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Gas or smoke asphyxiations, Brownings, electric shock cases.-- all forms of respiratory failure are best treated with H-H Inhalators used in conjunction with artificial respiration . . , officially accepted by the Council on Physical Therapy of the .~6 American Medical Association . . , approved by the American Gas Association and the Association of Police and Fire Surgeons ,, , , used literally everywhere. If your men are exposed to hazards of this type, send for Bulletin CA-1, or better still, let us arrange a practical demonstration of the H-H Inhalator for you. MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES CO------Pittsburgh, Pa. When you huy WILLSON PRODUCTS COMFORT-- thru correctness of design INCREASED SAFETY--thru research QUALITY-- thru use of proper materials and expert workmanship All these things go to make the Willson line of Safety Goggles, Respirators and Welding Helmets a preferred one with Industry today. IIWI I ISON PRODUCTS INCORPORATED READING, PA. hie NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS i* published m^Mhiy hr {.he 'National Safel.v Council. S# X'-rtti WVker ['rive Chicago, III. Yearly u'wriptlon Price 14.00, Volume S.lf Number , Entered s emid cits* matter June 1, 1321. at the poiiufBce at Oilcar* F'"all., under the Art ef starch 1879. Additional entry at St, Joieph, Michigan. JUNE, 1935 THE CIVIC OPERA HOLDING .Where SAFETY is FIRST Inquiries for space, wheth er involving large or small areas, will receive prompt attention. D. E. SAWYER. Manager In a magnificent, finely appointed building such as this, it would be only natural to find tbe most modern equipment to promote SAFETY. 10.000 peojde eome and go every da\ ... a veritable eity within itself . . . yet so well guarded that no fire or accident of any consequence has occurred since its cornerstone was laid in 1929. As one interested in Safety Equipment, you would note, in making a tour of the Civic Opera Building that it is thoroughly fireproof in every respect. However, should there ever be a fire, there are wide inside fire stairways with separate smoke towers w hich would quickly clear the cor ridors of smoke. Each floor is amply provided with fire hose and the latest type fire extinguishers in accordance with Board of Underwriters recommendation. The Electrical Equipment for a building of this kind is naturally complex , . . its 436 motors, 37 generator? and 50 ventilating fans operate smoothly, efficiently and safely at all times. All operating and equipment rooms are kept immaculately clean. No smoking allowed. Once a month building employees hold a meeting and discuss matters pertaining to safety, health and welfare of both tenants and employees. Just outside the noisy loop, the Civic Opera Building enjoys a maximum of cheerful daylight, fresh air and quiet. WELL LOCATED for every business requirement. One to six blocks away from leading banks, hotels, railroad terminals and all forms of transportation. From a safety standpoint and from every other standpoint the Civic Opera Building is an ideal business home. 20 NORTH WICKER DRIV E NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 3 INFECTION KNOWS NO QUITTING TIME --for the dirty hand! You can't keep workers' hands from getting grimy nor prevent minor nicks and cuts. But you can reduce the risk of hand infections with Lava Soap. Lava, unlike ordinary soaps, gives cleansing in two elemental forms--dissolving plus scouring. First, its thick heavy lather dissolves the surface dirt. Then its pulverized imported pumice--so finely ground it can't scratch or irritate the skin--actually rubs out ground-in dirt. All the while, its glycerine and other soothing oils protect the skin, help heal up little nicks and scratches. Use Lava Soap in your plant to hold hand infections and resulting lost time to a minimum. Lava costs no more than ordinary soap--lasts much longer. Works well even in cold, hard water. Investigate Lava today, GETS DIRT FAST. . . PROTECTS THE SKIN 11 \K. .1935 Gamble Product FREE . . . LAVA SAFETY POSTERS Safety Director* of leading industrial plants in all parts of the country have requested these posters and are now on oU.r mailing list. A set of new posters is mailed out every two months. They are yours merely by filling out and mailing this coupon to Procter & Gamble Co., Dept. LNS-65, Box 1801, Cincinnati, Ohio. ,V.i?tig--........... ..----- ---- Aii/fioft-.,...... ................--__..,,'V>mp,inv --... -.......... -- Crty,.... ........................................ ....State_________ --. Number Posters U'anf erf ---------------------------- ,-j Would be Interested in Pr/ces utt Lava BLOWOUT after BLOWOUT proved the Safety ofGoodyear's NEW LifeGuard Tubes! H AT has made the sudden bursting of Wa tire so dangerous in the past is easy to understand -- When all the air goes out of a tire without warning -- that sudden drop to the rim -- the writhing contortions of the empty casing send the car lurching out of control. Analyzing this situation, Goodyear engineers found the first clue to blowout protection -- Why not keep part of the air from escaping -- why not provide an inner, reserve chamber of air which wouldn't blow out, even if the tire itself was torn wide open? So they started to work. Tried and discarded 1,300 different constructions, and finally devel oped a fabric-reinforced tube within a tube, which now wears the well-deserved name of LifeGuard. RESULTS WERE AMAZING We tried made-to-order blowouts -- with spikes, with knives, with dynamite. Exploded, tore open, a single front tire, both front tires, a Bow Life Guard Tube looks inside the tire when fully inflated. front and rear, both rears, and all four tires at once/ Over and over, results were the same: Cars equipped with LIFEGUARD Tubes held the road --rolled straight ahead to a safe stop -- and blowouts were no greater hazard than a slow leak! With these tubes in a tire -- the car rides the same, steers the same, looks the same. Tires are inflated much the same, and punctures can be repaired in much the same way. But -- like safety glass and steel bodies--the LifeGuard Tube provides priceless protection in emergency. SECURITY! PEACE OF MIND! Outer at r chamber of LIFEGUARD tube "blows" when tire fails but fuiPffoating inner fabric tube is not affected. Tire rides as if partly deflated until air slowly whistles out of' vent hole in the inner fabric tube HERE'S WHY the tire and the outer air chamber of LIFEGUARD tube are penetrated by spikes but the fuiLHoating inner fabric tube "/; ves " Iikea ptilo w--escapes punc ture -- retains air long enough to enable car to stop safely Full descriptive literature will gladly be sent to anyone interested in highway safety. Write to Goodyear, Akron, Ohio, or Los Angeles, California. LifeGuard tube NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS Since 1931... Many Have Met the OBLIGATION with Inland 4-Way Floor Plate Relative size of projections on Large,Small and Light Patterns of Inland 4-Way Floor Plate, Projections are respectively l11", 1\ and 34' long. In 1931, Inland offered to Industry a better method of meeting the obligation of safety to employees and the public -- Inland 4-Way Floor Plate. 4 superiorities caused its immediate and widespread adoption by leading companies for use wherever foot or wheel may slip. Projections exactly center one another at right angles on Inland 4-Way Floor Plate. Resistance to slippage is equal no matter at what angle foot or wheel contacts the plate. 4-Way Safety. Projections overlap, reenforce one another both lengthwise and crosswise. Extra Stiffness 4-Ways results---an important factor on such applications as walkways. 4-Way can be cut to match whether plates lie side to end, end to end, or side to side--a worthwhile economy, for even small pieces can be used. And 4-Way Plate drains and sweeps clean 4-ways. Made in three patterns to meet all requirements. Write for literature illustrating how others have met safety problems similar to yours. INLAND STEEL COMPANY, 38 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, III. 4-Way Safety Extra Stiffness 4-Way Matching 4-Way Drainage Sheets Strip Tin Plate Plates Strueturafs Piling Rails Bars Track Accessories Rivets Billets JUNE, 1935 National Safety News l Published monthly in the interest of accident prevention and the health of industrial workers VOL 31, No. 6 CONTENTS FOR JUNE, 1935 When an Industry Is Organized for Safety- /. B. John ........................................ ,11 Auius and Heat Swell 19,54 Death List--R, L. Forney........................... 14 Protect ins' the Eyes from Harmful Rats--IT, T. Cameron ......................... ... IT Hotels Live by Good Will--Lester /., Spencer 19 Women Are Different-.Ellen D. McKctm ............... .. -1 Competition Supplied the Punch---Carman T. Fish........ .......................................2,5 Seeing America Safely-..Curtis Billings . . . ...................... ......................................25 Heavy Duty with Safety--//. /. Griffith..................................................................27 Minor Repairs Prevent Major Accidents--Robert H. Chirk ................ 2& Safety Is First in the Councils Home ............................................... ........................ 29 Arsenic and Its Compounds--Industrial Data Sheet U-Chrm. sj........ ...12 Tannic Acid for Hums-.Harold P. Sullivan, M. D. ................................................56 Looking Toward the Congress.................................................... ............... .............. . 58 Our Men Are Sold on Safety Shoes--It'. A. Jordan............ ...48 Ladies' Home Journal Urges Safer .Motoring ....................... .. Disasters Show Need for School Hus supervision ...................................... .66 .Oi Regular Departments KJitnn.il .............. ' ...... Tlu: M.uu.emc Otuaui s P.ivv ...... .10 Industrial Health . ....... - The Bulletin Board ...... ...........0) Personals ... ...................... ............. The safety Library Onmftt? Kvems . The Honor Roll Wath file Manufacturer Uie Buyers service Carman T. Fish. Editor CruTis Bit.i.ings. Associate Editor SiwLKY H. Kkrsiiaw, Poster Editor C. H. Miu.kr, Advertising Manager > Suit t ttilit l.v XTuuui s.afmv wotim-il. 1m, PmiWd in tKB-A, Puidmlmd monthly. .loss ,ium- i. IT;!, at the* t`n>t uinU e'hhMtO*, ill., Utldm* thf act of March it, jsT'a. Addmonoi entry At Hi, Joseph, Mich, The Mihs riptinn |ti* **- to tnrm'in rs i''r r\ ? in muies of tin* S ATI NC A, j, LA FKTY NEWS is S4.ini |.. r y*i;tv, HitmUt copies, 4u cent* Uedu- ,{ nuamity prims f-.r v e.oiv Mihserip- Ljons h i id shiale copies t( repuest yhihscriptions ate hs ailahle only to mem'm*rs of tin* National Safety Loum i), yUuihor Audit IUiubdi of % `ii'cii Ih lion. This luauatzano is indexed in tin* lmhist.ii.il Arts Index, and opinions a.Him' d in sunned arth'hs are in he mih i -tM"'l is individual expressions of rlwir authors, iml those *>i' I Ik1 National Salets1 I'ouncjl, National Safety Council, Inc. : i fir rah it - Vori-C'uititticrrN/--Saii-poUlinii Yo/i-.SrrhinuH > 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 6 | National Safety Council I Officers, 1934-1935 t j John K, President Bum in I. Cmis, Vice-President. for f Public .Safety U, l). Flnm.u., Vice-President for Pub l lic Btdatinus !,i:w B. P.vi.mui, Viet* - President for Ii; Safety Councils Ai-wau S. Hia.u.v, Vice-Pre -odent [of Engineering I K. SV. Smith, Vice-President lor Imiustrial Safety B, T. Stti.LNRTr.N, Vice - President fur Membership Cassius II. Wvtson, M.O., Vice-President for Ilealtli Aimitr \V, Wiiitsi v, Virc-Prrsidenl for Kducatiou SVili iAM K. \\ tmni, Vice-President I'm* l iiiatice and Treasurer SV, IK t.AMiiuis, Secrelurv ami Managing ihrerln** I Executive Committee I I Members at Large Tim Atiuvi. Uim i.as v\n: A, K. Ait.M.snttiM,, laistnmn Ivorittk f t>, T. II. ( AUituw, hai'i-ty Section, .'omimu- tiuli of American Railroads ,f. K, fu.u.M.v, Bethleliem Steel Torp. U. uutv (ii.iutr.HT, Tlu* 1`uUmati i,o, *'i, 1'. Hlu.mlth, Chicago North shore ami .Milwaukee Raiiroati Co, I'lliimas I', Kr.vuss, Industrial t"mumis- sittu (it Ohio I iioM vs II. M.vt fiiiMin. I , S. Bureau of i'uidic Roads liitWYMt) J, Nh urn s, 1`ortlaml i meut \s sociation Uvamji K. Mimii, K. I. du Pout de N<- numis St 'o. 'd.oiaa: K, svsioinu riciterai Ivleetrn* C.o. H.vhhy A. Stan i iz, Knifed States Steel Korp. Safety Council Representatives i.i MU s* i, P. I'vvi tut, Massachusetts Safe ty f untied Wm.u.u Ur.st Smith, Delaware Safety (amtirii ( 1%, Haistus, Western Peuus.v Isaitia Salety Kmiucil !h L, K'i.n,\i.t i., Kansas t By Safety i `ouncii Bomatr L. Staivurr, Louisville Safety T'liiiicil B, B, I'ouiias,. I.ehiiih \'alle\ Safety i < mued !*'u tsKi is M, Km mi. f`.\anst.in Safetv fiouneil Sectional Representatives I Tvei. f,, W. I'isKi., Ja., Marine h, S\. Haves', Wood Products I Hvimui <, ItmiMvs, Street, ami High ! way `j ralhe Mi an i ty llvu.t Automotive and Machine Simp t. SV, Mni.van. Accident prevention I'ijUipmeiit M:tmifuehirers l.i.siiM U, St Y vim u, Aeroiiatitieai .1, A. Voss. Metals Past Presidents Boiuur \V, i vvirtir.ii. \ariu a T. Mom v Kt.w B. P vi,vm< Dvv/u Vvv Scukkk" Burn Bititvaus' ai.Murs P. Toi mis Sunn a H. Ym n*. Munis A. How la w is A. |)i.Hi ois t Ain. B, Ana ! Phuiuls B. Sl.OlT Wviria ft, Kim. I Homui SK Nils/.* Kr.-Tm., Hrsav A, Himnuii (L IhT.llNi: PllTTiaoNi. tiviu W, Bl.tlool 1ST Jwit s K BVN tSH Honorary Members Homan \V. r vMi'itra r. Assim iatios or iiuiN y Sni i. Iji.immvi iK Ksm s fa as \HTHCR Wllli.VMS mi o? ^ T WE ARE MOHEILXS" We ride in automobile!?, in buses, on trains, on street ears and even in airplanes. In all of these vehicles we are surrounded with glass, an ever present hazard in ease of accident. Anything that can be done to encour age the use of Safety Glass because of the greater protection it affords in all forms of transportation is surely in the i nterest ofgreater public safety. II \E. IVl'i Libbey- Owens Ford SAFETY GLASS Be twice as careful with a NEW MAN'S EYES make sure he wears his AO GOGGLES PATENTED The AO DURALITE "50" is light, cool, comfort able. Its fuss-proof bridge provides easy, permanent adjustment to any face. Super Armorplate lenses provide maximum protection from impact. The eyes of' the green men, or of the man a bit rusty after a long lay off', may cost you many thousands of dollars--if they aren't protected with goggles. Until men "get the hang" of a job their eyes are easy targets. A machinery manufacturer reports a hard-driven fragment shot straight for a chipper's eye--on his second day at the job. The chipper stood to lose his eye . . , and the company many dollars in compensation, medical and hospital expenses, lost time and production delays--but goggles saved the eye and the profit. But it isn't enough to supply your men with goggles. Workers need different kinds of eye protection for different kinds of jobs. That's why American Optical Company makes a complete line of goggles . . . and provides a service that insures each man getting exactly the goggle he needs. The AO industrial man stationed near you merican will be glad to survey your plant, study the eye hazards, and make recommendations. Write or call the AO branch office near you today. ptical Company Manufacturers, for more than 100 vears, of products to aid and preserve vision. Factories at Southbridge, Mass. In Canada, Consolidated Optical Co.. Ltd. Branch offices in all principal industrial centers 1468 NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS Published by National Safety Council, Inc. JUNE, 1935 A Challenge to Industry follows a few drinks too often leads to disaster where auto mobile operation is concerned. Accidents involving both HEN accidents in an industrial plant have been re drivers and pedestrians who had been drinking showed a W duced to that theoretical "irreducible minimum"--- sharp increase during 1934. then the safety work of the concern is a shade less than How to keep the drunks from driving is a perplexing half done. problem, but the real difficulty is to control those who have That was the meat of an address by Edward J. Mehren, merely had a few drinks. president of the Portland Cement Association, before the Eastern Pennsylvania Safety Conference recently. What did he mean? Frequently there is a popular demand to "jail the drunken drivers,'' but the public really doesn't mean it. A jury might sentence a belligerent drunk to the rock pile, but His meaning was contained in his subsequent remarks. public sentiment would not support a drastic penalty for One large organization, he said, which in five years had lost the driver whose judgment had been clouded by three only two of its employees through deaths in the plant, lost Martinis on an empty stomach. Legislators and law en 38 who were killed in accidents outside the plant--on the streets, in other public places, and at home. The records forcement officials know this all too well. With this attitude prevalent, we are afraid that laws against drinking drivers of 25 industrial companies employing some 350,000 workers will have no more success than laws against liquor. showed, over a three'year period, that 360 employees had died from work accidents while 693 were killed in accidents elsewhere. The story is told of a badly injured engineer who, when offered a drink, shook his head and replied, "not on the job." Only when the motorist takes his responsibilities as seriously These extraordinary records, he concluded, showed both as the locomotive engineer can we expect a solution of the the effectiveness of industrial accident prevention methods problem. and the urgent need for reductions in the public and domestic fields. This mechanical age calls for a degree of self discipline not demanded by any previous period. "Not on the job," But Mr. Mehren went further than this. He answered is the only safe rule for the motorist, whose responsibilities the difficult question: "Who can accomplish this needed are no less serious than those of the trainman. reduction outside the plant?" His answer was: The same men who have done it in industry. They have the experience; they know how. Every industry should assume the responsi bility for its own community and make that safe. It is so easy to talk about a national program for accident prevention. It is vague and calls upon nobody to do any thing. What Mr. Mehren demands is not a "national pro gram" but a strong and effective local program in every community. The practical ideal, then, is not national safety as such, but a nation of safe communities. This ideal is dangling before the industrial safety men of the United States today. In This Issue EFT an orphan at the age of six when his father was killed LJ in a mine accident, j. B. John has known the tragedy of accidents. His energetic leadership as chairman of the Accident Prevention Committee of the Portland Cement Association is one of the reasons for the cement industry's conspicuous progress in safety. (Page II). Accidental deaths in the United States in 1934 reached ..A, the tremendous total of 101,000. Motorists added nearly 5,000 deaths to the year's toll as compared with the previous "Not on the Job" year while an excessively hot summer contributed almost an equal number. Accidents are unquestionably in the front THYL alcohol in varying concentrations and flavors rank of social problems, ( Page 14). E has been used as a beverage since prehistoric, times. Color in glass is no guarantee of its efficacy in protecting Its use has always involved behavior problems, even amid the eye against harmful light rays. There are definite stan primitive conditions, but the evils tend to become more dards. however, to guide the purchaser in securing adequate acute in a complicated social structure. protection. (Page 17). People drink to excess for a variety of reasons. Some A hotel can keep track of the amounts paid in settlement are merely connivial; others drink to escape the realties of life. But that is too involved a subject for discussion here. of claims but the total loss when the irate victim of an acci dent leaves the premises cannot be estimated. Good will If we are looking for medical testimony on the physical is one asset that cannot be locked up in the vault. (Page 19). effects of alcohol, we can find it in confusing and contra dictory abundance. The effects of indulgence on human Any program for the protection of women workers must take into consideration the fact that women differ from innards, however, is not our chief concern. The most serious menace is to the individual's judgment. men in many respects. Physical limitations, nervous re actions and emotional traits must be considered when women The spirit of over - confidence -- even bravado -- which are employed and assigned to their jobs. (Page 21). JUNE. 1935 1U The Managing Director's Page Face the Music told Willie once how to do short division, she must not expect HEN an experienced, highly regarded, and un him never to make a mistake in it. Besides, Willie is an Wdeniably intelligent safety engineer steps forth and makes the statement that 86 per cent of the average boy; and you know perfectly well that other teachers are teaching average boys how to do short division the country over. accidents in his plant last year were the fault of the workers, that ten per cent were the fault of the employer, and that Instead of punishing Willie, therefore, you are far more four per cent were beyond control and the fault of nobody, likely to tell his teacher this. And you add that she must that's news to the safety movement. be patient, that teaching is accomplished largely by repeti tion. Very bad news indeed--if true. But close analysis of the 250 odd accidents which occurred Now the safety engineer who claims that 86 per vent of in this plant would 'reveal beyond any question that the the accidents which occurred in his plant were the fault of statement is not. true unless--as is most unlikely--this plant the employees is very much like the unsuccessful teacher. and its personnel differ not only from every other plant in Instead of considering that perhaps his methods are de the same line of business but also from every other industrial ficient, he refuses to face the music, preferring the complacent concern in the world. attitude that the fault must lie in the men. The plain fact is that the management of this company This particular safety man is a great believer in the emo as represented by the safety engineer, refuses to face the tional appeal to workers. In a recent letter he complimented music, and I mean by that that the management does not me highly on my article entitled "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in shoulder a responsibility which it should shoulder. For the the March News. As a matter of fact he goes so far as to safety program is up to the management: if the program say that engineering revision for safety is a minor matter, does not succeed, then the management in this regard has that inspiring a desire for safety in the heart of the worker failed. is all that is needed, t Not one word does he say about such Those words are blunt and hard but I see no reason for things as job training and physical examinations!. softening them. Suppose you send your child, an average Here again, though I liked his compliment of my article, youngster, to school. He is expected to learn, among other he is wrong. Let's go back for a moment to the analogy of things, arithmetic. In a day or two you receive a report the school. Surely, the teacher must create in the heart of from the teacher saying that Willie is a dunce. The little Willie the desire to learn short, division. She must inspire devil was told very distinctly how to solve a problem in short him. She must appeal to his emotions by saying, for ex division. But when it came to a test, he disregarded what ample. that he can he a success only if he learns. But. she the teacher had said, and blockheadedly stated on his paper needs to do more than that. While she makes Willie's heart that three goes into fifteen four times. feel, she needs also to make Willie's mind comprehend. Do you take Willie out behind the garage and thrash it is easier for her to make Willie's mind comprehend if him? No. You conclude that the teacher is not worthy of that title, that her methods are wrong, that just because she the school room itself is well appointed--well engineered, if you like. Educators are intensely interested nowadays in titvinccr- htg revision to aid learning--as we are interested in engi INTERESTING ITEMS The Managing Director has been invited to participate in the Annual Convention of the British Safety First Association, London, May 27, 28 and 29. His speech will relate to `Traffic Surveys and neering revision for safety. The educators realize that so much light is needed for all the children to see plainly what the teacher is writing on the blackboard. They realize that glaring lights are bad especially for the youngsters near the Community Safety Council-." There will also he a meeting of representatives of a dozen or more countries to organize an inter national Safety Society. Mr. Cameron will be absent from the United States for four weeks and will pay hi- own expenses. windows. They realize that the air must be fresh and at the proper temperature. They realize that teaching could be accomplished in a coal hole, but not nearly as effectively as in a modern school The reception of the new monthly publication. THE INDUS TRIAL SUPERVISOR, has justified this experiment. Hundreds room. It is so with safety. A badly laid out plant can sometimes of members have ordered copies for all of their supervisory forces. Employers are rapidly learning that foremen and others need con stant reminders of the experience and activities of others. be made almost safe. But. it is always a formidable job and sometimes it is utterly impossible. I hope my point is dear. The safety program is the The Council is diverting all of the activities of its New York office into an attempt to organize a New York Safety Council. For seven years this office has been maintained by the National organi management's job. If it does not succeed, the program is inadequate. In no industrial plant in the world are 86 per cent of the accidents the fault of the employees. zation to develop interest in a Metropolitan Safety Council, The Regional Safety Conference* have been a great -um>-s thiyear. They have been better organized; the attendance ha* been larger; and there i- a growing intere-t ever. Where in -afety. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS When an Industry Is Organized for Safety 11 By i. B. JOHN President, Medusa Portland Penn'iti f'ompaiui: (Jmirman, CommiUee on A trident Prenention, Portland ('.email A ssoriatiot! FOR more than twenty years accident prevention has been a major activity of the Port land Cement Association. The industry has profited no less from the by-products of good will in plant and community than from the direct savings a good safety belt and life line. A man sinks rapidly in cement, and in most cases he would be smothered before he could be pulled out. But in spite of these and other hazards, 45 plants operated without a disabling injury during 1934. Fifteen years ago a whole year of safe operation was un known. Any practical cement man would have said it was impossible. What brought about the improvement? I do not believe that the 160 member companies of the Portland Cement Asso ciation working alone could have done it. But 160 plants working together and sharing their experience and stimu lating each other by their competition have made it possible. Back in 1910 the states began to enact workmen's compensation laws. Society felt that the victim of an accident should receive some compensation for his in juries. But few people thought that accidents really could be prevented. Industrial leaders, however, knew that with increasingly liberal benefits the accident losses would bring a heavy financial drain, just about that time the industry was installing new and heavy machinery and additional safe guards would be needed to protect em ployees against new hazards. Many of us who had had first hand experience with accidents felt that some thing had to be done. It hurt our con sciences as well as our pocketbooks. So in 1912 the Portland Cement Association organized an accident prevention com mittee. The first step in the program was to make a survey of the accident situation in the industry and as a result the present accident reporting form used by the Association was introduced. By 1924 practically all of the members were re porting their accident experience to the (lie Portland Cement Aosooiation-!- tropin ssive event for both the mill ami tiie 00111- HEN I first went to work in Wa cement mill it seemed like heaven after the years 1 had spent, in a coal mine. But if we were to take a man from one of our modern mills and put hint to work amid the con ditions of thirty years ago he would probably walk out on the job. I know I would. Men today would not put up with the unsafe conditions we used to regard as normal. That in itself shows that we have made progress. Making cement is still a hazardous job. Rock must be blasted from the quarry and transported to the mill. Huge kilns, some of them 400 feet long, are used in the processes. A cement mill operates a railroad and uses explosives, heavy machinery and high tension power circuits. The industry is the largest user of powdered coal. And this stuff must be handled like dynamite. A storage bin full of cement looks harmless but no experienced worker would think of going into one without JL'NE. 1935 12 ACCIDENT prevention is somewhat off the beaten track of trade association work, but I can say with the utmost conviction that no activity of our organization has been more absorbing in its interest to our members or more gratifying in its results than safety work. It is a common meeting ground for our member companies; it has pro duced very amicable and helpful relations between man agement and men, and between the companies and their communities. Since 1912 the Accident Prevention Com mittee has been one of the essential activities of the Port land Cement Association. Many trade associations, it is true, have formed safety committees, but few of them have made serious efforts to organize the industry from bottom to top for safety, to compile all of the accident experience or analyze and interpret these lessons for their members. _ An entire industry is a logical unit for accident prevention work. Within an industry there is a similarity of men, practices, equipment and hazards which makes the interchange of experience particularly valuable. A plant that proves helpful to one is bound to be at least measurably beneficial to all. To the National Safety Council we are indebted for much valuable aid, par ticularly in visualizing safety. The Council is doing an excellent job. Its posters and publications have helped wonderfully in getting the message across to the men. Then, in addition'to its direct services, the Council has been a very power ful motivating force because it provides strong leadership, sets up a vigilant watch, uses good ammunition, and shoots straight. All of this applies as well to community as to industrial safety. EDWARD J. MEHREN, President, Portland Cement Association headquarters in Chicago. Only two or three small mills among 160 failed to report. These reports furnished material for tut annual analysis of accidents and their causes. This produced a lot of valuable material for use in the indi vidual plant. One cement mill could hardly give a representative picture of the industry in a whole century, but the experience of the group, made available through these reports, provided ample material for the study of accident hazards. For the past twelve years the Accident Prevention Bureau of the the worst month of the year. The first of our June no-accident campaigns start ed in 1925. Reports covering several years indicated that June was the worst month for accidents. By that time quarries all over the continent are in operation, cement manufacture is about at the peak of the year and shipping is quite heavy. New men for the summer's operation who had been taken on dur ing the spring are hardly accustomed to their new duties before production gets into full swing. The earliest June no-accident cam paign did cut down accident frequency during that month. But the accident rate bounced right back again in July and the succeeding months. Apparently the stunt was all right as far as it went, but it did not last long enough to have any serious effect on the yearly totals. On the other hand, it is difficult to main tain interest in a campaign for a whole year. We found this out during 1934 when we spread the activities through out the year instead of holding the cus tomary June campaign. We are going back to the old method this year with all the ceremony that has marked the campaigns of previous years. We have found that a campaign must be started well in advance, so our June program starts on St. Patrick's Day. First of all, the presidents of the various companies are lined up. They are pledged to hire only careful men and to give their support in every way pos sible. Copies of the pledge are sent to all mills, and when the superintendent knows that his president is behind the campaign you may be sure he will put forth his best efforts. By May 1 every mill safety committee is ready for the June program. An elab orate ritual has been planned for the whole campaign. On May 25 every plant in the in dustry has received its flag. The flag, Portland Cement Association has been diagnosing the accident ills of the in dustry and prescribing remedies. And let me take the opportunity here of ex pressing the cement industry's apprecia tion of the energetic work done bv Mr. A. J. R. Curtis at the Association head rpoRwclmij joooiBMrncftrL , __ Viation-, CEMENT ASSOCIATION , ^,00018 iwittntfSTnasjttrrpo&TLAND^IicAfETY TRpSr piamts quarters. In the latter part of 1926 a special survey of the accident situation in the industry was made by Mr. Curtis and the reports from the various plants showed where the extra effort was needed. The industry had decided to attack the most serious hazards first and selected These trophies advertised the industry's safety program while en route to the Pacific Coast where they were to be erected by the winners. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 1.3 is raised on June 1 with impressive cere monies. A great mass meeting is held at each plant in honor of this event. The flag remains flying until an accident occurs. Then it must be lowered and returned to the headquarters of the Portland Cement Association. And I know from personal experience that it is a sad time for everybody in the mill when the banner has to be hauled down and sent back to the Association. Some of the no-accident records established by cement mills have lasted so long that only a few shreds of the banner remained on the flagpole; in a few cases these banners have had to be replaced. Each foreman signs an_agreement with the mill superintendent called "the green document." It might be called "a waiver of alibi." Between May IS and May 21 the foreman must get busy with his personnel problems. He must assure himself that all the men under his super vision are mentally and physically fit for their Jobs. He must also make a general inspection and clean-up. One of the valuable results of the June no accident drive is that it reveals and re wards the good leaders in the plant. At the mass meeting on June I every man is given a double pledge card to J. B, John -prakiug at the dedication of a trophy. sign. He keeps one-half of the card and turns the other half in to the foreman. We have found that men are strong for ceremony and ritual, so we make the fullest use of them in our accident pre vention work. When one working shift is over the foreman reminds the foreman of the next shift that the flag is still flying and the new foreman checks up on condi tions. Every opportunity is taken to remind foremen and men of the signifi cance of the flag. The whole community watches the flagpole. If a flag is pulled down the story goes around the community. The The banner of the June no-accident campaign flying at the plant of the Medusa Port land Cement Company at Dixon, III. Mills invariably provide an attractive setting for the Portland Cement Association trophy. whole plant from superintendent down feels disgraced in the eyes of the com munity, as well as of the industry. As a means of securing local publicity the June no-accident campaign is unequaied. In addition to the June campaign, interest is maintained throughout the year by the annual trophy awards. Our handsome trophy of concrete with the inscription, "Safety Follows Wisdom," has been awarded to 112 of the 160 plants in the Association's membership. At first it was offered to the plant having the best accident record. For the first year, 1923, it was won by a plant which had only three accidents. That, every body believed, was just about the last word in a safety record. The next year, however, it was won by a plant with no lost-lime injuries. >Uov only a per fect record can win the trophy. Each year adds to the list of plants which have received these trophies, and to the fresh inscriptions appearing on the many trophies previously won. While the awarding of the trophy has lost some of the competitive spirit which prevailed when it was awarded only for the one best record, it is now available for every mill which can operate with out accidents for a whole year, which gives it far more general interest. Before business conditions made it necessary to curtail expenses, each plant winning the trophy sent two men to the semi-annual meeting in Xew York City as guests of the Association. These delegates were formally presented with the trophies which were shipped to the mills. The plants which have won trophies have shown considerable in genuity in arranging appropriate settings. Mill yards have been landscaped and fountains constructed and the whole premises brightened up to receive the handsome monument. Incidentally, many of these displays are excellent examples of the ornamental uses of concrete. The dedication of the trophy is always a great event in the mill community. Usually the whole town, or at least as many people as can get away from their jobs, attend the ceremonies. Mayors, senators, and governors have taken prominent parts, and some have even traveled by plane to he present. On such occasions the plant keeps open house for the whole community. In the southern mills a barbecue is an essential part of the ceremony. Parades with bands inform an interested world of the plant's accomplishments. The town is no less proud of the trophy than are the men in the mill. As a publicity getter and a good-will builder, safety work has few equals. Recently a new form of recognition was set up. Any superintendent whose mill has operated 1,000 calendar days without accidents becomes eligible for the 1,000-dav club. These superinten dents form the aristocracy of the cement industry. There is a constant flow of helpful ideas and information from the Associa tion headquarters. The quarterly acci- (Please turn to page 58) JUNE. 1935 fl Autos and Heat Swell 1934 Death List By R. L. FORNEY Sfii/isfiriit/i. Xutional Safety (Uutncil ACCIDENT FACTS, 1935 Edition, will be published about June I and distributed to National Safety Council members. This valuable statistical handbook has been im proved this year with 45 pages of attractive charts and a durable cover. In addition to the free dis tribution to members, copies will be available for purchase, with special rates for quantities A CCIDEXTS caused 101,000 deaths /V and more than 9,800,000 non- JL A. fatal injuries in 1.9.34, The cost to the nation, in wage loss and medical expense, was approximately S2,400,000.000. This is increased to $3,500,000,000, if the property damage from tires and from motor vehicle acci dents is included. Never has the national accident toll been so tremendous. The previous high was reached in 1930 when there were 99,500 fatal accidents. The 1934 death total represents an increase of 11 per cent from 1933, when there were 91,087 fatalities. Accidental deaths in 1934 exceeded the annual average uf the previous ten years by 6.000, Population has also advanced, of course, with the result that the 1934 death rate per 100,000 popula tion, 79,9, is slightly less than the rates of 80.9 and 80,6, established in 1929 and 1950, The rate was 75.8 per 100,000 population in 1923, 82,2 in 1918, and 85,5 in 1913, Only two years ago, in 1932, the rate was 71,4, which was among the lowest recorded in the past 20 years. Motor Vehicles and Excessive Heat The alarming increase in 1934 acci dents is made up principally of two items -- first, motor vehicle mishaps; second, deaths from excessive heat PRINCIPAL CLASSES OF ACCIDENTAL DEATHS. 1913 TO 1934 V*nr <1 1913 ........ nils . - 1922 ................... 19 2 v ... 1929 .................... 1930.................... 19.11 .................... 1:3 2 .................. 1932 1934 test i TOTAL* Motor Vehicle i*t\ 1 J1?*?' Vehicle) 14) Home r >2,400 s. 5,14 9 s 9'*, \ M> Ps.tJSs notm. 97.4 15 S9,1 liT 91,"S7 1 o t.uini 4.22T 10,723 ts.SM 27, 32.929 1)3,07,4 29,4.31 21,303 30.000 ** ** ** 20,000 20,000 20,000 i > ,000 17,500 17,500 * h-'Mio 3<t, fifio 30,non 29,000 29,0 no ,'pi.ooo 34,5m. tleeiinational MU Duplication Occupational and Motor Vehicle 7I ** * * \ 9,miu (til 17,".oo 15,000 1 jti.000 * ** 3,000 3,000 3,000 *~\N0 2,300 it.r.oo 3,000 Smll oh . t ulumn s 2 ami 3 < .ticiiliitfd from H 8, t miMis Bur au data, ox 1 cpt ful 1924, Columns 4. , am i 7 arc a opt o-vuun t tons |)v the N:t in:tl Safi tv council, ' last'd op data I ron' tm i'- is us bum* * u. st at*. ami City licKistriis * i Vital St, tistjes, ami c *fh**r t-mrt'i'ft, Fn.-m 1ifv to 1*134 each liirure m column 2 is apprnximnttdv the sum uf columns :? in *; minus column 7, The totals are not exact sums of the individual items because columns 4, 5 and t) arc approximations only, Heliablc ritrur.*s not available prior to Various authorities estimated occupa tional Heaths from 2<oiihi to 25,ouu uurinx the early isfjirs and from iCYnuo to vvom.i duritm the previous decade. occurring in 1934`s abnormally hot summer. When motor vehicle fatalities declined abruptly in 1932 the hope was frequent ly expressed that motorists and pedes trians had at last learned how to use streets and highways more safely. This possibility became doubtful when an appreciable increase occurred in 1933 accidents, and loses all plausibility with the record breaking toll of 36,000 fatali ties in 1934. This is a 15 per cent in crease over 1933 and is 7 per cent higher than the previous high total reached in 1951. While motorists were adding nearly 5,000 deaths to the accident toll in 1934, soaring temperatures throughout the Mississippi Valley were contributing nearly an equal number to the accident list. There were 1,025 deaths from ex cessive heat in 1933 -- a higher than average figure---and it is estimated that 1934 deaths from this cause were four or five times as many. There is little question that the number of excessive NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 15 DEATH HAUNTS*/*?HOME jKansas expariance 1931" 1934- (Source : Slate Board of Healthy frttial FALLS0 0 BURNS 1934 increase in accidental deaths was among persons 6S and over. Whereas there were only 21,743 deaths from acci dents in this age group during 1933 it is estimated that there were 26,000 in 1934. If this estimate proves true it. will mean that the accident death rate per 100,000 population was four and onehalf times as high in the "65 and over" age group as in the 25-64 year group. The 1934 record of older persons is the culmination of a series of increasing rates for at least the past ten years. While the all-accident death rate has declined slightly among children under 15 and has held steady between the ages of 15 and 64, it has risen 40 per cent among persons 65 and over. The un usually large increase from 1933 to 1.934 is explained by the fact that excessive heat fatalities--so important in the 1934 picture--occur mostly in this older age group. Occupational Accidents STAIRS ELSEWHERE heat deaths in 1934 will ciosely approach the all time high reached in 1911, It is difficult to ascertain the 1933 1934 changes in other types of accidents, due to inadequate data, but it appears likely that there were about 1,000 more deaths from falls in 1934 than in the previous year, and that several hundred more persons burned to death. Deaths in other kinds of accidents probably showed little change. Viewed from the standpoint of where the accident occurred, we find an esti mated increase of 4,300 home fatalities from 1933 to 1934, most of which results from the tremendous advance in exces sive heat cases. Accidental deaths aris ing out of.gainful employment are esti mated at 16.000 for 1934, an increase of 1.300 over the previous year. This advance undoubtedly resulted from an increasing number of men at work, plus a somewhat higher accident rate. Public accidents not involving a motor vehicle show no change in the death estimate from 1933 to 1934; this type of acci dent is largely influenced by the number of drowning deaths, which showed no appreciable change last year. Motor ve hicle fatalities have already been quoted as increasing about 5,000. Accidents versus Disease Though 1934 data are not yet avail able comparing accidents with diseases as death causes, a recent analysis of 1933 information gives a good indica tion of what may be expected when the tremendous accident, increases of 1934 can be completely analyzed and com pared with other vital statistics. For example, accidents were the fourth most important cause of death in 1933, being exceeded only by heart disease, cancer and cerebral hemorrhage. Such feared diseases as tuberculosis, pneumonia, and nephritis took fewer lives in 1933 than did accidents. The picture is even worse when viewed in certain details. From ages 3 to 18, for example, accidents were responsible for more deaths than was any disease. Among males only, accidents were ex ceeded as a cause of death only by heart disease, and from ages 3 to 40 accidents were the most important cause of death, exceeding all diseases. Bv far the heaviest portion of the The estimated 1,500 increase in occu pational fatalities cannot be accurately classified to any particular types. It is roughly estimated, however, that several hundred of the excessive heat deaths were occupational in character and that there were moderate advances in fatal falls, burns, and other types of accidents common to industrial operations. Rough approximations result in classi fying the largest number of 1934 occu pational fatalities among persons in agricultural pursuits. There were an estimated 4.400 deaths in this classifica tion, compared with 3,800 in the trade and service industries. 2,300 in construc tion, 2,000 in transportation and public utilities, 1,900 in manufacturing, and 1,600 in mining and similar operations. The industrial membership of the National Safety Council and associated organizations experienced an increase in accident rates among their employees during 1934. The average injury fre quency rate (disabling injuries pur 1.000,000 man-hours of exposure) was 15.29 in 1934 and the average severity rate was 1.70 (days charged per 1,000 man-hours of exposure). Companies reporting in both 1933 and 19,34 ex perienced an increase of 5 per cent in each of these rates. This was the second successive increase in the frequency rate from a low point reached in 1932. In spite of the increases in 1934, industrial concerns reporting to the National Safety Council still have an average frequency rate 57 per cent below 1926 and an average severity rate 37 per cent below 1926. JUNE. 1935 16 The outstanding importance of agri culture in the grouping of occupational fatalities lends special interest to a tabu lation of fatal work accidents on the farm, recently prepared by the Kansas Health Department for the four - year period from 1930 to 1934. Five hundred and three deaths occurred in farm work during that time, of which 29 per cent were caused by agricultural machinery, 22 per cent by animals, 10 per cent by excessive heat. 9 per cent each by falls and vehicular accidents, 6 per cent by lightning, and IS per cent by other causes. Tractor accidents alone account ed for 31 per cent of the agricutural machinery accidents and 9 per cent of all farm work accidents. Accidents Increase More Than Travel What caused another IS per cent in crease in motor vehicle fatalities during 1934, on top of an already shameful record? To some degree, the increase resulted from the fact that more cars traveled more miles on our streets and highways, thus increasing the chances of collision with each other and with pedestrians. However, the death in crease was out of all proportion to the travel increase. Registered motor ve hicles advanced only four per cent from 1933 to 1934 and gasoline consumption only 7 per cent, while fatalities in motor vehicle accidents jumped IS per cent. The average motorist was not able to travel nearly as far in 1934 without getting into an accident, as he was in 1933, It is interesting to note, however, that each car on the highway and each mile of travel did not produce quite so many deaths as they did some years ago. In 1934 there were I4.S motor vehicle deaths per 10,000 cars, whereas in 1918 this rate was 1.6.8 and in 1913, 30.7. The 1934 death rate per 10,000.000 gallons of gasoline consumed was 23.2, compared with 23.5 in 1927 and 2S.5 in 1925. We cannot escape the fact, however, that there were 28.S deaths per 100,000 population in 1934, compared with 25.0 in 1933, and 16,5 in 1923, nor the fact that the increase in deaths during 1934 greatly exceeded the increase in use of the highways. There is no question but what the average pedestrian and motor ist was less physically fit, less skillful, less attentive, less careful, and less con siderate in his 1934 use of the highways, than in any other recent year. Pedestrian Experience Bad All of the important types of fatal motor vehicle accidents showed increases FATAL WORK ACCIDENTS ON THE FARM Kansas Health Reports 1930 in 1934, Pedestrians had the worst record, when viewed from the stand point of their previous favorable trend. Pedestrian fatalities in 1934 are esti mated 16 per cent above 1933, which now places them 30 per cent above 1927, when Xational Safety Council approxi mations begin. Deaths in collisions be tween two motor vehicles increased about 18 per cent from 1933 to 1934 and deaths in motor vehicle-fixed object collisions increased 20 per cent. There was practically no change in the number of deaths in motor vehicle grade cross ing accidents and only a minor increase in non-collision accidents. Every age group showed a marked increase in motor vehicle fatalities dur ing 1934 except children under 5, where there was probably another slight de crease. Persons 65 years and over showed the greatest increase--from 4,600 deaths in 1933 to an estimated 5,400 in 1934. School age children from 5 to 14 are believed to have suffered approximately a 10 per cent advance in fatalities, which would represent the second year in which there has been a sizeable in crease, following a number of years with declining totals. Renewed efforts appear necessary' to reestablish the favor able trend of motor vehicle accidents among school children. 1934 also saw another set - back in the accident experience of commercial trucks. In 1932 there were 16 per cent fewer trucks involved in fatal accidents, in the Xational Safety Council's report ing area, than in 1927. There was then an advance in 1933 and a much larger one in 1934, with the result that last year now stands 9 per cent above 1927, whereas each intervening year had been below 1927. This increase of 9 per cent looks rela tively favorable when compared with a 55 per cent increase since 1627 in the number of passenger cars involved in fatal accidents. However, the present favorable comparison of trucks with passenger cars is entirely the result of experience before 1932. because during the past two years the number of trucks involved in fatal accidents has increased in about the same proportion as the number of passenger ears. Buses also showed an advance in participation in fatal accidents during 1934, although they still compare more favorably with the 1927 base year than do trucks or passenger cars. License Laws Prove Value Further proof appears in the 1934 records that standard drivers license laws are important in controlling traffic accidents. The National Safety Coun cil's analysis divides the entire country into five groups of states--those with standard license laws, those with sub standard laws, and three groups of non- (Please turn to page 70) NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 17 Protecting the Eyes from Harmful Rays By W. T. CAMERON ROTECTING the eyes from fly P ing objects is comparatively simple. The painful and many times disastrous effect when chips, sparks and dust particles enter the eye is felt immediately, and the effective ness of the protection can be determined by simple physical tests. In the case of dangerous light rays-- ultra violet and infra red--the injury to the eyes is more often cumulative than immediate. Often permanent in jury to the eye results before it is rea lized. The effectiveness of the protec tive glass cannot be determined easily, and as a result many workers are using colored glass which offers little or no protection. Light is far more complex than it appears to the human eye. The eye cannot separate a beam of light into its component colors, but sees only the resultant effect of all the dolors that may be present. Yet, by passing a beam of sunlight through a prism it can be spread out into a band of brilliant colors, ranging from red, through orange, yellow, green, blue to violet. This separation of light into its component parts is called the spectrum. The rain bow is the spectrum of sunlight reflected through the rain drops upon which it falls. Color of objects is determined by the t',)tir(eey `flip Limit* .Air Product* ( individual rays reflected from the object into the eye. If sunlight--which con GLASS docs not give protection by virtue of its color tains all the colors -... shines on grass. we see grass green because all the rays but from the chemicals used in its manufacture are absorbed but the green. A white surface absorbs none of the rays; a dull black, all of the rays. In addition to not being able to visible radiations beyond the visible red and visible violet are called infra-red and ultra-violet. This scale is based on the "wave length'' of the light ray --- it being a generally accepted theory that light is separate a, beam of light into its com While light rays can be referred to a vibration or wave motion in a con ponent colors, the human eye is unable as "luminous" (visible) "ultra-violet" ducting medium known as the ether. to see till of the spectrum spread out before it by means of the prism. It has been discovered that sunlight and and "infra-red" and the luminous rays further identified by the color sensa tion they produce, it is often desirable Radio has made us familiar with the terms "frequency" and "wave length." A radio signal travels at the amazing other incandescent bodies contain radi to define a particular ray or band of speed of 300.000,000 meters (186,240 ations beyond both the violet and the rays more specifically. The simplest miles) a second. A radio signal of 1,000 red portions of the spectrum which are way to do this is to apply a linear scale kilocycles (1,000,000 cycles) frequency visible to the human eye. Just as our to the full band of the spectrum. There will have a wave length of 300 meters; ears respond to only a certain limited range of vibrations in the air, so our eyes respond to only a comparatively narrow are two such scales--the Angstrom unit and the millimicron, the latter having been adopted by the Bureau of Stan one of 600 kilocycles frequency a wave length of 500 meters. In other words, the wave length, in meters, equals 300 range of etheric vibrations. These in- dards and the leading optical companies. million divided by the frequency. JUNE. 1935 18 Light waves travel at the same veloci ty as the radio wave, but with far greater frequency of vibration. For example, a violet ray, at the limit of visibility, has a frequency of 750 mil lion million vibrations per second; a cer tain green ray, 600 million million; one of the red rays, 400 million million. Ob viously such a unit is not convenient for general use. Angstrom, a Swedish physicist, select ed as the unit a measurement for the wave length of light 1/100,000,000 of a centimeter. This is called the Ang strom unit, sometimes abbreviated "A.U." The wave length of the three rays just discussed, are then---Violet, 4,000 A.U.; the green ray, 5,000 A.U., and the red 7,500 A.U. The millimicron (abbreviated Mu.) is ten times the length of the Angstrom unit. On this scale, the violet ray dis cussed is 400 Mu.; the green rav, 300 Mu. and the red ray 750 Mu. The visible range of the spectrum is from 400 to 780 Mu. The wave lengths of the dangerous invisible rays are shown in the accompanying table: Designation Short Ultra Violet Long Ultra Violet Visible Short Intra-Red Long Infra-Red Wave Length 315 and below 315 to 400 400 to 780 780 to 1250 1250 to 100,000 Effect on the Eye Ultra-violet and infra-red rays are found in sunlight and in most incan descent bodies. However, we very seldom look directly into the sun and these rays are not reflected in harmful quantities from most of the objects we look at. There are numerous industrial oper ations, however, where workmen are required to look at light of high in tensity, which contains both ultra violet and infra-red. These operations include oxy-acetvlene and electric weld ing, cutting and burning, cupola tend ing, open hearth and electric furnace operations, foundry pouring, looking into fire boxes, glass tanks and kilns. Ultra-violet and infra-red rays are present in dangerous quantities in any combustion or incandescent body over 1,800 degrees F. The higher the tem perature the more harmful they be come. The characteristics of the human eye with respect t.o different wave lengths are approximately as follows: 1. All the media of the eye are transparent to those wave lengths within the visible range. 2. The cornea absorbs all wave lengths shorter than about 300 Mu. 3. The crystalline lens absorbs completely at 350 Mu. 4. All the media are transparent to the radi ation from white-hot bodies (short infra-red) and opaque to radiation from red-hot bodies (long infra-red). As will be seen, the interior of the eye and particularly the retina is pro tected from the ultra - violet by the Equipment for atomic-hydrogen are welding. strong absorption of the cornea and the lens. One would expect, then, to find that this type of radiation would have its effect on the outer portions of the eye. Such is the case, as it has been found that continued exposure to strong ultra-violet light brings a great amount of pain and discomfort in the form of inflammation of the cornea and con junctiva. It may also produce com plete corneal opacity. The effects re sulting from such exposure are immedi ate and very noticeable. They will usually yield to treatment, unless the cornea has been permanently injured. The effect of visible energy' lies, of course, in the blinding and fatiguing effect on the retina to which it can pene trate without obstruction. The short infra-red waves, which also pass through the media without much absorption, have an effect that is not noticeable as the effect of the ultra-violet waves, but is probably more dangerous in that it is more likely to be permanent. It has been definitely established that con tinued exposure to such radiation can result in formation of cataract, perma nent damage to the retina and choroid, or clouding of the aqueous. In addition to the invisible rays, the glare from the intense visible rays pro duces irritation by admitting more light than the retina can stand. Upon sudden exposure to intense visible light the iris contracts to exclude from the sensitive portions of the eye as much of this glare as possible. This dosing of the iris takes only approximately one second. On the other hand, when the light source is removed the iris begins to open-- taking approximately seven seconds to open to its full size. This explains the "temporary blindness" experienced by cupola tenders, open hearth melters, charging machine operators, soaking pit bottom makers, rolling mill oper ators, cranemen and others who inter mittently look from high temperature incandescent bodies to comparatively dark surrounding conditions. Glare re ducing lenses or divided ienses--upper half dark, lower half clear--are needed first, to reduce the fatigue which results from constant expansion and contrac tion of the iris; second, from the "seven seconds of blindness" which many times causes tripping and stumbling accidents. Green and yellow-green are the easiest colors on the eye. The reason for this is that development of our eyes through the ages has been in an environment predominatingly green and yellow and brown. Man-made conditions -- white paper, white sidewalks, roads and buildings---have created a condition much harder on our eyes than nature's. Our eyes, formerly used mainly for distant seeing, now are required to con centrate on near objects; are used over longer periods of time, and a great deal of the time with artificial and often in sufficient illumination. Add to this the industrial occupations requiring expo sure to the blues and violets of welding on one hand, and the glaring orangereels and white heats of iron, steel, glass and cement manufacturing, on the other. These create a condition requiring pro tection to which a great deal of scien tific study has been given. Protection There are, then, four things to con sider when furnishing protective glasses to workmen: Ultra-violet, infra-red, "fare and color. In the past a number of types and kinds of glass have been used to give supposed protection--brown, red, com binations of three or four glasses, and blue--this latter being predominant. Little or no thought was given in the past to harmful rays, workmen simply choosing a pleasing color and a density sufficient to cut down the glare. Work men in various industries and different localities learned to judge temperatures, (Please turn to page 62) NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 19 Hotels Live by Good Will By LESTER L. SPENCER Assistant Supervising Engineer, The Travelers Insurance Company, New York City When a guest is injured, the hotel's most valued asset, good will, is damaged amount of premium paid by an indi vidual hotel is based on the area and frontage of that hotel. If the amount of premium is large enough, the indi- HE good will of guests is ad Tmitted to be invaluable to a hotel, but are there any accurate figures to prove just how valuable it is? what I can learn through talking with hotel men, many of them have only a vague idea as to how good will affects profit and loss. One obvious way of finding some of the costs would be to determine what is being spent to attract guests. What is the cost, of newspaper and magazine advertising, the highway signboards scattered about the country, electric signs, magnificent lobbies, gold ceilings, murals painted by internationally famous artists, orchestras, and radio programs? Let me quote from the house organ of one New York hotel. "The hotel keeper of today cannot wait until his guests actually voice their desires. He must anticipate and provide the things which will make a visit to his hotel pleasant." Quite a slice of the income of every first class hotel is affected when good will is involved. The increasing cost of lia Fbroilmity insurance is another factor which should be given consideration when you try to find out the effect of public acci dents on profits. These rates go up or down in proportion to the amount of money paid in settlement of claims. A few years ago if a person became involved in an accident and was not seriously injured, the chances were better than even that no claim would be made. Possibly it was necessary to listen to a complaint but courteous treatment usually settled the case. To day the public is claim conscious. For several years there was little change in the manual rate for public liability insurance but in 1934 the New York State Insurance Department authorized substantial increases which were justified by the experience. The Before the public betaine claims conscious courteous treatment usually settled the ease. Tipsy waiters are responsible for claims and ill will. viduai experience of the hotel changes the premium up or down. For some years prior to 1934 the manual rates were $.21 per foot of frontage and $.24 per hundred square feet in area. The new rates are $.34 per front foot and $.35 per hundred square feet. In order to make the picture clear I had the rates, at manual, figured for one local hotel. This house has a frontage of 972 feet and an area of 1,025,235 square feet. Prior to the rate change they would pay $2,460.56 on area and $204.12 on front age--total $2,664.68. Under the present rate they would pay $3,588.32 on area and $330.48 on frontage,total $3,918.80; a difference of $1,254.12. .All of these figures are based on nominal limits of $5/10,000 and, of course, there was no experience modification. There are many circumstances which have an adverse effect on good will but we will discuss only one of them--acci dents where guests are injured, which cause them embarrassment, or loss of JUNE, 1935 20 property. Certain of these accidents are unpredictable, but at least SO per cent of them would be forestalled if ceaseless and alert consideration were I escaped in ray pajamas and overcoat. given to conditions which experience has shown are liable to cause trouble. For example, approximately SI,600 was paid to the wife of a prominent local attorney because she slipped and fell in the lobby of a hotel in this city. The lady, with a party of friends, was leaving an affair in the early morning hours, just at a time when a porter was mopping the floor. The porter was one of those fellows who believe that it is easier to use a lot of water and cover considerable area at one time, instead of mopping a relatively small portion of floor and drying it, leaving a safe section to walk on. The combination of slippery floor, dirty water, and the effects of a gay party produced the acci dent, also the embarrassment. This lady was exceedingly proud and I have always believed that her dignity suffered more than her body as a result of her fall. Her gown was ruined, and even a moderate priced dress becomes a high priced creation when you are compelled to pay for it because of an accident. This case happened several years ago and because I was called to account for the loss experience on the line I asked many questions. I learned the lady vowed she would never enter the hotel again and she didn't. Her family had entertained at this house rather exten sively but up to the time of her death, about a year ago, she patronized other houses. Her son, who is also a lawyer and a prominent politician, was one of a group a few years after the accident, when lunch was suggested at this house he remarked: "Not me, my mother had trouble there and if I was recognized somebody might put arsenic in my soup." The group ate elsewhere that day. The hotel had to pay for an expensive accident, as this cost entered into the makeup of the experience rating for their public liability insurance. It is, of course, impossible to determine the exact amount of money the house lost when that family transferred their patronage to other hotels. The effect on friends of the lady and their attitude toward the house is less definite, but surely all this ill will represents a loss. A few years ago some hotel executives were inclined to argue that this sort of thing evened itself out. They figured it this way: There are just so many guests and so many hotels and if a guest got sore at one hotel he would go to an other in the same city. Time and ex perience proves this idea is no good. Restaurants cater to the same people the hotels serve in dining rooms, and high class rooming houses and apart ments have been made more attractive to the so - called semi - permanent and permanent guest. After I had left home as a boy and up to the time I was married I lived almost continuously at hotels. Perhaps I would still be residing in hotels if a series of fires hadn't occurred in one of them. The first two were not serious and except for a scare didn't mean much to me personally but the third one was different. I escaped in my pajamas and an overcoat and lost nearly ail of my possessions. I moved to a rooming house soon after that where I was only one story from the ground and where I didn't need to worry about the thought lessness of poorly trained employees. Practically all of the other permanent guests left also and that hotel, after a struggle, changed hands before it could be made into a paying proposition again. Hotel fires bring another aspect of the problem to mind -- unfavorable newspaper publicity, which in some in stances hurts the whole industry. Another sort of unfavorable publicity, which affects one house mainly, can be illustrated by the experience of one house where inside of a short space of time the newspapers carried stories of a man failing in the lobby and dying in his room; of a woman falling down an elevator shaftway, and another man being badly hurt by a fall on the stairs. It doesn't make any difference whether the management of the hotel is able to prove later that they were not negligent. The damage has been done and any ex planations or retractions they are able to force from the newspaper merely serve to still further advertise the acci dents. It may be accepted as fundamental that the management must be aware of the cost of these public accidents; further they must demand that this cost be re duced and really mean what they say. It won't cure the situation to spend five minutes at a staff meeting reading a list of accidents, together with the cost, (Please turn to page 50 1 The combination of a slippery floor, flirty water and the effects of a gay party pro duced the accident, also the embarrassment. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 21 Women Are Different By ELLEN D. McKEON American Mutual Liability Insurance Company Xew York City PHySICAL limitations, ner vous reactions and tempera mental traits must be consid ered in safeguarding women workers-- ROVIDING for the safety of the P woman worker should start at the time of her employment. Right then due regard needs to be taken of the physical limitations, nervous re actions and temperamental traits which tend to differentiate women from men as problems in safe operations. Careful judgment must be used to fit the indi vidual woman to the job for which she is being hired. First comes the temper amental factor. It is unwise to employ the dreamy contemplative type of woman or the temperamental, nervous type for monotonous work which involves danger. Other women can be found who are strong and steady on detailed work and who can be relied upon to maintain a Correct posture seating is an important and often neglected factor in preventing fatigue and protecting health. dear head under reasonable working strain. Thus emotionally stable women should be selected for repetitive opera Of course, in hiring, attention should needless pain and inefficient operation tions. be given to the person's previous is a wise and careful employment policy. Since many of the tasks for which employment history' and her accident After the woman has been hired care women are hired involve standing up record. Some concerns inquire into the must still be taken to fit her for her for long periods, physical factors are social habits of the woman applicant. job. Is she properly introduced to it? important. A woman with varicose Too much drinking and too many late Nothing is more important than ade veins or fallen arches is at a definite parties increase her chances of injury. quate instruction. The worker should disadvantage in work that requires her Patient handling and advice can often not be expected to know without proper to be on her feet. Her fatigue is an correct unwholesome habits. explanation what are the things that the invitation to injury'. Such conditions The age of the applicants in the company expects her to do and how as these call for special treatment and minds of some is important. Some ex they are to be done. The term, 'Train jobs where the woman can sit. Although pert employers say that older women ing and supervisory control" should em eyesight will not be discussed in this (within certain limits) are more reliable body all necessary safety considerations. article, it must be considered as an im on dangerous machinery and less prone Efficiency of operation comes from work portant factor at the time of employ to accidents than younger women. On ing with complete knowledge of what ment. the other hand, it is pointed out that should be accomplished and what should There are jobs where the size of the the older woman is more subject to be avoided. Job training is the name woman, her height and weight, are very tripping and falling than are her younger given to the science of building into important from the standpoint of safety. sisters, l repeat that the individual workers the procedure calculated to get Is she strong enough to lift the load she woman must be fitted to the individual the best out of equipment and individual is expected to lift? Can she easily reach task. with the minimum of strain. Real train as high or as far as she is required to? In the employing of women there are ing. especially for young women workers, If she Is not physically fitted to the bound to be obsessions and fads. Differ involves a constant endeavor to teach particular type of work at hand, she ent companies follow different practices, by example and supervision. It is a will be working unscientifically and but the only point I have wished to common experience to investigate an probably unprofitable'. make is that the first defense against accident and ascertain that it was caused JUNE, 1935 by a state of mind on the part of the employee which the employer or super visor describes as `'carelessness.