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FILE NAME: National Safety Council (NSC) DATE: 1965 DOC#: NSC210 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: NSC - National Safety Congress - The NSC & You and Officers of the Railroad Section National Safety Congress Transactions --------------: -Volume 1 ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS CONGRESS BANQUET LIST OF EXHIBITORS GENERAL INDEX OF ALL VOLUMES NATIONAL SAFETY C O U N C IL 425 N. Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60611 1965 Xatumal Safety Congress afety doe-, not begin alter this man is -elected to be an officer. His training bc_:;tn while in the ranks. His effectiveness is an officer will be determined by the efec.tivcncss of training he had as a rank and filer. The amount of help you can get from this man as an officer will be in pro portion to effectiveness with which he has been trained in safety on the job by his supervisor. Training, like safety, is everybody's busi ness. We cannot do it alone. As a result ye must, more than anything else, carry this important message to supervisors in all jobs n the railroad for the very existence of uilroad industry as we know it could very ,\ell depend on the success which we have 11 developing .dedicated supervisory leaderhip who in turn can also teach, lead, intruct, motivate and inspire by good example. The -techniques of training and education .'nether it he in technology, method, human -adership or safety are being better defined :id developed. The "how" of training is an rca where personnel directors, trainees, and ifety supervisors will, if successful, meet id work together. We shall have to ask >r and receive help from experts in eduition and experienced trainers in distribu tion, manufacturing, and transportation. In this respect the National Safety Council will play an increasingly important role in help ing us do the job. If there is any hope for the human race in this day of swift and constant change, it lies in the success of education. Our world problems will engulf us unless we learn to live with one another and unless each of us accepts the responsibility that is ours at home and in the local community, as well as those which we have as world citizens. More laws, more rules, more military power is not the solution. Hopes for the future in industrial safety will not come from more rules, or strict military type of enforcement of them. Likewise the future of railroad safety de pends upon the success which those of 11s in this room have today in leadership, in Icomiminicatioii and in education of all entIployees in our respective companies. When 'we reach the point where eacli individual ,accepts his responsibility for safety and Imakes the safety of each of his fellow j workers his responsibility as well, then we Ican say that we have succeeded in our ef forts. Until that day comes, each of us must work and work and work tow-ard this end. THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL AND YOU By L. W. DUTTON Staff Representative, Railroad Section, National Safety Council \ recent check shows that 97 per cent of the railroad employees in the United tes and Canada work for companies icli arc members of the Railroad Section the National Safety Council. Wc take te pride in this fact ami challenge any er Section of the National Safety Counto show almost 100 per cent coverage in giver industry. he Railroad Section is one of 27 indus1 sections of the National Safety Council. : Railroad Section and all the others are esented on the Council's Industrial Connce, which is a sort of parliament of sections. Through the Conference, all sections work together to carry forward the combined objectives of all the sections and of the National Safety Council as a whole. The Railroad Section has always been very active in the work of the Industrial Conference, and there is a further point of pride in the fact that a railroad man (our good friend Roy P. Hamilton of the Frisco Railway, now retired) lias served as Vice President for Industry of . the National Safety Council and General Chairman of the Industrial Conference. Roy Hamilton, in cidentally, has served as General Chairman both of the NSC Railroad Section and the AAR Safety Section. Railroad Scctim The Industrial ^on leu nee in turn is di rectly responsible to the Council's Hoard of Directors. The other program departments and divi sions have their own conferences, each re sponsible to the Board of Directors: Traffic, School and College, Home, Farm, etc. Each is primarily concerned with activities in its own area, hut they, and the corresponding Council staff departments, all work together toward the common goal expressed in the Council's current theme, "Safety Everywhere . . . all the time." This fits in neatly with the objectives of the Railroad Section of the Council, for the section is deeply concerned not only with the safety of the railroad employee on the job, but also with his safety off the job, and with the public safety everywhere. This concern finds its strongest expression in the Signs of Life Program, sponsored by the railroads and conducted by the National Safety Coun cil staff. This program is intended to edu cate the public in the observance of traffic signs, including railroad highway crossing