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iV<n<' \\ II.I "< \ (>(>(,(.1 I . vl\lc RR5I) mth natcntcii frontal ventilation anti shark absorbing spacer ring The .NATIONAL FAFtvTY XKttS Is puhOsluwl m m.iH I* tut* A41.Mt.1i .-ateo >.,..^,1. . us*.,4 1 hicaxn. Ill Year!* iil .vrwenm I'rie.. i| Oi) Volume Nuniiter & Kmemi as second Hast nutier 4um* I, 1**21. at ihe I'siOonv,* 4| Hth'Din. Illinois, under Hie An of Xlarrli i IXTO \ddftM11ai eiilr\ al SI `Joseph UichUan OVEMBER. 1935 2 N. S. C. SAFETY SERVICES ARE YOURS - USE THEM Your membership in the National Safety Council places at your command a wealth of safety material that is available without charge. These services are yours. Use them often and use them all. They will help you make your accident prevention program more effective. They will help you reap full benefits from your safety work. * --These interesting monthly stimulators are divided into various industrial sections. Every member is automatically listed in one section and receives this section's News Letter, 4nv member may receive a reasonable number of additional copies without charge and may also receive copies of other sectional News Letters that are of interest and value to his particular type of industry. If you are not familiar with the different News Letters published a list wili be gladly sent on request. ' . `i ' "-These colorful, striking and effective posters bring to the attention of workers safety lessons in picture form. They are easily seen, read and understood. Each member is entitled to a regular allotment. Sixtv-three new and different posters are reproduced every month in NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS. It will pay you to make full use of the posters you are entitled to receive. < -1 v , i ; \ < .' --Most members have some safety problems that are more or less special. Every member has the privilege of asking for the solu tion of as many safety problems as he desires. A trained staff of engineers is available to serve you in this connection. Use this service often, it will save you time and monev. \ '' `.l ; !{* It 1 ---The keeping of proper accident records is an im portant phase of any well rounded safety program. Members may call upon the statistical division for help in formulating a system for tabulating accidents bv cause, location, severity, etc. Members may also receive detailed reports on the trend of accidents in their own particular industry. Adequate accident records show you where special attention is needed. Any help of this nature desired will be gladly furnished. * Listed here are a few of the services available to you as member of the National Safety Council. In addition to these there are many others such as motion pic tures and film strips, safety playlets, employment service, safety material [or employee publications, etc. Informa tion on any of these gladly sent on request. The Mem bership Service Department's sole function is to help you get the best value from your affiliation. Consult it often. i ! if --The National Safety Council's Library is often called the "million dollar library," because it has in its files a wealth of safety information available from no other source. Members are free to ask for information on any published material on almost any subject pertaining to accident prevention. In the ma jority of cases the material is immediately available and will be loaned to a member upon request. '! I! \ '* S --The Council maintains a complete and up-to-date list of capable speakers on all phases of safety work and accident prevention. The lists are kept in geographical order and by subjects so that a well versed speaker may be quickly obtained for any safety subject desired. This service has proved invaluable for local safety programs. Also, a member of the Council staff will he glad to go over any speech on safety a member is going to make and offer constructive criticisms. if* s \'u. ! *.< - t ' --An effective safety and accident prevention program should be well planned. All members are privileged to consult the Council at any time for aid in setting up new safety programs, revising old ones, arranging inter plant and inter department contests, planning safety meetings, methods of instruction--in fact, any matter pertaining to safety work. National Safety Council, Inc., 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago, III. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS infectionn,iH"6OA\V',cERRSS OVER hrnos hM-F-CLERN 3 If you could make sure all hands get really clean before your men leave the plant your rate of hand in fection would be reduced! Can this be done? Is there any safe, simple way to remove embedded grime and grease from minor abrasions on workers' hands? "Yes," say scores of industrial plants, "Lava Soap gets all the dirt , . . every time." Lava is made specially by Procter 8s Gamble to clean grimy hands quickly and safely. It combines cleansing in its two elemental forms . . . dissolving plus scouring. Lava's lather dissolves the surface dirt. Its finely pow dered pumice rubs out the ground-in dirt. Its glycerine and soothing oils protect the skin. Lava costs no more than ordinary soap... lasts much longer. Works well even in cold, hard water. LAVA SOAP Gets Dirt Fast.. Protects the Shin NOVEMBER. 1935 Safety Directors of leading industrial plants in all parts of the country have requested these posters and are now on our mailing list. A new set of posters is mailed out every two months. They are yours merely by tilling out end mailing this coupon to Procter & Gsmble Co., Dept. LNSUS, Box 1801, Cincinnati, Ohio. til, hands emu _ Company_ Number Posters Wanted-- Would be Interested in Prices on Lava A Procter & Gamble Product CARNEGIE FLOOR PLATE For the many places about a plant where workmen's footing may be inse cure-boiler room floors, bridges, cross ings, platforms, stairways--Carnegie Floor Plate offers effective protection. Its anti skid. surface is long wearing and is comfortable to stand or walk on. It provides easy traction for factory trucks. It cleans easily and drains completely. Available in suitable widths and thicknesses. Carnegie Floor Plate should have a very definite place in your safety program. CARNEGIE-ILLINOIS STEEL CORPORATION PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS I AM THE CAR OF 1936 I have been designed to give you greater pleasure and greater safety. The first is accomplished bv brilliant new styling and performance that will thrill you to your finger tips. The second results from better braking, better bodies and an almost universal use of Safety Glass All-Around. There is hardly a manufacturer who does not provide it as standard equipment. Nothing in automotive history indicates more clearly the manufacturer's willing ness to give the public what it wants than the remarkable rapidity with which Safety Glass All-Around has been made so readily and easily available. And there has seldom, if ever, been such general acceptance of an automotive product as that now accorded the Safety Glass made by Libbev-Owens. Ford. Buick, Cadillac, Graham, LaSalle, Oldsmobile and Pontiac use L-O.F Safety Glass All-Around in all models; Chevrolet uses it for all Safety Glass requirements; Auburn, Cord, Lincoln, Packard, Reo, Studebaker and Willvs use it for a large part of their requirements. Such significant recognition of one Safety Glass can imply but one thing... that it is unquestionably a superior product. Libbev-Owens-Ford Glass Company, Toledo. O. 5 A NOVEMBER. 1935 National Safety News Published monthly in the interest of accident prevention and the health of industrial workers VOL 32, No. 5 CONTENTS FOR NOVEMBER, 1935 The President's Address--John E. Long ................................................... ,,,,,..11 Let's Save 12,600 Lives--Hon. Harold G. Hoffman U Safety Had the Spotlight at Louisville .................................... ............................. .. 15 National Safety Council Officers, 1935-1936 Cassu-s H. Watson, M, I)., President i), D. Fennell, Vice-President for Pub lic Relations Hart fo Fisher, M. D., Vice-President for Health John B. Gibson, Vice-President for Safety Councils Hon, Harold G. Hoffman, Vice-Presi dent for Public Safety Vi.okrt S. Regula, Vice-President for Engineering A. V. RonwEnrjt, Vice-President for In dustrial Safety Albert W. Whitney, Vice-President for Education William E. Worth, Vice-President for Finance and Treasurer W, H, Cameron, Secretary and Manag ing Director Officers of the National Safety Council, 1935-36 ........................................... 18 A Full Time Job at the Norris Dam--Curtis Billings....................... ...20 Are Coal Mine Hazards Increasing?--Daniel Harrington........................... .......... 23 Every Entry Was a Winner in the Safety Derby ..................................................... 27 Award 120 Trophies in No-Injury Contests............................................................. .31 Traffic Is Industry's Problem, Too--/. L. Gilbert..............32 Preventing Tuberculosis Among Employees--Charles S. Gallaher, H.D................33 Hydrogen Sulphide--Ind. Data Sheet D-Chem. 16 ................................................. 36 Heard at the Congress............................................................. .......... ..........................66 Regular Departments Editorial ............................................... -- 9 The Managing Director's Page ....... 10 The Safety Exchange .......................................30 Industrial Health --...............................--.33 Safety Instruction Cards ................... -........... 34 The Accident Barometer ..............................-35 Carman T. Fish, Editor Curtis Billings, Associate Editor The Bulletin Board ........................................ 40 Personals .............................................. 49 The Honor Roll .... ......................71 With the Manufacturer ............ 72 The Buyers' Service ......................................... ?6 The Safety Library ............................ Stanley H. Kershaw, Poster Editor C. H. Miller, Advertising Manager Copyright 1935 by National Safety Council, Inc. Printed in U.S.A. Published monthly. Entered as second-class matter June l. 1921, at the Post oiliec at Chicago, III., under the act of March 3, 1879. Additional entry at St, Joseph, Mich. The subscription price to members for extra copies of the NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS is $4.00 per year. Single copies, 40 cents. Reduced quantity prices for yearly subscrip tions and single copies on request. Subscriptions are available only to members of the National Safety Council, Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. This magazine is indexed in the Industrial Arts Index. Statements and opinions advanced in signed articles are to be understood as individual expressions of their authors, not those of the National Safety Council. National Safety Council, Inc. {Cooperative--'Mon-Commercial--i\'on~Poht(cal--tTon-Seclariani 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, U. S. A. New York Office, 9 East 41st Street Office of the Education Division, 1 Park Ave., New 7'o.k City 6 Executive Committee Members at Large 'Thu Above Officers and: Harold S. Buttenhf.im, The American Citft Robert L Gatlin, Aetna Casualty and Surety Cnt Howard Coonli-v, American Standards Association Harry Guilbert, The Pullman Co. 0. F. Larson, Missouri Pacific Railroad Thomas H. MacDonald, Lr. S. Depart ment of Agriculture Edward J, Mekrsn, Portland Oment Association 1, W. Millard, Industrial Gloves Corp. George E. Sandfoiuj, General Electric Co. C, W. Smith, Standard Oil Co.. Ond, Safety Council Representatives gen. John H. Sherburne, Massachusetts Safety Council Walter Dent Smith, Delaware Safety Council Donald A, Finkbeiner, Toledo Safetv Council Edwin A. Keyser, St. Louis Safety Council Robert L. Schmitt, Louisville Safety Council R. B, Fobtuin, Lehigh Valley Safety Council James ,\L Strike, St. Joseph, Mo.* Safety Council Sectional Representatives A. 1 . Armstrong, Chemical .80 -;< w, Olmpcsy, Food Gapt. E. W. Fisxe, Jr., Marine E, E. Grant, Paper and Pulp Ywluam C. Knoelk, Street and High way Traffic J, A. Purdy, Wood Products G* T, Winegar, Automotive and Machine Shop Past Presidents RonEKT W. CAMPBELL Arthur T, Morey Lrw a. Palmer David Van Schaak* Ralph c, Richards* Charles P. Tolman Aivruvn H. Young Marcus A, Dow Lewis A. Dt Br.ois Carl B. Auel Charles B, Scott Walter G. King HoMcn E. Xicsz* f.T.-CoL. Hfnry A. Ren inghr C. Eugene Pcttironb Carl W, Rcrgquist James I. Ban-ash John E. 1>ong flreeawt Honorary Members Robert W. Camprfil Association or Iron ,< Engineers \rtiuh Williams srnnr. Electrical 7 FOR SERIOUS BURNS TRADE TANNAFAXMARK TANNIC ACID JELLY Always fresh and ready for immediate application--`Tannafax' does not deteriorate. Non-oily--non-greasy--has a water-soluble base. Contains 0.5% phenol, which insures sterility and has a mild local anaesthetic action. Entirely eliminates the inconven ience and delay occasioned in preparing solutions. Indispensable to every complete First Aid Equipment in the Industrial Field `Tannafax' Brand Tannic Acid Jelly is issued in 4 gm., 20 gm. and 4 oz. tubes and 1-lb. jars, also in Unit Type packings. Burroughs Wellcome & Co. <U.^cA-) 9 & ii East Forty-first Street NEW YORK CITY Associated Houses: London (Eng.) Montreal Sydney Cape Town Bombay Shanghai Buenos Aires Milan NOVEMBER, 1935 'TABLOID' FIRST-AID PRODUCTS % Send for New Booklet,"`Tabloid' FirstAid For Safety." Name... ___ Street address ______________ __ , City _______ __ __________ State __ ______ __ _ 8 a'T1 X HE right kind of goggles, properly fitted, will prevent any kind of eye injury. I know, because here at tire 'Caterpillar' plant, a safety goggle saves a worker's eye every 8 days . . . based only on the accidents in which even the strong lenses have been cracked but the eye protected. We estimate that the proper use of goggles saves the company many thousands of dollars a year in compensation, medical and hospital expenses, lost time, training of new men and other ways in which eve accidents add to production costs." So said Mr. H, S. Simpson, the Caterpillar Tractor Co.'s well-known safety engineer. The eye safety record of the Caterpillar Tractor Co. clearly shows the value of supplying AO Goggles to everv worker whose job contains even the slightest possibility of eye in jury. Where eye hazards exist and goggles are noc worn, you pay for goggles whether you buy them or not. Recognizing that no one type of goggle is suitable for all classes of work American Optical Company has developed a complete line of eve protection equipment that gives a choice of 24 different standard types. They are strong, cool, comfortable. Men wear them willingly. An AO Industrial Representative stationed in a branch office near you will be glad to recommend a practical eye safety program exactly fitted to the needs of your plant. Call him in. mencan This AO Duralite-5Q Goggle saved the eye of one of the workers in the Caterpillar Tractor Co. plant at Peoria, Illinois. The worker was pounding a jack out of a case, the jack iicw from the casting, striking the Super Armorpiate lens a terrific blow. Note that the lens cracked but remained in tact. This goggle saved an eye--and a great deal of money. ptical Company Manufacturers. for more chan 100 rears, of products to aid and preserve vision. Factories at Southbridjte Miss, in Canada, Consolidated Optical Co., Ltd. Branch othces 10 all principal industrial ceaters ' 1795 NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS NOVEMBER, 1935 9 NATIONAL 5AF*ETY NEWS Published by National Safety Council, Inc. A Challenge A REDUCTION of 35 per cent in motor vehicle fatali ties by 1940 is the goal for the safety movement pro posed by Governor Hoffman of New jersey. It is an inspiring objective. When we translate this saving into human values as Governor Hoffman did at the Twentyfourth Annual Safety Congress, figures have a new meaning. Such a reduction in fatalities, with the corresponding de crease in crippling injuries which would also follow success ful preventive effort, would be an immense contribution to human happiness. The methods of achieving greater safety in a community are well known. They have been tried and found effective in more than one city. But they are not easy to carry out. citizens of Louisville who provided so inspiring and hospita ble a setting. Not the least of the factors in the success of the Congress was the friendly cooperation of the Louisville newspapers. A special committee is already making plans for the 1936 Congress. In selecting the city there are many essentials to be considered. A central location is always desirable, al though other considerations cannot be ignored. One of these is the stimulating effect of the Congress on safety activity in that particular territory. Because of the size of the Con gress and its unusual demands for meeting rooms and guest rooms, only a few cities can offer the necessary facilities. The Council is grateful for the many cordial invitations which have been extended to the 1936 Congress. Commercial vehicles have shown improved experience be cause industry selects, trains and disciplines its drivers. Their record would have been even better had it not been Speed's Passenger for irresponsible private motorists who also use the streets. When the state and municipality can exercise comparable control over all motor vehicle operators in the jurisdiction, the goal will be in sight. AMONG the recent victims of accidents is Sidney Smith, Zjl a cartoonist widely known as the creator of "The Gumps." The cartoonist was driving to his farm in Wisconsin when a head-on collision occurred. The driver of the other car was too badly injured to tell how the collision Variety occurred. While the actual cause of the tragedy is a matter of specu NOT long after J. C. Furnas rendered the safety move lation newspaper biographies of the deceased offer some ment an invaluable service by shocking an apparently significant facts. Smith was a skillful driver and he enjoyed shock-proof public, a member wrote to us asking the Coungetting the maximum miles per hour out of a car. He had cil's attitude on the use of gruesome subjects. been known to drive a thousand miles in one day. The Council has no argument with those who use horrible Death had been a fellow passenger for some time before, he examples to drive home the safety message. We feel, how seized the wheel. ever. that those who depend entirely on this type of appeal will not get the best results. The Council publishes an occasional repulsive poster. .Some companies will not use them. Others will order them In This Issue as fast as they are issued--and the bloodier the better. Undoubtedly pictures of dripping finger stumps and sup purating wounds make some men work more cautiously-- IT WAS Louisville this year! Much of the editorial con tent of this issue is assigned to various phases of the Congress. The managing director has prepared an interest for a time at least. Others will pass by in a hurry when the ing summary of this great event of the safety year for his poster display is repulsive. page. (Page 10.) And on page 15 one observer reports what The pitcher who makes good in the big league is the one he observed during the week. The colorful "Safety Derby" who mixes them up. Few pitchers can last nine innings with is described on page 27. On pages 18 and 19 you will meet only a fast ball. A good curve and change of pace'helps a lot. the newly elected National officers and executive committee Some safety men have a fondness for a certain type of men. appeal and overwork it. Safety work must reach many dif Governor Hoffman's stirring address at the Annual Meet fering mentalities and temperaments. It takes variety to keep ing of Members is worth reading--even if you heard it at the them interested. Congress, ft is published in full on page 13. Not the least interesting side of the vast projects of the V' Tennessee Valley Authority is the intensive and successful The Last Congress and the Next effort being put forth to safeguard inherently hazardous operations. In this issue (page 20) Curtis Billings describes BEFORE one Safety Congress is over the question on everybody's lips is "Where will the next Congress be the program at Norris Dam. Another article, scheduled for an early issue, will describe the work at Wheeler Dam. held?" It is gratifying to know that the Congress would be Coal mine fatalities have been fewer in recent years but welcome in any of a number of cities. conditions are developing which may cause a reversal of this The Twenty-fourth Safety Congress was a truly great one, trend unless energetic safety measures are instituted. thanks to those who took part in the programs and to the (Page 23.) NOVEMBER, 1935 10 The M anaging Director's Page A Glimpse at Our Congress I SHALL never forget ray first Safety Congress. 1 had long believed that we acquire our solid information through study and that technical information is not accu mulated by listening to the reading of papers. My president, who agreed with me, said: "The published transactions of the Congress will give you all you need. Why spend time and money attending the meetings?" Now that I have attended 24 Congresses, let me answer this question. A Safety Congress is much more than an information bureau. It is a gigantic demonstration; a spectacular declara tion of faith; a vehement expression of determination on the part of our movement to live and not to die, to swim and not to sink. The Congress is our way of saying that accidents everywhere can, must and shall be prevented. And at the Congress we also say kaw this is to be accomplished. There were many evidences of the strength of the safety movement at the Louisville Congress, The attendance broke all records except for the 1930 Congress at Pittsburgh. There were not enough hotel rooms to accommodate the out-oftown guests. Over 800 were housed in private dwellings and INTERESTING ITEMS Have you seen the latest edition of the "March of Time" movie feature? Be sure to see it when it cornea your way. It was released October 21 in the larger theatres of the country. This edition includes a dramatization of the now famous Furnas article from the Reader's Digest,--"And Sudden Death." It is a most effective presentation, done with a fine sense of dramatic values. After you have seen this picture write the editors a word of appreciation, with the suggestion that more safety subjects be dramatized. National newspaper publicity during Congress week reached an all-time high. This was due to several factors: The interesting subject matter of the speeches; the widespread interest in highway safety, and the willingness of the newspapers to cooperate. For the first time in several years our Congress dates did not conflict with the World Series bsseball schedule. The safety movement is indebted to the Associated Press and to the radio for whole-hearted cooperation in publicizing the proceedings. Attendance this year was 32 per cent ahead of the 1934 Congress. This may mean that we are on the road back to prosperity. Or it may mean that the re-awakened interest in the safety movement, as evidenced in so many fields during the past year, is beginning to catch on in earnest. Staff editors are hard at work compiling the 1935 Congress Transactions. We hope to have the two volumes ready for distri bution by the latter part of December. If you have immediate need for a copy of some special paper, write us. If there is an extra copy of the abstract in our files, we will gladly mail it. Nine safety talks were made on the radio during Congress week in addition to the addresses of Governor Hoffman and William S. Knudsen which went out over the NBC red network. For taking the responsibility for these radio "spots," the Council is indebted to C. E. Pettibone, Lew Palmer, J. I. Banish, Charles B. Scott, A. V. Robweder, Albert W. Whitney, C. W. Bergquist, C. B. Auel and Dr. C. H. Watson. F. C. Lynch and John B. Gibson talked before two of the leading civic groups in Louisville. These ad dresses were part of the big publicity program. every dub, apartment house and Y.M.C.A., was filled to overflowing. The Louisville Safety Council, through its president, Mr. E. J. O'Brien, Jr., and manager, Mr. Frank \V. Rodenheber, with the limitless cooperation of the directors and many other institutions in the city did everything possible to make this a truly great Congress. Through publicity and elaborate street decorations every man, woman and child in Louisville was aware that a great event was taking place. The final edition of the program totaled 96 pages; there were over 400 names listed therein; 125 meetings and demonstrations; two big safety exhibits; and generous en tertainment for the ladies and for all delegates. Corporation members sent delegations from their many plants ranging from ten to seventy people. A group of one hundred and forty "worker delegates" was a unique feature. The Council itself entertained at special luncheons these "worker delegates" as well as its officers and hundreds of committeemen. The early morning classes consisting of two sessions on public speaking and two on safety in foremanship, and four on street traffic safety brought out thousands of delegates. These safety men were well repaid for their effort. There were daily radio broadcasts from the Congress, and a national hook-up for Governor Hoffman of New Jersey and William Knudsen, executive vice-president of the General Motors Corporation. Every phase of safety was discussed--home, school, in dustrial, aeronautical, street and highway. It was. as it ought to have been, the most constructive and comprehensive program the National Safety Council has ever produced for public consumption. The mechanics of handling the Congress were exception ally well taken care of. More than 1,000 separate signs were used to facilitate the conduct of the meetings. The Council produced a new type of exhibit demonstrating the possibili ties of modem display. Both the Industrial and Public Safety Exhibits were given color and attractiveness by decorating them in "Kentucky Derby" style. Many prizes were awarded including two grand prizes at the banquet. Study committee of fifteen volunteers checked every meet ing and mingled with the delegates. Already they have made exhaustive recommendations for the conduct of the 1936 Congress. Representatives were in attendance from Sweden, Cuba. Canada and other foreign countries. This Congress was a real stimulant for the safety move ment. The 7,000 persons in attendance testified to their sin cerity and their desire to bring about a better understanding of how accidents happen and how they can be stopped. Much of the information growing out of a Congress can be gleaned from the published transactions, but for the in spiration one must attend. The safety movement can live only on a combination of the two! NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 11 The President's Address By JOHN E. LONG President. S'nttonal Safety Council, Inc. 193.1-1,1 EFOREI render on behalf of your Directors, Executive Committee men and Officers an accounting of their conduct of the affairs of your Council during the past year, permit me to exercise my highly valued privilege of extending a most cordial greeting to you - to members, representatives of members, public officials and guests -- all gathered here to attend the TwentyFourth Annual Safety Congress of the National Safety Council. There can be no more convincing evi dence of the real worth of the cause to which you have devoted yourselves, nor of the truly democratic character of the institution which you have created in its Before the Ahnual Meeting: of Members, Twenty-fourth Annual Safety L'nnixress.. Louisville, Ky.. October J4, 1935, NOVEMBER, 1935 service, than the strikingly large num bers In which each year you come to gether to dedicate yourselves anew to the support of that cause, and to deter mine how its service may best be ad vanced and enlarged. I atn once more impressed with the constantly increasing interest in the great Safety Movement and with your clear understanding that only through the personal participation and coopera tion of all members of the Council can the cause of Safety be advanced as it should be and our organization retain its proper and important place in the lead of accident prevention effort. Without such participation and co operation, the best efforts of those to whom you have entrusted the activities and management of your affairs could not have achieved anything like the same measure of success and the Safety cause would not be what it is today--a National movement of widest range and with practically unlimited possibilities. Eleven years ago the National Safety Council held its Thirteenth Annual Con gress in Louisville. It was an event that we have remembered with pleasure for the gracious hospitality extended to visiting delegates and for invaluable aid to the cause of Safety. To the officials and citizens of Louisville, I express the heart-felt appreciation of the folks who represent the Safety Movement. We are grateful for your continued interest in safety and for the cordiality of your welcome to this Congress. We know that we will profit by the interchange of experiences and by the fellowship of this gathering and we know that the City of Louisville will share richly in the benefits. Let me take this opportunity also, of expressing the grateful appreciation of the Safety Movement to all who have contributed to the work. This Congress represents the cooperative efforts of many minds, freely given in a worthy cause. It makes available a vast fund of information which will aid us in the conduct of our work during the coming year. To the speakers and to those who have served on the various committees, we are indebted for a devoted service which makes the work of accident pre vention a living, vital force. I am especially pleased this year to note the presence of so many worker delegates. Let me emphasize the point that safety work is not merely an activity for a limited specialized group -- the safety engineers. The work of prevent ing accidents is as broad as life itself. It is concerned in every activity of our daily lives, and it involves men, women and children of every age and of every profession and occupation. Accident prevention in industry has been a joint endeavor of executives, of supervisors and of workers, with the safety men giving the benefit of their specialized experience and training. This splendid representation, I am convinced, is the underlying reason for the out standing accomplishments of organized safety work in American industry. When we have the same wide participation in safety activities outside the factory wails, we will see amazing results. It seems hardly necessary for me to remind you of the disheartening acci dent experience of the past year which has been displayed prominently in news papers throughout the entire country. In recent months the world has been 12 startled by the accidental deaths of several prominent persons. An airplane crash in the Arctic wastes claimed the lives of a beloved humorist and an in trepid aviator. An automobile accident in Switzerland resulted in the death of a young queen whose character and charm had endeared her to her subjects. For the second time within two years, acci dents brought mourning to the whole kingdom of Belgium. The same causes that bring death to humbler persons care nothing for the rank of the prospective victim. I believe that the headlines of these tragedies have helped to bring home the seriousness of the accident menace and they must have convinced the public that an accident is no respecter of persons. An Appalling Picture Industry has shared in the unfavor able accident trend but the bulk of the increase has been in public accidents, particularly those involving motor ve hicles. It is appalling to realize that more than ! 00,000 of our people met accidental death last year. If this toll is not checked, it staggers the imagina tion to estimate the number of lives that will be lost and the number of people who will be crippled during our lifetime. We cannot ascribe the increase in public accidents to any one cause alone, speed, alcohol, laxity of law enforcement -- all of tuese have contributed their share to the heavier casual ity lists of the past two years. Speeds on the highways are definitely higher than they were a few years ago. We must face the fact that people are no longer satisfied to travel at 35 miles an hour and many of them are impatient at 45. The modern automobile is a marvelous piece of mechanism, but no amount of engineering skill can make it any safer than its operator. Any current model car can be driven much faster than the average driver's reflexes will permit handling with any reasonable de gree of safety. While speed is involved in only a small percentage of the total number of traffic mishaps, we cannot escape this signifi cant fact--that nearly two-thirds of the fatalities to occupants of cars occur at speeds in excess of 45 miles an hour. To day an ordinary individual may have at his command more horsepower than was even dreamed of a few years ago--often far too much for his skill and judgment. The other menace which is being brought forcibly home to us is the use of intoxicating liquors by motorists. While the menace of the drunken driver should not detract our attention from the less sensational accident causes, we must include it among the reasons for the mounting death rate. Alcoholism, like every other problem of human behavior, is far too complex to be solved by such a simple expedient as a jail sentence alone. Our trouble is not only the drunken driver, but the driver who has merely been drinking. It is going to be difficult to get public opinion to support drastic penalties for the motorist whose reaction time has been slowed down by two or three drinks. Let me make it clear that the Na tional Safety Council does not recom mend a multiplicity of laws as a cure for present conditions. The Council, however, does recommend uniformity of traffic ordinances throughout the country, with just enforcement of rea sonable regulations. The Council also urges the extension of drivers' license laws with adequate examinations as a means of keeping the obviously unfit off the highways and as a means of control over all motorists. I think it is becoming increasingly evident to all of us that the present trend of motor vehicle deaths will in evitably result in more drastic methods of control over motorists. It may even amount to regimentation, regrettable as such measures would be. It remains to he seen whether motorists can develop sufficient judgment and self control to forestall more drastic regulation. We must remember that the laws now on our statute books, including many that are unworkable, are there because some evil called for correction. Legislation, as we all know, is often a cumbersome and inflexible way of dealing with a situation. It is sometimes necessary but its limitations should be distinctly understood. It cannot take the place of a sound program of educa tion for both adults and children. Motorists of the Future Our schools have made remarkable progress in training children in selfpreservation, hut present methods of training do not go far enough. As these boys and girls grow up they will be motorists as well as pedestrians. I be lieve that in the very near future every high school will have in its curriculum a course in motor vehicle operation. With this training in the mechanics of opera tion, there should be splendid oppor tunities for instruction in the morals and manners of motoring. The engineering side of safety is also important but if we depend upon physi cal improvements alone, the results are sure to be disappointing. Our wide straight superhighways are by no means free from tragedies. These modern high ways, like railway grade crossing separa tions, are often the result of a demand for efficiency rather than safety. The elimination of delay seems to be a more impelling motive than the removal of danger. The Broad Field of Health In the industrial field we find the problem of occupational diseases over shadowing many of our other problems. I am sure we would be happy if we could confine our activities to the humane work of prevention, but safety work cannot always be divorced from the complicated results of disability. So we find ourselves at times confronted with medico-legal situations. The safety movement has no sympathy with any effort to reduce accident costs by the avoidance of just claims but our whole system of compensation is complicated by some very human traits. Compensa tion. particularly in the field of occupa tional diseases where the responsibility is often vague, sometimes degenerates into a form of relief. Industry must assume the responsi bility for freeing its work places from sickness and accident hazards, but the employer has a right to be assured that he is not paying for a disability acquired elsewhere. I am convinced that public opinion will demand higher standards of industrial hygiene just as it began to demand safer factories and safer trans portation twenty-five years ago. Our knowledge of industrial health hazards is still extremely meager, it must be augmented considerably in the interests of both the employer and the employee. Compensation cannot be stretched to include sickness insurance, unemployment insurance and old age pensions without danger of the whole system breaking down. Other plans must be made for these social measures. When the safety movement started, few of us realized how complicated it was to become. A comparison of the program of this congress with a program of twenty years ago will show how far we have traveled. Guards and education absorbed prac tically all of our attention then, and it was very elementary education at that. The safety movement has gone to college (Please turn to page $4) NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 13 Let's Save 12,600 Lives! A Challenge to the Safety Movement By HAROLD G. HOFFMAN of Sew Jersey EFQRE discussing the subject of highway safety let me go on record as being a most rabid en thusiast of the organization which, in my opinion, has saved more lives and eliminated more physical torture from the every-day world than any other non profit group in the country: the Na tional Safety Council. Carrying the gospel of accident pre vention from coast to coast, this body, supported entirely by membership con tributions, has conserved so many lives, so many limbs, so many fingers, so many heartaches that the true worth of its work can never be evaluated. When the Council began operations in 1913 the accidental death rate was 85.5 per 100,000. Today, in spite of an enormous multiplication of risk and ex posure, that rate has been cut to 79,9. And I think the most concise way to appraise these labors for the past 22 years is to say that there are 190,000 people alive today who would have been dead but for the relentless efforts of this group. On behalf of those who have been snatched from the hospital and the morgue, 1 salute the National Safety Council. And to those who think of civilized progress in terms of the steady reduction of this savage waste of life and limb in preventable accidents, let me urge you most fervently to get behind this undertaking in the most practical manner conceivable: by the financial support of membership. All of which leads directly to my topic because the major portion of this achievement has been in the factory and the mill, the railroad and the mine. To a marvelous degree, serious injury has been minimized in even the most hazard ous occupations through this intelligent, persistent war. So the upshot, as I see it, is that the wage earner of today, no matter how dangerous his work, stands a much better chance than he ever did of coming home tonight safe and sound provided--and this is where 1 come into the picture-- NOVEMBER, 1935 Provided he isn't run down by an automobile on the way home! In other words, the real accident prob lem now is coming out of the factory into the street and highway where, last year, we set an all-time high record for sudden death. This situation interests the public as the victims: it interests you safety engi neers as their defenders; it interests me as a public official because I feel that the reduction of traffic accidents is as much a matter of public welfare as was the elimination of the fever - breeding swamp or the plague-spreading rat. A life is just as precious whether it be saved by wiping out a mosquito hole or a treacherous highway intersection. And since motoring now kills some ten thou sand a year more than that old bugaboo, malaria, the point requires no elabora tion. We simply must make the hazards of traffic at least as inconsequential as we have already made the hazards of public plague. This is obvious from the fact that in 1934 the automobile driver-- and please don't miss the emphasis on driver rather than on automobile- managed to kill, maim and injure more than enough people to repopuiate the whole state of Colorado. To put it another way, every week of the year we killed more victims on the highways than were lost in the recent Florida hurricane which impressed the nation so graphically as a grave catas trophe. And the startling thing about it all is that since at least 1925, each year except one has been worse than the year before. Conspicuous among those who participated in the Twenty-fourth Annual Safety Con gress were: Ueft to right) William S. Knudsen, executive vice-president. General Motors Corporation; W. H, Cameron, managing director, NSC; Dr. C. H. Watson, president-elect, NSC; John E. Long, retiring president, and Hon. Harold G. Hoffman. Gov-. Hoffman's address before the Annual Meeting of Members is printed herewith. 