*' But frequently the carelessness was not the woman's carelessness. She had not been properly hired or properly trained. Let us now review the main contribu tory causes of injury to the employed woman. Main Types of Accidents From a broad study of accidents we find that five main types account for 80 per cent of the injuries. Falls and accidents occurring in connection with machinery account for niore than half of the total. While injuries from fall ing objects and handling objects pre dominate among men, with women these are not so important, accounting for only 14 per cent of the injuries. On the other hand, men do not fall so frequently as do women, this type of accident alone being responsible for almost a third of the mishaps to women. Machinery is responsible for a quarter of the acci dents to women, and textile machinery alone accounts for one-third of that total. Among the dangerous machines, the sewing machine stands high in the list. Next come metal working machines which are involved in 22 per cent of all machine accidents. Two-thirds of the metal working machinery accidents occur on presses. Thus it is seen that falls and machinery constitute the big problem of accidents to women in indus try. There are many other causes, but for the purposes of this paper we shall discuss only these two. One - half of all disabling falls to women occur on level places and two out of every three of these are simple falls which were not caused by some object in the victim's path. This sug gests the need for proper shoes for women. Many of the accidents occur around time docks and others occur on steps and stairs, particularly at the lunch hour and at closing time. Sky larking, where supervisory control is lax, plays a part in this. Some concerns place monitors at landings on stairways and at time clocks to prevent skylark ing and in other concerns the hours of work are staggered, so that all workers will not leave the plant at the same time. The results are well worth the effort. It is clear that the cause of some acci dents to women is to be laid at the door of unsafe floor surfaces. Even in plants where women are required to wear shoes with moderate heels, safety will not be achieved unless the floors are good. This also applies to stairways. Many accidents occur as a result of poor treads. And for approximately $20 almost any staircase can be equipped with safe treads. The desirability of hand rails needs no comment. Lighting is important. Poor lighting and bad housekeeping practices are a dangerous combination. More frequent ly than not good lighting does not re quire a heavy expenditure of money; commonly the proper placement and choice of fixtures and reflecting surfaces will help a great deal. In the machine accidents we have a multiplicity of circumstances to keep in mind. Distraction is an important ele ment. The layout of the plant, as well as company rules, should be such that a woman on a job which requires con tinuous concentration shall not be dis tracted by the needless talking of other women around her. Sometimes bench machines and foot presses are located along windowed walls, so that the em ployee looks toward the light. That is not an ideal circumstance, for fatigue from eye strain readily occurs. But dis traction is also a factor and too many times employees are watching something through the window while their whole attention should be given to the job. Shades or a coat of whitewash can help to correct such a situation. Women Are Poor Mechanics Women should not be called upon to perform work which is beyond their strength. Strains and ruptures while operating machines represent an im portant cause of injury. Mo woman should be allowed to adjust, oil, or otherwise work on machinery while it is in motion. Moreover, women as a rule are not good mechanics and a slip with a simple screw driver may mean the loss of an eye or other serious in jury. In the clothing industry many acci dents have occurred because machines were not equipped with needle guards. Many excellent guards are available, but frequently objections are raised that they obscure the work and moreover that they can be easily tampered with. The answer to the first objection is the choice of a good guard and to the second, strict supervision. Accidents have occurred with too great frequency in connection with the transmission equipment located below the machine table. The common prac tice of leaving street shoes under the table while wearing shop shoes results in a peculiar type of accident. Pin tickets fall into the unused shoe, caus ing puncture wounds, which are some times followed by serious consequences. For a woman simply to pick objects off the floor has caused much trouble. Hair becomes entangled in moving shafting, belts, and pulleys. Clearly all unneces sary machine hazards should be removed by guarding; and the occasional, terrible scalping accidents can be largely elim inated if the woman worker wears a net or cap over her hair. Proper clothing is important too. The employer should insist on safe clothing. Fatigue Leads to Injury Fatigue tends to break down physical balance and physical control. It works against that synchronization of motion essential to such routine activities as feeding a power press. Serious effort should be made to safeguard women from fatigue. We have already mentioned the value of good footwear; it is an important part of women's equipment. Poor foot wear causes strain upon muscles and sinews which is detrimental to the gen eral tone of the body. Women are entitled to rest before they become fatigued. Properly de signed and maintained chairs should be available. For women a chair should afford back support and free room for the hips. While most chairs support the back, the construction often inter feres with the hips. Any concern desir ing to get the most out of its women workers must give serious consideration to posture. The bench or machine at which the woman is working should be adjusted to her height. She should not be required to adjust herself to the work through the use of such make shifts as placing telephone books, folded clothing, or boxes on top of the chair to bring her to the proper working level. Suitable rest rooms for women employees should be provided and that consideration shown which makes for the adequate use of rest rooms. Where the operations are monotonous some concerns overcome their fatigue problem by an alternating system where by workers are relieved at intervals, going from a monotonous job to an other type of work. Safe clothing not only means the ab sence of loose flowing garments, brace lets. rings and earrings which can be (Please turn to page 59} NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 23 First aid was the theme of this float, entered by the Bryant Paper Com pany, in an Armistice Day parade. Two lives have been saved by first aiders trained in the company's classes. employment department, along with the trophy and current safety posters, is a sincere and convincing message to em ployees: "This company feels a distinct re sponsibility for the Safety of its people and is making an earnest effort to avoid accidents. "Each employee is expected to fully share this responsibility, and therefore, any carelessness that might result in an injury to yourself or others will be con sidered a misdemeanor and will be Competition treated as such. "Please be as good about protecting your fellow workers as you would about helping them if they were hurt. It is kinder and more profitable to all." Supplied the Punch This appeal to employees appears also as an introduction to the company's safety rule book. Certainly, the ex hibits at the employment office could By CARMAN T. FISH As tangible evidence of how effective ly contests have stimulated the Bryant organization a trophy is proudly dis played at the entrance to the employ HEN employees watch a safe Wty bulletin board with almost the intensity of baseball fans ment department. It was won by the paper division of the company entered in The Paper Industry contest for the at World's Series time, accideynetsardeisnding June 30, 1934. With an appear. And dose competition in a exposure of 506.873 man - hours, the safety contest makes men as alert as division led Group C with a record of the home team's infield with a tied score one disabling injury involving a loss of and men on the bases. ten days. That has been the experience in hun Also displayed in the entrance to the dreds of industrial plants, and nowhere hardly fail to impress the new employee or the visitor with the company's genuine interest in safety, and the impression is confirmed by a trip through the plant. Winning the trophy, however, was but an incident in the continuous progress of accident prevention which started in 1927. At that time the entire plant had been operating with an average fre quency rate of 81.60 and a severity rate of 2.78. During the calendar year of 1934. the company finished with a fre quency rate of 7.85 and a severity rate have the results been more gratifying than among the paper mills of North America. It was in these mills that the contest idea really got its start. For At the entrance to the employment ofitre is displayed the trophy won by the company in the last Paper Industry contest. Attractive bulletin boards are placed in conspicu ous locations throughout the plant. ten years The Paper industry, outstand ing trade magazine in its field, has awarded annually a trophy which is re garded as the highest safety honor in the industry. This award, supplemented by the group trophies donated by the National Safety Council, has been a powerful incentive to continued safety efforts in the Paper and Pulp Section of the Council. "Such contests put the necessary punch in accident prevention cam paigns," says Earl Bullard, supervisor of personnel for the Bryant Paper Com pany, of Kalamazoo, Mich. "The spirit of competition brings out the reserve energy' which remains dormant unless prompted by some stimulant such a4 these contests." JUNE. 1935 24 This illuminated sign with its attractive hand-lettered message greets all applicants for employment. The company maintains a wellequipped first aid room in charge of a full-time registered nurse. Outside physicians are retained and one of them visits the plant each day. Rigid physical examinations are given to all new em ployees. The safety program is directed by the personnel department. No full - time safety man is employed, the accident prevention activities being combined with other duties such as employment, time-keeping, and personnel work. The basis of the program has been to seek 100 per cent cooperation from superin tendents and foremen with the safety department in the background provid ing encouragement and stimulation. A fine spirit has been developed through out the plant and to the supervisory force belongs much of the credit for the decisive reduction in accidents. Departmental competition, as well as the National Safety Council contests, have contributed the necessary punch. During the last contest a good deal of publicity was given to the race, develop ing a competitive spirit between the paper mills and the coating mills, as well as promoting the desire to win against outside competition. tji ,021. showing a reduction of 90 and 9,1 per cent respectively in six years. During the latest Paper Industry con test, the figures for the Paper Division were 1.97 frequency and .002 severity compared with 9.0S and .020 during the previous contest. There has been no permanent disability case in the entire plant during the past five years. Dur ing the first three months of 1935 the entire plant operated 297,135 man-hours without a disabling injury. The plant is located in the heart of the Kalamazoo River Valley paper dis trict. The firm was established in 1895 on the present site and much of the original brick structure is still in use. Along with the original buildings are some modern structures of steel and con crete. The paper divisions of the com pany comprise old paper stock conver sion, beating-washing units, eight paper machines, super-calendars, cutters, and a finishing department. The average daily output is 150 tons of magazine, writing, envelope, offset, eggshell and coating raw stock. There are no wood pulp operations. The plant employs in all departments an average of about 800 persons. Following the inauguration of system atic safety work in 1927, the work of accident prevention increased steadily in effectiveness. By 1931 the present program was well under way with wellorganized safety committees, illuminated bulletin boards which are on duty twenty-four hours a day (with displays changed twice a week) centralized em ployment, physical examinations, acci dent investigations and analyses, trans fer of accident - prone workers to less hazardous operations, plant inspection by the personnel department and other methods of keeping the accident rate down. In 1931 safety shoes were introduced into the plant and their use has steadily increased. During the last three years all male employees in the entire plant have worn them while on duty. Toe injuries, which are frequent where heavy rolls of paper are handled, have been removed from the list of disabilities. In 1930 a uniformed first aid team of twenty members was organized under the sponsorship of the company doctor. The team has developed a high degree of efficiency and has put on many local exhibitions to stimulate the interest of the community in first aid. On two occasions members of the team have been able to save lives through the appli cation of the prone pressure method of resuscitation. Of great importance also has been the influence of first aid training in stimulating interest in safety throughout the plant. Award Gold Medal for Eyesight Conservation HE Leslie Dana Gold Medal, Tawarded annually for outstanding achievements in the prevention of blind ness and the conservation of vision, will be presented this year to Dr. William H, Wilder of Chicago, it is announced by Lewis H. Carris, managing director of the National Society for the Preven tion of Blindness. Dr. Wilder was se lected for this honor by the National Society in cooperation with the St. Louis Society for the Blind. The medal, offered annually by a di rector of the St. Louis Society, is a prized mark of recognition of service for the conservation of vision. The medal bears the inscription: "Wise Clinician, Devoted Teacher and Humanitarian." Dr. Wilder is secretary-treasurer of the American Board of Ophthalmolo gy; vice-president of the Illinois So ciety for the Prevention of Blindness; professor emeritus of ophthalmology at Rush Medical College, University of Chicago; and a past president of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology. The Leslie Dana Medal was awarded iast year to Professor F. de Lapersonne of Paris, president of the International Association for Prevention of Blindness. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 25 Seeing America . . Safely By CURTIS BILLINGS HEN a large manufacturer hit upon a scheme. When the driver Wof automobiles decided to provide actual driving dem turned his head and took his eyes off the road in the course of conversation, onstrations as part of his exhibittheatinthsetructor would gently put his hand World's Fair in Chicago, the officers at on the young man's cheek and push his once recognized that one accident--one head around straight. The movement little slip with a large audience watch was gentle, but firm. It was embarrass ing--would undo good work which was ing to the driver, who already considered to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. himself a faultless operator, to be caught If a single passenger were to become thus breaking a fundamental rule right injured or even badly frightened while in the eyes of his employer. Very soon riding in a car, invaluable good will the fault disappeared. There is some would be lost to the company's product. thing to be said for this variation of Therefore, it was essential to secure back seat driving. a corps of drivers such that better could This episode is used only to point not be found. They must be perfect out that drivers without faults are so drivers! scarce that we are not likely to meet Hundreds of young men were inter any of them on the highway. It may well viewed. Many of them were fine look be used also to give point to an article ing, athletic, intelligent, experienced, on safe driving, especially as it concerns quick, earnest, and very eager to get the man who plans a touring vacation the work. Gradually the field was this summer. Most of us in our more narrowed down to the approximate size reasonable moments must admit that we of the desired staff. And not one of the are not perfect automobile drivers. drivers measured up to the standards set. Thus it is timely to sound a few notes They all had faults. of caution to the army of nomads who So a training program was inaugurated will take advantage this summer of those to teach these young men what they two great modern gifts, the automobile ought to know--to inculcate in them the and good roads. Don't let an accident habits of safe driving which were essen spoil your tour. tial if more than a million passengers Care must be used even before the (and prospective customers) were to be trip actually starts. While the knock transported safely over the rough and irregular terrain which had been built up for the purposes of the exhibit. A common fault of the finest of these* young "experts" was the habit of taking his eyes off the road. At first it was impossible to correct the seemingly simple trouble. Finally the instructor MOTOR tourists must be prepared for anything, from poison ivy to road hogs is being removed from the engine of your car ask the garageman to re-line the brakes, check the steering mechan ism, and inspect the lights front and rear. These are small but vital jobs. It is a good plan also to be supplied with an extra set of lamp bulbs and, if the tires are worn smooth, to change to a new set before leaving, rather than to wait until the return. A blowout at a fast dip has put many a touring family into the ditch, or, even worse, into the path of an approaching machine. It is a sound idea to establish a rule against cluttering the windshield and rear window with stickers and pennants. If you want the world to know that your goal is ``the coast or bust," hang the sign where it will not obscure the vision of the driver. This slogan gives reason to pause also. Too many tourists try to cover more territory than their time will permit at a reasonable rate of travel. There is more rest and recreation in driving a thousand miles during the annual fortnight than in covering three times the distance with the whole family tired and fretful. Why schedule five or six hundred miles a day? Speed and frayed nerves often spell disaster. Loading the duffel into the car is a particular task if everyone is to be com fortable and safe. Each member of the party should have plenty of room to stretch his legs, and the driver especially needs freedom of arm and of leg and of eye. The baggage must not obstruct his dear vision in any direction. Nor should it make prisoners of the passen gers; for in case of accident everybody JUNE. 1935 26 should be able to open a door and get out. If equipment is to be carried on the running board and on the carrier behind, it should not protrude from the side of the car and invite a crash with a bridge head or another machine. The tourist who carries his camping equip ment in a trailer must be particularly watchful about his driving. Before starting, the driver should re mind himself of a few simple but often disregarded rules of the road. In the tour he will be confused many times by the lack of uniformity in signs, signals and traffic rules in the cities and states through which he passes. But there are certain fundamentals That can always be observed with safety. One of these fundamentals is to drive in the outside lane except when passing. This is a sensible rule that retards no body's speed and yet permits the traveler who is in a hurry to speed with a mini mum of danger to himself and other drivers on the highway. Keep a safe distance from other cars. The driver ahead may have to stop suddenly, and while your brakes may be satisfactory, his may be perfect. Turn right from the right lane and left from the lane nearest center to avoid cutting across the path of traffic moving in your direction. Never attempt to pass another car on a curve or hill. This is one of the worst traffic crimes because if an unseen car is coming all three vehicles may pile up in a tragic heap. Railroad grade crossings must be negoti ated with care. Amateur drivers such as most of us are might well take a lesson from the professional bus oper ator who prefers to "stop, look and listen" -.. and live. As a matter of common prudence, observe the signs and signals even if they do not seem as expedient as those at home. The tourist who breaks everv traffic rule that does not suit his con venience because he knows that his foreign license will enable him to "get away with it." is beneath contempt. And sometimes he finds that he takes liberties to his own sorrow. In driving through strange country it is a good plan to travel at such a speed that directional signs can be read in passing. Too many times tourists wonder what appeared on a certain sign past which they have sped and, without warning, stop abruptly in the center of the road and prepare to back up to have another look. Never stop, or turn, or pull into the lane of traffic from the curb without informing traffic behind of Navy Exhibit Features Safety By H. G. DESJARDINS NCE each year the Navy holds While manufacturing and military ex O open house to the public. At this time every one who visits hibits are most in evidence, safety is given a prominent part. No opportuni any of the ships or stations may seetyhoiws overlooked to bring accident pre large an institution their navy is. They vention home to our people. The ac also understand more fully what is companying photograph indicates what necessary to keep the Navy ready. is heing done for safety at the Washing Programs for Navy' Day are planned ton. D. C., Navy Yard. Civilian artisans months in advance and many commit of many trades and occupations are em tees are engaged in their preparation. ployed, and machinery that cannot be The day usually starts with the pre found elsewhere is used here. At the sentation of the colors. Then there are Washington yards are manufactured band concerts, parades, formal guard large and small guns, torpedo parts, mount by the marines, aerial shows, con sights, directors, etc. Parts range in sisting of aircraft parades, catapulting weight from ounces to tons. (shooting) planes from ship's deck, The exhibit, arranged and directed aeriaf bomb attacks, life saving demon by the author, was of an educational strations in conjunction with the U. S. character. It was well received by the Coast Guard, deep sea diving exhibits, personnel of the Navy Yard and by the and other interesting features. 98,000 persons who visited the yard on Navy Day. Among ail the displays, the your intention. Know what you are going to do when you signal. If it is necessary to stop to change drivers or to change a tire, park off the pavement. Mountain driving presents new prob lems to the tourist from the plains. He is tempted to throw his machine out of gear and depend on his brakes in travel ing down grade. This is foolish and dangerous. The car should always be safety exhibit was the only one to be carried over for three additional days. Among the features of the exhibit were stereopticon slides showing the care of various injuries, and methods of safe motor vehicle operation. There were also demonstrations of protective wear ing apparel and other safety devices. Visitors were given a practical demon stration of how the Navy is trying to protect its workmen, and the workmen were reminded of the many items of (Please turn to page 6i / equipment provided for their protection. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS Heavy Duty with Safety By H. J. GRIFFITH Superintendent, Safetu and Welfare Department, Jones & Laughtin Steel Corporation Three men share the responsi bility for safe operation of overhead traveling cranes RANES do extremely heavy work C under conditions which seem to he hazardous. But their opera tion can be, and should be--safe. The three key men in the safe opera tion of an overhead traveling crane are the operator, the crane director, or hook up man, and the repair man. In our plant a basic rule reads: No one but a regularly authorized person shall be allowed to operate a crane. All operators must be more than 18 years old. They must pass a physical exam ination by a plant physician who lavs particular stress on eyes, ears and heart. They must have two weeks of training under experienced supervision. Even men who claim long experience in crane operation are supervised by a competent operator for a half day in the for cleaning tump* over rrane runwavs the General Electric Company uses a fixed platform with cage mounted on the crane carriage. The cleaner can assume a crouched posi tion am! avoid being struck by over head trus.->eh when the crane is moved from one lamp to another. district where they are going to work. After a man is accepted he is given a rule book and a card signed by the superintendent of the Electrical Depart ment and countersigned by the Safety and Welfare Department, which indi cates that he is an authorized operator. An operator must inspect his crane once during each shift. Any defect must be reported immediately, and if the fore man considers it serious, the crane is taken out of service until repairs are John A. Rocblfng's Sons * Constant maintenance of crane ami slings is necessary for safe operation. made. Before making his inspection the operator must see that all controls are in the "oft" position and that the main switch is pulled and locked. The crane operator must take orders only from the person designated to give them. When he receives the signal to move, he must sound the crane alarm, making sure that everyone is in the clear. He must lift slowly, making cer tain that the block is directly over the load so that the load will not swing, [f the swing does not rise properly , it should he lowered so the hook-on can adjust it. Neither the bridge nor trolley may be moved while the load is on the ground. Loads must not be carried over the heads of workmen if it is possible to avoid doing so. and under no circum stances is it permissible to carry molten metal or metal with a magnet over men. No person is ever allowed to ride on loads, cranes, hooks or magnets at our plant, and the violation of this rule is punishable by lay-off or dismissal. Eating, reading or doing anything else that will distract the operator's atten tion is prohibited. Every crane oper ator is responsible for the safe operation of his machine. ( Please turn to page 55 / JUNE, 1935 2B Minor Repairs Prevent Major Accidents By ROBERT H. CLARK Superintendent of Maintenance, Transportation Department Consolidated Gas Company, New York Citu VEN careful investigations of E automotive aceid-ents seldom penetrate the mystery of the To neglect mechanical faults in a motor vehicle may be original cause. Thus it is impossible murderous to estimate with any degree of accuracy the annual toll of accidents whose cause may be directly attributed to the need of minor repairs. Insurance companies' statistics, newspaper accounts, and per sonal observation and experience furnish evidence that mechanical failure is a very important cause. To neglect known mechanical faults in the vehicle may be murderous. Tires which display the fabric, front wheels that shimmy, unequalized or in effective brakes, loose body racks and doors, broken spring leaves and worn shackle bolts, horns that won't blow, lights that won't light, and, worse, any combination of the above are, if they exist in our fleets, just waiting for an opportunity to break forth in a grand melee of broken bones and junk. Every overlooked bolt or nut on a chassis, every error of omission on the part of a mechanic, every "take-a-chance" atti ticular incident the repairs needed would probably have constituted a major overhaul. The state-wide inspec tions following this disaster are perhaps the best form of insurance against such mishaps. The public was aroused to a point of protest, and public conveyances by the score were turned away from our tunnels, bridges, and ferries, because of defects that harbored potential accidents. Commercial fleet operators need not wait to be told. We know the condition of our fleets. We appreciate that the "little drops of water" dropping one by one will eventually wear away the hardest stone. We know that an exist ing weakness will not improve, and will soon constitute a more expensive repair. To postpone a complete overhauling job safely can only be accomplished by a tude that is unchecked, will assist in creating the circumstances we are try ing to avoid. The automobile -- and I mean every type of power driven conveyance---has become such a useful implement in every phase of life, that practically every one is intimately acquainted with it. Children play games to see which one can outdo the other in naming the makes of cars as they pass by. We may return home from work in a chance acquaint ance's car. We know nothing about his ability to take proper care of it. We hop in and out of taxis with no thought of the mechanism under us. Everywhere people place their confidence in equip ment that they know is not always in the best condition, but they have no alternative. We were shocked recently by the CHECK THE CONDITION OF YOUR VEHICLE EVERY DAY. WHEN STARTING OUT NOTICE THE CONDITION OF TIRES AND REAR VIEW MIRROR. BRAKES TRY YOUR LIGHTS NATIONAL WINDSHIELD WIPER SAftTY LOUNCM, Ossining bus tragedy, where so many lives were needlessly lost. In this par- NSC Poster No. S272-B constant and ever watchful eye for small defects. It is all too easy to let a running car run without looking for trouble. But trouble is part of our business. We have organizations whose purpose it is to maintain our cars. The owners of one or two cars, on the other hand, who compose the great majority of oper ators feel that they are sufficient unto themselves or place their faith in "Mike the mechanic," or the chauffeur himself. In our efforts to overlook nothing in the interest of safety it is only the better part of wisdom to adopt an inclusive plan of maintenance best suited to our own peculiar operating conditions. There are four important factors entering into the discovery and correc tion of minor defects -- the driver, the operating supervisor, the inspector, and the maintenance supervisor. Proper cooperation must exist among these four men if a safety plan is to be a success. The driver is the key to the situation. He is our first source of information for mechanical trouble. No one knows the car better than he and to fail to con sider his criticisms and requests may be fatal. Our problem is not alone to find good drivers but also to find men who will feel that the equipment in their hands is just as much a part of their responsibility as the delivery of mer chandise. or the completion of any serv ice they are rendering. They must be company men. In addition they should have a reasonably comprehensive knowl edge of the mechanics of the car. Every driver should spend a period of time in the shop under a qualified instructor. This instruction, however, need cover only the high spots; for a driver should not make repairs that belong to the maintenance department. He should merely be in a position to recognize symptoms of deterioration and break down. He should, for example, know the significance of running without oil (Please turn to page 54) NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 29 The Civic Opera Building at 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago-- the home of the National Safety Council. At the left is the Daily News building which has a covered thoroughfare to the Chicago and North Western Station. Safety is First in the Council's Home TEMPLE to art and business electricians, plumbers, steam-fitters, car A and a proper citadel of safety. To erect such a structure was penters, decorators, elevator operators and janitors. Building maintenance in the ambition of those who plannedvothlvees many of the occupations and Civic Opera Building at 20 North many of the accident hazards of the in Wacker Drive, even before it was de dustrial plant. cided that the National Safety Council Included in the maintenance depart would become the most famous single ments are woodworking and machine tenant. Situated on the east bank of the shops with a great variety of equipment. Chicago River just across from the Since the management and building staff Daily News Building, also distinguished have always been glad to cooperate with architecturally, the home of the Council the Council in arranging photographs is one of the outstanding office buildings and since the equipment is well guarded, in Chicago and one of the operatic cen the shops have provided the background ters of the world. for many of the Council's safety posters. Both business and the opera have felt Below the street ievei are the depart the withering effects of depression, but ments which supply vital services to the the building management has main building. An elaborate exhaust system tained a high standard of service to its insures a supply of fresh air to all five tenants, a service which has as its high basement levels. A refrigerating plant principle, the safety of every individual supplies conditioned air to the opera which enters the great stone portals. auditorium and to the smaller Civic Viewed from the river side, the Civic Theatre which is also in the building. Opera Building resembles an arm chair, Also contained in the basements which with the seat IS stories high, the arms 22 extend far below the Chicago River, stories, and the tower which forms the which runs along the west wall, is a be back. 45 stories high. wildering variety of electrical equip To maintain such a building, approxi ment. both for the opera and for the mately 130 trained men and women are commercial occupants of the building. employed. These include engineers, Incidentally seepage of water is con- trolled and removed by automatic pumps. The uninitiated may think that the widely advertised salaries of prominent opera stars are the big item of expense. Most patrons of opera do not realize the enormous expense in plant equipment and personnel behind the scenes, an ex pense which must be met before the prima donna can let loose a single note. The Civic Opera Building, therefore, has a variety of electrical and material handling equipment not needed in an office building devoted entirely to com mercial occupancy. There is a vast amount of scenery stored in the grotto under the auditorium which must be brought up into place for each produc tion. Staging an opera, however, is a subject deserving an article in itself. Three stories below the street level are the five immense boilers which pro vide heat not only for the Civic Opera Building, but for several nearby build ings. The boiler room is operated by the Illinois Maintenance Company from which the Civic Opera Building pur chases heat. A conveyor system ordi narily brings coal from the street level to the storage bins, but coal can also be brought in by the Chicago Tunnel Com pany, whose cars enter the building on the fourth basement level. Receiving coal from the street involves a less complicated procedure in handling and this plan is usually followed. All truck ing is done at night. Ashes are removed in cars of the tun nel company, and non-combustible rub bish is disposed of in a similar manner. Tons of waste paper from the offices are collected in bags and removed by a waste paper dealer. As the lower base ments are below the level of the Chicago River, water-tight doors, motor oper ated, can seal off the basement in an emergency. A house telephone system connects all departments of the building. The freight elevator is equipped with a telephone and the operator can get in touch with all departments, even when he is between floors. Power for the building is purchased from the Commonwealth Edison Com- f Please turn to page 64) JUNE. 1935 30 The Safety Exchange ------------------------ "A ROUND TABLE IN PRINT"------------------------- The ideas presented here have proved helpful. If you have developed some useful device or method send in a description, with illustration, if possible. These devices are home-made and are not avail able commercially Conveyor Belt Guard with Cable Safety Stop In this picture it can be plainly seen how metal guards overlap the conveyor belt for a considerable distance on either side where the belt goes over the roller, thus adequately protecting the operator from getting his fingers caught at the Guard for Open Hook Has Proved Satisfactory An open hook guard has been made safe by the method shown in the accom panying drawings, and all open tubing hooks of The Empire Companies, point where he reaches across the belt. Note also the safety stop cable, at a convenient height for all operators to reach it along the entire length of the conveyor. A pull on this cable, in case of any accident or emergency, will stop the conveyor belt immediately. The picture is from the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, 0. device, the bearing on the back side of the neck of the hook is first put on. It consists of a suitable steel tube with an inside diameter of or PS-inch, securely welded on. The pattern for the tongue is next made from a piece of cardboard and this is marked out on suitable mal leable sheet iron. The spring is the flat spring used in Q'Bannon safety tubing hooks, and is held in place with a set screw on the inside neck of the hook. The handle is made by welding on two pieces of about 54-inch iron rod and bringing them together on the back side of the hook to form the grip. Make the loose end a "V" to fit over the rib on back side of hook. containing the schedule of meetings and a safety slogan are the months of the year with the date of each meeting circled. Telescoping Guard for Wood Boring Bit The construction of this interesting and effective telescoping guard is plainly shown in the picture. There is a counter balanced weight which helps to lower or raise the guard from the work. The guard is easily lifted so that material can he placed under the bit and the bit can be raised for inspection. The open con struction of the guard permits the opera tor to see what is going on at all times. The guard was developed by the Ameri can Steel & Wire Company, Cleveland. Bartlesville, Okla., are now fitted with this safety attachment. The cost is ap proximately $2.50 each. To make the Mimeographed Calendar Reminds Safety Committee A mimeographed calendar to remind members of the safety committee of the dates of the quarterly meetings has been prepared by J. R. Franks, general yardmaster for the Atlantic ('oast Line Railroad at High Springs. Florida, and chairman of the High Springs Terminal Safety Committee. Surrounding a panel NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 31 A Sponsorship Plan of Safety Education A sponsorship plan of safety educa tion has been adopted by one company with gratifying results. Each inexperi enced employee, or former employee, who has been out of work so long that his safety habits have become rusty, is given not only the usual instructions from his foreman, but is turned over to an older, more experienced employee, who agrees to serve as "his brother's keeper" during the "apprenticeship." The new man thus gets individual in structions from the fellow with whom he stands shoulder to shoulder in his daily work. In turn, the jnstructor un consciously becomes a more careful worker and a bond is set up between the two men. There is nothing novel about this plan but it does place additional emphasis on the training of the new employee and causes the sponsor to feel his safety responsibility. The Safety Slogan is Found on Every Time Card Here is the outline of a time-card used In the plants of the Eagle Picher Lead DATE. NAME.............. .....................