signs and advance railroad warning signs. Public officials, traffic safety officials, and volunteer organizations of all sorts cooperate in the program, and through it educational material reaches the public from many dif ferent directions. The foregoing is a general description of the way the National Safety Council func tions, with particular emphasis on the indus trial safety' phases. But what does this mean to you as individuals? I would hazard a guess that almost all of you are employed by railroads which are members of the Na tional Safety Council. All of you who are in this situation can consider yourselves members of the Council, entitled to all mem bership privileges. These privileges include the purchase of all Council materials--post ers, data sheets, films, etc., at the member discount of 20 per cent oil that price. Your membership means help in solving your safety problems. The Council staff welcomes requests for information front any employee of a member company, whether he is an operating official, a safety officer, a supervisor, or a rank and file employee. The staff will do its best to find the answer to your problem, and make a practice of send ing a copy of their reply to your company's safety officer in order to !cKt\him know o: your interest in safety. The value of your membership in the National Safety' Council is in how much you use it. The Council staff doesn't claim to know all the answers, hut headquarters has an ex tensive safety library and a great amount of published material on industrial safely. In addition, the Council has access to publica tions and standards issued by other organ izations, which can be of help to you. There is a tendency for people working in any given industry' to feel that their prob lems are unique and that nobody else outside of their industry understands them. The fact is, however, that the basic safety prob lems are the same in all industries. What ever your fields of endeavor, if you will analyze your injury experience, 1 predict confidently that you will find that 20 to 25 per cent of your injuries are caused by falls and another 20 to 25 per cent arc caused bymishaps in connection with the handling of materials. From the very beginning of the atomic energy industry some 20 years ago, the spe cial hazards of radiation were- recognized and extreme precautions were taken every step of the way to guard against these particular hazards. The result is that injuries caused directly by radiation are almost nonexistent, and a very substantial proportion of the in juries that do occur in plants manufacturing and using radioactive materials are caused by--you can guess it--falls and material handling. In our Railroad Section, our experience has been the same, notwithstanding the spe cialized hazards that certainly do apply to the movement of rolling equipment. I am advised that the same is true in the marine shipping and electric public utility industries, each of which has its own special hazards. Furthermore, problems specific to certain industries very often also exist in many' other fields of operation. For example, the Chemical Section of the Council has pub lished a long list of data sheets dealing vvith specific chemical compounds. Some years ago, the safety superintendent of a railroad company wrote the Council and asked for information with regard to the safeguards required for the location of an a n h y d ro u s mi. t j e t y ~ o n y i't s uumouia plant along its main line. The VSC Chemical Data Sheet on the subject t this particular material very satisfactorily mswered all the questions which this raiload company had. Recently, a questionnaire was circulated y an outside group in a particular industry having to do with problems encountered in tiie use of powder actuated hand tools (com monly known as "tud gnus."). It is our hiding that this group could have saved ,?elf a good deal of trouble by referring k- question to the Council staff, which has ublished a Data Sheet on this subject and ~ also now actively promoting the compleion of an American Safety Standard cov cih'g these implements. Perhaps the most important function of he National Safety Council is that of a learing house for safety information. We unmend to your attention the National tifcty N nvs and particularly, the data beets, one of which is published in the VEYVS each month, articles dealing with irious subjects, the "Ideas That Worked" Apartment, and the "Consultation Corner." More and more attention is being given the production of Data sheets dealing 11ii special sectional problems. In the Rail au Section, for example, several data sheets re in the mill, two of which will deal with maintenance of way machines, on-track and T-track. A very worthwhile medium for the ex'.latigc of information is the newsletter of :e section with which you happen to be .nnectcd. We feci that our Railroad Section s done a good job in gathering informatit on particular problems and publishing it >r lhe benefit of all the members of the clion. However, newsletter editors always tve difficulty in getting members to coni'r.itc good factual information, and this is ie way in which each member can contribe to the cause by making his solution to Meins available to others who may be igued by the same problems. The