14 Plain horse sense tells us that this Indeed, these methods are already large masses of people, the disinterest of must stop. Two successive years with bearing fruit in some of the more aggres some officials, the limitation of funds more than one million traffic casualties sive cities and states which have taken available, and the thousand and one ex apiece is such a wanton, uncivilized the traffic bull by the horns. You will pected and unexpected obstacles which waste of life that drastic action becomes understand my pride. I am sure, when I hamper any movement all combine to imperative. And I can think of no better say that my own state of New jersey is make it advisable to refrain from setting place in which to recruit and solidify one of these. We rank only 45th in terri the goal too high. that action than here. torial area, yet our situation between A Call to Arms With this ghastly experience casting its prophetic shadow on the years to come, I am taking it upon myself to sound a call to arms. New York and Pennsylvania makes us a veritable gangplank between the first and third cities of the country with a traffic problem that is staggering. De spite this--and despite the nation-wide increase of 15 per cent in highway acci dents last year--we kept our rise down Modernizing the Highways On top of this we are faced with a sharp increase in the number of vehicles on our highways and, especially, an in crease in their total annual mileage. Hence I feel that if you take ail these This summons is in the form of a to $y3 per cent. Actually, we had fewer factors into consideration, you will agree proposal--a proposal which may seem motor deaths than in 1929, 1930 or 1931 that my objective is neither too high nor too ambitious to some, too modest to with a much greater traffic flow. too low. others -- a proposal- which will involve widespread co-operation, unflagging effort and painstaking diligence; but one which will pay a fabulous dividend in an amazingly brief time. This, of course, we credit to organized safety efforts. For the truth is that on the highway, just as in the factory, the mine or the railroad, we can claim a standard technique which if honestly, What we musn't allow ourselves or the public to forget is that its realization will not come from "prayer and fasting" alone. Hard work is involved. Our streets and highways must be modern This proposal, my friends, is that the diligently and patiently applied, will not ized for present day traffic if we are National Safety Council declare a defi only check the accident rise but will ac really convinced that the horse and nite objective for each state in the union: tually reduce it. buggy has gone for good. We need con A reduction of at least 35 per cent in motor vehicle deaths by the end of the year rp40. The details, the complicating prob lems, the methods of such an endeavor need not be gone into now: you safety men know them as well or better than I. What I should like to emphasize is, first, that the time is ripe for such a move ment: second; that this goal can reason ably be achieved: third, that its accom plishment will be enormously profitable in terms of dollars and cents as well as blood and bones, happiness and security. The time is ripe because general ac ceptance of the need for drastic action is being fanned into flame by the publicspirited press. Newspapers the country over are giving constructive attention to the problem, and in the past few months I have noticed motor safety articles in at least five leading magazines approach ing IS millions in aggregate circulation. On the heels of such education there will come a lively demand for remedies. The goal is reasonable because we have already seen more difficult ambi tions realized. In the period when adult fatalities jumped 28 per cent, accidents among school children dropped 19 per cent. While deaths among private drivers -- I believe some call them "pleasure drivers"!--have increased 40 per cent, commercial vehicle accidents have come down 26 per cent. In each instance re ductions have been effected by the meth ods so well known to safety men: by con sistent education, coordinated efforts: Needless to say. New Jersey is not unique; several other states and numer ous cities, large and small, have made genuine progress in the reduction of highway accidents. To cite a single ex ample. Milwaukee, last year's winner of the Council's contest, has not only cut traffic deaths in one year but in four years hand-running. So to those who say that this pro posed 35 per cent reduction is too stiff. I say that it is already being done. So far this year no less than 17 states have cut their deaths from 17 to 30 per cent under last year. Of our 13 larger cities, 8 show decreases for the first seven months: a total of 301 lives saved in these communities alone. And among the smaller cities you will find that the number not having a single death this year is exactly double last year's total! Backward States On the other hand, to those who feel that the goal is too soft--that five years is too long a period for so little imp-ovement---I say that the field for progress is still enormous. As you well know, there are still some 14 states which re quire no driving license--and 10 which fix no minimum age for the operator of an automobile, thereby making no dis tinction whatever between a kiddie car and a 120 horsepower sedan. Such laggards cannot help but detract from the progress of the more advanced. And even in the more advanced, I know, trolled rights of way, the separation of highway grades, the separation of oppos ing vehicular flows, the substitution of 20th century lighting for the mid-Vic torian glimmer of our heavily-travelled roads, and many other safety features so well known to you highway and traffic engineers. I needn't tell you that automobiles must be maintained in a condition com parable to that when delivered by the manufacturer -- or that enforcement agencies must be properly organized and adequately equipped in order to cope with today's conditions--or that educa tion must he pressed into every nook and cranny of the land--or that uniform driver's license laws and, above all, uni form traffic laws are a crying need. To be sure, many of these things will ma terialize more quickly as more of our states acquire up-to-date motor vehicles bureaus: not mere fee collecting agen cies, but departments dedicated to safe guarding the public on the highways. And we will doubtless have more bureaus of that caliber when business and civic organizations, womens' clubs and churches unite in this war and demand such assistance from their localities. These details you all appreciate: my sole function is to urge you to work and fight for them in the face of every obstacle. Through legislation, through administration --- above all, through education all the way from the kinder garten to the university's senior class, we must hammer, hammer, hammer on the the time-honored organized campaign. from long experience, that the inertia of (Please turn to page do) NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS Safety Had the Spotlight in Louisville 15 THE largest and best attended Safety Congress since 1930 took possession of the city of Louis ville during the week of October 14 to 18. More than 6,000 delegates from every state in the Union and from several foreign countries attended the sessions. There were -two other conventions meet ing in Louisville simultaneously with the Congress and the fall race meet at Churchill Downs was also in progress, but safety occupied the center of the stage. Naturally, such an influx of visitors to the city taxed the capacity of the local hotels but the local Congress Committee handled the difficulties with exceptional skill. Many delegates had to put up with less luxurious hotels than they had been accustomed to, but these minor in conveniences were invariably accepted in good spirit. Many delegates also found it necessary to secure accommodations in private homes which were made avail able for the Congress. Many a delegate so quartered found that southern hospi tality was not conflned to the pages of fiction. Harrassed hotel clerks were besieged by scores of travelers who wanted sample rooms or even a place to stay for the CASSIUS H. WATSON, M. D. President-Elect, National Safety Council NOVEMBER, 1935 Cassius H. Watson was bom in 1878 at Brooklyn, N. Y. He passed his boyhood in Danbury, Conn., graduating from the Dan* bury High School in 1896. He entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1897 preparing for medicine. During his college career he participated in rowing, football and other forms of athletics, repre senting his University in a number of events. Upon graduation he was appointed Harrison scholar in biology. Taking a position as in structor in biology, natural sciences and mathematics at Pratt institute High School, he was able to arrange bis time so that he could complete his four year course in medi cine at the Long island College Hospital. Upon graduation from medicine he en tered upon a two-years* interneshtp at the Long Island College Hospital. The succeed ing years included clinic work in Manhattan and Brooklyn, minor teaching assignments at Long island College Hospital, with the continuance of the position at Pratt Insti tute as a lecturer on science. He became interested in safety, per se, at the time of his first association with the ,\ew York Telephone Company. About 1913 the Employees5 Benefit Plan of the Ameri can Telephone & Telegraph Company was formed, and Dr. Watson, who did a great deal of the accident surgery for the New York company, was asked to devote a certain amount of his time to the headquarters office where a small medical unit was instituted. This unit grew very rapidly. Dr. Watson's increasing association with the safety movement led to his election as vice-president of the Council for health a few years ago. He has long taken an active interest in Red Cross affairs and has been intimately concerned in the development of first aid measures throughout the Bell Sys tem. He is a member of various medical associations and holds a fellowship in the American College of Surgeons. 16 President Watson's Speech of Acceptance night, but ail rooms in downtown hotels had been engaged far in advance. The provision of adequate meeting rooms provided another problem for hotels because of the number of sectional meetings which comprised the Congress. The combined facilities of the Brown. Kentucky and Seel bach hotels were needed to hold the many sessions. That the Council was welcome in Louisville, there could be no doubt. There was no mistaking the cordiality with which Mayor Neville Miller, and E. J. O'Brien, Jr., President of the Louis ville Safety Council, and General Chair man of the Greater Louisville Safety Congress Committee, welcomed the dele gates to the city at the Annual Meeting of Members. It seemed like a pre-depression Con gress when the ballroom of the Kentucky Hotel was filled for the annual meeting. President John E. Long, whose address summarized the progress of the safety movement and its immediate problems, was followed by two speakers of un usual prominence: William S. Knudsen, executive vice-president of General Mo tors Corporation, and Governor Harold G. Hoffman, of New Jersey, who has served the Council as chairman of the Street and Highway Traffic Section and was elected Vice-President of the Na tional Safety Council in charge of Public Safety. Mr. Knudsen divided his address, "Safety and Manufacturing," into two parts: the prevention of accidents in industry, and the prevention of accidents in which automobiles participate. Mr. Knudsen attributed the improvement in industrial accident experience partly to improved machine and tool design, but even more to better training of workmen and foremen. To the safety engineers he gave much of the credit for being the prime mover in this improvement. Mr. Knudsen questioned some of th: accusations made against speed as the outstanding cause of accidents, pointing out that in European countries where cars are much smaller and lighter than ours, and not capable of such great speed, the rate of automobile deaths per 10,000 motor vehicles runs from two to four times our rate. Suggested means to help the situation are the education of the driver, licensing of the operator, and compulsory inspection of motor ve hicles. In conclusion, Mr. Knudsen praised the Council for its part in the promotion of safety: "Your organization is not something invented today or yesterday: it is a living, strong body, whose efforts of study and action should be behind every move to reduce accidents through out the land." The goal of a 35 per cent reduction in motor vehicle fatalities by 1940 was urged by Governor Hoffman whose ad dress is reprinted in this issue. The Monday morning addresses were broadcast from Station WAVE over an NBC hook-up. IT IS a great honor to become the Presi dent of this very wonderful organiza tion. An assignment of this sort is fraught with such obligations that I fear an al ready well-developed inadequacy com plex may become supplanted by a still further faulty psychology. I shall hope, however, to profit by the becoming modesty and splendid achievements of my predecessors, and making use of their productions and their decisions, be able to carry out the term of my administra tion satisfactorily. I have many times marveled at the humanitarianism which is the lone stimu lus that has maintained the enthusiasm of our members for this great work of safety. Safety may be thought to have become supreme among the altruistic endeavors of our people, and the Nation al Safety Council symbolizes both the sentiment and the action needed for its advancement. The National Safety Council probably contacts intimately, directly or indirectly, more individuals than any similar group in the country. The appeal of its objec tives meets a response, however tran sient, in the intelligence of every one. The philosophy behind the execution of its objectives is based on the theory of repeated directions of the insight of people, to the ideals which experience has shown, insure safety. We too often take safety for granted and pursue our daily comings and goings with little thought as to hazards. People will always be con fronted by the elements of human frailty, moral laxity, material loss and lack of in tegrity of the constituent elements in an unfriendly environment. To meet these elements which are opposed to safety, it is necessary that we intelligently use our brains and sense organs to prevent these agencies from functioning. The doctrines which experience and authority have shown lie behind the ideals of adequate safety, concern both the individual as well as the group. We must think of the safety of others, even more intensely than we think of our own personal safety. Once the safety of others is assured, individual safety be comes a fact. So it is, that the National Safety Council cooperating with our Government and all other interested agencies strives to establish and main tain safety on the sea, safety in the air, safety on the land and safety in the depths of the earth. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS IT Sectional meetings and subject ses sions started Monday afternoon. In all, 110 sessions with some 360 speakers were listed in the printed program. Seven subject sessions with extremely practical topics were sponsored by the ASSE-Engineering Section. These were: Fire Prevention in Industry, Safety in the Small Plant, Safety Training, Main taining Interest in Safety, Heat Exhaus tion, Finding and Correcting Accident Causes, and Occupational Diseases. Early morning classes have become a regular feature of the Annual Safety Congress. They have proved to be an excellent way of including sessions of widespread interest so that they will not conflict with other meetings. Tuesday and Wednesday morning at 8:30, Dr. William P. Sandford, of the Sandford Speech Organization, Chicago, delivered two lectures on public speaking in safety work. Safety in Foremanship was the topic of the Thursday and Friday morn ing lectures conducted by H. S. Bigelow, vice-president, Sales Analysis Institute, New York City. These lectures demon strated the effectiveness of the confer ence method of teaching safety to fore men and its application to all industries. The subject matter covered the psycho logical and emotional factors which are important in understanding the science of human relationships. On Tuesday evening, the ballroom of the Kentucky Hotel was again filled for a program of safety talkies. "Every body's Business." produced under the supervision of the Plymouth Division, Chrysler Corporation, presented a force ful plea for safe driving. It is impres sive without being gruesome in its por trayal of the sins against safe driving which are responsible for accidents. This film is entertaining throughout and its producers have succeeded in avoiding the trite and the insipid. A new film produced under the super vision of the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, San Francisco, was also shown. This one-reei picture tells the touching story of how a reckless driver injures an entire family and cripples "Jimmy." It depicts in a highly emo tional manner the results of a thought less act. `Death Takes No Holiday." a film strip with sound, produced by the Na tional Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters, was also included in the program. This strip gives a clear pic ture of the scope and tragic character of the automobile accident situation and presents many positive suggestions for improving traffic conditions. Through the exhibit arranged by the Library of the National Safety Council at each annual Congress more and more members are learning of the vast amount of inform ation which is available for the asking. As an added attraction, "The March of Time" was also presented. Among the news features dramatized by this re markable production was the story' of "--And Sudden Death," showing how this remarkable article came to be written, with one scene from the article omitting the more gruesome parts. At the Annual Banquet on Wednesday evening Dr. John L. Davis, of New York, again addressed an appreciative audience. His selection as the speaker for the second consecutive banquet was the result of requests from many mem bers who were charmed by his humor and philosophy at the Cleveland Con gress. Clifford Davis, vice-mayor and commissioner of fire and police for Mem phis, had been scheduled as toastmaster but was unable to be present. In his absence Dr. C, H. Watson filled the double role of president-elect and toast master. A pleasant part of the evening's pro gram was the presentation of the plaque won by Louisville in the National Safety Council's Inter-City Plant Contest. The t ophv was received on behaif of the city by E. J. O'Brien, Jr., president of the Louisville Safety Council. Other evening functions during the week were the President's Reception and dance on Monday evening, a session de voted to child education on Tuesday evening around the general topic, "Are Children Safe in Your Community?" Thursday evening was given over to the annual Fun Fest which taxed the ca pacity of the Casa Madrid. An innovation this year was a special luncheon for worker delegates. For several months prior to the Congress employers had been urged to include workers among their representation at the Congress. Many of these delegates had been sent to the Congress by their companies as a reward for their services to safety. The meeting was addressed by John E. Long, retiring president of the Council and by W. H. Cameron, managing director. The Street and Highway Traffic Sec tion had a crowded schedule lasting from Monday afternoon until Friday noon. On Monday afternoon a general traffic session was held with Governor Harold G. Hoffman, of New Jersey, and Dr. Miller McClintock, Director of the Bureau of Street Traffic Research, Har vard University, as the speakers. Follow ing this meeting the section adjourned for committee meetings. Two sessions were held jointly with the Institute of Traffic Engineers, and while the indus trial delegates were busy with the early morning classes in public speaking and foremanship, the public safety delegates were holding a traffic school. Other public safety problems were discussed in the sessions of the Vehicle Fleet Sec tion and in a special subject session on Industry and Its Motor Vehicle Accident Problem. Few of the sessions attracted more interest than those devoted to industrial health. One meeting dealt with First Aid and Health Service in Industry, an other with Heat Exhaustion, and a third with Occupational Diseases. (Please turn to page 60) NOVEMBER, 1935 18 Executive Officers of the National Safety Council Elected at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Safety Congress President: Cassius H. Watson, M. D,, medical director, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, New York City. Vice-President for Public Safety: Hon. Harold G. Hoff man. Governor of New Jersey, Trenton, N. J. Vice-President for Public Relations: I). D. Fennell, consulting engineer, Chicago. Vice-President for Health: Hart E. Fisher, M. D,, F.A.C.S.. chief surgeon, Chicago Rapid Transit Company, Chicago, Vice-President for Safety Councils: John B. Gibson, director of publicity, Western Electric Company, Haw thorne Works, Chicago. Vice-President for Engineering: Albert S. Reguia, executive secretary. Industrial Relations Counsellors, Inc., New York City, Vice-President for Industrial Safety: A. V. Rohweder, superintendent of safety and welfare, Duluth. Missabe & Northern Railway Company, Duluth, Minn, Vice-President for Membership: R, 'I. Solensten, vicepresident. Elliott Service Company. New York City. Vice-President for Education: Albert W. Whitney, asso ciate general manager. National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters, New York City. Vice-President for Finance and Treasurer: William E. Worth, works manager. Twine Mills, International Harvester Company. Chicago, Secretary and Managing Director: W. H. Cameron, Chicago. Executive Committee Members at Large The above officers and: Harold S. Buttenheim, editor. The American City, New York City. Robert I. Catlin, The Aetna Casualty and Surety Com pany. Hartford, Conn, Howard Coonley, president, American Standards Associa tion. New York City. Harry Guilbert, director. Bureau of Safety and Compen sation. The Pullman Company, Chicago. Merle C, Hale, director of industrial relations. General Motors Corp., Detroit, Mich. William C. Knoelk, chairman, Milwaukee Safety Com mission, Milwaukee, Wis, Edward J. Mehren, president, Portland Cement Associa tion. Chicago. I, W. Millard, president, Industrial Gloves Corp,, Dan ville, 111. C. W, Smith, director, Safety Department, Standard Oil Company (Indiana). Chicago. W. H. Win'ans, manager. Industrial Relations Department. Union Carbide and Carbon Corp., New York City. Ci. E, Sanford, General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y. Safety Council Representatives District 1--Generai John H. Sherburne, Attorney, Boston. ( Massachusetts Safety Council.) District 2--Walter Dent Smith, president and manager Delaware Safety Council. District 3--Donald A. Ftnkbeiner, Community Traction Co,, Toledo, Ohio. (Toledo Safety Council.) District 4---Edwin A. Keyser, St. Louis Dairy Co. (St. Louis Safety Council.) District a Robert L. Schmitt, Louisville Car Wheel and Railway Supply Co., Louisville, Kv. (Louisville Safety Council.) Class B and C Councils R, B, Fortuin, Pennsylvania-Dixie Cement Corp., Naza reth. Pa. (Lehigh Valley Safety Council.) James M. Strike. St. Joseph Railway, Light, Heat and Power Co.. St. Joseph, Mo. (St. Joseph Safety Coun cil. ) Sectional Representatives A, L. Armstrong, Eastman Kodak Co.. Rochester. X. Y, (Chemical.) C, W. Dempesy, Liquid Carbonic Corp., Chicago. (Food.) Cart. E. W. Fiske. Jr.. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc.. New York City. f Marine, j E. E. Grant, Crystal Tissue Co., .Middletown, Ohio. (Paper and Pulp.) William C. Knoelk, Milwaukee Safety Commission, Mil waukee. Wis. (Street and Highway Traffic.) j. A. Purdy, Michigan Mutual Liability Co.. Detroit, Mich. (Wood Products,i C. T. Wi.negar. Dodge Bros. Div., Chrysler Corp., Detroit. Mich. (Automotive, i Past Presidents Robert W. Campbell, Los Angeles. Calif. Arthur T. Morey. St. Louis, .Mo. Lew R. Palmer, conservation engineer. The Equitable Life Assurance Society, New York City. Charles P. Tolman, consulting engineer. Boyle, Tolman & Travis, New York City. Arthur H. YMung, vice-president. United States Steel Corp., New Yrork City. Marcus A. Dow, manager, Department of Safety and Per sonnel, Greyhound Management Company. Cleveland, 0. Lewis A. DeBlois, consulting engineer. New York City. Carl B. Auel, manager. Employees' Service Department, Westinghouse Electric & .Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburgh, Pa. Charles B. Scott, president. Bureau of Safety, Inc., Chicago. Walter G. King, manager. Safety Division, American Optical Company, New York City. Lieut.-Col. Henry A. Reninger. special representative. Le high Portland Cement Company. Allentown, Pa. C. Eugene Pettibone. vice-president, American Mutual Lia bility Insurance Company, Boston, Mass. Carl W. Bergquist, superintendent of public relations. West ern Electric Company. Hawthorne Works, Chicago. James I. Banash, consulting engineer, Chicago. John E. Long, superintendent of safety. The Delaware & Hudson Railroad Corp.. Albany, X. V. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS D. D. FENNELL Vice-President for Public Relations Off icers of the National Safety Council 1935-36 19 HON. HAROLD G. HOFF MAN, Vice-President for Public Safety HART E. FISHER, M.D. Vice-President for Health JOHN B. GIBSON Vice-President for Safety Councils ALBERT S. REGULA Vice-President for Engineering A. V. ROHWEDER Vice-President for Industrial Safety R. T. SOLENSTEN Vice-President for Membership NOVEMBER, 1935 ALBERT W. WHITNEY Vice-President for Education WILLIAM E. WORTH Vice-President for Finance and Treasurer W. H. CAMERON Secretary and Managing Director 20 Looking west across the down-river fare of Norris Dam one sees the sub stantial staggered ladders up the blocks to the pouring levels, the staunch baffle platform extending along the base, the head towers of the cable ways at upper left, and the cir cular bin for cement at the right of the towers. M UCH has been written about the social economic and politi cal aspects of the experiment now being carried out in the Tennessee Valley by the Authority established by Congress two years ago; but little has been said about the huge construction project itself--and less about the care being taken to prevent the injury and death of men on the works. But this last aspect is surely one of the most in teresting; the safety program might well be held up as a model for the heavy con struction industries of the United States. Since my visit included only the dam at Norris and the basin above, this ar ticle will be limited to a description of safety work there; but the Tennessee Valley Authority, as an integral func tion of the Personnel Division, is con ducting a vigorous campaign not only in the fields of industrial and public safety but in the home as well. This program is under the supervision of D. F. McMurchy, director of safety, who is assisted by field safety engineers located in each of its principal construction areas and resident safety supervisors on the major operations. Right at the outset it must be pointed out that the most inherently hazardous occupations on Norris Dam have been made comparatively safe; the rigging crew, for example, installed and has maintained two electrically controlled cableways consisting of 16 cables each stretched 300 feet above the valley bed and running 2000 feet from head tower to tail tower without a fatality, without even a serious accident. As a result of the safety program, the most prolific types of accidents have changed from those caused bv falling objects and falls of persons to the less serious types of A Full-Time Job at Norris Dam By CURTIS BILLINGS stepping upon and striking against ob jects and handling objects, although the height of the dam has steadily increased with an accompanying increase in inher ent hazards. The dam itself, located below the conliuence of Cove Creek, the upper Clinch River, and the Powell River, will im pound a huge lake shaped like a thin hand with three fat fingers. The irregu lar shoreline of the lake will measure 70S miles. The waters, held back during wet seasons, will be liberated during other parts of the year so that a con stant stream will be available to turn the turbines in generating plants at other dams to be constructed down the river and at Wilson Dam at Muscle Shoals. In contrast with Norris, Wilson dam is a "run of the river" dam, capable of gen- On every main job in the Norris area a folly equipped first-aid station is provided. Even the smallest job has its first-aid kit and trained worker. In addition, several of these portable stations are constantly traveling from job to job. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 21 Not the least interesting side of this vast project is the pro gram for the protection of men engaged in work that is inherently hazardous crating creat power when the river is at normal stage, but little during the dry season. Since over 53,000 acres of land above Morris Dam will be inundated as the reservoir fills, the clearance of this basin of wood and underbrush, the relocation of highways and railways, the construc tion of bridges and dikes, and the trans planting of communities adds to the ac tivity in the region. As a matter of fact, almost as many men are employed in the basin as at the dam itself. When you have electricians, riggers, mechanics, quarrymen, woodsmen, drill ers, grouters, carpenters, concrete layers, and a host of laborers engaged in their various hazardous jobs throughout a mountainous, backward region 80 miles from tip to tip, you have a safety job on your hands. If you do not believe it, ask H. J. Fulmer, safety engineer, who has the accident prevention activities on every project in the Norris area and the safety of more than 3000 men under his supervision. When Mr. Fulmer was appointed to his position on December 18, 1934, he did not find the area a shambles wherein men were being injured and killed right and left and the prevention of accidents was pooh-poohed as a vain and idle wish. Not at all. Those in charge had laid out the project with the greatest care, and an effort was being made to incorporate safety as an integral part of the plan. But Mr. Fulmer did find some A close-up view of the top of the completed blocks showing the well-supported stair ways from the ladders up over the protruding lip. Note that the stairways have railings. tions to the management, they were cor rected without waiting for an accident to occur, and that is the essence of safe ty work. Space will permit a discussion of only a few of the specific things that were done for safety on this project. But they are typical. The dam itself will reach slightly less than 2000 feet between two hills. It is being poured in sections or blocks of solid concrete which stretch 48 in line across the valley. The up-river face of these blocks is, of course, perpendicular; the down river face slanting away from the base at a very small angle. As the blocks are poured, the electri cians, carpenters, concrete workers, engi neers, and others must climb on ladders located on the down-river face to reach the pouring level, Since this face measures more than 200 feet in height as the block nears completion, a slip wouid result in almost certain death. The workman would roll and pitch down the steep side to the base of the dam or a baffle platform full of debris below. As the height of the dam increased, the problem of safety on these ladders became more serious. The need for uni form construction, handrails, even rung spacing, and a means of minimizing fatigue on the ladders was evident. Through the cooperative efforts of Mr. Fulmer and the management a set of standards covering the material, con struction, and anchorage of ladders was adopted and is now being used through out the project. The sections of the long ladders on the down stream face of the H. J. FULMER Safety Engineer at the Norris Dam conditions which needed correction and needed it badly. For the most part they were conditions which only a safety en gineer of long experience would recog nize. Upon pointing out these condi NOVEMBER, 1935 This photograph shows an important detail of the baffle platform--a heavy mesh wire fence running along the top to hold back any debris which might drop on the men working below. A hujrc bulletin board is at the entrance to the works at Norris Dam. The departments, each represented by a toy automobile, compete against each other for the best no injury record of the month. dam are now staggered and are equipped with substantial platforms placed at ap proximately SO foot intervals. These platforms not only provide a resting place for the men passing up and down but would, in the event of a fall, tend to reduce its seriousness. At quitting time when the ladders are full, a man at the top with a heavy kit of tools on his shoulder could fall and knock from the ladder many of the men below him. Staggering the ladders reduces the num ber of men so endangered. The platform also reduces the distance a man would be likely to fall. All ladders are of dear lumber, planed to eliminate slivers. The rungs are of uniform size and of ample strength, evenly spaced. The handrails are substantial and at a con stant height from the rungs. Since carpenters and others work be low at the base of the dam on the spill ways and on the generating plant, Mr. Fulmer recognized that tools or debris might easily fall from the top of the blocks and roll down the side endanger ing them. A baffle platform of heavy timbers all along the base of the blocks to catch such objects was erected. The amount of concrete, bolts, pieces of lum ber. and other materials which have col lected on the top of this platform testifies to the wisdom of this suggestion. Another outstanding hazard was in the quarry from which the aggregate for the concrete is taken. The quarry has been cut into a solid limestone hill. The drillers worked on ledges sometimes only a few feet wide with a sheer drop of from 80 to 100 feet beside them. Through the cooperation of the quarry superin tendent. a policy was adopted which provides that the ledges in which men work be no narrower than 12 feet, over burden be kept back from the face, haz ardous areas roped off, and head protec tion furnished to men subjected to a fall ing object hazard, and respirators to those working in dusty locations around the crushing and mixing plant. Numer ous other devices such as safety belts. The lower photograph shows a 40inch gyrator, perhaps the largest ever used. Located in the main quarry, it is protected on three sides by stout railings. No man is allowed to enter the crushing area while the machine is in motion. Note the hook. Sus pended from a crane, it is used to re lieve a jam. The operator, shown above, stands on a platform behind a railing and guides the hook by a rope. goggles, railings, and adequate walk ways are provided on the work, and me chanical guards have been provided in the shop. But, as has been said, the Norris area was no slaughter house even before the organization of a safety department and the appointment of a resident safety engineer. The corrections mentioned represent some of the outstanding spe cific contributions of the safety engineer to physical safeguarding. In addition. Mr. Fulmer has secured better house keeping at the dam and on the projects in the area, and this has produced a marked effect on the frequency of punc ture wounds and similar accidents. The program for safety education in the Xorris area has been very complete. However, few general safety meetings have been heid on account of the diffi culty of assembling men from four shifts on widely scattered operations into a central location. Crew meetings are held on the various projects, during which hazards peculiar to the crew are dis cussed. Occasionally meetings of super intendents and foremen are held in which Mr. Fulmer uses a novel method of con vincing these men that unsafe conditions and practices can be found on their jobs. Mr. Fulmer uses a pocket camera. If he sees a man breaking a safety rule such as failing to wear his goggles or his metal hat in the quarry or notices a condition of poor housekeeping, unsafe piling of material, etc., he snaps a picture. At the meetings of foremen these photo graphs are used with telling effect when a foreman claims that all his men are thoroughly trained in safe practices and that no violations of safety rules exist on his part of the work. Snap shots are. also used to note safe as well as unsafe conditions. The use of photographs in this manner has been of great educa tional value and in addition provides a pictorial record of the work, They are also valuable in the investigation of serious accidents. But the safety engineer is not a snoop er. or a detective. Nor does he tile complaints at headquarters. His aim is to help the supervisors and workmen to locate and remedy those conditions and practices which cause accidents, and to refrain from criticizing until he has a constructive suggestion that he is sure will work. Another effective educational feature used cm the various operations in the Norris area is an accident analysis form. These forms are so arranged that by placing a single mark in the proper (Please turn to page 67) NATIONAL SAFETY NETS 23 By DANIEL HARRINGTON Chief, Health and Safety Branch, Bureau of Mines, Washington, IK (,. 