- Tat&l Houn R>UAnmuat CHECKED BY CU>t<........ ........... Hfwmprion of ttork TTie time to Prevent an Accident is Before it Happens Entrance Door to Mines Keeps Out Trespassers From the United States Bureau of Mines, we get this photo of a good type of entrance door for mines. This door Oil Container Carrier Speeds the Work A square five-gallon can is an awkward vessel to pour from if provided with only a small handle. The condition can be greatly remedied by the use of a special carrier consisting of a band of metal and a large handle. The band is formed to fit a standard square can and is equipped with a wing nut and screw for clamping it on the body of the can.--Coal Age. Cross-Arm Gin Prevents Lame Backs The cross-arm gin is used to raise and support a heavy conductor when neces sary to do such work as replacing its insulator or pin, or where the conductor is to be moved for any other reason. The "line hook" around the conductor is is solidly constructed of steel bars, which prevent intruders from entering the mine when it is not in operation. The open construction permits ventilat ing current to enter at all times. so shaped that the wire cannot slip or jump out. This device has saved many a strained back and has prevented other injuries which would have been caused by lifting the conductor while in an awkward position. The picture is from the San Joaquin Light & Power Corp., Fresno. Cal. Hand is Guarded for Strip-Cutting Operation To protect the hand of the worker holding the material being cut, the ..... *....... r.IrVTipUon ol 'Aork Ch*ffr , f'plll'O .......... fJ*KripUon vf V-ork Company, where the safety slogan is given prominent place. Every time card carries a slogan, and each day there is a different one. This is a simple means of putting over a safety thought. JUNE. 1935 C ordurov Rubber Company of Grand Rapids, Mich., has devised this hand guard. It is made with tubular steel handle, and a flat piece of steel which rests fiat on the material being cut and holds it firmly in place. It is set at such an angle from the cutting table Shat it keeps the operator's hand well above the table, and, in case the knife should slip, his hand will not be cut. 32 Arsenic and Its Compounds Industrial Data Sheet D-Chem. 13 A. Problem 1. What are the hazards of arsenic and its compounds and what precautions are necessary in their use? B. Hazards 2. The principal hazards are those of poisoning by: a. Inhalation of toxic dusts, vapors and gases. b. irritation and ulceration of the skin be cause of contact with harmful dusts. C. Discussion .3. Pure metallic arsenic is a brittle, steel gray substance which is considered harmless. However, every compound of arsenic is poisonous. Arsenic is widely distributed in nature and is found in all metal ores except quicksilver. The most poisonous solid compound is white arsenic (also called arsenic trioxide or arsenious acid). The best known com pounds in industrial use are Paris green and Scheele's green, composed of mix tures of arsenic and copper. Arsenic vapors have a yellow color, and the odor of garlic is given off when arsenic com pounds are heated. where there are folds, as around the nose or mouth, or where the surfaces are moist as under the armpits, set up an eruption or eczematous condition which, if not treated, will lead to an extensive ulceration. The most characteristic lesion produced on the upper air pas sages is perforation of the septum of the nose resulting in holes varying from 1 s to 1 inch in diameter. Associated with the skin eruption are swelling and in flammation of the eyelids, soreness of the throat, and hoarseness. In severe cases, the gastric symptoms become pronounced and result in vomiting, abdominal cramps and diarrhea. The nervous symptoms may start with deafness and a feeling of pins and needles, or a loss of sensation in the extremities, leading up to general exhaustion and brain dis order. 8. Acute poisoning by inhalation of arseniuretted hydrogen is indicated by weakness, dizziness, headache, vomiting, jaundice and anemia. These symptoms occur within a few hours after inhala tion of the gas. d. Arsenic fumes should be eliminated by passing them through coke and nitric add. e. Floors of workrooms should be of cement to prevent absorption and to permit ready cleaning. f. Floors of workrooms should be cleaned daily with a vacuum cleaner or by wash ing with water. g. Receptacles for arsenic compounds should be of metal to prevent breakage or leak age- h. Workers should wear suitable overalls, gloves, and respiratory protective equip ment. (bee Note Y.) i. Showers in the ratio of one shower to each five employees should be provided. These showers should be provided with hot water and plenty of soap. j. Workers should not be allowed to eat food in the workroom and should be re quired to wash hands and face before partaking of food, tobacco, etc. Also, workers should wash their hands before going to the toilet, k. Two lockers away from the workroom should be provided for each worker, one for street clothes and one for work clothes. Workers should be required to change from street to work clothes before enter ing the workroom. 4. Arseniuretted hydrogen (also called arsenic trihydride or arsine), an extreme ly poisonous gas, with no color and a foul smell, is produced when acids act on metals containing arsenic. 5. Arsenic compounds are used in preserving furs, feathers and skins; stuffing animals; removing hair from hide; making artificial stone and enam els; decolorizing glass and crystal; for insecticides; preparing green dyes and paints; and in many chemical operations. 6. The majority of industrial arsenical poisoning cases occur in either of two distinct forms; from (a) inhalation of, or contact with, the dusts of arsenic compounds and ( b) inhalation of arsen iuretted hydrogen gas. Symptoms of Poisoning 7. The symptoms of chronic poisoning by arsenic dusts show themselves on the skin, on the mucous membranes of the eyes and upper air passages, and in the gastro-intestinal tract, and the nervous system. Dusts on the skin, especially First-Aid Treatment 9. In case of acute poisoning by arsenic compounds, patient should at once be removed from further exposure and an emetic given. Raw eggs beaten in milk may be given freely, followed with sweet oil. The hands and feet should be kept warm. Sodium thio sulphate may be given to promote elim ination through the kidneys and bowels. In either acute or chronic poisoning, a physician should be secured as soon as possible and his recommendations follow ed strictly. Precautions 10. Where arsenic compounds are used, the following precautions should be taken: . a. Workroom should be well ventilated. b. Arsenic dusts and vapors should be re moved at point of origin by suitable ex haust ventilation. (See Note X.) e. Work tables should be provided with down draft exhaust ventilation. l. At the end of the day's work, the workers should remove their work clothes and take a shower with plenty of hot water and soap before putting on their street clothes. m. Any person before working with arsenic compounds, should be given a complete physical examination for evidence of any disease which may be aggravated by the arsenic compounds. All arsenic compound workers should have a physical examina tion at least once each year as long as they arc exposed to the hazards of the compound. (See Note Z.) NOTE X. Safe Practices Pamphlets No. 32, "Exhaust Systems," am! No. 37, "Indus trial Ventilation," contain information that will be of value in the design of proper exhaust and ventilation systems. NOTE T. Authentic information on suitable respiratory protective equipment will be found in Safe Practices Pamphlet No. (U, "Respirators, Gas Masks, Hose Masks and Breathing Apparatus." NOTE Z, For information on physical examinations, see Health Practices Pam phlet No. 2, "Physical Examinations in Industry." National Safety Council, Inc. 20 North Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 33 Industry AN INDUSTRY little tilings count. Slight mistakes may mean ser ious loss. So with industrial injuries a little scratch if ignored may become a serious infection. <IThe first defense against infection is thorough cleans ing and the application of an effective antiseptic. All wounds, however small, should receive, treat ment promptly. Be prepared with Mercuroehrome for the first aid care of all minor injuries. In more serious cases call a physician. This seal denotes acceptance of Mercuroehrome for New and Nonofficial Remedies by the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry of the American Medical Association. HYNSON, WESTCOTT & DUNNING, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland JUNE. 1935 1 "BUT WATSON, MY DEAR FELLOW! ! , YOU DON'T MEAN TO TELL ME YOU j OVERLOOKED THE FOUR MOST 1 IMPORTANT REASONS WHY THE NEW SAFETY CALENDAR WILL PLAY A BIG PART IN INDUSTRY'S FIGHT ; | AGAINST ACCIDENTS DURING 1936!" The GREATEST of ALL NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 35 SAFETY CALENDARS JUNE. 1935 Industrial Health A Non-Technical Symposium for Physicians and Laymen Tannic Acid for Burns By HAROLD P. SULLIVAN, M.D., F.A.C.S. Chief Surgeon, Chicago hire Department IMPLE first aid treatments can If the patient is extremely ill and S give immediate relief for minor burns. It is necessary, of course, suffering from shock, do not try to re move his clothing. Keep him warm, to know exactly what to do and do uitsing blankets over the foot of the tub with dispatch. Severe burns, on the to hold in the heat if necessary. other hand, which always involve in From your druggist order tannic acid. tense suffering, the probability of para Explain the seriousness of the case and lyzing shock, and the possibility of impress on him the necessity for haste. death itself, are quite another matter. Then, to help relieve the shock, give the The most effective agent now known patient some stimulant such as hot milk, to combat burns is tannic acid. This is brandy or whisky. Be sure the liquid a non-nitrogenous. non-poisonous powder is hot, but not too hot. which is readily soluble in water and Now let us suppose that the doctor which may be obtained at any drug does not arrive but that the tannic acid store. The advantages of tannic acid does. Your patient is still in the warm are manifold. It shuts out the air, thus bath, clothed. stopping pain; it contracts the burned Try very carefully to remove his tissues, thus preserving in them their clothing under water. If it does not normal fluids which otherwise might be come off readily when you cut it or pull lost; and it forms a firm crust over the it gently', leave it there. The doctor wound so that it is protected from in will remove it later or it will fall off of fection. Doctors generally regard tan its own accord as the treatment pro nic acid as the ``perfect remedy" for gresses. Go to work with vour tannic burns. Now, how shall the layman use acid. We shall assume that this sub this friend of the injured when emerg stance has arrived from the druggist in ency arises? powdered form. Mix eight level table- Let us suppose that you must treat spoonsful of the powder in a glass of a major burn. You recognize it as a water. Dip pieces of dean gauze or major burn by its apparent depth or muslin into this solution and lay them by the large area over which it is spread. dripping wet on the burned area. You are in your home with no remedies If the area is very large it probably at hand. First aid seems distressingly will be more merciful if you do not re far away. move the patient from the tub to his What to do? First, of course, realize bed until after you have applied the that you must keep your head. Prepare tannic acid. Thus it is necessary only to work speedily, but always deliberately to drain the water out of the tub before and carefully. Spasmodic, jerky, or applying the dressing to his wounds. hasty motions on your part may jeopar Do not, under any circumstances, apply dize the patient's chance for recovery. the solution with cotton batting. After Fill a tub with warm water and add the muslin or gauze is in place, do not about four teaspoons of salt for every disturb it, but keep it constantly wet gallon. Lift the injured person into the by pouring the solution onto the bandage tub and see that all burned parts are with a teaspoon. This should be done submerged. Then, have someone tele at least every' fifteen minutes until the phone for a doctor or do it yourself. doctor arrives. There you have, in a nutshell, an ex cellent method of administering first aid to the victim uf a severe burn. There are other methods, of course, and the one which I shall describe is used in our Chicago Fire Department and also in many hospitals. It consists of spray ing tannic acid directly onto the burn and for this one can use an ordinary atomizer. A caution, the importance of which cannot be over-emphasized, is to clean and sterilize the atomizer before using it. It is not difficult to do this. Wash all parts thoroughly with boiled water and rinse them with the best of alcohol. If you have no alcohol, place the atomizer in a pan of cold water, so that all parts are submerged and put it on the fire. Allow the water to come to a boil and keep the atomizer in the boiling water for at least three minutes. Then lift the parts out and place them on a dean towel. Allow them to cool until you can touch them, then assemble the device and fill it with the tannic acid solution. When this method is used muslin or gauze is not needed. The solution should be sprayed directly onto the burn and the skin around it. As the sprayed parts turn brown, be happy. The darker it turns and the quicker, the sooner the pain will stop. Keep spraying every fifteen minutes until the doctor comes. One of the great advantages of tannic acid is that it eases the pain at once. In other treatments of burns it is usual ly necessary to administer a drug to the patient. Moreover, the substance is non-poisonous and a supply should be kept in the home. Once the powder is mixed with water, however, it must be used immediately. I probably ought to say that your druggist will mix tannic acid up for you either as a liquid or as a jelly, or. as in the case described above, he will sell it to you in powdered form. For ordinary burns a solution of half the strength of the one mentioned, or four level tablespoonst'ul in a glass of water, is sufficient. i Please turn to page 74) NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 37 YOUR SHIELD N TIME OF EMERGENCY m `TABLOID' BRAND Burroughs Wellcome & Co. '^'ncT 9 & ii East Forty-first Street NEW YORK CITY Associated Houses: London (Eng.) Montreal Sydney Cape Town Bombay Shanghai Buenos Aires Milan JUNE. 1935 Please send me descriptive N.S.N. literature regarding `Tabloid' First-Aid. Firm Name.................. ............... ... ............. Address______ _________________ Individual's Name. Official Capacity__ 38 LANS for the Twenty - fourth P Annual Safety Congress to be held in Louisville October 14 to 18 are being completed now. 120 meetings are scheduled for the F. Robertson Jones, general manager of the Association of Casualty and Surety Executives, Xew York, who will discuss T"hPeresent and Prospective Occupational Disease Legislation*' at the session on Brown, Seelbach and Kentucky hotels; Occupational Diseases. the huge exhibits of safety equipment will be in the Brown and Seelbach, the industrial at the former and the street traffic in the latter. The sessions will be divided roughly into 100 on industrial safety and 20 on public safety. Alto gether there will be more than 12 sessions devoted to special subjects. Many prominent men have already accepted invitations to speak. The Honorable Harold G. Hoffman, governor of Xew jersey and chairman of the Street and Highway section of the Council will address the annual meeting of members on the opening day, Monday, October 14, J. M. Conway, president of the Hoberg Paper and Fibre Company of Green Bay, Wis., will discuss the subject '`Psychology of Safety from the Management's Viewpoint" before the Subject sessions, which were an ex periment at National Safety Council congresses a few years ago. have become so popular that at least a dozen will be held at Louisville. They will include sessions on the following subjects: First Aal .ind Health Service in Industry Fire Prevention Safety in the Small Plant Safety Training Safety Equipment Industry and its Motor Accident Problem Maintaining Interest in Safety Heat Exhaustion Industrial Nursing Finding and Correcting Accident Causes Occupati onaI Diseases Home Safety Most of the sessions of the Child Edu cation Section and the Street and High way Traffic Section also are devoted to a single phase of the respective problems, Paper and Pulp Section. Dr, Alvhh R, Lauer, associate professor of psychology A new feature of the 1935 Congress at Iowa State College, will speak on will be a special meeting for state and '"How to Drive Safely'5 at the session federal officials. It will be attended devoted to Industry and Its Motor Ve chiefly by safety men of the Federal hicle Accident Problem. Dr, W. F, von Emergency Relief Administration, Civil let!ingen. director of the Haskell Labor ian Conservation Corps, the Department atory of Industrial Toxicology, Wilming of Labor and "ther federal and state ton, will read a paper entitled "Toxic departments. Range of Various Toxic Industrial Chemicals'' at the subject session on Entertainment for lady delegates and Occupational Diseases. wives of delegates is being planned by experts in southern hospitality. Trips, teas and bridge parties are on the pro Other headliners already scheduled gram. include C, B. White, chemist-engineer of the American-La France and Foamite Entertainment for the delegates them Corp.. who will give a demonstration on selves is not being neglected either. The "Causes and Extinguishment of Chemi president's reception will take place cal Fires" at the Fire Prevention session; Monday night. On Tuesday night a big J. Xewton Rayznr. admiralty attorney, Child Education rally will he the feature. Houston, Tex,, who will discuss "Some The banquet on Wednesday promises to Aspects of the Law *' 'nnt ributinir to he one of the finest in Council history. Increase in Injuries and Compensation And if present plans no through, there Costs" before the Marine section; and never has been an informal party to equal the one to be held on Thursday night. The exhibit this year is to lie called The Safety Derby. It will be a ''derby'' and no mistake! The entrance to the industrial exhibit hall in the Brown hotel will be a miniature of the main gate at Churchill Downs, A jockey in riding clothes will be at the door and all the exhibitors will wear jockey caps. Each booth will be appropriately deco rated to carry out the derby motif. Infinite pains are being taken to avoid serious overlapping of congress programs this year. All sectional sessions will take place on Monday afternoon and on the mornings of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The subject sessions, on the other hand, are scheduled for the after noons of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and Friday morning. ' * *' * The first room reservations for the Congress were made early in January! Make yours now. At least a half dozen demonstrations are planned for the Congress so the eyes of delegates can pinch hit for weary ears. Four early morning classes (8:30 a. m,, that is) will be conducted at the ( ongress. Two of these meetings wil! S.x* devoted to public speaking and two to the all-important subject of Safety in Foremanship. Outstanding men will conduct the classes. News that attendance records will not be kept at the sessions will lie welcome to delegates. It. is planned instead to enforce strictly the registration rule. As this issue of the News goes to press many of the programs for the sessions are completed and a good share of the speakers invited. All speakers for the subject sessions have been invited. /? <??/'' /"f ) cG-Le. Li&u&ie// i/ f // ,...v NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 39 MAXIMUM SLIP INSURANCE WITH FLOOR P LATE AND EASIER ON THE FEET .Non-Skid from ariv angle--MULTIGRIP not only is safe, it's comfortable to stand or walk on. \^| Working on MULTIGRIP, your employes can do a better, safer job. If you use safety plate on anv equipment you manufacture, MULTIGRIP has six selling advantages that you can obtain at no extra cost. Write us for data on weights and thicknesses. ILLINOIS STEEL COMPANY 208 SOUTH LA SALLE STREET, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS JIWE. 1933 40 The Bulletin Board A page for those who maintain the Show Windows of Safety Oonducted by STAN KERSHAW"*"TM*******TM^^ Current Safety News Maintains Interest HE current Safety News posters Toffer new possibilities for your bulletin boards. You can now maintain interest in safety by letting your men know what is going on nationally in accident pre vention work. The newspapers cannot be relied upon to provide the news, and it is not possible to give wide enough circulation to copies of the National Safety News so that all plant employ ees can know what is new in safety. Thus the series gives every member an opportunity to acquaint his employ ees with the outstanding developments of the day. The idea is meeting with a sympathetic response, and it will he continued as a regular monthly feature if there is a sufficient demand for the posters. The posters are printed in the large size (17x23 inches). The type used is big and easy to read. The following posters have appeared: 5430-B in the April issue. This fea tured the marvelous no-accident record made by the Western Clock Company, the main causes of highway accidents. and the investigations being made into cause it has the advantage of offending home accidents by FERA workers. No. no one. 5470-B in the May issue. This poster Perhaps the best of the methods of discussed the Morro Castle disaster, inferential safety teaching is that in named the winners in the Xational which accident facts are presented in Traffic Safety Contest and gave other comparison with other facts which are interesting safety items. common knowledge. The new poster appearing in this With this in mind, your attention is issue is S48S-B. See if you don't think particularly directed to Poster No. 5486 this would make an interesting poster in this issue. It is the first of a new for your bulletin boards. series of posters aimed at the very heart of our national accident prevention Announcing Another New Series of Posters problem. Try this new series of posters on your bulletin boards, and accompany them with messages of your own. urging your INCE there are many kinds of people to take a more active part in the S people, a wide variety of appeals safety crusade. must be utilized in posters to put across the safety message. Every type of mind --from the analytical and logical to the emotional--must be reached and con A Variety of Posters vinced. for Your Needs Some people like to be told specifical ly how to avoid accidents: others resent this and develop an attitude of defiance; and still others are quite willing to learn but must be allowed to arrive at their own conclusions. Teaching safety by inference is by no means the least effective method be X this page is a tabular index of O the posters issued from January to June, 10,35. This latest index, to gether with the one included in the De cember, 1934, issue, will help you to make a quick selection of groups of post ers pertaining to some of the more im portant subjects. buoject Cleaning, uiling, adjusting-, and feeding machinery Clothing Explosions, electricity, heat, Ate, Eye ami face protection Falling objects Falls of workers Fire prevention First aid Guards Hand tools Handling n h i e c ts Harmful substances Health Hoisting ami conveying Horseplay and distracted attention Housekeeping In fections Machinery--general Safety shoes Stopping on, nr striking against objects (including nails) 1935 Issues i.t the National Safety Xews m which Posters Are illustrated Januarv 5355 February .>375 March | April 4445, 4SS5 451.:. 4274 May 5450 ,i une 4009 5340 1991 j 2972, 49,71, 8336 1903,535! 1 4f>:i4, 4'JGi! 5362 1990 4573 4013-U, 2ll*-B 4993. 4527, 5Uu 1 \ 5377, 4 1 12 2473-B 5419,5407 Ml. 5-flS ->412, 5403 A 4 20 2434-H, 5406 5410 5400 477S-B, 5026 1 5253 530.1, 4613, 5347 4552 5339 5378 4649,4565 5405 5ui0. :wjn7, ,5420 5417 4114. 5350 41 OS 5351 S'.<72, 453n 5302.4000 HMD 53*3 53*0 \ 172* B. 53*7 4503, 587 9 * 9; 7 4570 4440 I'M 4 4 2*4. 4**5 5" 2 2 5375-B, 105.1 442 1, 493*1 503 0 5 42r,4,j 5447 49 Hi l-U. 1227 :' i"0 "" 5**51. 4*113 ,5077, 5450 r,l)li:t-B 5 4 5.*, 5 451 5452, 4034 5 439 5o"5- B, 5 n 1 a 504* 2*81, 1959 2 7 7 3 - B, 5 4 0 5 4082, 507s 4629 544S, 0032 5 12s, 4*52 5 427, 544*1 5443, 2949 5404 22*2, 5435 !G0 4 4020, 131 1, 5403 4546 5 460 4062 51 03 136*1, 3932 3931, 4663 5*)SS, 5472 5473 50 9 6 4340 - id, 5099 54*1 4059, 49ns, 4669 5 OS a, 5479 2350. 2U89-B 5 4*2 5478 237*. 50.87 4052. 5491 54SS, 5492-B 5 no 1303 NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE ANY RISKS from which YOU CAN PROTECT YOURSELF BYCARE ANDJUDGMENT A Car Going FiFti^-gj| and hitting something solid is wrecked as badlu as if it had fallen from a nine storu building SM'1 0 'Sa' ^3 brings a pjjj Ml (ml Lij i msmnBmmwsmasBOi __ Ji f l O N A t !puBHNpp ; tyTw^lfaww ' Ar r1 1 -IUNI i. 4 OFF f ASPRAINED BACK Causedby WrongLiftinq IT'S TOI'll RESPONSIBILITY f- A f I O N * 1 U NCIl 4 urnti This way t|Our weak Lctqour leg muscles muscles are strained bearthe strain V.... \ .. ' .J 4H itiisV-B iHi'i indie* 4 units-: HjjjjffiwinimiimxitiijiwjMg 4340-r 12k 18 inch** When you try to beat safeguards 2 units ------- -Providence and ALERT MOTORMEN MUST PROTECT THIS TYPE OF DRIVER ---===;--r national SAFETY 4077 *>*W i-hf% i unB You Fool Only Yourself lTI O N A L V A, f t T vm 9*12 iathtu l tfflit -- y A WORD TO THtWlSE; SAVE BOTH YOtlREYES / j)! t H BY WEARING I GOGGEES lT I O N A L > U N < II DO YOU KNOW? -SAND- WILL CLEAN CREASE FROM SLEDGE AND MAKE IT SAFER TO USE tali! invitees l unit JnsUhtfitflMt tomtit * II NO ADJUSTMENT OR REPAIR JOB IS FINISHED [ram THl GUARD IS ireplaced! 'Mi* mUoi. i iJilit WrH*NU MtrT* M'Tt'*1 Don't Fool Yourself EVEN A STRONG MAN CAN STRAIN HIS BACK HANDLING DRUMS and BARRELS IMPROPERLY WRONG- RESULT RIGHT indie* I unit '> ' ' THOUGHT or TODAY \ YOU CAN LEARN foWORK SAFELY FROM THE TRAGIC EXPERIENCES so/THEFEHOW WHO DON T*- '*1/ mtlw* h iilJ>hhhi . IJK tin ,, K,1 i ynft ARE TO WALK ON NOT TO FALLON KEEP THEM CLEAN B sap c t > council mi MU inch** I unn m LOOK OUT FOR the DRIVER ......... */y N A t i C> N WVl $4K3 9*1? mche* JR K A I O N A L *l t unit <wM MU loch I Unit *7 V / Ft WHO DOESN'T IOOKOUT/u/YOU NAL * A P t T V JAW 9st2 inches I unit LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCES OF OTFIERS Consult Your Foremans DID YOU EVER. STOP TO CONSIDER ALL THE THINGS IN LIFE YOU WOULD MISS IF YOU LOST YOUR EYES ? 'API Of I--H---t--J-O--B--O- f RpvtNlININOC! A i IDtNIS B l`, TO rtf AA*'WWAAYYSS 11 HlINK "*PVK4 .*'1, ` 1 INI. A-ILAI) l> ISANCitH A JKn! VjUji Itttht! If W,, l`*T. WHEN ANYTHING-- GOES WRONG 1 ' ON THE JOB, ' . t , N A *- Nc <. ____ ____ ___ " AJJrt? t twit' ' 5fi4ltf'tt>trMTfM* Su2uijincluh> a|ft4]u->i) unit tin*' WEAR YOUR GOGGLES 9k 12 inches 5 \mh br *J: uA u A CABLE that Js*U tor. 18 has not been served- iciI I - -m , , can rip a nana wide open Modern Traffic -WqUA/tUL. EXTRA CAUTION 41 4m siHl tan3 lindw*. t uait GRAY DAWK Cm * o Ia Septa* ket tk* wkele we4d ikitdvtitd Off ike jcrwY ujU Stated 1 nwaim kwA. ike ***** ir.4 ekddfrn ta iff b -rr.ee and daawned " IJ4 fintn net deelk Wat. Uy Item a Kcident efcaetd tke palatial Matt* Ceilte 8*1 llwi ealattrapke, **wl at H wai, did *l equal in ill teil tke tfealki lae-t jaenefy eceideftli arkaek *ettn eatk day m ike United State* for durinj the time 24 hour* no fewer then 270 persons lost their lives from accidents at work, on the streets and in their homes. XVtwIe c ate making t*ery kuman eden t (*''* the dtaatteta **kitli to* iiMueirtiy dumey the weild. )*( va n*t l*'ett tkat Ik* lei* tpecticwlei, note temnan type* ! mukapl ate trrt i* nuek .am in tkeit fatal taeaje* NATIONAL <5 A p t T u N <:. 1 l 54* ta In^es 1 .Mlt WHY Should I have to observe safety rules 9 E|>!?r | P^/l tssKSSs:-:*;-;-: Itlll HOW TO PREVENT IT__ i Han t It# Lett eekawliai I A NEW MAN NtAV G& I CReEN8wT*>QN`TLeT HINA STAY THAT WAY/ NATIONAL ' > COUNCIL fel2 Inch** 1 umt TO Protect myself and others Hi i . MOW TO TREAT __ IT 1 O U N C IL kT I O N A L 4m tit ini/he* i mU $4| few fatthe* i si LOOK AHEA ^ YOU CANT H | WAIT UNTIL 1 ONCE SIGN OF AN EXPERIENCED WORKER * I Monkey buiauss K HAS /NO BUSJMESS ANY BUSI NESS * THE LAST y 5 SECOND TO \ ^ PREVENT ANf I ACCIDENT l NOWz54 SIGN OF A SKILLED WORKER A PRACTICAL JOKE OFTEN UAS A TRAGIC ENDING H AT r O K A L SAfCT" ................................... it,t namm^w .MB________________________________ ____ ___________ >ltW _ twta! iflchte 111m _______ ____ __ 3 suit feW iwfea i ?NMy GiwfcU f 12 ds M I It\ 4L 'U th N | ... ............. WATCH thc/c SLEEVES (\ --"'tX Nor this way 71 Hold chisels ' this way whenever \ nossible V "TM KL3S? SWtf&fc f TY i C: y U N C U ________ _____ ffiHsiillii T t o N A i. **' ........ *8 rfjn A i*r V*'* *4f e*tuc * - vs lIKlin ij n t. m, ,i * i ......... IB ' uni* -1 ? * 'V ;%! REMEMBER THE ili y: *3 $$ / ' N: S MONKEY RULES BUSINESS HAS NO BUSINESS IN ANY BUSINESS ?* Many A Man Who TOOK A CHANCE , `^ AKiMU C Would Like To TT, HAVE A CHANCE To Put It Back | -- m Ag 31 n ' ON At tTy O U f> WJ <)xt? inches l unit 17*24 mWs 4 unit* WHY SHOULD I PICK THAT UP I DIDN'T PUT IT (THERE r---- mi imtm t arit WONDER WHAT A BULLETIN BOARD WOULD SAY? if fulling for the Doctor HI1.. .. (Ij tkr^y fti IP <2 V' 3 S' What may I WHAT IF B TONGS SUP HAPPEN WHEN %. ii ~ & j YOU DON'T WATCH E+ OR ANOTHER CAKE COMES OFT CONVEYOR YOUR STEP .A ri O N MB -*" ijffc iN AL '-Aft 3 " PULL FROM THE> SIDE! _ ||gg____ _ ___ ___ __ mm* _ | sJ4?$ , . 9*.Si bctes } tttth 1 ill! mi iftdfea " ' 3 MMM 1SS56 ' mt mditt : emit. '?:wm V ' Flwlrtrf) J*e SihUJ' Iv |u< hi*" tin t> 1r W H'k BE ORDERLY Bar down loose ground Before Drilling DON'T LEAVE TRUCKS IN . IPASSAGE-WAYS 1 SLOPPY HABITS result1 in POOR WORK and ACCIDENTS NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL talZ inches 3 umt 4652 itjtU inches j ilnii and a/tt/ayi /ifand back from failing yround national FTV C O U NOIL WtfS 'in 5 2 inchtj). I unit 3 NAt * N A L 1 5 A ftT> 41 fesM ittcihMH: COUNCIL t unit This arm i: became infected k v* throuqh a smallf crack in the end F ** of one finqer DEATH RESULTED after seven weeks of SUFFERING Ama'N 1$ JUDGED BYTHECOMPANY HE KEEPS,ANDTHE COMPANY IS JUDGED BY THE MEN IT KEEPS- SO WORK SAFELY/^ i I S4SS 9*12 inch** l unit 5lCR 9*12 inches I uait ,__jjihwfntwij'pr* mi; fat p/unfaa**ti tV*MP tbe NuImuiaI MlVtj i/MjtU'ti 42 wh \ VT!ll\4k, \t f |'\ M-jlla 1 WHAT YOU SHOULD - KNOW ABOUT GAS WELDING CYLINDERS 1": 1 Nti eeetylene *1 * yetmm to <* <*& $ lb*pf tqwr inch f*u$ pnwn S' Never !!# oryjvfl to Min m emntict wfth M :>: i ASweyt itin to by lK(r ytoytt mim Do not rtlt to oxyjrfl ** "*" w Kxtylvn* M "i*t '* 4 Never me oxyjm tt * nrbtrtut lor camprtwd * tor |M(unu(K took or umiltr drtktt. 3 Never in* prtnurt from n oxyyrri Kpply lor rieninf dofjtd oil Iimi f Never toe tylinden n tolltry or to tupped worL. " Do no* temptr with ufety dtvkt* on eylmden or cylinder vtlves. 6 Do not hen) blowprpti From ike rcfuletoci *t- ..... Ueked to cylmden. 4 Never eKempt to nnder jit From one eyhodet to enotker. 10 Never ettetnpt to mu two ymm to one cylinder. tl Do not let hot tie) Fed on comtMrtrMe metorlek or on tke cytmden. NATIONAL SAFETY C O N . I L IflfK.i mfplpgff llllliil: P! 111: ps tSsm ' lisl II you have not teen authorized to do electrical work it is not your business to tamper with any ol the electrical equipment. You risk serious injury if you do. Report all equipment that is out of order. national Safety COUNCIL 1 !l m Ipi an &ttlie F HomePlate iHiHeSii--itoi--| NATIONAL SA8ETY COUNCIL I 3018 9*12 inches 1 unit SJfU flu* 12 tnehtY l matt 297* fcxld tadtatt t wrrft /t'j nice the victim thought To have a pal, 1 ' ; : % so kind "M But in taking off I the bandage 1 . He found he'd gone -Slip stone blind A BREAK IN YOUR TOE MAY MEAN A BREAK IN YOUR PAY Mr McGee* dtopprd * put* ti c*!4* "** I5'1'** 34 pewidv It fell tn hit ieet and br*tc * temtdutoly ebtt die ictidtnt hr pwrckrttd * f* ` Sr*rt & with tiinfactd toe rep* Rvtrody he i rimti** hty it*** perM<# *-*d * p* (tcttof i|l* tt#n c*m dews km the* bvt M to* n pwttd *nY Her* 1 #< thee--A# lerihn n cut Wt dto ft.eioKtfr.tnt iJ-, tundt *u*fd 14.* p*r tf mw fl't'v ami 9x12 inches 3*-' ANOTHER GOOD ARGUMENT FOR SAFETY SHOES NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL 1 unit 5110 U2 inehw t unit NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL 4354 !'K t indict i unit Better Use A Clamp 4#&0 9x12 inches Jl M . JW 1 unit A Jtairway is a Stairway NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT YOU (AN JUDGE A MAN by the KIND OF A WORK PLACE HE KEEPS A workplace is in order when there are NO unnecessary things about, and when all necessary : ro BE SAFE ON ONE TAKE IT EASY AND f Watch Your Step - NATIONr Safety things are in their proper places. AN ORDERLY WORKPLACE IS SAFE TOO o U NCIL 2.i4l hxU iitchefc I unit S'l snetwx KWt ruH be ptto'limm'd fn*tn the Neihmtf 'vfftt liwuiwti 1 wr,t* e*`h 48 Our Men Are Sold on Safety Shoes And the reduction in toot injuries was well worth the selling effort involved By W. A. JORDAN Safety fc Traintng Advisor, The American Rolling Mil! Company* Ashland Division N 1927, 1928, and 1929, we experi the job of selling safety shoes was given I enced a great deal of trouble with foot injuries at the Ashland Plant to the Safety Department and to one man, the exclusive job of fitting and of the American Rolling Mills Companys. elling the shoes. The total lost time foot injuries for those Using this method, we are now able to three years was 101. The average fre learn, first hand, which type of shoe is quency rate during that period was 4.S best for a certain job, and to talk to the for foot injuries alone. Something had men about the service the shoes afford. to be done. We have never felt that men should be In June, 1930, we bought our first forced to wear safety shoes, or that they shipment of safety shoes. Since then, should be told that they must wear we have never been without them. Of them as a condition of employment, but course, we realized that safety shoes rather have believed that the men should would not prevent all foot injuries, but lie sold on the idea of wearing safety we knew they would materially help to shoes. reduce accidents, provided we could get To do this, we have had to give the the men to wear them. men good service. We must give them First, we called a group of foremen a good fit, and we must stock shoes together and showed them the shoes. We which are attractive. Everyone will re staged a practical demonstration of the member that when safety shoes first protective features and then the foremen came out, they looked big and clumsy were asked to sell the idea to their men. and the men didn't like them. Today, At first, the shoes were issued to the safety shoes are comfortable and good men from our general storeroom, but this looking, and the men do not hesitate to system proved unsatisfactory after a wear them on the street. short time, due primarily to the fact that When we started selling safety shoes, we had no one in the store who knew we charged slightly more than cost in anything about fitting shoes. Therefore, order to set up a small reserve fund with which to make adjustments in case of defective workmanship, or in the event of other conditions which might dis satisfy the wearer. At present, we sell the shoes exactly at cost. The men may pay in install ments, as little as $1.00 a week. This fact, in itself, will eventually sell every man in the plant on the idea of wearing safety shoes. However, the shoe must This nun dropped a brick weighing 50 pounds, but his safety shoe- were on the job. make a good appearance and give real foot comfort. The following should be taken into consideration in order to popularize safety shoes in the industrial plant: 1. Foot comfort. 2, Appearance. Variety of styles. 4. Cost. Method of payment. 6, Sales Service, On this page is shown the slip which we use in deducting the price of the shoes from the men's pay. During the first eleven months of 1934, we sold an average of ,350 pairs of safety shoes a month, with an average working force of 2,400 men. At present, approximately 90 per cent of our men wear safety shoes and they would not return to the old soft-toed shoes at all. Each man satisfied with safety shoes is a salesman and booster for them. During the last eleven months, our frequency rate for foot injuries has been 1.9. A comparison with our former footinjurv rate of 4.5 proves that safety shoes are of real value in any accident prevention program. A piling iron weighing 20 pounds fell 4 'A feet hut safety shoes saved this worker's toes. SAFETY SHOE DEDUCTIONS Ashland Division ............................................................................ Date ............................. Quantity Style Description .Size Price I You arc hereby authorized to deduct the above amount from my pay. Deductions as follows: t............................................................................................................... .......................... i Signature ................... ........................... ............................................. .......... ............... ..... Name of Employee ......................................... .................................... .................................. Check No. .......... ................... NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 49 COOL and SAFE under the solid steel"TURBET TOP Hegiatered of a smartly beautiful Body by Fisher WHAT a comfort it is to know that those whose safety you cherish can have a protecting roof of solid steel over their heads, thanks to the "Turret Top" Body by Fisher. That great single sheet of solid steel, comprising the "Turret Top," is arched and formed like the battleship turret from which it takes its name. It is welded to the steel side panels, to the steel rear panels--even to the steel windshield pillars -- so that the entire body is a super-rigid, shock proof, weave-proof unit. But important though it is, safety is only one advantage of this newest Fisher innovation. Even the corners ofthesolidsteel"TiifretTop"add to its sturdy strength Notice how the solid steel"Turret Top"is scientifically rounded, sphere-like -- not alone for the sake ofpleasing appearance and to reduce wind resist ance and noise --hut because this employment of the principles of sphere construction enables the very maximum of over-all rigidity and strength Beneath that sturdy and beautifully con toured roof of solid steel there is scientific and generous insulation against heat, cold and sound. closed cars --w'ill convince you that the "Turret Top" has a smartness which distin guishes any car that has this crowning safety feature. That means you can ride w ith maximum cool ness in hot summer weather in a "Turret Top" Body by Fisher -- actually it gives you the coolest ride you ever enjoyed because you can literally scoop in air with Fisher No Draft Ventilation. But to appreciate in full how cool, how comfortable, how spacious, how superbly appointed these new' Bodies by Fisher really are, by all means try a ride in one of these new 1935 General Motors cars. just to look at the new Chevrolet (Master De Luxe series), the new Pontiac, Oldsmobile and La Salle BODY BY FISHER on GENERAL MOTORS CARS ONLY: CHEVROLET PONTIAC OLDSMOBILE BL'ICK LASALLE CADILLAC ./I'VE. 1935 50 MILLIONS WOR Hotels Live by Good Will (Continued from page so) and then pass on to other subjects. If he is to control accidents, the manager I'LL TELL must take a personal interest in the con ditions which cause them. YOU WHY j~ Let me tell you how one executive takes care of this situation. There is a short meeting each month. All the heads of departments must attend. Any accidents which have occurred are dis cussed and such action as is necessary miSM., \ W&8M - to prevent recurrence is taken. The cost of settling each case is also made NE MISTAKE may endanger an known to those present, as well as the Oentire safety program.That is why uninsured or incidental cost, and every one attending the meetings knows that the most successful Safety Directors althese costs are charged to the depart yfail!lwjs<^TM^x5^sa&^3&sks'iK^ttI>fif/Sfaj ways give each product a thorough test before recommending its adoption. ment responsible and thus become a part of the entire cost of running that de partment. That executive makes a note Because Gro-Cord and Raw Cord soles and heels have more than fulfilled of the conditions which cause the most troublesome accidents and as he makes trips through the house, he checks up every claim made for them in these tests, they have come into wide in on them. The department heads know that he does this and they also know that explanations, which must be good, dustrial use. Take the experience of will be called for if unsafe conditions GRO-CORDS and RAW CORDS are widely used in Dairies, Iron and Steel Foundries, RailroadShops, Auto Factories, Gas and Electric Plants, Ice and Fuel Stations, Stone Quarries, Mines, General Warehouses. thousands of men in your line ofwork. Test these safety shoe bottoms for yourself. Let us send you sample soles for testing on your own shoes. A com plete line of safety rubber footwear, are found. If all hotel executives would adopt the procedure just described I am confident the accident situation would improve. I recently had the pleasure of talking to the owner of a hotel in a neighboring town. He formerly controlled a chain Rate Cord equipped, is also available. of hotels in New York City and was one of the founders of the New York Hotel Association. He told me he was writing The Lima Cord Sole & Heel Co., Depi. 6-F,Lima, O. a honk about the hotel business, which Fully I'rotfctt-d bv 1'atenU--Any Infringement Will Be Prosecuted he hoped to publish before he died. hope he does; I want to read it. He has some ideas which are contrary to those followed by many hotel men. and per haps he is right. NON-SLIP For example, he doesn't do business SOLES AND HEELS on the theory that the guest is always right. As he puts it, why should I pay Close Hopper-Bottom the bill when a guest smokes in bed and ruins the bed clothes? If a guest Car Doors with damages anything in his house he makes the guest pay for it. If hard feelings EASE and SAFETY develop and the guest doesn't return, he is sorry, hut feels he makes more Prevent smashed fingers, strained backs, ruptures and other serious injuries, by using the Prescott Safety Tool---Saves money without that type of guest. He believes that most of the public accidents are a form of blackmail as the average manager is afraid of the un time--Is inexpensive. favorable publicity which might ensue ITrite for prices and details because of a suit against the hotel. I don't propose to argue whether he is right or wrong, except on one point. The Trumbull Mfg. Co. There is only one way to protect your- Warren, Ohio j seif against the blackmailing claimant, NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 51 Safety First Shoes Are Comfortable and Good-Looking F you want your employees to adopt your safety policies--and like them-- bear these facts in mind-- Safety First Shoes are both comfortable and good looking. Let us send you a pair on approval. Or ask us to send our service-salesman. It's a pleasure. SAFETY FIRST SHOE COMPANY Pioneer Manufacturers of Safety First Shoes--for Over 35 Years HOLLISTON -- MASSACHUSETTS DUPOR Reff. U. S. P*t. Off. The ORIGINAL REVOLUTIONARY Double Filter Chamber RESPIRATOR BULB VALVE TYPE No. 4 Has a clear entrance filter aperture of 7Y* sq. in. and uses felt filter pads. Extra Pads, A in. thick, 4c each The exhalation valve takes care of moisture and makes for easy breathing. Price $ 18.00 Dozen Sample postpaid, $1.50 These Dupar Respirators are made under BASIC PATENT NO. 2,000,064, issued May 7, 1935, contain ing seventeen claims. Six other detail patents pending and some allowed. 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. 5 Has enlarged adjustable filter chambers of screw cap type and the very large filter aperature of 11 Vs sq. in. Extra Pads, `s in. thick, 3c each The exhalation valve takes care of moisture and makes for easy breathing. Price $24.00 Dozen Sample postpaid, $2.00 H. S. COVER CHIPPEWA-A JUNE. 1935 SOUTH BEND, INDIANA U. S. A. 52 and that is to keep your house and equipment in such condition that there is no chance to make a claim which can be made to hold in court. With each department head watching conditions in his department and the actions of the employees under his con trol, badly chipped glasses or china should not be placed where a guest can claim injury. Rips in rugs, carpets or stair coverings should be detected and repaired before claim for injury is made. It isn't necessary to detail all the conditions which cause claims but we know they exist in too many houses. Our engineers generally find plenty of them when they make inspections. If they find these conditions, why can't the people who are in the hotel every day do so? Some managers seem to resent the outside engineer telling them of the Safety Plus sore spots in the house and spend more time trying to excuse the condition than in finding ways of correcting it. As A safety guard should not only protect from injury, but it should also combine the qualities of neatness, cleanliness and durability. In addi tion, it should he so constructed that it will not retard the speed of machine operation. long as you allow bad conditions to exist you are going to have claims, both genuine and fake. There is a claim making condition about which the manager of an estab lished house can do little. That is what A poorly constructed or clumsily designed guard may be an expensive protection if it interferes with the adjustment of tools or speed of operation. H&K guard accessories permit the making of superior guards, and that by your own men dur I term an architectural abomination. Some architects, in order to obtain a certain effect, will design stairways that experience proves are accident producers - - treads of uneven width or height, and full of winders. I can't understand why- ing spare hours. stairs which the state labor department would not allow in a factory, or the city All H&K Guard Accessories are under inspec tion service of Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc, building department allow in a multiple dwelling, can be built in a hotel and called beautiful. Balconies with low Harrinqton & Kinq railings, service doors that swing direct ly into traffic, and many other examples of poor design are to be found in many I Perforating I 'Co. houses. It is granted that little can be done with existing installations but is 114 Liberty St. NEW YORK. N. Y. on to Fillmore St. CHICAGO, ILL. there any reason why, when new hotels are built, safety should not be considered* I while the plans are still on the drafting Protect the Feet with board ? I mentioned low balcony railings. A short time ago a guest in a local dining SANKEY FOOT GUARDS room backed into a low- railing on a mezzanine floor and fell to the main Made of 16-gauge steel, or Rigt'dlum, an aluminum alloy. floor, turning a somersault on the waySankcy Foot Guards arc light in weight, comfortable to wear down and landing on his feet. He broke and permit free and easy movement of the feet. both hips -- a distressing and costly Built for strength---will withstand an impact of 300 foot pounds. Designed so that the floor or ground takes the force of the impact in case of falling objects. accident. The architect who designed that room should have known that he was designing a death trap when he asked for the installation of a rail less II'rite for Your Sample Today, than 42 inches in height. Federal, state ELLWOOD SAFETY APPLIANCE CO. and city standards or rules are available to anyone who will ask for them. These Ellwood City, Pennsylvania I standards are set up by able engineers; NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS they represent years of experience and there is no excuse for the architect who deliberately disregards them simply be cause hotels are not named in the ordi nances, along with apartment houses. One case was recently settled for $17,500. A titled lady tripped over the turned up corner of a rug in the main lobby of a hotel and, it is claimed, re ceived permanent injury to one of her legs. Claims of injury from turned up rugs, torn rugs and small rugs that slide from under guests' feet are common. I sat in the lobby of one hotel a few weeks ago near where a large rug had been kicked up into a ridge or fold. Two assistant managers, several bell boys and porters walked over it and didn't even see it, or if they did, they didn't straighten it out. Finally, after about IS minutes, I got too nervous to stand it any longer and gave up my plan of waiting to see just how long it would take for someone to fix k and called it to the attention of the assistant manager on the floor. Every employee in that house is supposed to be trained to watch for and remedy conditions of that kind. Obviously something is wrong with either the training method or the follow up system. It is so easy and inexpensive to place some non-slip material under small rugs that it seems inexcusable to lay them on hard or polished floors without such protection. Torn or ripped rugs have caused so many accidents that it would seem to be good business judgment to train all employees to watch for and report such conditions: also to cover that spot in some way until the carpet man could repair it. Tipsy waiters are responsible for claims and ill will. The head waiter or captain should be able to detect evi dences of drinking and take the offenders out of the dining room. But many of them prefer to take a chance that nothing will happen and merely tell the waiter to watch himself. Surely it doesn't help the reputation of a hotel when a tipsy waiter spills hot coffee or food over a beautiful gown. As one man said, when a waiter spills food, it hits two things, pride and a gown, and pride is an expensive thing to hit. Books could be written about acci dents and reasons for the loss of good will, but I think enough has been said to prove that at least SO per cent of the cases are preventable. The remedy is proper selection and training of em ployees. plus executive interest and follow-through. JUNE. 1933 53 by ,c shake bites- ^ ,.cquesfco.rt^f Vs p0Ckct VENEX /> rioH-"-- `5^4 .-jq_ QGA. H -CHADtt*`T wt8T OOLOtH hustoH fRA^Sl vi3 Var'ck st' S`k8 C- 1 B.nW C. o. 0enl ;h"tta n4 ,,.!<* 6 VAae.vvitttt SStUree`t "B". 0 ^", CoP' -,.0I'6TMWSouNW*O''- Ssstwtrree,ee*t ` 6D B t. oy Conipttn>; ' --..mOLv.* ... Installing a BILLMYRE VACUUM CLEANING System (Stationary or Portable) may cause this man to lose his job BUT IT PROTECTS the health of every worker and official .--the LIFE of every machine, and material being fabri cated. Let us help with your DUST CONTROL PROB LEMS. NO OBLIGATIONS--A NATIONAL SERVICE BEYOND REQUIREMENTS. THE SURTY MFG. CO., INC. 4139 \C\ Kinzie St., Chicago We make complete coverage of alt mechanical and health hazards. 54 Minor Repairs Goggle Improvement (Continued from page 28) or water, driving on under-inflated tires, or with unequalized or poor brakes. Red uces Eye Injuries! In the horse-and-wagon days it was the duty of every man to make a careful inspection of his horses' feet each night to find a nail which might produce in fection. Today there is more to it than that. The driver should jot down for the maintenance department the things that need attention. Without driver CESCO No. 535 CHIPPER'S GOGGLE (Weighs less than 2`/j Ozs.j Modernization of your entire head and eye safety equipment will save you money by preventing costly injuries. As an example of Cesco's program of product improvement consider the new features included in the No. 535 SHALLOW-CUP CHIPPER'S GOGGLE: Large 50 m.m. lenses are near to the eyes, increasing vision in every direction; baffled vents and air channels under lens give cross circulation of air over the inner surface of lens--this prevents fogging and increases wearing comfort. We shall be glad to assist you in selecting the goggle (or other head and eye equipment) best suited to your particu lar needs. Bulletins A, B and C give details and will be mailed without obligation. CHICAGO EYE SHIELD COMPANY 2323 Warren Bivd. Chicago, Illinois Chipping Goggle Bulletin! Writ# for it CHIPPING aoooucs RUBBERIZED FABRIC LINK MAT This Non-slip Safety Mat is especially designed for industrial use where there is a slip hazard. In addition, they increase the workers' efficiency as they reduce fatigue brought on by stand ing on concrete, brick, tile or hard flooring. Ideal for placing in front of machines and where wet conditions exist. Heavy galvanized wire with cadmium plated clips and plates are used to prevent rust. Furnished in sizes to meet your require ments. Low in cost and long wearing. Write today for prices and complete information. THE BUXBAUM COMPANY Akron, Ohio education these items are not turned in and the car is taken out without the needed repairs. One hundred men have taken the shop training in our company. The instances of benefits derived are too numerous to mention. The resuits have been exceedingly gratifying. After the period in the shop each man takes a simple written examination. While not responsible for the main tenance of the cars, the attitude of the operating supervisor toward both the drivers and the equipment has a great influence upon safe operation. If it is necessary to withdraw a car from serv ice for a few hours to make the repairs noted by the driver, he should appreciate that while his business of making de liveries is delayed, in the long run he has been rendered a time-saving service. If, on the other hand, he hustles his men about and urges them to continue oper ating car with defective mechanisms, the time spent in instructing the drivers was wasted and the men reflect the boss's attitude by failing to report troubles. When a complaint comes in, it is the duty of the inspector to check it and to look for other defects as well. It is his duty to note all the work that is re quired to correct the trouble and inspect the work after it has been done. It is needless to say that this man should be thoroughly familiar with every part of an automobile. His judgment should never be questioned when safety is con cerned. The maintenance supervisor has charge of all repairs. It is his duty to see that they are accomplished with economy and efficiency. He should be the coordinating factor to bring about cooperation between the three aforemen tioned groups. It is he, of course, who will be held responsible for an accident due to the need of a minor repair, where the defect was previously reported by the driver. This has been an attempt to outline one efficient way of guarding against the neglect of minor defects in a large NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS fleet. No single set of rules will apply everywhere: for transportation prob lems are different in every business. Transportation's main purpose is to serve, first the public and secondly the business it is working for. Accidents bring delays, delays are costly, repair to property is costly, and the value of a human life cannot be estimated. Let us pay more attention to the little things. 55 In the interests of Greater Public Safety Heavy Duty with Safety (Continued front page Standard signals used by-hook-up men are as follows: the right arm raised with index finger pointing up means to hoist; the right arm lowered slowly up and down is the signal to lower; the right arm held at about the height of the waist means to stop; the right arm held horizontally at about tthe height of the waist with the thumb indicating the direction of movement means to rack; the right arm waving in the direc tion of travel means to travel; and the right arm held at a horizontal plane at the height of the waist indicates emerg ency stop. The hook-up man is respon sible for seeing that the crane block is directly over the load, that the load is properly balanced, that the hitch is safe, and that all workmen including himself are in the clear. It is also his duty to see that chains used are heavy enough for the load and that defective chains are not used. Splic ing chains or shortening them with bolts is prohibited. The hook-up man and the crane operator must work as a team, both attempting in every' way possible to avoid danger. Crane Repairman All controls must be in the off" position and the main switch locked be fore repairs are made. The repairman must place a sign directly under the work which is to be done. If the job is one which will require considerable time, space below the work should be roped off. If other cranes are operating on the same runway, the foreman in charge of repairs should make certain that all other operators are informed of what is going on and temporary rail stops should be installed a safe distance from the crane which is being repaired. If building repairs are being made where a crane is operating, a responsible mem ber of the repair gang should ride in the crane cab with the operator to watch out for these workmen. THERE are thousands of automo Safety Glass in every window of a car bile accidents every year. In provides an additional element of these accidents, many thousands opf rotection against the hazards of people are injured by flying, broken flying glass, increases the likelihood glass. Such injuries are often serious, of passengers remaining safe when sometimes fatal. emergencies arise. _ The best way to minimize these Therefore, any member of a safety glass injuries which has yet been council, or safety organization, any introduced is the use of safety glass legislator in a position to influence in all windows of a car. Dupiate the lawmaking of the nation, will find that anything he can do to pro mote the use of safety glass of proven quality in all windows of all automo biles, is contributing largely to the furtherance of public safety. We will gladly supply complete information on Dupiate Safety Glass upon request. % f\.iO Ysfrz PITTS B U KG H PLATE GLASS COMPANY :22HA Grant Building Pittsburgh, Pa. Wooden Sole Plater's Shoe Safety "STRONG TOE" is necessary protective equipment in the plating shop. The REECE "PERFECT ROCKER" combines comfort with this maximum protection. Write for details. REECE WOODEN SOLE SHOE CO., INC., Columbus, Nebraska JUNE. 1935 56 B-K Plant Emergency INHALATOR Personals Lightweight Portable Inexpensive FITS ANY STANDARD CYLINDER Ideal equipment for administering oxygen or mixtures of oxygen and carbon dioxide to victims of suspended respiration from any cause -- invaluable equipment for plant hospital and physician. Readily transported anywhere. COMPLETE DETAILS ON REQUEST Write for Bulletin No. 105 BISHINGERKOEHLERR*S; MANUFACTURING CO., INC. -- "838-42 Kelly Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. )laiuifttctttrerx OXYUliX K() L'l I'M KNT PltODUCTS Give that Snake Bite Victim a Better Chance to Live! The DAVIS UNBREAKABLE SYRINGE is always"on the iob"to suck the venom from the fang holes. A syringe of fragile material which when dropped on a rock might be the indirect cause of the loss of life. This is one of the "essential details" which make Davis Safety Products of greater usefulness. Use Davis Snake Bite Packets with Unbreakable Syringe Sena for your copy of Snake Btte Bulletin No. 125 Unbreakable DAVIS Syringe Davis Emergency Equipment Co., Inc. 55 Van Dam Street, New York City Please send my copy of your Snake Bite Bulletin No, 125 to Name.-- CO.,rUv AA Y\ / 1I C J EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT INC. tt ^^c^ress 55 Van Dam Street New York City * City-____ Frank H. Rowe, for several years safety director for the Otis Steel Com pany at Cleveland, has returned to Porstmouth, Ohio, to become safety director for Portsmouth Works of the Wheeling Steel Corporation, where he had been in charge of safety activities before going to Cleveland. H. H. Henry, formerly safety director for the Empire Sheet and Tin Plate Company, succeeds Mr. Rowe as safety director for the Otis Steel Company. Dr. Frederick L. Hoee.uan, consult ing statistician of the Prudential Insur ance Company for the past forty years, has retired from the company's service. He will continue his work at the Cancer Research Laboratories, Philadelphia. Among his statistical works which have been given wide circulation have been his annual studies of suicides and homi cides. Dr. Hoffman was formerly chair man of the Statistics Committee of the National Safetv Council. Richard E. Vernor, manager, Fire Prevention Department, Western Actu arial Bureau, has been elected president of the Rotary Club of Chicago. J. i. Banash, past president of the National Safety Council, has been elected honorary secretary of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. L. W. Chaney, Safety Pioneer, Dies Dr. Lucian W. Chaney, biologist and statistician, died at his home in Washington. D. C,, .May 6. He was 78 years old. For 25 years Dr. Chaney was teacher W and professor of ff biology at Carieton * College, Northfield, , Minn. After achiev ing a national repu- ^ tation in biological research he was re- f\ tired under the Carnegie Founda tion pension. He joined the staff of the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 1908 and became nationally known in the field of accident prevention. Dr. Chaney took part in the First Co NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS operative Safety Congress at Milwaukee in 1912 and was chairman of the original committee which was appointed to make plans for the organization of the Nation al Safety Council. He appeared on the programs of many subsequent Con gresses and made many notable contri butions to safety through his depart ment, and through the National Safety Council and the American Standards Association. He continued in Federal work until 1931. Dr. Chaney is survived by his widow, three sons and a daughter. 57 Westinghouse Again Wins You Can Be Protected Safety Award Against Toe Accidents INNING safety trophies is be Wcoming a habit with the equip ment and development division of the Westinghouse Lamp Company at Bloom field, N. J. For. the second time within three years, R. H, Beebe, superintend ent, has received a Certificate of Merit from the Newark Safety Council be cause his plant worked more than a Insist On Lehigh Safety Shoes Every year accidental injuries to the toes and feet exact their toll. This means enforced lay-offs, lost time, medical and compensation costs. Be safe, insist that your workmen wear Lehigh Safety million man-hours without a lost-time Shoes. Save your workmen's accident. At the end of March, 1935, feet and save medical and com the division had worked 13 months with a total of 1,066,263 man-hours without a mishap--a record still unbroken as this notice was being prepared. The period for this record began in February7. 1934. Before that, allowing for an interval in which a lost-time ac cident occurred the division was award ed another certificate in recognition of its record of 2.622,028 man-hours with out a lost-time accident covering a period of 20 months. This record was No. 908--Black Elk Blucher--im proved Steel Box Toe---Leather Lined Vamp -- Single Oak Bend Sole--Rubber Heel, Steel Shank-- 2 Brass Rivets. Shank to Sole. Sizes 5 to 12. D and E Width. No. 907--As above exeept-- Tan Elk Blucher. pensation costs. There is a Le high Shoe to meet your needs, made to exacting specifications developed through many years of Safety Shoe Manufacturing. Write today for complete in formation on Lehigh SafetyShoes. We will be glad to help you reduce your foot accidents. Make It a Habit to fFear Safety Shoes broken by an accident which occurred to a worker on his way out of the plant. It was not the result of lax supervision LEHIGH SAFETY SHOE CO. or unsafe premises. The record is particularly noteworthy 31 S. SEVENTH ST. ALLENTOWN, PA. because companies in this trade group rarely accumulate more than a million man-hours in a twelve-month period Extra Safety for Workmenwithout a disabling injury. The work is hazardous. It involves the installation of high-voltage test and generating equipment, the maintenance of lamp as sembly equipment, the installation of gas pipe lines, the repair of buildings and grounds; and general machine shop practice. Presentation of the certificate was made on April 30, 1935, by Fred M. Rosseland. secretary-manager, and E. L. Root, chairman of the Industrial Com mittee, respectively, of the Newark Safety Council. due to hidden qualityl Best of material, fast color---careful workmanship---you can see at a glance that Ta-Pat*Co Life-Save workmen'# jackets are well made; hut the reason for their greater safety is hidden from view. It is due to the more costly, far superior Private Estates Kapok----6 times more buoyant than cork and distributed for proper balance. Will give extra support in the water. Available with or without venti lating eyelets. Light--comfortable--adjustable--full freedom for arms. Furnished regularly to U. S. engineers. Built in accordance with the requirements of U. S. Steamboat Inspection Dept. Full particulars on request. The American Pad BC Textile Co., 131 Reed St., Greenfield, O. 16 Pearl St., New York. LIFE-SAVE Workman's Jacket JUNE. 1935 58 When an Industry Is Organized for Safety (Continued from page 14) dent prevention bulletin is full of helpful ideas based on the experience of other mills. There is also a monthly summary of accidents called the monthly accident round table. These monthly mimeo graphed statements and the quarterly bulletins are constantly being studied by superintendents, foremen and safety committees. They help to keep men from getting too well satisfied with them selves after a good record. They are urged to study these analyses and com pare them with local conditions. Could such an accident happen-in our quarry? Could it happen to you? What would you do to prevent it? We also realize the importance of con tacts between the operating men of different mills. Nothing is more helpful than an opportunity to swap experiences, to get batteries recharged. To meet this need we have arranged for regional safety meetings. Fourteen meetings are held each year in the geographical center of each group of mills. The aim is to have one operating man out of twenty at each meeting. That means that half of the men responsible for safety work have the opportunity of attending. In the course of a year ISO good papers are contributed, in addition to the informal discussion. A prominent local executive is chairman of the meeting, which is tied up with the local safety council, if there is one in the community, and with other industries. The cement industry thus becomes a center of safety interest. Our accident experience for 1934 showed a disturbing increase in both frequency and severity over 1933. The downward trend was reversed. We had been coasting along on our past record. We had trimmed expenditures to the point where essential activities had suffered. We have renewed our efforts this year and I believe we are getting the situation under control again. This cooperative effort in the cement industry has been valuable in many ways. It has made it easier to train new men. When a man goes from one mill to another he at least knows what will be expected of him in the matter of safe practices. An industry is an ideal unit for con ducting a safety program. Its operating men have problems in common. They speak the same language and they are all interested in building up the industry. They may disagree in politics and they are competitors for business, but they can all get together on safety. So can men of all ranks within the plant. This does not mean that an industry should draw off by itself in conducting safety work. It needs contact with men in other lines of business. They are dealing with human beings, too, so their safety problems are not so different from ours after all. The National Safety Council has been a means of contact with these other industries. Through the Annual Safety Congresses, regional safety conferences and the publications of the Council, we learn what others are doing in accident prevention work. We find that many ideas from other in dustries will also work in our own plants. Safety work in the plant is one of the ties that bind the mill to the community. Sometimes, however, we forget that our men are exposed to accidents on the street and at home as well as while they are at work. In most communities where there is a safety organization you will find that industrial leaders have been back of it. 1 would like to see our in dustry well represented in every program for public safety. MAN OUT! PRODUCTION STOPPED! CREW DISMISSED! all on account of heat sickness That's expensive operating in any plant--but it has been eliminated in many by the installation of "FAIR WAY'1 Sodium Chloride Tablets and Dispensers shown here. A service that replaces the salt loss from the muscular tissues--thereby preventing the drain that causes Heat Sickness---proven by Medical and Safety Directors in all types of hot work in Industry. NEW PRICE? JUNE 1. 