Council offers a total of ten one-week fining courses at Headquarters in Chicago : li year. Five of these courses cover the iidamenlals of industrial safety; three deal 111 safety training and management tech nics; one is on industrial hygiene, and j is especially set up for public, utilities employees. The Council also offers a home study course for foremen, and has various other aids to assist your training programs. The Council's awards for good industrial safety records (Awards of Honor and of Merit, Certificates of Commendation) are much sought after by railroad companies. The Railroad Section also has its own Rail road Employees National Safety Award plan. Our Railroad Passenger Safety Aw.ard program just got under wav this y'car. The Railroad Public Safety Activities Award program is now in its 12th year. Those rail roads which participate in these award plans find them to be an excellent stimulus to employee interest in safety, and also great public relations material. To you as individuals, one of the great values of Council membership is the oppor tunity provided to associate with people in your own field of work and exchange prob lems and solutions. The feeling of fellow ship is also very worth-while. Sailors, miners, railroaders, steelmen, construction :workers, all like to get together with their Iown kind. ' Membership in the National Safety Coun cil in no way conflicts with the work of local safety councils, ASSE Chapters, and other local organizations; rather, .what the Council has to offer supplements and rein forces this type of local activity. The mere act of joining the National Safety Council will not work any miracles for you. Unless you have, or intend to set up, a solid safety program based upon sound management policy, the National Safety Council cannot help you very much, nor can any other organization. But the Council can be your invaluable helper if you have the determination and the program to achieve a safe operation. Since this month marks the 50th anniver sary of the Railroad Section, 3011 may' be interested in the following historical outline, which appears in the October Railroad Sec tion Newsletter: Milestones in Section's Prnf/rcss 1915--Fifty years ago this month, in Phil adelphia, at the fourth annual National Safety Congress, 85 railroad safety' men, representing 35 roads, met and organized the Steam Railroad Section of the National Safety Council. This event followed the r o t .ii'ra d . c.'i, organization of the Council by only two tion" in place of "Steam Railroad Sectioi] years. --for obvious reasons. The first General Chairman of the Section 1948--SAFE RAILROADER, a pocket was Marcus A. Dow of the New York Cen sized magazinette for distribution to railwa; tral. Others active in the organization of employees, started publication jyith an ini the section--and previously of the National tial circulation of 100,000 copies. Startc Safety Council--were Commissioner Charles as a bi-monthly publication, later issue< C. McChord, ICC; L. R. Palmer, Associa monthly. Publication continued for 11 years tion of Iron and Steel Electrical Engineers; and K. C. Richards-, Chicago & North West ern Railway. 1952--NSC "Award Plan for Recogniz ing Good Industrial Safety Records" in augurated. Railroad Section Special Com 1910--Publication of "Bulletins" (posters) mittee prepared special rules to apply tin started--a series which continued for many years. plan to railroads. 1954--Railroad Public Safety Activities 1917-- Publication of Newsletter beganA. ward Plan (the Golden Spike Awards) Newsletter editor having trouble getting con inaugurated. tributions. 1960--Committee on Motor Vehicle I ralii. 1918-- Activities greatly stimulated by theSafely at Railroad Grade Crossings of NSC participation of the United States in the first Traffic Conference created. Purposes, to World War and by the active support of tiic promote: uniformity of state laws at high United States Railroad Administration. way railroad crossings; safer operation of 192.1--First annual Railroad Green Book; a reprint of an address by L. R. Palmer made before the section session at the 12th Annual Congress. 1928--First Annual Award in the Rail road Employees' National Safely Contest, reported in the annual Green Book. commercial vehicles at railroad crossing; safer operation of school buses at crossings; improved enforcement of traffic laws at rail road crossings; improved traffic engineering at railroad grade crossings; to help promote^ the Signs of Fife Program nationally. PtfiS--Railroad Passenger Safety Award 1921--Consolidation of Steam Railroad Plan inaugurated. Section, National Safety Council, and Safety . hui l uittrc ritins--During its 50 years of Section. American Railway Association be existence the Railroad Section has produced cause of economic conditions. 1rt.l.i.. <'"i!M.lidalii.u dissolved. The Steam Railroad Section continued to hold annual sessions at the National Safety Congress. 19.18--Steam Railroad Section formally re organized. 1911--Activities accelerated by the encour agement of safely effort by the Government. Aided by money from the War Fund to Conserve Manpower, the section produced safety films and other educational material, and generally stepped up activity. hundreds ot posters, a number erf films, and many oilier materials for safety education. The members of the section have also made extensive use of the Council's industrial safety materials. Plans for the immediate future include the production of more railroad safety port ers and railroad data .'beets. Hie develop ment ol safety training programs and, in general, greater emphasis on supervisor -afety training, are in prospect. OfT-tlic-job safety will receive increasing attention. Un der the new Traffic Conference Committee, 1916 -Signs of Life program launched. grade crossing accident prevention and trnllic 'J'liis program is sponsored by (he National safety generally will be pursued with vigor. Safety Council with the cooperation of the Association of American Railroads. Its pur pose is to educate the motoring public in the observance of grade crossing signs and signals in the same manner as all other traffic signs and signals. The pioneers of the Railroad Section have left ns a great heritage; a whole new gen eration of railroad people who have been constantly exposed to safety education, lle io are lew railroad employees today who haw not served throughout their entire caieei in 19-17--Name changed to "Railroad Src- the era ol" organized railroad salety. '/ "N OFFICERS OF THE RAILROAD SECTION NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL 1965-66 7<'Herat Chairman--T. L. 1Iilukhkand, Soo line Railroad Co., Minneapolis, Minn. 55440 1 ite Cairman - | . T. AMinrw. Cirent Nortliern Railway. St. Paul, Minn. 55101 Fire Chairman---G. R. K night, St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Lines, Pine Binili, Ark. 71001 Secretary ami Newsletter Editor--L. C. McDowell, Chicago & North Western R\\, Chicago, 111. 60606 .Associate Newsletter Editors, Canada--J. G. Beldham, Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Ry. Co.. Hamilton, Ont., Canada I Southwest--H. A. Linperer, St. Lonis-San Francisco Ry. Co., Springfield, Mo. 65802 I East--W. C. Lakaway, The Delaware & Hudson Railroad Co., Albany, N. Y. 12201 ll'est--P. W. Ackermann, Denver & Rio Grande Western R.R. Co., Denver, Colo. 80201 Central--R. C. L m iyuisr, Northern Pacific Ry. Co., St. Paul, Minn. 55101 Southeast--J. W. T hompson, Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co., Richmond, Va. 25213 Contest and Statistical Committee--W. W. O siiokne (Chairman), Norfolk N Western Ky Co., Roanoke, Va. 24001; J. P. Bond, Sr (Vice Chairman), Baltimore & Ohio R. K Co., Baltimore, Aid. 21201 ; W. B. G roome, I 'nion Pacific Railroad, Omaha, Xebr. 68102; *R, P. H amilton, St. Lonis-San Francisco Rv. Co., St. Louis, Mo. (>3100; II. A H o pk in s, Missouri Pacific Lines-T. & P. Ry., Missouri Pacific Bldg., St. Louis, Mo. 63101; F. C. L aing, Central of Georgia Ry. Co., Savannah, Ga. 31401 ; \V. ( ' I.arawav, The Delaware & Hudson Railroad Co., Albany, N. Y. 12201 Audio Visual Aids Committee--L. E. Wai.l (Chairman), Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago, 111. 60605; F. R. E llis (Vice Chairman), Reading Ry. Co., Reading, Pa. 10601; J. C. M ackenzie, The Alaska Railroad, Anchorage, Alaska 00501 ; R. W. Bo w m a n , Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad, Greenville, Pa. 16125; J. P. Do n a h u e , Illinois Terminal R. R. Co.. St. Louis, Mo. 63101 ; D. F G ifford, Chicago Great Western Railroad Co., Oclwcin, Iowa 50662 Railroad llig/miay Traffic Safety Committee --G. M. Dempsey (Chairman), Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co., Chicago, 111. 00606; J. P. Koi.oc (Vice Chairman), Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago, 111. 60005; L. C. M c Dowell, Chicago & North Western Ry., Chicago, III. 60606; *11. C. D aui.ton, The Louisville & Nash ville Railroad Co., Louisville, Ky. 40201; K. H. Bj.ewer, New York Central System, Cleveland, Ohio +4113; O. W. S m it h , Grand Trunk Western R, R. Co., Detroit, Midi. 48226; H. E. S haughnessky, Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Co., Cleveland, Ohio 44115 >? "'ll i l . nil, ,111,1 U p l i t c " L v lh i M t t c ,- u . I ' \.KI< in ... . 11- .. . , 4, . K'y., Chicago, ill. 6060-1 ; J. G. Bemiham (Vice Chah man;, T uo to, Hamilton iv Buffalo'Ky. Co.. Hamilton, Ont., Canada; J. K. Bakkkrman, Canadian National Rail- . ,ys. M-.ntreal, Q nc, Canada; E. C. Linuoust, Northern Pacific Ry. Co., St. Paul, \;iim. i.: 101 ; J R. Tjli.v, Peoria and l 'ekin I'nion Ry. Co., Peoria, 111. 61611; R. G. H u s k , The Pullman Co., Chicago, 111. 60006 ^ v .Membership Cifniiiiitlee--L). K. Miii.kk (Charinan), Tlic Southern Pacific Co., S^n Fran cisco, Calif. 94105; II. A. Iln.t. (Vice Chairman), Richmond, Fred'-rick-burg.^: Po tomac Railroad Co., Richmond, Va. 23220; S. E. Cav.m.ikri, New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. Co.. New Haven, Conn. 06506; V. E. S mit h, Terminal Railroad Assn, of St. I.nuis, St. Louis, Mo. 63103 ; 1). E. Johnson, Kansas City Southern Lines, Shreve port, l a 71101; \V. R. B r o w n , Lake Region, Norfolk &- Western Ry. Co., Cleveland, <>hio -1-1101 X oininalions mid Elections Committee--*G. R. H untoon (Chairman), Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R. Co., Chicago, 111. 60605; *\Y. V. H aves (Vice Chairman), New York Central System, New York, N. Y. 10017; *D P. Russki.i., Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Montreal, