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216 Tunity-first Congress--National Safety Council will be expected to pass with satisfactory grades. Ten him that whore necessary* rules wi*l lie enforced but that company prefers employees who will voluntarily comply with the rules. (3) Company furnishes protective equipment and safety appliances, fa) Rubber plnvcs. fuse pullers, poetries. line hose end blankets. Fusees and flagging equip ment. warning flags, torches and harriers, gas masks, machine guards, etc Location and use of this equipment should lie explained to the new nun. Defects peculiar to each piece of equipment and the best method of inspecting the equipment should be explained M i Should explain to the new man use of first-aid kits and the importance and necessity for first-aid in treatment nf all minor injuries. Should show him where first-aid supplies are located. Should explain briefly the use of each article in the first-aid kit. /5l Should fchovr location and explain use and method of operating Are ex tinguishers on ihf property. Tltc group should lie questioned concerning this equip ment. its use and method of nitration. j The new employee should lie informed that a complete report should be made of accidents tliat occur. Why a detailed re(iort is required hy the safety dcfiartmcnt and by the claims department should lie explained. A copy of each acci dent report form used by the company should fie discussed with the new men. In the conclusions drawn at the end of each of these conferences the leader kfinuld jwiint nut that as such instructions are important to the new man. it is irojmrtant that they lie frequently reviewed with old employees. Frequently m con ducting meetings ni this character it has been determined that some old employees do not understand the proper use of Are extinguishers, cannot state clearly the company policies concerning safety, are of the opinion the only reason for requiring a report of arcidmts is to protect the ennqiany from false claims, have never been instructed in the proper use of gas masks, or ofher equipment they may lie called upon to use in some emergency. There art- scarcely any objections to this plan that cannot be solved. Recently in a large ice company an objection urns offered to that pari of the plan which required this instruction to lie given Iwfnrr the applicant was accepted, on the grounds that then lause of sudden changes in the weather at the beginning of tlte ice season, additional help was needed immediately. The difficulty was solved hy the general manager requiring the plant superintendents to develop a "waiting list"--employees wikj had Iteen instructed by the safety director and might he called when needed. While this conference mrthnd may not lit all conditions and circum stances in the electric railway industry, it is quite probable tliat this plan may lie used with such modifications as may lie necessary and thus reduce the number of accidents due lo lack of proper instructions. ADJOVRS'MEXT T I rEXT Y-FiKST A XXVAL SAFETY COX GUESS X ATI 0 X A L S A F E T V C 0 V X l' 1 L Food Section Oi&cers 1931-32 General Chairman--W. A. Scuivas. U><*\Vilc Rirctiit Company. Kansas Citv. Mo. Vice-Chairman (Membership}--Hf.vbv J. Miv:t*a. The Jbirdeii Company. New York City. Secretary C- XncS'f.rih'r liJitXr---M. K. Ifor-Fjt. R/G Sandwich Shops. Chicago, dll. Chairman Program Committee--R. K. Pwmtv. Aetna Lite Insurance Co.. New York City. CJifltrotan Vaster Coimm'if.v--'Thomas Stwhiumi. Waitner-Tavlitr Co.. Philadelphia. Pa. Chairman Statistics Committee--J. J. Zfitskr, Cmumental Raking Co.. New York Chr. Chairman Enpinccriup fr Publicity--J. J. Lvovs. John F. Jelkc Co.. Chicago. III. Executive Committee---The Officers and Will Cooper. Executive Offices. Stevens Hotel. Oiicago. 111. Aixxanpes Diev.cr. The National Sugar Refining Co.. Long Island City. N. Y. Foavk A. Hasfe. Coni Products Refining Cm. Oiicago, III. Verv D. SrrTO.v. Postum Company. Inc., Rattle Creek. Mich. Ehnest D. Fowler. Amcricus Hotel. Allentown. Pa. Rodeht E. Dav. Kellogg Co.. Rattle Creek. Mich. R. W. Vl'iiiAW. Anhcuser-Rusch. Inc., St. Louis, Mo. TUESDAY MORNING SESSION October 4, 1932 The first session of the Food Section convened in tlic H'ardman Park Hotel. with General Cliatrman Will A. Sullivan presiding. Chairman Sullivan welcomed the delegates, and then introduced the first speaker. , Common Sense Accident Prevention By GLENN L. GARDINER Assistant to the President, Forstman-Woolen Co., Passaic, N. J. Common sense, said tltc s)ieakcr. is often found to lie an uncummon faculty. A study of the causes back of the majority of accidents proves rather conclusively tliat common sense U uncommon. He cited a striking group of accidents all of which had been foolishly caused. He then said in pan: 217