1933 10 grain tablets......................................S.5Q per thousand IS grain tablets...................................... .60 per thousand 'FAIRWAY JUNIOR" Dispenser vith 1500 Tablets A free copy of booklet "Prevention of Heat Sickness" sent to any physician, safety or personnel director on request. FAIRWAY LABORATORIES, INC. Belleville. Illinois NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 59 Women Are Different (Continued from page 22) dangerous, but also healthful and sani tary clothing. Many materials which are worked with reduce the oil content of the skin; so proper clothing means protection from such substances. Lan olin and similar salves can be used if dermatosis occurs. Each plant should approach this problem as a special study. Discipline requires control, and one of the greatest causes of accidents to female workers is the lack of control. But the woman should not be coerced; she should be reasoned with, instructed and supervised. One_ large concern points with pride to a very good safety record. When a girl disobeys an im portant rule she is brought before the safety committee. Her infraction which may or may not have caused an acci dent is investigated, and she is repri manded. If she repeats the offense, she is given one day without pay; for the third offense the penalty is heavy. It is well to realize that women work better under the supervision of other women. In mercantile and industrial plants where women supervise other women, it is important that these super visors have equal representation in the safety organization. Vanity is frequently responsible for injury to women, but it can be dealt with. Some fifteen years ago the mo tion picture theatres in a city ran a Mary Pickford film. Mary wore her hair in curls over her shoulder. Within a few days almost every girl who had any hair at all came to work in a local plant with her hair dressed like Mary's. It was a serious situation because many of the girls worked where their hair might be caught in machines. Into the manager's office were called a number of the prettiest girls, who set the style. 1'hey were told that the management did not want to do anything that would detract from their personal appearance; so, as these girls were so pretty, to avoid any possible chance of their injury, they were being moved to a department in the basement where, incidentally, un skilled foreign women were employed. They were told, however, that if they decided to put their hair up on the top of their heads where it had been before, they could go back to their regular jobs. That noon time the stores in the vicinity reported a big demand for hairpins. Companies with 10 Employees ... and Companies with 10,000 Are Using BRADLEY Washfountains GENERAL. Electric Inter- , i tr *_ national Harvester, Du- Pont, General Motors are Ten /H'rsoit* cart wash at one time--and use hut little more water than one /jerson at an ordinary wash basin. Abo made tn enameled pressed iron models. some of the big manufacturers using Bradley Washfountains by the hundred--all having started years ago with a few. Frost Laundry, Boston, Mass., Milwaukee Power Equipment Co., Mil waukee, Wis., and Scott Motor Co., Reno, Nevada, are some of the smaller manufacturers who have also found that they reduce the cost of water and washroom maintenance by means of group washing with Bradleys. Always Clean and Sanitary So inviting is the clean, sparkling water--that cleanliness becomes a habit and morale is materially improved. In the hot months, Bradleys are particularly appreci ated because they permit washing from the waist up. You can stiil get them in for this sum mer's use if you act now. A copy of Bulletin 65-B will be sent on request--along with in formation on Bradley Group Showers. Your re quest implies no obligation. BRADLEY WASHFOUNTAIN CO., 2237 W. Michigan Street. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. IB IRA ID IL IEY WASHFOUNTAINS AND SHOWERS Industry has welcomed Bradley f<My*fn-jHsta// Grou/> S/tottrr*-- made in and 3-stall models. Ask for Bulletin S8-i>. STOP NEEDLESS INJURIES AND A golf course is place where they play a round in the day time and play around at night. JUNE, 1935 IN service 8Q9 hours MFG. BY M. E. CUNNINGHAM CO. E> Carson St. PITTSBURGH, PA. ,N SERV,CE 30l> H0URS 60 SAFETY C Iothing Engineers FOR INDUSTRY Safety Library /y MARY M. WELLS Librarian N.S.C. Your plant safety engineer is an expert in determining the causes of accidents .... our field personnel are experts in finding the remedies, if the proper type and design of safety clothing and gloves will pre vent them. For many years we have served as "safety clothing engineers" to hundreds of industrial establish ments throughout this and other countries. The majority of STEELGRIP items, manufactured exclu sively by us, are specially designed to meet individual plant opera tions. If you have a plant hazard that might be corrected by the proper design and application of safety clothing or STEEL-GRIP gloves, we invite you to write or phone our nearest office. There is no obliga tion. We Welcome the Opportunity to Serve You INDUSTRIAL GLOVES CORPORATION 725 GARFIELD BLVD. DANVILLE, ILL. Chicago Detroit Philadelphia Further information regarding publications listed here can be obtained from the National Safety Council Library A Manual for Foremanship Development Foremanship Detelopment, Published by Industrial Relations Department, Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co., East Pittsburgh, Pa., 193}. Price $1.00." The importance of supervisory forces in the present-day industrial organization emphasizes the need for the adequate and simplified plan for the training of foremen and other super visors, contained in the manual "Foremanship Development," The manual is based upon the experience of the Westinghouse Electric and allied companies, and that of others who have been active in supervisory training. It is in tended for both group leaders and the mem bers of conference groups. The first part briefly presents the increas ingly important place which the foreman and the supervisor hold in industrial organization. Then follows a series of practical suggestions for conference leaders, including underlying fundamentals, suggested methods, conference technique, self evaluation for leaders, a work ing library, etc. The final section outlines a senes of 38 conferences on major problems in foremanship, including outlines for discussion on collective bargaining, foremen as managers, as leaders, labor turnover, waste, developing understudies, company policies, wages, co operation, self analysis, and similar topics. The course is especially suited to industrial organizations and especially to those which are not in a position to develop a foremanship training course of their own and yet feel the need of carrying on such a program. Another field of usefulness is in connection with college courses in industrial management. The manual is an excellent introduction to this subject, used either as course material or for seminar outline work, A Directory of Agencies for Social Work Social Ifork Year Book, edited by Vred S. Hall and published by the Russell Sage Foun dation. 130 East 22nd Street, New York C/ty. 698 p., doth, index. Price $4.00. The original purpose of this work was to supply a type of information not available else where--a description of organized activities in social work. Part I of this volume consists of topical articles, dealing briefly with the general scope of social problems, for example, adult education, blindness, industrial injuries, un employment, etc. Part II consists of a direc tory of agencies, national and state, classified as public or private. OTHER BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS Hat Industry: Straw hat manufacturing. Published by the Retail Credit Company, Atlanta, Ga., 1955. (Pamphlet) (Industry Report) Occupational Diseases: Harrington, D. and Davenport, S, j., Review of literature un effects of breathing dusts with special reference to silicosis. Published by U. S, Bureau of Mines, Washington. D. C, 1935. (I.C, (3835) '' U, S. Public Health Service. The potential problems of industrial hygiene in a typical in dustrial area in the United States. By I, J. Bloomfield and others. For sale by the Super intendent of Documents, Washington, D, C. Price 5c. (Pamphlet) (Public Health Bulletin No. 216) PERIODICAL ARTICLES Automobile Driving: Morrison, R. 1,., Effect of pavement widths upon accidents. In American Highways, April, 1935, p. 18-21. '" Paul, j. j.. 800,000 miles and no accidents (Guerin Motor Freight Line). In Fleet Owner. May, 1935, p. 16-20, 22, 64. Van Deventer, F. M., Carbon monoxide in moving vehicles, in Fleet Owner, May, 1935, p. 32-36. 63, 62 Home Safety: Spring jobs about the home. In Travelers Standard. May, 1935, p. 96-100. Machinery: French, H. M., How safe are your machines? Good light and proper safeguards are so much cheaper than accidents that it costs more to do without them. In Factory Management and Maintenance, May, 1935, p. 213-214. Occupational Diseases: Legge, R. T.. Occupational hazards in the agricultural industries. In American Journal of Public Health, April, 1935, p. 457-462. Sayers, R, R. and others: Response of the peritoneal tissue to dusts introduced as foreign bodies. In American Journal of Public Health, April, 1935, p. 452-456. Suggestion Systems: Mogenseu, A. H., Every worker has ideas. Nothing flushes them out of hiding faster than a course in motion study plus a properly or ganized suggestion system. In Factory Manage ment and Maintenance. April, 1935, p. 147 148, adv. 81-84. Tools--Electric: The hazards of portable electric hand tools. In Travelers Standard, May, 1935, p. 81-86. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 61 Seeing America Safely (Continued front page 26) in gear and the steeper the slope, the lower the gear, so that the engine com pression will "brake" yon safely down. While speed may not be a major cause of accidents, certainly it is the factor that makes accidents severe. Drivers need to develop a sense of "relativity" regarding it. Forty miles an hour on a lightly traveled country road may be safe under some conditions, but danger ous under others. We do not always realize that at 40 miles an hour a car is traveling at the rate of 58J/ feet a second and has the same destructive force as it would have if it were to fall from the top of a building 54 feet high. Depend on common sense rather than the speedometer and realize that eight miles an hour can be excessive on down town streets crowded with pedestrians. Slow down while going through small towns and past schools. It is easy to forget and dart through a village at a dangerously high rate of speed. Always expect children to do the unexpected thing. Youngsters on the curb or along the side of the road are a signal to be careful. Give the roadhog all the room he wants. It does not pay to question his right to more than his share. Xo family should start out for a tour without a first aid kit. This need not be an elaborate affair but it should con tain sterile compresses, two-inch gauze bandage, adhesive plaster, burn oint ment, iodine or mercurochrome, aro matic spirits of ammonia, sodium bi carbonate, safety pins, scissors, and first aid hand book. Incidentally, one should be familiar with the hand book before the need for applying first aid arises. There is no time to study the lesson when a member of the party has severed an artery, or is pulled from the water apparently drowned. One might add too that there is scarcely a better way to teach safe habits to the members of the family and to acquaint them with the inevitable costs of of unsafe habits than to instruct them thoroughly in the treatment of common injuries. Xor are members of your own party necessarily the only beneficiaries of such training. There is really nothing negative about self protection. One can enjoy every pleasure of the summer tour and take not one foolish chance. The good drivers are the ones which enjoy motoring most, just as the good divers and swimmers have the most fun in the water. The Solution for Industrial Dust Problems Each industry has its own peculiar dust hazards and "housekeeping" problems. In several industries, dust is a fire risk, in foundries, it is a question of working conditions. In molded products, nuisance-dust injures the finished product and in the rubber industry, pro duction is speeded by the rapid removal of soap stone dust. Spencer Portable Vacuum Cleaners will remove industrial dust at its source . . . promptly, quietly and efficiently. Three types of these machines are shown at the right. Each type is subject to variation for specific problems and a Spencer Central System is also available for conditions where a stationary unit is required. Ask for the Spencer bulletin on this subject. Sug gestions for the solution of the specific health, fire risk, production or cleaning problems caused by either dirt or industrial dust, will be furnished on request. THE SPENCER TURBINE CO., HARTFORD, CONN. IT O F hi r C n CENTRAL AND PORTABLE vacuum S l\ CLEANING SYSTEMS DRYBAK ADHESIVE COMPRESSES will actually save you money because the compress need not be changed so often. DRYBAK ADHESIVE leaves no residue upon removal. The waterproof back will not collect dirt so rapidly--also dirt may be washed off. You will profit by the use of DRYBAK adhesive--just another DAVIS service at no extra cost. DRYBAK ADHESIVE is oil resist ant. DRYBAK COMPRESSES are in all DAVIS FIRST AID KITS. DA \/ MV IC 10 Send for your copy of Firsf Aid Cafa/orj EMERGENCY (~'r\ EQUIPMENT Iklf 55 Van Dam St. IIN\w. New York City JUNE, 1935 62 Protecting the Eyes (Continued from page iSi Injuries and infection to the sole of the foot, due to a punctured shoe sole, account for a large per cent of foot acci dents. Such accidents can now be pre vented with the new (patent applied for) Browno/Y/ Safetoe Shoe which has a sheet of flex ible watch-spring steel built in to the sole. Stock No. is H-100, C, D and E, sizes 5 to 12, $3.35. Write or wire. A representative will call with sample and full particulars. Keeping in step with the trend we now offer a Safetoe Shoe for women in Industry. Stock No. L-ltS, Black Calf Blucher Oxford, extra heavy box toe, double leather sole, leather counter and heel, steel shank, stitchdown con struction. A to 1), sizes 3 to 9 -- $1.95. Comes also in white, same sizes and price. Same style in welt construction, black or white, A A to E. 3 to 10-- $2.4 5. SAFETOE DIVISION MANUFACTURERS --ST. LOUIS heats and flame characteristics with their predecessors' or fellow workmen's glasses. Makeshift standards and densi ty numbers were set up and a feeling now exists among these operators that they cannot change from one color to another, or from one type of glass to an other, without losing the ability to make the above determinations. Now, glass does not give protection by virtue of its color, but from the chemi cals used in its manufacture. Ultra violet and infra-red have no color, there fore color does not affect them. Two pieces of glass of exactly the same ap pearance often have entirely different properties. Blue glass, most commonly used, gives little or no protection. The United States Government, through the Bureau of Standards, and the U. S. Navy have set up a definite standard covering the amount of absorp tion necessary for protective glass; and have standardized a set of shade num bers based on the density of the glass. Table A is from Federal Specification Xii. GGG-G-S41, covering the lighter shade lenses, and No. GGG-H-191, covering the darker shades. Glasses made to these specifications assure the workmen of complete protec tion from ultra-violet and infra-red, it only being necessary to pick a shade of glass which cuts down the glare to the point where the eyes will function nor mally when looking into the flame or arc. All lenses in these specifications transmit the visible rays in the green or yellow-green portion of the spectrum. Glass meeting these requirements is available from several manufacturers, in a number of types and kinds at goggles, in helmets or hand shields; also in plates of any size required for use in peep holes. observation windows, etc. The following table is suggested shades for various industrial operations is recommended by the leading manu facturers of specification glass: Shade Number 14 12 10 a Suggested Use Carbon arc welding and cut ting. Electric furnace opera tion. Metallic electric arc welding 250 amperes or more Metallic electric arc welding 75 to 250 amperes. Heavy acetylene cutting and welding 6 5i 4\ 3 Extra Dark | "Calabar" ) or No.2 i Dark ) "Calobar" | or No. 1 1 Medium i "fTalobar" ! Acetylene welding set-up work on electric welding. Fire box observations. Acetylene burning, cutting and brazing. bight brazing. Bull ladlemen, spot, flash and seam welding. Employees in area of electric welding, stray or reflected light, low temperature fire box observations, rivet heaters, ladlemen, hand pouters. Some difficulty will be encountered in changing the habits of workmen who have been using blue, brown or other in adequate lenses, and it will require patience and perseverance on the part of employers to make the necessary change to the proper absorption lens. Bearing in mind that all the various shades of this specification glass give the necessary protection, it is sometimes easier to let the workman have his choice of several shades, letting him use both his old glass and several shades of new glass for a week or two until he becomes accustomed to the change in color. In this way he sells himself; his eyes will feel better at the end of the day and he will soon realize he gets better visibility through the new soft green color. TABLE A Shade No. Density for VlHlblc Radiation Total Visible Standard Standard Trnn.smiHHion, in per ocut. Mux. Total Infra- Max. Ultra Violet ttitt ___;{,*M________________ -405 Red Mu. Mu. Mu. Mu. 1 ......................... .. 0:857 4 1.28ft 5 ............................. 1.714 n ...................... 2.143 X ................................ 3.000 10 ........................... ... 3.857 12 ........ . . , . 4,715 14 ................................... 7.571 13.9 M.o fi,2 0.2 0.5 1.0 5.18 SO 2 2 ,5 1.0 1.93 2.5 ,2 .2 ,2 .5 ,72 1.5 .1 i .1 ,5 0.100 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5 .0139 0 .1 ,i ,| .5 .0019 .5 05 ,05 .05 .1 ,00027 J .05 ,u5 .05 .1 NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 63 It is well to point out to the men the previous discussion of the eye and how COOL CAPS and HATSit is affected by the ultra-violet, infra red rays, glare and color. When he realizes that the dangerous ray transmis sion of both ultra-violet and infra-red, through blue glass, for instance, is from pan take 30 to 45 per cent, and that its visible transmission is lowest where it should it be best, namely in the green portion of Not only are they officially the spectrum, he will be quick to see the approved by the Penn advantages of the new glass. sylvania Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau but they have a factor of safety 60% Blasting Caps Still Menace Young Children _ greater than the Bureau requirements -- in other words, "they stand the AT THIS time of the year it is neces sary to stress again the importance of keeping blasting caps away from chil gaff." And without DURABILITY, head protection is of no avail! dren, and of educating the youth of the Details on Request---Ask For Bulletin 102 country in the dangers of blasting caps as toys. PORTABLE LAMP & Hundreds of children are injured annually from detonating these small copper cylinders, which are about a EQUIPMENT COMPANY 405 PENN AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PENNA. quarter of an inch in diameter and an BRANCH DISTRIBUTORS inch or two long, and which are loaded G. A. Luckenbach....................................................Scranton, Pa. with fulminate of mercury, a very sensi tive and powerful explosive. Children Urquhart Service................................ .. .................Denver, Colo. The Miner Rubber Co. Ltd...................................Granby, Que. throw them in bonfires, strike them with a hammer or rock, hold lighted matches under them, attempt to pick out the fulminate of mercury with a pin, nail or THE OVERHEAD DUSTsome other instrument, Many children are now facing the future with impaired eyesight. Some have been totally blinded. Fingers and IS THE REAL MENACEeven hands have been blown off, and many faces and bodies have been severely lacerated and disfigured. Dust that shakes loose from overhead piping, beams, ledges and During the year 1934. newspaper reports showed accidents in .57 states. Several hundred children were injured, walls--the fine powdery dust that constantly filters down and pollutes the plant atmosphere.--that's where the REAL danger lies. and four were killed. The campaign to protect children from the dangers of playing with blast ....REMOVE IT WITH A HOFFMAN VACUUM SYSTEM ing caps has been participated in by Quickly, Safely, Economically government agencies, safety associations. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, school authori ties, and other important nation-wide institutions. The Institute of Makers of Explosives, at 103 Bark Avenue. Xew York City, has available posters and memoranda on the subject which will be of interest to all those in a position Most overhead dust was first on the Hoor. Pick it up from the floor, regularly and at low cost, with a Hoffman Vacuum Cleaning System '---and use the same equipment for an occasional rapid, economical overhead cleaning. \Ve build all types -- portables, and stationary units engineered to meet your dust problems. to aid in safety work through lectures or in contact with groups and individuals. "How jimmy Won the Game" is the Write for New Booklet "The Menace of Dust" title of a one-reel motion picture which U. S. HOFFMAN MACHINERY CORPORATIONalso shows the dangers of children play ing with blasting caps. It is printed on safety stock, in 16 and 35 mm. widths, and may be obtained for scheduled Air Appliance Division 111 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y. Engineers and Manufacturers of Pneumatic Systems showings without charge. Jl'XE. 1935 64 PROPERLY sterilized wiping clothr pro tect workmen against infection and reduce fire hazard. Members of The Sanitary Institute of America identify their wiping cloths with the Institute label and pledge themselves to main tain set standards in the sale of their products. These standards provide-- 1. STERILIZATION Every purchaser of wiping cloths bearing this label receives an affidavit that the cloths so labeled have been thoroly boiled in a solution containing pure soap --Y6% Caustic and/or Chloride of Lime, and dried at a temperature of more than 212 Fahrenheit. 2. CORRECT WEIGHT The Institute label not only provides a means of identifying wiping cloths of a specific grade but is a pledge of the shipper as to accuracy of weight. 3. UNIFORM PACKING The label illustrated indicates that the wiping cloths bearing this label conform to specifications as to size, texture and color of each recognized grade. 4. FAIR DEALING The label provides a means for the pur chaser who wants a sterilized wiping cloth of a certain grade whereby he can get what he orders and pays for. if Ask for Complete )| || Institute Specifications jj Che SANITARY INSTITUT6 of-AMERICA 32 WRandolph St,CHICAGO,ILL Safety Is First in the Council's Home Chairman, John W. jockel, Ohio State Confer ence B. M. & P. J. U., Bast Cleveland. Industrial and Commercial Vehicle Opera (Continued from page 29) pany. A special circuit, for exit lighting and other vital sendees, would go into operation immediately should the cur rent of the main circuit fail. Fire protection has also been given careful consideration. In the basement tion--Chairman, Floyd M. Shafer, Railway Ex press Agency, Cincinnati; Vice-Chairman, William Vaner, Central Ohio Light & Power Co,, Findlay. Newspapers and Printers--Chairman, J. H. Zucker, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland; Vice-Chairman, D. N. Grothaus, McCall Pub lishing Co., Dayton; Secretary, R. Reid Vance, Graphic Arts Association, Columbus. are two centrifugal fire pumps which maintain constant pressure. The pump which affords protection for the main part of the building has a capacity of 1000 gallons per minute against 200 Alining--Chairman, Harry B. Cameron, Cambridge Collieries Co,, Cambridge; Secre tary, Russell D. Squibb, Y & O Coal Co., Martins Ferry. Woodworking--Chairman, George E. Wiss, Cranc-MacMahon, Inc., St. Marys; Vice pounds pressure. This would permit four good li.s inch smooth-nozzle fire streams. Another pump with higher pressure protects the tower. There are no outside fire escapes in the building. Instead four fire towers have been constructed by which occu pants could reach the street from any level without exposure to fire. Each Chairman, J. D. Lyle, Fisher Body Co., Cleve land. Rubber--Chairman, John J. Loge, General Fire & Rubber Co,, Akron; Vice-Chairman, A. B. Pettit, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron; Secretary, R. M. Weimer, Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Co., Dayton. Foundries--Chairman, George J. teroux. National Malleable Co., Cleveland; Vice Chairman, James R. Byrum, American Rolling Mill Co., Middletown. tower has a smoke escape system. Constant inspection of the elevators is maintained. Cables are renewed on a mileage basis long before they are un safe to use. Public Utilities--Chairman, A. M. Rose, American Telephone & Telegraph Co., Cleve land; Vice-Chairman, Walter J. McCarter, Cleveland Railway Co., Cleveland. Petroleum--Chairman, J. H. Herbert, Stand ard Oil Co,, Cleveland; Vice-Chairman, R. D. Ohio industries Join in State-wide Conference McCIaran, Pure Oil Co., Columbus; Secretary, F. M. Carpenter, Illinois Pipe Line Co., Find lay. Pulp and Paper--Chairman, Harry E. Hiers, Ohio Box'board Co., Rittman; Vice-Chairman, ATTENDANCE and interest at the Sixth All Ohio Safety Congress and Russell D. McVicker, Chillicothe Paper Co., Ohillicothe; Secretary, Don C. Hunter, GxfordMiami Paper Co., West Carrollton. Exhibit, held at the Neil House, ColumLaundries and Dry Cleaners--Chairman, bus, April 2,5 to 25. fully justified the predictions of its sponsors. A total of 1.469 persons registered at the desk and many who came for a single session failed to register. The Congress was held under W. S, Taylor, Franktin-American Laundry Co., Columbus; Vice-Chairman, William Groves, Fenton-United Dry Cleaning Co., Columbus. Employees' Publications--Chairman, Charles A. Ward, Pure Oil Co., Columbus; Vice Chairman, W. H. Tester, Youngtown Sheet & the auspices of the Industrial Commis sion of Ohio. Opening with a general session Wednesday morning, the conference then Tube Co., Youngstown; Secretary, George N. Kaufman, Columbus Railway, Power & Light Co., Columbus. Public Employees--Chairman, John M. Casserly, assistant director of service, Columbus; divided into sectional groups, including Metals, Rubber. .Mining. Pulp and Paper, Construction. Laundries and Dry Cleaners. Petroleum, Woodworking, Commercial Vehicles, Newspapers and Printers, Cement. Public Utilities, Pub lic Employees. Employee Publications, Vice-Chairman, Jos. A. Sattler, personnel de partment, Cincinnati. Quarries and Cement--Chairman, H. Vanderwerp. Medusa Portland Cement Co., Cleve land ; Vice-Chairman, C. G. Knoblach, Na tional Lime and Stone Co.. Findlay. Fire Prevention--Chairman, R. B. Criswell, Ohio Inspection Bureau, Columbus. and Fire Prevention. An executive dinner meeting was held Tuesday even Fourteen G-M Plants Have ing. The Conference concluded Thurs No Accident Month day afternoon with a session devoted to foreman training. The following officers were elected by the sessions: FOURTEEN General Motors plants operated throughout April without a single accident, according to tabula tions compiled in the first month's re Metals--Chairman, Frank Rowe, Otis Steel Co, Cleveland; Vice-Chairman, J. L. Sivacd, Wheeling Steel Cnrp., Steubenville; Secretary, R, H, Ferguson, Republic Steel Cotp., Youngs town. Cmntruction--Chairman. Fred I. Rowe, W. V Johnson Construction Co, Hieksville: Vice- sults of a safety contest sponsored by C. E. Wilson, vice-president of the cor poration. These plants employed more than 24,000 hourly wage earners who worked a total of 4,147,143 hours dur ing the month. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 65 In the 2 7 plants throughout the country enlisted in the drive to elim inate industrial accidents, a reduction of 65.3 per cent in accidents was re ported, compared to April a year ago. The contest continues through May and June. At the end of the three months, banners will be presented every plant department having a perfect safety record. Plants having no accidents during April were: Conduct Safety Course for Women Workers ONE of the first safety lecture courses for women supervisors in industry was completed by the Newark Safety Council recently. Planned by the Council's Industrial Committee and headed by Miss Sara A. Carr, educa tional assistant, Kearny Works, Western Electric Company. The course consisted of five sessions. The subjects and speak TO OFFICIALS INTERESTED IN SAFETY. SAF-T-TOP Antiseptic Applicator Anderson, lnd.--Motor Lamp division. Cleveland--Winton Engine Corporation. Dayton, Ohio--Delco Products, Inland ers were as follows: t. "Situation of the Safety Movement," by Write for sample today and prove to yourself the truth of Manufacturing and Moraine Products di visions. Flint, Mich.--AC Spark PJug division. Indianapolis--Allison Engineering division. Meriden, Conn.--New Departure division. Newark, N. j.--Hyatt Bearing division. Pontiac, Mich.--Pontiac Motor Company. Rochester, N. Y.--Delco Appliance division. Saginaw, Mich.--Saginaw Malleable Iron division. Warren, Ohio--Packard Electric and Sun light divisions. The contest has stimulated unusual interest in accident prevention through out all plants enrolled, practically all of them showing sharp reductions despite increased employment and heavier oper Fred M. Rosseland, Secretary-Manager, Ne wark Safety Council; 2. "Why the Supervisor Should be Interested in Safety Promotion," by Mrs. Nellie H. Slayback, Inspector, New Jersey State Department of Labor; 3. "How the Supervisor Can Solve Her Safety Problem," by Don Johnson, Safety En gineer, Du Pont Viscoloid Co,. Arlington, N. J.; 4. "Protection and Guards," by Hon. John Roach, Deputy Commissioner of Labor, State Department of Labor; 5. "Discipline and Education and its Rela tion to the Safety Movement," by J. Russell Craig, Safety Director, Pennsylvania Indem nity Co., Philadelphia, Pa. all claims made for Saf-T-Tops. If you have never used one, you will doubly appreciate its safe ty, speed and convenience. Exclusive Features *1 Patented feeder tip allows easy * application but checks evapora tion oLantiseptic. From tip, solution is either fed directly to wound by capillary action or is sprinkled by tapping base of applicator. ^ "Dw pocket size (2 cc) is practi- ations over last year. Before each meeting the students were * callv unbreakable, the glass given a questionnaire outlining the container being protected by a shock points to be discussed. Those who at Midwest Safety Conference tended four of the five sessions were Held in Chicago awarded certificates. The Newark Safety Council found THE Thirteenth Annual Midwest that although there were many women Safety Conference, held at the workers in the industries there were only Stevens Hotel, Chicago, May 8 and a9,few women supervisors. Discussion in again drew a large attendance, 1,874 dicated that women workers are more persons being registered at the desk. obedient to safety rules and safer work The conference was sponsored by the ers than men; and that one of the most Chicago Safety Council, the Illinois In dustrial Commission, the Keep Chicago Safe Committee, and the Safety Section, Association of American Railroads -- serious hazards for women workers is the danger of getting their hair caught in moving machinery. proof wooden case. Safe to carry in pocket, tool kit, handbag, first aid kit, etc. No other antiseptic applicator has this shock-proof feature. Q Dne Saf-T-Top may be used * over and over again -- more than 100 times in the 2 cc size (small) for average injuries. /M Six available solutions. Both * 2 cc and 15 cc sizes filled with either iodine, mercurochrome, metaphen, merthiolate, ferric chloride or iso-propyl-alcohol. Steam Railroad Section, NSC, and co operating organizations. Sessions were devoted to Fire Pre Seattle Railway Starts Drive vention, Handling Materials, Safety Equipment, First Aid. Training and Educational Methods. Commercial Ve hicles, and Occupational Diseases. On Wednesday evening a session was held on the topic of industry and community safety, stressing the problem of nonoecupational accidents to employees. At the banquet Thursday evening. Judge Lee E. Skeel, of Cleveland was the principal speaker. Trophies were for Public's Cooperation "We hope to get cooperation from pedestrians, automobile and truck driv ers in our efforts to make the Seattle streets the safest in the country," said Albert E. Pierce, superintendent of rail ways, before the recent annual meeting of the safety organization of the Munici pal Street Railways. The safety organization, which is now CLIP COUPON TODAY presented to the winners in the Chicago Safety Council's Interplant Contest. On Thursday the Safety Section. Association of American Railroads, held its Midwest Regional Meeting with morning and afternoon sessions. in its fifteenth year, has won some sub stantial credits from the base insurance rate by its successful activities. The safety committees are under the leader ship of C, L. Hammons, chief safety inspector. Robt. A. Bernhard, Mfg. Chemist 153 Anderson Ave.. Rochester, N. Y. Please semi me a Saf-T-Tnp Applicator. Firm Namp,., r,..... i*v.............. ........ . ........----- ,.,,sute.......... . Fity.............. Title........ JUNE. 1935 66 ^Ladies* Home Journal" Urges Safer Motoring A SAFE driving campaign which will go directly into the homes of I will place it at the curb and slow down if 1 am going to turn right. ! will signal my direction with my hand ac 2,600,000 American families and wcilolrding to the system approved by the state I reach directly a majority of the drivers am in . . . or 1 will at least extend my arm in the country is being conducted now by The Ladie? Home Journal, according to Loring A. Schuler, editor. The campaign in the editorial pages out the window to Indicate that 1 am about to do something different. I will know my car and keep it in safe condi tion, so that it will pass any motor-vehicle in of the magazine began with an article entitled "Accidents Don't Happen" in the June issue. Written by Paul de Kruif, author of such well known books as Microbe Hunters and Hunger Fighters, it discussed the common rules of the road and set forth the code for super drivers developed by Maxwell Halsey, assistant director of the Bureau of Street Traffic Research at Harvard. The code is as follows: f will know the driving customs or rules of the road in whatever region I may be driving. I will give understandable signals of what 1 am going to do. I will place my car toward the center of the road and slow down if 1 am going to turn left. fills red, white and blue sticker has been issued by the Ladies' Home journal as part of a campaign for safer motoring. JOHNSON RUBBER LADDER SHOES JOHNSON LADDER SHOE CO. Eau Claire, Wisconsin No More Accidents in This Shop! in anv other where WIESMAN S AFETY PRESS GUARDS are installed on the power presses. The operating principle ABSOLUTELY PROTECTS THE OPERATOR without interfering with his natural working movements. Simple, easy to attach, for all types of presses. Made for right or left hand stroke. Details? Wiesmau Mfg. Co. * 1 South St. Oair St. DAYTON, OHIO, U.S.A. 'pectiun, I will mentally drive ahead" so that 1 will always have time to make whatever decision may be necessary. i will suit my speed to conditions---to the trattle; to see how far ahead 1 can see; to the state of tile mad; to tile time of the dav; to the number of hours i have been driving. 1 will chouse the safest routes and times for travel. 