreck on the verge of a com plete breakdown. His history read: t !irmpiovcu . T--' J ' ' , e'v. Much widenveueir. Visum poor, c-chc U- -wth i-i.!-- hut .luuid he ns cb<\M*o c -iuv t.i - -1 - " ! vm! .volien,. Five1 ,ii,' cuiij- i . t,: 1'iieaion. 'mould mu- dentist wtttuiiir delay. Heart rate rapid. Blund pr--, w . iv. n i: ::Nv .:.-;a. i >\ I lus : ,,m ;s uust'n under- .h,unshed. n .- physuai iimenu rue. '<, c.i 1 his "a-!:-, .-1-i I believe he veil prove a ........ rn l"i -i i w itnlcS- ..li v corrective measures. Rechecfc six months. i looked into this man's eyes .sympa thetically and said, f never interfere with the foreman - decisions bemuse he must know his w>>rk better than i do. hm 1 reel dreadfully .unity. ! have fallen down shamefully mi 'he y-b. I -hould be sent home tor a week without ;>uy :n>te,ifi of v"` \' t ne-iitn '.ocher I should have Hen able <> make you realize long ago what was needed. Its no wonder vott are shaky and Hunt .Jeep nights. I 'lease- take your ounkh- :nent, a ha ;; in ur w-c ; "MV in likewise. 1 '< Home uni talk tntnsts over with your wife. Then come hack, in the morning osti -ee me. ' .Ns ne it-ft I .-aid. If you are short "i binds, go to your foreman. He is a line fellow and will OK an advance on your check.' Next morning he was 'he one with a beery "Hood morning,'' He said with a .-mile. "Nurse, you're the best friend a guy ever hari. \ mi surely made me "t-e things in the righi wa\. But I didn t ell my wife 1 was iaid Mr because i i rapped a piece of work. ( m`d her i v is --irk -ind tyasn f going hark to work I'lrmc turn ro pa^r > WrroNAL SAFKTl* Since 1931 -- J Inland -WAY tooo "*" Floor Plate Has /;Filled fhe Bill a Inland 4-Way Pattern Since February, 1932 INLAND 4-WAY--fhe most impor* tant improvement in floor plate in decades--was announced by Inland in October, 1931. This new floor plate was far in advance of any plate made; if met the need for a better, more service able steel floor plate. Its new 4-Way pattern gave if 4 advantages which could not- be secured elsewhere: 4-Way Safety (equal resistance to slippage 4-Ways instead of twol; 4-Way Matching; 4-Way Drainage; Remember the First Inland 4-Way Floor Plate Ad? October, 1931 Extra Stiffness. Many users of floor plate imme diately changed to 4-Way. Many who could see no advantage in the available steel plates over competing material now began to use steel floor plates for the first time--Inland 4-Way. Today there are hundreds using Inland 4-Way Floor Plate for a great variety of purposes -- wher ever a foot or wheel may slip. INLAND STEEL COMPANY, 38 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois. CODE INLAND ABLE SER:VANT OF THE CENTRAL WEST STE'Strip firt Plate ...tructurals Pjtinn Track FEBRUARY, 1935 Mine s Safety Program Includes the Schools F.W '! immunities otter a ureater cuui compensation for the Koppers t oal F variety of inviting hazards tn !. hilriren than a mining town, in i 'ompanv. turned to the (education division of the National Safety t 'ounril most cities and towns the principfaolr help and had copies ot -afety menace to child life is the automobile. Education distributed among the .140 A mining community has vehicular traf teachers in the communities. Mr, f.ight- fic. too, and in addition many other fnot and Miss Houghton then under dangers which--are unknown in urban took the preparation of an outline of centers. These are a source of anxiety ,-afety instruction adapted particularly io mine officials and parents alike. to the needs of a mining community. Mine property is not fenced in. and The first edition of this outline was pub ripples, railroad trestles and slate dumps lished and distributed, but the authors seem to have an irresistible fascination were far from satistk'd with their first for adventurous youngsters. Blasting attempt. The pamphlet was then sub taps, which are used in large quantities mitted to the Education Division tor in underground operations, may fall into review and many valuable suggestions the hands of those who do mu realize were incorporated in the revised edition. their dangers. Moreover, people in min \ mining community, you must re ing communities are somewhat isolated member, is in a i,lass by itself, it is and the facilities for safer forms of recre neither rural or urban, although it has ation are limited. some of the problems of both. The The Koppers # Oat ornpany telt a population of the communities surround reai responsibility for the protection of ing the Koppers' operations is of a mixed 10.000 children in the ,<0 communities nature, with the Anglo-Saxon -'rain in Wist Virginia. Kentucky and Penn predominating. Many of them have sylvania covered by the company's oper lime from isolated mountain farms and ations. For many years the i ompanv have traits peculiar to mountaineers. had carried on an energetic and effective tn the past, sw of the parents have safety program in the mines and about displayed a stolid indifference toward the three years ago in was felt that the '-afety of their children. If they wanted safety instruction should be expanded to play on the tipples and mine oars, `cm to include the schools ana homes. parents reetned to regard the thole .Miss Florence Houghton, who had matter with fatalistic calm. recently come to the' company as social Against this obvious handicap ...e:-. worker, discus.-ed the problem ot safety were leriain offsetting advantages. The with many of the school teachers in these people in the mine towns ate mtivti Ns- (ommunities. few of them had any "Ophisticated than < ity folks. Their knowledge of the subject. Nome of them recreational facilities are less varied and had -sen the white belted safety patrol afety presumed with entertainment boy? in the . dies .and they knew tbat makes : stronger hid for their :/'e>e>,,(. uitomnhiie clubs provided safety p .-ter- i' ;vi- -o,in foiiuii s- has been tar -r for e-iioo) use. but safety instruction as part of the school curriculum was prac tically unknown to them, The "ufety inspectors for the < cti- pany visited the schools and gave e u'etv talks before teachers and pupils. The teat Iters tnd the loiinty superintendents were enthusiastic about the plan bur rbev had no class room materials and hadn't the faintest idea of how rn go iboiit sod) a program. Here, / -eiued. was an e/'remejy fertile field for the extension of a safety program. Thomas K. Lightioot, engi neer in charge of accident prevention in many an industrial community, that the -afety lessons learned in school are t arried into the homes. Time after time the mine mretnen have reported in stances showing that the safety thoughts taught m the classroom extended to the home and down into the mine. The lesson outline prepared tor the guidance of teachers presents a suggested vthedule for eight months of the year. The first month includes traffic hazards, and the -uceeedine monthly lessons (.over tirst airl and safety in the school grounds, home safety, mining town Hazards, inside school hazards, town -afety, transportation, and summer pre- i an (ions. The teachers and school super intendents have entered heartily into the program and have welcomed the Md nt the Koppers ('oal ( .ompanv. 1 ae t hild- ren have also shown a ktv crest in the safety subject matter ' t basely tied up with their even The copies of Safety Edccajuj eagerly read by the teachers who unit , them many helpful ideas for the class room. Safety instructions have added much to the school curriculum which is both interesting and practical. In connection with the school safety program, the company has organized a junior Safety League, A definite club organization is recommended for schools with officers, committees and regular meetings and a definite program. Every opportunity is taken to stress the slogan of the League. "We're for Safety/' More than 1O.UO0 buttons have been i-sued Sv the company to members. The Kuppers ('oal Company feels that- rhese -rhool -afety activities ire a v,;/:- uble part of the whole industrial -sietv program. While the i ompanv direct and definite interest n to.team* its employees and their children at home and at recreation. / A ,iis, realized aa. many a valuable -afety les-on reacae- a worker through his children, and also that when many of those now attending ' bool hnd '-molovmeiu ' e . 1 hev will already - ;ti*tv- --.i>iu>d. NATIONAL .-vALETY NEWS S A F E. T Y SERV 1C e: T A M M lfBll 1 ITI ""^e ORIGINAL water soluble 1 #*% IN IN v< I base, tannic acid burn treatment The double D carton. 1:--His oje. lubes ihe smqrLe D carton, The above illustration shows TANNOID in units--for use in Unit Dressing First Aid. TANNOID i also available in " or. Tubus, Of. tube* HE Tannic Acid Treatment for make this treatment available to First TBurns needs no introduction. Its Aid in the form of TANNOID, the water effectiveness in the saving of life and soluble jelly containing 5% Tannic in the minimizing of scar tissue means Acid. a real saving in your compensation. TANNOID is equally effective both The Davis Company was first to in tlrstaid and subsequent treatments. You may be sure of the value of TANNOID to you. Introduced by Davis in 1926; its regular use in many well known companies since then proves its quality and dependability. TANNOID was "Years Ahead" TANNOID is "Time Tested" Write for your copy of TANNOID BULLETIN No. 118 FEBRUARY. 1935 DAVIS EQUIPMENT CO., INC. CHICAGO, ILL. NEW YORK CITY HOUSTON, TEX. DAVIS EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., Sss frianeitep and Lot An*el*t, Cat, <8 m A DYNAMITE CAP 70 MILES AN HOUR! >/ jwav never need to drive vour ear this fast, wav never encounter the Jra- t>htlie emerpeuev aeserined AvAr, hut it''ton :i is 'assurin'/ to knove a hat | ... P : ,,-j/ a,/ranee in snreiy Genera/ Motors en/ineerin/ time pros, ties _/:> y-st j X IHb dust and heat the careening ears I went flashing by, running the tests on Knee- Action at the General Motors Proving < Jround. No question about comfort--the bounceless, jariess, marvelously poised giide-of-a-ride over even the roughest stretches certainly proved that. Safety, mm--what about that? What hap pened when the car piled into loose gravel at (>()? What happened when it hit a humpin the road or a v\ ater-tilled chuck-hole? Xothimi / < >keh, what's the toughest emergency, then TM a (rout wheel blowout at high speed? Good, try that! They drove a speeding ear over knitefike obstacles set in the road. The tire let go with a bang. But nothing happened. Maybe that was because the drivers knew what was coming, had time to get set. So this time we put a percussion cap -- dynamite -- inside the tire -- tired it with a switch from behind the driver when least expected. hveil this time -- no violent lurch, swerve, stagger--no steering w heel tug that couldn't he handled-- that car with Knee-Action held the roau under safe control -- simple cased down to a straight-line stop. ."v :*ifiuitr\\ *.-* tt tmu i a nh n y:>< v.Mj i m-. n HIM i \ itRkst u. ,i. m;xiXM/rM! I * \* V & N ' * nou-i*t< Motors '. v luphont v UMiCfftS Sumi.t'. * " i* M, h S. t. N K,(l-Basic Khu-Netwmk General Motors A Public-Minded Institution .1 ynu %huuld read; ft tflh the rtill wary ni hat/' A*<* iftiatt atienitrs, u'hy i: ua- tie- and what tt tgr van. he>r t unt oj.'U, a <idre c; i aunmer ftewarrh Staff, iisttrmi .SJathr'- Detroit ctttw koi tt r pn \ ria< HtRlARY. I'G5 u UJSM OKI 1.1- HI'K.K IA SAI.I.K f : V Oil I M The Bulletin Board A page for those who maintain the Show Windows of Safety Conducted by STAN KERSHAW A Poster Contest Always Arouses Interest 44"pHHRK is no doubt that our JL home-made poster contest stimu lated interest in safety, it also stave the -:ifety committee a good chance to study the attitude of the workers toward the safety movement," writes W. W. Keen of Thomas M. ko\,il y t'o,. Phila delphia. Lack >*f artistic skill was no handicap in this mutest, for the judges were in structed to i>ase their decisions on two main points: ill Originality of idea; (.?! Forrefnlness in putting the idea across. Such a contest not only stimulates interest in safety in a general way. but also makes it necessary for each con testant to give serious thought to the fundamentals of safety in order to de termine the most etfecoive appeal, in addition, it keeps the bulletin boards alive with material of local interest, for much .-timuiating propaganda may be used while the campaign is in progress, i'pon its completion, there are ttsuallv enough ;hs eptahie posters to last for utne rime. fn such a contest it is obviously im portant to keep the rules as .ample as possible, md it w,mid - appear that the safety ootnmittee "f I'hornas ,\1, Koval fv t'o,, did a good job in this respect. Here is the announcement: 'I.:h- -.wy. ( < I-;rr> Tti-:,- -nrwut,< Home- M.uif FiVf miiilars w si S yiu-u w mM prize, The \\:!! >r(l,iLUir,ri ,irui l.lsl tintll ''''piemhf-r *0 Mewt s Humpntevs, (TiAt rj .mU Hoi low.tv tu\r KT1! :iv . i `T H-'Vr Ik,;;;;' TV PVT/ - Kim Win i'H.iy ;<u pall til v lviTlllt} `Mr winnci. Pf-sfr--- Ty , j . up fm 5" , . j'ochcv IT- . >fih........* p" Ml its ofl whjf'fi Uu,` po-fc-rs V-II hf- 'udprd .iff: i!) )ro>in ihrv ot hkv ( '1 po-. f-!, 'ills ,uTi.^ It vou have more than one idea, avud m as nunv posters you want to. The only* tuk* is That thev must he about S A b 1'- V Tt 1,1 to put a real kick into his safety bulletin hoard displays. He ran get action shots, snapshots of good and poor housekeep Copies of these rules were handed to every employee and the mutest was written up in the mmpany magazine. The individual members of the safety mmniittee further stimulated interest by talking up the contest in their respective departments. Here are some of the poster options that were entered by the ..ontestants. They serve to give mmr idea of the thought, that ,-ome of them gave the subject: infrfpuii uuv Ir.id fu .tinpuiufuni'. Report dll inmnrs HHtf h.Hr u'tclii hr.tird ,|1 cur. A uuv mlatch without proper attention nuv t mse v-iM tO iusr a! aim- S.ltVfV I\t, IanI nlwiTVS. c .irrirNOir'"- ; rhcouiff i at to w /. . _ Yu need not he an to draw vtt'ety Olr- Hf pioiit-ei Liaise huf `oih p-i "Ours [o lollop , V<-u (>lti hiiwl Vmj in the s.iH-ry icupur. When d pi .ink hr<o-nir< j r.utt\ uy -i\ fiuf rurtain ,uk1 l'twio nurhr wuhotif. .ir rnutre. Thf* ptwi.or uina :m ho irspd vvirh much in almost ,mv com- fAiny. lanrc **? small, h \< nut costly, and in fact is probably more productive of erood results per dollar invested than many other interest sttnuibuinsr pin ns. ing. portraits of plant, personalities, rec ords of good versus bad equipment and :t hundred other kinds of subjects. if it is impractical or roo costly m enlarge many of the photos, there is a very effective way to use the small prints. All that is necessary is to obtain one or more inexpensive viewers . iinsisting <u t print holder and magnifying glass in ;t fixed position, and mutint these inside inrl against the glass windows of the enclosed bulletin hoards at about eve height. Kvery body will want to stop and take a look at the pictures placed in these holders, if a typewritten explanation is needed for each picture, paste it. m fasten it with adhesive tape m the inside "f the window just below or to .me -trie of the viewer. Safety instruction Cards for the Bulletin Board KKW members have asked AVhv A not furnish safety instruction cards in poster -b:e for nnsting on bulletin boards?" The first impulse is to reply that they are not produced for that (maxis*- hut Making Good Use of the Miniature Camera some members have special reasons for wanting to use them as posters and find that the cards are a little too small for THT: miniature camera has come into Its own .-met is riding , w ice of this use. c-inte there are ia.jvmnt `-e.H-.r,-. : t popuiarity, it is convenient to ,rryo, iHinmng vi is.-ue the * arris in the T : ir is nor costly to operate, it can be used inch size, d is suggested to all who want in places where it would he impractical ,nme of them ;s~ large :t~, powers that to use a large camera, and enlargements 'hev have enlarged photostat? made. an be marie of choice snapshots. In oifety work, these cameras offer t new opportunity, esperiailv now that ccvtremeiy fast lenses and dims are avail able with which photographs an he 1 heiy anyone to look at a bulletin board containing a dozen ouster? for thirty seconds, walk away, and then tell you more than ten words that are on it. Don r .praid :r. -ohm:r v-mr pt'icK rv>-n '"T- v ' *,< T* s- ..La and *..>m. .ku.ihod r*T miiimjr it over are all tb.u nutter. taken iiniT-r only bghdng condition?. kite sste'v ""in v.To to'e; c tmera in his iiip pm ket ian lake aavar.tage ..t unusual opportunities -o gr-' -trikina pictures; picun.s that will enable him i i,-..v. t'l-dd v-. oiit ui) !,ftti:- mat ...i not op'd with -'uelv, I he\ ilia;1. r,e the means of attrncung people y'"1 would not otherwise reach. '- A (TOWI SAFETY :AF\VS A F Al": 1 fter irst id . !H!t!....IT RA>N s Thf Uiu-I #*** J'""' > " ,hi > a T u,d ^,,,le u'"- til KiUcJ >'>J| i........t...ii.,.s .l(vu, ie, uwt>. i,,oi year iit iiS;iisf.ti;| i)\ .......... lt. ,,, say h ****' $ "nhw thought thau ab lauts usually tM" "'! Return for Treatment |1| || the other fellow. " Until Tour Injuries SiiiUllI Are entirely Healed N '' 1 . ....... J VP* IH6N[Rra LITTLE MISTAKES CAN MAKE BIG ACCIDENTS tt Mx?t 4 mkh i74i #iS8 C Wx.M .rw-he. HW . DRjVE_ SLOWLY . " ' *' * 4 l- * * r t y , r w t, fcifSi'..'...;. 4 untift A SPRINKLING OF SAND OR ASHES ON SlIPPERY PLAITS MAY S\V[ MANY A PERSON OTMffirgm imtv *1 noils J.yi SS'|'jj|:,'il[ j*l\ oO This kind of DRIVING DOESNT MAKE FRIENDS * FOR YOU OR ' YOUR COMPANY U A ( !"> N * t. I if Ml-B ?x23 tad , ,4 Ht*?... 4238-1) E8on: 22Ss*t szI m 2? < I ? J: L:; 5 r" w -- J-2 81 >3 s 2 as' HI 2_ _2 --? <<s <<< < < < 222 if 2x17 inches tfR1 L"1/ s \ j i ! i FI HOW TO PREVENT THEM AT HOME USE YOUR AT SCHOOL | ji @50 & i?T?23 inches Sf267-I) ! 2x1 K inches ACCIDENTS 2 units 4w2'24:l 12 x),3 sticttte 4 units 'WI mcftci nUSHTMM OUT WITH Wfflk use tors of it f\s '1 v SWINGING OBJECTS AND IE QUICK ABOUT IT/ 3,38 7 v<k 13 Irtvbfe'. unit 5381.*.T*,T5*T HA#*1 I ;A r i c 11; i 111.., S.iSj '\3* f 1***1*1 $ is 12 5*1*.hen* *,,***fir i i\**" Hrjijist, y t, , ,1%>!. ;(y"f (F. - r * *'. ..,,V i TIT I 8 \ I v. vI*S-- f V \ l V ' Some Occupational Accident Facts w"' 5sv <$m 539S Tpeiier ..I;.1 tSO&t, LIVE SAFELY AND ENJOY OLD AGE h A-T I ,J N A u N t, t e r ' c. 1 g i Occupational accidents cost '550,000,000 last year/ .`it 7 4 ^ mt"m w " ^ .^y'0f ^ f'f Jneoutof tYtfty O CUTS AND LACERATIONS. BECAME. INFECTED/ " / If YOU SUFFER A DISABLING (fr.c.vraOINJURV IN AN OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT IMfNfS UNt LMANit l* 68'H.WU. Bi N'lltO i'iNE lAN<>IN 1&0O tOuIiE COMP F riLY t'AAAUJ HE REitOFYuOKUEfc f"isf<ATcOFAwYaUmUftnUFvt i vi wwi-Mi-* 3.uAuD tka WHY TAKE A CHANCE? ^fflilnefeeis:" S, iLfiit'" USE A..... GOOD LADDER _OR_ 'STAY "..ON ~ r,,.' THE IMMjn# IDS;! QsM/iSefesr WtlATS**e GAINED STAMPEDING ^QUITTING TIME A THOUGHT FOR TODAY iAJVO EVERY DAT7 Its not onfy the knowledge of SAFETY but the practice that counts Y m1 FDR EARS PARKED ON NARROW STREETS UUML / k WlSiiisbis:'/ fiiitlf'"1' 49if "i.I'2 inches I ttMt SLIPS Ji A DO COUNT. CHOCK CARGO TRAILERS PREVENT ACCIDENTS; Vie AN ACCIDENT/ Tt CS, T 1 O N , KEEP FLOORS C L E A N// f! 4M3 . ''*S27'....... 9*!3snChtK ' i wr:'':' '54fS ' kRi2 kltR*;-*; _____________ r-atrrtiam |||^ ARliW'H 1 arfH ;r- *;k'u4'iy SAFETY TO SUP UP AND MAKE 10VETO THEM// PLAY SATE NOW youll get a harp to play soon enough intbtw I tiait 4576 5SIJ1ftthrS Id S,iSfS k When you cutt corners ifoure m the otherfelloes j riqM-o-wdY~. ^ TAKE IT / .......... 'tx'iZ riches iuehoji I, iiiih S3-/1 I uoit '4.1*5 f rx!2 inches l h*w RoLL.M, STOfK Oooo " yysK 4' FFe r VX r? t-7 r' you take your life in your hands if you use makeshift or defective : sjfnldtnq, muany ut ytaoina Uo not use it. tie sure to report dll such de fective equipment promptly. l SlJfJI + t.hr ,' : U j j, i f *.mJF ^ ' .fit i ' Li Keep Hands in clear Uh'uid. tv rnu'vy r ur.n IF YOU SUFFER FROM SICKNESS AND OTHER AIL MENTS GET GOOD MEDICAL ADVICE 0 Vim Uamhle With \ uur huturc When You Don't lunmi Y C) U R H F A LT1I *= Yutopi IT'S... Poor Judgement to take Chances with FAULTY BRAKES = verv Good <^Efp \v$COlta/ Yr -- TH A,, YU I NYO 53^4' 5s 11 tn.dnss i unit Y,Mi 5k? 5 : A!wo qs Put ! Handles on . Files Before Using 1 hem S QxJZ InCtlSs. ? rtrttfr "5550 r:tX t? ifjtjheiii i. on|t S'j/fs iO'. i r' v\t T BOUGHT HE COUU> \jot A ORa I : HA-r vv/AS shorted ........ i.U!!(!!!! ! We Are Interested In your Safety After The WHISTLE BLOWS *4 because -- . , A, V*i ilfin't w.jnf tn ?.]-<; .Otfif fn*> n^rosniDS .!. --aenf \ BUT THEY CARRIED HIM OFF ON A stretcher WHEH YOU BOIL \T DOWN IT JUST MEANS BEING CAREFUL Eoie time Trnfp work .my A` , , <,! rjHrtun f'tausfrv. /iS7S >: i 'UrGZ YY'U' 'WT:' f'1 jjT : 'V i w* w V jj1 W .ir 4" A "-Si iY*' Htt Yv Y -i- ix V J- '-.-A V- OilJ. ' ... .[ ! !. . .1. .il. "i, 2" .A..'. ,l ood lousekeeping Does not mean cleaning up once a weeKoronce a monl'h- k means keeping thin. ' ' aMme lime. 1001 over ibie mmm SHORE ALIGHTING How Much Would You 1 Take For Your 1 RIGHT HAND '*>*12 !!** I wmt 5345 TC.TjC SsstlipEiiif:!!: iil-tii: 53AI WHAT IS A SAFETY SHOE ? IT PAYS TO WEAR THEM ats Right Have the foreman explain what you don't understand TEST BELT BEFORE GOING UP POLE BUT DO IT NOT MORE THAN 2 FEET ABOVE GROUND i-il/IT1 UlcTlIfTM ttwi A*- .j 4422 (Vitim th** .\,it >*> I "T^1 2 T | ('or K * Ts- +224 2jil2 uidfi'1* N VTIONAT. A-: ST"! -liii-.zv-Mim HORSEPLAY - ON THE JOB- OFTEN RESULTS IN SERIOUS INJURY j . .. - ' ' 1 "v . * , , Help the new employee! Teach him the safety tricks of the trade. You may save a life or prevent a serious injury.The new man will appreciate your friendly interest. 4997 ' ' t V V r j.. i> N <. i l r)l2 inches 1 anil FOR THEIR SAKE 3"if " trjf il'fhctiesi l WSItt Whai vou forget fora moment ^01 ma\ K'mem fo.g' DEjTpuml m\ A MINUTE POR SAFETY MAY SAVE JOMEBODVA MONTH IN THE HOSPITAL 411? 9s 12 sncties limit 444<i ! i f > < u N C L C <>n\2 inches t unit 4889 9x12 inches t unit H42 i-xl? M'HW'.I ST, St. Patrick will live forever in the hearts of the Irish as a great and noble ben efactor. Safety should live in the hearts of all of us as a benefactor to all mankind. wnii jusi; -i:i i 2 irtchfe may i.f". Ht STOPS HIS MACHINE BEFORE reaching I ir-DO YOU?into * ..* -3m i vnh; 5322 friViVi iW 9x12 inciwr. i'lul.'tv J >mutrit 48 LITTLE more than four years ago the N'utimud Safety Louneil inaugurated its A \ehieie Service. a feature of which is the "No-Accident Driver Award'' plan. Since tlien 1 7.000 eotmnercial driver' have been awarded the official medal. These drivers have a combined mileage--without a ,-insrle accident -- equivalent to 20.000 times around the earth. Think of it! V grand total of half a billion miles with out a .-imrie accident involving either injury or properlv damage! i ndustria I member' w tio operate their own vehicles sometimes overlook tfie importance ot .,-itetv eiltie.itinn for their driver'. Have tun ever -topped to tisruro out just what vehicle accident' are eo-timr vour company? Did do sou know t hot you can reduce these -*n-.t- in purchasin'! Stit~ special \ chicle ''ervice? This statement T not *:iie" work, it is hii-ed on the actual experience ot ,i r real manv companies who haw t'ouml that it paw tor iI'dt noun time- m er. Com parar iv'e experience ot manv eom|ianiC' 'hows that duriny each -iteceeilimr war a htri'er percentage ot drivers win tin* oiVi'inl medal. i he eompetitive idea eem to -pread throuahout the fleet until \ LI. driver' try to. ami do improve their record. Driver Iward. for each consecutive vt-ar -ince they -farted, usnif; the fiouncil's \ tliiele HV. Tumpanv 1st hut ird 4th YrHV e;tr VfMF W n luif ! i imf-rit Nun* * fi icaLitJ , !!', 21'. 22' il.li ' it, 1. Heinz < Sunpatty i'itt-huryh i . . . . Ill' .*(>* ft.! h?T i\\ i-rmiL: u* s-f a - \\ n-iiiiiv.tnn |<e ST U ~,<r fif't tk < `"III paltv 1 \e V\ \ ork ... . . , . . . ,.>!)' r 2d' 12 n' Franco \meriean Hakim; f ai, 1 .o'.ll'jeie- . ............. hr ;r 1-0 Note, to the risht. the t'otir-vear records oj ix widely known eompaiiies. The-.. Imure-how ttie annual pereentaae' of all (iriver- m e.ieh eompanv receivin'/ file "\o- \eeuient < oa-t t iitie- Kailwav f 'o. 1 \ lienhur-l. Y j. . 1 ID W' p id; Thousands of Vehicles Receiving MATIONA1, SAFETY AFWs 49 Around//^World an Accident * THE COUNCIL'S NO-ACCIDENT DRIVERS HAVE DRIVEN !4 BILLION MILES WITH OUT SO MUCH AS A DENTED FENDER HK vehicle service. outlined below, is available as a purehaH' of "extra" material by indus Ttrial or insurance members of tile National Safety t'.nuneiS. will be jjluillv sent upon request. Samples and further details General Privileges Y'-hiHf -`-tvtt'i- hiurhules purthripation m the cotnmritt'fs ;mtl oth'-r ;n*lt\ ities of' tile National Safety Council :m<i its i it-Ji\u y, hi\.icub ;mri bus Section. Wenerai brivtif'gvs tncimlf live impm'taul beurtUsl `l I (\nwutitnhut\ Si`rvirr < oiimuj tMiKUU'frs \s iIT furnrih special help on iiuhvuiuul salt-tv problems ropnrteh; t-l ,Specific {iiUHt'iiin.Hs p->'iiinral Ihef s-riet.v problems are analvjted Ml Sale Israel tees Pamphlets ami M-rt Safety Memos ami these booklets ore available "it request; i'A% SntimuU Fh'ft ,Sitirhi {.(fittest -open to all desiring to compete Mir national anti regional honors; special InfornM- ----aniiua!ty raeli iiteHilifr rot-etses t rilDKNP T'ArilS, the u.ithtiiitI .. . ultaft -yalistieni dimmury, smd *tht'r pnbljeaiiotis, No-Accident Driver Awards Ken 114,1.111 um cm ate drivers 1, provided bv the Conned s '*}-,'>.< t 11HA 1 UPl\ l-.M W\AP.I> Ivariable m two riyris a bvidge Award or a pneket Award--it is aia`ompanietj m an oiliriul linen urtiluniU* i.ard. Only purchasers ol tins \ - S1 i t* I v-rviro e,tn 'eeure these iwrmls, fUest i.'r, - /or , ptrruie purchase. 'iv arils hi.is be -.Mamed tor all lirtvers iio quality w 'Hi iffuiik q rss o-e monrlis without mi ;m`< trimf, ,\ri i'-in\'nr K deiinro a*, "tnv m winch the driver* v*,*tneie Is msopveti. unless tunnerly qmkcd. where stich acci dent iesnlts in Je-d h, persotiai injury, of propertv damage and ri'n-ioius. u ho iok hurt. shat property -as danniyed .a- v.lio .t.,s 1e-q ...ns t hi r,'' W the r.wrt of tin' -ers ire ope umr MSurds nuiv f.p -,,o'n to drivers Who has** driven the p: -> ed1 tjj i *_> mouth* withnitt an :q'u- Alter rhe 111*1--"!dation, olher drivers m the licet mas; "bt.-mt V"-tetri m qmck.lv w they qualify with iierrind Si ll]- r.js, V r the fl|i| of the >eui`, tWd-piir 's arils are tsa bride for ,rii uitf-o'ni' \>var<t winners w tio 'Mitiulidc . --.,.(hd i|o-:.ei ib-m vear. an<j so <,u. Classification of Services NUMBER OF VEHICLES: ANNUAL DUES: EXTRA DRIVERS: T.if-ii' itptmttnd wilt indicate .Mm uiipttn ut mtrs to i-o*ht V`'-iflV rate lor each '.rimlr C^vcr-K yitii vehlrio and driver*: Ost vortfiv for each driver not 'overml by total in due* above Table of Annua! Cost and Quantities Up to SO $1 50c ..H (n 100 1 200 ?Qr 50c 1 45c OOO ,O L oO ; O .'n to l -lJI |o ' till tn 300 1 400 500 f 70c 60c 40c 35c fiver Son 50c 25c Services Provided-- THE SAFE DRIVER: Minaune tor the- driver provided ..( Hit' first of rt.xcii month: POSTER SETS: rirti rA include* metal frame uid seven now filters monthly: DASH CARD SETS: Each sot includn* metaj holder .Hid a new display card weekly: MONTHLY LETTERS: When dash cards cannot he iron, miu-ninoth letters ate provided: PUBLIC SAFETY: Maqaiinr at dent Mifttv new* it pnmdMi far safety lenders: NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS , Maaaufino to mve to thn tint * n ivep q * 0 rfU'ot: (Men Driu r 1 r.tdi V "hide E-vh l.jrW 1 I iJriin2 } Card . vrimle A fridt 1 V -'f| q-iv^f ' if ,-! 2;3 "1 : 1 u mer 4 > nrfi Urtv.-r 5 f- seh vamdft lA.r|l 4 F arn Velitejn Eac it l) river 1 urtvi'i' 5 h vn LJriVrr 5' Each V^hicln ILlfll Reiver 5 Farh Vehicle Driver 5- 11 NhlL: ftm-u omier 1/ vmrjrs, inirmtmni ntmurU cost; '-vur? i)ni*. il!BUC '^AtT T f noster set nr ffto vehicles ftvnr 6uy. This Complete Vehicle Service FEBRUARY. 19HS The Accident Barometer Prepared by the Statistical Bureau, National Safety Council Accidental deaths oe all types ruse about 6 per cent from November to December, to a total nf 8,400. This is .slightly less than the number that occurred in the same month nf 1943, and makes November the secund month ot 1934 to show some improvement over the previous .rear. The eleven montits' total now stands at 'TIA0O, or approxi mately 8.000'deaths above the JanuaryXnveniber 1933 future. Thi* probably represents all of I he increase tor the sear, as curly reports for December indirate about the -ame number of deaths ns occurred in December. I03.5. The preliminary otimate for the tear is placed at W.oOrt, subject to change upon receipt ot more reports. oorrp-vnnvu, ocidexial deaths in November probably numbered iretween 1.500 and 1,400, 1'his is an increase of ahrmi 10 per cent over November. I'-DM and bring- the eleven months total up to 14,400, j he com parable figure for 1933 is 13.500, This aOvance appears to come irirgeiy from increases in employmenr over 193T, Reports on inter-pianr contests of com munity safety councils ho\v a decrease in frequency but an increase in Severity in November from the same month of io33 -[-},e averatre frequency rate for the eleven months is Uu>, or 14 per cent above 1935,and the average severity rate is 1.01. or 42 per cent over the previous year. Three so ttonai contests conducted by the National "afety ` onnrii indicn'.e that `he lou frequence fare will he about n per 'vnt. higher than it was in the same plants during 195 b Reports from Industrial Commissions in lo -.rates indicate that fatalities in December were 11 per cent more numer ous than in December, 1033. It other data substantiate this. December will be recorded as one of the worst months of the year. Xtj\-oc( i'p-vtton'ai. AcmDEXTS result ing in eight or more 1 unseeutive daylost time in loh? outnumbered occupa tional accidents of equal seriousness by I . to 1 in three eastern plants where records of both types of accidents are being kept. The con trust is even more Diking for accidents emsing tecs than eight days disability. For them ihe ratio war about five non-ncciipational for each November, but the estimated advance IS All Accidental Deaths Annual Totals less than 100 deaths, placing the total at 1,150. This is slightly under the figure for .November, 195 thus continuing the 1934 ......................... 99,000 favorable trend nf these accidents during l1114, The eleven months' total is now 1933 1932 ................ 91,087 89,167 estimated at lb.700. or only 100 deaths more than m.i itrren in me -.cue penno 1u3-3. If excessive heat deaths had been (National Safety Council Estimates)* I * * 4no more minionm- than in ivm the total tor other public accidents in in-,4 i,v<-ififcf probably have shown a renunmn. Deaths home t. i iiifvtii in occupational accident. Ft is also hiterotintr to note that there was wry little change in these ratios from 1931 to !o25, These data are too few to permit any definite conclusions, but they 1 orroborate other scattered reports mat the hours spent outside the plant are the most hazardous of the day. .Motor vehicle ueaihs again broke earlier records in .November with ti new high total of 3,720. The October total of 5 470, and the September figure of ;,,4>!i were the previous worst records. 'I Inis, the November record exceeds me next highest month by as much ;ts 7 per cent. The year's total to December now stands at 52,050. or nearly 4.2'"\ in excess, of the eleven months' total for PDA, It also exceeds a similar tot : - I Pel 1 the former "bad year' > bv 1 ' deaths or about. 5 per cent. Far1',- -eports for December indicate hv year's total will be Dose to 5 v;0'~ un less there was n derided change :n 1.;.- oem f'Xpefience in mat montn oue :> poor driving conditions. 'OM M ERCIAL VEHICLE ACCtDt ,v fs Were not quite so frequent in November ts 'n 1 icfober, despite less favorable : '" imiiticins and in the fare of the inrrease in all motor vehicle deaths c -/ November numbered f: 5On. an increase of tun demits "Vet October, bur j de crease <>f about 500 deaths from Novem ber, pip; I he eleven months' nival is now placed at ?o,70(|, or approximately 5,000 more than the Nmifar total for 13>. This increase, ir will he rpcillcd, comes r hieflv irom the excessive heat fatalities ot last July and August. I he .November reports now on hie ,,.m predominance or deaths from ,.ms-- particularly among persons o\..... i :r; 'Id. '`-romi m importance ,v:e qlr from condagrntinns, burns and plosions, wirh a majority in rhe .-.gi: group 25 to n4. i.OfiKTXO aiiEAO, , , , i'hc .lio-rv a* oriental tlenth mini will he , . ,.- - -,,- 'hat tor jannarv, hiedo '-> mst r.c- ntnntb N direc -lav-; . qurr,-;-. 'vx::'. there is tittle improvemeni u 'his me of the year in ihe non,....: . /-,.- -,. bon, Motor .chirie ,4-<>bs ircrioiv ''b abrin rhe .'Tcab-a quailing that for :d! ,'Coi-r Ft ' font-; itnhmer! rat'd turns v ;- plosions may inrriMSt-. but the mange will be very small, lir-uN '-> 'D. will incretM- or M., reme '3,mg -fhe importance , ' -b.-ps and bcmwnU;- above. The November accident rate for all types of fleets was I.03, a decrease >*' 4 per rent from the f Vtober rate of 1: >2, Thesc items summarize briefly the ft is even more gratifying to view me monthly reports collected by the Nation improvement over November, : > In that month the average rate for report ing fleets was 2,40, while in November. !