0 Scenes like this have been ies* frequent in mine communities in recent years. But Is the improvement in explosion experienre to be only temporary? Are Coal Mine Hazards Increasing? CAREFUL analysis of the main causes which enter into the kill ing and maiming of our coal miners--falls of roof and coal, haulage, explosions, electricity, machinery, explo sives, shaft accidents, surface accidents, and miscellaneous accidents--shows that reai progress in preventing fatalities has been made in only two classifications-- explosions and the use of explosives, it also shows that slight progress has been made in the prevention of miscellaneous accidents and of accidents in and around shafts. However, essentially no progress has been made in reducing injuries from falls of roof and coal or from surface accidents, while there has been a definite increase in the rates for haulage acci dents and those due to electricity. Explosion disasters, including fires, have been identified luridly with coal mining, and for many years they were considered an inevitable part of opera tion. However, the main effort. toward This articles is published by permission of tile Director, V. S nun*;iu of Mines, Not subject to copyright NOVEMBER, 1935 bringing about safety in coal mining has been directed to the prevention of these dreadful occurrences, apparently with a measurable amount of success in the past few years. Early in this cen tury many of our most disastrous coal mine explosions were caused by ignition of gas or dust or both by shooting off the solid during the working shift, using black blasting powder or dynamite, al most universal coal mine practice. In time, most of our coal was cut by ma chines (now 85 or more per cent of our bituminous coal is machine-cut) and the very much safer permissible explosives largely displaced black blasting powder and dynamite in blasting coal. More over, some mining states and many pro gressive mines did much if not all blast ing when the working personnel were out of the mine. As a result of precau tions taken, relatively few major coal mine disasters have been caused by blasting for the past 20 years. Unfortunately, however, while the material lessening of solid shooting and of the use of black blasting powder and dynamite, along with the extension of the firing of shots on the off shift, gradually decreased the occurrence of explosion fatalities from these causes, extension of the use of undercutting and other methods of mining coal tended to speed up the loosening of coal; with it, the re lease of considerable quantities of gas and dust and explosions of gas or dust by open-light ignitions held the rate of occurrence of fatalities from explosions and fires at least as high as when solid blasting with dynamite and black blast ing powder during the working shift were in effect. The introduction of the electric cap lamp some twenty years ago into gassy mines largely eliminated the open light from the most dangerous mines, hence materially reduced the occurrence of explosions of gas and dust by open light ignition. Again there was relatively little relief from fatal accidents from gas and dust explosions, because about as soon as the use of electric cap lamps reduced open-light ignitions of gas and dust, expanded use of electrical equipment in coal mines gave a new igniting agent in the form of the electric arc. Disasters continued to occur with unabated vigor, there being many very disastrous coal mine explosions in the years 1924-30, the period of maximum intensity of intro duction of electrically , operated mining machinery. Many of the explosion disasters with excessively heavy loss of life in this period were caused by gas or dust igni tions by electric arcs. The fiscal year 1928 had a particularly bad record in this respect, as 282 or 82.S per cent of the 342 people killed in explosions in our coal mines were killed in explosions started by electric arcs. In fact, for the 5-year period from July 1, 1927 to June Our coal mines are now embarking on new meth ods which, if not carefully safeguarded, may pre cipitate another series of disasters 24 JO. 1932. out of 984 persons killed in explosions in our coal mines, 683 or 69.4 per cent were killed in explosions started by electric arcs. Fortunately, the num ber killed in explosions of electrical ori gin was but II (or 12.7 per cent) in the fiscal year 1932, the last year of the above mentioned five-year period, in the fiscal year 1933 there were but 25 persons killed in coal-mine explosions of electrical origin and but 21 in the fiscal year 1934. the last period for which final data are available. It now appears that at last we have (at least temporarily) practically conquered all of the main causes leading to coal-mine explosion ignitions. At any rate their destructive ness has been decreased, as there were but 7 fatalities from major coal-mine explosions and fire disasters in the one major disaster in the calendar year 1933, but 22 in the two major disasters in the calendar year 1934, and but 28 in the three major disasters in 1935 to August 1. While the past three years have been relatively free of major coal-mine disas ters (and it Is due to this fact chiefly that our coal-mine fatality rate has been kept low) there are good reasons to fear that the lull is but temporary. Our coal mines are now embarking on new meth ods which, if not carefully safeguarded, are likely to precipitate another series of disasters. The extension of mechaniza tion has brought about a persistent demand for blasting coal during the working shift (frequently with little safeguarding), which is a definite reces sion from progress made in the past. Unquestionably much of the consider able reduction of fatalities from explo sions due to blasting in the past 25 years has been due to the fact that much of the blasting has been done on the off shift and by shot firers. The Gresford disaster in Wales in September, 1934, with 263 deaths, as well as several other recent British cuai-mine disasters, are suspected of having been caused by blasting with the shift in the mine, and British coal-mine blasting practice is now being subjected to severe scrutiny. Accidents from Explosives Early in the present century coal was obtained chiefly by being blasted from the solid, using black blasting powder or dynamite with squibs or with so-called safety fuse, practically all blasting being done by the individual miner when and largely as he pleased. This naturally re sulted in considerable numbers of blast ing accidents. In those days sightless, armless, and legless ex-miners were by no means an unusual sight and fatalities were numerous. Later some mines took the blasting out of the hands of the individual miner and entrusted it to shot firers. This was of some aid in reducing individual explosives accidents, especial ly when the shot ftrer worked on the night or other off shift, although many individual shot firers were killed through foolhardiness, or negligence. The introduction of cutting machines with resultant changes in explosives practice, especially the material decrease in the size of the explosive charges used, was a long step in decreasing blasting accidents. But the development of per missible explosives after the Bureau of Mines came into existence in 1910 and their displacement of black blasting powder and dynamite unquestionably was one of the most far-reaching ad vances in the present generation. The gradual introduction of electrical blast ing methods in conjunction with the use of permissible explosives has also aided much. The mines of the anthracite re gion of Pennsylvania have had a much worse accident rate from the use of explosives than the bituminous industry. .During recent years there have been some disquieting tendencies in mine blasting practice. Among them is the introduction of black blasting powder in some consolidated form instead of its former granular shape but having many of the dangerous characteristics of ordi nary black blasting powder. The exigen cies of mechanized mining appear to demand blasting during the working shift, using some form of blasting device or even ordinary explosives. This is bound in time to result in disaster as it has been doing in British coal mines for several years. Falls of Roof and Coal In the early days of the present cen tury coal-mine roof-fall accidents were in iarge part due to the violent blasting practice then in effect. Shooting off the solid with heavy charges of black pow der or dynamite would severely shatter the roof as well as the adjacent coal, with shots in one place in a mine jarring down the loose material in another place upon hapless workers at almost any minute of the shift. With restriction of blasting to the off shift and using of shot firers this hazard was largely reduced, as the blasting concussions then occurred only when few if any men were in the mine and usually the several hours which intervened before the working shift came on allowed much of the loose material to fall. With the advent of cutting machines, and later of permissible explosives, smaller charges of explosives were used, thus helping to protect the roof, but there were relaxations as to the time and other precautions of blasting, and with the increasing size and deeper cover of mines and seasonal or other rush de- NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS > 25 W N M M M R iiif9* mands for coal, mines or parts of mines were "gutted," squeezes, creeps, bumps, and other influences tending to keep mine roof in a broken tender condition also intervened, and with blasting al lowed at all times in the day, the loose roof material was being more or less A coal-mine official showing a workman where and how to place props. Falls of roof re main one of the most serious hazards of mining. continuously shaken down on the workers. Another serious trouble in connection "easy" coal back from the with falls of root is the fact that the man face even when by doing in charge of a coal mine usually feels so he may precipitate pre that his personal reputation and future mature falls. advancement depend upon getting out With the advent of mech cheap coal, so the practice is to take the anized loading numerous cream in the form of the "easy" coal new conditions were intro (usually advancing rooms) and leave duced, many of them un the "skim milk" < the pillars or the defi favorable to the prevention cient coal)-to the next fellow who fol of roof-fall accidents. The lows in charge of the mine. The roof of highest rate of roof-fall many a mine has been ruined by this accidents in the history of by no means unusual practice, and when coal mining in the United the "other fellow" tries to extract long States occurred in the peri standing pillars he usually finds the coal od 1927 - 52. or about ex !< broken and friable and the roof treacher actly coincident with the ous in the extreme. Very often the peak of the increase of "other fellow" too takes the "easy" way mechanized loading in the by failing to pull the pillars system- United States. The worst matically, seldom are they kept in line, roof-fall fatality rate in the timbering is not always kept in shape (in history of coal mining in some cases not enough timber or not the right kind is supplied), supervision of the United States was en countered in 1930, but fortunately this haulage was by mules and relatively the miner's attack on the pillars is fre has receded rather rapidly. small combination wood-iron band pit quently lax. and he is prone to take The worst disappointment met bv the cars. Even then, haulage fatalities, coal mine safety worker in the past 30 while only about one-half as numerous years is the fact that In rate of occur rence of the major cause of coal-mine fatalities, falls of roof and coal, there has been essentially no progress nation ally, even though locally there arc num erous instances of improvement. For a generation around SO per cent of all coal mine fatalities have been caused by falls of roof or coal, and at 'least 99 per cent of the cases have been one-man acci dents. If it were not for numerous instances in which mines, with what might be termed extremely bad roof conditions, have through intensive tim as the fatalities from explosions, were far too frequent. With the gradual speeding up of prac tically all phases of coal production, haulage accidents increased, reaching a high rate during the heavy production war period, a much higher rate during the period of lower production, 1921-26, and a peak in the period of rapid expan sion of mechanized loading, 1926-30, and receding slowly during 1931 to 1933, the last year for which comparable figures are available. bering and equally intensive supervision In the mines of thirty years ago the been able to operate with relative free cars held ordinarily not more than two dom from roof-fall accidents, one might tons of coal, and the car itself usually be driven to the conclusion that nature weighed less than a ton. Today larger had so arranged affairs that these acci cars, weighing much more than one ton dents simply couidn't be avoided. when empty, are in general use. When one of those large cars gets out of con Haulage Accidents trol the danger is much greater than with the car of thirty years ago. Our civic authorities are now deeply One feature which has intensified the Inserting n electric detonator in cart ridge of explosive. The tendencf to carry on shot firing while men are in the mine is likely to offset the benefits of permissible explosives and im proved methods. concerned with the fatality rates of street and highway traffic. Our mines have essentially the same problem, and the solution seems to be about as difficult as with surface traffic. Early in the present century much of the coal-mine risk is that frequently larger cars and heavier locomotives have been installed without increasing the size of track rails and ties. Also in more recent in stallations wider and higher locomotives have been placed in service without in- NOVEMBER, 1935 A safety man-trip on a 20-degree haulage slope. Haulage is still a serious source of accidents in coal mines. creasing the side or top clearance of the haulageways. The much more extensive use of the trolley-iocomotive system during the past two decades is unquestionably re sponsible for a considerable part of the higher haulage accident rate. The bare trolley wire has in many instances caused workers to be thrown under cars or be tween timbers and cars. In addition the trolley system has caused many deaths charged to electricity, and has initiated several mine explosions. While the trolley locomotive has several advan tages from an operating standpoint, it certainly is ultrahazardous. Considera tion should be given to the possibilities of the compressed air, the storage bat tery, or possibly in time the Diesel en gine or some similar type of engine to displace the trolley locomotive. Electrical Contact Fatalities Beginning about 1905 electrical ap pliances were introduced rather rapidly in coal mines, the fatality rate from this cause increasing to its present rate be tween 1910-15. Somewhat fewer than 100 persons are killed from this cause each year in the coal mines of the United States. The trolley-iocomotive system, with its deadly bare wire, usual ly unprotected, accounts for nearly half of the contact electrical deaths in our coal mines. This is a hazard which should not be allowed to continue year aiter year. Insofar as major mine fire and explo sion disasters are concerned, the electri cal hazard seems to have been fairly well curbed--at least for a time--but it seems probable that most of the credit should go to rock-dusting and good luck rather than to precautions with electri cal equipment. The hazard of death from contact with electricity, while ap parently lessened slightly in 1934 and 1935, remains fundamentally with prob ably greater powers for destruction in the future than in the past unless our coal mining people become awake to the menace of the unguarded trolley wire and poorly guarded electrical equipment now so widely used. Mining, especially coal mining, is an occupation little understood by persons not actively engaged in it, and not any too well understood by persons who have made it their life work. These generali zations are more definitely applicable to the United States than probably to any other country. The vast area of the United States, with the varying condi tions under which mining is carried on in the different regions, many of them hundreds of miles apart, makes it almost impossible for any one person to have anything like an adequate knowledge of the industry as a whole. Safety in mining has made less progress than in many other so-called hazardous industries. This is true of many other countries as well as in the United States. Certainly in this day no thinking per son familiar with mining will accept the explanation that mining is an unsafe oc cupation because of its inherent hazards and must continue to be ultrahazardous. There are now available so many in stances of long-time operation of indivi dual mines without accident occurrence or with low accident frequency and severity that we know now that proper procedure will reduce accident occur rence at least one - half or even threequarters from recent performance. That definite progress is being made in this direction is proved by numerous facts. In 1932 (the latest year for which data are available) 70 per cent of our bituminous coal came from mines that operated throughout the year without a fatality. There was but 53.6 per cent of this non-fatalitv production in 1931 and but 49.8 per cent in 1930. Also in 1932 all of the fatal accidents in bituminous mines came from properties producing less than one-third of the total output for that year. The safety man in coal mining has for years been in the position of the mytho logical toiler whose job was to roil a huge ball up hill. Relaxation on his part would allow the ball to roll back and crush him. Scores of influences have in tervened to block safety efforts; the al ternating periods of feverish desire for maximum output, as during the war period and the opposite extreme of pain ful deflation of the years 1920-21 and 1930-33 have seriously handicapped efforts to prevent accidents. The "sprags" placed on safety endeavor by the numerous labor disturbances which have confronted coal mining in the past thirty or more years certainly can't be overemphasized. The cutthroat compe tition which has prevailed for most of this generation has interposed almost in superable bars to progress. The "econmies" necessary to allow coal sales at cut prices are largely, assessed on per sonnel. not only in wage cuts but also in retrenchments in safety. Rapid and often ill-considered changes in mining methods, with the placing of ill-fitting equipment in mines without sufficient training of workers in the new methods has often blocked the efforts of those trying to make the mines less haz ardous. Numerous other instances of similar nature might be cited. However, notwithstanding the up-hill work of the past and some possible shadows which appear to be failing across the future, there is reason for hope. Many of our progressive mines have shown definitely that coal mining can be carried on with relative safety. The fellow who fails to "get on the band wagon" may be forced out of business. After all, safety pays, and ultimately un safe mines will be found impossible to operate. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS i. 2T Hggl I s Every Entry Was a Winner in the Safety Derby THOSE of us who always seem to pick the wrong horse at The Kentucky Derby have often By C. H. MILLER different classes of fires. A large chart showing these different classes of fires, supplemented with materials representa dreamed of that "perfect race" where Derby, the American Optical Company's tive of each class of risk and the most every entry would be a winner. Such safety goggles were housed in Its "Stable suitable type of extinguisher proved a dream was made a reality at the 24th of Eye Protection Winners." Each quite an educational feature in this ex Annual Safety Congress and Exposition. "Winner" had a separate "stall" and the hibit. They also showed chemical en There were 6.3 entries in the "Safety place of honor was held by the Ful-Vue gines, generators, fire department sup Derby" and every entry a winner. Safety Goggle, originally introduced by plies and safety devices, including gas The atmosphere at both exhibits was the company. In addition to displaying masks and inhalators. I decidedly "racy." The unifomed joc its line of safety goggles the American Wil-X-M'F'G Corporation displayed keys. bright colored caps worn by all Optical Company also provided its visi an automatic machine showing the oper i exhibitors, festive pennants and the tors with the means of testing the merits ation of Wilbur extinguishers together many unique displays of the exhibitors of some of their products. One demon with a complete line of their various who carried out the "Safety Derby" stration apparatus showed the heat ab models. idea, made the exposition this year one sorbing qualities of Caiobar and Novi- A real innovation in fire fighting of the most interesting and successful weld glass. Another demonstrated the equipment was the new hand extinguish s> yet staged at an Annual Safety Congress. strength of the new armorpiate lenses by er employing carbon dioxide known as At the industrial exhibit in the Brown means of a drastic drop test. Lux Model Two, as shown by Walter Hotel every conceivable item for the The featured item at The Safety Kidde & Company. This new unit is promotion of safety in industry was on Equipment Service Company's display particularly designed for handling small display. The well known manufacturers was the Super-Drednaut 50- S goggle electrical and oil fires. Other equipment of head and eye protection have brought with deep curve lens and non - rubber of interest was a complete Lux auto out many new developments during the headband. Their gloves, suits, sleeve matic system using the Lowe release and past year which were studied with in lets and leggings as well as other acci a fairly complete line of Lux portable terest by scores of delegates. Willson dent prevention items were also shown. models and the new Kidde pure water Products, Inc., showed their improved The Chicago Eye Shield Company and anti-freeze extinguishers. line of composition cup goggles known showed a complete line of Cesco weld In the more general line of safety as the RR styles, together with improved ing. chipping, and dust goggles, also equipment. Mine Safety Appliances air line respirators and new composition Healthguard respirators and sand-blast Company had on display four new safety lens retaining holder welding helmets masks. A new toe guard was a featured developments--the New Hydrogen Sul and handshields. One of the outstanding item at this exhibit. phide Detector, the New Lightweight features of this exhibit was their new In the field of fire prevention equip Half-Hour Oxygen Breathing Apparatus, bag respirator, which carries the Bureau.^ ment the American-La France and a new Combination Hose Mask, and of Mines' approval for lead dusts. Foamite Industries. Inc. displayed a line Comt'o Lead Dust Respirator. This com In keeping with the spirit of the Safety of portable fire extinguishers suitable for pany also showed the McCaa Oxygen NOVEMBER, 1935 28 Breathing Apparatus, H - H Inhaiator, masks of all types, gas indicators, de tectors and recorders, goggles, protective hats and caps, safety shoes, electric cap lamps and first aid kits, cabinets and supplies. The delegates found a number of new products and developments in the fine of equipment handled by the Davis Emerg ency Equipment Co., Inc. First aid kits, dressings and supplies of all kinds as well as canister type and air line type gas masks, inhalators, gas indicators and representative samples of linemen's climbing tools, body belts, safety straps and other items of this nature were on display. Protective clothing designed to till the requirements of thejobs that are "differ ent" was given special prominence in the display of the Standard Safety Equip ment Company. Here were also found the Biever respirator, Watters Mask for sandblasting, and other respiratory equipment. Salt tablets, safety guards. Perks safety washers and goggles were exhibited. The Bishinger-Koehler Manufactur ing Company made an attractive display of their standard line of breathing ap paratus, hose masks and inhalators. Also several new protective face pieces. The E. D. Bullard Company booth featured the development of the Golden Gate Bridge, which has enjoyed a safety record of more than 1,500,000 man hours under tl e most hazardous conditions without a fatality. Pieces of Bullard safety equipment used on this job were displayed. Moving pictures demonstrat ing the safety program, together with a selection of still pictures, artists' sketch and a scale model of the bridge, rounded out the exhibit. Included in this dis play were the Bullard cylindrical first aid kit, hard boiled hats, caps and fire helmets, a complete line of gas masks. Signalmaster sirens both for stationary and vehicular installations. Venex snake bite outfits, protective cream and other products manufactured by this company. Again the chief part of the exhibit of the Pulmosan Safety Equipment Corp.. was their very complete line of respira tors. The right respirator to serve every respirator need is their mode! and it is hard to think of any condition for which they do not have the correct device. The principal products in the display of the B. F. McDonald Company was the McDonald safety hat. This new hat was placed on the market in March of this year and is winning its way fast in the mining, oil and construction fields. The crown of this new hat is made of Dural which is hardened aluminum. It is light in weight, waterproof and noncorrosive. The hat comes with or with out lamp brackets. Other safety hats were found in the exhibit of The Strauss Company, Inc. Foot guards and safety belts designed for all industrial hazards where men are working above or below the ground were also featured in this display. As I looked at the many displays of safety shoes I thought of the unshod Ethiopian going barefooted into the battle and wished that they might have the splendid protection which our Amer ican workers have in their fight against foot accidents. The "Grand-daddy" of all boots which is 7 feet 6 inches high and 5 feet 4 inches iong. actual size 168, was housed in the booth of The Safety First Shoe Company. This boot is a perfect fit for a man 33 feet 8 inches tall. Xo one was seen wearing it. Two new members, the H702 Austra lian kangaroo oxford with the ISCO steel safety box toe and the H735 new non-slip sole were new developments of the International Shoe Company, manu facturers of Hy-Test safety shoes. This manufacturer feels that quite a decided step forward has been taken in safety shoe manufacture by the use of Kan garoo leather which they claim is the strongest leather for its weight that is known. The Hy-Test non-siip sole is particularly well adapted for packing plants, ice plants and dairies where there is a slipping hazard in conjunction with dampness. The Brown Shoe Company brought to the exhibit this year a safety toe shoe for women. In the G50 model this com pany has constructed a shoe with the same strong durable steel toe as used in the men's product and has also succeed ed in keeping that important quality of style in the shoe. An all-rubber safety shoe was a new feature at the Lehigh Safety Shoe Com pany's display where their complete line of safety shoes for all kinds of work was shown. Before the invention of the non-slip soles and heels, workmen were forced to use such appliances as hob nails, metal cleats and spikes fastened to their soles to prevent slipping. This meant added weight and discomfort and sometimes injury to floors. The well known GroCord and Raw-Cord soles and heels which have been developed by The Lima strength of the new armorplate lenses by this company displayed at their exhibit overcomes all the objections of the oldtime makeshifts. The safety style show, staged by the Safety Equipment Section at their Wednesday afternoon meeting, was an interesting and instructive innovation in safety meetings. Protective apparel and various other items of safety equipment were brought to life and action in this educational display of what the "welldressed worker" will wear and how and when he will wear it in 1936. The show was well attended and provided a splen did opportunity of demonstrating the wide range of uses for special protective equipment. While on the subject of protective clothing, in addition to their catalog line of Steel Grip gloves and safety apparel, the Industrial Gloves Corp. displayed a number of their protective devices designed to special specification of individual mills. A new line of safety wearing apparel was also introduced by this exhibitor, consisting of trousers, jackets, and "heat breakers." The "heat breaker" is a close, snug fitting garment developed to overcome the objection to loose clothing. New styles in safety leggings for steel plant and foundry workers and another style of new leggings for miners were NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 29 displayed by The Safety Clothing Com pany. -New styles seemed to be the feature of this exhibit, for here we found also new styles of asbestos gloves and leather welding gloves for both acetylene and electric welding and other new num bers of asbestos and fireproofed clothing. A recently developed helmet for babbit ting was also on display. So safety exhibition would be com plete without a display of safety ladders and scaffolding. In this important field The Patent Scaffolding Company dis played their Gold Medal line of plat form ladders, step ladders, extension and single ladders, extension trestles and staging. Other scaffolding products were displayed in miniature on the unique model representing a building under con struction. It showed their safety sus pended scaffolds used for exterior ma sonry erection,- their steel sidewalk pro tection canopy and light duty junior scaffold machine used in tuckpointing and general maintenance work. Through a cut-away section, the visitor could also see an example of a securely constructed, fireproof, interior scaffold, built of Gold Medal Steel Tubelox material. The main feature of the Protective Equipment Inc. display was a complete line of Tilley Safety Ladders. Particu lar stress was given to the thorough bracing and construction of their im proved safety platform ladder. Each step of this ladder is reenforced with four combination pressed steei knee, tie and angular braces. The bottoms of the front and back side rails are reenforced with steel rivets. A complete display of safety signs al ways means that Stonehouse is on the joh. Many new s:gns have been added to their already complete line so that every hazard now has its safety sign de veloped by Stonehouse Signs, Inc. The exhibit of the Bradley Washfountain Company consisted of a foot-con trolled stainless steei Washfountain ac commodating ten users at one time, a six-person precast Granito Washfoun tain, a three-compartment semi-circular group shower, a drinking fountain, and a Bradley street shower. Three different manufacturers dis played equipment of particular interest to the public utility industry. In addi tion to the "Burr - Key - Bilt" line of safety belts and straps for linemen, the R. H. Buhrke Company showed many other products of safety equipment for construction and maintenance work. W. H. Salisbury & Co.. Inc., exhibited their line of iinemen's rubber protective devices such as rubber line hose, insu lator hoods, linemen's blankets, gioves, glove protectors, glove bags, sleeves, line coats, boots, hats, insulating stools, switchboard matting, tool bags and ac cessory articles. Xew designs in the dry channel line men's protective devices were shown by The Surety Rubber Company. New de signs in pigs, pin saddles, gloves, sleeves and blankets for linemen's use were also shown. Gloves anti aprons made of synthetic rubber for use in rubber solv ent chemicals were also seen. Safety devices for handling and stor ing hazardous liquids of the well known "Protectoseal" quality were displayed by the Protectoseal Company. The representatives at the Hynson, Westcott & Dunning booth were kept busy giving delegates information in con nection with mercuroehrome in its re lation to first aid application in the in dustrial field. Robert A. Bernhard exhibited a shock proof antiseptic applicator with a foun tain pen feed filled with either iodine, metaphen, merthiolate, mercuroehrome, or ferric chloride for poison ivy. A new solution was introduced here for remov ing creosote from the skin. Mr. Bernhard also displayed the Saf-fast liquid adhesive for fastening surgical dressings. Burroughs Wellcome & Co. made their usual interesting display of "Tabloid" first aid supplies. To emphasize the opportunity as well as the responsibility of individuals in preventing accidents, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company displayed liter ature. reports, posters and films which are available to persons interested in industrial, home, traffic, or public safety. An effort was also made to show how these may be utilized in furthering pres ent safety programs. Barrett-Cravens Company was back this year with an interesting display of material handling equipment. Lift trucks in many models, Steeleg platforms, port able, elevators in several types were fea tures of this well rounded out exhibit. With the Congress in their home town, the American Air Filter Company Inc. of Louisville arranged for visiting dele gates to visit their laboratories where dust tests were made and equipment was demonstrated in actual operation. In their display at the exhibit, a complete setup of a Roto-Oone in operation, an Airmat dust arrester, a doth dust arrest er, and a complete line of filters both of the unit and automatic type were shown. The Invincible Vacuum Cleaner Man ufacturing Company disp'ayed several models of industrial vacuum cleaning equipment for cleaning ail types of fac tory floors, walls, ceilings, overhead sur faces and parts of machinery. Something entirely ne' in an exhibit was made by the Sleepsafe Industries, Inc. Even though we agree with Mark Twain that most people die in bed, their (Please turn to page 6a) NOVEMBER, 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 are required to stop work at the signal and face east. The company believes that this reminder, in use for several years, has been an effective means of promoting safety. Portable Tank Carrier for the Welder This carrier was designed in the Warner plant of the American Cyanamid Company for Pyrofax and oxygen tanks. One designed for acetylene and oxygen tanks could be made 6 inches to 8 inches narrower. The advantages of this carrier are: 1. Ease in getting through doors and narrow aisles. 2. Ease and safety of transportation. 5. Safety in changing tanks. Questionnaires Teach Safety Lessons Safety education in the Whiting plant of the Standard Oil Company t Indiana) is aided by the use of a series of ques tionnaires. The questions relate to vari ous operating practices. They are short and comparatively simple. Employees are given plenty of time to fill in the answers; a week or ten days may be allowed as writing is a laborious task for some workmen. The answers need not be worked out individually; in fact, employees are encouraged to discuss the questions with each other. 4. Low construction cost. 5. No danger of tanks being upset. It is made of scrap material, prin cipally angle iron, and steel. Of welded construction throughout, the only nuts used are the four wing nuts to hold cover plate on frame and the two axle nuts. The wheels are those from any of the lighter automobiles; the tires are solid. A tool box and fire extinguisher are also carried. A blue-print of this carrier is available in the library of the National Safety Council. While it is not compulsory to turn in the papers, there are very few employees who fail to do so. The papers are then corrected and reurned to the employees. Copies of these questionnaires may be borrowed from the National Safety Council library. They Think of Safety When the Whistle Blows To remind every employee of the need for safety the Reynolds Wire Company, Dixon, III., once each shift blows a whistle for twenty seconds. All workers Soldering Outfit Is Simple and Safe This safe and handy soldering outfit, mounted on a steel plate, consists of a burner, holder for salts, and rack for the iron. There is a definite place for tools and equipment, and the chance of burns due to hot irons is greatly reduced. Removing Broken Light Bulbs To avoid the hazards of remov ing the screw end of a broken light bulb with fingers or pliers, press an ordinary cork firm ly into the base of the bulb and unscrew the bulb safely and easily. This method was described by L. Kasper, of Philadelphia, in Popu lar Mechanics. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 31 Award 120 Trophies in No-Injury Contests OXE hundred twenty bronze plaques Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co., Terminals, and 74 certificates were awarded Port Tampa, Fla. 38,095 hours, no injuries. at the Twenty-Fourth Annual SafeSttyevedoring Division Lykes Bros..--Ripley Steamship Co., Tampa, Congress last month at Louisville to Fla. 8,706 hours, no injuries. winners and runners-up in seven major Shipbuilding & Repair Division, Group A contests conducted hv the National U. S. Navy Dept., Philadelphia Navy Yard, Safety Council. One hundred and four of the plaques and 46 of the-certificates were awarded Philadelphia, Pa. 3,823,767 hours, 2 injuries. Group B The New York Central Railroad Co., New York, N. Y. 108,770 hours, no injuries. in the six industrial contests conducted U. S. Engineer Dept., Great Lakes Div., by the Marine, Metals, Paper and Pulp, Petroleum, Public Utilities and Rubber sections. In these contests 773 industrial units, employing 780,000 workers, and working a total of 1,187,087,000 man Cleveland, O. 105,757 hours, no injuries. The New York, New Haven & Hartford R.R. Co., New Haven, Conn, 73,248 hours, no injuries. U, S. Engineer Dept., South Atlantic Div., Norfolk, Va. 56,360 hours, no injuries. hours, competed. The remaining sixteen plaques and 28 Metals Section certificates were awarded in the National Fleet Safety Contest, conducted by the Vehicle Fleet section. In this contest 500 fleets, operating 33,000 vehicles which traveled 561,000,000 miles, par ticipated. Details on the awards in the seven contests follow. All of the con tests ran for a year terminating on June 30, 1935, with the exception of the Ma rine, Petroleum and Rubber contests, which were conducted from January 1 to June 30, 1935. One hundred and ninety-four units were entered in the Metals Section con test this year. Two hundred nineteen thousand eight hundred thirty employees worked 425,051,091 man-hours. The average frequency rate was S.354, which represents a decrease of 19 per cent from the rate of the 1934 contest. This year 104 units ended with a frequency rate below the average. Twelve per cent of those completing the contest finished with perfect records. In this contest 25 Marine Section plaques and seven certificates were awarded, the plaques going to the fol In this, the fourth annual contest of lowing: the Marine section 85 units, entered Steel Mills Division, Group A by 29 members of the National Safety Council, competed. In all, 63,528 per sons who worked 66,965,397 man-hours were active participants. The average frequency rate for this year's contest was 12.977, which was a fourteen per cent increase from the 1934 rate of 11.338, In the 1935 contest 43 units ended with a frequency rate below the average. Ten units had perfect records. 'Hie Corrigan McKinney Steel Co., Cleve land, Ohio. 6,566,016 hours, 10 injuries. Group B & C The Youngstown Sheet Sc Tube C,, South Chicago, III. 929,672 hours, no injuries. Great Lakes Steel Corp., Hanna Furnace Division. Ecorse, Mich. '783,302 hours, no in juries. The Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., Hub bard Furnaces, Youngstown, O. 104,325 hours, no injuries. Eleven plaques and eight certificates Rolling, Finishing & Fabricating were awarded, the plaques being pre Division, Group A sented to the following: Liners Division Lvkcs Dixie Mediterranean Line, New Or Aluminum Co. of Canada, Ltd., Toronto, Ont., Canada, 1,236,706 hours, 2 injuries. Group B leans, La. 182,312 hours, no injuries. Tankers Division Lago Shipping Co., Aruba, N.W.I. 731,240 Revere Copper and Brass, Inc., Baltimore Division, Baltimore, Md. 900,413 hours, no injuries. hours, 2 injuries. Harbor Equipment Division Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co., Terminals, Norfolk, Va. 168.929 hours, no injuries. Associated Oil Co., Harbor Equip. Drv., San Francisco, Calif. 103,616 hours, no injuries. The Youngstown Sheet Sc Tube Co., Evans ton, III. 536,856 hours, no injuries. Republic Steel Corp., Grand Crossing, III. 334,969 hours, no injuries, Lehigh Structural Steel Co., Allentown, Pa, 279,050 hours, no injuries. Steel & Tubes, Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y. 251,847 hours, no injuries. Chapman Price Steel Co., Indianapolis, Ind. 225,116 hours, no injuries. Laclede Tube Co., Alton, III. 139,917 hours, no injuries. Republic Steel Corp., Unionville, Conn. 126,936 hours, no injuries. Foundries Division Mackintosh-Hemphill Co., 339,385 hours, no injuries. Midland. Pa. The American Rolling Mill Co., Central Works, Middletown, O, 181,809 hours, no injuries. Ideal Foundry Sc Machine Co., Youngstown, O. 153,577 hours, no injuries. The American Rolling Mill Co., Sixth St. Foundry, Ashland, Kv. 104,022 hours, no in juries. Heavy Machine Shops Division, Group A United Shoe Machinery Corp., Beverly, Mass. 6,246,912 hours, 3 injuries. Group B United States Rubber Products, inc. Shoe Hardware Div., Waterbury, Conn. 808,123 hours, no injuries. C Hager Sc Sons Hinge Manufacturing Co.. St. Louis. Mo. Y'0.66y hours, nu injuries. D Sc B Pump Sc Supply Co., Los Angeles, Calif. 180,587 hours, no injuries. N'oera Manufacturing Co., Waterbury, Conn. 163,485 hours, no injuries. Pittsburgh Steel Co., National Steel Fabric Dtv., Monessen, Pa. 125,390 hours, no injur ies. Light Machine Shops Division Benjamin Electric Manufacturing Co., Des Plaines, 111. 807.091 hours, no injuries. Boston Gear Works, Inc., No. Quincy, Mass. 634,820 hours, no injuries. Paper and Pulp Section One hundred and ten mills competed in the Paper and Pulp Section contest this year. These mills employed 42,378 men who worked 86,867,184 man-hours. The average frequency rate was 16.566, a decrease from the average frequency of 19.626 of last year. Twelve mills had perfect records. In this contest twelve plaques were awarded and six certifi cates, the plaques to the following: Division I, Group A Hollingsworth & Whitney Co., Algonquin Sc Taconuct Mill, Waterville, Maine. 2,4 il>,350 hours, 11 injuries. Group B St. Croix Paper Co,, Woodland, Maine. 785,793 hours, no injuries. Group C International Paper Co,, Little Island, N. Tonawanda, N. Y. 548,504 hours, i injury. Group D Bird & Son, Inc., Phtllipsdale, R. i. 216,581 hours, no injuries. United States Envelope Co., Morgan Paper Co. Div., Lititz, Pa. 184,863 hours, no injuries. International Paper Co., Livermore Mill, Chisholm, Maine. 158,610 hours, no injuries. Spaulding Fibre Co., Inc., New Mill Plant, Milton, N. H. 125,879 hours, no injuries. (Please turn to page 56) NOVEMBER, 1935 32 Traffic Is Industry's Problem, Too By I. L. GILBERT Division Plant Emptoynient Supervisor, Michigan Pelt Telephone Company, Detroit, Mich, Industry is recognizing its part in the problem of community stands its record of a continual lower safety, and industry is also doing something about it ing of the commercial drivers' accident rate. The automotive industry has kept far ahead in the design of mechanical WHEN we consider that our traffic problem is compara tively new, and that the auto mobile has come upon the scene within the lives of many of us, we do not wonder so much that we failed to curb its destruction. Twenty years ago the dangers of traffic were not realized. It is only within the last few years that a comparatively few people began to ap preciate the enormity of the problem and began to work toward its solution through laws covering the examination and licensing of drivers, financial re sponsibility, the construction of safer highways, the instruction of children in our public schools and of adults who drive. What has already been done? The National Safety Council has done much to disseminate information and arouse interest nationally through printed liter ature and through its great annual con gresses. Community safety organizations have aided with their programs of group meetings for safety engineers, super visors and the public; their publicity material through the press and over radio, and their valuable stimulation to work through contests and first-aid in struction. Has all this done any good? The irrefutable fact that the com mercial driver who has been reached by these methods has had a decrease in his accident rate, while the rate for the private motorist has increased, proves that good has been accomplished. Pro gressive police departments have also aided in decreasing accident rates where they have tackled the job with courage and common sense. Of course, the courts must work hand in hand with the police if the efforts of department which conducts a worth while educational program and patrols the streets firmly but courteously will do much to stop accidents, as has been proved in Evanston, Illinois, and Rochester, New York, and other cities. safety factors in the cars themselves, until today, with four - wheel brakes, steel bodies, and shatter proof glass, and other factors of safety, mechanical de fects are responsible for less than IS per cent of all motor car accidents. Where people are sufficiently progressive to require a periodic check of mechanical equipment we can look for a still better accident rate. The public schools through their training of their pupils and the establishment of safety patrol leaders in conjunction with the police have Inasmuch as the larger industrial con cerns each employ a number of drivers, it stands to reason that industry has con centrated more on the problem of pre venting motor vehicle accidents than any other group. This record of improve ment has been accomplished by safety shown that it is possible to reduce acci dents materially. The insurance com panies, in instructing their clients and furnishing posters, have done a worthy part in reducing traffic toll. We Are the Community rallies, posters, competition among com panies, and within companies on acci dent prevention, by offering bonuses, by giving safe driving awards, by thorough inspection of cars, by training each driver in the proper operation and care of his car, by competent medical exam Now, why should industry take a part ination, by traffic courts conducted by in this community traffic problem? Who supervisors to determine causes of acci is it that composes the community? dents and to prevent similar occurrences, Why, you and I and our friends and neighbors, the large majority of whom drive autos and who therefore object by fair but stern discipline of drivers, by having a supervisor caution each driver on leaving the garage, especially generally to laws which limit us but when road conditions are more hazard would welcome laws to limit the other fellow. This is why it is so hard to arouse public interest and to bring effec tive pressure to bear. Industry too, is a vital part of the community. The people in the community earn their live ous than usual, by having a specially 1 trained supervisor examine each driver before permitting him to handle a car. by giving each driver the American Red Cross training in first aid, by impressing on the supervisors that the safe opera lihood in serving industry. Anything tion of each motor vehicle by his men that imperils their safety or their useful ness will harm industry. Industry pays a large share in the upkeep of any com was the supervisor's responsibility, by periodic check up on drivers with ques tionnaires. munity through taxes. So industry by its very nature has a selfish interest in each community. But over and above this, most industrial concerns take an active pride in their communities. What has industry already done and what remains to be done? First and Let me tell you what happened in our own company back in 1929 and 1930. During this period metropolitan Detroit was breaking all records for traffic acci dents. and frantic efforts were being made to abate the slaughter. We called together a committee of our drivers and the latter are to bear fruit. A police foremost as industry's contribution, (Phase turn to page 64) NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS Industrial Health A Non-Technical Symposium for Physicians and Laymen 33 Preventing Tuberculosis Among Employees " By CHARLES S. GALLAHER, M. D. Eastman Kodak Company, Rochestert A'. Y. THE prevention of tuberculosis in industry is one of the many prob lems confronting the industrial physician. It is well to appreciate that the disease is present among ail classes of people and is fairly frequent. Its in cidence among industrial employees is approximately two per cent. An analysis of 100 cases of tuber culosis occurring among employees of the Eastman Kodak Company by Dr. W. A. Sawyer and Dr. E. K. Richard showed some interesting facts. It was noted that the mortality among women between the ages of 20 to 29 was 109 deaths per 100,000, or about what it was 14 years ago. The death rate among men was 74 per 100,000. In spite of the fact that the mortality rate has been dropping during the past 35 years, tuber culosis is the second greatest cause of death among males, being exceeded only by heart disease. Two other interesting points were brought out in this study. The first was that the average age of the patient at the time of diagnosis was 31 years. Such an ailment coming at the crucial time in life, when young persons are getting established in their occupations, results in a real economic catastrophe. The second point showed the cost of an average case of tuberculosis to be 34,062, with a possible maximum of $24,000. Of the first figure, 80 per cent is accounted for by lost wages and sick benefits paid. The remaining 20 per cent represents the cost of medical care. These figures can be more readily ap preciated when we find that the average lost time was 542 working days for female patients and 648 for males, an average of over two years in actual work ing days. To prevent tuberculosis, we must first discover the case. The work is carried on by three departments, namely: em ployment, medical, and safety. The employment department's duty is to select the proper applicants for the various types of work. The department is assisted by recommendations from the medical department. The medical department is really the fountain head of prevention work. It is its duty to discover, and dispose of each case, properly. In doing this work, there are two classes to consider: the applicant and the older employee. When the applicant comes to the employment department, he is given a requisition slip for physical examination. Upon presentation of this slip to the medical department, a medicai history is taken, which is followed by a clinical examina tion. Wasserman, urinalysis, and a chest x-ray. We have become convinced that the only way to find the majority of tuber culosis cases, is to have a satisfactory x-ray, otherwise, cases of so-called "silent tuberculosis" are apt to escape the most careful examiner. Upon completion of this examination, if the applicant is satisfactory, he is accepted for employment, and subjected only to routine health examinations at intervals. Three Types of Cases Applicants who have tuberculosis, are divided into three classes: active cases, stabilized adult cases, and juvenile cases. The active cases are, of course, re jected for employment. They are re ferred back to their family physician with the x-ravs, or referred to the local sanitarium, and local health bureau is informed so that the follow-up of each case may be obtained and examinations made. If the case is deemed to be stabilized, but shows a moderate or marked fibrosis, the applicant is still rejected. This is due to bad experience with this type of case. We find that all too frequently stabilized cases reactivate and become industrial hazards. The applicant is occasionally passed for particular kinds of work when he has minimal pulmonary fibrosis that is very definitely stabilized. This employee is examined routinely each year and given a chest x-ray, which is kept for compari son with all other previous x-rays, in order to avoid passing up cases of very low activity. Cases of juvenile tuberculosis are usually passed, and if listed as tubercu losis suspects, are periodically examined and x-rayed. Individuals having sus picious chests are so advised, and in structed in protective measures. Sus picious cases are never placed on hazard ous work. Older employees are given periodic examinations. If normal, they are called in at intervals every two or three years in one plant and yearly in others. If they have tuberculosis they fall into one of two classes: inactive or active. The inactive cases are examined and x-rayed at intervals of six months to one year to determine if any activity has de veloped. The active cases fall into two groups as follows: 1. The quite active case who is being incapacitated by the condition. If the proper treatment can not he given at home, he is encouraged to go into the local sanitarium for treatment, and when totally and permanently disabled, is given retirement. Frequently, however, he is able to overcome the disease by proper treatment, and ultimately returns to work. He is then given light work which the attending physician is con vinced he can do without injuring him- (Please turn to page 48) NOVEMBER, 1935 34 Safety Instruction Cards A List of Cards Issued to Date THESE cards are intended for in dividual distribution. They may be carried in the pocket conven iently; they will slide into most pay envelopes easily. If tacked on the wall over a work bench or machine they will not tear off when a little wind strikes them; several of them can be displayed in a small space and they will fit in a standard card file. The following alphabetical index of Safety Instruction jTards issued to date has been prepared to aid members in ordering cards which apply to their own particular operations. Subject No. Acid and caustic pipe lines, opening Hanged joints .... ........ ......................... ......117 Acid, sulphuric---handling ................... ....,,242 Acid tanks, repairing ................... ........ ......124 Cleaning out large tanks ...... _,,..29S Air hoist operation ........................... Aprons, protective ................ .......... Artificial respiration ,...... ............ ..... 142 ..... 228 ___165 Auto tires, inflation ......................... ..... 208 Axe, how to handle ........................ ..... 191 Babbitt, pouring ,.............................. ............139 Belt, to put on a pulley ................. g Removing from pulley ...........-- Bicycles ................................................ Boiier gage glasses, replacing -- ............ 241 ... _.1U3 Boxes and crates, shipping ......... ...........206 Bricks, how to pile ....................... -- __ ,,242 Broken glass, how to dispose of Cable Clamps .......................................... *...... 36 Carboys, safe handling .. ................ 195,224 Carpenters ........................................ -..... -- Carrying long materials on shoulders.... Case hardening with cyanide ...................133 Chain links, hooks, castings--detecting flaws in ................................................ -- Chains, safe loads for ................ .............. 63 Determining need forannealing or normalising ......... -- 267 Safe use of ................................................. 151 Chemical laboratory practices ............ . Chemicals, protectionagainst ........ - 207 42 Cleaning machine parts ......................... 137 Clothing for machinists ...................... . 230 For cold weather .......... ~~ 269 For men .........-.......... ..........................-- , 83 For women ................--........................ 84 Cold chisel, cutter or punch head, proper shape for ......................... ---- 28 Compressed air--practical jokes ............ 287 Couplings, link and pin ........... -............ -- Crane and hoist operators, advice to *8 Crane Signals ..... ........................... -- Cranes, locomotive tsteam driven) ........295 Crushed hands, avoiding .... ................--S3 Dog Bites, to avoid .............................. ..175 Drill press operators ............................. S7 Driving long rods ......................................... 21 Driving vehicles, attention to driving....209 Backing ..... --.......... -.................... ..........JJJ Braking distances ...... ...................... -16 Checking before starting ---------......--..225 Choosing routes ............................ ........ --*251 Courtesy in driving ....------------------------275 General suggestions ......................-- 170 Parking ................... ................... ........*---235 Setting out flares .......................... -- 292 Speed control --...-- ...............--..186 Stopping on highway at night ---^0 What to do in case of accident ............183 Drums, handling ...................................-44, 132 Dust explosions, preventive measures ...239 Safety Instruction Cards are printed on white card stock, 3 by 5 inches, slightly heavier than gov ernment postcards. In any quan tity the price is one cent per card (all of one kind or selection) with a minimum order of 25 cents. Stamps or cash may be sent with order, or an invoice will be ren dered. The order should specify "Safety Instruction Cards," and give the numbers of the cards selected. Guards, use of ..150 Hair, protection .......... ...238 Hammer heads, fitting to handles ........ 6 Hammer hints _____....... ....................... -31 Hand protection, discs for.......................... 33 Hand saw, how to start............................. ..123 Hand tools .......... ...... .......... ............ 85 Sharpening ..... ............................................192 Hand truck, two-wheel .............................126 Four-wheel push truck ................. ...... ..156 Health, general suggestions ............ .........141 Colds ....... ....... ...............................................125 Headaches ......... ... ..................................... ...152 Sracation hints ........................................ . ,,221 Heat exhaustion ..................................... 57, 197 Home hazards ............................... ....... ........ ..129 Hooks, hand ....................... ........................... .. 71 Horse, a well designed ......... .................... Horses, suggestions for handling ____ ..172 Horseplay ...................... ..................... ..154 Hours of danger ..............................................256 Housekeeping, inspection list ...............~ 29 Salvaging materials ..................... ..179 fcieles .......... .................................................. 121 ice slipping hazards ..................................... 107 Electric arc welding ..................................... 68 Electric line work, safety lines ......... 96 ice tones ,,... ............ ..... .................. ..236 Inattention .................................................... 177 Electric motors, starting ......-------- --------- 60 Electric wires, safe carrying capacity..., 13 Electricians .............................. -........ 28 Jacks, sate use of ......................................... 23 Janitors, sweepers and cleaners ............ ..134 Elevators, inspection and repair ,iI,,,,..,,.<l04 Advice to operators -------- - 41 Kite flying ........................................................ 40 Freight elevator inspection . 271 Knives ....... 144 Eyes, care of ................................................... 113 Knot, underwriters .... ,,............................. .. 9 Eye protection, making goggles Knuckle guards for trucks com fortable ............. -- ................ 62 and wheelbarrows ................................ _.24a Keeping goggie lenses dean ......... --..245 Explosives, storage .............................. .......US Ladders, safe angles for ............................ 16 Opening dynamite case ...... ...157 Carrying .... ..................... ........... ..............,,,202 Preparing blast with cap and fuse..... 294 Climbing ........................................... ol Explosive vapor, removing from drum...,l71 Extension ............. 178 Extension cord fastening plug to ......... 26 Step ladders ............................................,..262 Lathes, all-purpose metal-working ........ 39 Falling objects ................................ 163 Lead poisoning, protection ...... 116 Falls, general . .......... ................ --161 Lifting---$<u'e methods ................... ............ 55 Things to look out for ...................-....,..185 Linemen, ware of leather equipment ......2S8 Flics ............ --........................................ ,,--.,...174 Linemen's climbers, to sharpen ........... 22 Fire, to put out clothing ................. ... 23 Live wires, to free person from ________ 189 What to do In case of .....................--.--.122 Fire extinguisher, soda acid ............... ... 17 Manila rope ....................... "2 One-quart pump type ..... .--........... -- IS Care when not m use ......................... 14 Checking for winter .............. .264 Care of ........................... ............... ......106, 203 Fire fighting, electrical hazards ...............247 Testing in the field ................................... 231 Fire prevention, inspection check list....237 Maintenance and repair men........ .....79, 259 First Aid, acid and caustic burns................. 75 Safe clothing ............... ...253 Artificial respiration ........... Making safety suggestions .......................109 Burns ........ ........ .......................------.--...196 Masons, brick ............. ,135 Carbon Monoxide ..................-.........-......115 Stone ...........................................................220 Emergency stretchers ............... ~......,-..282 Matches ............................. ....................,..182 Fractures ........... ----211 Monkey wrenches .......................... 204 Frost bite .................... ,,.^..,145 Motormen and conductors ..... 48 Minor injuries ..... .......... .......-.......--.233 Simple tourniquet ................................-- 73 Mails, how to start ............................ 153 Transporting a patient ..........173, 281, 273 New employees, helping ............... .......101 Where to apply pressure to stop Nitrous fumes .............. ............... ----.^..219 bleeding ......... ..................................... --149 Flammable liquids, storing .............. .226 Office accident causes ....................................77 Flash points ..........--......... .................. *......-265 nil storage tanks, cleaning ..................... 70 Fumigating with cyanides ...... 21. Oilers, advice to ........ 74 Fuses, removing and replacing .........--27 4 Oiling machinery ...................... X47 Garage mechanics ..................... ........-- *- Gas leaks ........................ -..............-............... *30 Gas masks, identification of camstcr*...,212 To test for air-tight fit ------ ------------ 97 Gas welding-cylinders ,.... ............ . 99 Gas and oil furnaces, lighting burnera.,166 Oases, explosive ranges .............................,.290 Gasoline blow torches ..................... 78 Gasoline engines, cranking ....................... 190 Going to and from work ..............................158 Grinding wheels, to cheek peripheral speeds .......... .......-.............. - 10 Grinding wheels, mounting on spindles.. 50 Flange dimensions .................. ---59, 66, 81 Safe operation ............. ..........--,,....,,...,102 Making ring test .............. ..........-..... ,,,...10S painters, brush--lead poisoning.............. 289 Pens and pencils .................. ,...272 Personal safety check list ........................181 Picks .............................. ............. --______ ,--176 Piling materials, general ...........................140 Bags of cement ................................. ......... 249 In process near machines .......................266 Pipe fitters ..... .......... ........................... ........... 215 Pipe lines, bianklng off .......................... ....100 Pipe wrench, safe use of _______ _______.....188 Piping systems, identification of ..........., 20 Pneumatic hammers and chisels ___ ___52 Poison ivy ............ ............ .................... . 30 Poison oak and poison sumac --............. 64 (Please turn to page 68) NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 35 The Accident Barometer Prepared by the Statistical Bureau, National Safety Council Accidental deaths of all types showed a small decrease in August com pared with August, 1934. The reduc tion was from 9,100 to 8,800, according to present reports. Both home and occupational fatalities decreased sub stantially, but this improvement was largely offset by increases in motor ve hicle and other public accidental deaths. With the addition of the August esti mate the eight months' total is at present set at 63,930, compared with 67,160 last year. This is a reduction of 4.8 per cent. Occupational accidental deaths resulted in approximately 1,200 deaths during August. This compares favor ably with the August. 1934 total of 1,300. The January-August total is nowplaced at 10.800. or approximately the same number estimated for the first eight months of last year. In the inter plant contests of community safety councils the average August frequency rate per million man-hours was I0.8S, a drop of 17 per cent from last year's comparable rate of 13.08. The severity rate per thousand man-hours also de creased from 1.11 to 0.95. During the eight months of this year frequency has averaged 13.28 compared with 14.92 for last year, and severity stood at 0.86 against 1.14 last year. In three sec tional contests conducted by the Na tional Safety Council the August fre quency rate was 8,86 compared with 10.29 last year and the eight months' rate was 8.71 or 15 per cent under last year's comparable rate. September re ports of Industrial Commissions indicate a 21 per cent increase in deaths from September, 1934. Coal mine fatalities in August numbered 74 or 2.59 deaths per million tons of coal produced, according to U. S. Bureau of Mines reports. For bitumin ous mines only the rate was 2.46, or 10 per cent lower than the August, 1934 rate of 2,88. For anthracite mines the rate stood at 3.86, or 8 per cent below last year's August rate of 4.19. Further more, both kinds of mines had substan tial decreases from July this year. The seven months' rates were: bituminous 2.44; anthracite, 5.52. This represents a decrease from the same period last year of 3 per cent for bituminous mines, but an increase of 25 per cent for anthra cite mines. NOVEMBER, 1935 All Accidental Deaths January-August 1935 ......................... 63,930 1934 ......................... 67,160 1933 ......................... 58,515 U. S. Census Bureau total for 1933; National Safety Council estimates for 1934 and 1935. Steam railroad deaths in June num bered 450, an increase of 6 per cent over the total for June, 1934. .Almost half the increase was due to more grade cross ing fatalities, which rose from 89 to 100. Trespasser deaths went up from 277 to 288, and employee fatalities from 37 to 46. In contrast, ail but one class of persons showed decreases in injuries and the total dropped over 15 per cent to 2,155. The first six months of the year, together, show a small increase in deaths (2,233 to 2,270), but a sizeable decrease in injuries (13.819 to 13,371). Most of the advance in fatalities was among tres passers. Most of the drop in injuries is credited to non-trespassers. Motor vehicle deaths in August were 3.7 per cent more numerous than in the same month last year. This'is the fourth month in which fatalities have been above 1934. The other three are: February (up 1.3 per cent), March (up 16.4 per cent), and April (up 1.5 per cent). Furthermore, the records show that in February, April and August cities continued to show a decrease from last year, thus indicating that the rural acci dent situation is becoming relatively These items summarize briefly the monthly reports collected by the Nation al Safety Council to show current acci dent trends. Certain of these reports are analyzed more fully in other monthly publications of the Council, devoted to industrial, traffic, commercial vehicle, home, and school safety, in addition to these monthly data, the Council's annual statistical report "Accident Facts," con tains very detailed information on all types of accidents. more unfavorable. The eight months' total of motor vehicle deaths is estimated to be 21,600, or the same number that occurred in the same months of 1934. Commercial vehicle accidents numbered 1.60 per 100,000 vehicle miles during August, among fleets entered in the National Fleet Safety Contest. The comparable rate for August, 1934 was 1.84. During the first two months of the present Contest the rate was 1.66, a reduction of 12 per cent from last year's July-August rate of 1.88. All types of vehicles shared in the decrease: buses, from 1.45 to 1.12; passenger cars, from 1.26 to 1.12; and trucks, from 2.70 to 2.33, Public (not motor vehicle) deaths totaled approximately 2,000 in August. This is an increase of 17.7 per cent over last year's August total of 1,700. Ac cording to present reports, this advance comes chiefly from more drownings. Deaths in steam railroad accidents (not involving motor vehicles) were consider ably fewer than last year and there was a small reduction in falls. Other types were not sufficiently numerous to have nuch influence on the total. The Janu ary - August total is estimated to be 12,100, a decrease of 3.2 per cent from last year's comparable figure of 12,500. Accidental deaths at home totaled about 2,700 in August, a welcome reduc tion of 18.2 per cent, from the August, 1934 figure of 3,300. This decrease can be largely attributed to the absence of any great number of excessive heat fa talities. Last year, it will be recalled, the heat wave extended into August and was responsible for a considerable num ber of deaths during the first two weeks. With the addition of this favorable August figure the eight months' total now stands at 21,300, compared with 24,200 for the same months of 1934. Looking ahead ..... Accidental deaths in November will number about the same as in October--which means that the total will be one of the year's largest. Motor vehicle fatalities will probably decrease slightly, but traffic will drop even more, showing the situa tion to be fundamentally worse than in October. Deaths from burns will in crease, probably as much as 40 per cent. Drownings, already at a low point, are likely to decrease to around 250. 36 Hydrogen Sulphide industrial Data Sheet D-Chem. 16 A. Problem 1. What are the hazards of hydrogen sulphide, and what precautions should be taken against those hazards? B. Hazards 2. The principal hazard is poisoning by inhalation. C. Discussion 3. Hydrogen sulphide (sulphureted hydrogen or rotten.gas) is a highly toxic, colorless gas heavier than air, (with the odor of rotten eggs. It bums with a blue flame and produces sulphur dioxide, a very irritating gas with a pungent odor. It forms explosive mixtures with air, the lower limit of complete flammability be ing 5.9 per cent, hydrogen sulphide, and the upper limit, 27.2 per cent. It is soluble in water but becomes less soluble as the temperature of the water in creases. It is most frequently encounter ed in the production and refining of high-suiphur petroleum; in the natural gases; in gypsum and sulphur mining; in rock strata and underground water (where it is encountered in tunneling and caisson work); in blasting with black powder; in blasting high-sulphide ores with other explosives; in gas manu facture; in the carbonization of coal; and in the manufacture of artificial silk and chemicals. It is also found in the atmosphere of sewers, cesspools and in the products of putrification. 4. The sense of smell cannot be de pended upon to detect hydrogen sul phide for two reasons: first, the sense of smell is lost in two to fifteen minutes of exposure to concentrations as low as 0.010 to 0.015 per cent volume of the gas: second, exposure to higher concentrations for less than a minute dulls the sense of smell and may result fatally. There are a number of quali tative tests which will indicate the pres ence of the gas; one such test is the darkening of paper soaked in lead ace tate. However, for an accurate deter mination of the presence of the gas as well as of its percentage in the air, a detector approved bv the United States Bureau of Mines or a method of test recommended by that Bureau, should be used. (See Note W) Symptoms 5. The susceptibility varies according to the individual but appears to be in creased by previous exposure. Acquired immunity has never been observed, and the gas has no cumulative effects. The poisoning may be either sub-acute or acute. Sub-acute poisoning consists of the irritant action of the gas on exposed tissues and mucous membranes produc ing conjunctivitis and respiratory dis tress. Acute poisoning (strangling) may (Please turn to page 74) TABLE A--TOXICITY OF HYDROGEN SULPHIDE TO MEN Hi : Per Cent 0.005 0.010 0.010 .015 0.015 .020 0.025 ,035 0.035 TM5 0.060 ,070 .080 .10 .15 0-2 Minutes Coughing; col lapse anri unconscious ness.* Collapse;* un conscious ness;* death. 2-15 Minutes Coughing; ir ritation of eyes; loss of sense of smelt. Loss of sense of smell. Irritation of ejes; loss of sense of smrll. Irritation of eyes; loss of sense of smelt. Respiratory d i sturbanees; irritation of eyes; col lapse.* Collapse;* un conscious ness;* death.* 13-30 Minutes Disturbed res piration; pain in eyes; sleep iness. Throat and eye irritation. Irritation of eyes. Difficult respiration; coughing: irritation of eyes. Serious eye ir ritation; light shy; palpita tion of heart; a few eases of death.* 30 Min.l Hour Mild conjunc tivitis; respir atory tract ir ritation. Throat irrita tion. `Throat and eve irritation. Painful secre tion of tears; weariness. Increased ir ritation of eves and nasal tract; lu'l pain in head; weariness; light shy. Severe pain n eves ami head; tilulncsi; trembling of extremities; great weak ness & death.* 1-4 Hours Salivation and mucous dis charge; sharp pain in eyes: coughing. Difficult breathing; blurred vi sion; light shy. Light shy; nasal catarrh; pa u in eves; difficult breathing; conjunctivitis. Dizziness; weakness; in creased irrita tion; death. i-H Hours increasedsymptoms.* Serious irri tating cifccts. Hemorrhage and death.* Death.* 8-48 Hours Hemorrhage and death.* Hemorrhage and death.* Data secured from experiments on dogs which have a susceptibility similar to men. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 37 AN INDUSTRY little things count. Slight mistakes may mean ser ious loss. So with industrial injuries a little scratch if ignored may become a serious infection. ffThe 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 Mercurochrome for the first aid care of all minor injuries. In more serious cases call a physician. This seal denotes acceptance of Mercurochrome for New and Nonofficial Remedies by the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry of the American Medical Association. HYNSON,7 WESTCOTT & DUNNING,` Inc., Baltimore,` Marvyland NOVEMBER, 1935 38 Safety Engineering Loose-Leaf Handbook Are You Acquainted With The Wealth of Safety Information Contained In These P amp hlets? Members who are too busy to familiarize themselves with what services the Council has to offer will be interested in the following note: "I am writing to tell you that I have not realized until this morning the wealth of practical, construc tive material contained in the 'Safe Practices Pam phlets.'' I have just spent a couple of hours looking through my recently acquired volume and I am mentally kicking myself for not having utilized more of these pamphlets as educational material for our field men. Our order for four more bound volumes which will supply each of these men is enclosed." Every member purchasing a complete set of general Safe Practices Pamphlets may select pamphlets from the special industries series to be included with the general set at no additional cost and will also receive without further cost a copy of each completely revised or new pamphlet of the general series, as it comes from the press. The com plete set of general Safe Practices Pamphlets is available at $12.00 f.o.b. Chicago and $6.00 for the set of Health Practices Pamphlets. (For members only) NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL INC JO NORTH WACKEft DRIVE CHICAGO NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS The following is an alpha betical list of all the pamphlets in these three series. Pamphlets in the General series arc num bered from 1 to 100; all num bers with the prefix "HP" indi cate pamphlets in the Health series; all others are in the Special Industries series. Title Number Acccident Statistics, Commercial Ve- ^ ^ Acids and Caustics ......--........,..,25 Bakery OperatfSns, Safety in Belts and Belt Guards Benzol ............... .--..H.P. 14 Blast Furnaces ................................... e-2 Boilers, Marine, Safe Operation of....Mar-2 Boilers, Steam.-Construction and Equipment .......--...............~ Boilers, Steam, Safe Operation of .............. 3 Brick Making. Safe Practices in...--,,CP-l Burns. Chemical, Their Nature and Treatment ......... ........... ,,,Ghem-3 Campaign. Industrial Safety. Plan- Candy. Chocolate and Cocoa Manufac ture, Safety in .... .............. ........... ..... Carbon Monoxide .......------------- ------ --.H.P. ? Cement Mill Shops. Safe practices Cement Mill, Raw and Finished Grind ing ___ --...-- _________ Cem-2 Cement Mill Yards and Railroads__ Cem-6 Cement Rock Quarrying and Crush ing ........___________________________ ,Cem- i Cement, Storing, Packing and Ship ping ,.--__ ..~--,,Cem-6 Chains. Hoisting. Use and Care of--,,,,,...9S Chlorine, Safe Handling of Chromium ........................... .--l Clothing, protective ............... Coal, Bunker, Safe Practices in Han dling .......................... --. Mar-3 Coal Systems. Pulverized, Safe Opera tions of ...............---------------------- Committees. Safety ........--...__ ...,,_72 Compressed Air Machinery and Equlp- Compressed Gases, Safe Practices in Handling ...... --, ......... ...... --........96 Construction Work. Safe Practices ^ Contests, Safety ________ Conveyors ,, ...... ----...,..35 Cranes, Overhead Traveling --=,,.,4 Cutting Oils and Emulsions. Safe Use Driver, Commercial, Non-Traffic Hai- Drivers for Commercial Vehicles, Se- ^ Drivers for Commercial Vehicles, Training .................... --~.D-3 Drums and Barrels, Handling. Clean ing and Filling ..................................... Pet-8 Dry Cleaning and Dyeing Establish ments, Safety in ................... Dust ............... ....................... ............. .--.H.P. 4 Electric Railway Rolling Stock, Safe Maintenance of ........................ .............ER-1 Electrical Equipment in industrial Plants ............................ Elevators -------- -------.. 15 Engine Guarding and Engine Stops ,=,..... .9 Engineering, A Factor In Accident Prevention __ ,,,,,7 9 Excavation Work. Safety fn ......--..... Con-S Exhaust Systems .............. .................32 Exits. Fire Alarms and FireDrills ........ 19 Explosion Hazards. Industrial ,,,,...34 Title Number Explosions, Commercial Eye Hazards, Industrial 6 Falls of Workers--Their Causes and Prevention ...... Fatigue. Practical Methods of Reduc ing Fire Brigades .................................................... 36 Fire Causes and prevention ..--........=....31 Fire Extinguishment ..........24 First Aid, Training for ..................................S3 Floors and Flooring ........................................ 11 Food Preserving and Canning. Safety in -x.F-1 Forging and Hot Metal Stamping, Safe Practices in ,.=,,,,....=~=--~=.------- .....^,.35 Foundries. Cleaning and Finishing Rooms in ...... ............... ........... ....... Me-1 Foundries. Safety in ..... --.==.73 Fuel Handling, Storing and Firing.--.....46 Fume Poisoning from Nitric and Mixed Acids --*.Chem-2 Fumigating Ships, Hazards In ......... ...Mar-1 Gases and Vapors...............H.P. 9 Gasoline Service Stations, Safety in Operation ... ........-. ..Pet-2 Goggles .................. ..........................................,.14 Grinding Wheels --.................,...--13 Grounding Practices ..... ............. ...----.PU-2 Guards. Machinery, Construction of..... ..53 Handling Material (Hand and Truck)....54 Handling Material (Mechanical Equip- Health Service Policies ------,,.H.P. 12 Health Supervision in Industry,.,,,,..H.P. 5 Heat Treating. Safe practices in ,.....,,Au-i Hoisting Apparatus =,.......................... ,,,.,.33 Hospitals, Safety in .,,_....,...,.CE-3 Hotels, Safety in................... _,....CE-2 Housekeeping, industrial ............... .......--,,45 Ice, Safe practices in Delivery of--,=..Ref-l Industrial Injury Reporting System, Standard .... .--..--........ .................... ......... 21 Infected Wounds .H.P. 8 Injured Workers, Caring for ,--32 Inspections, Safety ...... Investigation of Accidents ,=..? .=,,,36 Job and Newspaper Printing Estab lishments; Safety and Health in.... t'B i Laboratories, Chemical ------ .,,...=,,=60 Ladders ........... ............... . Lead =,=,,................... ...... --,,H.P, 2 Leather Tanneries, Safety in -- ,,.P&T 1 Lighting, Industrial Shop ..... .,22 Lumber Yards. Commercial, Safe Prac tices in Operating .--,..==,.--...W-t Macaroni Plants. Safety in ...................... F-5 Machine Shop Machinery 39 Maintaining Interest in Safety .=..,...,.....,.67 Maintenance and Repair Men, Safe Practices for 70 Mathematical Tables and Data for the Safety Engineer ........................................78 Medium-Sized Plant, Safety In the...,,--..37 Meetings, Safety ........--77 Meetings. Safety, Topics for ,,=,--93 Mercantile Establishments, Accident and Health Hazards CE-X Milk Bottling Plants, Safety in..--...... F-4 Mine Rescue Work ..................................... .M-2 Motion pictures in Educational Work......62 Motor Block Testing, Safe Practices in ..............-----------.=Au 2 New Employees. Teaching Safety to .,...=..65 .Nursing Service in Industry --,,,,=,H.P. 11 Oil Field Pumper, Safety for --,.Pet-7 Oiling Devices and Oilers ----10 Organizing a Complete Industrial Safe ty Program ,,,=~,,42 Personnel and Health Work 15 Paper and Pulp Mills..,.,................. .....--PF-i Paper Box Manufacturing, Safety in-~PP-2 Physical Defects------H.P. 13 Physical Examinations in Industry,...H.P. 2 Physical Therapy in Industry H. P. 16 Pipe Lines and Tanks as Causes of Accidents --------------- Cbem-l Title Ifumber pipe. Safe Practices in Handling and Laying --------------------------- Pet-4 piping Systems, Identification of...--...88 Plans and Specifications. Checking for Safety .................................. ------- 63 Posters, Safety and Bulletin Boards ,.38 Power Departments, Industrial 96 presses, Power __----,__1S Pressure Vessels (PT-1) (Air Re ceivers and Hot Water Tanks) ..... ...66 pressure Vessels (PT-2) (Steam jacketed Vessels, Digesters, Stills)___ 68 public. Protection of ..... --.......FU-1 Pulling Wells, Safe practices in --..Fet-l Radio ---------------------------------------- ---- ---- PS-1 Railroads in industrial Plants--.__ _____ .48 Rayon Manufacture, Safety in____ Chem-4 Refrigeration, Mechanical _61 Respirators, Gas Masks. Hose Masks and Breathing Apparatus ___ ... 64 Rod Mills .......... ..........,.Me-4 Rope, Fiber --____6 Rope, Wire ...................................... ,=...26 Rubber Industry, Compounding Mate rials Used in the ........................ --.......Ru-l Rubber Protective Equipment, Line men's, Testing, Care and Use of--PtJ-3 Rules, Safety--Their Formulation and Enforcement --,,,,.30 Safety Man in Industry......--------- ,,S4 Safety Stunts ........-- ................ ............ _..100 Shafting. Couplings, pulleys. Gears, Sprockets and Chains ___ _--........ S Signs, Warning--Their Use and Main- ^ Skin Affections...,.-- --------------- H.P, 10 Spray Coating ..............................--.,,.91 Stairs, Stairways, Inclines and Ramps....2 Starting and Stopping Devices ........ State Safety Requirements In Industry,,J)4 Static Electricity .......... --........----------------.52 Stills, Petroleum, Safe Practices in Cleaning .................. ........... .............. --~.Pet-6 Structural and Sheet Metal Fabrica tion, Safety in ........................--......Me-3 Suggestion Systems ............................ =,4Q Tank Oars (Gasoline), Safe Practices in Loading --------------- Pet-3 Tanks, Storage, for Oils, Acids and Dry Materials ......................... ..........--.... ......... 63 Tools, Hand ____________ _____ .41 Tools, Hand, Portable Electrical ..,.^.-..,,.^76 Track Cars, Motor, Hand and Push, Use of = ......... ..........................___--___..RR-1 Truck Driving (Sales), Safe =,..--,,--Pet-6 Trucks and Wheelbarrows ...30 Tunnel and Caisson Work, Safety and Health in ................................................ Con-2 Vehicle Accidents, Preventing ......_____ D-5 Ventilation, Industrial ...... 37 Warehouses and Shipping Rooms --.59 Water, Drinking, Wash and Locker Rooms and Toilet Facilities-----...=,,,,,=27 Welding, Gas and Electric --.....____ ____ 23 Wood Furniture Manufacture, Safety Woodworking Machinery ............ ......... ^...=20 EXTRA COPIES j Any single pamphlet listed on this page is available to members at the following rates: So. of Copies Per Copy f to JO ............... .......... .,,J25c 11 to 24 ..... 23 to 50 to 49 =. . ......... ...............--.12c 90 ..... 100 to 499 ... ...___ _____________9c 1,000 to 1,999 .==,. 2,000 or more ___ NOVEMBER, 1935 The Bulletin Board A page for those who maintain the Show Windows of Safety ' 1 -- Conducted by STAN KERSHAW - ' -- ---- Consider the Purpose of (3) Your family needs you. 14) Your Each Poster friends would miss you." To women, poster No. 5624 should MONTH after month the Council carry a particularly strong appeal with offers 63 different kinds of safety its urge to be careful lest the scar of posters from which to make your selaenc accidental injury destroy beauty. tions. Every one of these posters is pre Poster No. 5631-B pulls at the heart pared for a definite-purpose. strings and should cause all who stop As you look over the miniature re to read it to give serious thought to ways productions in the following pages be of preventing the suffering, hardships, sure you do not miss the underlying pur and heartaches that follow serious acci pose which prompted the production of each poster. Remember that all of the subjects have been scheduled to fill the dents. With the winter weather comes the hazards of sleet, snow and ice and since needs of the members and that scrupu falls of persons rate first place in the lous measures have been taken to see causes of injuries, poster No. S622 with that every one of them is capable of do its caption, "An icy walk--Danger for ing its job well. all -- .Make it safe -- Prevent a fall," An electrically illuminated bulletin: board fitted with a glass door-front can be easily adapted to the display of slides. Place a piece of white cardboard against the background of the bulletin board so that the electric light will illum inate it. Now with some gummed tape, affix one or more slides to the inside of the glass directly in front of the white cardboard and if you wish to make the job more complete, take a large sheet of cardboard and fit it around the slides so as to exclude all extraneous reflected light from the white cardboard. You can even letter captions on this card board if you so desire. The result will be a group of illum inated pictures that are bound to attract These posters are by no means the should be used as widely as possible. attention. product of a single mind so in no case With business showing signs of an up If you have a large assortment of are you being expected to make use of a swing and more and more jobs opening, slides and want to have repeated show pet idea or the expression of a distorted it will pay to make sure that all new ings of them, it would be a simple matter thought. Not one of them is permitted employees are impressed with the fact to have a carpenter construct a rack to go into production without first meet that safety is required of them. Poster which could be screwed to the back of ing with the approval of at least fifteen No, 5248 carries a subtle reminder that the giass door frame and arranged with safety experts. only those who will work safely are grooved slides into which could be slid The method of scheduling subjects wanted--"You'd better take Jenkins. 1 rows of slides. calls for the production of posters that know he's a safe worker." will strike at the outstanding causes of accidents. To do otherwise would be to reduce their usefulness. -- In this month's assortment there are several that may be worth special con sideration either because they are out of the ordinary or because they relate to subjects of outstanding importance right now. The new traffic poster No. 5633 - 0 has been produced with the permission of The Reader's Digest. It is a particu larly timely poster because the power ful article which appeared under the heading. " And Sudden Death." is still fresh in the minds of the millions of people who have read it. It should prove If your people have succeeded in mak ing a good safety record, you will find poster No. 5609 useful in giving them the "pat on the back" they deserve. Be sure to have it signed by the manager before posting copies of it. Be sure to put in a large enough selec tion so that you will be able to change your displays frequently. Maybe once a week is often enough, but we know of places where the posters are changed daily with much better results for it not only gives the employees something new and interesting to look at every day. but also lets them know that their employer is putting real energy into the company's safety work. From the Scrap Book Bulletin board space deserves to be treated with as much skill as if it were high-priced magazine advertising space. + ** Think ofsafety as a commodity and do your utmost to advertise it onyour bulletin boards. * ** Winter weather is hard on outdoor bulletin boards. Keep an eye on them and when they begin to look a little the worse for wear, have someone touch them up a bit. * i* The National Safety Council has put to be an effective weapon against exces sive speed and careless driving. A good companion poster in a smaller size is No. 5612. This poster appeals to the heart a little more than to the sense of fear with its wording: "The four best reasons why you should drive into circulation an enormous quantity of Displaying Lantern Slides on safety posters. To date 53,000,000 copies Bulletin Boards of over 12,000 different designs have THE three-and-one-quarter by four inch glass lantern slides are not too been used in the fight against accidents. * ** small to be interesting when viewed with Safety work, of course, is more than out the aid of a stereopticon and indeed advertising, but advertising and publici carefully: (1) Your own life is at stake. can be used to make up unusually in ty are essential to the success of any (2) Other lives may be in your hands. teresting displays. campaign to reduce accidents. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS \9ake SAFETY Ilfome witiiYou IU>' Safety is yourgreatest responsibility when DRIVING N AT I O N A L SAFETY COUNCIL fn Teach Your Family io Prevent Accidents [national safety council IT MAY BE DEADLY , CARBON j MONOXIDE U?47l NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL *0000 SAFETY RECORD M n& Accident H AT t O N A l A f E T Y COUNCIL Sudden Death NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL /e tnanfc you for the effort you have made for Safety dur-. in^ thej/ear Mayyou and yours enjoy a happy GhrisdnTaS" NATIONAL SAFtTY COUNCIL Great Grief The best V" .FtMltLSWS :4jlN SERIOUS ACCIDENTS is a f NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL MUST W KEEP SAYING SO MUCH ABOUT SAFETY ? EVER STOP TO THINK- How much pain and suffering you avoid bJ WORKING SAFELY ? NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL d !i 3f you Uiap She .Safrtp Bap | A you'll Saur A Sappy SoliOay | ',-V- : - f, /_ ` vf i ON A L .-:= SAFETY <' .V COU NC IL SOMEPEOPLE DON'T YET REALIZE THATACCIDENT PREVENTION IS GOOD FOR ALL OF US------ NATIONAL CTY COUNCIL limta lilillliillililSillillllllllllllijllllill YESTERDAY IS CONE TO-MORROW MAY NEVER COME TO DAY IS THE DAY TO PREVENT >\ V'^Vvr - ' fe. v-}.K/vfv^ /. / / NATIONAL S" A F C t Y COUNCIL T|H|S^ "iff'f! OISE WILL TTJPA'KT TO JBJE A rAFF WORKER 25,000 FALLS NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL I IHLOVERTAKES US YOUR JOB MAY GO up in SMOKE *s PLEASE HELP PREVENT NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL KEEP FIT by KEEPING CLEAN r\A ;\-v USE PIENTY of SOAP WATER and CLEAN TOWELS NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL iliiillllii SAFETY RULES ARE OF NO VALUE UNLESS YOU FOLLOW THEM/ IwfE-TTl IS K VuAer^^nent cJt Can make- NATIONAL ^AFtTY COUNCIL THIRTEEN t/mcs as caseful . WHEN YOU BACK UP . NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL STOP/ see If merv, are working on the line before u 'open valve For * Take care lest the scar U an accidental. , injury | mar your beauty:, : IttSlSlSllll I Sill HAND SIGNALS I 1 (ENGINEERS' MEYER MOVE IT TRAINMAN ISOUT OF SIGHTORYOll ARE NOT SURE OF HIS SIGNALS ~ di TRAINMEN LOCATE YOURSELF SO YOU CAN IE MJUNLY SEEN WHEN < CfWIG SIGNALS AND MAKE " THEMINSUCHAMANNERAS TO M REA6ILY UNDERSTOOD t AT f O N A COUNCIL CLEANING UP ispart ofthe IQg I NATIONAL SARCTY I* C^L ; lillilll 4KlseoKEN "'\\\ kpJOhoR/UteLtE* * /1e3 RUNG! ytto+w BON EX O W N C *L JV-'| , '^kii Bn What would . doing today tl Yu been killed in an accident, say, a year ago. ? ***/ ^ .. i * 1 * ^ BSifiiHI NATIONAL S CONNECTING OIL HOSE ENDANGERS FINGERS Imep them CLEAR NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL V&I r. 11 '?* ytfe> \V !:U NATIONAL i A K T Y COUNCIL MINERS is It isn't always the other fellow who gets caught under a falliing roof USE PROPS SAFETY COON* WHtN THE ROUL \S CALEED UP YONDER" Y * >V V"-' i * - l ... 1 m One.of the MOST USELESS THIMGS^zTHIS WORLDS THATPAQTOF A CADELESS MAN THAT HE LEAVES INA MECEOFMACHINEHY - " NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL Ifguards are removed" NATIONAL 5 A. f E f Y COUNCIL your STEAM GAUGE WON'T SHOW MUCH PRESSURE /r) IF YOUR FIREBOX f/7 CLOGGED TT A ') WITH ASHES 8 One man can't do it V-- ALL OF US' working together can ' XI isw 4 BEST REASONS why you should Drive Carefully LLVbur oiun life -is L at stake 1 Other lives may be in your hands b. Your family needs \ you , 4. Your friends mould miss you NATIONAL etT c o u n e i r DONT BE THERE ON ACCOUNT OF AN accident NATIONAL SAFtTY COUNCIL DAILY ELIMINATION IS IMPORTANT NATIONAL SAFtTY COUNCIL WORKBENCH BUT ONE LOOK WILL TELLYOU WHAT KIND OF MAN WORKS THERE NATIONAL SAFCTY COUN C I L the?.(.<>*/ who ooestf t wear his COO.Gl.t' 'WHEN e should-- . TIME FLIES HAD BR'tT^R. ( Httti peBiiwt e.i crt u"IiS " ^HA<tt*u*xctrrcy SLASS SYSS r'ZL. ----------~i" V?** wmtewtCAN V^FS* ^ VTHJL SEE`EM' (C > <% t , N ATI O N A t * r. t v council AHE YOU DOING ALL YOU CAN hi PREVENT ACCIDENTS h at ionai safety council YOU CANTAFFORD TO LOSE ANY OF IT BECAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL '-mm WRY DANGEROUS Dusting off the hair or clothing with com pressedair may injure your hearing or eyesight either by the force of the blast or by blowing d/rt into your eyes or ears... KT * O N A l OUR SAFETY RECORD FOR THIS MONTH- SUN. MON. TUE. WED, THU. FWI. SAT. THE DATE IN BLACK INDICATES A NO-ACCIDENT DAY. THE DATE IN RED INDICATES AN ACCIDENT DAY. NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL CAUSES OF INJURY IN NDUSTR1AL ACCIDENTS HANDLING OBJECTS MACHINERY 14%* th* FALLS W%lth f^mn. f. vehicles HANO TOOLS FALLING OBJECTS OTHERS %.<*i.m IX.IA. wm. GET FIRST-AID FOR CUTS Did you ever: ^ Try to read a news paper with one eye bandaged.7 ^ Try to tie your shoe laces with one arm out of commission? 2 Try to kick a football if you have only one NATIONAL $ A F C T,Y COUNCIL WARMEST CHRISTMAS GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES FOR A SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL ,0 L*Si HOWY'*6** ^sfAKE^ NO CHANCES ifvoudontknc 4 <s the safe way -ft askthe man lodges rYJre .11 ,h ,. f *. \d .i NATIONAL ^ A f t T Y COUNCIL i\Y HORSEPLAY IS THE ENEMY OF SAFETY NO PLACE FOR HORSE-PLAY HERE *%S!WSW:@W ,f:ty council TEST ALL SCAFFOLD IPLANKS BEFORE YOU USE THEM Mark or report all defective ones immediately-- NATIONAL safety COUNCIL IOU a . . 'Dependon Luck ro PULL YOU THROUGH 0I*- Do 'tbu Stay Out Of o national Tight S a rt ry Places council !*/ ,mdMfatbrA Keep an ey out for Nails awt ^LIVERS Jr IF YOU ARE INJURED BY ONE -- GET FIRST AID ----- AT ONCE -cf/77 Time Clock. ft?1 ini I m rtw I'm m>wd irtf iwm U-.irt when im Ihm rimli >mi iSifi *rr n hsi peofur ik tiint on chf iiimi ind Kt$4i*n i4 iff b evf mlmlnct. lets ifcjft full mim fwoplr rr inArd M i u ttr titW > hnnv. K'hm I w4 ..V Kn. i .ini Mp wr>wf~ wwlffM*^ 4 iou fit fet luH Mfrh CSfttNKW ,BUf S# KAnM ID) (rwn (he piinf 9 rfc | L"t v _e*0ri. National i a. r t Y t (OdNCli lARNIN TO BYSTANDERS Don't even glance at the arc of an electric welder without welder's goggles. It may causejjpj hours of intense Pa'nflBT ln your eyes NATIONAL SAFE' , O U NC IL lilii II THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE '-1. I , HELL MAKE. SURE. NEXT TIME N ATI O N A l SAFETY COUNCI AN icy WALK DANGERTOALL MAKE IT SAFE PREVENT A FALL N# are having fewer accidents this year them ever before and (ha credit is yours You are sailing a good safety record-- Keep up the good work it's LUCKY osFor. our. o'omeRweAfcs'i \SAFEt'| shoes f) 7*. * .* w NATIONAL 'SAFETY .J COUNCIL ...IF EVERYONE WOULD BE MORE CAREFUL, THE FOLKS WHO MAKE ARTIFICIAL LIMBS and CRUTCHES WOULD BE MAKING BASEBALL BATS and GOLF STICKS................. . r" ' a*"** NATIONAL FETY COUNCIL A AN T I O N I A f t T Y COUNCIL BE KINDToYourFeeT Y< GARY OUR, SAYTy SHOES national safety councm wmm ____ ____ | You'd better lake Jenkins- l KNOW he's a Safe Worker" BEING CAREFUL uA h lONAt, f, A F I T * , OUNC IL (MAYBE) BEING LUCKY WONDER WH4TAUAMMCR TWIWKS ABOUT f5FB. 1 * i;u rm \ j CSABM MOW V5J u 1 . YJ MS -- MB HflcM MB | ' f rV> < kcrsB. fO ' MS. J j UBAO WfTCAt) O* f' j `NO m ySW1i | ! MtV* A NAM. t 1 souahclv, rut \ I NAH.* AUS AAXMVS 1 > H-VIIJC. AmB' j 1 `9 OCJBB MS ' v'T7'"- Flr TM1MO ,|v Tuiatkk yc am | iW - bUi | fSltMY <U AM BA4LS . \ J too -- ww.r a vmmc 1 aur s, I IT * t-a 5HOW WHAT CAM ) A tASBceBa woowsa ' jj \C,, \&A -- ---'Dmm--: N AT IONAL SAFETY COUNCIL HOW ARE YOUR MAYBE IT WOULD PAY YOU TO HAVE THEM EXAMINED NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL IT ISN I HOW WELL YOU DROVE LAST YEAR OR LAST MONTH IT $ HOW SAFELY YOU DRIVE TO-DAY THAT COUNTS NATIONAL FRTY COUNCIL 48 Safety- Preventing Tuberculosis (Continued from page found in the medical department. Bulle tins on healtfi are posted about the plant. Cold campaigns have been carried out Engineers tell us self, and of course, which will not involve with marked success, and cod-liver oil any risk to other employees. These groups have been organized yearly, in Atlas Slings cases are examined every few months, addition, a dietitian has been retained the medical supervision being similar to to give employees advice. a case of minimal activity. It might be well to comment briefly SPEED UP 2. The case of minor activity is cared on pneumothorax treatment. This treat for as his attending physician sees fit. ment seems to offer hope to employees LOADING In some cases, home treatment is desir able, and the patient is permitted to do a moderate amount of light work. In for an early return to work. Ambulatory pneumothorax cases do quite well, and apparently are able to do certain types these cases, placement is important to of work without injury. Endless construction make sure that they will not endanger The value of such a program, as out increases safety fellow workers. And employment must lined, cannot be overestimated. The be suited to their physical condition. incidence of tuberculosis between the These individuals are examined fre years 192.3-27 in the Eastman Kodak quently, and given chest x-ravs which Company was 123 patients. By follow are viewed in serial, to determine if the ing this procedure, between the years of case is progressive. Every effort is made 1928-32, the number was cut down to to carefully supervise these cases. 65. When we stop to figure the cost of This completes the direct methods of an average to the individual and to in finding tuberculosis and preventing the dustry, this saving has been consider spread of the disease in industry. There able! are, however, other methods employed The legal significance of such a pro which may he termed, indirect. The gram to industry is becoming more pro most important is the case finding sys nounced, particularly in states having a tem. A complete medical record of every wide coverage by compensation laws. employee is kept and frequently scrutin- We find that pneumonoeoniosis are fre : ized. Employees suffering from loss of quently accompanied by tuberculosis. weight, nervousness, and indigestion are This applies particularly to silicosis. In frequently called in for chest-x-rays. It view of the many suits being brought is surprising how many of these ob against industry, it is necessary to de scure symptoms will show tuberculosis. velop some means of protection. Hemoptysis is rather rare, and only one The Safety department plays a fairly case has been found in 16 years. Most prominent part in prevention work by of the patients exhibit vague symptoms, its elimination of industrial hazards. frequently referable to other parts of This is particularly true in the case of the body. dust hazards such as silicosis, anthra- The routine check-up on all cases is cosis. etc. Ventilating problems are They are made of two endless elementsof Monarch Whyte Strand wire handled by the "tickler" system, which solved. In addition the department con eliminates the possibility of overlooking ducts instruction courses for supervisors rope--spliced endless--then braided. This exclusive braided construc tion gives an unusually high safety factor -- reduces danger of acci dents both to men and materials. Foremen who have made time studies report that Atlas Slings speed up loading from JO to 40To. And give longer service, too. They have great flexibility--straightening out quickly without kinking or spinning. Atlas Slings are custom-built for all kinds of lifting jobs. Write forcatalog. any individual cases. This is one of the most important steps in the prevention work carried on by the medical depart ment. Another phase is making the patients "health conscious." This is accomplished by personal contact with the physician, who discovers individual health prob lems and gives advice. Much depends on the alertness of the industrial nurse. She comes in contact with a great number of employees and who have a good opportunity to observe physical deficiencies in the employee. MACWHYTE COMPANY. Knoha. WU. frequently patients will mention health problems to her which they are reluctant MAC WHYTE to bring before the doctor. This is par ticularly true of female employees. WIRE ROPE An alert nurse frequently picks up marked decrease in a patient's weight, a general appearance of ill - being, or minor symptoms elicited from the pa ATLAS DREW MONARCH tient. It is her duty to encourage the employee to see the physician. Still the Greatest Mother Ad No. ISt'A Free pamphlets on health are to be NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS I d 49 Personals Edward R. Granniss, for the past eight years safety engineer with The Travelers Insurance Company, has join ed the headquarters staff nf the Xational Safety Council as safety engineer in the Industrial Division. Mr, Granniss succeeds Clarence T. Wilson who has returned to Detroit to engage in indus trial relations and accident prevention wo-k in a consulting capacity. Before joining the Engineering Divi sion of The Travelers in 1927 Mr, Gran niss had been engaged in engineering work with the'Rock Island Railroad and the Western Electric Company. Walter H. Burchett, of the Stand ardising Department, Incandescent Lamp Department. General Electric Company, has been appointed safety en gineer in charge of all accident preven tion work at .Vela Park, Cleveland, Mr. Burchett succeeds Dale C. Hughes of the Administration Department who had been in charge of the work pending a reorganization of the Safety Depart ment. Wru.tA.M W. Hamilton, safety direc tor for the Alpha Portland Cement Com pany. Easton, Pa., died at the Holmes Hospital, Cincinnati, where he had gone to undergo an operation. He was 38 years old. Mr. Hamilton entered the employ of the Alpha Portland Cement Company at ironton, Ohio, shortly after gradua tion from Ohio State University. In 1929 he was transferred to Easton to take charge of safety and welfare work. He was active in the work of the Lehigh Valley Safety Council and the Cement Section of the Xational Safety Council. Surviving Mr. Hamilton are his widow and two children. Respect for Laws I submit to you that the time to en courage a respect for your traffic laws is the first time an offender has been sum moned into court. Teach him respect for the law at this time by a fairly stiff penalty and you have cut him definitely from the ranks of the repeaters.--Harry If. Porter, Chief Justice, Municipal Court, Evanston, IU. (Street and High way Traffic Section) NOVEMBER. 1935 capped By Fire HE FOUGHT HIS WAY FREE WITH This oil refinery worker actually faced death armed with a LUX Lightweight Extinguisher . . . And won, hands down. He was checking equipment in a cen trifuge room when the flames roared up. A spark had ignited spilled oil from a de fective pump. A sheet of flame blocked the way to the door, to the switch that would stop the motor which was still pumping oil to feed the advancing blaze. It looked like sure death to him. He knew all about running-oil fires. Lucky for him there was a LUX Lightweight Extinguisher on the wall a few feet away. With it he started his fight to safety be hind a barrage of LUX carbon-dioxide gas ... Two minutes later he had cut the pump switch and thrown open the door. And in side that room there was no trace of fire! The LUX Lightweight had snuffed it out. Imagine the thrill that chilled the spines of the plant managers when the fire report reached their desks . . . the thrill of satis faction of knowing that a human itfe and thousands of dollars in equipment had de pended on their having the right Hre ex tinguisher hanging on that wall ct th? crucial time -s . . and at knowing that their choice, LUX, had como through brilliantly. Dr*ten to illustrate art actual experience toldat right. If your life de pended on it what extinguisher would you pick to fight a blazing oil fire?. . . LUX engineers are competent to help you in the solution of any fire protec tion problem. Life and property may depend on your contacting LUX FIRE Walter KIdde & Company XIX West Street Bloomfield, N. J. FOB ALL ELECTRICAL AND FLAMMABLE LIQUID FIRES 50 Sectional Officers, NSC, for 1935-36 THE following officers have been Railroad Contractors--R, j. Rcigeluth, C W. elected by sections of the National Blakeslee Sc Sons, New Haven. Conn. Safety Council for the year 19S5-S6, AtVice-Chairman for Highway Construction-- F. L Rowe, W. L. Johnson Construction Co., the time of going to press, a few sections Hicksville, Ohio, had not completed their election of Vice-CJiairman for IJ. S. Engineer Depart officers. These will be published when ment-Major Elliott Vandcvantcr, Office of the the lists are complete. Because of re stricted space, it is not possible to in clude the names of those serving on the various committees. Complete lists will Chief of Engineers, Washington, D. C. Vice-Chairman for Building Construction-- C W, Wright, Wright & Kremers Inc., Niagara Falls, N. Y. Secretary--Robert McKinley, General Acci be found in the sectional news-letters. Because of the short space of time be tween the Congress and the publication of this issue it was possible to obtain only a few portraits of general chair men. Others will be published in the December issue. dent Fire Sc Life Assurance Corp., Detroit, Mich, News-Letter Editor--G. O. Griffin, Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa. Employees' Publications General Chairman--W. D, Price, Warner Gear Co., Muncie, Ind. Vice-Chairman for the West--Helen Hurd, ASSE-Engineering General Chairman--C. W, Smith, standard Oil Co. (Ind.), Chicago. Vice-Chairman--C. ,, B, Boulet, Wisconsin Public Service Curp., Milwaukee, Wis. Vice-Chairman--D. L Royer. Ocean Acci Shell Petroleum Corp., St. Louts, Mo. Vice-Chairman for the East--E, M. Miller, The Philadelphia Gas Works Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Secretary--Laura G. Jackson, Byllesby Man agement and Engineering Corp., Chicago. dent & Guarantee Corp.. New York City. Secretary- W. Dean Keefer. National Safety Council, Chicago. Food General Chairman--C. W. Dcmpcsy, Liquid Carbonic Corp., Chicago. Automotive and Machine Shop General Chaiiman--C Y. Wincgar, Chrys ler Corp., Detroit. Vice-Chairman--Marvin Heidt, Budd Wheel Co., Detroit. Secretary- M. A. Clark, f,\ S, Rubber Products, Inc., Detroit. Vice-Chairman in Charge of Program-- 5. B. Morrell, The Carey Salt Co., Hutchinson. Kans. Secretary-- D. M. Clark, Society of Grain Elevator Superintendents of North America, Chicago. News-Letter Editor--C. W, Turning, God dard & Heinseiman, Minneapolis, Minn. Cement General Chairman--D, B, Coleman, Missouri Portland Cement Co., St. Louis, Mo. Vice-Chairman--Frederick B. Hunt, Nazar eth Portland Cement G., Nazareth, Pa, Secretary--A. j. R. Curtis, Portland Cement Association, Chicago, News-Letter Editor-- Jack Dempster, Canada Cement Co., Ltd., Port Colborne, Ont, News-Letter Editor-- W\ H. Frater, Cadillac Motor Car Co., Detroit, Construction General Chairman--W. A. Snow, Associated General Contractors of America, Inc,, Wash ington, D. C. Vice-Chairman for Heavy Construction & Marine General Chairman--E. W. Fiske, jr., SoconyVacuum Oil Co,, Inc., New York City. Vice-Chairman in Charge of Posters and Slides--Robert. F. Hand, Standard Shipping Co., New York City. Vice-Chairman in Charge of Publicity-- Arthur M. Tode, Consulting Marine Engineer, New York City. Vice-Chairman for the Pacific Coast--A, CL Woll, General Petroleum Corp. of Old., Terminal Island, Calif. Secretary--Carl F. Vander Clute, Admiralty Attorney, New York City. News-Utter Editor--Henry Blackstone, t mted States F: Sc L Agency, Inc., San Franusco Meat Packing, Tanning and Leather Industries General Chairman--E. J. McCann, Jacob H. Decker & Sons, Mason City, la. Vice-Chairman --- Wilson Palmer, United Shoe Machinery Corp., Boston. Vice-Chairman--C B. Magruder, The Wm. Schluderberg-T. J. Kurdle Co., Baltimore, Md. Secretary--Philip G. Rhoads, T. E. Rhoads & Sons, Wilmington, Del. News-Letter Editor--T,, O. Green. Wilson & Co., Chicago. Metals General Chairman-- H, W. Darr, Bethlehem Steel Co., Johnstown, Pa. Vice-Chairman--A. Berautst, The Youngs town Sheet and Tube Co., East Chicago, Ind. Vice-Chairman--C. M. Allen, The American Rolling Mill Co., Middletown, Ohio. Vice-Chairman in Charge of Health--Dr. R. C. Hngel, Corngan-McKinney Division, Repub lic Steel Corp., Cleveland, Ohio. Secretary and News-Letter Editor--R. A. Chaffin. Continental Steel Corp., Kokomo, ind. Paper and Pulp Geneiul Chairman--E. H. Grant, The Crys tal Tissue Co., Middletown, Ohio. Vice-Chairman m Charge of Membership-- F. L, Irvin, St. Croix Paper Co., Woodland, Me. '.Secretary and Program Committee Chairman --Ueuige J. Adams, International Paper Co.. New York City. Petroleum General Chairman--R. B, Roaper, Humble Oil & Refining Co., Houston, Tex. Vice-Chairman--A. W. Brceland, Lone Star Gas Co., Dallas, Tex. Secretary--H. N. Blakeslee, American Pe troleum Institute, Dallas, Tex. News-Letter Editor---W. B. Murphy, Atlantic Refining < o., Philadelphia. ' P/e.ov turn to page ?) C. W. Smith A. L. Armstrong W. A. Snow E. W. Fiske, Jr. H_ Darr t; p Larso|, NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS Settefi Safest... RESPIRATORS uritk $UZ QjlZputcdl DOUBLE FILTER CHAMBER 51 REG, U,S, PATENT OFF BULB VALVE TPYE NO. 4 This DUPOR respirator has a clear entrance filter aperture of 7 Vs sq. in. It uses special felt filter pads 5/16'' thick. Extra pads 4c each. The exhalation valve takes care of moisture and enables easier breathing. Made in soft, high grade rubber with face cloth. Foldable and revers ible. DUPOR is really two ordinary respirators in one because of its double filter arrangement. It provides greater filter area thus enabling slower passage of air through the filter pads. `This not only enables easier breathing but provides better filtering be cause more dust and spray is caught. Order your DUPOR to day. Once you try it you will never be satisfied with any other. THOUSANDS OF DUPOR RESPIRATORS NOW IN USE Used for all kinds of dusts, smoke, light fumes, vapors and paint spray that is free from harmful gases. BASIC PATENT NO. 2,000,064 DETAIL PATENTS PENDING AND ALLOWED BULB VALVE TYPE NO. 5 This DUPOR has enlarged ad justable filter chambers of screw cap type and the very large ap erture of ll'/a sq. in. Extra Vi" thick pads 3c each. The ex halation valve takes care of moisture and enables easier breathing. Made of soft, high grade rubber with face cloth. Foldable and reversible. Price $18.00 per doz. Sample postpaid S1.50 CHIPPEWA-A manufactured only by H.5.CDVER Price $24.00 per doz. Sample postpaid S2.00 SOUTH BEND, IND., U.S.A. HERE'S A SAFETY SHOE that did A REAL JOB T.tc a look ac the photograph of this Hy-Tesc Safety Shoe which did its job although worn to the limit, resoled and worn down again -- then read this excerpt from a large manufac turer employing several thousand men. "This employee had a 1400 lb. casting drop 4 ft. onto the toe of this shoe. His toes were only slightly bruised. Had be not been wearing a pair of safety shoes, be would have had his toes broken or amputated Despite its age and wear this Hy-Test Safety Shoe with its pat ented anchor flange prevented the steel box toe from tipping back ... The final paragraph taken from the same letcer: "The employee wearing this pair of shoes, bought another pair of the same kind." bears out the confidence workers all over the country have in Hy-Test Safety Shoes. They know the value of the anchor ilanye in Hy-Test Sufetv Shoes. STEEL SOX TOE WITH ANCHOR FLANGE Hy-Test Safety Shoes with the patented anchor flame offer the greatest protec tion against tip ping or pinching lack that can be built into a safe ty shoe. HY-TEST SAFETY SHOES DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED EXCLUSIVELY BY INTERNATIONAL SHOE COMPANY, ST. LOUIS, MO. THE WORLD'S LARGEST SHOE MANUFACTURER NOVEMBER. 1935 SAFETY PAYS Accidents are expensive any way you look at them. Not only do they cost real money, but they cause untold suffering, loss of life, and lowered morale of your workers. Many accidents can be avoided by safe guarding your machinery, and by using H&K Guard Accessories this is not difficult or expensive. Your handy man can make the guards in his spare time. AU H&K Guard Accessories are under inspect lion service of Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. Harrinqton & K\no I Perforating I ^Co.' 114 Liberty St. NEW YORK. N. Y. 56-15 Fillmore St. CHICAGO, ILL. Wilson Screwless Shock Proof Portable Lamp Guards Vmir maximum -atVtv requirements tan lie sati-lieii similarly to oiIht Public Utilities Railroads, Steamship and Industrial Plants, Insurance Companies amt State Safety Bureaus who approve and use the Wilson screwiest. SHOCK PROOF LAMP GUARDS. XO DANGER OK SHOCKS--NO SHORT CIRCUITS to equipment when hung on live bus hart, switchboards or in use around exposed electrical equipment, 1'he Shock Proof flexible oil resistant rubber handle with watertight sealed socket and the completely Fibre built flexible guard assure protection, economy and satisfaction. The Patented easy rolling Rubber Ringlock tor securing guard quickly to handle eliminates bolts and screws. Requires no tools. Sample on approval. Write now. SAFEGUARD ELECTRIC COMPAQ 30 Church Street New York City [ Sectional Officers f Continued from page !>0) Power Press Gencr.il Chairman--E. Jf. Wallman, Great Lakes Forge Co., Chicago. Vice-Chairman--P. G. Hunter, Motor Wheel Corp., Lansing, Mich. Vice-Chairman (in Charge of Membership) -- B. E. Rockhoff, Detroit Steel Products Co., Detroit. Secretary--E. H. Meeks, Transue and Wil liams Steel Forging Corp., Alliance, Ohio. New* Letter Editor--R. M. Zdder, Edison General Electric Appliance Co-, Chicago. Public Utilities General Chairman--Roy M. Godwin, Phila delphia Electric Co., Philadelphia. | Vice-Chairman tor Telephone and Telegraph Interests--W. P, Elstun, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., New York City. [ Vice-Chairman for Gas Interests--John J. Barada, Laclede Gas Light Co., St. Louis. Vice-Chairman for Electric Interests--W. H, Brown, Northern States Power Co., Minneap olis. Secretary--H, A. Ptolemy, Public Service Co. of Northern Illinois, Chicago. News-Letter Editor--R. B. Inman, The Phil adelphia Gas Works Co., Philadelphia. Quarry General Chairman--A. Foster, Jr., Warner Co., Philadelphia. Vice-Chairman--Russell Rarey, Marble Cliff Quarries Co., Columbus, Ohio. Secretary and News-Letter Editor--Nnm Sipe, j. E. Baker Co., York, Pa. Rubber General Chairman--A. M. Dietz, Pennsyl vania Rubber Co.. Jeanette, Pa. Vice-Chairman--J. M. Kerrigan, U. S. Rub ber Reclaiming Co., Buffalo, N. Y, Secretary--R. W. Morse, The Firestone Tiic Si Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, News-Letter Lditor--j. Holm. The Goudve.u Tire Sc Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, Transit General Chairman--W. A. Brown, Tennev ee Electric Power Co., Nashville.. Term. 1st Vice-Chairman--H, F. Webb, Wes? Penn System, Pittsburgh, Pa, 2nd Vice-Chairman--A. E. Parker, Winni peg Electric Co,, Winnipeg, Canada. Secretary- Robert A. McArthur, Public Service Coordinated Transport, Newark, N. j. Safety Section AAR---Steam Railroad Section, N.S.C. Chairman--, F. Larson, Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., St. Louis, Mo. 1st Vice-Chairman--E. A. Meyer, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul Sc Pacific Railroad, Chicago. 2nd Vice-Chairman--E. G. Evans, Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Louisville, Ky. Secretary--j. C, Caviston, 30 Vesey Street. New York City. Street and Highway Traffic General Chairman -- William C Knuefk,. Milwaukee Safety Commission. Vice-Chairman--Lieut. Franklin M. Kreml,. Director, Public Safety Institute, Purdue Uni versity. Vice-Chairman--Arnold H. Yey, Traffic En gineer, State of New Jersey. Vice-Chairman--Burton W. Marsh, Ameri can Automobile Association. Vice-Chairman--Lewis W. McIntyre, Pitts burgh Motor Club. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 53 Vice-Chairman--C. J. Rutland, Dallas, Tex, Traffic Commission. Secretary--Earl J. Reeder, National Safety Council, Chicago. Vehicle Fleet General Chairman--R. C. Haven, Contin ental Baking Co., New York City. Vice-Chairman--W. F. Burk, The Canton Repository, Canton, Ohio. Vice-Chairman--H, Peirce Brawner. Atlantic Greyhound Lines, Charleston, W. Ya, Vice-Chairman--J. R. Steele, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co., Oklahoma City. Secretary--Dwight M. McCracken, Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Boston, Wood Products General Chairman--j. A. Purdy, Michigan .Mutual Liability Co., Detroit. Vice-Chairman--Harry j. Keltev, American Seating Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. Vice-Chaiiman---William Haggerty, Edward Hines Western Pine Co., Hines, Ore Secretary--M. 0. Goodspced, General Elec tric Co., Erie, Pa. News-Letter Editor--Nils juell, Hayes Body 0>rp., Grand Rapids, Mich. Awarded Medal for Distinguished Service PropcUair Exhaust Fans pulf out dust, fumes, vapors, smoke, heat, dead air--faster and at less cost, Propellair Ventilating Fans assure healthful, comfortable and productive working conditions. 1 mi thr. Have you thefle X ways: For full discrictfon of all PROPELLAIR FANS wrtto today lor our IQ-saUt CATALOG U> MODERATE EQUIPMENT COST (Si VEIIV I.OW DEPRECIATION l.tl LOW Cl It It ENT COST Fnllg Guaranteed. All PROPELLAIR Ratings Are Certified Ratings NOW READY /Lew Cedco Citaiacf SEND FOR YOUR FREE COPY It's a real hand book of valuable information on head, eye and lung protective equipment. lbert creekbaum tright) A. crane follower in the Middletown i'lant of The American Rolling Mill Company, was presented with an Armco Distinguished Service Medal by Charles R. Hook, president of the company. Creekbaum was honored by the com pany for ``quick thinking and acting in an emergency to save human lives.'' He stopped a runaway crane whose oper ator had fainted, saving the operator from injury as well as three of his fellow workmen who were eating their lunch in its path. The American Rolling Mill Company has presented six distinguished service medals during the past ten years to men who have, by quick thinking and acting, helped to save the lives of fellow work men. NOVEMBER, 1935 MAIL THIS COUPON CHICAGO EYE SHIELD COMPANY 2323 Warren Blvd. Chicago Gentlemen: Without cost or obligation send me a copy of your new catalog. Signed............................... ............................................................. Company............. ................. ......................................... .. Street........................ ......................................................... City............................. ................................................ . State......... 54 The President's Address (Continued front page is) in the succeeding years. Medicine, psy chology and engineering have made their contributions to the advancement of safety. We have taken many a lesson from the advertising profession in pre senting our appeals. Chemistry has contributed much to our material welfare and comfort, but it has also added some new hazards which call for intensive research. We have learned much about the workings of the human mind and we have a better understanding of the whims of human behavior. We realize, too, the scope of our problem and no longer put our faith in cure-alls. Per haps we have been too concerned at times with our own favorite remedies to get a complete picture of the problem. But we are beginning to realize that we must consider man's physical, mental and emotional sides in our efforts to preserve his life, health and happiness. Let us turn now to the administrative side of the Council's experience ritirinir the past year. It is most gratifying to report a moderate degree of financial SAFETY progress. While our income for the past year was about ten per cent greater than 19.14, it was only slightly more than half of that for 1959. but careful manage Here's a job that calls for nerves of steel--working on a fif ty foot pole--pulling up on a heavy line. In equipment, too, there can be no compromise with quality. Linemen, and those responsible for the safety of linemen, know that the Klein circle on their safety straps and belts, come-alongs, spurs and pliers, sleeve twisters, furnaces and torches, is more than just a trade-mark it spells SAFETY! Only Klein equipment possesses Klein quality. ment has enabled us to maintain the essential services to members. However, there have been many im portant new activities which had to be passed by for the time being. Our com munities are in urgent need of help with their safety problems and we have done much along this line, but limited re sources have prevented us from taking the fullest advantage of opportunities for sendee. It has become clear to all of us that our public safety activities, Ion anything approaching an adequate scale, cannot be financed from our usual sources of income. Such a program must depend for its financial support upon Distributed through jobbers The four pamphlets listed below will be sent without charge toanyoneinterested. Check the ones you want. Safety for the Pole Climber. P Specifications an Lintmen's Bnlts and Safety Straps. The Safety Factor on Linemen's Leafher Goods. Podcat Toot Guide. Mathias j^K CBkJ&Sons (2S9SQI EESIISJ 3200 Beimon^Avnu^ChicaO^IIIinoij public spirited individuals and organiza tions. We speak of our accident problem as a national problem, but after all. it is merely a collection of community prob lems. In industry, safety is largely a departmental affair. The foreman and his men are the shock troops in the fight against accidents. But an army also needs a headquarters and lines of com munication. Local organizations must bear the brunt of the work but some central organization is needed to supply j information and encouragement. Our National Traffic Safety Contest has shown what a sound organization and a well-pianned program can do toward making any community safer. We hope that other communities will also see the light and redouble their efforts toward this objective. It has been gratifying to note the attention which safety is now receiving from national magazines. Some time ago the Atlantic Monthly blazed the trail with a series of safety articles, and other publications are finding safety an absorbing theme. Recent articles which have appeared in the American Maga zine sHoffman), the Ladies' Home Journal and the Red Book are deserving of your attention. One of the most startling and widely discussed articles yet published, appear ed in the August issue of The Readers' Digest. It is entitled, "-- And Sudden Death." It presents a sickening picture of the human wreckage resulting from automobile accidents. It has been widely distributed in reprint form by members of the Council and by many other or ganizations. it is most unpleasant but profitable reading and it is to be hoped that those who read it will stop and think before endangering themselves and others on the highways. Safety work, however, must not stop with horrible examples. The public's sensibilities must be jolted at times, but a steady diet of horror develops in the individual a protective callousness against shock. Our emphasis must al ways be on the constructive side. We like to think of safety as being humane but we know that it is also utilitarian. When we see the continuing huge totals of accidents still occurring, many may wonder whether accident preven tion work is really getting results. Those of us who are dose to the work have no doubts, but how do others feel about it? Let me quote the opinion of one who is a lawyer rather than a safety man, but one who has had opportunities of observing the value of safety work as conducted in industry--I refer to Mr. Henry D. .Saver, former industrial com missioner of the State of Xew York. In a recent address before the American Bar Association he said: "I believe that safely work has been worth while, and I believe further that if we had not done what we have in this field, accidents would have been so many, compensation might have become so burdensome that the risk would have become uninsurable NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS and industry would have broken down." I need scarcely add that accidents in industry .have not yet reached the irre ducible minimum and that industry must still control all sources of waste if it is to show a profit. Compensation laws focused our atten tion on the cost of industrial accidents, yet these comprise a comparatively small proportion of the totaj. Other accident losses, for the most part, fall with crush ing weight upon the individual victim and his family. But the victims are not the only ones who pay. The accident tax, like any other indirect tax, is paid without our realizing it. We do not realize the terrific drain on our national resources, nor do we realize that for thousands of "persons each year, acci dents make the depression permanent. The case records of our organized chari ties contain ample evidence of the de vastating effects of accidents and dis ability on family life. By any standards of comparison, acci dents rank high among our many serious social and economic problems. We are faced with a task calling for our best efforts, and it is from you who constitute the membership of the National Safety Council that the inspiration and leader ship must come. 55 INSURE PROTECTION BY CONTROL DUST is a costly business partner. It works overtime ... causing wear and corrosion of machinery and equipment. It soils pro ducts and spoils stocks. It is a health hazard. Why continue to pay these costly tributes to DUST when Pangbom engineers, with over thirty years Dust Collecting experience, can help you CONTROL THIS MENACE? We have solved Dust problems in both large and small plants. We can help you too. Write for information. WORLD'S LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF BLAST CLEANING AND DUST COLLECTING EQUIPMENT PANGIORN CORPORATION . . , . . . * . - HAGERSTOWN, MARTI AND BY SPECIAL REQUEST A Safety Engineer says: "Your dress and semi-dress Safety Shoes with steel-box toes fill a real need. Our men like the combined safety, comfort and fine appear ance--in fact, I wear a pair myself. You should tell the world about them . . . ." 7514 Black calf Bal oxford (also in Blucher style --hi or lo cut) So, by request, we invite YOUR investigation. A sample pair will convince you that SAFETY FIRST DRESS SHOES (as well as our serv ice types) are leaders in the field. Write for catalog, prices :nd samples on approval SAFETY FIRST SHOE COMPANY Pioneer Manufacturers of Safety First Shoes--for Over 35 Years 56 Announcing A New 4 EYELET ALL RUBEER SAFETY SHOE f-tnvriRlilfii 1935 liy LctilfH Btfely Shot ("6 Reduces Sweating and Prevents Burning Feet No More Curly, Lumpy, Shifting Insoles No. 110--Men's Black All Rubber Medium weight. GENUINE LEATHER INSOLE, SAFETY BOX TOE, 4 Eyelet Blucher Tie. Sixes 5 to (2 (including *'; sixes) IN STOCK LEHIGH SAFETY SHOE CO. 31 S. SEVENTH ST. ALLENTOWN, PA. FERALUN JlnihSlip Treads Also Bronzalun, Alumalun find Nicalun PREVENT ACCIDENTS ON STAIRS and FLOORS A hard metal matrix into which i* cast an abrasive next in hardness to the diamond assures durability and anti*slip efficiency. ,, ALL ARB FIREPROOF Originators and developers of Abrasive metals for SAFE WALKWAYS Specify Feralun and Be Sure AMERICAN ABRASIVE METALS CO. Irvington, New Jersey No-Injury Contests / Continued how page JO) International Paper Co., Riley Mill, Riley, Maine. 116,298 hours, no injuries. Division II Container Corporation of America, Natick, Mass, 166,846 hours, no injuries. Texas Corrugated Box Co., Dallas, Texas. Hi,340 hours, no injuries. Southern Container Company, Houston, Texas. 129,016 hours, no injuries. United States Gypsum Co,, Genoa, Ohio. 82,084 hours, no injuries. Petroleum Section Participating units in the Petroleum Contest this year numbered 217 with 251,458 employees working 266,747,340 man-hours. The average frequency rate was 11.603, a decrease from the fre quency rate of 12.710 in the last con test. In this contest 32 plaques were awarded and fourteen certificates, the plaques being presented to the following: Manufacturing Department, Group A Kmpire Oil Jk. Refining Co., Bartlesville, Okla. 824,686 hours, l injury. Group B Indian Refining Co., L-nvreneeviile, 111. *55,323 hours, no injuries. The Ohio Oil Co., Findlay, Ohio. 308,100 hours, no injuries. Wadhams Oil Ox, Milwaukee, Wis. 196,* 234 hours, no injuries. Shell Oil Co, of Canada, Ltd., Montreal East, Que.s Can. 113,285 hours, no injuries. Lago Petroleum Corp., Maracaibo. Venezu ela, S. A. 100,338 hours, no injuries, Anderson-Prichard Refining Corp., Cyril, Okla. 104,398 hours, no miuries. The Derby Oil Co., Wichita, Kansas. 94,697 hours, no injuries. Pasotex Petroleum Co., Texas. 68,296 hours, no injuriev Stanoiind Oil and Gas Co., Tulsa, Okla. 6T347 hours, no injuries. Mark eying-Wholesale Department, Group A Continental Oil Co., Ponca City, OkLa. 3,6 3 3,4-11 hours, i! injuries. Group B The Ohio Oil Co., Findlay, O, 376,529 hours, no injuries. Texas Pacific Coal & Oi! Co., Fort Worth. Tex. 143,749 hours, no injuries. The Dei by Oil Co., Wichita, Kansas. UO,6^0 hours, no injuries. Marketing-Retail Department, Group A Standard Oil Co. (Indiana), Chicago, III. 14,293,73? hours, 40 injuries. Group B Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Co., Fort Worth, Tex. 199,310 hours, no injuries. Cities Service Oil Co., Chicago, 111. 160,613 hours, no injuries. Pan American Petroleum & Transport Co., New York, N. Y. 88,046 hours, no injuries. Drilling Department The Carter Oil Co., Tulsa, Okla. 67,433 hours, 1 injury. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS Producing Department, Group A The Continental Oil Co, of Ponca City, OkU. 1,391,749 hours, i injuries. Group B Hope Construction & Refining Co., Pitts burgh, Pa. $57,640 hours, l injury. IBULLARDI Natural Gasoline Department Lone Star Gasoline Co., Dallas, Tex. 194,- 912 hours, no injuries. Shell Oil Co., Los Angeles, CaJif. 118,204 hours, no injuries. Hope Construction & Refining Co., Pitts burgh, Pa. 108,272 hours, no injuries. The Ohio Oil Co,, Findlay, Ohio. 97,095 hours, no injuries. Pipe Line Department, Group A Standard Pipe Line Co., Inc., Shreveport, La. 510,168 hours, no injuries. Group B Oklahoma Natural Gas Co., Tulsa, Okla. 207,205 hours, no injuries. IARD BOILED HATf Ajax Pipe Line Co., Tulsa, Okla, 144,513 hours, no injuries. Tidal Pipe Co,, Tulsa, Okla. 128,5-16 hours, no injuries. Tide Water Pipe Co., Ltd., Bradford, Pa. I2T414 hours,*no injuries. Shell Oil Co., Los Angeles, Calif. 121,448 CAomTpaBnOieUsLDmEnRumDhiHAaUMmau* that .id accident* can be prevented. orknun struck bead by tim- -r. Life -ated in ilaid Bolted Cable haOoniIglLverrK''sefcfhrieuna,*ed.r..ceyaauughiit bber-- tween cuke conveyo~r a'*n/dd ttrraaccttoorr., jaw fractured, No skull in- jury due to hi* Hard Boiled flat. hours, no injuries. Standard Oil Co. ot New Jeisey, New York, N. Y. 50,613 hours, no injuries. CUT MINE Public Utilities Section One hundred and thirty - one units competed in the Public Utilities contest this year, 135,168 employees working a COPPER MINE dropped down iiiiiiiwa.v, f`eneited crown, cut miner's aeaip iiu lost time Accident, due to i tird Boiled H;iaatt.. TKenn/-cpk*u*Ud lmiUan I'dmow'kn afendll ohuvt. Head slightly iiicerated. Hurd Boiled Hat s.,4red bis lift*. tell >' total of 281,365.620 man-hours. The average frequency was 7.510, a slight in crease over the rate of 7.472 for last year. In this contest 18 plaques were awarded and seven certificates, the plaques being presented to the follow ing: Combination Cm & Electric Division, Group A Central Illinois Light Co., Peoria, lit. 1,9"8(I hours, $ injuries. Group B Panhandle Power & Light Co., Borger, Tex. uY,|wOnil ,WwTn,ifi,|"oj_*Bi. EAST NPNPIeTIETwTTS^SB.yBUOU_RRRGGKHHWSSaa.ieSfet,ytWy,Fi.lsi.r.osnt SCuoprpployrCatoio. n- -B-rla21d233yVVB#&aurciidcdicdXikninoSgvt:. 'ICE/ PHILADELPHIA j. A. Hunt Co. AUfi Ssnsorae St. nS-IR, VICI/y PCBHLREIALVIANEDTLREAELNEPD,HMISAAaSjf.eStA.y.DCHilrouet--chtinCSgoa.iCeao.Co. 3Su4 Payne Ave. UMJi President Road fHv' CHATTSA) NOOGA, TECBNRLNEA, VINCET,LRDAE.NEGD,eMnSAteaSrfeSCt.yoDmCilrpoea` ny,Chattanooga Bank Budding WEST DETROIT C. H. Dockson Company - 2KSS East Grand Boulevard mDCCGGDERHHRUTOEEIILCCREEJUMNNJOAASTTGGIB8TTHAAOOOYyN,, WW1ISSKC..ESSW.W.E.HOaaD..ff...eeD.PBRtut.Byy,uwB&u&SlSlulalReeKalrl.rra.rdv.vSdriiccd.CCeeMMCooCCmaoamroomrpsp*mmapCaCnppanoyaan.y.mnnn.yyyp-a- n--yi2i-S312"51-4S9SdoWouNNut.thooMhM..LiQiLQtcceIethehuuhMaiaiiilggnnBvavaccai*itinnyyntnttSaSSSSSSStvtttttrtrrrrrireeeeveeeeeee.eee.ttttttt ofSSfH SaleTM Z u S Mc*^ 5v lji.;BUuullLard^Comp`anvy v, GUv stree - ,a*n*rd Company *34,491 hours, no injuries. Eastern Oregon Light & Power Co , Baker, Oregon. 162,866 hours, no injuries, Moncton Electricity & Gas Co., Ltd., Monc SALT lane- ton. N. B., Canada. UP.96H hours, no in juries. Electric Division. Group A Duquesne Light Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. 5,612.- DEPENDABLE Su4 hours, 18 injuries. Group B Savannah Electric and Power Co,, Savannah, Ga. 447,900 hours, no injuries. Fall River Electric Light Co., Fall River, Mass. 419,456 hours, no injuries. Erie County Electric Co,, Erie, Pa. >51,134 hours, no injuries, Maine Public Service Co., Presque Isle, Maine. 172,324 hours, no injuries, Worcester Suburban Electric Co., Uxbridge, Mass. 161,220 hours, no injuries. Gloucester Electric Co., Gloucester, Mass. 159,140 hours, no injuries. Newport Electric Corporation Newport, R. L 148,344 hours, no injuries. Citizens Power Sc Light Co,, Council Bluffs, Iowa. 126,075 hours, no injuries. Jrcrnk Patents Auiuit 25, 1925 Knee Leggings Hip Leggings Spats LEG PROTECTION Reduce accidents and compensation costs with these protective leggings. "FRANK" LEGGINGS are built for:-- I. SAFETY 2. SERVICE 3. COMFORT In use in nearly 1000 Foundries, Steel plants and Welding shops. Write for complete folder THE SAFETY CLOTHING COMPANY Manufacturers "Everything from finger eat to on asbestos suit" 3804 Payne Ave. Cleveland, Ohio NOVEMBER, 1935 MAKE THE JOB EASIERAN S> WEARRAW-CORD Fully Protected by Patents --Any Infringement will he Prosecuted AND HEELS ILLIONS of Men and Women employed in many of the M World's leading industries enjoy the Non-Slip Safety Features of Raw-Cord and Gro-Cord Soles and Heels. The use of native cotton grown right here in the U. S. provides the raw material from which Raw-Cord and Gro-Cord Soles and Heels are made. The cotton is woven into tightly twisted cords which are placed upright in the Soles and Heels leaving the ends exposed to the wear ing surface. The ends of the Cords provide the Non-Slip feature which has made Raw-Cord and Gro-Cord famous. See that your shoes have these soles and heels and they will convince you that they really do "Make The Job Easier and Safer." GRO-CORD and RAW-CORD soles and heels are used in dairies, an farms, iron and steel foundries, railroad shops, auto factories, gas and electric plants, ice and fuel stations, stone quarries, mines, general warehouses---where Safety is an important factor, also street and office. The Lima Cord Sole & Heel Co., Dept. 7-F, Lima, O. Canada Electric Co., Ltd., Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada. 116,025 hours, no injuries. Kaministiquia Power Co., Ft. William, Qnt.r Canada. 81,324 hours, no injuries. Gas Division, Group A The Laclede Gas Light Co., St. Louis, Mo. 2,274,476 hours, 3 injuries. Group B Reserve Gas Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. 313.464 hours, no injuries. Peoples Gas Company, Port Arthur, Texas. 146,979 hours, no injuries. Rubber Section Thirty-six units were registered in the fourth annual contest of the Rubber section. Sixty - seven thousand, seven hundred sixty-eight persons worked 60,- 090,000 man-hours on an avereage fre quency rate of 6.291, which is a two per cent decrease from the 1934 rate of 6.430. Plaques were awarded to the fol lowing: Group A U, S. Rubber Products, Inc., Naugatuck Footwear Div.. Naugatuck, Conn. ".,045,246 hours, 9 injuries. Group B The B. F. Goodrich Co,, Pacific Div., Los Angeles, Calif. "56,268 hours, no injuries. Group C & D Samson Tire & Rubber Corp., la's Angeles, Calif. 05','436 hours, no injuries. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Bowmanvillc, Canada. >9.5,711 hours, no injuries. Van Cleet Brothers, Chicago. 127,068 hours, no injuries. The Richardson Co,, New- Brunswick, N, J. 88,655 hours, no injuries. Vehicle Fleet Section In the Vehicle Fleet Contest plaques were awarded only to the winners of those groups which had a large number of entries. Winners in smaller groups received certificates. Fifteen certificates were awarded to fleets which completed the year with perfect records but whose exposure was too small to qualify for a plaque. The winners follow: Inter-City Bus Operations Large Fleets--Greyhound Lines, Cleveland, Ohio. Small Fleets--The Utah Idaho Central Rail road Co., Ogden, Utah. (Perfect record.) City Bus and Taxicab Large Fleets--Triple Cities Traction Corp., Binghamton, N. Y. Small Fleets--Baton Rouge Electric Co,, Baton Rouge, La. Passenger Car Group J--Sinclair Prairie Oil Co., Tulsa, Okla. Group II--Tiri.n Pacific Coal and Oil Co, Fort "2Corth. Group III--Southern Sierras Power Co,, Riverside, Calif. Group IV--Kne Countv Electric Co., Erie, Pa. Inter-City Trucking Large Fleets--Southwestern Transportation Co,, Texarkana, Tex. Small Fleets--IJ. S, Engineer Department, Gulf of Mexico Div, (Perfect record.) Dairies Louisiana Creamery, Baton Rouge, La. Public Utilities NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS Large Fleets--'Atlantic City Electric ol, Atlantic City, N. J. Small Fleets--Connecticut Power Co,, New London Div. Misc. Manufacturing Plants Pittsburgh Steel Co., Monessen, Pa. Petroleum Large Fleets- Atlantic Refining Co., Balti more, Md. Small Fleets--Shell Petroleum Co,, Houston Refinery. Bakeries Large Fleets--Jungc Baking Co., Joplin, Mo. Small Fleets--Nolde Bros., Norfolk, Va. Newspapers Canton Repository Co., Canton, Ohio. Oty Trucking Large Fleets--l*. S. Engineer Dept., South Pacific Div. (Perfect record.) Small Fleets- U. S. Engineer Dept,, North Atlantic Div. Department Stores Large Fleets--United Parcel Service Co., West Div. of Los Angeles. Small Fleets--United Parcel Service Co., Ventura and San Bernardino. Coal and Ice Large Fleets--Central California Ice Co., Turlock, Merced and Molesto. Small Fleets--Ramey Wood Coke Co., Swedeland, Pa. Lai NDRIHS Large Fleets--Troy Launderers & Cleaners, Minneapolis. Small Fleets--Elk Laundry Co.. St. Paul. Beverages Large Fleets--Coca Cola Bottling Co, of New York, Newark, N. L Small Fleets---Coca Cola Bottling Co. of New York, Bridgeport, Conn. (Perfect record.) 59 GREATER SAFETY for Men Working in POISONOUS GASES The longer, more reliable service, and Ihe secure feeling which resuifs from the use of the Davis Gas Mask, will aid your men at their work. The care and precision with which each Davis Gas Mask is made--using methods acquired during years of experience in safety service--assure you of uniform, longer gas protection. A distinctive feature of the Davis Mask, an offset in the face piece, insures a tight seal with a minimum of tension on the head straps. This means greater comfort for your men. The important features of design and con The DavisfM 1) Mask illustrated,/* used against struction which make the Davis Gas Masks of all classes of gases except carbon monoxide. particular value to you are fully described in our Bulletin. J Davis Emergency Equipment Co., Inc. t | $5 Van Dam Street, New York City ' Use the coupon to send foryour copy today. * Please send my copy of your i I Bulletin on GAS MASKS to | DAVIS I255SKK CO., INC. Name---- - - ... - -- { Chicago, HI. * Now York City ' Houston, Tex. l Address---.... - --....... -.............. < Davis Emergency Equipment Co., Ltd. San Francisco j City... ..... __... ___________ ______ _ | The Most topular Shoes at the Congress THE ALL-PURPOSE SAFETY SHOE Protects the Sole of the Foot as Well as the Toe X patented super-safe men's Black Elk Blucher with punctureproof watch-spring steel sole insert, steel box toe, riveted steel .-bank, heavy single Flex-Dri oak outer sole and leather heel. PATENTED SAFETY SHOE FOR WOMEN Real protection for women industrial workers b provided bv a specially reinforced steel box toe, double leather sole, and steel shank construction. Attractive styling and a wide range of sizes, Goodyear Welt construction. ST. LOUIS Also makers of Brownb/// Shoes for men and women anil Buster Brown Shoes for children of all ages. NOVEMBER. 1935 60 ECONOMIC VALUE of Properly Equipped Safety Departments Safety departments, properly or ganized and equipped to reduce fatalities and injuries among work ers, have a very definite economic value. Although factual data is very often difficult to obtain, insurance companies recognize the value of accident prevention through re duced compensation charges. For example, one casualty insur ance company reports that a large Pennsylvania manufacturing com pany's accident cost in 1934 was 15 cents per hundred dollars of payroll as against an average for this company of 56 cents per hun dred dollars of payroll for the ten preceding years. We know that STEEL-GRIP gloves and safety clothing are con tributing toward the economic operation of industry. LET US SHOW YOU! INDUSTRIAL GLOVES CORPORATION 725 GARFIELD BLVD. DANVILLE, ILL. Chicago Detroit Philadelphia Let's Save 12,600 Lives (Continued from page 14) we need a definite concentration oi offi cial responsibility which will serve to harness to this problem an alert public fundamentals of traffic safety. In that and individual interest in our objective. crusade I take it upon myself, as its With co-operation thus stimulated and governor, to pledge you the eager, un properly directed, the rewards of such wavering support of the state of New an effort will be simpler of realization Jersey. --and these rewards are monumental. We have fixed as par for the course of the next five years a 3S per cent re duction in accidents and have alluded to the basic methods which can bring this about. If you can score a birdie or In dollars and cents alone they are stag gering, and since this is a time when dollars count mightily, the impersonal, material side of the picture is inspiring in itsYf. an eagle so much the better. The job is Or consider the human angle. Put this no pushover, but it is certainly a prac program across, and in 1940 you will tical possibility and it can be done if we have 12,600 friends and neighbors alive unite and co - ordinate our numerous who now have the finger of sudden death efforts, ft seems to me that the Na upon them. tional Safety Council itself is in an ideal You will have 31,500 others sound position to define this objective and and healthy who will otherwise be bed foster this united drive. The Council's ridden, crippled or permanently maimed. leadership is nationally recognized. It enjoys the most friendly co-operation of governors, motor vehicles administrators, police chiefs and other officials and or ganizations. I understand that 3.3 states and nearly 800 cities are officially en rolled in the National Traffic Safety Contest this year. The definite goal of a 35 per cent reduction by 1940 will fit perfectly into the existing program of this contest. In fact, I believe that the announcement of this aim will still fur ther increase the interest which officials and citizens are already taking in this competition. I believe, too, that we can sharpen our efforts by taking a cue from the movies in their dramatization of another public program which has met with ememplary success. We hear much lately In short, you will save 44,000 families the misery, the mental torture, the in describable anguish which accompanies grave disaster and beggars appraisal in mere money. All this you will save--plus a million and three-quarters of those "less serious" injuries: a million and three-quarter broken collar bones, fractured ribs, gash ed faces, torn ligaments, pulverized knees, mashed noses, and all the rest of the bloody inventory of the head - on collision or the side-swipe. This, in a nutshell, is our objective. We want every state in the union to cut its traffic accidents 7 per cent a year for five years. We want less misery--less agony-- fewer crepes in 1940! - and justifiably--of the "G-Men" and their success in the war on crime. Safety Had the Spotlight 1 suggest that what we need in the (Continued from page 17) traffic field is a far-flung corps of "EMen" to shoulder the essential burdens of engineering, enforcement and educa tion, For, whatever the layman may think, improved conditions aren't ac complished by waving a wand or mur muring a fervent wish: success sprouts only from the soil of comprehensive study, keen analysis, intelligent reme dies: in short, that administered tech nique of the safety engineer which is so rapidly becoming a new science. ,\s was expected, the demonstration of the effect of alcohol on driver reac tions attracted widespread attention. Some difficulty was experienced in find ing subjects for the tests in spite of the publicity and the assurance that the finest grade of 100 proof Kentucky Bourbon would be provided. The sub jects for the test were finally secured and the experiment conducted by E*r. H. A. Heise before the audience con firmed previous statements regarding the Pursuing the alphabetical strain into effect of alcohol on drivers' ability. that great mass of highway users, pedes One hundred and twenty bronze trian and motorist alike, I think we could plaques and 74 engraved certificates also profit greatly by a general influx of awarded by the National Safety Council "C- Men" -- those who would make to the winners in seven contests were caution and courtesy on the road more presented during the week at luncheon of a habit than a hope! meetings held by these sections. These All of which simmers down to a single contests were conducted by the Marine. broad requirement: in every community Metals, Paper and Pulp, Petroleum. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 61 Public Utilities, and Vehicle Fleet Sec tions. Details on the awards of the seven contests will be found elsewhere in this issue. Another article describes the commercial exhibit at "The Safety Derby" which attracted so much interest during the week. In addition to the commercial exhibit, several of the sections also staged ex hibits in their meeting rooms, displaying guards and other safety devices develop ed by members and posters and other methods of maintaining interest. Local newspapers cooperated gener ously in the amount of space given to safety during the week. With the World's Series a matter of history instead of news, the events of the Congress had less competition on the press wires this year. In addition to the broadcast of the addresses of the Annual Meeting over an NBC hook-up, nine special broad casts were arranged by Stations WAVE and WHAS. Members of the Council's executive committee and delegates also spoke before-luncheon clubs and at sev eral of the city's schools. Three ofbattery ofeitht Bradley Washfountains in in&ersoll Milling Machine Co. plant LEADING MACHINE TOOL BUILDERS USE BRADLEY WASHFOUNTAINS Such well-known machinery builders as Cincinnati Milling Machine Co., Hendey Machine Co., Ingersoll Milling Machine Co., Kearney & Trecker Co., Mesta Machine Co., Monarch Machine Tool Co., and Aliis-Chalmers Mfg. Co. provide their workmen with today's modern group washing equipment. A group of ten persons may wash at one time and the water used is only a trifle more than what one person uses at an ordinary wash basin. Louisville Industries Win Installation in new or existing buildings is simplified because there are Inter-Council Contest fewer plumbing connections--a 10-group Washfountain requiring but one drain, one hot water NOT inappropriately the Safety Council of Louisville, host city to and one cold water connection. the 24th Annual Safety Congress, won New Catalog Just Out first place in the Ninth Annual InterCouncil Plant Safety Contest conducted by the National Safety Council. Thirteen local councils entered a total of 525 plants which employed more than 230.000 men. Our Catalog No. 435 published last month contains complete information on Bradley Washfountains--cast stone, marble, enameled pressed iron and stainless steel models--and Bradley Group Showers. A request will bring you a copy by return math BRADLEY WASHFOUNTAIN CO., 2 237 West Michigan Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Conducted on the basis of improve ment only, the contest was won by Louis ville which showed a combined record for frequency and severity 58 per cent better than its base rate which is its ac cumulated rate for previous yea.s. Louisville's frequency rate was 8.52 and WASHFOUNTAINS AND SHOWERS Industry has welcomed Bradley easyto-install Group Showers--made in 5- and 3-stall models. Ask for Bulle tin S8-S. its severity rate .15. The city entered 60 plants employing 16,500 men. The Richmond Safety Council won Rubberized Fabric Link Mat second place with an improvement of 54,2 per cent and Newark was a dose This Non-slip Safety Mat is especially designed for industrial use where there is a slip hazard. In addition, they increase the third with an improvement of 54.0 per cent. The awards, consisting of a bronze plaque and two certificates, were made 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. at the Managers' Conference which pre ceded the Congress. The contest termi nated on June 30, 1935. 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. Passenger: "Suppose my chute doesn't open?" Pilot: "You'll get down a little quick er. that's all." THE BUXBAUM COMPANY Akron, Ohio NOVEMBER. 1935 62 TO REDUCE ACCIDENT "PITTSBURGH HEAVYJ5EVEL" The Safest and Toughest Stamp for marking hard Steel NO MUSHROOMING The brilliant perform ance and endurance of these steel stamps is based on super-excel lence in steel--accur acy in bevels--con trolled Heat treatment and vigorous inspec- t.n. hiv SAFE-HED No Spalling -- Cracking or Mushrooming, In Short NO FLYING PIECES---NO ACCIDENTS. Order SAFE-HED Steel Stamps To-day From Address Nearest You (NEW YORK-480 CANAL STREET JflS. H. MATTHEWS & CO. PITTSBURGH -- 39JS FORBES STREET PHILADELPHIA--403 H, BROAD STREET BOSTON, MASS.--472 ATLANTIC AVE. CHICACO-3727 BELMONT AVENUE Huvtch&K rf firlcUvicj cauls i&i Ihtst- -Koxuse. niU) OAS. IASWWJ INVINCIBLE INDUSTRIAL VACUUM CLEANERS*,, the facts are convincing-, may me send them to you? INVINCIBLE VACUUM CLEANER MFC. COMPANY 311 DAVIS ST. DOVER-OHIO INVINCIBLE-CLEANED PLANTS ARE ALWAYS SAFE Every Entry a Winner (Continued from page sq) chances of dying before their time comes through the careless setting of tire to bed clothing will be greatly lessened by the introduction of the new "Sleepsafe Mat tress'1 exhibited by this company. Ail of the materials going into this new pro duct are fireproof, also sterilized and vermin proofed. This fireproofing proc ess is equally effective for all flammable fabrics. The new "Proxate" manufactured from pure beverage gas which was the feature of The Liquid Carbonic Corpor ation's exhibit is toxic to insect life down to 50 Fahrenheit. This product for infestation control is non-explosive and non-flammable, is harmless to flavor and quality of food products. Fairway Laboratories, Inc. exhibited for the first time this year a very in teresting display of anti-fatigue and heat exhaustion antidote tablets with their handy dispensing equipment. Safety guards of various types and de signs were featured by a number of ex hibitors. Junkin Safety Appliance Com pany kept an interested crowd at their exhibit continuously through their dem onstration of the junkin triple interlock safety guard. (n addition to the usual complete line of guards for all hazards. The Surtv Manufacturing Company, Inc., featured an individual exhaust unit for grinding and polishing wheels in connection with a filter system that returns the air to the room freed from harmful dust. The Billmvre pneumatic cleaning unit was also a special feature of this exhibit. A three-panel display showing samples of various types of wire rope and wire rope safety slings were the center attrac tion of Macwhyte Company's exhibit. The central panel consisted of a series of push buttons and lights illuminating cross-sections of wire rope with descrip tions of the various wire rope shown. Elliott Service Company made an in teresting exhibit of their suggestion sys tems, safety educational material, foremanship bulletins, posters and other material on problems of efficiency and production. Again a new departure was made in safety exhibits by Arntzen, Inc., which showed a new method of lifting and moving sick and injured. Any passenger automobile equipped the "Arntzen Way" can be converted into an ambulance in a few seconds without changing the ap pearance of the car. It is still a pas senger car. Safety treads for all walkway surfaces NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 63 was the keynote on which the American Abrasive Company's exhibit was based. Feraiun, Bronzalun, Alumalun and Nicaiun tread surfaces were featured. At the Seelbach Hotel an interesting exhibit of all kinds of equipment for the promotion of public safety was made. The following companies had products on display: Automatic Crossing Gates. Inc., Bendix Products Corporation, Eagle Signal Corporation, Evans Pro ducts Company, Harlev-Davidson Mo tor Company, John C. Hoof Company, Indian Motorcycle Company, Martindale Electric Company, Peerless Manu facturing Corporation, Safety Signal De vices, Inc., United Motors Service. Inc., United States Steel Corporation Susidiaries. Victory Methods, Inc., Weaver Manufacturing Company, and Wig-Wag Safety Signal Company. The daily exhibit prizes were a worth while added attraction, The grand prizes, which were drawn on Wednesday night at the Banquet, went to X. P. Sipe, J. E. Baker Company, York, Pa., and Dr. V. C, Baird, Humble Oil and Refining Com pany, Houston. The lucky winners on Monday were: Roy S. Bonsib, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, New York City; R. D. Hazel, Central Ohio Light and Power Company, Findlay, Ohio; Edward Bow er, Sargent & Company, NTew Haven, Conn., and W. W. Williams. Employers Reinsurance Corporation, Kansas City. Mo. Tuesday's prizes went to VV. D. Thompson, Pontiac Motor Company; W. H. McHale, Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Ltd., Indian apolis; J. William Fehnel, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York City, and H. W. Lawrence. General Motors Corporation, Memphis. Those winning prizes for Wednesday and Thursday were: J. L. Boardman, Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Butte, Mont.; E. E, Tweed, Mead Paperboard Corporation, Nashville, Tenn.; T. J. Allen, Georgia Power Com pany, Macon; Fred W. Bagnall, The Detroit Edison Company, Detroit; John fv Hunter, The Atlantic Refining Com pany, Philadelphia; John W. Mather, Missouri Portland Cement Company, St. Louis, and M. L>, Mathews, American Forge and Steel Company, Pontiac, Mich. "What model is your car?" "It's not a model, it's a horrible ex ample." NOVEMBER. 1935 Close Hopper-Bottom Car Doors with EASE and SAFETY with the Prescott Safety Tool This special tool will close hopperbottom car doors. Prevent smashed lingers, strained backs, ruptures and other serious injuries. Saves time---Is inexpensive. The Trumbull Mfg. Co. Warren, Ohio IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PUBLIC SAFETY WE WILL SEND YOU THIS BOOK EXPLAINS "UNEXPLAINED ACCIDENTS'" SYMPTOMS OF CARBON MONOXIDE HOW TO STOP NEEDLESS DEATHS A FREE GUEST CARD FOR YOU! k Cities Service, in the interest of public safety, has declared war on Carbon Monoxide. An enlightening booklet of authoritative data on this ever-lurking menace has been especially prepared to assist in putting you on your guard against this danger. As a member of the 24th Annual Safety Congress and Exposition, you are cor dially invited to send for a copy of this valu able booklet and a guest card entitling you to a free Carbon Mon oxide safety test on the Cities Service Pow'er Prover. FREE Cities Service, 60 Wall St., Room 710, New York, N. Please send me guest card and carbon monoxide booklet. NAME ......... ..... ........................... ADDRESS ........................ ......... ................ 64 Industry's Problem APPROVED by AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION B-K INHALATORS Are widely used at this particular season to resusci tate victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, gas asphyxia and suspended respiration from many causes. . . . Fire Departments, Public Utilities, Iron and Steel Companies and industry in general prefer B-K INHALATORS because of their simplicity of design and ease of operation. Acquaint yourself at once with these outstanding safety devices which are available in two different designs. Don't delayl Write for Bulletins 104 and 105. BISHINGER-KOEHLER MANUFACTURING COMPANy, INC. 7838-42 Kelly Street Pittsburgh, Pa. MANUFACTURERS of OXYGEN EQUIPMENT PRODUCTS "EATING" SAND Way up in the conveyor loft of this large glass-rock plant, many pounds of sand are spilled and spread every day. When allowed to accumulate, mechanical vibrations and the slightest air currents caused miniature sand storms on all floors below. Now the powerful vacuum of the Spencer Central Cleaning System is used to keep the loft dean every day. Special tools "eat" the sand at a rapid pace and clean up the finest dust on all floors. All the material is delivered by vacuum to a separator on the ground floor. Spencer Systems in both the Central and Portable types are reducing health, fire risk and explosion hazards in many industries. Why not send in your plant layout and let our engineers suggest methods for the removal of dirt and dust at its source in your plant? CpENC^D CENTRAL AND PORTABLE VACUUM CLEANING SYSTEMS S "t THE SPENCER TURBINE COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN. (Continued from page 32) put the problem squarely up to them, and they met it squarely. They men tioned the fact that one could always depend upon a driver of the Standard Oil Company to obey all traffic ordi nances and to be courteous. In Detroit if you see a Standard Oil truck coming to a corner, you know that you have nothing to fear, he will stop and give you the right of way. Our men said that if one company could have that reputation, there was no reason why we should not have the same. After several meetings the committee drew up a short Drivers' Club Agree ment, which promised to obey all ordi nances, to be courteous and to render assistance whenever the occasion arose. They went beyond this and asked the management to advertise in the papers, so that all would know what was being done. The result was that in March. 1930. our company ran a series of ads in all the metropolitan publications, dis playing the pledge card, and gave the names of the 4S0 drivers who had signed. This action of our drivers has spread to many other cities, which shows how the good work once started will increase. Just one personal incident following this: Our installation superintendent was out in the field when he saw this incident unknown to the driver involved. The man was driving his car along a dirt road which had been made very muddy by recent rains. As he came to a cross ing, a lady was having difficulty pushing a baby carriage through the mud. The driver stopped his car, got out and push ed the carriage through the mud and then went on his way. Just a simple thing, but these courtesies all help to build up good will for the company. In this way, industry, by caring for its own problem has to that extent aided in helping the community problem. The very life of some of our indus tries is dependent upon the solution of this traffic problem, because if the traffic toll continues to mount, many people will stop driving with consequent loss not only to the automobile manufac turer, but also to the oil industry and tb all dependent upon them, such as rubber, glass, steel, and fabric makers. And yet in some quarters there is op position to licensing laws on the basis that such laws will tend to lessen auto mobile purchases. It seems to me that such a view loses sight of the fact that if unfit drivers are allowed to continue to drive automobiles, ultimately the NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS situation will react unfavorably on the automobile industry and in consequence on the whole nation. All industry, to a greater or less degree, is affected favor ably by public good will, and each of us knows how an efficient, clean, and cour teous driver can help build up good will for his employer. In the second place, industry has in general been the prime backer in all safety campaigns conducted by the com munity through its police departments. Where the community has offered facili ties for testing brakes, lights, horns, steering columns, etc., industry has urg ed all its drivers to take in their com pany vehicles for test, and in addition, has urged each employee to have his personally owned car tested. Where the police have conducted special training classes, industry has again urged its drivers to attend and has worked cioseiv with the police to make their efforts worth while. In some special cases, as for instance in Evanston, Illinois, indus try has aided in training police officers in first aid so that they might be better equipped to do their work. In some communities, public spirited citizens and industrial organizations have aided the police department in obtaining specially equipped public address cars to assist in carrying on their educational work. In Detroit when it was made known that many of our school safety patrol leaders lacked rubber coats and boots, and that these helpers were getting wet in bad weather, and then sitting in school in that condition, the industrialists boguht the needed equipment. Why is it that industry represented by its commercial drivers and the young er boys and girls in school are the only groups which continue to consistently lower their accident rates? The reason, 1 think, is obvious, they are the only two groups which can easily be controlled hy nature of their positions. The com mercial driver operates his vehicle care fully because he is taught to do so and because his job depends on it. The younger children are in the habit of obeying their teachers and they too are given careful instruction. As 1 see it, the only effective way to reduce traffic accidents by the ordinary driver of his or her personally owned car is through fair and firm enforcement by the various community police forces. Education will help, safe engineering of roads and cars will help, radio talks wall help, advertisements will help, but when between 85 and 90 per cent of automo bile accidents are due to carelessness in some form of the operators, then the Antiseptic Applicators Safe to carry in pocket, too! kit, hand bag or first-aid kit -- shock proof wooden case prevents breakage of glass container holding solution. Patented feeder tip applies solution like a fountain pen exactly where wanted. Two cc. size treats over 100 average injuries. Pat. closure prevents evaporation & keeps solution at proper strength. The Council on Pharmacy & Chem istry of the American Medical Assn, has accepted the Saf-T-Top dosage form of the follou'ing solu tions: Iodine, Mercurochrome. Metaphen, Merthiolate, Ferric Chloride and Iso propyl-alcohol. FREE SAMPLE to officials in terested in safety. Write today. Robert A. Bernhard Mfg. Chemist. , _ 153 ANDERSON AVE ROCHESTER N y GLOVED HANDS MEAN BETTER WORK YOUR men will perform more surely and skil fully when no longer made nervous by fear of a painful, perhaps disfiguring accident to their hands. Davis Latex Rubber Gloves will protect their hands --keep them safer from danger. Then too, these seamless Davis gloves, free from the cumber some reinforcing strips of ordinary gloves, are more pliant and comfortable to wear. You will appreciate an increase in speed of manual operations with lessened fatigue that this freedom of action gives you. Tests under actual operating conditions have proved these sturdy Davis Latex Gloves will outwear ordinary gloves to a marked extent. Use coupon for information on gloves best suited to your particular types of industrial operation. Davis Emergency Equipment Co., Inc. 55 Van Dam Street, New York City Please send my copy of your Bulletin on Davis Latex Rubber Gloves to DAVI S f-OmPMENT CO., INC. Chicago, III. New York City * Houston, Tax. Davis Emergency Equipment Co., Ltd. San Francisco Name.,... .............................................. ......... Address_______ --.................. City ______________ _____________ NOVEMBER, 1935 Install JUNKIN NON-REPEAT Triple-Interlock SAFETY GUARDS They pay for themselves out of accident compensa tion savings > "X* Si When you buy JUNKIN SAFETY GUARDS, you are buying protection, and thereby elimi nating the possibility of accidents which take a costly toll in compensation. Human hands have no spare parts. Why permit your press and shear operators to risk hands that cannot be replaced? Even com pensation never pays for such loss. I7 f 17 JUNKIN SAFETY GUARDS--adaptable to all types of stamping presses, shears, etc., retain their safety features over the full range of work handled. Machines cannot be operated until the guard is entirely safe, or repeat an operation unless the guard has dropped to the ``SAFETY" position. These and other features are fully described in literature which will be sent promptly on request. Write for it today. JUNKIN SAFETY APPLIANCE CO. 930-936 West Hill Street Louisville, Ky. PRESENTING New Justrite Safety Cans! JUSTRITE presents # New Im provement in the 2. 