1 will never pass a car near tile crest of a hill or on a curve. i will never crowd slow-moving vehicles or join processions of cars. I will always stay far enough behind so that when the way is dear I shall have speed enuugh to pass any vehicle in the minimum time. I will train myself to drive automatically, so that 1 will never have to think what 1 should Jo m any emergency 1 will be courteous. I will remember that it takes two to cause any accident in which 1 am involved--and that the blame is always partly mine. This article will be followed by others by Mr. tie Kruif. fn addition to the educational material in the magazine an attempt will be made to reach every' driver of an automobile through the widespread distribution of a safety seal to be pasted on the wind shield, rear window, or tire cover of the automobile depending upon local regu lations. Printed in red, white and blue, the seal will carry the simple slogan, "I will drive safely." NATIONAL SAFETY ISiisvFS Disasters Show Need (or School Bus Supervision 67 HE disaster at Rockville, Mary Two were seventeen years old. Tland, a few weeks ago was another shocking reminder that A considerable number were physical ly unfit for the job being described as thousands of school buses operatin"ga ilnittle too delicate." the United States today are unfit for the Since there is no reason for believing transportation of children or that their that the drivers of school buses in Flori drivers are untrained incompetents. In da are less qualified than elsewhere, it is this case the bus, which was chartered plain that there is all the difference be for a single trip, was driven into the tween the average corps of school bus path of a fast passenger train. Fourteen operators and the drivers of a fleet of high school children -avere slain and commercial buses as there is between thirteen others were seriously injured. raw recruits and a crack regiment. The accident, which was the most re The vehicles themselves are for the cent of a long series of similar tragedies, most part worthy only of their drivers. should serve boards of education all over School buses are being used today which the country as an object lesson. Schools look like lop-sided crates for hauling will be dismissed for the summer holiday live stock. Frequently they are mounted soon and the boards will be renewing on chassis which have been discarded as contracts for the coming school year and inefficient or unsafe for commercial haul they will be buying buses and employ ing. Many of them have no emergency ing drivers. door from which the children could Since most of these accidents can be escape in case of fire or if the other door attributed either to the driver of the bus became jammed. Many of the buses or to the vehicle itself, it might be well lack such equipment as adequate head to look over the findings of a research lights, rear view mirrors, heating facili made by the Florida state superintend ties, good brakes or sufficient seats. ent of instruction not long ago. The Putting such a contraption in the study was made following the death of hands of an untrained boy or a crippled nine children in a school bus accident old man neither of whom has had any on railroad grade crossing in that state. instruction on handling a bus properly It was found that of 1,000 drivers of is gambling with the lives of the children school buses in Florida: to be carried. Three had only one leg each. Here are brief descriptions of a few of Two had only one eye each. the school bus disasters which have oc Four had only one hand each. curred recently in this country: At least two were hard of hearing. A bus loaded with forty boys and Six were more than sixty years old girls ran off the road and overturned in and several were between fifty-five and a creek five feet deep. By breaking win sixty. dows the driver and all but one of the Fourteen school children were killed and 13 seriously injured when this bus drove into the path of an express train. THREE MONTHS IN THE RED rT'IIE whole force was proud of the new plant--Insurance money had paid for every cent of it -- But the Manager knew that three big months of interrupted operations had cost more in lost orders than an entire year's profit. He knew, too late, that LUX could have kept him out of the red. Today, thousands of plants both large and small are depending on LUX extinguishers to protect various lire hazards -- anil thus their profits. LL X smothers lire with a penetrat ing inert gas instead of a liquid-- when this Clean--Dry--and Harmless gas is released. Fires even of the most, serious type are killed instantly. ` tany instances after extinguishers have d ineffective a LUX le has been borrowed the day. :e for information to Walter Kidde & Company. Inc., Ii] West Street Bloomfield. New Jersey. FOR ALL ELECTRICAL AND FLAMMABLE LIQUID FIRES JUNE. 1935 72 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 Ded-Fuse Tattelite The Ded-Fuse Tattelite is a tiny neon lamp in a casing, designed to tell instantly when and where a fuse has blown. The lamp bulb itself is only the size of a pencil tip 1 inch long. It is connected directly with the fuse and draws no current until a fuse has blown. The devices are adapted for use on cartridge fuses of any size or ' LI jP? r~i The shaking mechanism, the manufac turers state, makes it possible to have filter bags practically 100 per cent clean after each shaking. Shaking consists of an upward and downward motion. All working parts are easily accessible. The motor and gear drive are outside the easing to facilitate inspection ana oiling. A walkway is provided for inspection and replacement. It is designed so that chang ing the bags can be accomplished without entering the dust laden side. The filter house is of weather-proof steel construction. The hopper section is so designed that it is possible to make prac tically any type of connection to and from filter. Tile manufacturers state that this multi-hag filter complies with the present State Codes. New Tannic Acid Atomizer The De Viibiss Manufacturing Com pany, Detroit and Philips Avenues, Toledo, Ohio, has announced a new atomizer de veloped especially for use in applying tannic acid to burns, ft was designed to facilitate treatment of burns and otters speed and convenience in first - aid work on plug fuses, since they measure only lAt inches long overall by 5/16 of an inch maximum diameter and have 6 inch con necting leads. They are designed for circuits of 100 to 550 volts AC or DC. They light on only .0005 ampere current. A protective resistance is built ill. Other uses arc indicating open circuits, switches, relays, etc. Manufactured by l.ittelfuse Laboratories, 4507 Kavenswood Avenue, Chicago. Multi-Bag Filter for Dust Control A new multi-bag filter is announced by The Dracco Corporation, Harvard Avenue and East 116th Street. Cleveland. Ohio. Made entirely of cloth, the filter is easy to insert and remove from the filter com partment. Because of the compactness of the construction it is possible to obtain a large filter area in a small space. Safety Floor Mat A new safety floor mat is now manu factured in sections 2354 inches wide, 1inches long and H inches thick. These sections are securely vulcanized together so that a piece of any length in one con tinuous strip can be made. Sides and ends are beveled. It is made from 80 per cent cotton cord, bound together by a com pound containing a small amount of rubber, it affords a resilient and non slip working surface, and will stand up under heavy traffic, slight oil and other industrial conditions. It is designed to lie flat on the floor and to keep the feet of workers dry and comfortable lv elevating them above moisture, grime and refuse on the floor. The resilient surface protects against slipping. The floors beneath this mat can he easily kept clean and sanitary as it can be quickly rolled up and set aside while floors are being cleaned. This mat is particularly adapted for floors in wood working shops, around presses, in twine factories, in washrooms, for weaving rooms in textile plants, in refrigerator rooms, and for floors of industrial trucks. It is manufactured by the American Mat Corporation, 1717 Adams Street, Toledo. Ohio. by the incorporation of three special features, according to the manufacturer. These features are a wide mouthed bottle to facilitate filling, stirring and cleaning, acid and water levels clearly marked oh the bottle to make correct mixing easy, and a wide volume of soft spray giving luick and effective application over a wide area. Workmen's Life-Save Vests The Tapatco vest is made for the pro tection of men engaged in river and harbor construction or in service on barges and tows. Et is constructed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the 1J. S. Steamboat Inspection Service and filled with Private Estates Kapok. The manu facturers state that it will sustain a heavy man for hours. It is made of a closely woven, fast color cloth approved by the IT S. Government and the kapok padding is distributed for proper balance. The vest tits snugly and allows free use of arms. It is furnished in several styles, one of which has open ventilated eyelets for summer weather. The manufacturer is the American Pad & Textile Company, Greenfield, Ohio. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 68 SAFETY children escaped. This victim, a girl, was trampled to death in the wild scramble. Another bus was taking on gasoline with all the children in their places. Something went wrong and the front of the bus burst into flames making it im possible for the children to escape through the main door. They rushed to the emergency door and found that it had been nailed shut. The youngsters escaped through the windows with their lives but all of them suffered burns and five were pitifully injured by the flames. On December 14, 1933. ten children lost their lives and thirty others were in jured on a railroad grade crossing near Crescent City, Florida, when a bus driven by an elderly man was struck by a fast freight train. The inquest exon erated the railroad and placed all the blame on the bus driver. Three children were killed and forty injured in a similar accident near Mer ced, California; and ten children were seriously injured in a third near Spring field, N. Y. ` Since approximately fifty million dol lars are spent each year in this country to transport almost 2,400,000 children in 66,000 buses to and from 23,000 schools, it is seen that the problem is one of gravest importance to the present and future welfare of a large number of our children. Is it too much to ask that this transportation be safe? Swinging back on a strap of leather-- gaffs dug deep in a wooden pole, an asphalt street or concrete curb below --the lineman knows that failure in equipment would probably be fatal. His job is free from worry because his equipment is Kleins. "Since 1857" the name Klein on line men's equipment has stood for the finest in quality, whether it's pliers or sleeve twisters, climbers or safety straps, torches or furnaces. Distributed through jobbers The four pamphlets listed below will be sent without charge to anyone interested. Check the ones you want. Safely for the Pole Climber. ' Specifications on Linemen's Bells and Safety Straps. j The Safety Factor on Linemen's Leather Goods. Pocket Tool Guide. MEmallistWhltoi/ as|^im&.liSiMwnnimsi 3800 Belmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois Coming Events Of Interest to Safety Men June 3-5, Beckley, W. Va, Mine Inspectors Institute of America, 26th Annual Convention. N. P. Rhinehart, Chief, Department of Mines, Charleston, W. Va, June 3-6, Washington, D. C. Edison Electric Institute, Annua! Conven tion. (Mayflower Hotel.) A. B. Campbell, Edison Electric Institute, 420 Lexington Ave., New York City. June 11-13, San Francisco Western Safety Conference. (Civic Audi torium.) C, H. Fry, superintendent of safety, Industrial Accident Commission, State Bldg., San Francisco, Calif. Sept. 23-27, Atlantic City, N. J. American Transit Association, : -ith Annual Convention. G. C, Hecker, general secretary, 292 Madison Ave., New York City. Oct. 7-10, Milwaukee, Wis. American Public Health Association, Annual Meeting. Acting executive secretary, Dr. Kendall Emerson, SO West 50th Street, New York City. Oct. 14-18, Louisville, Ky. National Safety Council, Twenty-fourth Annual Safety Congress. W. H. Cameron, managing director, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chi cago. THE INDUSTRIAL SUPERVISOR Acclaimed by industrial executives as unique in its -field. Hundreds of subscrip tions received already and growing daily. Write for details and sample. Published bn National Safety Council, Inc. 20 N. Wacker Drive Chicago, III. 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 Can Co. Lubec plant of the American Company has operated since October Id, 1927 without a dis abling injury. The exposure on May I was approximately 1,226,537 man-hours. Boston Gear Works inc. Since May, 1932, no disabling injury has occurred in the plant of the Boston Gear Works Inc, at North Quincy, Mass. At the time of reporting (May 6) the record was still unbroken and the exposure had reached 1,442, 149 man-hours, Burroughs-Wellcome & Co. (U.S.A.) Inc. _ The coveted record of one million nun-hours without a disabling injury was attained on March i by the Tuekahoe, N. Y,, works of Burroughs-Wellcome & Co. (U.S.A.) Inc., manufacturers of first aid and photographic supplies. On March 15 the company com pleted an even two years without accident. Previous to 1928 there had been an average of eight disabling injuries a ycat. Satety activity is headed by a committee of seven which has the moral and financial sup port of the management. All recommendations from the safety committee receive prompt ac tion. Twenty-six bulletin buards are main tained m the plant, and time cards and work cards are stamped with safety slogans. All employees have been trained in hist aid and vine-third ot them hold Red Cross certificates. Green Mountain Power Corp. On May 8 the Given Mountain Power Cor poration, with operations scattered over the state of Vermont, completed its first million man-hours without a disabling injury. The last injury occurred March 25. 19,53. The av erage number of employees for the period covered was 210. The company participates in the safety program of the New England Power Association and an annual contest has helped to maintain safety interest. New Health Practices Pamphlet Published A new Health Practices Pamphlet entitled ' Phyic.il Therapy in Industry" and carrying the serial number 16 has just been published by the National .Safety Council. Written by Dr. John $. Coulter of Chicago, member of the Physical Therapy Council of the American Medical Association, and reviewed bv Indus trial Health Advisory and the Safe Practices Conference Committees of the National Safety Council, the pamphlet comprises an invaluable brief exposition of this important subject. Health Practices Pamphlet No, s,, 'Infected Wounds. has been levised and reprinted. Single copies of both pamphlets are available to G'tincil members on request, also quantity prices, JUNE. 1935 Two men on a blower You who are experts in the use of air line masks, need only get into a Davis Air Line Mask with air being supplied by a DavisRoots Blower to know the advan tages to you of this combination. The GREATER SAFETY of POSITIVE PRESSURE throughout the breathing circuit during the entire breathing cycle -- The EASE of BREATHING even at hard work because of GREATER VOLUME OF AIR delivered to the mask even at low handle speeds. Once tried you u<Ul always use -- DAVIS AIR LINE MASKS with DAVIS-ROOTS POSITIVE PRESSURE BLOWERS Send for vour copy of Bulletin No. 601 DAVIS EQUIPMENT CO., INC. 55 Van Dam Street New York City Certain Safety with M\\l RAIL CLAMPS Easily and Quickly Removed Guaranteed Against Breakage M & M Rail Clamps are recom mended as the surest and safest pos sible stop for use on runways, in re pairing cranes, on loading platforms, temporary sidings, air ferries, under tipples, car stops and cars on grades. M & M Rail Clamps eliminate the dangerous practice of placing wooden blocks under the car wheels for braemg. M & M Rail Clamps are rigidly con structed of open hearth annealed cast steel, with tool steel key. Will fit rail from 40 to 110 lbs. M & M Rail Clamps are used and recommended by Manufacturing Plants, Cement Plants, Grain Ele vators, Mines and Quarries. Our Engineering Department will design clamps to meet special track conditions. Let us have your operating problems---we will gladly make suit able recommendations. Style A* $15 each INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS COMPANY Accident Prevention Equipment 800 W. Somerset St. Philadelphia, Penna. 71 mission reports 1,554 such deaths in 1934, compared with 1,511 in 1933. This 3 per cent increase compares very favor ably with the 15 per cent advance in all types of motor vehicle fatalities. Grade crossing deaths now stand 31 per cent below 1923 and 40 per cent below 1928, the peak year. The railways can also point with pride to a reduction in employee casualty rates -- from 30.88 injuries per 1,000,000 man-hours in 1923 to 7.04 in 1934. 1934 accident experience in air trans portation was somewhat worse than the previous year. Civil aviation fatalities numbered 363 and non - fatal injuries 523, in 1934, compared with totals of 338 and S21 in 1933. T'orty-nine per cent of the fatalities and 40 per cent of the non-fatal injuries occurred in mis cellaneous pleasure flying. There were only 38 deaths and 69 non-fatal injuries in scheduled air transport operations. Scheduled flying continues to be very much safer than non-scheduled opera tions. In 1934 scheduled air transport the death rate was 0.8 per 1,000,000 plane miles, compared with a rate of 4.3 in non-scheduled flying. The com parison has grown steadily more favor able since 1929 when scheduled flying had a rate of 1.8 and non-scheduled 4.2. Homes More Hazardous The terrific toll of excessive heat in 1934 will accentuate the proportion of home accident fatalities among persons 65 years and over; it is in this group that most of the heat cases will lie classi fied. Even in the ordinary year over 40 per cent of all home fatalities are of persons 65 and over, and this proportion may be as much as 50 per cent in 1934. In the normal year falls are the pre dominate type of accident in this older age group, accounting for over threefourths of all the deaths. In the age group from 15 to 64 years falls are also responsible for more than a third of the fatalities. Below age 15 burns are re sponsible for about a third of all home deaths and in the youngest group under 5 around 15 per cent of the fatalities are chargeable to asphyxiation and suffo cation. No room in the house is a safe place unless it is safely used, according to a recent detailed study by the Kansas Board of Health. A classification of fatal home falls in that state from 1931 to 1934 showed that 39 per cent occurred in the bedroom, 21 per cent in the living room. 16 per cent on stairs. 11 per cent in the kitchen, 6 per cent in the dining room, 4 per cent in the bathroom and 3 per cent elsewhere. Fatal burns were similarly classified, showing 57 per cent in the kitchen, 19 per cent in the living room, 12 per cent in the bedroom, S per cent in the bathroom, 4 per cent in the dining room, and 3 per cent elsewhere. Property damage loss from fire de clined slightly from 1933 to 1934 accord ing to an estimate by the National Board of Fire Underwriters. The preliminary 1934 figure is set at $262,848,122, com pared with a final 1933 figure of $271, 453,189. These figures compare favor ably with the 1928 total of $464,607,000; also with 1923 when the loss was esti mated at $535,373,000. This property loss occurred largely in what vital statisticians call conflagra tions. Persons burned to death in con flagrations numbered 1.521 in 1933, and there were 5.820 deaths from burns occurring under circumstances where there was no appreciable damage to property, making a grand total of 7,341. Limited data indicated a probable slight increase in deaths from burns during 1934. Summing up, the 1934 accident record was one of increases all along the line. Only one state out of the 48 had fewer accidental deaths in 1934 than in 1933; only 4 showed decreases in motor ve hicle fatalities. Industrial concerns with long years of safety organization ex perienced increases in their employee accident rates. Every month of 1934 was worse than the corresponding month of the previous year. Some of the groups which have been showing good safety trends for several years experienced set - backs in 1934. Pedestrian deaths increased sharpiy; commercial truck accident experience had a large increase over 1933; motor vehicle fatalities increased among school children, etc. There were, it is true, a few bright spots. A new record was set in 1934 for man-hours worked by an industrial concern without a single disabling in jury; a half dozen of the largest cities reduced 1934 motor vehicle deaths in spite of the national increase; steam railway fatalities declined again. In all fairness, it should be noted that the unusual death toll from excessive heat last year was almost catastrophic in character and is not likely to be re peated again soon. Subtracting what ever share of the 1934 increase came from that cause, however, we still find a tremendous advance over 193.3 --- an advance which places accident preven tion unquestionably in the front rank of social problems. CoolAiv Metal to Metal Installation The enameled steel offset brackets support ing the Shades are fastened securely by a patented method, directly to the steel sash ribs in such a way as to resist the loosening effect of vibration and jar. No expensive boring or drilling of concrete is necessary. An installation that is permanent . . . and a shade that, while excluding the glare and intense heat of the sun's rays, does let in light and air . . . from 30% to 40% more than any other type of shade. You can open or shut your ventilator with out interfering with the functions of the shade when using RA-TOX Shades. Made from selected stained basswood strips, woven parallel with hard twist seine twine. RA-TOX Shades cost no more than ordinary shades. Send today specifications for price quotations and descriptive literature. Now it the time to set the fact* for scien tific shading--when your attention is on it. Once decided, RA-TOX makes it unnecessary to think of it again tor at least twenty year*. Send the Coupon Hough Shade Corporation (Industrial Division) 1039 Jackson Street Janesville, Wisconsin RA-TOX OFFSET WOOD FABRIC SHADESP-saIS^1 Otir engineers are alumgs glad to submit tn estimate mff/muf any obligation to you. Send your specifications and we will re turn detailed information based on your requirements. ^HOUGH SHADE CORPORATION ! 1039 Jackson St., Janesville, Wis. Send complete RA-TOX details at once. NameL Star* ....................... Steel Sash Wood Sash JUNE. 1935 71 mission reports 1,554 such deaths in 3 per cent elsewhere. Fatal burns were 1934, compared with 1,511 in 1933. This similarly classified, showing 57 per cent 3 per cent increase compares very favor in the kitchen, 19 per cent in the living ably with the 15 per cent advance in room, 12 per cent in the bedroom, S per all types of motor vehicle fatalities. cent in the bathroom, 4 per cent in the Grade crossing deaths now stand 31 per dining room, and 3 per cent elsewhere. cent below 1923 and 40 per cent below 1928, the peak year. The railways can also point with pride to a reduction in employee casualty rates from 30.88 injuries per 1,000,000 man-hours in 1923 to 7.04 in 1934. Property damage loss from fire de clined slightly from 1933 to 1934 accord ing to an estimate by the National Board of Fire Underwriters. The preliminary 1934 figure is set at $262,848,122, com pared with a final 1933 figure of $271, 1934 accident experience in air trans 453,189. These figures compare favor portation was somewhat worse than the ably with the 1928 total of $464,607,000; previous year. Civil aviation fatalities numbered 363 and non - fatal injuries 523, in 1934, compared with totals of 338 and S21 in 1933. "Forty-nine per cent of the fatalities and 40 per cent of the non-fatal injuries occurred in mis cellaneous pleasure flying. There were only 38 deaths and 69 non-fatal injuries in scheduled air transport operations. Scheduled flying continues to be very much safer than non-scheduled opera tions. In 1934 scheduled air transport also with 1923 when the loss was esti mated at $535,373,000. This property loss occurred largely in what vital statisticians call conflagra tions. Persons burned to death in con flagrations numbered 1,521 in 1933, and there were 5.820 deaths from burns occurring under circumstances where there was no appreciable damage to property, making a grand total of 7,341. Limited data indicated a probable slight increase in deaths from burns during the death rate was 0.8 per 1,000,000 1934. plane miles, compared with a rate of 4.3 in non-scheduled flying. The com parison has grown steadily more favor Summing up, the 1934 accident record was one of increases all along the line. Only one state out of the 48 had fewer able since 1029 when scheduled flying accidental deaths in 1934 than in 1933; had a rate of 1.8 and non-scheduled 4.2. only 4 showed decreases in motor ve Homes More Hazardous hicle fatalities. Industrial concerns with long years of safety organization ex The terrific toll of excessive heat in 1934 will accentuate the proportion of home accident fatalities among persons 65 years and over; it is in this group that most of the heat cases will be classi fied. Even in the ordinary year over 40 per cent of all home fatalities are of persons 65 and over, and this proportion may be as much as 50 per cent in 1934. perienced increases in their employee accident rates. Every month of 1934 was worse than the corresponding month of the previous year. Some of the groups which have been showing good safety trends for several years experienced set - backs in 1934. Pedestrian deaths increased sharply; commercial truck accident experience In the normal year falls are the pre dominate type of accident in this older age group, accounting for over threefourths of all the deaths. In the age group from 15 to 64 years falls are also responsible for more than a third of the fatalities. Below age IS burns are re sponsible for about a third of all home deaths and in the youngest group under 5 around 15 per cent of the fatalities are chargeable to asphyxiation and suffo had a large increase over 1933; motor vehicle fatalities increased among school children, etc. There were, it is true, a few bright spots. A new record was set in 1934 for man-hours worked by an industrial concern without a single disabling in jury; a half dozen of the largest cities reduced 1934 motor vehicle deaths in spite of the national increase; steam railway fatalities declined again. cation. In all fairness, it should be noted that No room in the house is a safe place the unusual death toll from excessive unless it is safely used, according to a heat last year was almost catastrophic recent detailed study by the Kansas in character and is not likely to be re Board of Health. A classification of fatal peated again soon. Subtracting what home falls in that state from 1931 to ever share of the 1934 increase came 1934 showed that 39 per cent occurred from that cause, however, we still find in the bedroom, 21 per cent in the living a tremendous advance over 1933 -- an room, 16 per cent on stairs. It per cent advance which places accident preven in the kitchen, 6 per cent in the dining tion unquestionably in the front rank room, 4 per cent in the bathroom and of social problems. CoolAiv Metal to Metal Installation The enameled steel offset brackets support ing the Shades are fastened securely by a patented method, directly to the steel sash ribs in such a way as to resist the loosening effect of vibration and jar. No expensive boring or drilling of concrete is necessary. An installation that is permanent . . . and a shade that, while excluding the glare and intense heat of the sun's rays, does let in light and air . . . from 30% to 40% more than any other type of shade. You can open or shut your ventilator with out interfering with the functions of the shade when using RA-TOX Shades. Made from selected stained basswood strips, woven parallel with hard twist seine twine. RA-TOX Shades cost no more than ordinary shades. Send today specifications for price quotations and descriptive literature. Now is the time to set the fact* for scien tific shading--when your attention is on it, Once decided, RA-TOX make* it unnecessary to think of it again for at least twenty year*. Send the Coupon Hough Shade Corporation (Industrial Division) 1039 Jackson Street Janesville, Wisconsin RA-TOX OFFSETWOOD FABRIC SHADESJ^sSIl?!?- Our engineers are always glad to submit an estimate without any obligation to you. Send your specifications and we will re turn. detailed information based on your requirements. HOUGH SHADE CORPORATION 1039 Jackson St., Janesville, Wis. Send complete RA-TOX details at once. NamcL State....... ...... Steel Sash . ....... ...... . Wood Sash JUNE. 1935 73 Clamp Tourniquet The Surty Manufacturing Company, 4139 W. Kinzie Street, Chicago, announce they have been appointed national dis tributors for this new clamp tourniquet. It works on the same principle as an artery clamp or sponge - forceps. The manufacturers claim it is positive in ac tion, requires but a few seconds to apply Trade Publications for your SAFETY EQUIPMENT LIBRARY Information You Should Have All of these booklets contain many valuable facts on controlling accidents and promoting efficiency. Industrial executives should avail themselves of this fund of information--because along with "safe operation" goes its close friend" profitable operation." Check those you would like and mail the coupon right now! and can be released instantly. It is made of flexible, surgical steel, heavily plated with chromium. A button catcli permits instantaneous release. A turn screw per mits delicate adjustment of pressure and also allows release of pressure slowly or suddenly, as desired. Teeth on the ratchet are cut very deep to prevent slipping. The clamp is equipped with ?4 inch rubber tubing to pad the arms. The tubing is replaceable. The device is light in weight and can be carried in a first aid kit. Processed Cover Glass The Electro Cover Class Company, 803 Westinghouse Building, Pittsburgh, Pa,, announces a new processed cover glass for welding helmets. The glasses are cut to 2x3^ inches to fit the standard weld ing helmet and are sufficiently heavy to withstand abuse. The glass is processed on one side only and the trade name is stamped on this side to show which side is to be exposed to the fusing particles, The manufacturers state the glasses are guaranteed to withstand 2UU hours of electric welding, he it carbon arc or straight electrode welding in the various positions. They also claim that the pro cessed glass will not change from its original crystal clear condition due to the effects of ultra-violet and infra-red rays during its period of life. Statements publisher! mi this page are*! [based on the claims of the manufac- I turer. White the National Safety News I cannot guarantee these statements, they I are believed to he accurate. J It happened recently when the instructor was showing some of the men the Prone Pressure Method of Resuscitation, A crowd of interested spectators had gathered around and the in structor was working on the "victim." A slightly intoxicated gentleman strolled up to the outer fringe of the crowd and inquired. "Shav. whas going on here?" "They're saving people" was the reply of one of the crowd. "Fine." said tiie drunk. "Tell Vm to save me the big blonde over there by the door." JUNE. 1935 1. Federal Signakall. circular Ulus- 7. Ruin or Protection. An interesting trates and describes this call system designed to operate horns, sirens or other signaling equipment from a central point. Used for paging and signaling school periods, factory operations, power house signaling, drills, fire alarms, etc. One unit supplies 30 signal combinations. Federal little folder illustrating and describing several models of carbon dioxide fire ex tinguishers that are approved by the Under write^ Laboratories. Sizes range from 7V.?. pound carbon dioxide gas capacity to 100 pound. American-LaFrance and Foamite industries, Inc. Electric Company. 8. Interlocking Linemen's Protec 2. The Kirk Interlock System. Bul tors and Hose. Bulletin No. 1059. letin No. 1349. This interesting 22page bulletin covers the fundamentals of this system and show how it is applicable to simple or complex interlocking problem. Well illustrated with pictures and diagrams. Railway and Industrial Engineering Com This equipment is designed to prevent the film of water on outside of the hose or shield from contacting the wire and becoming a conductor for current from the wire to the body of the linemen. E. D. Bullard Com pany. pany. 9. Protectoseal Products. This fold 3. McDonald Safety Hat. This in teresting folder deals with a safety hat designed for industrial and mining opera* lions. The safety cradle is firmly attached to molded lugs and has an adjustment for maximum safety. Furnished in various sizes and models. B. F. McDonald Company. er illustrates several units designed for improved handling and storing of hazard ous liquids. Includes a line of safety cans inspected and labeled by Underwriters* Laboratories and approved by Factory Mutuals. Protectoseal Company. 10. Swaco Safety Car Mover. 4. M.S.A. Safety Signs. Bulletin CD-I a 4-pagc folder illustrating a number of accident prevention signs for many industrial uses where hazards exist. These signs are made of porcelain enamel fused to steel under high temperature. Mine Safety Appliances Company. 5. Safety Electric Mine Car Trip Lamp. Circular describing this lamp tells how it is operated with two standard flashlight cells, giving a powerful light for a 35 or 4G-hour week. It is approved by the This circular illustrates and describes this new tool designed to safely move rail road cars. The mover is easy to use and is of sturdy construction. It is designed so as to prevent slipping from rails. Safety Wrench and Appliance Company. I I. Multi-Bag Filter for Dust Con trol. Bulletin No. 301. This 4-page bulletin illustrates and describes a new multi bag filter for dust control. It is designed to meet the requirements of where dust col* lectors should be installed. Dracco Corpora tion. United States Bureau of Mines. Justrite Manufacturing Company. 6. Sly Masterblast Mill. Bulletin S-77 illustrates and describes this mill that represents a new principle of blast cleaning by the use of low pressure air. It is compact and of simple design. The W. W. 12. Locomotive Safety Belt and Sling. 4-page folder illustrates how this new development in safety belts ts used to advantage to protect workmen on any operation above the running board of a locomotive where any stress is required on wrenches, bars or other equipment. R. H. Sly Manufacturing Company. Buhrke Company. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 20 North Wacker Drive Chicago, III. Please have sent to me the publications l have checked: Name ............................*............................ ..................................... .. Title .................................................. ................................... . Company ........................................................................................... Address ............................... .......... ................................................. . 74 DEPENDABLE LEG PROTECTION "FRAN K" Knee Leggings Hip Leggings Spats Hritmv accidents and cut compensation costs with these duality protective leg gings, ih steel plants, ioundnes, weld ing plants, etc. - IVnle for complete new fouler. THE SAFETY CLOTHING COMPANY Manufacturers 3804 Payne Ave. Cleveland, Ohio "Hoergthing from finger cot In an asbestos suit." HEAT CRAMPS We are able to give you com plete informa tion on the effective treat ment and pre vention of Heat Cramps, through the use of CP. Sodium Chlor ide. The expense is small and results are convincingly satisfactory. McKesson-Hall-Van Gorder Division McKesson L Robbins, incorporated 1382 West 9th Street Cleveland, Ohio Please send additional information on prevention of Heat Cramps. Name--------------------- --------------------- -- Street------------------------------------------------ -- City-- --------------------------- --------------------------State----------- --------------------- -------- --------- NSC Directors Nominated for 1935-38 Harry M. Webber, superintendent, Department of Claims, Illinois Bell Tele phone Company, Chicago. To the Members of the National Safety Council: /Vs provided by the By-laws of the Albert W. Whitney, National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters, New York City. National Safety Council I transmit to you herewith the report of the Nominat ing Committee composed of Messrs. W. H. Winans, manager, Industrial Relations Department, Union Carbide and Carbon Corp., New York City. John S. Shaw, chairman, Walter S. Paine, Vern D. Sutton, G, A. Davis and C. E. Wormuth. W. H. Cameron, Managing Director. This committee has unanimously nominated the following for election as Tannic Acid for Burns directors of the National Safety Council at the Annual Meeting in Louisville, Ky., October 14, 1935, and to serve until 1938: A. L. Armstrong, safety director, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, X. Y. J. L Banash, consulting engineer, Chicago. j. E. Culliney, Bethlehem Steel Com pany, Bethlehem, Pa. Lewis A. DeBlois, consulting engineer, New York City. Daniel Harrington, chief, Health and Safety Branch, U. S. Bureau of Mines, Washington, D, C. G. T. Hellmuth. claims attorney, Chi cago North Shore k Milwaukee Rail road, Chicago. Thomas P. Kearns, superintendent, Division of Safety and Hygiene, Indus trial Commission of Ohio. Columbus. Frank j, Lanahan, president. Fort Pitt Malleable Iron Company. Pitts burgh, Pa. John E. Long, superintendent of safe ty, The Delaware & Hudson Railroad Corp., Albany, XT. Y. Miller McClintock, director, Bureau of Street Traffic Research, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Harold L. Miner, manager. Safety & Fire Prevention Division, E. I. du Pont (Continued from page 36) There is one important contingency that needs to be mentioned. What if such a burn occurs far from a drug store? Fortunately most homes have on hand a supply of tea. All the tannic acid needed for first aid can be made out of strong tea. Pour a cupful of boil ing water over four teaspoonsful of tea leaves. Let this stand for fifteen minutes and it is ready to use instead of the tannic acid solution. In treating face burns tannic acid in jelly form is preferred. It takes the druggist only a few moments to make up a batch of five per cent tannic acid jelly. In an emergency plain vaseline (not carbolated), or olive oil, or lard, or even wet baking soda will do. When an eye is burned, two drops of castor oil will ease the pain and help to prevent searing. The important things to remember when confronted with the emergency of a serious burn are : Be calm and gentle. Decide what to do and do it quickly. Remember that the patient not only is in pain, but is also suffering from shock. Get expert medical assistance as soon as possible. de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del. John A. Oartel, chief of safety bureau, WILLIE EVERLEARN Carnegie Steel Company, Pittsburgh. C. E, Pettibone. vice - president and manager, Engineering Department, American Mutual Liability Insurance Company, Boston. General George B. Pillsbury, assistant chief of engineers. United States Engi neer Office, War Department, Washing ton, D. C. Lieut. - Colonel Henry A. Reninger, Lehigh Portland Cement Company, Allentown, Pa. R. T. Solensten. vice-president, Elliott Service Company, New York City. Dr. C. H. Watson, medical director, American Telephone & Telegraph Com pany, New York City. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 75 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Accident Prevention Equipment Manufacturers' Section ....... 76-77-78 American Mason Safety Tread Co......... 75 American Optical Co. ................ 8 American Pad & Textile Co. .......... 57 Boiler Plate Can Be Bernhard, Robert A. ..............................65 Bishinger-Koehler Mfg. Co., Inc. ..... 56 Bradley Washfountain Co............... .59 Brown Shoe Co. .................................. 62 Bullard Company, E. D. .................... .. 53 Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (U.S.A.) Inc........ .............. ..37 Buxbaum Company......................... 54 Handled Safely Chicago Eye Shield Co. .................... . .54 Cover, H. S............... 51 Cunningham Company, M. E................... .59 BOILER plate can be handled safely with Never Slip Safety Davis Emergency Equipment Co. .........................56-61-69 Clamps. Old - fashioned chains orDracco Corporation .................... 70 hooks, which have a tendency to slip, cause accidents to men. These clamps make carrying work over the heads of workmen safe. No time lost in adjusting the hold or forming a balance. _ Ellwood Safety Appliance Co. 52 Fairway Laboratories, Inc. ........... 58 Fisher Body Corp........ .......... ............. 49 General Abrasive Co. ............................. 75 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., The .......................... 4 faces old or new. PLASTIC FUT-SURE ends slip-hazards once and for all. Moreover it is oil and grease proof, heat and cold resist ing, easily kept clean. The resiliency of PLASTIC FUT-SURE reduces foot fatigue, increases production output. Its slip-proof quality has definitely reduced accidents wherever used. Write for prices end particulars on this permanently safe covering for alt walking surfaces. GENERAL ABRASIVE CO., INC. 2058 Colins Ave. Niagara Falls, N. Y. Made fur horizontal and vertical lifting. Write for details Never Slip Safety Clamp Co. P. O. Box 448 Grand Central Annex, New York City Lincoln Twin Disc Floor Machines The Lincoln Industrial Special is used by many ol the country's largest industrial plants to re move the imbedded grease, dirt, steel chips, and shavings from factory floors. Twenty tlmts faster and more efficient than hand work. Ideal for cleaning wood-block doors. Harrington & King Perforating Co. ... 52 Hough Shade Corp. .................. 71 Hynson, Westcott & Dunning, Inc. .. ,33 Illinois Steel Company ..................... 39 Industrial Gloves Corp. ....... . . , 60 Industrial Products Company....... . 69 Inland Steel Company ..................... 5 Johnson Ladder Shoe Co. ............ 66 Kidde Co., Inc., Walter .........................67 Klein & Sons, Mathias .............. 68 Lehigh Safety Shoe Co., Inc.................. 57 Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co. 7 Lima Cord Sole & Heel Co........... 50 Lincoln Schlueter Floor Machinery Co. 75 McKesson-Hali-Van Gorder Co............74 Mine Safety Appliances Co. ............ Inside Front Cover PLASTIC FUT-SURE FOR SAFER WALKING SURFACES Mason Abrasive Iron, Bronze, Aluminum and Nickel Safety Treads Formerly known as "Garbo-Cast" National Safety Council ...... 34-35-68-80 Never Slip Safety Clamp Co. ......... ,75 INEFFICIENCY in plant floor cleaning pro duces a savings in cleaning time, a savings in cleaning materials; also, the plant superintendent and safety engineer are as sured of clean, sanitary and safe floors. Many models to choose from. We can ar range for a trial on your own floors, under your own supervision, withut any obligation. Write for Complete Details LINCOLN-SCHLUETER FLOOR - MACHINERY CO., INC. 257 W. Grand Ave. Chicago, III. JUNE. 1935 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. .......... 55 Portable Lamp & Equip. Co. ................63 Procter & Gamble Co.......... 3 Pulmosan Safety Equipment Corp............Inside Back Cover Pyroil Co............. 70 Reece Wooden Sole Shoe Co..................55 Safety Clothing Co............. ,74 Safety Equipment Service Co. ...............Back Cover Safety First Shoe Co. ..................... .51 Sanitary Institute of America...............64 Spencer Turbine Co. ..............................61 Stonehouse Signs, Inc. ....... . . 66 Surty Mfg. Co. .......................................53 Trumbull Manufacturing Co..................SO Twenty North Wacker Bldg. 2 U. S. Hoffman Machinery Corp. ...... 63 Wicsman Mfg. Co. ................................. 66 Willson Products, Inc. ......................... 1 A CAST safety stair tread in which a car l \ borundum or aluminous abrasive is imbedded in the wearing surface effectively preventing slipping whether wet or dry. Treads are easily and quickly installed on new or old work. For use with conrete, wood, marble, slate and other types of stairs. Furnished in three surfaces, Fluted, Diamond Hatched and Plain. Effective and Economical Write today for details. Manufactured By American Mason Safety Tread Co. Lowell, Massachusetts Distributed By Joseph T. Ryerson 8C Son, Inc. Chicago, Illinois 76 The Buyers' Service See Advertisers1 Index, Page 75--When writing, please mention National Safety News A Accident Prevention Service National Safety Council, Iiw*. Alarms, Fire Mine Safety Appliance* Co, Anemometers ^ Bullard Company, K, D. Mine Safety Appliance* Co. Portable Lamp 6t Equipment U>. Aprons Bullard Company, . D, Davis Emergency Equipment Co,, Inc. industrial Ulores Curp, Industrial Products Co. Mine Safety Appliances ..o. Fulmosan Safety equipment Corp. safety Clothing Co., The Safety Equipment Service co,. The . Safety First Supply Co. Standard Safety Equipment Co. Strauss Company, The Arrestors, Dust Bullard Company. E, I icaceo Corporation Surty .Mrs:. Co,, The D, Awards, Friae Mine safety Appliance* Co. B Safety clothing Co,, The Safety* Equipment Service Co.. The Safely First Supply Co. Standard Safety Equipment Co, Straus* Company, The BIowerN, Hose .llnsk Bullard Company, E. D. Davit Emergency Equipment Co., Inc. Holts, Tree Trimming Buhrke Company, li, HL Bullard Company, E, D, Industrial Product* Co. Mine Safety Appliances Co. Strauss Company, The Blowers, I'ortnhle, Electric Spencer Turbine Co, Surty Mfg, Co.s Tile IJ. a, Hoffman Machinery Corp. i aiiN, W aHte Bullard Company, E, D. Davis Emergency Equipment Co,, Inc. Industrial Product* Cu. Justrlte Mfg. Co, Mina Safety Appliance* Co, Protectoseal Company I'ulmosan Safety Equipment Corp. Safety Equipment Service Co., Tile Standard Safety Equipment Co. Have You Included Safety Equipment In Your Modernization Plans? American Industry today is facing the necessity of meeting many difficult problems which confront it with the coming of the new production era. This is an era characterized by a highly intensified demand for improved quality, greater productivity, and the elimination of every possible item of waste, so as to insure production at low cost. Ciotfaing, Fireproof Bullard Company, E. 0. Davis Emergency Equipment Co,, Inc, Industrial Product* Co, Mine Safotv Appliance* Co, Safety Clothing Co,, The Safety Equipment Service Co.. The Safety First Supply Co, Standard Safety Equipment Co. Strauss Company. The Clothing, Weatherproof Bullard Company. E. I). Davis Emergency Equipment Co., Inc. Industrial Product* Co. Mine Safety Appliances Co, Safety Clothing Co.. The Safety Equipment Serrice Co,, Tho Safety First Supply Co. Standard Safety Equipment Co, Cloths, Wiping Sanitary Institute of America Collectors, Dust 1>racca Oorporation Surty Mfg. Co., The tl, H, Hoffman Machinery Corp. Compounds, Cleaning Safety Clothing Co., The Forward looking industrial executives are finding the answer to these problems in complete MODERNIZATION. They are proceeding to rehabilitate their plants, install modern equip ment, improve operating methods and processes, and revise policies and practices relating to personnel. Thus they are laying deeper, broader foundations for future profits and rising stan dards of living. i Continued on following page) Containers, Explosive Liquid Bullartl Company, K. D. Divia Emergency Equipment Co,. Inc. Industrial Product* Oo. justrito Mfg. Co, Mine Safety Appliance* r. Portable Lamp & Equipment Co. Proteetoseat Company Safety Equipment Service Co,, The strains Company. The Ha dues* and Duttons Bullard Company, E. U, Mine Safely Appliances Co. Bass, Tool, Linemen Buhrke Company. R. U. Bullard Company. E, I), Davts Emergency Equipment Co.. Inc. Industriai Product* Co. Safety Equipment Service Co., The Salisbury St Co., \V. li. Strauss Company. The Belts, Linemen Buhrke Company, it. H, Bullard Company. E. 0, Davis Emergency Equipment Co., inc. Industrial Products Co. Klein & Sons, Mathias .Mine Safety Appliance* to. Portable Lamp & Equipment Co. Puimosan Safety Equipment Corp. Safety Clothing Co.,. The Safety Equipment Service Co., The Safely First Supply Co. Standard Safety Equipment Co. Strauss Company, The Belts, Safety Buhrke Company, R. HBuliard Company, K. D. Davis Emergency 'Equipment Co,, Inc, Industrial Products Co, Klein & Sons, Mathias Mine Safety Appliance* Co, Portable I^rap & Equipment Co, Puitnosan Safety Equipment Corp. File Accident Prevention Equipment Manufacturers' Section National Safety Council D Detectors, tins Bullard Company, E. D. Davis Emergency Equipment Cn., IRC. Mine safety Appliance* Co. portable Lamp * Equipment Co. tleltN, Window Cleaning Buhrke Company, U, H. Bullard Company, E, t>. Industrial Product* Co, MJne Safety Appliance* Co, Portable lutmp & Equipment Co. s.if<tv Clothing Co,. The Straus* Company. Tue Blankets, Fireproof Bullard Company, E, t). Da Vi* Emergency Equipment co., Inc. Industrial Products Co, Mine Safety Appliance* Co. Pulmosan a'afetv Equipment Corp, Safety Clothing Co., The SafiMv Equipment Service Co.. Tiie Safety First Supply Co. standard Safety Equipment Co, Blockers, Mine Car Industrial Products Co, Mine Safety Appliance# Co, Blockers, Railroad Car Bullard company, E. D, Induitrial Product* Co, safety Equipment Serrice Co.. The safety Pint Supply Co, standard Safety Equipment Co, ItuckeiH, Hoisting Bullard Company, E. D. Davit F.mwficnry Equipment `*o., Inc. Induitrial Product* Co Bulletin Hoards Bullard Company. H D. Dari* Emergency Equipment ' '>,, Jnc. Elliott Service Co. Min# Safety Appliance* tin, PuClmorop,tan safety Equipment Safety Equipment Service Co,, Tne Safety First Supply Co. Standard Safety Equipment Co. 0 Cans, OH Bullard Company, R. P Induitrial Product* Co, Mine Safety Appliance* Co, Protect.>e*j Company Safety Equipment Service Co.. The I'iiaiii, Factory McKay Company Chairs, Safety, Boatswain Bullard Company, E. D. Mine Safety Appliances c). Strauss Company. The Deteetora, 1 n d I oo torn. Recorder*, Carbon Monoxide Bullard Company. K. D. Davit Emergency Equipment Co,, inc. Mine Safety Appliance* Co. Detectors, Fyrotannic Mine Safety Appliances Co. dampy. Hall Industrial Product* Co. Safety First Supply Co. Clamps and Sockets Never Slip Safety Clamp Co. Disinfectants and De odorants Dusters, Rock Mine Safety Appliance* Co, PoCrota. ble Damp & Equipment Cleaner*, Vacuum Spencer Turbine Co. Surty Mfg. Oo,, The C, , Hoffman Machinery Corp, E Emblems. Safety Mine Safety Appliance* Co, Clothing for Industrial Workers---See Aprons, Gloves, Hand Leathers, Leggings, Shoes Fxhausts, Grinding: Wheel Surly Mfg. Co., The NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS THE BUYERS' SERVICE See Advertisers' Index, Page 75--When writing, please mention National Safety News 77 Extinguishers, Fire Bullard Company, E, D. Kidde Sc Co., Inc., Walter Mine Safety Appliances Co. Portable Lamp & Equipment Co. Pulmosan Safety Equipment Corp. Pyrene Mfg. Company F Fasn, Exhaast Pracco Corporation Surty Mfg. Co., The Faatenera or Lacers, Belt Clipper Beit Lacer Co. Films or SHdea, Safety*, for Rent and Sale National Safety ( ouncll, Inc. First Aid Equipment Bauer & Black Bernhard. Robert A. Blshinger-Koehler Mfg. Co , Inc. Bullard Campany, K, l>. Burroughs-Welicorae Co., tU.S.A.) Inc. Pavi* Emergency Equipment Co.. Inr, Hynson, Westcott & Punning, Inc. Industrial Products Co, Johnson & Johnson Merck & Company Mine Safety Appliances Co. Pulmosan Safety Equipment Corp. Safety Equipment Service Co., The Safety First Supply Co, Standard Safety Equipment Co, Elates. Danger Bullard Company, K. 1). Industrial IVoduots Co, Safety Equipment Service Co,, The Stnnetinuse Sign*, inp, Flnahllphts, Permissible Bullard Company, E. P. Portahlo Lamp A Equipment Co, Flooring Material. Safety American Mason Safety Tread Carnegie Steel Co. General Ahrasive Co. Illiunl* Steel Company Industrial Products t o Inland Stool Co, Safety First Supply t o Surly Mfg. Co., 'Hie Footwenr, Rubber Bullard Co.. E. n. Industrial Products Co Lehigh Safety Shoe Co. Mine Safety Appliances Co. Portable Lamp & Equipment Co, Fountain!*. Drinking, Factory Bradley Washfountain Co, Fumigants Bauer & Rlark Germicides Germicides, Cutting Oil JUNE. 1935 Glass, Safety .American Optical Company Bullard Company, E. D, Chicago By* Shield Co. Industrial Product* Co. Llbboy-Owena-Ford Glass Co. Mine Safety Appliances Co. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co, Safety Clothing Co.. The Safety Equipment Serrice Co., The Standard Safety Equipment Co, Surty Mfg. Co., The Willson Product!, Inc. Gloves and Mittens Bullard Company, E. D. Gongs, Sirens, Horns and other Signaling Devices Bullard Company, E. 0, industrial Products Co. Aline Safety Appliances Co. Guards, Jointer Industrial Products Co. Safety Equipment Service Co,. The Standard Bafoty Equipment Co, Surty Mfg. Co., The Gratings, Safety Guards, Kick Press Surty Mfg. Co., The Guards. Chip and Spark Bullard Company, fi, D. Chicago Eye Shield Co. Industrial Products Co. Safety Clothing Co., The Guards, Power press Chicago Eye Shield Co, Industrial Products Co. Standard Safety Equipment Co. Have You Included Safety Equipment In Your Modernization Plans? (Continued from preceding page) Because industrial accidents, besides causing needless destruc tion of men, are a preventable waste of money and an unneces sarily high factor in costs, plans for more effective prevention of accidents become an important part of every plant modernization program. It is now recognized that there can be no high degree of efficiency in plant operation without a correspondingly high degree of freedom from accidents. The reduction of accidents to the "irreducible minimum" is, therefore, the present aim and purpose of every progressive industrialist. In this modernization effort with its necessary emphasis on preventing the waste of accidents, the first essential is to pro vide a SAFE plant, SAFE machinery, and MODERN SAFETY EQUIPMENT that will give workers full protection against whatever hazards may exist. Only then can the major accidents in industry be prevented, and only then can safety education be made really effective. (Continued on following page) The Accident Prevention Equipment Manufacturers' Section National Safety Council I'Mriwo Eye SlilcM Co, Paris Emergency Equipment Inc, Industrial Glove*, Corp. Industrial Product* Co. Mine Safety Appliance* Co, Pulmosan Safety Equipment Corp. Safety Clothing Co., The Safety Equipment Service Co=, Tim Safety First Supply Cn. Salisbury & (To., W. H. Standard Safety Equipment Co. Gogglea American Optical Company Bullard Company. E. D, Chicago Kv Shiftd Co. Cover, U, 8. Davis Emergency Equipment Co., Inc. Industrial Products Co, Mine Safety Appliance! Co. PoCrota, ble Lamp A Equipment Pulmosan Safety Equipment corp, Safety Clothing Co., The Safety Equipment service Co., The Safety First Supply Co; Standard Safety Equipment Co. Willson Product!. Inr, Safely Equipment Sen Ice Co,, Tit Standard Safety Equipment Co, Guards. Flywheel Harrington & King Pcrforating Co, Industrial Product! Co. Surty Mfg. Co., The Guards, Foot nml Toe Bullard Company, E. D. Ellwood Safety Appliance Co. Industrial Product* Co. Mine Safety Appliance* Co. Portable Lamp 6 Equipment Co. Safety Clothing Co., The Safety Equipment Service Co,, `Hie Safetv First Supply Co, Standard Safety Equipment Co, Strauss Company, The Guards, Gear Surty Mf*. Cm,, lit Guards, Grinding; Wheel Surty Mfg. Co., The Surty Mfg. Co.. The Wlesman Mfg. Co,, Ttte Guards, .Safety Bullard Company, E. D. Davis Emergency Equipment Co., Inc. Harrington k King Pcrforat' ing Co. Industrial Products Co. Safety Clothing Co.. The Safety Equipment Service Co,, The Surty Mfg. Co., The Wlesman Mfg. Co., The Guards, Sow Bullard Company. fci, i>. Industrial Product* Co, Safety Equipment Service Co,. The Standard Safety Equipment t o Surty Mfg. Co., Tiir Guards, .Shaper Industrial Produri* ("o Standard Safety Equipment <`o, Surly Mfg. Co., The Guards, Treadle Surty Mfg. Co.. The H Hand ( ream Bullard Company, 25. 0. Pavti Emergency Equipment Co,. Inc, industrial Product* Co. Mine Safety Appliance* Co. Hats, Safety Bullard Company, E- 0. Industrial Products Co. Mine Safety Appliances Co. Portable Lamp & Equipment Safety Clothing Co., The Safety First Supply Co. Straus* Company, The Heat Cramp Preventives Fairway Laboratories Inc. McKesson-Hall-Van Gorder American Optical Company Blahinger-Koehler Mfg. Co.. Inc, Bullard Company, E. 0 Chicago Eye Shield Co. Davis Emergency Equipment Co., Inc. Industrial Products Co. Mine Safety Appliances Co, PoLrata. ble Lamp & Equipment Pulmosan Safety Equipment Corp. !M*ing Co., The Safety Equipment Service Co., The Safety First Supply Co Standard Safety Equipment Co Willson Product*. Inc. Hoists. Electric Hooks, Safety Beit Bullard Company, E. T>. Davi* Emergency Equipment Co,, ine. Industrial iToduct* Co, Mine Safety Appliance* Co. PoCrota. ble Lamp & Equipment Safety Equipment Sevvier Co,, The Strauss Company, The Hooks, Safety, Hoisting Industrial Products Cn Hospital Equipment Bullard Company, E, p. Burn'ugh*-Wellcome Co.. CUBA,) Inc. Dari* Emergency Equipment Co . Inc. Industrial IToduct* co. Mlne Safety Appliance? Co, Bafoty Equipment Service Co., The Safety Pint Supply Co 1 tuelinators. Carboy* Bullard Company. E. P. Industrial Product* Co Safety Equipment Service Co,, The Indicators, Flammable Vapor Bullard Company, E, P Davis Emergency Equipment Co,, Inc. Mine Safety Appliances Co. 78 THE BUYERS' SERVICE See Advertisers' Index, Page 75--When writing, please mention National Safety News Inhalators Ittahinger-Koehler Mfg. To., Inc. Bullard Company. K. Ib Davi* Emergency Equipment Co., Inc. Mine Safety Appliance* Co. tnxurance Metropolitan Life Iruurance Co. J Jackets or Vexts. Work man. Life Saver American Pad & Textile Co. L Ladder Shoe# or Feet American Muon Safety Tread Co. Bullard Company, E. l. Pavia Emergency Equipment Co.. Inc. . Dayton safety Ladder Co. industrial Products Co, Johnson {.adder Shoo Co. Mine Safety Appliances t o Patent Scaffolding Co., The Safetv Clothing Co.. The. Safety First Supply t o, Surtv Mfg. Co., Tiie Ladders. Safety Bullard t'oimnuiy. E. D, Davtan Safety Ladder Co. Mine Safety Appliances Co. Patent Scaffolding Co.. The Safety First Supply Co, Lamps. Safety Benjamin Electric Mfg. Co. Bullard Company, E, Lb Davi* Emergency Equipment Co., Inc. Mine Safety Appliance* Co, pidtahlo l.amp A Equipment Lanterns. carbide Bullard Company. E. l>. Lanterns, Hleetrle Bullard Company. K. R. Industrial Product* C'-, lustrlte Mfg. Co. Mine Safety Appliance* o. Portable Lamp As Equipment Lentlierx, Hand Bullard company, E- t.. Industrial Product* Co. PuClmorops.ati Safety Equipment Safety nothing Co , The Safety Equipment service Co., The Sati'tv First Supply Co. Standard Safety Equipment Co. Strauss Company. The LepttiiaCH Bullard Company, E, L>. Davi* Emergency Equipment fnc. Industrial Glove* Corp. Industrial Product* Co, Mine Safety Appliances Co, Pulmusiiti Safety Equipment. Corp. Snfoty Clothing Co.. The safety Equipment Service co , The Safety First Supply Co, Standard .Safety Equipment Co. Strauss Company, The Llurhtintf {Equipment. Industrial Beniamin Electric Mfg. Co, Westinghousc Electric St Mfg. Co. Lookers and Hangers fur t'tothlnir Industrial Product* Co. Looks, Lamp Industrial Product* Co Mine Safety Appliance* Cn, Safety Equipment Service Co., The Looks, Looker and Padlook, Keyless Dudley Lock Corp. Lubrication Pyroil Company Machines. Floor tieanlnu, Electric . J^inrotn -Schiuefer Floor Machinery Co.. I'nc, Industrial Products Vo. Safety First Supply Co. Metnl, Expanded Surly Mfg. Co., The ,Metal, Perforated Harrington & King Perforat ing Co. Industrial Product* Co. Movers, Railway Car Buliard Company, E 0. Industrial Products Co, Safety Equipment Service Oo,, Tiie Standard Safely Equipment Co, Protectors, Arm Bullard Company, E. D. Davis Emergency Equipment Cm,, Inc, Industrial Clove* Corp. industrial Products Co. Mine Safety Appliances Co. iTilmoian Safety Equipment Corp, .Safety Clothing Co.. Tiie Safety Equipment Service Co., The Safety First Supply Co, Standard Safety Equipment Co, Strauss Company, Tiie Protectors. Finger l.l'iuer it Black Have You Included Safety Equipment In Your Modernization Plans? (Continued from preceding page) The members of the Accident Prevention Equipment Manufacturerh- Section of the National Safety Council have kept pace with industrial progress. Through continuous research and experimentation they are constantly improving their products and developing new devices to aid industry in its fight against occupational injuries and diseases. The organizations listed on those pages solicit an opportunity to acquaint you with the safety equipment which they have prepared to meet the prob lems of modernization and accident prevention that now con front you. They will welcome your inquiry, and will gladly offer constructive suggestions based on many years of experience in their respective lines of manufacture. THE ACCIDENT PREVENTION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS' SECTION NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL Machines, Vending, Sanitary Napkin Marker*. TrntTle Safety Equipment Service Go , The litiNkN American optical Company Ui<In'tcin. ger-k>teuirr Mfg. l>, Bullard t ompany. E. D Chicago Eve Shield (V Davi* Ecuergcticjr Equipment t'o., Inc. Industrial Product* ia Mine .Saietv Appliance* t o, Pulmoaan Safety Equipment i`orp. Safety Clothing Co.. `Die Safety Equipment Service *'o., Die Safety First supply Co. Standard Safety Equipment Co, Willson Product*, Inc. Mats, Standing, Safety Bullard V .mpany, E. D= Buxhaum rompany D*vi* Emergency Equipment fo , Inc, O Oxygen Rren thins VppnrntUH HishluRer-Koehler Mfg. t q Inc, Davis Emergency Equipment t'V,, Inc, Mine Safety Apptunres Vo, I* I'aeN, Miners* Lehigh Safetv Shoe Go, Pol>rta. ble Lamp k Equipment 1'nds, Knee Bullard Company. 11, D. tndtiitrial Product* Co, Mine safety Appliance* Vo Portable Lamp A Equipment Safety Equipment Service Pn The Sifctv First Supply C<*. Roster Ser\ lee Elliott Service to, National Safety toimcll, Inc, Bullard Company, FT Q. Chicago Eye Shield Co. Dari* Emergency Equipment Co., Ine. Industrial Product* t> Mine safetv Appliance* Go Safety Clothing Co,, Die Safety Equipment Service v-h, Die " Protectors for Linemen Bullard Company, n. D. Davu Fiinergener Equipment Co., Inc, Industrial Product* Co Mine safety Appliances t o, Pulmnian Safety Equipment Corp. Sai'foe=ty, DEiqeuipment Seme*` Safety First Supplv i> Satliliurv * Fn:j W. II. Standard Hafetv Equipment Co. Pullers, Fuse Bullard company, E. D, Induitrlat Product* Co, Mine Safetv Appliances t`o;-afeiy Equipment Service Os,, The Pumpx, Oxygen Bidnnger-Koehler Mfg. Co., Inc, Mine Safety Appliances Co, K Respirators American Optical company Blshlnger-Kuehler Mfg. Co., Inc. Bullard Company, EL D. Chicago Eye Shield Co. Cover, H, S. Davit Emergency Equipment Co,, Inc, Industrial Product* Co. Mine Safety Appliances C>>. Portable Lamp & Equipment Co, Pulmotan Safety Equipment Carp, Safety Clothing Co.. The Safety Equipment Service Co,, The Safety First Supply Co. Standard Safety Equipment tin. Willson Product*, inc. Resuscitation Equip ment 'Bishinger-lvoeitler Mfg. Co., Inc, Bullard Company, E, D, Davis Emergency Equipment fn:. Inc. Mine Safely Appliance* Co. Rope, Wire % Scaffoldins, Safety Patent Scaffolding Co., The Screw Drivers. Non-skid S'trty Mfg. Co,, The Shades, Rye. Nou-breaknble Bullard Company, K, D, Chicago K> e Shield Co. Davl* Emergency Equipment Co,, luc. Industrial Products Co. Mine Safety Appliance* t o SaCfeot,y. DEiqeuipment Service Shades, Window, industrlal l rough Shade Ourp, Shoes, Safety, Factory and Foundry Brown Shoe Company Bullard Company. E. 0, Industrial Product* Co. Lehigh Safety Shoo Co, Mine Safety Appliance* t'o. Portable lJimp & Equipment Safety Equipment Service Co., The Safety First Supply Co. Standard Safety Equipment Co. International Shoe Co. Safety First Shoe Go. Shoes, Wooden Sole industrial Products Co. Heree Wooden Sole Shoe Co., Inc. Safety clothing Co., The Sign*, Accident Preven tion Bullard Company, E. D. induitrial Product* Co. Mine Safety Appliances Co. Portable Lamp St Equipment Co, Safety Clothing Co.. The Safety Equipment Service Co., Th* safety First Supply Co. standard Safctv Equipment On, Stonehous* Sign*. Inc. Sirens and Sipmals Bullard Company, K. 0. industrial Product* Co. Slings, Safety, Wire Rope Soap Procter & Gamble Co, Soles, Shoe, Non-slip Lima Cord Sole & Heel'Co, Sterilizing Equipment Straps, Safety Buhrke Bullard Company. Company, Bh., Hp.. . Davis Emergency EquJpraeut Co,, Inc. Industrial Product* co. Klein & Sons, Mathis* NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 79 THE BUYERS' SERVICE See Advertisers' Index, Page 75--When writing, please mention National Safety News Portable Lamp & Equipment Co. Surreys, Eye Sight Systems, Cleaning, Vacuum Spencer Turbine Co. j$urty Mfg. Co.. Tbe XI S. Hoffman Machinery Systems, Dust Control lirtccQ Corporation Surty Mfg. Co.. The U. 8. Hoffman Machinery Corp, Systems, Interlock futon Switch it Signal Co. Systems, Lubricating T Tents, Pneumonia HUhlnger-Koehter Mfg. Co.. Inc. Mine Safety Appliance* Co. Tools, Linemen Bullird Company, E. D. DafU Emergency Equipment Co.. Inc. Imiuitrlal Products Co. Klein & Sons. Mathias Tools. Marking or Stamping Cuuningham Company, AL E. Tools, .\'on-sparklngr Ampco Metal. Inc. Bullard company, h- D. DirU Emergency Equipment Co.. Inc. Puimoiw Safety Equipment Corp. Torches. Blow Klein St Sons, Mathias Treads, Safety American Mason Safety Tread Co. Carnegie Steel Co. Illinois Steel Company Industrial Products Co. Inland Steel Co. Surty Mfg. Co,, The Treads, Safety, Car Step American Mason Safety Tread Co. Bullard Company, IL D, Carnegie Sled Co. Illinois Steel Company Industrial Products Co Inland Steel Co. Trestles, Safety, Exten sion Industrial Products Co. Patent Scaffolding Co., The Safety First Supply Co. Trophies V Valves. Oxygen Btihinger-Koeiiler Mfg. Co.. Inc, Aline Safety Appliances Co, Ventilating Equipment Dracco Corporation W Washers, Safety for Grinding Wheels Industrial Prodacts Co, Standard Safety Equipment Co. Washroom Equipment, Industrial Bradley YV'asitfountaln Co. Welding Equipment industrial Products Co. Safety Equipment Service Co., The Safety First Supply Co. Trumbull Mfg. iy>,, The Wrenches, Pipe The following companies ore those whose names appear under the various headings contained in this Buyers' Service, American Mason Safety Trend Co. ........Lowell, Mass. American optical Co. ............. Southbridge. Mass. American Pad & Textile Co,. Che .......... (Jrcecifield. Ohio Ampco Meta! Inc. ........ ................... . ... ..Milwaukee, Wis, Bauer & Black ..................................................... Chicago, IU. Benjamin Electric & Mfg. ` o, .Chicago, IU. Bernhard. Kobett A. ................ ..................H2Slie-Ster*. -ai' Bishinger-Koohlor Mfg. Lo, ........ .......... l* u*V Bradley Wasiifomttain Co. ............Milwaukee Mis. Brown Shoe Company ....................................... *Yn' Buhrko Co., B H. *................ * - })}* Bullard Co.. K !.. . , .............. ban iianeUco, Cain. Burroughs-Wellcome & Co. tU.B.A.l ino.. Now York. .Vt, JmroT Belt Ur Co": v. i.Uiind W* Mich.- Cunningham Co., M. E............... - - . = >^^MsburRli.^ Pa. Davis Emergency Equipment Co., Inc. *Vikia [ayton Safety Ladder to.. Tho .........Cincinnati, Ohio Dracco Corp.................................. -............Lkft Kirt 00 DKlulwdoleoyd LSoacfketyCoArpp.plia--n--c--e----i<...*...................................L5mllw?vo` nnt city, l*. Elliott Service Co, ................................... ..sew inrk, N, \. Fairway Laboratories, Inc......................... .... Belleville. III. General Abrasive Co, ................. . ...Niagara Kails. N. Y. Harrington & King Perforating Co. ................ Chicago, 111. Hough Shad* i;o: ............................ ....... Janesville, Wu. Hynion, Westeott & Dunning, Inc. ...... Baltimore, Md. Illinois Steal Co, ............ .............. ..........Chicago, HI. imiuitrlal (Bores Corp. .................. ................ Danville, HI. Industrial Products Co. .......... .....Philadelphia, P*. Inland Steel Co, ........ .. . .................. Chicago, 111. International Shoe C'e. ...................... ..St. Louis, Mo. Johnson Ladder Shoe Co, ........ ..... Eau Claire, Wl*. Johnson it Johnson ............ New Brunswick, 2, Juitrite Mfg. Co.................................. ,:. .Chicago. Ill, hhide it Co.. Inc.. Walter ............ .....New York, N. Y, Klein St Sons, Mathias ............ . ...................Chicago, IU. Lehigh Safety Sitoe o.................... ................ Allentown, Pa. LiblHfy-uweus-t'ord Class Co, .... .Toledo, Ohio Lima Cord sole & Herd C<,. Tlie . .....Lima, (Jltio Lincoln-Schlueter Floor .Machinery Co ,, ...Chicago, III. McKay Co. ........... ............................ .......Pittsburgh, Pa. MrKeon-HaU*Van ({order Co , , .......Cleveland, Ohio Merck St Co Inc, .......................... ... ........ New York. N. Y, Metropolitan Life Instiranre Co. ... ........ New York. N. Y, Mine Safety Appliances Or, .......Pittsburgh, Pa. National Safety Council. Inc. . , .................. Chicago, r. Slip Safety Clamp Co............ ... N>w York, ,\\ \ Patent Scaffolding Co.. The .........Chicago, III. Pittsburgh Plate Class Co, .......... Pittsburgh, Pa, Portable Lamp it Equipment Co ... ..... Pittsburgh, Pa. Procter & Curable Co, ....Cincinnati. Ohio Protectoseal Co, ............................ .. .............. Chicago, ill. Ptilmnsan Safety Equipment Corn. .. .... .Brooklyn, bi, Y. !*yrene Mfg, Co. ..................................................Newark, N. J. Pyrolt Co. .............. .............. ............ ..... La Crosse, Wis. Reece Wooden Sole Shoe Co., ine. , ....Columbus. Nebr. Safety Clothing Co... The .................. .... .Cleveland, Ohio Safety Equipment Service Co,., The .....Cleveland, Ohio Safety First Shoe Co.......... ............................ Holtlston, Mass. Safety First Supply Co...................... .. , ...Pittsburgh, Pa. Salisbury it Co,, Inc., W. H, .............. Chicago, IU Sanitary Institute of America .......... .............. Chicago. III. Spencer Turbine Co., The .....Hartford, Conn, Standard Safety Equipment Co, ..,, ..............Chicago, ill. Htonehouse Signs, Inc, ........................ ............Denver, Colo Strauss Co., Inc, ............ .. ........Pittsburgh, Pa. Surty Mfg. Co,, The ............ .............. Trumbull Mfg. Co., The ........ .............Chicago, 111, ........ ,,Warren, Ohio ft S. Hoffman Machinery Corp. ........, .Now York. N. T Cnlon Switch & signal Co, ............ . .......... SwissTale, Pa. Wlesman Mfg. Co, ........................ .......Davton, Ohio Westtnghnuse Efeeirie Mfg. Co. ... East Pittsburgh, Pa. Willson Products, Inc, . ................... ....... Beading, Pa. 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. 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 charge, or obligation, detailed information and catalogs on mate rial to meet your requirements. National Safety News 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago Please 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,) JUNE, 1935 Company ,,,,,, Address Your Name , , , t 80 Nat ional Safety Council Monthly Cut Service Electrotypes (mounted on wood) of any of the illustrations below are available in exactly the size shown. These cuts will help to put "punch" and "variety" into your house organ, plant safety messages, inter department forms, etc. Order any selection you desire by the num ber shown under each illustration. Price to members $2.00 each. NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL, INC. 20 N. Wacker Drive CHICAGO B58 BOOKS YOU'D NEVER READ! "Tearing Through traffic Op FREE WHEELING WITH A FATHEAD" hy WATT A. NUTT Volume Ij volume tt and III TO APPEAR LATER, MR reuSVi!ISSi' NUTT, SPEED DEMON EXTRA ORDINARY, TELLS HOW TO BEAT THE LIGHTS, [T's A SMASH-AND NOU'LL LIKE n 1 Th CCeON&fi! 5AT-; NfcVhSf jsio Ml MO Af*QUT VOLUME n. ANT> &? B60 "THIS POINTER REhAEMBER" ,, A. SAFE WORKER SAID, ` DON'T GET UNDER PLACES WHEN WORKS OVERHEAD,'" B62 B63 NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS -A l S. duwu* f in designing the M-15 Dust Respirator, nothing was overlooked. First, it was made SAFE ... to provide reliable protection. Then came extreme comfort and easy breathing . . . so men would wear it. Then economical production ... to keep tiie cost of safety within bounds. AND FI VALLA, the .M-15 Dust Respirator was tested and approved by the L. S. Bureau of Mines . . . for employers" protection! dummum huutv inward in outward. Goes indmdu.il fit an,! hi,l,)s -.ii.ipc. |-',i(-.nri.-h t'.tce iiishion tits omihuhibly. lUtlclthui din/ Potent npptied (or J *.&_d (live your men .M-15 Dust Respirators for dependable protection against Type A dusts, which are quartz, cement, limestone, asbestos, gypsum, coal, iron ore-, coke. wood, cellulose. Hour and aluminum. Remember--you cannot buy more efficient prott than the AI-15 respirator at any price! Order several M-15 respirators for trial among your workers. Let them judge. Write for literature and prices . . . TODAY! PULMOSAN SAFETY EQUIPMENT CQRP. Memln'r; intlnsh'itit Equipment Manufacturers Ass'n, 176 Johnson St. Brooklyn, N. Y. Mirhignn DStr: THK HUYKR-PAMPm-XI, (;<l,, fii'trmt l.iiUt* Supt*n*r iMstr,: \X, P, & H. S, MAKS, (mluth, Minn, "V7 OUR men's eyes are worth a lot to you--especially if they suffer injury. The very best pro tection on the market calls for your thorough investigation re gardless of price. When that protection is to be had--in SuperDrednaut Toric-Form Lenses-- at literally a few cents' premium, anything else is simply not de serving of consideration. Being curved, Super-Drednaut Toric-Form Lenses are far stronger than ordinary flat lenses. They offer much greater resist ance to blows and external pres sure. The contour deflects emery, steel chips and other dangerous flying particles. Even should breakage result from a terrific im pact, the curvature would tend to prevent the glass from being driven into the eyes. Super - Drednaut Toric-Form Lenses are made of the finest optical glass. They are ground and polished with extreme care to eliminate surfaces and distor tion, and are specially annealed. A growing demand and recent manufacturing improvements now make this added protection available to you at a very slight differential. Order a pair of Super-Drednaut Goggles and see for yourself.