(! -4, the -am? fleets averaged oniv -i '-N -a drop of '4 per ient. X,impure this wirh the i 7 j>er cenr increase in all wormvehicle deaths for the same period, Prw rr 1 xot motor vehicle 1 deaths increased Nightly from October al Safety Council to show current acci dent trends. Certain of these reports are analyzed more fully in other monthly publications of the Council, devoted to industrial, traffic, commercial -/chicle, home, and school safety. In addition to these monthly data, the Council's annual statistical report "Accident Facts," -ontains very detailed information on all types of accidents. NATIONAL SAFETY AF,Vi's 51 SAFETY GUARD ECONOMY By economy we mean quality and low price. This is really possible because we produce the guard accessories in large quantities, and the quality of these parts is assured for the reason that they are made under the inspection service of the Underwriters' Laboratories. The use of these parts removes the difficulty from guard making, and your handy man can con struct any type of guard during spare time. The greatest ex Sense in guard building is labor. se your own when not other wise employed. __ Write Lh for Information and Sample. The Harrington & King Perforating Company 5645 Fillmore St., Chicago I 14 Liberty St., New York DUPOR l . !*t Fat. Off. The ORIGINAL REVOLUTIONARY Double Filter Chamber RESPIRATOR Basic and Detail Patents Allowed BULB VALVE TYPE No. 4 Has a clear entrance filter aperture ;of 7 VS sq. in. and uses felt filter 'pads. Extra Pads, ' in. thick, Ic each Extra Pads, in. thick, 4c each : Price $18,00 Dozen Sample postpaid, $ I .SO The slower speed of the air through the felt filter pads, causes more dust and spray to be caught. First users of DUPOR are continually ordering more. Thousands in Use. Used in all kinds of dusts. Also, in light fumes, vapors and paint spray free from harmful gases. Manufactured only by BULB VALVE TYPE No. 6 Has a check valve in each filter chamber, and enlarged adjustable filter chambers of screw cap type and the very large filter aperture of I 1 H sq. in. Extra Pads, in, thick, 3c each Extra Pads, in. thick, 6c each This type fills the most exacting lequirements for a Respirator of its kind. Price $30.00 Dozen Sample postpaid $2.50 H. S. COVER CHIPPEWA-A SOUTH BEND, INDIANA ^FEBRUARY. i W I / AiV6 TOE END IMPROVED STEEL BOX BlACK CALF UPPER S10CK imKTK'ti MAILED UftftER Http'"' rtRASi Hlvi Flits * "iTt'Et Er AM . _r , LEAihiM 'Ai.iln. ,Vl|J GRAIN LEAKIER INfltfiSOLt-'' fi * GOODYEAR Writ llW "You Tell ,EmlM , ( '(mtinurrt irnm past- /4) brief uutline of a uistnm that exists in Slum. "in biam the White Elephant is a sacred animal and can he owned only by the king. The White Elephant can not lie used for ineome-prnducing purposes or for labor, and furthermore, the White Elephant is very expensive to TOE! keep, In Siam, if some <>t the nobility incur the displeasure of the kina:, he immediately assigns tn that person the upkeep of a few white elephants, and on r. 1 mint nf the tremendous expense in i clived in rarim; for them, the nobleman -cum '.'nes bankrupt. Hence a White klepnant is something to avoid if you don't have one, and something to get rid o' .luickly if you do," included with this message was a copy of the following by-laws ami :m applica tion til,ink. By-Laws i Mjromr with M,iv standings, rhu dub mc-'mHf.-r '.fjrcv.-ntm.L* r^c \ >rt\mirirnl v,<iu:h hjs *ht- highest h'.'d('ritv rating v. ill hr: . 'Wen fu :!iv While Hrph.int. Ve O' {\uTituLu1- 1 .t-otnu> ii`>u trvt *1':. \ Hint I nr *11 \V.v; m thr iJe-partment lUbt tom- t: inio t<> h.ivtr flit* m*;fw KK-Gtv tdtmii. \ -(, l.pntth Id A , 11 , ' dpifi'. nt 'his |xUT't txMP' tiiri.h. h .<s vnin" v-VcTitv ,s W-tfc-r fjun vine Hirmbtrr. V11ip V-; i [ h+dVf ntr iWDcEfuiidV . 'T L'h'tr hlepivirtt weSi \ -in <'0^ : is 1 -- : .inmcni-i > *n ;nc Oi-r'aunu-n: '.... T NJ T Lehigh Safety Shoe Co, A al-Wl ", -I'U-nth mu "Tin w u h k !; Kit; h illentown. Pa, " \ I E n s Ho E" Close Hopper-Bottom Car Doors with mhpr iTimtim ---- hikjnt-s' n h't v iii K- 1 `ht* .! fc.y'rH/.HhHli, EASE and Prevent smashed fingers, strained backs, ruptures and other serious injuries, by using the Prescott Safety Tool---Saves time--Is inexpensive. II riti> fnr orici'i nwl clftnii* l--r:-,n -,'l ^ -u(. o,;o: rm ' 1 id'l ,uuj v.ill lu\[f uu- bid"'" <<! GO.pi.iA- '.Chirr h 3c-pH sttt r>n Gt- , fn-tlnT ,Ortv >*ji**iti h*r r;tK-t ."Hsadti'it; iiar Jti:If pct r TI hr pi-j- . `Hed <> We V oias tv-.oh mir D-'inn .hm K''i/nvim , G'Miix Wd V "' 'll t. d _ . The Trumbull Mfg. Co. Warren, Ohio ( HMr-r !<r fhe V\ -bite HephanL Flint wos nine moniiK n^j nut petuiiarlv since the arrival nf the White WTKiYAI. SAFETY YEWS I Elephant we have not had a Inst time j injury. May. June and July he spent in the i'.tiViy bepartment and during the month of August he wan rite guest of the work? mutineer. .September on She desk of the actant general manager and the ,: month of Ormher saw him on the desk . of the president and general manager. There being no one higher that we i nufej -tick with him. he is now in a glass cast* mi she Main street <if the plant. (ipr gonri record due to the White Elephant.' Of uiitrse no!, imt any idea or stunt that will arouse tminiate and maintain : interest m -afety is tt worth while idea, arid if ymi tan use this one yon are welcome to it. Christmas Accidents Take Heavy Toll in Britain CHRIS'! MAS week of 1`J-U arcuuntf-h for the heaviest toll oi highway accidents yer reported in Treat Britain, During the week 187 persons were killed and TnSU were injured in mastic acci dents. According to the t 'hirnzo Tribunt' pris:- '.-I'vice, the holiday spirit was blamed for the increased fatalities, as the lountry roads were crowded with motorists, racing home for t "hrisunas and Boxing bay (the day after Christ mas') and i isv >rreefs were jammed by shoppers. i ondon fared better than the country as a whole, with ,'m persons killed as compared with 4? in the previous week Coming Events Of interest to Safety Men Jan, b14'Vh. I, \-htirv Park, N,i, RrYt-'M -V Tf.,1 V,> '-frtv ' mt* amc. ' K; -i'-'uH ' i y,,\ uT-C-'a k'*rs \ M ) H-wmim, svt.v?ua svirk - jSi.jfitt n Pl-uc, -v.irk \ Mar, W Ws\ Turk f'itv I mcii. i | | -o-fh ( 'lati-fHicc H, H-iri-", \ -A Co-tyCtM ''( v, ''AA vr^tv i fk-nnsvlvanu Hotoh. juhen i .jss-ruii, k $ist 7 *k ( I'v j 1 I 5i M.i -? Hv'Jiin T|a-~, I -ia'ufjJ N -Mciv' t -infcrtTKc. fj-.Liflrr ifo l a .{' U..cH' ,vnj-, {f-ni rtl maifaim-, ,'\ (.< " *' <U.T'. < ). - IWtum ``Ti-i'i. iitn'^r.'.tT pf M-. ! | fa- b - ' ; TM.-O j aho; A- ?'i VY id. FFBRf \H\. i'H.k f MiMnanv, \Vr tfr-f. I e hor^P* am,?.. . -at ntd ^lic Note 'dboi : *U (Jit t " t <tatof- fire calb <l , t,et4utCt> 0r cotdot- Write i` direct^1 SiREHS en,w **ST ' stRV . *.~V) Is;::,,5U '................, , a *** ,.u *."' c-;- UlHecf ".stROit *-"?;> '"**%**.*'; aD.ViEST cHieA^,.,s.:;(v"; HOUSl0t< ,-e, A ?4C - ,* '.... - ' yOr VfE*T Sv' No More Accidents in This Shop! nr in .m> nthnr where At 1FSMAN - \t KT\ PBK55 fil' \RDd are installed ,>ri die nourr presM-.., I he ofieratinr jtrinei jde \ B>< 'Id. TKFA I'HblKCTS (UK bt'KR VI'OR without iiuerlering with in- natural working movements. Smpie, ea.y te> attach, for all types *'S |,j.,.--.-. Made for right or left hand -troLe. betail'f Wit^inaii .111'^. C`. d tswutii St, I'lalr Si. I l-WTON. OHIO, U.S.A. 54 KLEINS The Safety Library y&/ MARY M. WELLS Librarian N.5.C. HOOKS AND PAMPHLETS ,`bbcvrosb. Pr. i: The collection and coimtim; of -Just Hx'uuiitcreci iu asbestos fabricating plants. Published by the Pennsylvania De partment of Labor ami industry, Harrisburg, Pa., H'M Fux-. (Pamphlet) (Special Bulletin CnO, `-'H Smelting and Ketininu: (mid Hid silver teductMin .mo -melting. Published bv the KeLuf Credit Co.. Atlanta. Ga,, T)b'A (Pamphlet) (industry Report t PERIODICAL AKTICI.ES Electric Kaiiuuy*: (Puver, E, H. A national "honor-roll" com* panv s ytferv methods. in Electric Traction and Bus journal, December, P' Ak p. pi p *y6- Mines and Mining: Employee relations .it Hanna Coal ('>. A'je, December. A-D, p. In Lilaesei, A. O,, Accident prevention in met*! mines, in Mining i onvre.a journal. December, A'm. n. I8DL Safety at Hanna <Ad Co-, In t <>-u . \?e, December, PD-p p. 480-484. .""ilieOhin: Duamtance, P. A.: Silicosis. A 4udy : 106 pottery workers. In A*re*Aan journal oi Public Health, December, !"S4t p. iavMJSI. Suggestion Systems: Stanchheld. P. L., and Dickinson, G, C., Suggestion systems in P-H2 and toys. In Personnel Journal. December. P-H4. p. Iv"- ;md. l iHitine: Loe\v, A. in. Planned street and hi.diwav lighting through Hate C"des. in American City, funuary. SAD, p. os.u'p Funk Gars: XChite. A. < .. Adety ankMcma ' ak car?. Pt. II. in (jne mual India tries, December, ADA p. ''O^.ViR. 1857 ## ITKX \mi ;ji'i' urkinrr fitly W P'.-i in flu* ;ni- -.n ins that Hif* hot -- `iili'iv hemnn's iu- - uoidnDv important. Pliers mid belts---dl fhu linumritFs equipment n\\iA. In* .Mud. Then* '-au la: im '-<utpr<mii*t` -aitli .piaiitv when lib* i- -it -a.tkt* LiiuuiM-n km.UA' through <-vpi`{ jfprt* thill fhev ".if! f-`l -`it ttHMi* `jtitprni-ni when it r mTH1- the Klein irndt-miirk. Klein bus i*'prc-c[iti*(i | h Miuvitrmm in itH \ 4 ho HMsiumui in quHlil \-- "inn* loArA s `"`f i n - UrrUtuiv hlrtn < m 'Our/ t>v fO - iU-!\- i ! *l `in'htilt'fi Ihrntuj!) ini,hers' Emir pamphlets of interest tu voti if >ou mo n lineman or res|K>nHhIo for !ho nifWy nf linemem Chock the ones you want. " Mathias US' M gp & Sons HES UlLCL 1 Pi SUM 32011 BELMONT AYE., CHICAGO { Protection Supplements j Training j Continuin' 'mm s.jsp* jo j1 j In nur minpany we are continually testing and studying protective equip : merit ho that we may provide our i-m ploye.-s with equipment oi the highest 1 quality selected particularly tor their ; oicupaiions. We have in lexas. ; Louisiana and New Mexico !-ix field | ,-aiety engineers who devote their entire , time tu the promotion oi saiety and trie ! inspection oi equipment. Our employees j are instructed to make weekly iiwpec' 'ionn at all -atch equii.nnent and when j they find that repairs are necessary, the ` equipment is taken to the warehouse. One of these warehouses is I ora ted in j evert' district in which we operate and , maintains a e,,niplete stock of repair j parts tor all protective equipment. Ro- l ottirs arid 'vpilaremenis an lie made ! `pronmtiv tr nmlovees ii>- .nstruoten' | arid reinstructed in me use of protective ' quiimteiH. 'keer ua-rv and ltv j -he c.fety encineers. } The i ompulsury use of safety equip ment cannot take the place of a safety program calling for the training of workers in their jobs and the elimination 'f hazards hv other means, nut it holsters the accident prevention pro gram anri compensates for the vagaries t human nature. We all know that men can he trained not to drop objects on themselves ami others, anri that atmosphere- . an often iie made gas-tree. We know that sines containing rustic -olutions .an tie thoroughly drained that 'hey .-an be opened with practically no danger /. any one coning splashed. We know that there are many other precautionary mea-ures which would make protective equipment practically unnecessary. Hut we also know that m -pile ;.r tne most consistent efforts slip-ups do occur and men are hurt, even when all hazards are believed to have been removed. Hence we must provide personal pro tective equipment when experience has prowd that certain types of ininritv re prev dent. h ic impossible m carry on a ?uci tS.-fuI safety program without pnitective equipment. NATIONAL SAL'ETY NEWS 55 Dramatizing Accidents ' Continual from ptis.m Un aiiV< r its welfare. Smiie mie has raid, and quite pruperly. that "unfortunately the interests of the public are not very interesting to the public." Hence, one of the essential prerequisites in any program of street and highway nufetv must he the assumption that most per sons are not interested in tile question. Anyone who has given any thought at till to the part which public conduct plays in the muses of accidents must confess that too often the subject, has been pre sented in the driest possible manner. To dramatize a problem is to breathe some life into it.'to vice action to it, to give it a quality of vividness. People are moved less by teason than by sentiment. In dramatizing the sub ject nf ,K cidents. we cannot expect to get very far if we merely try to reason the situation wit It the public, if we merely present statistics, charts based on ,u tuarial studies, or astute factual conclusions. We have to remember that to get anything across to any consider able part, of the public, the language of the people must he used. 'The public will nor spend much time on anything that is difficult to comprehend. The first fundamental in the drama tization of the ubiect is to g-t the attention of the public. We must re member that there is .t great mass of thing- clamoring for the public's atten tion, and to divert some of it to the conservation of life and limb is no easy ta.sk. If sv<" are not smart enough to cay a >hing o it will c'-aim notice, then it would lie lust as well to leave it unsaid, rite study or what interests people mid why A important in tin* promotion it si reel mid highway . aVu a- the study if iihvsi.-ai . uniiitiiins that may con tribute to ace idem s and ihe development nf ways md nenns p correct -nch physical i indiums. (t is about time dmt we realize That tile .< rvire- ..f pr.tvftC.n pS\ i hoiugists art' required to get the public to turn its attention to the part, which it plays in "dr toll of deaths and injuries; and to give some heed to the teachings t)f safetv. "The spoken or printed word." said a famous editor, "is an. instrument of marvr'oi.ts power which man alone possesses: - an engine of unlimited pos sibilities." To well ehnseri words we mit-t Mod the attention t umoriline tv over a or o' ote dlusmtrnns t.. c irry our message to those who have many de mands on rhein attention and who ton often aiv indifferent to theii own best interests. Shallow-cup Chipping Goggle WEIGHS LESS THAN m OUNCES f Carried in stock as Style No. 535, this chipping goggle is one of Cesco's latest developments. In dustrial acceptance of this new product is based upon the following features: Shallow eye cups and large 50 m.m. lenses increase visual range . . . weight is less than 24 ounces . . . baffled vents and air channels in eye cup under lens give more circulation of air inside ... an all purpose goggle for practically any impact hazard job. Write for Price< and Bulletin. CHICAGO EYE SHIELD CO. 2323 WARREN BLVD., CHICAGO, ILL. Wooden Sole Plater's Shoe I with composition fibre Safety "STRONG TOE" is necessary protective equipment in the plat ing shop. The REECE "PERFECT ROCKER" combines comfort with this maximum protection. REECE WOODEN SOLE SHOE CO., INC.. Columbus, Nebraska FEBRUARY. 1935 Hi Iow OElecttr"ic CaLhoeik AArtrtectt s itLhe Dbod1 y His Mind Is Oil Ilis WORK A workman using the Dayton Sarny Ladder t> tree to concentrate hk mind and both hands on his job. (ut covts and ptevent accidents with this moderate-priced (adder, of durable airplane spruce, that stands without wabbling or tipping. It is made in sizes ' to Jn feet. Write Dept, DSN-2 tor Details. THE DAYTON SAFETY LADDER CO. I 121-123 West Third St. Cincinoati. 0. DAYTON Safety Ladder I- PeentMi TtO<k f-nf-ricd .ifi OiOt'c ('>.Hrvt PV }' D Hlilllfrl U'J.T Lots 'tniu'fi.n inn >-tu I-ran. eM.ro, ,vnd bv itifi atb^r distributor* trow .iO frt r>,,r?<r Alflrf* Jrtri tfulrOitited l r.'x>'-*ri.^ tv Perfy Perm-upt I H. Vwuotd. t Continued from patte ) by heat and other agents, and that if the circuit is left closed for any length of time there results a great rise in body temperature. In the tests . onducted with the impulse generator the total amount of energy was so small that there was no measurable rise in the body temperature. The examination of the brains and spinal cords of these animals showed pictures of cell destruction .simi lar to those observed in the other studies and proved that an electric current can produce definite changes in the nerve cells. in accidents where contacts are made at two points on the same leg or arm, none of the current flows through the brain. Such shocks, however, give rise to nerve stimuli which are transmitted to the brain. When these are very strong they may produce a condition of shock to the nervous system akin to that caused by major operations or injuries. f'rquhart1- '* has demonstrated clear ly that the passage of an electric current through the body may cause a block in the nervous system and inhibit respira tion. if artificial respiration is promptly applied and continued for a sufficient time. She respiratory centers may reMjvrt their junctions and -et the lungs again in normal operation. Our experi ments confirmed these results, and also emphasized the fact that an animal is not out of danger when breathing is first started. A tew of the injuries that resulted mm the electric shock experiments are discussed briefly below: //'*........tn a number at the mnn.iis - .it'r- .ft- t'.umi m the medulla '-'loniCiC. ,md in *be fourth sentride of the -,:.il.il bclaorrh.ierv ;iltr found M( . .r,c-. ,[ ,:.t,froLuCun. Abo, tn many nt the animals Sir-tdra: hrlltmrii' tile hoik y.,S , 4... :.,. ( ju > .a- -ec to the rupture of blood Is in - .,'o,,nr:r. u ,u-d ur ,r te\i r,tH-s when ,uti. Tc.il ' o -tarteJ there appeared .'me Mn-ou .uni ttodu- liquid at toe uo-e or mourn at the animal. . - :'' f r'U' ttun. Priapism was -ittd :n main- of the male tats '.hocked with he imth voltage direct current circuit and also m .unit of the alternating ..intent rests. hn-oMuiw >v.