3 and 5 gallon Safety Cans, The carrying handle has been redesigned, 'Oils permits "Easier Carrying" and "More Accurate Pouring." I^arge Spout--easily tilled direct from (tiling station hose--no funnels required. See how easy It pours--the most efficient can for the workman. Automatic spring controlled spout cap. Natural Hand Grip--opens in one operation--closes auto matically. A safe container for carrying explosive and volatile liquids--no leakage or evapora tion. labeled by the Under writers* Laboratories, Inc., and Approved by the Associated Fac tories Mutual Fire Insurance Companies. LESSENS INSURANCE RATES Protect reur pilot -- your eoptoyw*-lower your Iniurmc rill premium*--by 8UuiiUln* the latest ImproTed tnd ea- nroved JU TTUTB fUMy Dejlce* TO DAY. Se* your dealers or writ* us for interettlnr price* uid literature. Justrite Mfg. Co. 20 7R Sesthpert Avemue CHICAGO. ILLINOIS only wav to make a sizeable reduction in the traffic toll is to control the drivers. And the only sure way to control the majority of drivers is through strict en forcement of the law by the police. How can industry help in promoting this? They can aid largely in arousing the public to cooperate, because the police can do little if strong public opin ion is against them. Here industry with its leaders and its trained advertising men can aid in forming favorable public opinion. If the leaders of industry stand solidly back of the police, there can be little doubt of the success of the efforts expended. Maine Safety Conference Shows Amazing Growth WITH an attendance 75 per cent greater than the record-breaking attendance of last year, the State of Maine held its Eighth Annual Safety Conference at the Eastland Hotel, Port land. it was felt that the State House at Augusta would be entirely inadequate this year, and the optimism of the De partment of Labor and Industry proved to be well founded. This year's conference was expanded to a full two-dav program with general and sectional meetings. All-conference luncheons were held on both days. The program of the second luncheon, which was addressed by W. H. Cameron, managing director of the National Safe ty Council, was broadcast over Station WCSH. Several mills installed radios for this program. The conference dosed with the pre sentation of trophies to the winners in the 1935 State Industrial Safety Contest, The Governor Louis J. Brann Tro phy, given to the plant having made the most progress during the year, went to the Saco-Lowell Shops, of Biddeford, makers of textile machinery. Progress in dust control, general intensification of safety effort, and increased managerial interest earned the award for this plant. Winners of the group trophies award ed by the Department of Labor and In dustry were: Cotton -- Androscoggin Mills, Lewiston; Metals--Bath Iron Works, Shop Division: Paper--Holl ingsworth & Whitney Co., Gardiner; Public Utilities--Cumberland County Power & Light Co,, Portland Division; Shoe--Charles Cushman Co., Auburn; Special Paper--St. Croix Paper Co., Woodland; Woodworking:--E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Portland; Woolen--Worumbo Manufacturing Co., Lisbon Falls; Miscellaneous--National Biscuit Co., Portland. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS <57 The Norris Dam (Continued from page 22) \V* have PyroUlK*d all and oil in our plant* and find It very benefleial in every way. Not only in the easier running of all shafting,.etc., but In cooler bear ings, less lubricant and longer life for bearings throughout the plant.11 Pyroil has created similar eflflclcncj in many plants, Mall coupon for important iactH. Manufactured and guaranteed by Pyroil Company, \V. V. Kidder, Pres., &30 LaFollette Ave., l.aCrosse, Win., L:. S. A. Tha One and Only Genuine .. Pyroil Bean this Signature d.*js on Every Can, `*#2 Pret. A worn, slippery floor is an in* vitafion to often serious andsome, times fetal falls. End this hazard once and for alt by applying PLASTIC FUT-SURE to floors, stairs, ramps and runaways. Eco nomical to buy--easy to apply, PLASTIC FUT-SURE is oil and greaseproof easy to keep cleansure to keep eny welking surface permanently safe. Write for folder. GENERAL ABRASIVE CO., INC. 2H3 Cotleee Ave. Niagara Fails, N. y. PIASTIC FUT-SURE FOR SAFER WALKING SURFACES square any accident may be described in sufficient detail that corrective or pre ventive measures are immediately ap parent. In order to classify an accident correctly the foreman must analyze the conditions responsible for it, and in so doing becomes increasingly aware of the types of accidents prevalent on his oper ation and their causes. It is interesting to note that since the introduction of this form on Norris Dam early in June of this year the frequency rate has shown consistent monthly re ductions from a cumulative rate of 64 at the end of May to 56 for June, 52 for July, and 43 for August. Fifteen lost time accidents occurred during the month of July when over 92.500 cubic yards of concrete were placed in the dam (a record daily production) with an ex posure of 288,220 man-hours. EASILY IDENTIFIED Finished in Poster hoards are maintained and an inter-departmental safety contest con ducted at the dam with current stand ings posted on a huge bulletin board at the main entrance to the works. No big job is undertaken in the area "Safety Green" enamel tcith heads buffed bright. Wide range of sizes in single and double - head patterns. without a first aid station with a trained THEY'REattendant in charge. Even on the small est jobs there is a complete first aid kit and some experienced person on hand to use it if need be. In addition several first aid trucks operate in the area. Now for the accomplishments of this SAFE program; I Williams1 "NON-SPARKING" Safety Since the start of operations at Norris Wrenches are designed for use in the Dam in September. 1933. 311 lost time presence of inflammable gases, or accidents have been reported. This total includes 6 fatal injuries and one per manent total disability. During the two year period ending September 1. 1935 a total of 5,055,662 man-hours were worked showing a cumu lative frequency rate of 61 iost time accidents per million man-hours worked and a severity rate of 10.26 days iost per ! ,000 man - hours exposure. The cumulative non-fatal severity rate for the operation as of September 1, 1935 wherever a spark may produce disas trous results. Drop-forged from beryk litim - eopper and accurately heat treated, these Safety Wrenches are unequaled in strength, toughness and hardness. They are non-rusting and non-corroding--practically as strong as steel wrenches of similar size and design. Backed by more than 50 years of wrench making experience and guaranteed by the manufacturers of the most complete line of dropforged wrenches in the U. S. A. is 1.95. Buy from your mill or safety supply- The steady downward trend of acci house. Literature on request. dents on Norris Dam in the face of in creased physical hazards again illustrates the effectiveness of an organized safety program in which accident prevention becomes an integral part of the every J. H. WILLIAMS & CO. "The Drop-Forging People" "5 Spring St_ New York, N. Y. Western Warehouse and Sales Office, Chicago Works, Buffalo, N. Y. day duties of each workman, foreman, and supervisor on the job. There is evi dence on every side of a mutual feeling of responsibility and concern on the part ow-roim. oROP-FORGEn of the supervisors and workmen for the correction of those conditions and prac- WRENCHES NOVEMBER, 1935 68 FOR HOISTING FOR LOWERING FOR SAFETY IPCO LINEMAN'S INSULATED TOOL BAG STYLE L 12" diameter by 15" deep. Col lapsible--No metal parts. Man ufactured of heavyweight hard woven canvas and specially de signed, flexible, waterproof leather bottom. Non-metallic ring at top. Rope loop for hang ing over pin. Handle holes and loop holes leather reinforced inside and outside. Equip your line crews with this serviceable bag. Bulletin giving full description mailed on request. Get on our mailing list so that bulletins on new Utility products may be sent to you as issued. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS COMPANY Accident Prevention Equipment 800 W. Somerset St. PHILADELPHIA, PA. tices which cause accidents. There is a minimum of ballyhoo about safety on Norris Dam--it is just another essential part of everyone's normal duties and Mr. Fulmer helps them do that part better. Safety Instruction Cards (Continued from page 34) Poles, dismantling defective __ 45, 169 Testing before climbing Portable extension lamps 232 .................... 67 Posture ............... *..... ,,.......................................... 90 Power press operators, advice to ........... 65 Power trucks, operation of ............................ 43 Push toots for jointers and saws ............. 38 Rescue work, broken in* ........ ......... ,.,,-.,258 Resuscitation, see artificial respiration Roll scraper (for cleaning power- driven rolls) .................. .... ...................... 34 Rope knots and hitches ..... 200t 222, 246 Rope hitches and slings ...... ...........I, 210 Rope, protecting from chemicals ....... 62 Rope and block sizes --................................. SB Ropes, safe loads for .......... ...... ............ 47 Rubber gloves, care of .........................,,.214 To test for leaks . ................... 4 Saws, circular--don't?* ........ ..... .............. 54 Operating speeds ....... ...............,....254 Saws, eross-eut--how to carry ...........194 Hand, how to use ...... .................... Swing cut-off ............. .......... .............. *55 143 Scaffold planks, identifying ........ ,,..... Safe loads for ........ ................................. ,120 How to test ............. . 15 Scaffolds, suspended ..... Perew driver ............... ........ Sheaths for shaip pointed tools Shoes, safety ..184 234 Shoring trenches -.167 Skidding cylindrical objects ............ .. 11 Slings, angles and capacity Sling chain hooks ,, ...... ..159 Snakebites ................. .................... ..201 Soldering .................. -..... ..................... .,164 Sorav coating, general precautions , 22? Prevention of fires ,,,,,,,,...... ... Stacking cylindrical objects ............ Scissors and shears ............... ..... . .... 240 Spiders, "black widow" ........ ............. ....250 Stacking pipe and round bars ............ .....114 Stairways, ramps and fixed ladders Stairways, how to use Step ladders .......... . ... .... 146 ,...,262 Storerooms and stockrooms Suggestions safety, making Sunburn ................... . .....130 .....109 - ,.199 Sunstroke ............. __ 56 Tackle, lifting capacity of t wooden shell blocks with manila rope) 61, 69, 86 Lifting capacity of (steel shell blocks with wire rope)...................... 36, 95 Tank cars, loading flammable liquids,... 80 upening dome covers ....... ..... ....... ,,,,,, i2 Unloading acids .................... 94 Unloading flammable liquids ...................105 "That tired feeling" .................. ................... 16S Thawing frozen pipes ............... ,,..,131 Timbers, setting in mines .......... .... ............ 2? Toolkeepers ............ ..........136 Tools, portable electric ............ 91 Tree felling ............... m,21S Tree trimming ................. ......205 Warning signs, colors to use , ...................U2 Location ........................................... ,....160 ;4tyle of lettering . ............... .........,.,,119 Watchmen, suggestions for . ..................... 35 Water, life saving ................................ ..........,,223 Weights of materials, dry materials .,.,,.138 Liquids ................ 213 Wheelbarrow, how to handle ................ ,,,,.187 Wind force ,, ... ....... .................................270 Window cleaning, safety belts ............... 92 From ladders ....... 110 Window glass, carrying .............................155 Wire rope, how to lubricate ...... ............ 98 Putting on a seizing.............. .................^..268 Safe loads ....... 263 Uncoiling and unreeling ........ 49 When to discard .....--....................... 19 Working beneath a car .................. 25 Worry ..................................... .....148 Wrenches, use of .............. .,,..111 Have Yon Overlooked THIS DOUBLE SAVING? With the Dayton Safety Ladder you save twice. First, the costs arising from bad accidents! Second, the time of your workmen. This double saving coats very little in a Dayton. ^Iade of durable airplane spruce. It stands firmly. Straight back for close work. Sizes 3 to 1C feet. Write today for full details. Dept. NSN-H The DAYTON SAFETY LADDER Co. 121-123 W. Third St. CINCINNATI, O. DAYTON Safety Ladder i Patented! siwk earned <i P&eUU- i*y l-;, i' Billiard Co., f.r.s Angrlcs ttui Han Fraiioiws., amt br 100 other distributors from coast to txnat, Slade and distributed in Csntd* m Safety supply Co,, Toronto The manufacturer is forced to assume more responsibility each year for conditions in his plant that impair the health of his employees. Decausc of high speed production, Dl'ST has become a serious nuisance. DUST COSTS MONET W hereve r 1) USX is found you not oui> have a menace t * health, but a factor that takes its toil in many ways. Dust the cause of serious losses in the entire plant. DtWCCO Dust Control will eliminate your expensive dust and thereby improve health conditions and greatly increase plant efficiency. Write for Bulletin So, 301 DRACCO CORPORATION Succmmi* t* The Oust Recevtrinf *. Carmylag Co. 4073 E. 116th St. Cleveland, Ohio NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS Heard at the Congress FOR FIRST AID Excerpts of addresses at sessions of the Twenty-fourth Safety Congress When SPEED A Living Challenge And now a word as to your (the Na tional Safety Council's) work in gen eral. It is a splendid work making prac tical application in a number of fields of the injunction: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Much of this wotk has been accom plished through a voluntary enlightened humanitarian interest. Much of the work lying ahead must be done through educating your fellow men. Your work and aims stand as a living challenge to all who would have us be lieve that humanitarianism is a recent discovery or invention. Your organiza tion stands out as a shining example of being "your brother's keeper." It is a living, strong body whose efforts of study and action should be behind every move to reduce accidents throughout the land. Not through hasty, unenforcible legisla tion, but through sound progress and education, making every workman and automobile driver conscious of his re sponsibility to his fellow man. Our or ganization is happy to endorse your efforts and will be glad to cooperate with you to the fullest extent.--William S. Knudsen, Executive Vice-President, General Motors Corp. (Annual Meeting ni Members) Heat Exhaustion Ih 1934 the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company cooperated with other companies in bringing a group of special ists from Harvard University to Youngs town to study our heat cases. This work showed absolutely that heat cramps were the result of the loss of salt from the body. This work also showed that add ing a level teaspoon of salt to a gallon of drinking water was enough to keep the body salt up to the necessary amount. Salt also make? it possible for the body to hold the required amount of water. When our sheet mill men drank plain water they weighed out at the end of the turn on an average of S.6 pounds lighter than when starting to work. When they drank water having one level teaspoon of salt to the gallon they weighed out at the end of the turn with an average toss of weight of a little more than one pound. This proved defi nitely that the salt lost in sweating made it impossible for the body to hold its normal amount of water.--P. H. Ken nedy, M. U. Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co,, Youngstown, Ohio. (Heat Exhaustion Session) Safe Toys "Safe toys." Those two words, if fully realized, would have spelled life for thousands of children now dead and would save hundreds of other children who will die in the next year and (.'very year so long as we not only make it pos sible for children to play with instru ments of death, but actually put death dealing toys in to their hands. These are strong words, but I am pre pared to prove their truth. Lewis H, Garris, Managing Director, National Society for the Prevention of Blindness f Child Education Section) Dust Control it is necessary to stress the fact that quite.often the benefits of even the most extensive program of dust control are not immediately realized. This is es pecially true in dealing with fibrosisproducing dusts in plants where some of the workmen have already inhaled suf ficient quantities of dust to cause dis ability. Mo;eover, in dealing with such dusts as lead, cadmium, and mercury compounds, control measures may pro duce salubrious results in a relatively brief period of time.---/, /, Bloomfield. Sanitary Engineer, L'nited States Public Health Service, (Occupational Diseases Session) Warnings to Motorists When construction and maintenance work of a utility is to be done on streets and highways it cannot be assumed that the approaching motorist has a weather eye out for barricades, machinery and material. He is not anticipating perils. He probably uses the street regularly NOVEMBER. 1935 May Save a Liffeej A i N accident occurs. To be fully effective, first aid must be applied at once. Containing all necessary First-aid supplies, the new DAVIS Brac-Kit can be carried to the scene of an accident in the shortest possible time. Only an outer case is fixed to the wall. The Inner case--the compact, fully equipped DAVIS first-aid kit--you can remove quick ly and easily--with one hand. Just lift ing the lid, you will find entire contents instantly visible and accessible. You will appre ciate the econ omy of cost, too. Davis Emergency Equipment Co,, Inc. SS Van Dam Street, New York City Please send my copy of your Bulfettn on BRAC-KIT No. 128 to Nome---------...... .-- ------------------- ------------- -- Address_ City___ 70 "Safety First" ' SUPPLIES ' Now is the time to check this list of standard safety supplies and get our prices on those suited to your needs. Every one is of standard, recognized quality. GAS MASKS if Leak-proof eye-pieces, strong carrying case; a canister for every industrial gas. RESPIRATORS jz Two types: "Felt Filter," for protection against fine dust and paint spray/ and "Sponge Filter" type, for dust, light fumes and smoke. Goggles can be worn with both types. GOGGLES iz "Queen" goggles are made in designs to meet practically every requirement OILY WASTE CANS iz Made of heavy galvanized iron, with simple, self-closing tight hinged 'cover. Moder ately priced. LADDER SHOES iz Easily pay for themselves by releasing "the man who holds the ladder" for other work. Non-slipinsertsarereplaceable. WATCHMAN'S CLOCKS iz They change UNCERTAINTY to ASSURED PROTECTION. Moderate in price. GASOLINE CANS iz Lower your insurance---and save 30% of the liquid usually lost by evaporation. CAN'T EXPLODE. All sizes. SAFETY LADDERS iz The famous Dayton Safety Lad der, of clear airplane spruce, sizes 3 to 16 feet. Allows workman to use both hands. . FIRE EXTINGUISHERS iz "Queen" fire extinguishers have strong, quick, easy action. Leaders for 25 years. Write for Prices BARKER MFG. CO. 121-123 W. Third St. Dept. NSN-11 Cincinnati, Ohio EXTINGUISHERS FOR EVERY FIRE HAZARD and drives fast along known routes. This driver cannot stop quickly enough after seeing a small warning sign advis ing him that construction work, is being carried on just a few feet ahead. A crash occurs. The driver may be charged with recklessness because he did not have his car under control, but in many such cases an investigation has convinced the company adjuster that adequate barri cades were not erected and sufficient signs were not placed far enough down the street to warn the motorist.--. /. Rutland, Safety Engineer, Texas Power and Light Co., Dallas, Texas. (Public Utilities Section) Thanks to Medical Science It has not been many years since the average engineer has discovered that a microm is a unit of measure and not ``microbe1' misspelled. Due, however, to the insistence of our medical friends, we have been forced to familiarize our selves with this term and even to adopt such medical tools as the SedgwickRafter blood counting cell in our chase after micromic-sized dust particles. This is as good an opportunity as any to thank medical science for showing us the significance of the extremely fine dust particles, at least, from a hygienic point of view and further to thank them for teaching us how to use their tools, at least, to measure and find these par ticles.--M. /. Dor/an, Blaw-Knox Com pany, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Automotive (r Machine Shop Section) Highway Safeguards Safety is the very keynote of our op erations. Everything we do is first de termined to be safe, partly because we want to protect our equipment and our own skins, but most of all because the one thing that keeps more people out of the air than any other is fear--fear of the unknown, perhaps, but fear just the same, and the best way to overcome fear is to demonstrate the security of air travel. C. A. Rheinstrom, General Traf fic Manager, The American Air Lines, Inc., Nat< York City. (Aeronautical Section) Two Fleets Win Honors for Bakery FIFTY-SIX of the o2 salesmen em ployed by Noide Bros., Inc,, at Richmond, Va., have qualified for the "No-Accident Driver" medals awarded by the National Safety Council. Of these drivers, 19 had operated four years without accident; IS had dear recordfor three years; 10 for two years, and 12 for one year. A group photograph of the drivers who had been honored for safe operation appeared in the Richmond News Leader. By design or by coinci dence, the story and photograph ap peared on the same page and adjoining an advertisement of the company's products. In the Vehicle Fleet Contest spon sored by the National Safety Council for the year ending June 30, 1935. the Noide Bros, fleet serving Norfolk, Va.. operated 244,888 miles without accident, winning the trophy among the smaller fleets entered in the Bakery Division. What the "limited way" purports to accomplish is to so surround the high way itself with physical guards that failures of vehicles or failures of the human factor will not be translated into disaster, or at least that the seriousness of the disaster will be mitigated. Its function is comparable to machine pro tection in industrial plants. Dr. Miller McClintock, Director, Bureau for Street Traffic Research, Harvard University. (Street and Highway Traffic Section) Fear of Flying Some folks just can't decide to get off the ground. They remind us of those who still aren't convinced that the horse is gone. Many have never seen a modem airplane. I say modem because there is a vast difference between the airplane of today and a few years ago and we are doing our best to get these people out to our airports to look things over. Coming Events Of Interest to Safety Men Nov. 12-15, Cleveland, O. Internationa! Acetylene Assn. 36th Annual Convention. (Hotel Cleveland). Secretary. H, F. Reinhard, 30 East 42nd Street, New YorkCity. Dec. 5-6, Washington, D. C. Highway Research Board of the National Research Council, Fifteenth Annual Meeting. Roy W. Crum, director, 2101 Constitution A\e., Washington, D. C Dec. 5-7, New York City National Society for the Prevention of Blind ness, Annual Conference. (Rockefeller Cen ter.) Lewis H. Cams, managing director. 30 West 50th Street, New York City. Dec. 12, Miami, Fla. American Association of State Highway Officials. Annual Convention. Executive secretary, W. C. Markham, 1222 National Press Bldg., Washington, D. C NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 71 Honor Roll Details of no-accident records in excess of 400,000 man hours, or 200 working days, are invited for this department Carolina Power & Light Co. Cape Fear Steam Electric Station of the Carolina Power and Light Company operated from October 3, 1927, to October 3, 1935, without a disabling injury. The exposure dur ing this period of 2,227 days totaled 409,394 man-hours. The Tillery Hydroelectric Station operated from July 1, to July 23, 1935, without a disabling injury in 471,454 man-hours worked. Gulf States Steel Co. Their first million man-hours without a dis abling injury was completed by employees of the nail mill of the Gulf Steel Company, Ala bama City Works, on August 2. With an av erage force of 85 men, the mill has operated without accident since October 6, 1930, The exposure on August 2 reached 1,000.368 man hours and the record was still intact at the umc of reporting. Ontonagon Fibre Corp. On August 31 the Ontonagon Fibre Corpor ation at Ontonagon, Mich., had completed 227 days without a disabling injury. During this time the 206 employees worked a total of 276,954 man-hours. No accident had broken the record at the time of reporting. Lumber Company operated from November 27, I 1934, to June 30, 1935, without a compensable injury. The plant employs an average of 215 men who worked a total of 404,783 man-hours during this period. While this record is based upon freedom from compensable (7-day) in juries, rather than the standard definition of a disabling injury required for the Honor Roll, it is outstanding among companies operating saw mills and consequently is deserving of recognition. During this period the few in' juries that occurred were i.ot serious, and in each case the injured men could have returned to light work in the plant. While the plant was trying for a record which would make the Honor Roll, the most enthusiastic group was the negco safety coun cil, according to Superintendent E. G. Prud'homme. Westinghouse Lamp Co. Twenty months without a disabling injury was completed on September 50 by the Mini ature Lamp Department of the Westinghouse Lamp Company at Bloomfield, N. }., with the record still unbroken at the time of reporting. The exposure for this period was 1,753,756 man-hours. Recently this department was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Newark Safety Council. Although lamp manufacturing is classed as light manufacturing and regarded by outsiders as comparatively non-haiardous, this is the first time in several years that a lamp depart ment has won the Certificate of Merit. During the same period, several departments of the company engaged in heavier work have re ceived awards for outstanding no-in|urv records. CLEMENTS - CADILLAC eLOWER The mast vsrsitHt portable shop tool--3 tools in one--can be used to blow, spray, or suctionclean. DRIVES dry air. free from oil, at great velocity but low prassura. Safely, Quickly, CLEANS motors, del'eate or Intricats machinery and equipment. CUTS RISK of "Shorts." turn outs, Are. oacess wur. Convertible to suction cleaner, or sprayer. Plugs in any socket--reaches anywhere. CLEMENTS MFG. CO. 6658 S. Narragansctt______ Chicago, 111. USE a UNION or COLUMBIA CARBOY INCLINATOR Mine Safety Appliances Co. When a disabling injury on May U, 1934, terminated a safety record of 4 years and 157 days, the Mine Safety Appliances Company, at Pittsburgh, Pa., was not discouraged. The em ployees at once started to establish a new record and on August 31 had accumulated I 1,001,390 safe man-hours. - Mountain Copper Co., Ltd. Mococo plant of the Mountain Copper Com pany at Martinez, Calif., has operated 202 days, (659,047 man-hours) without a dis abling injury. The average number of em ployees has been 58 and all of them are ambi tious to make it a whole year. Berger Manufacturing Co. On September l the Berger Manufacturing Company, of Canton, Ohio, had worked 336 days with an exposure of more than 1,000,000 man-hours without a disabling injury. This firm is engaged in metal stamping and form ing, also in the painting and finishing of lock ers, cabinets, etc. Shell Petroleum Corp. No disabling injury in 2,144 days ts the ac complishment of the Lube Compounding and Shipping Department of the Wood River, III., Refinery of the Shell Petroleum Corp. The no accident period began September 22, 1929, and on August 5, 1935, the exposure exceeded 1,000,000 man-hours, The record, participated m by an average working force of from 90 to 100 men, was unbroken on October 10. Temple Lumber Co. The Hemphill, Texas, plant of the Temple for the SAFE and EASY way to pour acids and chemicals from carboys or small and medium size drums. A tried - and - proved device attractively priced. Sold on money-back guarantee. THE INCIINATOR COMPANY-?- Send for a completely illus trated and descriptive bulle tin giving full particulars and prices. box sfcs-Minneapolis, minn. SANKEY FOOT GUARDS Foot protection is easily provided if vou have a supply of Sankev Foot Guards available. They are made of 16-gaugc steel or Rigidlum, an aluminum alloy. They are light in weight, comfortable to wear and permit free and easy move ment. Built to withstand an impact of 300 foot pounds. Write for your sample Ellwood Safety Appliance Company Ellwood City, Pennsylvania NOVEMBER, 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 Special Reflectors for Use with the Hight Intensity Mercury Vapor Lamp The Miller Company, Meriden, Conn., has completed extensive research and* ex periments in the development of correct reflector equipment for mercury vapor lighting: and announces specially-designed reflectors which provide for the satisfac tory operation of the new mercury vapor lamp, i'lu* new equipment includes styles and types of reflectors : or an v t y pe of in ti u n t i n v, for practic ally all in dustrial lo cations, and for color . orrectiou of mercury vapor illumination hv individual or com bination equipment. Particularly interesting are the com bination reflectors, which permit the use of ordinary incandescent lamps along with the mercury vapor lamp in a single fixture. Lighting systems where the fixtures are alternately mercury vapor and incandes cent, do not provide uniform illumination in color unless the units are mounted well above tin* ordinary line of vision, allow ing the incandescent and mercury vapor light to mix thoroughly before reaching working level. When thev are not. the visual acuity of operators to distinguish detail varies under the individual lighting units. The production, therefore, varies in appearance. The new combination re flectors can he mounted as low as 8 feet, and everywhere the light will have good color quality, resulting in uniform pro duction. Safety Device for Punch Presses A new safety device for practically all sizes and makes of hand-operated punch presses is announced hv David J, Ross Company, Benton Harbor, Mich, It is main features. It consists of a bar, a onepiccc bousing, operating lever and long life spring, just a touch on the safety lever with the left hand when the press is tripped by the right, releases the punch press lever. In this way, both hands are in use and out of the way of danger every time the press is tripped. And the safety device springs back into place instantly when released, locking the punch lever securely. N'o extra time or waste motion are involved. The new device, according to the makers, cannot be put out of action, tied down or easily taken oft. The onepiece housing prevents tampering. It is further claimed that any good mechanic can install this safety device in 15 to .111 minutes. Two holes are drilled in the press for the safety bar, and two for set screws tor attaching, included with the device. The bar is sawed to proper length to tit the particular press to be guarded. It is then installed, the housing is put in place, and the screws tightened, t ince on, tm adjusting or further attention are reipiired. New Water Cooler M uter of the proper temperature as well a* being dispensed in a sanitary manner contributes in many ways to personal safety. The Ebco .Manufacturing Com pany, formerly the D, A. Ebinger Sanitary Company, Columbus, Ohio, announces a The. bubbler is a ^elf-regulating angle type, insuring a steady drinking stream. Coils are copper, tinned both inside and outside. Inside of the cabinet is car steel hot galvanized around 2 inches of ap proved insulation. Capacity at first icing is approximately 40 pounds of chipped ice. For production departments having ex cessive heat, this company offers insulated coolers built especially for the purpose. Wilson Screwless Shock Proof Portable Lamp Guards The Safeguard Electric Company, 30 Church Street. Xew York City, announces a shock proof portable lamp guard, it is fur nished in two patterns, one with fibre guards and the other with metal guards. The first consists of heavy fibre strips and rings, solid fibre hooks, fibre re flectors. The manu facturers claim it can he hung on live bars w i t h o n t <1 a n g e r < * i shocks to the men or diort circuits to tin* m,a c h i n e r v T h e _ ........... second consists uf metal guards electric- fk' . ' ilp, ally welded with Xu. 10 steel wire, with *'* heavy gage metal re flectors, and all parts cadmium plated. A swivelled friction hook holds the lamp guard in position. Both tvpes are equipped with oil-resist ant composition handles that have extra heavy wails, of easy gripping, non-slipping design. 'The handle is arranged for rapid wiring of the extension cord, which passe* through the bottom seal, the strain washer, and connects directly to the socket. \\ taping or soldering is required. The handle M.`als the cord at the bottom, also cushions and seals the lamp bulb at the top. The guards are secured to the handle with a d/16 inch solid rubber oil-resistant ring. Beg Pardon known as the "Rousselle." The simplicity and safety of the new device are two of its new water cooler model known as 3-1 M, To provide maximum sanitation it is equipped with an angle type bubbler, hav ing a mouth guard. It has a hinged top mi which tlie receptor and bubbler are in stalled. Phis is accomplished through the use of flexible metal tubing in the connec tion between the bubbler and water coils. When re-icing, the top is merely turned back. With the bubbler on the top. it is at a convenient height for drinking, it also permits a neat, compact unit. Built of furniture steel and finished in bronze Sungiow lacquer, with the receptor of vitreous porcelain enamel, this model is a very attractive unit for offices or small service or retail establishments, The new Davis Brae - Kit, which is a first aid kit within a kit, announced in the October issue showed the illustration upside down. This kit is mounted on the wall as shown herewith. The Davis Emergency Equipment Company, 35 Van Dam Street, Xew York, itate the advantages uf this type of kit are that the first aid kit re mains always avail able in the same place. The container is at tached to the wall, The kit itself, in 20 gage steel case, may be removed from the container by a twist of the handle on the bottom. This handle is also used to carry the kit. NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 73 Lammert Control Valves The control or automatic shut-off valve illustrated, embodies a number of new features and refinements which include: few parts; extremely compact; large ca pacity; simple design ami construction; interchangeable elements for air control, steam - pressure control, water - pressure control or electrical control. Valves can be adapted to automatic operation, to re mote control, or to automatic operation plus an interlock with manual-reset de vice. 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! Tlie "peratmg lexer. which is actuated by the control device, transmits the force to hit the needle xalve. A packless gland in the form of a brass bellows is used to prevent sticking and to give a perfect seal. The interlock and manual-reset device f:> a iatch-and-weight arrangement which holds the valve in position after it has closed, until the weight has been reset manually. The air-control mechanism is of jhe piston type, and a pressure of 3 to 30 pounds may be used. The air-oper ated valve is used on oil burners of the airatomizing type. In the steam or hydraulic control, the pressure operates through a bellows The -team-oil and air-oil inter locks are used on industrial oil burners where the atomizing agent (either steam or airi and the oil are supplied by separate units. If the steam or air fails, the oil supply is immediately -hut . off, locked -hut, and cannot lie started until released by hand. The electrical control is through an electro magnet, and the spring which closes the valve is entirely separated from the fluid. It is fully enclosed, but easily accessible upon removing the metal-cup cover. The electrically-operated valve is used for remote control of any liquid--oil, water, brine, etc. With anv of the type of control men tioned. these valves will, it is claimed, handle the heaviest and most viscous oil without -ticking. Lammert liquid - control or automatic -hut-off valves are matte bv Lammert & \fann Company. 248 V, Wood Street, Chi cago. They are made in -tandard u/cs from inch up. NEWS ITEM Newton Engineering Service announce that after Ortnhcr 15, thev will he in their new location at 3/b Wilson Avenue, West Rend. Wi- This firm \va formerly lo cated in Waukesha. WL 1 1Statements publ^hcd on this pane a*** based nn the claims of the nnmulaeturer. White the National Safetv News cannot guarantee these statements, they are believed to he accurate, NOVEMBER. 1935 1. Safety Guard Protection. This ? 7. Electric Heating Data Book. interesting folder illustrates and de scribes a multiple controlled triple interlock non-repeat safety guard for punch presses. Designed to protect the operator but not to interfere with production. Junkin Safety Appliance Company. 2. Pittsburgh Glorified Light No. 236. Illustrates and describes space heating by electromode forced heat, gives cost comparisons, illustrates applica tions of electromode industrial, portable and ffBilt-in*Wall" all electric fan type unit heat ers. Electric Air Heater Company, Div. American Foundry Equipment Company, Products. The science of seeing is aptly discussed in this splendid 32-page booklet. Also deals with the cost of seeing, economics of seeing, adequate light, proper lighting, paint, etc. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. 3. M.S.A. Carbon Monoxide Indi cator. Bulletin No. DS*I. This inter esting bulletin deals with a portable instru ment designed to indicate the low concen trations of carbon monoxide in air, which are recognized as dangerous. Mine Safety Appliances Company. 4. Weld It Well Bulletin No. HW-4. This 24-page bulletin covers the complete line of P&H-Hansen arc weld ers from SO to 800-ampere units as well as welding fixtures and accessories: Harnischfeger Corporation. 8. Fire Alarm Systems, Etc. a four- page condensed catalogue for quick reference on automatic fire alarm and sprinkler supervisory and hold up alarm systems. For use in industrial plants, schools, hospitals, hotels, institutions, etc. The Gamewell Company. 9. Ivanhoe Reflectors. These loose leaf catalog sheets illustrate and de scribe special types of reflectors for use with high intensity mercury vapor lamps. De signed to produce correct color quality to illumination for uniform production. The Miller Company. 10. Wilson Portable Lamp Guards. Four page folder on special screwless shock proof portable lamp guards for use wherever a portable lamp is needed. Shows features of construction. Safeguard Electric Company. 5. Safetex Gloves and Work Clothes. This little folder deals with a new protection against acids and other chemicals for industrial workers. Safetex Company, Inc. I I. Propellair Fans. This interesting folder shows several types of fans for industrial ventilating and exhausting. These fans are adapted to th peculiar uses of in dustry. Propellair, Inc. 6. Permite Six Foot Cast Bronze Bars. This 26-pagc booklet contains valuable data on the uses and properties of various bronze alloys. Graphs show the be havior of the alloys as contents of different metals are altered. Joseph T. Ryerson and Son, Inc. 12. Industrial Eye Protection. Catalog No. 35. This new 2S-page catalog illustrates and describes a complete line of goggles for all industrial purposes. Also tells how goggles may be used to cut production costs. American Optical Com- NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS 20 North Wacker Drive Chicago, III. Please have sent In me the publications l have checked: Name* . .........* - - Title .......................... ........................... Company ................................. Address .... ...............................-......................... November, 103.> 74 FUSE PULLERS A lifetime of Safety First service '' Eliminates shocks, burns or possible death. * The standard of Amer ica's leading Safety Engingers. * Mad* in 4 sim Writ. for literature TRICO FUSE MFG. CO. O.PL S. Miiw.k.., Wit. Save Time and Money In Handling Boiler Plate IT'S expensive to handle boiler plate with old-fashioned chains or hooks, which have a tendency to slip, causing accidents. The use of Never Slip Safety Clamps will reduce these expenses, because these damps do not slip. Two clamps and chains will do the work of four bent hooks and chains, and do it with out harming the plate. Even at an angle, Never Slip Clamps will hold work without slipping. Made in two styles for lifting plates horizontally and vertically. Write for details Never Slip Safety Clamp Co. P. O. Box 448 Grand Central Annex, New York City Hydrogen Sulphide Note X; Fur detailed information on venti lation systems, see National Safety Council (Continued from page 36) occur after a few seconds inhalation of a high concentration and results in pant ing respiration, pallor, cramps, paralysis of the pupil, and almost immediate loss of consciousness with loss of speech and no other warning than a cry. Death may occur with extreme rapidity from res piratory and cardiac paralysis. Even deep sniffing of a sufficiently high con Safe Practices Pamphlet No. J7, "Industrial Ventilation.'