-t<- u-ty ..immon among the males nhieited to I'tn* alternating current. - \ a- -v i " -' . in onlv rare *a-es if. individuals who have recovered from an -ov evidence of permanent '` l burns max require .. ' . r - .mis ruoth-t m the - ' 'on- 10(V f.i.tise ,i lasting irritation, r ..a--o'- --i f- ;-*o-- .or repoitrii nj a fey. . la,, i .rrup phenotOf-uon *v,.s noted :n i.uiv ora- of Oui esperimental rases, dome .dr*, 'duals are nervous for a considerable time. However, it is .limcult to sav mst how much of this is due to actual nerve cell damage and how much should he ascribed a wish for compensation. Panse"' 1ms reported some twenty-nme .uses of muscular atrophy follow ing electrical as.'idents, Che disability mav develop soon after the iniurv or after a period of months. This data nt Panse is interesting hut it must be examined uiticallv. N'nville iiud de Morster"' also discuss this topic. 4 | entnatinr fiiirillutinu. In electrocu tions and also m cases of accidental shock it has been definitely established that the human heart mav he- thrown into trotriruiar nhnllation !>v .m electric current, The human heart sc-iaotn re. overs automatical h* from this -.rate, and death ensues. Recovery by Countershock A weak current will throw the heart into ventricular fibrillation, while a large current will inhibit the action of the heart and hold it quiet as long :ts the urrent flows1 \ Experiments1' were made in which the electrodes were applied directly So the heart. It was found that a current of 1 to 10 milliamperes was sufficient to produce fibrillation, while a t urrent of approximately one ampere would bring the ventricles to rest, the heart resuming normal beating when the i ircuit was broken. Tests were made on intact animals"1 with the electrodes placed on either -me of the i best. The heart was first thrown into fibrillation by a low voltage shock and. after waiting the desired length of time, a countershock of n or 1 .unpere> was given. Following the cotmtershock the ventricles were quiescent tor a brief period, then the heart, action began and ircuiatioi) was re-estabiisheri, ft is well known that the heart a,., respiratory i enter m the medulla me particularly usceptible to injury -r--n electric currents, ir ts evident from the report of electrical a. idenrs Old our experimental undies 'hat. dr-nth -pay oi i ur from a mi inner of causes. 1 >eatr, from asphyxia i ion may be . .msed ;*y she prolonged contraction of the muscles during the passage .>t the urrent. ..i in failure to -Tart artificial respiration promptly. Another cause is the fibrilla tion of the heart: under this condition circulation ceases. Death may be due to the destruction of the nerve <ells of the respiratory center. The Joule et'feet of the current flow may raise the hndv temperature above -ate limits. t-Tirn^ and other complications may also result in death. Nevertheless. it should he kept in mind that in the majority' of fienricai accidents death is only apparent.,- ' NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS Artificial respiration should be started immediately a violin is cleared from the rirruit. It should be continued until the patient ret,overs or until the cessa tion of lift* is evidenced by the onset of rigor mortis. Maclachlan reports a successful case of resuscitation following an eight hour application of rite bvhaefer prone pressure method. mm.tiM.Hveiri h SV. Mnrblm-liUin. "i'.imi'ir shock. hi 1 terpretsithm of Field Journal In- ihritriai IhtgU'nr, Voj, 12. p. iiSM. nUUk 2. \V. Mnrhluchlan. "KIectri<*n I Injuries..[rtU-rpretathm >>\ Field Notes- II," Journal industrial llmnrin', '*!, lb, p. ,'.2, Hklh ,'k \V, Ik h<>H\V '-iilim rn nmi t 1, M, | :i iigV'nrt|i> , "The FlHvts nf lii`ih'ic SImu'U," i'nmS'<irUnns, .1 ,1,1,.>.. \<d, pi. p. ,;.S S. PUSH, I, O. Ik Fumivvot'Hit- nmi \V, Ik hoitvsenhnvrii, "An I'Apcnnu'iHiti study <! Abnormalpcs Produced in tin* b-gujii.sin by FlertriritvC' Journal Industrial lltnnettc, V*|, 12, t>. -k UWO. ' i A1 von si fpfn, sinful io und i .`olmik if or efcfcfrdcfion Ik'fa t| IIIt ti ja. " t.lntrotpfhmsrb>' //w bnff, Vot. k p. TM, HUSH, k \V, Ik Honw'tilio\on mul th Ik I uitiu, worthy, "The l.pi'i ts of iftiM'Trio ,slmrk--lk" Trtins'fn`nfnt\\ f k/*./k, nkU. m, ;u. p. Mtia. 7. <k Ik I .iinjjworf .ind \V, H. Kfitiw fain is on, "Tilt* Sniportunro m ('mints of Foutael; tn Fdrrtru'al Imunt's," Journal fndnttnnl HttQwtw. Vmt n, p. ur,. k;ik A. W, Ik K'mssmltmVfit. E It Honker mul O. Ik I.juiRwnrtlty, "\mnpnr of kurmit Flowing ihrough thr Heart under k>ndfftons mf Klortrio Shuck." tmencun Journal of I'hiisuuotju. V*l. lOlk p. Ml. VXV>, , IN HUNDREDS of plants, Safety Directors are reducing the heavy toil of sprains, strains, broken bones, hernia and more serious injuries re sulting from slipping accidents. Their simple, inexpensive method is to insist that workmen wear Gro-CorURaw Cord Soles and Heels. Gro-Cord Raw Cords are made with sturdy cords em bedded upright in live rubber. Cord rt, \V, Ik Kmti vsonpnvon, " \ Through Tvpe Horrent Transformer mid "oupHiirr for Mnisiirm*; Currents <4 a Fw Milh- am pores," /Video > of ,s>'tent ifir Instrumr-ntx, Vnl. 2, p. ill, ends, kept bare by wear maintain constant non-slip friction between sole and flooring. Uk W. Ik Hmnvt'tihuseii mini tk Ik I .aru/v. orthy. "TTn* injuries Produced !> surge lF harges." no- L'hu'tnr Journal. Vf, d'C p. -472. (Mltl, (f, (I, Ik Ljii^svnrfPv, " Ujium imiltios iJro<itife>i in The r*ntr;i| St-rv^Ps Sv'iP'ijt hs Ffcrlriodl Injuries." .hawnot Ernernio-nial MnJnm>`. Vok At, P. 2\:k UKUk U! U, Ik I angw-.rthy. "\*-rvo k**>t Iniurif- m t;sos <tf Hntnan- I'lootmoution. 5 Journal Amrnran SUoinm \.\s<ouaiu>n.. V.tl p, 1N7, Pk'tn. Workmen prefer Gro-Cord Raw Cords because they wear longer and are more comfortable. Easily fitted to any shoe, or manufacturers can supply them on new footwear. A complete line of safety rubber footwear, Gro-Cord equipped, is also available. Write for sample soles to test on your QWS shoes. GR0-C0R.DS are widely used in Dairies, Iron and Steel Foundries, Railroad Shops, Auto Factories. Gas and Electric Wants, tee and Fuel Statiam,.Stone Quar ries, Alines, General Warehouses. l.k It. *A. I rrpiltfirt 'I Api-fmictital FJoi trio ` sttmokk' loanuil Industrial Ihujonu*. S'ni, ' p, I III, 1227, j The Limafl Ik W, I'fqutKirt ;inl K, , N`-'>hlo. "f vpen- ! r* 1 k'oolrtu -Imi'K II." Joiinuii ht- Cord Sole Heel Co., Dept. *F, Lima, >1(1,`Until i { U`.l i ' / r i', it, p. iml, l''2'k f' I pittisf, Miii ttss.ti l l 11 uir psvHniitrif nmi ' nrotoo f, 1'k? p,`i 0 Hi r. N.isiilo mhil t- (*' Mmrsirr, s mplmu-s \`l 1 It line- |<Jtlc .'iliseeul'lv i it V (-IcO t 01 M` 111 M PIS I nutostrloltov " f(io\ A or, Vn|. 1, p. 1 MT, I'kkk IV. Hrovnsl pwi Ikitfoll' -.loi/r, }*hn$iol. t/. I'ath, dm, fi. iii.Vi, HM`i IX, 1. Ik liotiker, V. Ik fCmnvs.'nhmvoii, m.j U, Ik I ,;| n>'V, .*1-1 h V , "'f ho I n.'-'U .it' Mtornnlnut nedrsoi i nn-outs ..n tpo Mfiii." Airtf'rir/in Journal 1`htisuihnnt. Skif, ni.f ji. ill. j | 1 N^OJW_-S LJ_P 5^ LIS _A NJB Protect the Feet with_.. IIE1S Hk \V, Ik K.ittvsI'tihtai n .uni Ik Ik llmpkt'i, ``MpsnsoituUmn bs k.uinler v'-tturk," tin- ! rrit'al '`-u p, r.". t* "*;*, ,J0. SV, H. ki>u Wofilmvoti ;iitif O, U, I .:m^wnrths , "'iYouPlos phvsm!."H|Uos pnivm<7ut`s pnr |o onntnrt ns or los oirouits elcefriques " t lonqrt'S infrrnattanaif 1 I b'rtriri ni. \k i, V, p, .Yril. V.Ti. ' . ! | 1 SANKEY FOOT GUARDS Made of lOrange `tee}, or Rigidlum, an aluminum allov. Sankcv Foot Guards an* light in weight, comfortable fo Safety instruction Cards f iiiinurj trnn} p. nTioo ..m . - - i'-itu.' p - - 'll '.(or;! ;v- t mifri . Hi rur ' ; : "; . : and permit free and easy movement of the feet. Built for strength---will withstand an impact of (00 foot pounds. Destined so that the floor or ground takes the force of the impact m case of falling objects. U'nre tor ) our Samblr /umn, !' trk irur ' ........... s 1 *;-n n mi pnnot i< f'--rsonol s-'efoty ji<> , :" I ? ELLWOOD SAFETY APPLIANCE ( 0. mi wood City, Pennsylvania FEBRUARY. 58 OXYGEN EQUIPMENT PRODUCTS Helmets--Firemen's Inhalators Masks- Fresh Air Hose *Oxygen Breathing Apparatus *Oxygen Tents Oxygen Pumps and Valves LITERATURE ON REQUEST BiSHINGER-KOEHLER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 7838-42 KELLY ST. PITTSBURGH, PA. \ powerful imil. easily moved ami operate*! hvr one man. Picks np heavie-l dirt and finest du-t, special tools clean any -nrface from hare flour-, to pipe-, tvall.-, interior boiler.-. efc,, It has been 4H <c--fnl for >car- in foundries fouler plant-, hemreyj, fond. metal and other imlu-trie-, Hcdrire- du-l hazard b\ r.dlrrttfni dirt ami du-t Bhl'OHK it spread-, Lfomon-trahon and Bulletin- <m request. 5PENCEFJTHE SPENCER TURBINE CO., Hartford, Conn. Hicks .....................................................................................176 Hdinir ituiTermJs, r.uherui ......................................14 0 Hatit: ut cement ........................................................249 In prnees?' near machines............................J6S Pipe titters ........................................................................ ripe lines, tjlankutsf ofr .........................................ion 1*1 po vvrerum, fo Use nf .........................................iLs 1'ipinu swtr-ms, identification ot ................ L'O Pneumatic hummers uni chisels .................. I'opdii ivv ...................................................................... ;,o pnisnti tWk and poison sumac........................... U4 f*. * I fiiKtnn nt litiw -'{elective ......................l.'i. 1 rat Tr^Lim,;- before eijrnbtha....................................l::" (.-vv.-r pfe-.- <if*-ru:itors MlVU'f III ... | Iviwer trucks, -niei-utmn m .............................. 4; i 1`iH'lnhk- eieeLric PmjIs ................................... v * j .....j H.u'ruhie vf.'iisimi lamps ................................ i '.nf.tuv 9n | Hush tools lor jointer-: end - . \s-.-.i-k, broken iee ......................... | h. >n s-uoiper i tor '-ie-mmi* in>vv'e- 1 icivep l ulls') .................... ............................. ! Ipip*' knots flirt hitches ___"L*". 4 Hi, j mtenes '-nri Siiiur-i .................................1. j [ii-ute.-tihu from nh'inu'a is ............. ; iUU hlOi'K iv.-s ........................................... j ufo !'., d* ['nr .......................... .. : IHlhher c1n\'e C'H !"* > I . .......... , r .. tr-vt mr |e: k< .................................................. | r vs > ``ircMjlar--".-jonts* .................................. ; ; tme -.peT-.is ........... ...... * j L-r,is--<-ut....iiu^ " * * r i-y ................-- i .* 4 I Hand, `now to use ............................................. i :/ i/*T. CUt-off ------- ------------.................... 4 ' j . pinnkt?, identif'vmir ................................j i load* Mr .....................................l~r> j Hmv to test ................ ........... .............................. i.'i 1 v "-ift'o'lds uspemieh ........... , __ j reXV driver .....................................................................Lo',' | .'urnfhs for sharp point.eu tools ............-t '-4 ' . hue.-. i fet v ................................. -........ .................L,. : -hiiu-imr trenches .................... ,................. ; sc" ,tvnn< .1 . rd -r ~ ~ . . ,1, SJf . I n -iSiPS .Hill : .. l-IU-i f V , _____ .rimer chain huoks ............................... n,i k*'bites ................ ........... 'hlerinui- ....... ................................... ,-;.roy ir.iifjy ..--uer-H tir-r-'n '4 HO ns i 're VCTI r mu Ilf 0 re- ................... -[ midnc ,. !iruir:- 11 oh-p.-t rs ............. ' -nd shea.rs ..... ................. '.-[hi >, Muck womv 1 ........ ............. -KUisr tup-- ifid round nais ....... . i -('fins "id ri x -- -i ladde-''- ,-f u'Ryv, iiu\v r>. ....... ''-tv r r re j fe.-l \ jUr * -u- ),. vnir __ ______ ' - . : n t t-ria i.irr 'lei - , (niW fA j`. . V - |.e, f: ( nr- .1:i ! i t v r.eif- 1 . tMir < h.j 1 m;re--1jnf-- ............................ ih r r i is i-a , s .... ...... .................. ip ' v ' l.'-iif;) r.h n c. r ................................. L'' 'vVui r\* .................................................................................. i4s '-Vrenehes, use uf................................................ ....Ill NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS Death Stalks the Tired Driver SLICE DOLLARS OFF I Continued from page 12 i the cab: if it is partly empty, they make a bed on the load in the truck. When they get a load they drive continuously until it is delivered and then apply immedi ately to a broker for another. In winter, they sometimes stop over night in it tourist camp when they become too tired to go on: in the summer they often sleep in the grass by the roadside. They live in constant fear of an accident, which would ruin them. This is not on-isolated case. .V little worse than average, perhaps, but dupli- uteri in many of its essentials a thou sand tunes over. Obviously this puts highway trucking in a sad state. What is said about it today may not be true tomorrow. The little financial epidemics of over-enthusiastic truck sales com panies pass on from one part of the iountrv to another, independent haul ers will carry one thing--fires, cigarets. clothing, office equipment--over one route for a few months and then if "business conditions'-' look better some where else, they will shift the scene of their activities. If their day's work con sisted of the "run" alone, the situation would not be so had. but often they must waii many weary' hours, sometimes all day, for their load, after which they c.tart out on a trip that may take all night or longer. In many cases, too, they do the loading and unloading. The following log of a fruit hauler from Michigan into Chicago is typical: Starts loading at 5 p.m, and leaves for .,k* ny two hours later with a load of fruit. Makes two or three short slops .m tuff* fry ett nrj `.ViSoHrU*. \rnvus at marker, .ihout JSO in the morning. Has completed delivery of his argo by 4: >0. Gets something to eat. services the truck, and perhaps sleeps in rite i Mi a little while before driving to a place where he thinks he may be able in pick up a return load. At >: o'clock he marts hark empty, Arrives about 1:30 in the afternoon and sleeps at home until five when he starts mif to repeat the per formance of the 'Lay before. He may do this as much as five days a week. In many trucking operations an at tempt is made on the part of the drivers >r haulers nr both to keep the vehicle in as nearly continuous motion as possible. This is most commonly practiced in the rush -i-.iMin in coal hauling, stock haul ing, produce hauling, and the movement of household goods, the last operation perhaps consisting of a trip from 1 exits to New England. The practices in these cases are as follows: i, If the driver is .done hr drives until he r, , pulls Up at .1 iiHtiy; station or ... `.vide `.pot tn the mad. sleeps until he .waiers. drives on until he ts ic-t.-pv, .deeps until he as1cakes and :,o on until his destination is reached, There may he .1 week 01 ten days of this, and truck drivers have mpoited as much as two 01 three weeks or it on a schedule which lesembles iiothin.tr so much as a mara thon. lair the most part, the drivers- trv to combine then sleeping with stops for food and gasoline. g. if there ate two drivers without a sleeper cab, the situation is ptobablv even more hazard ous, bemuse thp only sleep the men act rwhile the vehicle i.s m motion. Sometimes the man sleeping has to do so sitting up. but often he manages to slouch in a c.rner and sometimes to lie down with his feet behind the driver and his head on tin.......it at the right side of the cuh, it it is wide enough, In this e.ise the only stops made are for food and gaso line, In a well equipped sleepei cab. Continuous driving is cm the ,ime bases, but the rest obtained, is much more effective, particularly when the driver and helper n,o v their sfiif-oules iretullv planned. Methods of nimhatine steep are many end varied. Short naps in restaurants seem to he about all that some drivers need, b'offce and w>ca cola are old standbys. Some drivers take pills labeled "Vo-Doz" or "Sia- VVake." or some such trade name, which seem to help, cithers talk or -ing to themselves, and many welcome hitch hikers who will eng ' 1 " - ' - - 1 sation and thus he . ,. ...... awake. Most of them make a prnrrire of light eating. hnr the most part, the actual operat ing schedules of trucking companies show little reason for drivers being uii duty to the point >'f exhaustion, but in practice, the waiting time the loiiiing. and tlie delays on the way so frequently anti o> greatly modify these schedule-- that they are no satisfactory guide to i.ne actual conditions the drivers must face, Alcohol is mentioned in the report but not stressed. The majority of drivers do not consider beer intoxicating and in summer, particularly, a driver may take several glasses during a day. Of course, this does not produce intoxica tion. hut in many cases it undoubtedly causes extreme drowsiness. ( Vtrbon monoxide, noise, and boredom are also mentioned as frequent causes of sleepiness. FEBRUARY. 1935 MAINTENANCE COSTS p f44.--, 9) uisher maintenance costs. ((Id fashioned soda and acid extinguishers must be refilled every vear, hut the NEW Kidde extinguisher is good until used. Instead of a dollar a year for main tenance, the NEW Kidde extinguisher will cost you nothing. The Kidde extinguisher is discharged by pressure supplied Itv- a eurfrirlge t<f earbon dioxide gas. it contains no acid. It dis charges only pure water. I he Kidde extinguisher has all the effectiveness u f sod a acid e vt ins Iiisiiers and meets the require ments of insurance authorities, f t islaheledbvthe Underwriters' Laboratories and the Kar'tnrv Mutual Laboratories. Why buy old fashioned tire extinguishers that cost money stud trouble each year for muinfenaneei1 The new Kidde ex tinguisher eosts no more tnii i.dly and costs nothing to keep up. Write tor a tree copy of the folder, " The Fire Extinguisher that - -ve- Herharging I tollarO Walter Kidde & Company, iue,, Bloomfield. New Jersey. RAIL CLAMPS PROVIDE SAFE CONDITIONS Eliminates the dangerous practice of placing blocks of wood under the car wheel for bracing. Within the last three nr four years, the report states, jti attempt has hren made in 42 states and the District oi Columbia to limit the hours which drivers of certain trucks and buses may work. There has been a sad lack of foresight shown by legislators, however, and as a result there h little uniformity in the laws, furthermore, not much is said in the law* about how they shall be en forced or who shall enforce them amt as a result there is much ``buck passing.' As a matter of fact, the majority of truck drivers, and many of the truck ing companies, are not aware that such rules or legislation evist! Recommended as the surest and H'\m-\KY OF FONFUTfONS safest possible stop tor use on run 1. Many motor-vFhielt* accidents happen ways in repairing a crane, on load became drivers fall adeep or become - ing platforms, temporary sidings, | tired that thev cannot drive *afelv. Hurh car stops, on air ferries, under I accidents ore much more liable to came tipples, and for cars on grades. \ death tparticularly of the driver; and seriou- mjurx or damage than the -ieneral run nf Rigidly constructed of open hearth annealed cast steel, tool steel key. Made to fit any rail from 40 to 110 pounds. Easily and quickly removed Guaranteed against breakage Used and recommended by lead ing steel companies, manufacturing plants, mines, grain elevators, ce ment plants and quarries. mutorwelude accidents. 2. '`Fatigued"' or "adeep** accident" are more likely to occur to truck driver?* than to thofe <f private passenger cars. A drowsiness is often contributed to ami complicated by other factors, e*-peciuily alcohol ami carbon monoxide. f. Driving excessively l^ne hours i> a common practice oit American highway*: but starting trips after considerable period" of wakefulness (occasioned by work or even waiting* is eouallv important in produriuw dangeruU" fatigue. T. Although 12 states ami the District of Fnlmnbia have laws or regulations to limit the hours which certain cla-se- of drivers may he on dutv, there are only a few place' where anything is done tn enforce 'Urh rule', ami in many Mate- then* b no attempt what ever at enforcement. ci. Violations of these rules are mu-t common mid -rmus in long-haul, for-hire trucking, particularly mnoni' iver- who own their own vehicles: although tla-umii otfeme> often occur in either types of truck ing ami are not uncommon in Mmr kinds >d Ini" operation". ' , f oi' purpose" of safety lotri sjation. the Style -f--.j75.00 Each Our Engineering Department will design clamps to meet special track conditions. Let us have your oper ating problem and we will make recommendations. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS COMPANY incident Prevention Equipment 800 W. Somerset St. Philadefph ia, Pa. total hours on duty, including: time for loadinu. unloading, ami waiting, arc the im portant factor---not metvSv the hour" di tmdlv at tin* wheel. H. ! huurerouslv long hours for profes sional driver** -dti he avoided bv taretui rganization and planning, including prepa ration for the bu-v -Cason, guod mamtenunce of vehicle", adjustment, of -rhedu!e* to permit relay." of driver* to handle Ions haul", and arrangement of loading and un loading to avoid unnecessarv waiting bv driver.". A .Most of the well run truck lleets, par ticularly those in which the management i? actively interested in reducing accidents, and manv of the individual truck owners have .-dread v adopted the-e safety mr*a"uri.*rvoluntarily, and the only effect enforced lenUlHtion on hour" of duty will have n them is to reduce i*mprtrtion from ami chance of miii^inn with trucks who.se driver" .ire working danperouidv long hours. Hydro-Extractors ' i 'rmiinitni from page ay1 hydro-extractor should be provided with an interlocking' device connected to the belt sKifter or other starting mechanism to prevent the operation of the machine while the cover is open or unlocked and to hold the cover closed and locked while the basket is in motion. This de uce. however, -liould not prevent the movement of the basket by hand to insure even loading. 17. In sugar mills, hydro-extractors tre usually loaded and discharged auto matically or by mechanical means while the machines are running at reduced speeds. The possibility of an operator being caught is considered by many authorities as nil. Therefore, in sugar mills covers of the hydro-extractors are usually not provided with interlocking ievices. lb. ,\11 starting and stopping devices "hnuld be so ! Hated that they can be operated from in front of the machine and in no way interfere with the guard ing of the belt and pullev, (See Vote Wi il!, .ill belts, pulleys, gears. sprockets anti chains should be enclosed so no one i an come into accidental contact with diem. (See .Vote W) 70, Tight ami loose pulleys should be equipped with a permanent belt shifter provided with means to prevent the belt from creeping from the loose to the tight pulley. 71, On motor driven machines all Mrtinsr and control devices -hnuld be : type listed a- standard be the T '".'ierwritprs' Laboratories, All eV. wiring should be in au-nrdance with the "-Muiremem? of the National KWtrirni ' ' `Or. r 'A-p \ufp M , 77. When flammable liquids are Handled in hydro-extractors, there is the possibility of tire or extension because of -itic electricity, fn -men f/,se- all parts i the hydro-extractor, including 'be Uts and pulleys, -hnuld be electrically - r: -W, (reading and unloading, and the metal of (he `isket should be of non-sparking ma teria 1. (Nee Note Vt 7V Hydro-extractors used in chemi cal processes where poisonous fumes may be generated, should be ventilated to the outside to prevent the fumes escaping into the work room. Safe Operating Practices '4, The brakes on hydro-extractors are powerful in action and if they are applied too rapidly, the sudden slowing NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS down is likely to produce severe stresses (OOIin the basket which might cause it to tail. and HATS Therefore, except in case of emergency hydro-extractors >houid be slowed down gradually. j 25, < iperutors should never attempt to oil hydro-extractors while they are in for COMFORT HEAD EASE motion. ,:6. operators should not wear loose and SAFETY or lorn clothing. Where there i- tt ! possibility of injury because **f acid or I other i hemirais, suitable protective clothing should be worn, f See Note '/) 27, Operators should never attempt to add to the lend or to lift the enter while the hydro-extractor is in motion, j .'si, \n person" should remove nt diange in .any way any safeguard except for the purpose of immediately making Travel the world over and you will find that COOL CAPS and COOL HATS fit every cranium comfortably. This is because of the Flexible Ventilated Fore head Band which conforms comfortably and without irrita tion to every size and shape of head. necessary repairs m adjustments, and when mii h repairs nr adjustments are completed, the safeguard should immedi Note -The flexible ventilated forehead hand is found onlv in Cool Caps and Cool Hats! ately he replaced in proper order, IVrite for Descriptive Literature. Thorough periodical examinations j by '.jualifted persons are essential tor .PllIITABLE LAMP & safety. The frequency of such examina tions depend upon the amount and type of use to which the hydro-extractors are EQUIPMENT 11. 405 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh, Penna. subjected. When iom:sive --ubstanies arc handled, it is advisable to occasion- 1 ;111 v dismantle the hydro-extractors to facilitate the inspection and to make BRANCH DISTRIBUTORS G. A. Luckrnbaeh.. .............. . Grqtihart fu-niu' Tho Miner Rubber ( Ltd. Scranton, Pa. I Denver, - tranbv, certain no part has been dangerously weakened by i.-ornisum. .tit. Die high -peed at which hydro extractors are usually operated and the stresses to which the virions parts are i NO OUST tt^RD subjected, make is imperative that no | hydro-extractor which is defective or not in safe running condition fur .up ; other reason, -hould he allowed To be operated until the hefei t inis been i m THIS piutKudy i .irrecled, Vmt v, r a c.-c's'- dr-cnb: imdijim.d -.Moms -a., -a hp - sjame vr naio. WiMt-va -a \--ii.fi,1 -,-h-es s,.k hr,K"t:ct-- l-daavdi-t `a a a : Iuil1 .eni sa , . pine ll'-vicci. IV-Ik .lint Hi-tr CTtl.nsb " ..mii '- i -a C -'isltw tmii tf \t o- , tllllrc i rl|,,| ,t 1 [ DANGEROUS DUST DEPOSITS ARE EFFECTIVELY REMOVED WITH HOFFMAN HEAVY DUTY VACUUM CLEANING EQUIPMENT cteCUK 'X il lug- t-n . v e ,\,d:iili.li S.ltclv t auu ; I -'OtV Run'll,Sauripblr-l t:5[-<XrH\ii IXti'ies - i p- .'S-oa-- 1 ` ..lUPit-s.- I:C ! Ul.ltinn ,a| -nr '.tlrinrn.iiuiti .if v.inc cirv-riutv in the "perj- j turn nt h\iini.i-;,.tr,icto]s ,il ha idotrut in I ' -tlniul s.ift-tv < .uinall sare Ur,'itices P.unph- [ lata 'a-; S',rid Mertrr.-Uv " f ;_ j S.ifet', Drv (d.-mme -lad Dyetne hstriblish- v,ll fan- ftrrltc: lat.Uls .,|i -uir.lhic ' dnfbing. - \ i l-cii ai i - 1,-.' a I - is an 11 ' S-- i Pr.lUlCi-s ICinipiliat fan li"a t1'--, .r,--,.-s J a i .1 V- if re." I National Safety Council, Inc. 20 North Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois i j | .-ijisses *' <lnM ItMiit to seriouw impairment <t health ultra inhaled reiinfnriy,* other* are hi^-ftiy et.P i"vj x, tin tier uert n n eon il It loti*, Ih'Uisiiir Moor e leaning, plus tin oeensimuil .{Miurtu- t inri'lirutl sfrtrefn j-es with tiolVmnn epuipnirttl ttives > nit minimum protec tion lit low eosf. Write for New Illustrated Booklet "REMOVE THE MENACE OF DUST" U. S. HOFFMAN MACHINERY CORPORATION Air Appliance Division 111 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y. Engineers and Manufacturers of Pneumatic Systems FEBRUARY IQ-tS 62 Training Counts in Fire Protection This committee is under the chairman ship of Richard E. Vernor, Western Actual Bureau, 222 West Adams Street, >' i 'ontiiaiiii from page -4` Chicago. The committee has much interesting m-CArd j.*u ,w>ava gold f ine nf the best examples of fore to help anyone interested. thought in saving an industrial plant from a coni lustration was cited by C, W. Mowrev before a meeting of the Massa "STEEL-GRIP BRAND O. K." Skillful purchasing agents annually chusetts Safety ft mncii. The Water bary. Conn., had near mie ot its main buildings a row uf two and three-story wooden buildings which were used for storing patent medicines and which were known to contain -.event 1 hundred gallons of alcohol. The clock company realized the >eri- New York Makes Progress in Public Health HEALTH records of Ww Vork ('ity for 18.3 years, recently published bv the (tty's Department of Health and quoted hy The 11 >?'< S> inu>\ -how that the i ttv was comparatively healthy save thousands of dollars for their companies by knowing when and oustie-es of the exposure. They equipped the windows with wired glass and in stalled rows of open sprinklers. They from I SCO to l.s.to-irenieiv unhealthy between Ess2 and 1824, am! prtwres,-ively more healthy since that date, espe where to buy. In certain basic com instructed the watchmen in the use of open sprinkler -ystenis, providing bags modities, price is the all-important of xuvdust for ii-'p in < use "t leakage and determining factor. around the windows, t nn is were stored on -kids and ninny "tUer precaution.- The purchase of safety wearing apparel, relatively insignificant in taken, Within two years the f-xpeeted tire lame. It incurred at ;;(!(> trcloek in the morning. The trained watchmen its effect on the P. A.'s budget, is however a very different and a acted promptly. Although the fire Ittsted four hours and the wind was blowing the dames toward the plant, the very important matter. In the case | Wuterburv < T.* k t uinpany .differed no loss and business was resumed as usual of an accident, either lost time or next morning. cially since 1891. Three major health catastrophes ore r-.-iorded ,dnre I,s(.K>--the three great holera epidemics of 1832. t.S4Q and i;o4, in the tirst and worst of these ears almost 8 per cent of the city's popu lation died. In addition to these deaths, the city lost many thousands of people who moved away in an effort to e- ape the cholera, the cause of which was then unknown. Che -econo holera -oi- lost life, the correct choice of pro During the past few years there has | tective clothing must be the sole been a considerable increase in the num- t her of training hciois for nremen and j guide. Price matters little. plant watchmen. The industrial plan' i should take advantage of these schools So, Mr. Safety Engineer, on your | tor its own men, not only for the vain- * ;pySou' able training received but also to stimu next requisition to the purchasing | late their interest in the work. agent, specify STEEL-GRIP safety : ('lam tire brigades can he made an 0 .isset to those participating, rather than clothing and make the notation, i a chore. The men selected for . tire "STEEL-GRIP BRAND O.K." And brigade -honii! ,-ome font) ot when you talk with the P. A. tell recognition or compensation, and mem bership should be made * matter ot him why. pride rather than drudgery. There is real '-due In holding lairlv frequent demonstrations of the use of I his i.-mious lubri- - mini prorpvs 1% tin* --tncthmj j j i 1 f c t* 11 n 11 Ti- Inch . n be im*M bfrir- .tipP (/'i * * PYHOII SAFEGUARDS MACHINERY CUTS -ItUfc' .arious types ot extinguishing equip ment which workers may see and par 'Iits- r/.t'jtrs, pUllf'Ss, ,nl UUkHuhiTV Utlii 'juipniPnt -- '-spe- fifiliv iina(*r EXPENSE ticipate in. If is understood that there f si .*iu, I he Use t.f INDUSTRIAL' is no "best'1 tire extinguisher. Each type* has its best function and should be made f'viYiii . <b*Unite fctmt.rny, MNvurablv . fs r-Klhvt;-. ,:rv;i *<`r fiti'ifnev, hi!<1 I'vroU, bv the oiiiire, tu rcuulur* tills ttflti jfri'iiMS. %f t) GLOVES to serve that purpose, not used indis- I (riuiinateiy. Vou 1 in never tell when i < -tupon tor "IrtrJusrruil brochure" ami m;* n v infere'stjnii bmis. N!. ibl ication. Sfamuartui'cb and 1 rtuirsint***-i bv mra Pyrnii NY. V. K<dder. C-iO? CORPORATION! any employee may have to use an ex- 1 tinguisher. and all workers should know , !'rp< , V'N { ul,'n(|f`ft( Avr- i.aCrow, AN. tJ&T C o i.i f. 725 GARFIELD BLVD. when and how to use the various types. tfmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrnmmf DANVILLE, ILL, For those who are -coking ideas on ( J Pyroti Oh'nnanv, xAj LaFiiHi'tte j LaCrow, WiS,. U.8, A. Ave, j g demonstrations and instructive pro | r ,i,.. . :4 : !