* Note V: Fur detailed information on suit able breathing equipment, see National Safety Council Safe Practices Pamphlet No. 64, 'Respirators, Gas Masks, Hose Masks and Breathing Apparatus." Note Z; For additional information on pre cautions to he taken in the handling and re fining of high-sulphur petroleum, see United States Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations Nos, 2347 and 231. centration may cause the latter effects. 6. In Table A is shown the toxicity of hydrogen sulphide to men exposed to various concentrations for varying peri National Safety Council, Inc. 20 North Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois ods. The data contained therein have been compiled from work done by the United States Bureau of Mines and other authorities. Treatment 7. Hydrogen sulphide often acts so quickly on the lungs when breathed that there is no time to call a doctor before beginning to revive the victim. The following things should be done in the order named: a. Move the victim at once into (resit, pure air. b. If victim is unconscious surd not breathing, immediately apply the Schaefer prone pres sure method of artificial respiration and con tinue it without interruption until natural breathing is restored or until rigor mortis (stiffening of the body at death) sets in. c. Summon a doctor. d. If available, give oxygen mixed with 5 per cent carbon dioxide, through an inhaling apparatus. (Not a lung motor. I Precautions 8. The following precautions should be strictly observed whenever the pres ence of hydrogen sulphide is known or suspected: a. Maximum care should be taken to prevent the escape of fumes into the air of working places by leaks, etc. b. Installation of adequate ventilation systems. (See Note X.) c. Before entering air suspected of containing hydrogen sulphide, tna|fc sure that a test has been made to determine whether or not the gas is present. d. Never enter a tank, cellar or other enclosed place where the gas has accumulated with out wearing proper respiratory protection equipment and a safety belt secured to a fife line held by another person outside. (SecNote V.) e. Do not try to determine the presence of the gas by its odor. (See Note Z.) Note W: See Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 52^6 for a detailed descnption oi a detector for quantitative estimate of low con centrations of hydrogen sulphide, and Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation Serial 2847 for a satisfactory method for the determination of hydrogen sulphide by titrating with iodine solution. STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT. CIRCULATION, ETC., REQUIRED BV THE ACT OF CON GRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1012. OF NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS, published monthly at Chicago, ill., tor October 1, 1935, State of [Illinois, County or' Cook, s. Before me a Notary in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared W. H. Cameron, who, bavin*? been duty sworn according to law, deposes and says that ho is the business manager of the NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS and that the fallowing is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the owner ship, management land if a daily paper, Che circulation), etc., uf the aforesaid pub lication for the date shown m the above caption, required by the Act of August 24. 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse aide of this form, towit: 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor and business managers are: Publisher--National Safety Council, Chi cago, Editor--Ci T, Fish, Chicago. .Managing Editor--None. Business Manager--W, H. Cameron, Chi cago, 2, That the owners are: National Safety Council, an association-- John K. Lung, president, Albany, N. Y.. R, t, Oatlln, vice-president, Hartford, Conn,: Lew R. Palmer, vice-president, New York City; R. T. Solensten, vice-president, New York City; Dr, C. H. Watson, vicepresident, New York City; C. W. Smith, vice-president, Chicago; D, D. Fennell, vice-president, Chicago; A. W, Whitney, vice-president. New York City; W. FT Worth, vice-president and treasurer. New York City, W, H. Cameron, managing director, Chicago, 3, That the known bondholders, mortga gees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent of more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are; Nunc, 4. That the two paragraphs next above giving the names of the owners, stockhold ers, and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and se curity holders as they appear upon the books of the company, but also, in eases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as a trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is aotim?, is given; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant's full knowl edge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders ami security holders who do not appear upuii the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bonafide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association or corporation has any interest direct or indirect, in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him. W. H. CAMERON, Managing Director. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2lst dav of September, 1935. MYRTLE H. MOLLAN, Notary public. My commission expires September 18, 1930, NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS AMERICAN MASON TREADS Abrasive Iron Bronte Formerly known u "Garbo-Cast'' Fluted Diamond Hatched Plain The carborundum or aluminous abrasive embedded in these stair treads is an integral part of the body metal. The flint like par* tides project above the surface, producing a surface that effectively prevents slipping whether wet or dry. Over 40 years Experience is at your service for the asking AMERICAN MASON SAFETY TREAD CO Lowell, Massachusetts 0 Irtrfbutad By Joseph T, Ryerson 8C Son, Inc. Chicago, Illinois INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Accident Prevention Equipment Manufacturer's Section ............76-77-78 American Abrasive Metals Co................ 56 American Mason Safety Tread Co........ 75 American Optical Co........................ 8 Bernhard, Robert A...................... 65 Bishinger-Koehler Mfg. Co., Inc. .....64 Bradley Washfountain Company......... 61 Breuer Electric Mfg. Co..........................58 Brown Shoe Co. 59 Bullard Company, E. D................... , ,, .57 Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (U.S.A.) Inc......................................... 7 Buxbaum Company, The ....----- 61 Carnegie-IUinois Steel Corp................... 4 Chicago Eye Shield Co...................... 53 Cities Service .................. 63 Clements Mfg. Co.......... .................... .71 Cover, H. S........ . .................................. 51 Davis Emergency Equipment Co......................... ..59-65-69 Dayton Safety Ladder Co............. 68 Dracco Corporation .............................. .68 Ellwood Safety Appliance Co............ . 71 General Abrasive Co............. .67 Marker Mfg. Co............... 70 Harrington & King Perforating Co. .. .52 Hynson, Westcott & Dunning, Inc. . . . 37 Inclinator Companv ......................... 71 Industrial Gloves Corp.................... .60 Industrial Products Company............... 68 International Shoe Co............................. 51 Invincib'e Vacuum Cleaner Mfg. Co. . 62 Tunkin Safety Appliance Co...................,66 Justrite Mfg. Co................................... .,66 Kidde Co., Inc. Walter ........................ 49 Klein & Sons, Mathias 54 Lehigh Safety Shoe Co.. Inc. , .............. 56 Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co. ............. 5 Lima Cord Sole & Heel Co......................58 Mac--hvte Companv ..............................48 Matthews & Co.. Jas. H..........................62 M;ne Safev Appliances National Safety Council. Inc.............2-38-39 Never Slip Safety Clamp Co................... .. .74 Pangboro Corporation .........................,, 55 Pr-c-er $ Gamble Co. ................ .. 3 Prope'iair, Inc.................. .......................... .. , .53 Pu'mesan Safety Equipment Pyro;l Co. ...................................... ....67 Safeguard Electric Co.............. 52 Safety Clothing Co.............................. 57 Safetv Equipment Service Co , ,. . Back Cover Safety First Shoe Co., The................... 55 Snencer Turbine Co..................................... ,64 S`onehouse Signs, Inc.................................... 75 Tr=co Fuse Mfg Co............ ............................74 Trumbut' Manufacturing Co....................... 83 w,,.t Dis'nfecting Co....................... ,75 Wiliams ft Co.. I. H...................................... S7 W'llson Products, Inc.................................... 1 NEVER POSSIBLE BEFORE! Rats cannot live if they nibble only a small part of RATMORT bait. RATMORT causes rodents to rush outside for air, eliminating the danger of de caying carcasses on the premises. RATMORT, harmless to humans and domestic animals, is a concentrated extract of red squill, which is approved and recommended by the U. S. Dept, of Agriculture. Its use is officially permitted in dairies, groceries and other food depots. NOVEMBER, 1935 MISJUDGED Here lies a pedestrian Cold as ice. He jumped only once When he should have jumped twice. WEST DISINFECTING CO. 42-16 BARN 8T., LONG ISLAND CITY. N. V. Branches in Principal Cities Leadinp manufacturer of insecticides and disin fectants for half a century. Write us for advice cm your particular problem. V The Buyers' Service Sec Advertisers' Index, Page 75---When writing, please mention National Safety News A Prevention Service N.iii-iui .-#!>> Council, Inc. Alarms, Fire Mine SsIT-n Apnlmnn* lo. V nemometerw Bullard Company, E. D. Mi nr Safety Appliances Co. I'.iiiantr 5,amp ft Equipment A prims Bullard Company. k l'|l*ut Euirryemii Equipment < ii,, Inc. Industrial (.line* Crp. Industrial ITtvIuots Cn. Mine Safety Appliance* to. I'imciii'fn `'nI'ulmusst. KMetv Corp. :-`,*fetv CMiiing io.. The safety Cijuipmrui M-mce The -'Mfrtv 1-trst supply Co. >t indar.t S*fm Equipment t ", MrauM Company The Arrestors, Hunt Bullard Company, iv D Draeco Corporation Pancborn Coir Surly Mfg. Co . Hie ,1'VJiniH, I*rl*c VUtthew* & Co,, Jas. H. Mine Safety Appliance* to. B Hndgen an I Button!* Bullard Company. B, D Mine Safety Appliance* co licit*, iree Trimmini; Buhrke company, U, H, Bullard Company, E. l), loduMrlal Product* Co, Mine safety Appliances Co sttsus* cumpauc The Belts, Window denning Buhrke Company, It, U. Bullard CompuM*. E. D. industrial iTmliim Co. Mine saiefv AnpiMmr* Cm Blower*, Hum1 Bullard Company Daw* Kuiergoui's Co . In. Hank I' D Equipment Blower*, {'or (n tile, F.lect rls* Breuei Elin'irn* Mfg CUuimul' Mfa in PaiutCuu C.on S untrri Ttu 1 me ` o sorry Mfy Co jPe to Dan* Emeigeii.u Krjuiiunent Co,, Inc, Industrial Products C., Jtisfrlle Mfg. Co, Aim Rafeo* AppBances t Proieetoseai C'lmpam l*niniosat Safety Equipment Corp. Safely Equipment Service Tlie Sutniard Safely Eipiipmeiit i'o ( lutlii, Fnrfory McK.iv Cumpaay Falls From Ladders-- Avoid Them The New York State Department of Labor reports show that for a period of three years there were 5,540 compensated cases caused by falls from ladders. The total compensation paid for these claims amounted to $2,750,185.00. Safety ladders properly used would have prevented many of these accidental injuries. Be sure your ladder equipment is in good condition, and that your workers are instructed in the correct use of ladders. Davis Ffutergeiicy Equipment Co,, Inc. industrial Cloves l orp. industrial ITuduct* t!o, Min# Safety Appllanco* Co. Safety clothing Co., The Safety Equipment Hen-ice Co,, Tlie Safety Ftm Supply Co. Standard Safety Foptipment < o. Strauss Company, The Clothing, Weatherproof Bullard Company, E. l. Dart* Emergency Equipment Co,, Inc. Industrial (ItoTes carp. Industrial Products C<. Min* Safety Appliances in Safely Clothing Co., Tb* Safety Equipment Serviee m. The Safety F'lrst supply Cn .standard Safety Equipment Co, Cloths, Wiping FanBarv Institute >! Vumnea Collectors, Dust Drarro Cornuration Pangborn t'nrj). Surty Mfg. I n , rh* t 'mupouiids. Fireproof! ng Sleepsafe IndiHtne*, fm- Compounds, ( leaning safety Uutldng Co.. The 'ontainers, Explosive Liquid Bullard Company. B. LC DaU Emergency Equipment Co,, Inc. Industrial Product* in. Itisfrite Mfg. Co, Mine- Safety Appliance* Cm. Portable Lanin St Equipment Co, l,rnfe*'tnsctl Company Safety Equipment servi,** t v, . The Stratus Company Die Haas, Tool. Linemen Buhrke Company, R. H. Bullard Company, h. D. Davis Emergency Equipment Co., Inc, Industrial Products Co. afaty Equipment Herrtc* * The . HajisPun- ft Co., W H >n*tiii, Company J`h BrltM, Linemen Buhrke Company, U H Bullard Company. E, D. Dads Emergency Equipment Co., Inc, Industrial Products Co, Main ft Son*. Matltlaa Mine Safety Appliance* Co 1'urtable Damp & Equipment Co. f'lilmnsin Safety Equipment ClTp. Safety Clothing to., Tlie Safety Equipment Sarrlce to, The S*f,*lv First Supply i n Standard Safety Equipment < . Stnuaa rnnipam The HeltN, safety Buhrke Company, it H Bullard company, E. l> Dam Flmercettcy Equipment Co., Inc. Industrial Product* Co. Klein & Sons. Mathias Mine Safety Appliances Cu Portable l.aron ft. Equipment Pulmoein Safety Equipment Cnrp. safety i'lothing Co., The safety Equipment Sendee Co The Safety First Supply i > Msn.iard Safety Equipment Co, Straus* Company. 'Hie f'liri.tnie I,amp & Equipment Co Safety Untiling oThe Strauss Company. Hie Blanket*, Flrt'imuif Bullaid titupany. i. M Davis Kcuergwo'V Equipment lor ?.|,l,,MM4l l*>*!dor.v i * Mine -4letk `ppluiuu-s Co l`!tii:-.M`- Ui'Uy i -qi|;IOiO` >; i'ofp -Af tv l-u ;4 - i 5 pupmeiP >rirr ro The Mm j-.tii i.qu h I > S' r- 11 IS I r-niUor-M l * lUot'klTH, MlUC t jsr hotn.iri.o ihiidot-tt *, Mine Mhoy Appllatui's i Blocker*, Itnilroatl ( nr Bullard Company, FI l* Industrial Products C `'*feD Equipment Hefrtee Sitety Finn Supply Co io iari safety Equipment Itlii'ki'tN, 1 lOiH 11II Bullard c. uqiany Dans l,nn*racnrv Co Inc ImlnMriai ........ t- D (quipniHit Io Itullrtlu llonrtlN Bullard ompauy i, D Dacns , 1 inergem v Die rquipinf .! f Illutl ^ervIc t " Mine Ssfclv A(qnM.-i-* Pulmoun Safety t'uoipnicoi i Off -afeu Lquiiuuir t Co The S.ferv Ftr*t s,,n,.U t .. >. >>M4hl '..frit ii ,, r JIIJM, 0(1 BuIUki i Jin V, D iu-h sitt.ii IVmh-i is C,< Mme Safely Mpha-ue* Co Ih.oeef se*t * nnipiov 'ifetv Cquiiuiieiii vn.if thi The < nus, \Vnte Bullard l uripany. F, D, i iiitlrH, Suf'( > , llonfHsvnln Bullard Company, E. D Mine SaMv Appllamvs Co Strauss f;onipanv, 'Hie ( lamps, Itnll Industrial Product* to Safety Clothing Co .Sjfrtv First Suppiv l<i f lumps mill Suckefs - iip -,ti*'ti ( amp i o ( leniiiiiu ij-hlejns, Vacuum Mtem-f i h-tric Mid. f n ClenieM* Mf,` ' Immmtlo Vaemmi i'leaner Mfg. Co'>(*neer torlune t o S-oty Mfg c, The ClofkiitK for fndiisfrial Workers--Set* Aprons, (IIovch, Hand Ijrathrr.q, l.ecclnjss, Shoes i I<stla 1 upf, As'ldproof Clot hint;. Fireproof Buiiar.j comtiany, F,. D D lletecforH. Baa Bullard Company, E. 1) Darts Kmergeticy Equipment Cq.: Inc, Mine s*fe|v Appliance* Co. PeMaitle Lamp ft Equipment Co, Defectors, indicators. Recorders, Carlson Monoxide Bullard Company, E, D. Dart* Eraergencr Equipraeiu Co,, Inc, Mine Safety Appliances t> llefeetorN, |*yro tannic Mine Safety Appliance* Co. UlsinfectantN and D eodorantN West Disiufeetmg t " llusf t nuierti IIUHterH, Bonk Min# Safety Appliances l a Portable Lamp ft Equipment Kinblemn, Safety Mins Safely Appilaneev MvhauHtn, f.rludlng Wheel Surty ilfg. Co.. The NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS THE BUYERS' SERVICE See Advertisers' index, Page 75--When writing, please mention National Safety News Exterminator, Kodent West Disinfecting Cn. KstioRaiNbcrN, Fire Bullard Company, E. D, Marker life. Co. Kldde & Cn,, Inc.. Walter Mine Safety Appliances Co. Portable Lamp & Equipment Co. Pulmosan Safety Equipment Corp. Pyrene Mfg, Company F Fnnn, KvhauHl Dracco Corporation Panghorii Corporation Propellalr. Ine. Murty .Mfg. I o The FaHtenrrs orJ.ncrrN, licit Clipper Belt Lacer Co, Filins or Slides, Safety, for Bent and S.ile Xjtion.it Safetv Council. Inc, First Aid ttquipmrut Abbott Labot amne* Bauet * BlJtk Mernhard, A Htshmger-kneidcr Mfg. ; Ine. Billiard Company, K. U. Burroughs-Weltearae Co . ins A, t hie, ham Emergency Equlpim'iit Co., Inc. Hvnsou, WeMrott U Uunmorf. Inc. Industrie) Product* Co Johnson <fc Johnson Merck &. Company Mine Safety Appliances Cn Putmnsan Safety Equipment Corp. Safety Clothing Co, Safety Equipment Service Co., The Safety First Supply Co. Standard Safety Equipment Fin km, Danurcr Bull.ird oinpaiiy. V, h IndtMirial Product? 10 Safety Equipment Service Cn. The ^{om-iinnu* Sums, Inc. Flash l i adits, Permissible Bullard Company, K. 1). Portable Lamp k Equipment Floor i lenninc; .UnchlncN, Electric Flooring Material, Safety Ameriran Abrasive Moral* c> A merman Mason Mtetv tTean I'n t'ameuu' lihnois Steel Corp Cem-rst Abrashe r f III not < Steel company Industrial Products t o Inland Steel Co, uafetv Fmi Supply Co Sony Mfg Co , The Footwear, Rubber Bullard Cn . F D. Industrial Products Co, Lehigh Wifely Shoe Co. Mine Safety tpplfanres Cn Partible Lamn & Equipment Fount nlns, Drinking, Fnetorr Bradlcv W**bfnnni,il'i Co. FumicnntK Bauer & Black 1. CiermieltleK fiermleiden, tutting Oil Waat Disinfecting Co, t.lan*. Safety American Optical Company Bullard Company, E. h Chicago K>e Shield Cn Industrial Product* t;n Llbhey-Crwens-Ford OUia Co. Mine Safely Appliances i Pittsburgh Plate ilia** Cn. Safety Clothing Co., The Safety Equipment semre Co,. The Standard Safety Kquipmcnt t. Surly Mfg. Co,, The Willson Products, Inc, t.lovcH nnd Mitten* Bullard tympany. K h Chicago Eye Smeld Co Darla Bmerycncs nqinpiueui Co., Inc, iiongK, Sirens, HoruK nnd other Signaling; Dcvk'Cit Bullard Company, E h Industrial Products t o Mine Safety Appliances cn (IrntingK. Safety Luards, ( hip nnd Spark Bullard tontpauj. il h Chicago Etc Shield t '* Industrial Products Co ssfetv `i thine Co., The Safety I q'dpmcut Senuv Co., Th# Standard Safety Equipment t o, (unrds. Kick Press Surty Mfg. Co.; fhe Lttnrds, Portable Lamp Safnnurd Electric t < Ctunrds, Power Press Chicago Eye Shield Co. Industrial Products Co, Junkin Safety Aiudlancc in, dandard safety Equipment Cn Surtv Mf<. Cn Titc i.unnls, Safety Bullard Compatn K, D Starts Emergemv Equipment Co,, Inc There is Proper Equip ment tor Every Hazard A large company was having trouble with men get ting sick from naphtha fumes while cleaning out tanks. It was discovered they were using the wrong type of protective equipment. When this condition was corrected the men showed no ill effects from the cleaning operation and were able to do this job in half the time usually taken. Manufacturers of respiratory equipment have com petent men to consult with you on the type of device: best suited to protect against specific hazards. industrial (doves l urp Industrial Prd< * Mine S.sfi*iv M*!dtJUtf* ' * Catielxirti i **?"* at i* m Pulmnsan ,-alvii Fqtnpit.* *.t Corp Stfeiv nothing c.t fhe VflfeU lailMI lllfl'i mV C<- ihe Sifetv First Supph * Salisbury * Cm. W H bird CU'ti"**.* * Wheeler Mfi? C C t! Logglt's Atnenran nptuMi Cuui.a Bullard tmnpanv. C h CiiiciRO Hie Siitrld t Cuser, H s Dan* EmrrRrfirr Equit'tu^d Co , Inr Industrial t'rmluru Co Mine Safety Apphanres ` t'ortatdo luunp ft Ktimpireut Co, l`uflhmir>paan safety Enmpmeut Safely Cb thing Co., Hie Safety Equipment Senfiee Co; The Safety Fhit Supply Co Standard Safety Eqidpmet t C Wlllsan P'Oiiupt*, Inc (iinrilH, Fi>bec*I HatnotU u lin IVthuat 111.HI'"jt. *t -*S t*r.i,!<!< 1 Cm -hiitr Mtg t * T (.irnrdu, Fool nitd Tot* Bullard rmupatiy,, t; P Idhc lef S4t( t\ Mud; UMe t .. In itial a, e Ci Ml'ie ^ el\ ,< <%C rta'dy l.jiuj' A; iei niitin ui -- 5;,-*> * t * The SuVtt r<fM|HiieiM Sfriu-y C . Pe " ifei\ k>ts` SMju ij i <t it,da* > M*Vt\ I ,|Uiiniii'iu Suauss t-iii|*a**4, file LtrnrtlM. tirnr -urty Mr,,- Co , The (uartlN, (riittling Wlirel surtv AI f,1: Cn , Ttie Lunrdu, Jointer induitrul l,rq.lm*t* Co -fe\ ifnire Cn The '-Mn,i*rd <}fetv Eoulproeiit < " Surtv Mfg, Cn , The tLirrmirt u k KittR EVrfnrat* lud'utrial i*r* duett Co ^aiih' Clothing i t Ci,*e aftuy Cuuii hk mi SerTi* e Cn The M,rn M*a C.( i` f.t^ttrtlH, s:na Bullard Ci'intuni, (: p IldUMlMl .......... (V 'M'US'-I [I'fttUMMit I *. urti Mf-* *' I'he (.mtrds, slmju'r f*-ft t*i 11 Cn t>u tt l n ,,.y , s.;'e:*. ietnituiuuu Cn 11 \ Mf Cn fiie t.rnrd**. Treadle pm Mr* The If Ilnnti Cream Bullard cvmnanv, V U Darts Emercent'v l>julpnieut Cn Ine ( ducrui FrinJueu t , Mine Safety Appll,inT* Cn. Safety Clothing Cn, Hn(, Safety Bullard Company, E l ludiidriat Crnd'ud* Mine Safety Appllanne* Co. Portable Lamp & Equipment Safety Clothing Co., Tlie Safety First Supply Co Strauss Company. The Ifent Cramp Preventives Fairway Laboratories, Inc. Bullani Company E D Chicago Eye shieht m Darts Emergency Equipment Co., Inc, Industrial Products m Mine Safety Appliances | angborn corporation Cntdable Lamp 6c Equipment t o. "*;tietv notmng Co,, Safy Equipment Se.rrf,: Co,, Tlie IfofHfN, FltvMric Hooks, Safety Reft Bullardfountain K. D Dart* Kiiiyrgoth-v ^uipm^ut 1 o,. me, industrial Product* i n Mine Safety Appliance* ,v t nrtablA Lamp r.'qmpni.v.; -'.ifety SkMipnio'ir ............ Co., The Strauss Company, The Huoks, Safety, HoisttnK industrial Products *> Hospital Ftitiipmcnt Bullard Company K D BuMrrToSugAiH.I-WeInitero, me c. Davis Emergency Kquiioiietn I'm,. Lie, Industrial Products i i Mine 'jiefy Appliances C,> Safety Equipment. Scrrir** ' n , The '..ifetr Flr*f Supniv c. f Suction tors, Carboy Bullard Company. E. D Btciitiator c.imtianr Industrial Product* * Safety t'fotldng Co rafetv thfuipment Service i'o , The Indicators, Flammable Vapor Bullard Comnanv, T i> Davis Lmercencv Equipment * 'n , but. 'line Safetv Appliance* s'. Inbalntors BDIdnger-Koehler Mfg , Inc, Dullard C- mpanr. K. D Oavft Etnergoncv Equipment Co., Inc Mine Safety Appliance* c isisiiranee Metmp.ditjil Co Lift* fn*u* I-;.-*- f iiferloek <yfcms Cujtn A' > .1 l. Ladder Shoes or FVef American Abrasive Metal* co. American Mason safety Tread Co Bullard Company, E. I> Dayls Emergency Equipment Co . Inc, Davton Safety Ladder Co. Industrial Products Co Mine Safety Appliances On Patent SeafT Iding Co The safety Clothing Co.. The Safety First Supply Co Surly Mfg. Co., The Ladders, Safety Bullard Company K D NOVEMBER, 1935 78 THE BUYERS' SERVICE See Advertisers' Index, Page 75--When writing, please mention National Safety News Dayton ftsfotr Ladder Co, Mine Safety Appliances Co. Patent scaffolding Co.. The Safety First Supply Co, l.impn, Safety Benjamin Electric Mfg Co. Bullard Company, fc. . Davis Emergency Equipment On,, Inc. Mine Safety AppUwjces to Portable Lamp A Equipment Co. Lanterns, Carbide Bullard Company, E. l>. I.niiterns, Electric Bullard Company. E. D, iruiuitrlai Products to. Justrite Mfg. Co, - Mine Safety Appliance! to. Portable Lamp A Equipment ro. Leathers, Hand Bullard Company, E, 1> Industrial Glove* torp. Industrial Products to. Pulmoean Safety Equipment Corp. ,, safety Clothing to.. The Safety Equipment Semce Co., The , Safety First Supply to, standard Safety Equipment-to. Strauas Company, The Legginga Bullard Company. E. D. i`)la Emergency Equipment Co,, Inc. Industrial Gloves Corp, Industrial Products to. Mine Safety Appliance* to. Pulmosan Safety Equipment Safet?*Clothing Co.. The Safety Equipment Service Co., The ... Safety First Supply < o. Standard Safety Equipment to Ttrausa Company, The Lighting Equipment, Industrial Benjamin Electric Mfg. WettinshouM Electric A Mfg. Lockers and Hangera for Clothing Industrial Product! Co Locks, Lamp Industrial Products Co Mine Safety Appliances to. Safety Equipment Service Co., The l.ocka, Locker and Pad lock, Keyless Dudley Lock Corp. Lubrication prroU Compam Machines, Floor ('lean ing, Electric Mnrkeri, Traffic Safety Equipment Service Co.. The Masks American Optical Company BUhlDger-Koehler Mfg. Co., lac. ,, Billiard Company, B. l. Chicago fc^e Shield to, Darii Emergency Equipment tie,, Ine. >--isduatcUL Products. Co. Mine Safety Appliance* to. Pingborn Corp. Pulmotan Safety Equipment Corp. Safety Clothing Co., The Safety Equipment Serrice Co., The Safety Firtt Supply Co. Standard Safety Equipment m Willson Products, Ioc. Mats, Standing, Safety Bullard Company, H, 1), Buxbaum Co. Daria Emergency Equipment Co,, Inc. Industrial Product* Co, Kafety First Supply Co. Mattress, Fireproof Sleepsafe Industries. Ine, Metal, Expanded Surty Mfg. Co., Tlie Metal, Perforated Harrington A King Perforat ing Co. Safety Equipment berrlee Co., Tlie Safety First Supply Co Poster Service Elliott Serric* Co, National Safety Council, Inc. Bullard Company, E. i>, t'hlcago Eye Shield Co. Daria Emergency Equipment Co., Inc. Industrul Product* Co, Mine Safety AppUancea Co, Protectors, Arm Bullard Company, E, l>. Dana Emergency Equipment Co., Inc. Safety First Supply Co. Salisbury A Co.. W. H. StCana,dard Safety Equipment Publications, Safety- National Safety Council. Inc. Safety Magazine Publishing Carp. Pullera, Fuse Bullard Company, K D Industrial Products Co. Mine Sifely AppUancaa Co. Safety Equipment Service Co., The Trlco Fuse Mfg, Co. Safety Belts Prevent Many Serious Injuries A workman washing skylights was equipped with a safety licit similar to those worn by professional window washers. While the job was in progress he slipped from a cross member, fell and bung in mid air 45 feet over a number of flasks of molten metal, llis belt saved his life. A miner was sent to lower a hung-up chute. During the job an accident occurred and bad it not been for his safety licit he would have fallen to the level 30 feet below, and possibly an additional 100 feet through an open chute. Bullard Company, E. D. Daria Emergency Equipment Co., Inc. Mine Safety Appliances Co. Rope, Wire Maewhyte Company S Scaffolding, Safety Patent Scaffolding Co., The Screw Drivers, Nonskid Hurty Mfg. Co,, The Shades, Eye, Nonbrenkable Bullard Company, E. D. Chicago Eye Shield Co. Daria Emergency Equipment Co,, luc. industrial Producta Co. Mine Safety Appliances Co. Safely Clothing Co. Safety Equipment Henrico Co., The Shades, Window, Industrial Shoes, Safety, Factory and Foundry Brown Shoe Company Bullard Company, K, D, Industrial Producta Co. international Shoe Co. Lehigh Safety Shoe Co, Mine Safety Appliances Co, Portable Lamp A Equipment Safety Equipment Service Co,, The Safety First Shoe eg Safety First Supply ro Shoes, Wooden Sole Industrial Producta Co. Safety nothing u>- The Signs, Accident Prevention Bullard Company. E, t>. Industrial Product* ro. Mine Safety Appliances Co. Portable Tamp & Equipment r.-v Safety nothing Co . The Safety Equipment s-rr:<*p Co., The Safety First Supply <"* Standard Safety Krt-unment ro, sionehmise Signs. Inc. Sirens and Signals Bullard Company, 8. D Industrial Products Xo Slings, Safety, Wire Rope Maewhyte Company Soap Procter St (lamble Co. Soles, Shoe, Non-slip Lima Cord Bote A Heel Co. Sterilising Equipment ImluUriil Products Co, Movers, Railway Car Bullard Company, . D Industrial Products Ce, Safety Equipment Serrice Co,, The standard Safety Equipment O Oxygen Breathing Apparatus Blshlnger-Koehlcr Mfg. Cm,. Inc, Paris F.mergency Equipment Co- Inc. Mine Safety Appliances Co !* I'acN, Miners' IrfUish Safety Siioo Co Portable Lamp A Equipment l*ads. Knee Bullard Company, E. D. Industrial Ulores Corp Industrial ProducU Ca, Mine Safety Appliances Co Portable lamp A equipment Co. Industrial Gloves Corp. Industrial Products (,o. Mint Safety Appliance* Co, Pulmotan Safety Equipment Corp. Safety nothing Co., Tlie Safety Equipment Serrice c . The .Safety First Supply Co Standard Safety Equipment o. ^IrauM Company. The Protectors, Finger Bauer A Black Industrial Ulores Corp Safety Clothing Co . Tlie Safety Equipment Service Co , The Protectors for Llnrmet* Bullard Company, B, D. Darla Emergency Equipment Co., Inc, Industrial Utores Corp industrial Products Co. Mine Safety AppUancea Co. Puimcsan Safety Equipment torp. Safety Equipment Serrice Co,. Th* Pumjin, Oxygen LiUhlngor-Kothler Mfg. t'aInc. Mine Safety Appliances t o R ltcK|>lrntora American Optical <>nipiny Itishlnger* koetiler Mfg, Co, Ine. Bullard company, L, l>, CJilctgo Eye Shield Co, Cover, It. a. Marls Emergency Equipment Co., luc. Industrial Products Co. Mine Safety Appliances Co, Fangborn Corp, Portable Lamp A Equipment Oo, Putmcsan Safety Equipment Corp. Safety Clothing t . Tlie Safety Equipment Serrice Co., The Safety First Supply Co. Standard Safety Equipment Co. Willson Producta, Inc. Renuneitatton Equip ment Blthlnger-Koehler Mfg. Co.. Inc. Straps, safety Buhrke Company. K. ft. Bullard Company, E, D. Darts Emergency Equipment Co,. Inc. Induatriii Products Co, Klein A Sons. Mathias Portable Lamp A Equipment Co, Stretcher Units Surveys, Eye Sight Systems. Dust Control Drscco Corporation Fangborn Corporation Surtr Mfg. Co., The T Tents, Pneumonia Blshinger-Koehler Mfg. Co lne Mine .safety Appliance* Co. Testers, Fuse Tools, Linemen Bullard Company, E, D. Darla Emergency Equipment Oo,, lac. Industrial Products Co. Ktein A Son*. Mathias NATIONAL SAFETY NEWS THE BUYERS' SERVICE See Advertisers' Index, Page 75--When writing, please mention National Safety News Tools, Markins or Stamping Matthews A Co., Jaa H. Tools, Non-sparking Arapco Meta!, Inc. Hultard Company, R, U. Dari* Emergency Equipm.at Co,, Inc. Pulmosan Safety Equipment Corp. Torches, Blow Klein A Sons. Mathias Treads, Safety American Ahrnsiv* Metals Co. American Mason Safety Tread Co. Caraegto-IllinoU Steel Corn, Illinois Steel Company Industrial 1'rrductt Co. inland Steel Co. Surty Mfg. Co., The Trestle*, Safety, ExteBilon Industrial Product* Co. Patent Scaffolding Co.. The Safety First Supply Co, Trophies Matthews A Co., Jaa B, V Valves, Oxygen Blihinger-ivoehlec Ufg, Co., Inc. Mine Safety Appliance* Co. Vending Machines, .Sanitary West DUInfectmr Co. Ventilating Equipment Draco Corporation Panglmm Corporation Propellalr, Inc. W Washers, Safety for (.rinding Wheels Industrial Product* Co. Standard Safaty Equipment Co. Wrenches, Hopper Car Induatrlal Products Co, Safety Equipment Service Oo,, The Safety First Supply Co. Trumbull Mfg. Co.. The Washroom Equipment, Industrial Bradley Waihfnuntaln Co. West Disinfecting Co. Welding Equipment Wrenches, iVon-Spnrklnp: Williams it Co,, j. H, Wrenches. Pipe Williams & Co,, i- 11. The following companies are those whose names appear under the various headings contained in this Buyers' Atibutt Laboratory ,............... American Abraalm Metaia Co. .. American Mason Safety Tread t`o American Optical Co. ................... Ampco Metal fnc. Bauer & Black ....................... .... Benjamin Electric A Mfg. Co. ... Bernhard, Roltert A................ Biihinger-Koriiler Mfg. Co.............. Bradley Washfountain Co................. Rreuer Electric' Mfg. Co. ...... Brown Shoe Company ..................... Ruhrke Co,, H. H.............................. Bullard Co.. E. D ..................... .. Burnitiftha-Wellrome A Co. (U.B.fi Hnviiouii) Comjiaiiv. Thu* Carnegie-IHinol* Steel forp . < hlcago Kvt Shield Co................ Pities Service rlfments Mfg. .............. Clipper Belt Laeer Co, , , ............. Cover. B. n.......................................... Daria Emergency Equipment Co., I Dayton Safety Ladder Co,, The . Dracco Corp........................................... Dudley Lock Corp. ............................ Ellwnod Safety Appliance Co, ... Elliott Service Co, ....................... Fairway Lahoratoriee, Inc............... Central Ahraeire Co. . . .................. ..North Chicago, lit ... Irvington, N. J. .......... Lowell/ Wait. . .Southbridge. Maxi. .. Milwaukee. YV'if, ...............Chicago, HI. .........Dec Plaines, III, .. .ttocheater, N. Y. ..Pittsburgh, Pa. .Milwaukee, Wli. ........ Chicago, tlL , ..St. Louis. Mo, ., .....Chicago, 111, San Francisco. Calif. Inc..New York, N.Y. ............... Akron. Ohio Pittsburgh, Pa, ........ ...Chicago, III. ...New York, N, Y. ...........Chicago. III irand Rapids, Midi. ..south Bend, Ind. .New York, N. . ___ Cincinnati, Ohio .....Cleveland, Ohio ........Chicago, III, ..Kitwood City, IV ..New Y*rk N. Y, ......BeUertlle, III, Tagara Falls. N`. Y. Barker Mfg. Co.................................................. Dayton, Harrington A King Perforating t`o............... ..Chicago, 11. Hynson, Weslcott A Dunning. Inc. ........ Baltimore, Md. Illinois Steel Co, ............................. ....Chicago. Ill, fttciinaf<'r Company ............... ........... Minneapolis. Minn, Industrial (Haves Com, ....................... ...Danville, ITL Industrial Product* Co................................Philadelphia, Pa, inland Steel Co. ...................................................... Chicago, HL International Shoe t`o........................................ St, Louis, Mo. invincible Vacuum Cleaner Mfg. Co. ...............Dover, Ohio Johnson A Johnson .New Brunswick, N, J. Jttnkin Safely Appliance (' Louisville, Ky, Justrlte Mfg. Co, ...............................................Chicago, Hi. Kidde A Co., Inc., Walter ....................... New York. N. V. Klein & Son*. Mathias ............... ...............Chicago, III. Lehigh Safety Shoe Co, . _____ Allentown, IV Llbhey-Owens*F rd Oiass (V ............ ...Toledo, Ohio Lima Cord Sole A Heel Co.. The ....................... Lima, Ohio Macwhyte Co, -.. ..,,..Kenotha, Wli, Matthew* A Jas. H, .............................PUUhurah. Pa. McKay Pn ................... ..........................Pittsburgh. Pa. Merck A Co,, Inc. ................. ...New York, N, Y. MetnpHUan Life Insurance Co .New York, >;, V, Mine Safety Appliances Co....................... .. Pittsburgh. IV National Safety Council. Inc, ...Chicago, 111 Never Slip Safety Clamp Co, , New York, N. Y, Panglo n Corp, .... ......... Hagarstown. Mf. Patent Scaffolding Co., The ................. ..Chicago, ILL Pittsburgh Plate Class Co, .........................Pittsburgh, Pa, Portable L*mp A Equipment Co..................Pittsburgh Pa Procter A Gamble Co. ..................................Cincinnati, 'Ohio i I|J?' .............................................. Springfield, Ohio rrntectoseal Co, Chicago III PulaoMJi Surety Equipment Corp............... Brooklyn, k Y. &!"' "ff. Co.....................................................Nwn*. N, I. Pyroll Co, ........................................ .............. L. rvn*a* WJ Safeguard Electric Co. s* ff'NY ,ol,hlnf *> ......................... ..CleirUnil/ohTo s?" p"'nl Sorrlce Po.. Tl> .......... iTntknd. Ohio Safety First Shoe Co................... .................. .Holliaton * Safety First Supply Co..................\.HVimnrh pt Safety Magazine Publishing Corp.......... New York S Y Salisbury A Co., Inc.. W. If, .... .......Chicago 'w* Sanitary Institute of America . ,...................Chicago' 11 -Mecpstfe Industries, Inc. . ..................New York V Mcncfr Turbine Co., The , ----------- ... .lurtford. einn. Standard Safety Equipment co Chicago III Stonehouse Signs, Inc......................................... Denver 'colo Htrausa Co., Inc. ....................... Pittsburgh, p*. >urty Mfg. co.. The ............... ....................... Chicago. III. Trfrn Fuse Mfg. Co, , Milwaukee, Wts. frumbull Mfg. Co., The .................... ...Warren. Ohio t'nlon Switch A Signal Co. _____.........Svriaavale Pa West Disinfecting Co. ..... .................Long Island, N Y Westinghouse Electric A Mfg. Co. - Cast Pittsburgh Pa Williams fit Co.. J. H. . ., ......................Buffalo, N Y* Willson Products. Ine. .................. .Reading, p. Industrial safety Market A S a service to our readers, we endeavor to maintain a complete ** list of the source of supply of all 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 price* are wanted.) Company Address Your Name NOVEMBER. 1935 80 THE SAFETY LIBRARY By MARY M. WELLS LIBRARIAN, N. S. C. BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS Accidents and Diseases "Discussion of Industrial Accidents and Diseases at the 1934 Convention of the International Association of Indus trial Accident Boards and Commis sions." Published by U. S. Department of Labor, Division of Labor Standards, Bulletin No. 2. For sale by the Super intendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Price 20c. (282 Page Pamphlet). Commercial Vehicles "Commercial Vehicle Accident Rates for Year Ending June 30, 193S and Com parisons With Earlier Periods." Pub lished by National Safety Council, Inc,. 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago. 1935. Price 20c. (16 Page Pamphlet) This pamphlet gives the accident rates for the commercial vehicles of members of the National Safety Council or affili ated community safety councils. Paper industry "Paper Manufacture." Published by Retail Credit Co., Atlanta, Ga., 1935. 112 Page Pamphlet). (Industry Report ) A description of paper factory pro cesses and potential health hazards. Silicosis "Review of the Pneumonokonioses (Silicosis) Literature and Laws of 1934," by Davis, G. G. and others. Published by the Chicago Medical Press, 302 S. Canal St.. Chicago. 1935. Price $7.50, (490 Page Book). In this book (Book II) the articles, papers, comments and discussions ap pearing in the United States and foreign countries in 1934, upon the subject of the dangers of dust and dust diseases are offered by the editors in abstract form. It includes a digest of statutes, and of legal cases pertaining to occupa tional disease laws in the United States, supplementary to and bringing up to date the first volume by the editors: "Bibliography and Laws, 1933." Spray Painting "Regulations of the National Board of Fire Underwriters for Paint Spraying and Spray Booths as Recommended by the National Fire Protection Associa tion. Effective September 30, 1935." Published by National Board of Fire Underwriters, 85 John St., New York City. Free. (13 Page Pamphlet). These regulations cover standard safe guards for average conditions, and special safeguards for large scale opera tions. PERIODICALS Commercial Vehicles "Selecting and Training Fleet Driv ers," by Rose, D. C. (Armored Service Corporation). In Fleet Owner, October, 1935, p. 24-25-73. Selecting drivers for armored cars is quite different from selecting drivers for trucks in ordinary service. Mr. Ros? says that in the former service one can not afford to make mistakes in judging either character nr driving ability. Hydrogen Fluoride "The Effects of the Inhalation of Hy drogen Fluoride," by Machle, W. and others. Part II: Response Following Exposure to Law Concentration; III: Fluorine Storage Following Exposure to Sublethal Concentrations. In Journal of Industrial Hygiene, September, 1935. p. 233-240. (Part I was published in (March. 1934, issue). Results prove that hydrogen fluoride is a harmful agent not only as a pul monary irritant but also as a volatile poison. Traffic 'Accidents Can Be Reduced." by Green, P. L. The Institute of Traffic Engineers asked "How?" and ten recog nized experts answered. In American City, October. 1935, p. 71-77. While there was complete unanimity of opinion upon only one factor, yet the replies received grouped themselves readily in such broad headings as En forcement, Engineering. Education, Ac cident Records, Uniform Ordinances, etc. with emphasis upon the various aspects of enforcement, engineering and education. Asked and Answered CLAY DUST Question: In the article ' No Half Way Measures in. Dust Control, ' which appeared in the September National Safety News, there appeared the statement that day dust is inert, but that here have been claims for dis ability from workers exposed to it. In our mills fine, dry day is used in the manufacture of paper, The method of han dling the day from the freight cars to the bins and from the bins to the mixing tanks varies in the different mills. It ranges from pneumatic conveyors and bucket conveyors tn shovels and wheelbarrows. Regardless of the methods used the men work in very dusty conditions, It has been the rule for men to wear respirators when doing this work, although on hot summer days they object to them. We are interested in determining whether breathing the day dust over a period of time is injurious and whether we should establish an iron dad rule that the workmen must wear respirators. Free silica is not present in day although it does contain silica oxide. The chemical formula for day is Als0a(2) Si0i(2) HiO. A.NS'-aFR: l h.ivr again read very Careful lv the article by Arthur S. Johnson on "No Halt Way Measures in Dust Control." He says. The result of work by some investigators which has been published recently indicates day, talc, emery and carborundum dusts to be inert. In some animal experimentation these dusts did not produce tibrosis. Contrarily, there have been claims for disability from work ers who alleged that the exposure to these dusts caused their ailments. Experts state that these dusts generally do not produce disabling lung pathology, yet we are faced with the facts of claims prosecuted successfully." I am enclosing for your review a copy of our Health Practices Pamphlet No. 4, "Dust." On page 2 under the paragraph captioned "Classiikations of Dusts," Item 11, "Nonpoisunous," you will find orothosilicates day. Whether dusts are necessarily harmful or not, it is desirable to eliminate them. The in halation of non-poisonous dust is frequently irritating to the respiratory tract and extremely annoying, necessarily impairing general efficiency. F have checked the works of such industrial health authorities as Drs. Kober, Hayhurst and Hamilton, and fail to find any comment on the hazards of clay dust. They do, of course, ad vise the elimination of all dusts insofar as is practicable and possible. Your practice of having men exposed to these dusts wear respirators is, in our opinion, a desirable one. 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