*-,- u s Ft '.-si ornclenev g | Also, r'?t* fii<iqstrnt Krni'|tirv \.} ..hlmatnm g Chicago Detroit grams, 1 would suggest getting in touch with the National Fire Protection Associ J '' iii-i' , ! , , ........... . , ................................ | Philadelphia ation Committee on Visual Education. I * 'Its- . , , , , ........ , -t NATIONAL SAFETYNEWS demic, in r '>, wm* somewhat less severe. The third on*', in 1854, was still milder, although this. was accompanied in a smallpox vpi<i; which attain raised the city's death rate for that year to nearly s per cent *>t the population. New York? last cholera epidemic was a still milder one in lxiin, after which smallpox tnok first place among the eii.v's epidemics, 'erious epidemics of this disease happened in 1x65, 1X7.2 and Rjxl. .'dnce then anailpox also has been almost wiped out with the intro duction of compulsory vaccination. The last serious epidemic of diphtheria was in Ih.'s7 and the I,art epidemic of measles in l.sdl. -since ixm \Vw York has experienced only one severe epidemic of any kind, the influenza epiilenm of 1016. This ai i inmted for about, two deaths per thousand population. Im provement or general health is shown by the tni t that the tutai dentil rate in lorn was almost exactly I 5 of that of 1x57, the city'- uuhealthiesf year. lately Officials: Write fur rk'FF Sample. -if "The High-Speed" Antiseptic Applicator Speed is an essential part of good antiseptic technique. The sooner antiseptic is applied to wounds after injury, the less chance there is for infection. Saf-T-Tops offer a most convenient method of quick disinfection for employees before going to the first-aid station. They can be carried in the pocket, tool-kit or hand bag ready for instant use. The patented applicator tip feeds like a fountain pen, applying solu tion exactly where needed. Six solutions available: Mcrcurochrome Iodine Mctaphea - Merthiolate - Ferric Chloride Uo-proyl-alch. Beyond the Nurse's Routine '- '"ininiKi ovum iw"r until I had my.teeth ; miked out and mv eyes tested." I agreed with him that he had done the right thine, fur i have felt that v man should not take home his shop worries, tor his wife has plenty of troubles at home, Neither should the wife ;-ave up all the rhorr coming* of the chiidren to tel! her husband when he conies home from a day'' toil, l itis employee had ,dl the m-ces.-ciiy meoicai and dentai v,***,; v.-aiVh not only improve*! nis neuith but marie him a, rate anil red-.me ,* >rker. I* alav he is m- hi ..or )*- ..... 'er* an- health im- j>n i\ ement, l et me refer -. another case which >ho\vs now faulty diet habits can make a man a serinn* acciden* risk, 'hie day i mrenittn ;irciucrht a itaif hysterical matt Into the first aid depart ment, - Here, Nurse," said the foreman, "find cmt what ;s wrong with this man. Is he crazy? He wants to throw up his job because he can't sleep nights." On talking with rhe patient I found out that he was a slave to black * offer. He drank from three to five cups during the night, while working and two more * ups with his breakfast before retiring, fn trying to deep he found himself a mass of twitching nerves which he tried to quiet. by drinking more coffee, and smoking one nVaret after another, sub stituting milk and coffee with the caffeine I 53 Anderson Avenue - Rochester, N.Y. I a s t a 11 JUNKIN NON-REPEAT Tri vie.-Interlock SAFETY GUARDS / ht`V fittv fur thernsrAvrs out ut tirc/tifttr I'umpp/tjYt- ntm sarinus ' I , tt lii'ii von buy jl XK1N S \FETY HI * if i ' uut are buy!tig protection, and thereby elimi nating tile tio'-ibility of ,t*-> i*je>nts which take ~a vn-tiv toll in compensatiou. V } ` l, ... | Human hands have no -pare parts. Why permit your pres? and shear operator? to risk. hands that cannot be replaced? Even mmpensatiou never pa vs for ?urh loss. jrXKIX SAFETY GUARDS--adaptable to all types of stamping presses, -hears, etc,. retain their safety features over tile full range tif work handled. Machines cannot be oper ated until the guard is entirely safe, or repeat an operation unless the guard has dropped to the ".'vAKETV' po-ition. I lie'*- and other features are Ittllv described in literature which will he sent promptly on re.piest. Write for it todav. JUNKIN SAFETY APPLIANCE CO. 950-956 West Hill Street Louisville, Ky. FEBRUARY. 1955 Minimizes Searring/ AN OUTSTANDING FEATURE OF p.lii:, TREATMENT FOR BURNS An easy spreading lenitive ointment suceessiuUv used bv ph \saiuns and hospitals for many years m the treatment ot burns; as a focal application to denuded and painful lesions of the skin---cuts and bruises. Packed in bn o/., 1 / tv.,, 1 ozv, and Z oz,, tubes; i lb., 5 lb., and 10 lb. tins, " KIP GENTIAN (Spray) Represents the lenitive oils of Kip and Gentian Violet in solution. Recom mended as a spray tor extensive burns where open treatment is indicated. Forms light, tough, elastic eschar which inhibits germ growth. Anodyne, non-toxic bactericidal and bacteriostatic in vivo, A powerful antiseptic tor scratches, cuts and bruises, and ringworm. May safely be used orally ,i* u swab in the treatment oi Vincent's angina, and alfections m which I staphylococci and B, diptheriap are causative agents. Packed in 1 >z.. `with glass applicator!, 4 oz. (with glass applicator and sprav) pint, quart and gallon bottles. Introductory outfit, 4 ox, bottle, with applicator and spray complete #1.50 postpaid. AALb) KIP CORPORATION, LTD___ 919 E, PICO BLVD. AVA fyfl ny"-'' KtP PRODUCTS ARF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ^MAKERS OF ANTI-PVRFXut. AND PVROLl OHT RIBUTE0 BV SELECTED MRM-AlO EQUIPMENT HOUSES Comfort along with Safety is one of the main characteristics of Brown hilt Safetoe Shoes--Stock No. !io is also a good-looking dressy >hoe. It is made of Black Calf, has leather lined vamp and quarter, perforated tip, *teel box toe, steel >hank, heavy single oak sole, leather base rubber heel and is made bv the Goodyear welt process. The wide tango of widths assures an accurate fit. AVe carry a complete line oi Safetoe -hoes in -lock to tnui-t practically rw`t\ requirement. Write for special illustrated Safetoe catalog. St, T.otns 'humI'ai'turers oi evrc\ kirni nml type <t shoe worn in America, including the famous Poster Itrnwn shoes for boys arid girls, removed saved this man's health and retained an expert machinist for the company. There has never been a time when the teaching of mental hygiene has been as important as in the past few years. The world is full of tragedies, many of which are due to ignorance of some funda mental principle of mental health. The nurse can render important serv ice in the art idem prevention program by developing a consistent health pro gram which will safeguard men mid women and enable them to live happy and useful live:.. Personals V. R. Miau, has been elected presi dent of Underwriters' l aboratories suc ceeding the late Dana Fierce. Since January 1, F-V4, Mr. Small had been resident vice-president in \ew Vork < Tty. .Mr. Small graduated from the Uni versity of Maine in 1904 with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineerj ing, and in > '>the University ron , (erred upon him the professional degree of Civil Engineer. Immediately after I graduation he was employed by the New Turk Fire Insurance Exchange. in (irtober, I'-ato, lie ioineii the -4311 of Underwriters' Laboratories in Chicago as assistant engineer in the newly . reatea Electrical Department under Mr. Fierce, In 1008 he was made special agent and in FJIU was appointed .superintendent of the Labe! '-mure Department which he had organized. He i ontmneii in charge of the label s.-rvice after election as vice president in 1 0ifi until his transfer to Turk. Lor -.merit vears he has served as , hairman ut the Electrical Committee of the National Eire Pro tection Association. He has also repre sented the Lire Protection group of the \merir:in standards \-s.vEt*ion, Rot. wo Jonhs, M the surty Manu facturing Company. Chicago, and a former Oenernl chairman of the Wood Products Nation. Net , t- now reenvering at his home in Cary, Ind.. following a major operation. WTu, f oopkku formerly treasurer of the National Safety Council, has been appointed mothnnirui -operintendent of the Davi- More and the Merchandise Mart, t hiragn. in addition to his present responsibilities with Marshall Field cc t Vi. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS Honor Roll Details of no-accident records in excess of 400,000 man hours, or 200 working days, are invited for this department American Locomotive Co. With -m .! of tl't riupiovets, the Montreal plant t the American Locomotive ('uTipttnv operated January A i'-GN to July ;-i. !*>; without a disabling inturv. i'he ex posure totaled v"/4S tnan-imuts. The McIntosh & Sf-unout ( mp,. suksuihuy jl Auburn, N V, with *'4" emplovecs, oper ated Mjo.ivi safe nun-bouts D-twevn Mav 1 \ lvi' ^ iiul Luuiuiv TD, Iuvt, Bethlehem Steel Co. Thr toHmvuu: o-,o(1|s so- upoik-J hv O.mhm Flint 'if the Bethlehem Steel Gmip.mv ,tt Johnstown Pi., .1; nf Janu.irv io K..II Shops .-.'(i ,-mphivei.-.s, HOO uun- f,iiujs' Miy -> I'PPP to iLtif, unbroken. Ho, I jin] Wiir Division--ill) employees' SD.onO miin-tinurs; Deeemhri I-i, loss. to iLire, imhroken. \'\'heel Division- - i'>0 riiipiovees; ovi.Siifi m.in-hinifs M.iit/h l , lW->, to hire. UlibfoiveO- Knee Leggingi Hip Leggings Spats The standard protection tor thousands of workmen m hundreds of plants. Our complete line of Safety Clothing also includes asbestos helmets, suits, mittens, gloves, aprons, etc. Hverv item is expertlv made from highest quality materials. Writr. tor Sew 1`ru'r IJst. THE SAFETY CLOTHING CO. \ltmn\acttircv$ 5804 Pavnc Avc. Oevd met, Ohio mmiu \ r-p.uouem-- i >5 employees; 3M>,<J00 man-hours: An east PL 1 '->42. to October pH-t. !Vrinm.ite<( when employee dropped piece of pipe hi foot, fritrturinp bone. An jo'ident in the Roll Shops would parallel the unp.uilim.ihle mu, ' write. If, WDurr, supervisor of s.ifetv. Brunswick Laundry Co. The Brunswick Laundry (otiipanv, lersev City, N. J., lias operated from October i, LvO, l-n Nosrinber >o i:'S ; without a di-sablinu injury. With an averatte force of o'", the iimmlrv has operated a. : man-hours, du Pont de Nemours & Co., E. I. The Dvc Works Construction of F. L .iti Pont dc Nemours N Co,, .it Penn's Grove. N jL lias operated J'-'l davs. with a toml exposure nt oj'f.'voo m,m hours, wirhouf u disabling mjurv. Faber Pencil Co., Eberhard from julv so to December a I, t -4. fiber- hard Faber Pencil Company, Brooklyn, N. V., operated Dl.SsK man-hours, Average lunubfr , of employees v. as VC, ; Pouke Fur Co. : It's a Lottery -- So Be Sure About lot/r Fire Protection No disabling npunc-s occurred during l*.M I m tin; plant -a die Fuike Fui f'NmiOauv. , Lours, Ma. uiJ the svC-rd was --rill intact on > J.tnuarv " 1'he plant, which dfcs.se and dvc- | ealsklns. t-mplov* ,m average ot iss workers | and operated man-hours during iv^-t Inland Steel Co. No .hs^Kling mum' has. t'cum*d in thr Roll Tuntme shops of rlv* inland -Sfyf;i t.'oi'npanv ai . iunt C.hkago, Ind,, sii'k.c October : \ lo.^s, I During this period an a^nraee force t*f *'iHpio\'*<*s wnrkivj la.ulTO" m.m-b<>urs- Nupei- ^ -batefv meetings, pi5tcis and the met nrive ' oi ,t go.-.d remi'd .ire fhf' rsientuis of the cmpane's program Panhandle Power & Light Co. S The \,<tionifi \ifefv f.ontesi m the Lhiblsr ^ l.dilitic-s 'section got the. Kmhandle Ptmvr ,v T.ight foiuj-anv -tarrcsl <>n iis s.'.fe'v drivt' uid after about 'est-n monihs die interest of f*m- phwees in mainLuninp the record provider! urtio'enf incentive, 'The coinpanv. whirb has its headquarters in Hinger. Tex., operates two. .''Min turbine plants erving go towns in the ' ILmnandle of T-r:-'. N'!-, ,-..,cTrrg HAT a t hanrt.- um take* by ili-peudinir on iiiu<l(`i|uute fire rwnt vtingtiishers i> ,-hmvti by a Wanalysis of tiro los-i>. Out of evnrv Immlrnrl eevt'tv iires that nirurrod in industrial plants, if was found that O plants never resumed operations. "(ft. d \ i mi have Ltcipn'r. -.M-.nlirn; or oil hazards in vour plant, it is ,-asv fo yet the protection you want and pav lor. LI V evtinirtiisliers will put out all the diffVrmit kimU tire*s jn Hnni- ni a hi*'' I iqu id s u (ii ell foam nmiilmn letr<?fh In- t`it|e rumiruiwIifiN Mill, ami mnrp b^-idp-, id \ t- .rrngni-her-. omrhvr i.-.wiim' *r E.n-f|uer hruw burning on the ground, in tank** r upon :nn j-urbirr. Furthormoro. id V wdi put mif tiru- in Huimmihlo U<{uid? -troamma (hromrli the dr trotn leaking pipe-, oyer, (low trig tanks or -pilled eontmner- mmin-t vvhieh oniinurv extinguir-lter- are *. With 1,1 \ uni have pmumtion aguin-t o aide r.nure of fhunmal.de liquid hre-, imf ju-r j few, Write tor informutinn to Walter fvidde Fompaiiv, hue. Tit \JfNreet. BlnomHeM, 'ew [er-ev incurred in Mav. !u;^, and rhe 1 Vi Hnplovrw> , iave accumulated vdr man-hnurs at 1 the time of reporting, . 'Z Hcttisous Why \iu (,o Wron" Vi'i lli f'iinarron Dtilfties r'ompanv, an am I fated rompanv, vr-ic-'m* rr.unru-s hi Texas .v,,4 oHahoma r-Dannrv, ci\ witer and iux has .1 \ If i r i.r.r.fd dating back to September 1, v,-fth an .-epo-ure >>f idlT'k'' man-hourv, :\veriice number of employees has heen 2~*. | , Republic Steel Corp. ( hi i,umary c the Buffalo plan1: of the 1 h e n'H "Miper* Id \ extinct! di , f i tuPains .iU> more e\'tincTii>h- ing ugcut than many other earho (ItovOlr j2uifarr of equal ftnrI Wficht, Repubiir St<v| rorpmarion hail completed 22\ davs witiiout u disabling rnjurv. On that date d'he new oval a fr mm red leg in nnn.tfed .;,r'n,L':T urddentrreo man-bmirs. Youngslown Sheet & Tube Co. The Flcririnl r>cp:irim('n> ,,f ihf I'-mnp, 11 l'' .:n,- * i-'iip.inv <U !:.it-iuapi, lml,, h.is nfx-r.ire-l Mmr- July It 195(1. wiTlinuf ,i .liviblintr uiiurv. I *;i Xin-cjnhrT ii, fhc tnul -diuneot*the M \ di-eharge horn gi\ e v longer range, a wider Idanket of gas md a ntor#* effee- live diseharge of '-noav. vvp.Hi.iH- ,i -.-si 1M nwn-honrs, C impe- litinn svrth .liber units; ,,f tlie s.unpjm- I1.11 I proved helpful in maintainine interest, LUX) ^0r Electrical and v.u. Flammable Liquid Fires FEBRUARY, 1935 With the Manufacturer Manufacturers are invited to send in announcements of new products, or improved special features. Only items which can be considered as "news" to our readers will be published IPCO Acid Suit A new -t' to of one-niece s-uit Has recent- l\ ficrn lv the Industrial Broducts ( oDil i'hil- .delphia. I'a. it U intended for protection iron; -pbidio tin! spr-aw- in inspecting and m>airmg acid **uuipmtmt, pipe lino, iti rank* :m<T tor general t-unfccn- P1* Manufactured of double frubber- hatui iiiieraiion lias cut twitr tttllv cncli'ca-l iti nil, governor cmitroi amt two Rictus. Fur electric <->|ie ration lias Hall hearintr mechanism, hall h tetri tip motor, direct drive, electric brake integral with motor, "dead man" r*hle rnmrot, top and bottom limit stops ami X fern nt heavy insulated electric cable, klevator furnished tor capacines of " >0 or 75U pounds, 1 tvi rall and liftititr heights to speciiications. Standard hinged height. I'latform is .to v hi inchc- ami when low ered is only I[/ inches .iff the Hoor. Use. furnished with h-iticii Hyatt enuippeei base wheels removable -fee! barrel incline, auto -teer and automatic Hoor lock. win tmtlntm tn nlwiruct free circulation a air. Kelicctor design permits the use of .A-;- New Goggle for "Hot Workers" Hie new Muralite--Mi [Tot Workers' toggle i* designed for turn who work in confined spaces -if where femperature or hmniditv is high. '(`he manufacturer* ,y this new goggle practically double* the area usually allowed for ventilation- i'he extra ventilation in back of the b-iwe* imniinitm of exposed glass vet proving > whir, distribution of iirrbt, hivtui'c * an he furnished with pendent ..r wung ....."i t.ir k" or JOt) wan lamns Carbon Dioxide Fire Extinguisher Waiter K'ddc uid i,,o.( i4(1 t edar m., >'< '<brk k'itv announce an addition to oxt line. This k known as I*;,- up ^!>',n umt is .-mail iti m?. htrht wrisriu attri re-ir-ne.S for mmietasns rl'-k--, T*;.aw7 , -r i-'ti'i v.irh ail cram* < vmented. >, Io*rs by nir.cu*. of tnioti bookless fastener pro- r.c'tt-.; l.v tly-fr.vit vlTh ia-rens down a;'1, button* flood k Attached whh :\\i. -wtp button* *u hack and front---is e rupleteiv detachable V'T .f "X'H.iItt that Mm may be j Hood I*. *t 11 <* i b i r r. c:.. :. - <' t ...... A i. <f ii'iWix, Portable Elevator for Barrel Handling Thi* new >l>-v'itnr, in-t inincumct-i hy ieirrett-i 'r;)\vn* <. ,. . A", infh M., ` ....... .. ill.. - 'iesicrueu e-;e'cia![\- for ihe iMii'llini.. .tn.i pilinor of liarrel*, !t may hi* cither H.iticl nr eleefrirally njierated. {<r keep* them free from fogemg and -p vm- iti if-- and also keeps die area around "he v.;s (ami and '<> prc\**nts perspiration 'n*m ohsfurintT the vision. The hazard* <i nmdihnp- falling " "IliditHT with objects m-MiUM: -t obscured vision dm* t>< fouifed IcJist-', in* .omded !'v `1 e **'*.-**.' . .N.ii, y i im " h-' . m the \n`vr:*`au ' pttcal T>. npibwiT;.-, M as*, Benjamin Explosion Proof Fixture \ *1 v madosion urnot fixture has i'a.ii otniiuiu;*-''! in- tnc Benjamin iMectrir Manmm-turing (Tuipany, Tt BUine.-. '* ' hi- ww hxfure T listed hy ! bu.ierwr'.vrs laboratories for class 1, group B hazardmi* l"ations - armosplicrt*' imtaii:iur *... iH.r*- "f easoline. naphtha, petroleum, alco hol. Hceiumy faruuer ->h*onts atuf natural xas. The manufacturers ruate thi-* nov tixturo eonibini*'. etheit*ncy atui iinprtu: pialnv ilhmnnation with dependable prou-eiinn against r\piosi..n hazard This fixture ha* hern mreneuhenr-d in <->.ry part to withstand the tremendous prr-- uire* -'-f internal explosions without brenkuic down r fiernuttir.tr tiatne, ho* na-e> *r parks r> .-s.-npr am! ignite urr-*ui.c:itur .uniosphcre non-tarni*him?. aluminum alloy reflerf.r is totallv .nel(is**d within the luiv of :'.}> iivtiin* where n is {irotCeted -liramst uiiurv and adverse ,rmosphern; C`*nditituis, k is an integral part of the fixture hms u is particularly adaptable for auto mobiles, -mall incipient tire* in all tlam- maidc luiuid and electrical equipment- tire*. I `ie manufacturers -late lire* -<re e.uuplvtcly x xtinguished hi he.t\v(*en live and nttoen see.aids and the etieetiw range is as high a- tm- fert from tiie .hrharge rn. This unit pee.-js no re*.'hari.duv' anth used, is liarmless m any material it may t-'-uch, has no .vfior ami lenve^ im `race mresidue after use. t he -xuuouisher .-uppiicd, as illustrated, with a `Tamp type of bracket ruitahle for mounting on auto mobiles or at any desired wall point. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 67 NEWS ITEMS Mini: ii > Appliances Company, 1 !rai|<lock, Hionni'i .aid Alefuie Sts.. Pitts burgh. i';i., .itinutmci- thar they have re : civfil toniutl minticntion from the United Stales ISireau of Mines giving approval of their (Unifa Respirator tinder schedule Mo. ,,'! pertaining to the procedure for testing niter type dust, fume, and mist respirators for permissibility. Macwhvti* i .uupany, Kenosha, VVis., aunoum-es the appointment of l!town-Wales Company, 4lU tj Si,, Boston, Mass., as dis tributors for Macwhyte products, includ ing pia-tortned and internally lubricated win: rope f.ir hoisting, shnveU, cranes., draglines, mixers, pacers, water well and blast hole drilling, -hip riggmg and ele\ a tors, Protective C'liiipment lnr b.?J Or leans M,, Cliiragoy 1 ll,, have appointed T. .1 .'d.it-.Mk .t]it S, 7th St.. Milwaukee, Wis.. a- their -ales representative in this territory, Mr. Marszak has hail a number >'l years' experience m industrial safety. St*iIfiiHMits published nu fins page ba>tii e.ti tin1 i- In mis *! liw manufac turer. While the National Safety N'-ovs t'iimmt stuarnutei* these statements, they ate be Iif*vrti to be accurate. Trade Publications for your SAFETY EQUIPMENT LIBRARY Safety information on File Hvery Safety Hxecutive -houid have for ready reference up-to-date inform ation on all tvpes of equipment relating to safety' and industrial health. We will gladly help you build your Safety liquipment Library. The publications listed below will be sent free and without obligation tn leaders of NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS. Indicate the items vou wish; fill out coupon and mad to us. I. Exidust Industrial Stationary Vacuum Cleaning Systems. Hut- lotin No. D-U This bulletin completely illustrates and describes heavy duty vacuum cleaning systems for industrial uses. .Systems are built in sizes ranging from > to 100 horse power. Allen Billmyre Corporation, 7. Keep Air Moving with Propeilair Fans. This folder covers a variety of industrial uses where these fans have been installed to meet special conditions. Illus trates the models that are most often used in industrial ventilating and exhausting. Pro peilair, Inc. 2. The Kirk Interlock System. Buiie- Illegal Riders Present tin No, H49, Illustrates and describes Problems for Railroads the interlock method ot accident prevention. These devices are applied to associated equipment in such a manner as to prevent bHRlOTfS but. little known problem or allow operation of the equipment only in A tor the railroads has been created a prearranged sequence. Railway and Indus by a floating population estimatetrdial Engineering Company. 8. Union and Columbia Carboy Inclinaiors. 4-page folder illustrating and describing two types of carboy inciinators designed to meet requirements where safety of carboy handling is essential and desired. The inclinator Company, 9. New Allsafe Control for Paper at 5UU,o0n men. women arid children. 3. S. V. E, Picture! Projectors and The Association of American Railroads Picturols. information on projector estimates chat this number of men. outfit for film stereopticon views, screen and boys and women is now engaged in hopping freights. More than 200 of films. Comes complete in small easily carried compact case. Society for Visual Education, Inc. these non-puying passengers have been counted on one freight train, and under such circumstances, there is very little 4. Firemen's Electric-Lantern, inter eating little folder illustrating and vie>vrtbing a new electric lantern especially built ihat the train crew can no. C'cmnent- tor firemen. Throws a powerful, pure white Ing on the situation, the Punxsutawney combination spot and diffused light. Equipped with waterproof non-shorting t Pennsylvania) 0pirit commented as j switch, jiLstrite Manufacturing Company. follows in a recent editorial: j 5. Holcomb Perfected Foundry llU-y.u ti.iju rubmi <_<i ' udine the JudA had been virtually abolished throughout tilt* United "'City's vs iit-ti the .UpK-suuji struck and the job* ic.v. oruck out. It ts a practice easily con Safety Leggings. Folder '-hows a line of knee and hip leggings designed to protect the legs and feet. Furnished in asbes tos, chrome leather and fireproofed duck. trolled v.-hrn people- i.m attord to pay their way Holcomb Safety Garment Company. ,>od : niro.rd-s . m .:ttord to police their .ud% md lines adcciutciv. At times when 6. Superior Solid CO. Band Saws. v . affording anything, rite r .inroads <ue a? UK- mercy or transients, VO I urn the railroad managements speak nf this r. a perplexing problem they are not thinking Folder illustrates and describes three machine's especially designed for cutting solid GCA. All moving parts are completely guarded. Equipped with automatic table. Jones Superior Machine Company. of lost passenger fares, but of the danger to Cutting Machines. f.,,ider describes this machine designed to provide maximum safety in paper cutting. Constructed so op erator must keep both hands on push buttons during the entire cutting -aroke. American Allsale Company, Inc. 10. Reece's E-Z Walking Wooden Sole Shoes. An interesting little folder describing tvpes of wooden sole safe ty .hoes constructed for various industrial purposes. Reeee ^Gooden 'sole Shoe Com pany, Inc. I 1. 101 Uses for the Air-Acetylene Flame. This H-page folder points out that the air-acetylene flame does not take the place of the ovv-acetylene flame, but serves as a supplementary tool for use where lower name temperatures are required. 12. Healthguard Sand Blast Mask. Folder illustrates and describes this mask deoyned lor and blasting or unv worn where harmful dusts ate encountered. Also contains extracts from a laboratory report dealing with etfrciVncy. Chicago Eye Shield Company. their employees, equipment, passengers and NATIONAL NEWSfreight, us well as rhe danger to the tram riders. SAFETY Hundreds uf illegal riders are dying or being manned hi n,un wrecks and other accidents on tail road property, Thev are killed by low 20 North Wacker Drive Chicago, 111. bridges, by tailing between cars, oi while hoarding oi leaving trains and in other ways. Please S*nv*> <-of U> m* Pie |>t> bfieaf hnis i ha\t> ehei'ked; W'-cks ,nt* Hang Us: to illegal riders who tamper uirh ronnc-iaums or brakes, ami attacks upon V.imnirr) ha\e been lepoited, ", et the mads cm do little about if, It ts j nddle which will hnd us -.svn answer when the jobless re turn to work. Name . - . . ....................................... . Title ........................ ..................... ......................................... i nmpunv , , ...............* ................................. ............................................. - Add ress ......... .................................... ............................. ............. ............. PEBRIAm. 1935 Up Above the Floor So High H'ontinucd irum fnsgc 15) is widely used, hir concrete doors, lead, 11 >rk or abrasive is recommended. How ever, no one type of base ran be de pended upon under all conditions and sometimes the only safe wav is to station a man at the foot of the ladder. The step ladder can lie another source of grief. particularly where ihe purchas ing department reads the catalog from right to left without regard for specifica tions. and where maintenance is nobody s responsibility. Industrial step ladders lead a strenu ous life ami require a high degree of structural strength and rigidity, as well as a solid foundation. The higher the ladder, the stronger should be the con struction. A ladder four feet high might be quite safe while one ten feet high of the same material would have a most uncomfortable sway on the top step. Step ladders should never be more than ,;0 feet in height. ("niike other portable ladders, a step ladder is intended to he used as a work ing platform at tiny of its steps. At best, the ordinary step ladder provides a PRESENTING New Jus trite Safety Cans! v Waste f Can / .! II STBITF.' - Automatic -.*11? '.(Jii Kl.e *:-utt hi V*. ?tP.*"t'vH, loie:.-'. ''etui with tti t. diK.-t 4mumatt- - 11 y. bravn noth ina* frs-p -- si ttremt f<<attire Reduces 1 n s tt r- .I-Jontc'*ltyruut ,i* ' [<n- H ?&lluns. JlSTHITh presents :i N*\V Im provement in the ", " end 5 gallon Safety Cans. Hie carrying handle lias; been redesigned. This pprunts '`I'aisicr t arrying" huU "More Accurate Pouring." Large Spout--easily tilled direct from tilling station hose---no tunnels required. s-e hosv easv it pours--the most 'MTtcient can for the workman. Automatic spring c o n t ro 11 e d spout cap. Natural Hand wrtp - "pens in ..fie operation--closes automatically. A -nfe container for carrying explosive and vola tile tipuids-- no leakage or evapo ration. Labeled bv the Under writers5 Laboratories, Inc... and Approved by the Associated Haeini i.s Mutual Kin* Insurance 1 .ompunies, LESSENS INSURANCE RATES Protect wtir pUot--via -racLoycc-- io\v*r vour mur#tir*i rgfp pr^miiims'"by liuuUlne trie latest improre-i ^na anprovi*d ai'jsTBTTF; vst'wfy Pfvii'M lODAl, A--v- .if A.-ulr-rit 1 .Siitt? Swr Ultertf8Uri priffs nifui literature, ^usfaik (loan* with Foot Closn* automatically Justrite Mfg. Co. i!OS? Southport Avenue l Hlf UiO, BLLl>Oli precarious footing, particularly on the top step. When much work must be done from a step ladder, a safety plat form ladder is the logical equipment. A regular system of inspection for ladders is most important. All workmen should be instructed to return to their foremen any damaged ladder instead of putting it bark where another worker might get bold of it, if a damaged ladder is beyond repair, the foreman should complete the job of demolition so that nobody will put it bark into service with makeshift repairs. If a ladder is to be repaired, it shun id lie marked with .1 1 onspicuous tag. The first safe Practices Pamphlet issued by the 1 ouncil was mi the mice. 1 of ladders. This pamphlet has been revised several times and a new edition, incorporating recently developed stand ards is being reviewed bv the coinmitte..- X'i. :T of the t 'oundl's series of s.afet;, Instruction I ards lists the following precautions to tie- observed in (limbing ladders: i. Keep both I urn is free for climbing when- < possible. " \v\er place a Udder m tnmt >r vithuut nrst locking nr di*u puufiti tinc-i*rrr- i.p t/u,trb- f ^ LicUd's 'Vim STictV tet-i ... (.urtb-tcr... ft. thfiscf withmit. bur be q;te die itciv Uft are the kind that wilt prevent slipping :h<" -HU'Ua `!ie i iciJt " -"-'son, .ibvavs rarer tru- bidder ''Mmouw' '..'tiler up hi tlnwn. b.vt-p 1 *1.1 f po. `i 1 Eire : if , . dmib. The>e nmrnt be KuAn, <> - ----- fie which slipped up dniuu* acvprc?mu. If "wt shur-s tU.cMxv < \r fnuduv Ut - MCt- I'-r Uippcrv. 'dc-an rhem ' [ " " *1 ' .'.elder .it *[.'- y..js,c* ny 01:^3, ^ a- , unping `hi extra - 1 ppc-t*- r n;..s . , 'I'Vime hold it. P Vi.tr .ire jwiimr "avr 1, ; At- piact f"i i-'pt'.-it-i '-.ArrS-nti. 'i- *<n pHNitu.n. ' L .l ' . , !n; 1 . , ...... ; iri ivy'v.'it: ft the ladder that has '.een < i ,, in the 'vc*'.rher, --pet. adv brn * '.v iter-MU.keil L \\ hr-n votj jv a -,ep ladder, nuke "hat * iv fullv -r -.a Kef "*"y ,d;rb:t~i? PREVENT SLIPPING AiTIDEXTS on Stairs ami Other Walkwa\ h *1 i-raimi *Rronzalun LUumahm ^Aiealun Abrasive Metal Treads For New am! Worn Steps Abrasive Metal Treads Are Fireproof Durability Proven in Severest Service Originators and Developers for 2? Years Illustrated Leaflets and Samples on Request American Abrasive Metals Company Irvington, New Jersey 50 Church St., New York Representatives in All Principal Cities 1..Y ' Janitors Asked to Correct Slipping Hazards ACH member of the Chicago Flat E janitors Union has received a card from the union president, Jerry j. Horan, requesting him to spreatl ashes on places on streets, alleys and sidewalks that are not dear uf io- in order to make it safer for pedestrians and vehicles. "We want to -how that we are with Mayor Kelly in his `Keep Chicago cafe campaign.'' Mr. Horan said. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 69 KEEP OUT OF THE WHEEL CHAIR By Using Johnson Ladder Shoes Try a set today! INDEX TO ADVERTISERS American Abrasive Metals Co...............68 American Optical Co.............................. 8 Bernhard, Robert A. .............. 63 Bishinger-Koehler Mfg. Co., Inc............58 Brown Shoe Co........................................84 E. D. Bullard Companv............ -58 Burroughs Wellcome & Co. t U.S.A.) Inc, .................... * ! Carnegie Steel Companv ............................. Chicago Eye Shield Co........... ..................... ,55 Cover, H, S....................................... Si Davis Emergency Equ'p, Co., Inc................;7 Dayton Safety Ladder Co. ........................... 56 t j Ellwood Safety Appliance Co, , , . 57 ! General Abrasive Co, ..................................... 69 | General Motors Company . -, . 38-59 j Harrington & King Perforating Co. ...Si I Ho comb Safety Garment Co, ..... . .69 Ilynson, Westcott & Dunning, Inc.......... 33 Perfected SAFETY LEGGINGS and SPATS These high grade prod ucts all designed :o< comfort, freedom at movement and proper tit. On with a snapoff with a pull. Workers like to wear Holcomb Safety Leggings because they provide maximum protection. We manufacture a com plete line of Safety Gar ments for all industrial hazards. Made of asbes tos, fireproofed duck ana chrome leather. Shoes tor straight ladders per pair.........................................65 Shoes for step [adders set of four .......................... .. Johnson Ladder Shoe Co. Eau Claire, Wisconsin Illinois Steel Company ..................... 3 Industrial Gloves Corp. , .......................... 65 Industrial Products Company ...6J Inland Steel Co. ............................. , ...... 35 International Shoe Co................ .. . .5 | Johnson Ladder Shoe Co. 69 Junkin Safety Appliance Co........... 63 j J nitrite Mfg. Co. ..................... .......... 68 j Kidde d: Co., Inc., Walter....................... 59-65 Kip Corporation. Ltd................................... 64 Klein ec Suns. Mathias . ..................................,54 Lehigh Safety Shoe Co., inc........... , Lima Cord Sole & Heel Co ........................57 Maryland Casualty Company.............. ,"2 Mine Safety App.ianees ' Co , . Inside Front Cover j Boiler Plate Can Be Handled Safely T)< 'll l-'lt j'lnte ..an t*< handled .. c'\ : hjp , ;n'ty hooks, rt hit'll have :t tendency to dip. i .iiise aci.idetits r* men. ilume lamp' make carrying wm'k piver the iieads ot workmen safe, 'hi time lost in a'iiusiiiii:' the hold or 'onmiiy ,i halanee. Madi' iiit iny p.r la i; vs< >, i a I and [i'rirr for detail* cnifd Never Slip Safety Clamp Co. r. t K Box 448 Grand Central Annex, New York City National Safety Council . . . , .48-49 Never Slip Safety Clamp Co, .... ... 69 Portable .Lamp <.v Equip. Co.................... ,61 Procter & Gamble Co, .. , ,3 Puhnosan Safety Equipment Corp. . . .... Inside Back Cover Pyroil Co. ............................................................. 62 Keece Wooden Soie Shoe Co, ............... .55 Safety Clothing Co. .............................. 65 Safety Equipment Service Co. ... ..Back Cover Spencer Turbine Co. ..... 53 Trumbull Manufacturing Co. .................... 52 II, S. Hoffman Machinery Corpn...............61 Wiesman Mfg. Co............................... 53 Willson Products, Inc. ................................. I Hiiih powered beer recently , a used the Ins-, ui u nlnte Muss winndw in i'uw- huska. < >kl;i. While a truck wns deliver ing i he brew, a tmntr was blown nut and nattered an a I (JO inch window two doors away. aWorkman falls Production falls with Him> Slippery walking surfaces cause more than accidents and injuries. They trip up production, too. Avoid this double danger by covering floors and stair treads with PLASTIC FUT-SURE. Economical to buy--easy to apply. Permanently SAFE! Descriptive folder and prices gladly mailed. GENERAL ABRASIVE CO., INC. 2054 College Ave. _________Niagara Falls, N. Y,_________ PLASTIC FUT-SURE FOR SAFER WALKING SURFACES FEBRUARY, 1935 '0 The Buyers' Service AH firms listed below are advertisers in this issue--See Advertisers' Index Page 69. A keel dent Prevention service r:jfitv Council Vnemometers Mluo 2-uiVi* Appliance* ici-Mlile T.amp A-4 EquUmnuu M \ {I irol>nsHiJ:ar'i ''uiuu.ui* 1`iLVi-i I'fun f '{iiij.lld'tii KHutiuL' >'*iH, MKlnin'iet?.*.- ' r^l'XUilU(t "'* [ln'>!ji:'|JiiOiiir.iin.il --> I.'-; t''1'ut*in;* : irp. ;n'.aJ<H.y equipcmloethnint greicUoc. e C... \ ri rnM t'rBootLeiioritoCrns.lHpft!,V `:i-v>n hKnvici KquilUM- ' KolrrTT.ll T <!/'. , iri.iiMrnM Ol*S;m.-*i*.ir>t* -Pi`.*?upruw f'U.tlillinea-dmti!1.V'4l'c*U E'CHViUtrul Th`e'-,r;p-Ub*qrtvuip m'Wei(ribl!1ni-Ie1n, v e >' Arresters, Dust L M Bullar.l Comiwiv H Hadees find Huttons Mine Srtf4B Appliance- < Be;" lts1. |l!u PitIr>11!:>`-H W r:itrt T11nntdV.u.IAorKIlnnu.t'<*'P**r'<!>n.'{*n'tK* -,irtb'U,*-i'r CM'UinrtlneaiaM.s-etVALKaihvmupnApAai'liEamqu*i*p-m1ent Tina Mo'etv i 'k'Umn-z >A Boij.laltVshH--lB'.TSo(iilUMr.-ityC1 - umi'.'nlUiuli!v'[!]: f M\f"fntinftfup!.i iii.r|k-it.aiPlllH''-'.vPi-tru.-\ti'<nlUln"aj-'i-T''i-.I'-Kr--m;',tn' r, f Ctritrnn. iHrcIPinI..,-m -.p-* A i Ku iUuijti" - c, ,,'i'K.ip1 *' rn c(',*K>.<*r>v pCVq.ulpi'tLu'eOi'.ftnj > ' Holts --'rP?*-1 l rim inn c * 1* U?.V' > UULUO r- luo4* tlii*ii'.'jun Vlinr* r **'' 'til1!'!'- Holt KnMfin*i" ----V ' r^w < (Mf*-inr`tiMe-Kit'lreBiit'tld1>''*ivUn- .rpv1 .C.u'pWlMi<frt'-i.-lfr.f,r1.'--.Lu'-n.j'iij4u r.o ,o>!\ LV'K``n^ * -< Hliifklxmnis Hlankpis -- f jiT-o-*' S, [ i UV `il r i1;* Ho lVf.i mi~jinlTiivi.e^fajkftcti'-v'". i. 1 ;ii u;r: Karnt'tU t'o KMii.niuestSritaiftmP- nAAppiii''.tafoCr..iniumi Piilnoiorps.au r^cm iiit-as The vj/LftofvnipCmiootnhtin^ffr*vnirp L- Hlftw!iern11trI'si r-{ r-irni'fluv iriu;. int.n*.'i'Lt! *lii'' )M.f*tr,"'f 'i I t"t> Blowers P-mCi l*k* KIi-'--- r rtt,' M`J, <' Bloyv r*ri*|M*s M'.Hr:i;u Klein v Ttev r 1'Bietit`r Brakes V.....r r Buckets--tloistinpr f ro Ef nmce, rgency Etiuipmetit fndusi-rtjil i'rr.iucta tompany Bulletin Hoards LLiftvui# EHmtiUeragredncCyomEqpaunipyment tiM'nniiinmlmeorfr.tMaltanuicfletKvIa'nieAKt-iiV-mp-!this;m*im(rtt>pirniusrufetu.itiy .`rfteitrvP. 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( uifrhf'oi, yRnSMnanejiluPnamtopjrinsv "1i-UideiitfvltrhKBqutID'rm'ulmuct t'Si eCnulrixcpanv fnrlmn Hoilovide l>efeetors, Indicators and Herorderw i'`.(VI*- L'ps^LtUftTrtf-inc(v'n'mr .-{JliUJiVlir,'*Miik1! ->inilie',tv Applitifire- i .. t haln -- t Bairs--BntaVttsytvi in LMmin Ki-icdfiavrtiApt'pnlniaunjJrein-v* * ^ h'I("TficaontBiyeSApltalerldk iKnmirds (C'..Pr^rui Cnfoi'Ttninirmtftt >''nninanv `v,;fquiDmwit Smiti1 * i tamps nru\ Sockets ' - Lip c-aiett Cjnmp ' * ompoitmis 'i`i ^ jf^tv nothin* fio. * leuuinir systems-- ' - ! f.l 171 ' i.em# TM-jrfM*.nCr -. t'V, f' Hoffman- M -jcPfnerv t * irltnar for* industrial Workers '-See props, illfivee i-Tand i,*--thcrs, I i r cr nr \ n er ^ k `V'-rilk, !`hrM*>. i lothlnsr- - t herptumt U' vsi e EK'-l!U.PM;-t.rj.,'ltv1^1'hKum! A In.' 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I'"-1' - l 1 . * < `-r-ri A r.y!ipmk," '','** First c \A'*i*d.='. V*t,lo.u7etr,riilrlnrftewr-si Floor Hnchines F!a-s - * m n e? " !.<TiiDmerr - * * Flammnide Vapor fndlentors ii BMiti-leliarrrfdfiic'v 'hFv 1i1r1::ht *-m* ' *, , inc Mine ',ppii-U.... Flashlichts --^ Mo i* rljiule Lamp \ V>j c f/'Tun-io|`r>in*tcvr ^Interfals-- ''X!t-n*Ve"rirV*i-`dic?sili*T*i L-'*Mr,r*(:'.j.*<i.v*' e ' Ue*jtil4 * < r: me-- ; 1 nlJOV-S i`(>i . i-'HiyaarrvcPliCc*enl M.*. uKarris 1'i.i'inrli.i: i i ,*-**: * ** tv FoC,otLc(iBuunllradrds i cmnniiv Hlbvood irafety Appuanrca (:> iBMmmrptaeiPitKniidi,aPmcppUtiA'u-pcbtEauqruiCi'ieppn.miuecan.uit_.v Mm >dCetv iMitldnJI Co. -'tim'v LOMPtnpnt Service C*', FoiCLMno-diTtnau1Ue1asntClreeBiuaauilLvUrat--vaPmrr-dpoABdpcAiiupoelmtbwEapbqtiftuaeiA-impfr-tom4 itteaon-.itiv 1 '>. I'umiynnts I'ucscr> l*IiticHifjer.rjsi ernpanv I'.i1K11p1H? tri:-.i!b*qvKr->Aioupjdliiiitifi-Ve-m. pta*.nv j.;-1 - 1 'luipuit'i-t i tin:11srii'flt.ieKBtmjcCcfaitiorc!ur?Niv t1n,p-nmiiifijinriii Min- .-nC'-fy .Lpplia'u-'4' ' K r-i1. i>? ! -imp i-'i Lnuit`i.1. . M*ar fuards Uer micides Mermieidc- Cuttimr *`iU (.lass...tetv .SA'Umuep'-rj^ic'kjBmu iiovaspr'tiic-Uca-nl'eTlCdito's. 1i'-*'i iMr-.piHieiC-k.iiC pr'.\upsPulfU:1' IH 'ldft ( i limi,*. * Mloves anti Hitttens -i' 11 muKj-*am.| i n*Tsara(iVssi* T'':tn t.' ' < ( -i-ft]'*" ' K..'.-' rk i nr-^ ,,>iv 'ormofit ' <' C-r ift r-1.1. Crr-ip.-'* . 1- 'U n.irc. n - .** - - !. -qjlianc?' *1 Cum.^ - . f'i, itcm-efit vM,'itc-v "a1'nWiPnt>iw*--1io Lnuuk's H1iantdsu(--f,itrBtSaulallafPerrdotydiuVc.tmspat ioivrapanv e*irtable J.arnp a bxjiapment `fitnoe. S*if***r \ppiiam'LS E'n, rho Sairetv nation/ i u. Helmets !KAlmuInhmmcln.ciraoKnr.-KKOisji'repuitUiceiail* C.oM, t'c, mnaie ` >., *'utca/o Km .'meld Co. HM(Mliilnfi-ivism'mrEnIinameie.KrCgiffentn-oicv.pyiffiEs-tijqiruini.ipeinmnipieanntCvo. <1 tlita .*". -tv AppluuiiYs i ** C- rani*? Liunn tv L-nupnient ,\ 'nlm~J-usaij r -r.uv t-.<iiiipinent ' "fD. The sufei-* CiQttilne * '> iv-V.uilei.fitvt.nEqPuriipamdiejentt#;, r'*ffnot.ve *> Hoists-- electric Hooks--!.-inemeu's B?it 'ISLIdv>-l.T*-3r.KiTt,^Ma*H*iSPf,*iiEeKiim.i0i.u.il\f*lfialAn`rrc.ir.pliVieIpv'.n^riniu'.ttq'iCiifmliq''ri-ui'irniisp'i-rmjOi>eeiVi.t Equipment Senice 1 *' Hooks--Safe tv H^iRtina: hiii'niruil F'mducts t'i'iiiiianv HtspituI Fd{uinment M' -x 'tIih>f,t..* EiM't!:m?ia*iri4a^':tr*nd>-,'V-rtn-r-nr^n-jauIi;oit;u- rs.- - L*vdPTUtrll1 ft'"*-.;.-., i * F i nthr alaro rk . -It/. * I Mr- ft !. . -fi.n- 1uptriwe Mi*ne- j'isp.vV. 'r rjDLaEiu'': * " J nMs.tfirrvaunn'ei i1i isu C'r ' .f Jo(-Dini'-t'fetTr- ..BL oi'"ards -- *1* --?-*'-in* *.** Kick F*ress iTurds t! tbmav, utren-s, Horns and other .iifiialimi devices , t,, ,,n% i .ratina- - . `Fry t.rhitilfur W heel F s hansfs ttrinfUiic Wheel t.unrds . unnis--A f [7 iiiijiami (i.inpanv pirp i'-r- r'-'titp-T'C* * 'r i'ii.* Barn-iJimn K'n B.-.rf*aratinif i-imiiukeinriV.vi's:vd-'ic\ptpttia('n"cmei-ainvv* T hpMe 'sveE>qiruipi'm''metnh1t nsg^cCMore ........ `If/ 'l, H Heat I ramp Preventive HaflCM-n,*.!dri;u1**iL-rFtrp'raTCet.l''rqa.jfr.tdm.-tii-Civ''.i-Fi'.;m<*pitaivp'!n;t*:,it Mine Apidiaucf* ui Hand !.eathirs Ctd. vtCUI -*riinnint'iU-M*.aCi.r-fd'.--lm'iwu-iMrtnrtpiifnittnturTtipiCann. 'C!)i'i''lunrSini'af.afeiityr.IU'leottvtiiniAgjutoip.nieiit safaiy i*lnuipTniint sr?ti'e ! i. i .adders--c < fer v Li i-irr i,'.?. F;idler ^hoe^ - m Kri'j-jrci t jm any fMri? Li1l?T^(*n!*v t- U u r j 11r r I\frMMr-v.*r-.uinn?*^43I*a*n-j4!?*i.!t.'iridBIJ'r*kA-?ntprh-pitcji-n'iuan/roui**''t'-fCtU'ot,jaav f.ainp Hansjers Lamp tiockg '\LL'Oiuijt`j* EquipmAepnptliarsnrcveic* a> i*.*o, Lmufi-s---Maiety Cba\rvtiaablh>e.mmrL,earm/i-pncAy: Equipment r^uiprnem Mi*n.'oe. Safety Appliances o. f.iuiterns--Far bide t> BuUard i;.'rnpw E. nterns--Electric PI(MuI,iadrteiat-Kinil-neiaBfLlu**a>llvaml'pi*pAoaiptAnp:CeitotLasm^nucpt.eai'p.sn'umyiiCe-anutto Co. I.etfk'iuKS rHitInJn:....ai<'ulvouojLunasd..mtrnKsnIBnaaUcuiiiL.l.l-'(U`aB*.ClerrndtaHvieieylvCecoCEMumoqrapJpiraUA.rnu-uymennuetUiHlV' ,B`tnmlmens^aauierEyaieAtpvplLiaqnucieyr*mcsoti. ISTsi>ier'eotrSvua. fEeatyuintlmoetnnitn* co. ` NATIONAL SAFF.TA' NEWS 71 7. Krb tIn g--f min'stHnJ IJtiemen'ft Protestor* LHart0s. FB!nuxl,irairn.irjK,vrofnvmt>HainrMyu.*rit ('ft.. ne. Ind'Kiml Pentium '-'iiipajiv \fiiift i-qVfv -vpiUMny*'. (ft |'ii!!m<>nrp,an Kaift> k-mnptimTii Safety i-quiprnfiif ?'*'i-virp i Linemen's Tool Hngs ?:. H Bullard Company }j.ms tume-'f.:<'ncy l^iutt'twnr < me. fnd'ifrlnl I'ptrluri* Crvrnpnnv .-Jdrtfjr Kqijlpmeut Si^ytro Lookers rind Uamjors fr cinrhlne: Industrial Cr'-limis n.mpaiiv Lubrication pv-"ii Cn. Lubrication .Systems M M\ai.sk* irr;'ai < " K, N, Hull-mi voairiaity Hi*lilnctT-K Nilor Mtc. * <* , fnr, uLea^a Kv- - lut'jfl f1 Owu hrai'W-n''' t.<< ii 1 , Ip" < Pri'-ivsrtji ' '-lire *v Appliance* '>. T iitiri'J-ti PTiir.T!;#-r.f V: nv i`h s.uV?' < 1'ttiinC i f .^ifltv iiqijtpnmut < <j. '\iiiy.n Inn. -Inskn..-N-.VV Tvofl Ui^miuVi-- E-w .-i(lor Mf- 1 ine. tI rI I !1UI St rtBu5LAsrci IC. tf-imIp'.uju Mmfi "Hoiv y '.;>i i aty--' 1 ~ '.vf;I I`r.n{ue';, 1 r' Mats--Standing h:i i>t v B ir# Kiera.-r,. `. . i. h 1 > ft Jnc. in<ln*!rjal Trrwitii'U rumplin' tl DU t nu B, Kullan i ''n'r^ri SndJis'ria! Up duets 'Il'V i'll'.*4! oxygen Rrenfhing Apparatus kuhingrr-lviiytikr Mbc [nr Itavis i^n^rfrmrv MnnipniPtit Ut`m* .w'IxntCrtV At'Otianr.u I1,,. P Par* Miners' t*..raiilrt l^unt* K l-.nmiimoM i n. Pad*--Kjiee P Bollard t'nroiariv TprinstrUl Prniiuefjs 'omt>xi`v -Mine Safety ApDliuws i:o. {'rtahm Lamp A Equipment Vo. '-.(nty Equipment Sm.\in' t < Pit inf He mover Perforated Metal Harriristnn V kmc fvn'orannn induntriai I'rndiiei* t'nmpany Pneumonia 'Perns tPshintr^r-lvi'rhlfr At fa.' f , SIH!tiier. - ([cry Appliance- ' ft, Ptisier service Power Press Ktiiirds - qifacn Fv* ^Plein f. ipdtiitrou Fmrnirts * minany i.ipfciri Sxtetv .xnpifanre Wre*ji>an Mtsr < <v Prize A wards 'sfinfl r.frfv- <- I*\y{trnonta'-n.|nfellev ADpepittJelle..f.o- rt PiimpN'--Osi!'?en k.tfqijisiei'-K >>.nmr Ali^. < < i!Jf M-n. iw-tv Applianepa U PaiJ riampu lfu|iitnni I'rniurtit t'cmpmiv HAelfsHp'nirr.paitolripstic.ll <1-., WrjhirtFer-K>vhl*kr Mfn?. 1 /.. in * ! rnnipanv `"hleaFii H'- intftln H <,u`i i tans kmerifrnr'f Kquipmcut inc. fntlusd-rial Broduct* lompany Minn i-arVtv Appliances < fv.rtni'ln T.amp is < 'ft. I'uimo^jUi Sarctv J-kpupoient `-rp ftm >xti*ty notfiios t 0. : xtftfT Kquipmertf >ervicr in Willson Products. Inc. HesuseitatJon Equipment Biafifns'cr-ivnnrMr'r Mfc. I'n, r; Inc, u, tiuUarri Company Bat nfts.* BInmc,enwicy Bqi-ii metit Minn s<ur>tv Appliaricp* i n. Rook Dusters Min Safetv Appliances <'o. } rtanlrt k.imp W i^naptiiffti Rope---Urire. S haw-- fef y Minn >v>*v ' Vnplmnc> i o son i.tiards i*, Bullard Company j nriticf n:M 1`rn.juctS i 'ompatiy ^Mcrv I'.qiiipmcm .^(`rvjcfl t - sea tt'ol diner Vrruf>binc: .Machines l^leetrlo hhaper Dnards I .(liitrr'm I'roylqn'ts 1 mpsHV ^hoe holes--N*'*n-SHp l.iIMJH i'orl S"l-> At H^l C>`, hhot-M-- Kai'tory ,ntni BKl'o^wnr) inir y l'n_ r, i* Buiiar-t Company Irwitistrui Products < ompany hMrtrnotmnal hP Co. t.v'iitcn Safctv Anoft Co. Mine i>ai>tv Appliances `o I' rtnhfft Camp a- ^juipmcnf I'-quipment Rmir# C", Mines-- Wooden Sole (tidustrial f'rrirltictR Company ({*<--> xv-'.nfp-n '-!' Snoo Co, Hi* ^af*tv C'iotli mu i `ft iunS luniiqrij)! f'roduou t nmpriny Min Saff'tv Appliances t o. l'-.rtin|t> f,amp <ffc Cotnnroent ' Y. Thft Sa-fety I'lOttUmf Co 'nte'y t-qnipniem. Service t sirens and .Slpmals f' ( Biillnr.i roippany iiKprsm;)! i'rr,dtets ompunv hi ides--i irxntepns-- Also Kilms or Slides Mings---Safety Wire Hope hoap i'he Procter a. OatnWe Co. Hferillzlng Equipment srrApff--Safety C i' Muilard Company Bans Wrncnwirv Equiptneui o.. Inc. Industrial Crulucta company Mathias Klein * sop? P-tmI'K Camp * fcjiiipmcm .""urgioaX Dressings lB'avifn. KBmulelar^rcdncCyomISpajunmynieut CnCuoi-.fruiSnc,I'mtliiotx I'^niparn Meift -CMV \pplllinrrs; ' i T Tools---iJneinen's 1I'`aV'jHv KiBijeui*lliar*dur) CKoqmupluaimnyMiii-du*-riSanio I`rodlitis t'ompany Klein C-r >:"0 Tools--Non-spu rkmg C >i KdBard Company Bari* kmerFenry Cminrtu"ii ' Inc, l`ilmo!S!r Mtvty f-rt{Ufpmp'iu Towel ( (tblnets--pq pt.f- rralYIe Markers ;-4t`ecv f-quipmept .K*j*(oq (' Tre ads----'/tfer.v Smersejin Ihrjisiye .Metal < <> <Uiinlmt'niiioeitii^*ntaf : ATterooCldou*ic'*o5, < ompanv iniup.) i ft. Treadle iruards Trestles--.Safety KxtenMon Industrial Croducts company Trophies V Vacuum Cleaners tVmmt* -Vtfar. cn, c s, Hoffman Afaontnerr * 'orp, % alves--Oiygen Bishinitor-hoFiUer Mfc. *'0 inc. Mine safety Appliances o. Vending .Wnehine* Sanitary lenfiiafing Equipment \V Uashrnom Equipment-- Industrial Washers--Safety, tur `-rinding Wheels rndintfial I'roducts i omna-m Waste f'ana c B. Bullard Company Barta Kmcrii.-ivv r.-.j.r i prn^Tt industrial Prnluot* Company iC'Sfrtro Mfjr. < o, Miqr* at'otv \ppllanopc tdijrpqsan rtf'erv h;o.mpmerst . flnrp. ^afetv Kqulpment S-. ,r. - - Water p oolers Welding Equipment Window cleaner Window Preparation -- .\'*rt-GIare Wrenches--Hopner (''ar ind'jatrial Product# i rtjapanv o-tfptr Tqmnraent A-.rri.- <>. B'luriutjU Mff, Co, Wrenches--Pipe Wrene?i-Sle*3v%, B,>r` f_iinornen Industrial Safety Market A S a service to our readers, we endeavor to maintain a complete ' * list of the source of supply of ail types of safety and allied equipment. I If you do not find what you want in the advertising pages, send in the coupon below, and we will have forwarded to you without Naticohnaargl eS,aofer toybNliegwasti,on, detailed information and catalogs on mate . 20 NriaolrthtoWmaeckeetryDoruivrer,eCqhuiicreagmoen..ts. Pfcase have forwarded to me from various manufacturers, without charge* prices, catalogs, etc., on the following material: Specifications: (Be specific as to size, capacity, quantity, etc., when prices are wanted.) Company , Address , , Your Name FEBRUARY; 1935 HEAT walls of' protection against a dangerous enemy . , . monuments to the fear of an ancient people. The dangers of todav V life may be different. but it is just as nec essary to guard against them. The Mary land. with a field force of 10.0(1(1 agents, pro vides a modern wall of protection--against accident, burglary, liability, financial loss in varied business operations that can he cov ered by surety or fidelity bonds and against many id her eoni ingeueies. More than $285,000,111)0 [laid in claims on behalf of its poiirv holders measures the Maryland <'.usually t '.ompany's service of protection. k J A Pj| % jr | A Jj'Tg j|^k J| Ikm A S 11 A Ilmjnjmft* A 11 tng0 li[Qjp A 1 COMPANY k B 1% i if |YfflraBB % M 11 SIM. I MAX KVAN loin was ki r t--c n NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS is worth a thousand words! Let vour workers in Dusty Operations try this IMPROVED Respirator We might print lengthy descriptions of the mechanical reasons why Puimosan "M" Type Dust Respirators have such dependable safety--unusual wearing com fort--and ease of breathing . , , , , , but mu< actual trial by the wnrittr aim aacih its pmiri-iinti. mil firm a iar more iiiniiiwunt! :'nn - : : ri . > ! n ` '', t HSJ V.S/ M" Dost R Light -- Comfortable Easy Breathing ---Compact Made fit 6 Models Or net civ'ii Puimosan !vl ' Respira1:^1. v yn.'"'1 ...a ` - ;i; . roc ;0 ....... ' ir; i n v ' w 3 V '/ ' I"jC fri OrOvC i ^ ' , - - r,; v i ; i ' . i - - , - -t 5 , - O" P-'"a'. .vrite 'or Bohefin No, U :> 'urther .details. PULMOSAN SAFETY EQUIPMENT CORP. Member; I ntlusirial lately Etjui patent Iss'n, 176 Johnson St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Michigan Distributor: THE BOYER-CAMPBEU. CfO.. Detroit 1 Lake Superior District Distr. W. P. & R. S. MARS, Duluth. Minn. for Dusts- Spray Mists T. "M" Type Dtednaui AT(jocjCfle& NO EXTRA COST Ls4i ST .ill tilt: trouble* you've eexi lian with headbands--i.ill them "t't' one h\ niic---et1 it our new Non-Rubber Headband norni't dispose m everv one nt them. teeth'--maintain' a onstant tensioneomfortable- your niri) will like it. "Ann now- this biy improvement- the tirst real advance T headband uinstruclinn in ::: tears--A \ottrs without one `It'- ijuiekiy adjusted to any head -i>;e - penny morel and it stavs adjusted. It won't streteh out "It i osts us more to produce Drednaut of: shape-- won't say. It can't twist or yet Xml-Rubber Headbands, bur we're conti '.trinyv.' It isn't injured by perspiration, nent that increased sales will more than moisture, oil or yrease, There's just no pav us tor absorbing the additional eot. wear-out to it. It ean he sterilized without W hen you can yet so much more tor not a takinir it oft the yoyyle frame. It fits per bit more, whv hesitate?" Write now for a Drednaut Goggle equipped with our new Drednaut Koit-Ruhher Headhand THE SAFETY EQUIPMENT SERVICE COMPANY Buell W. Nutt. President 1228 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio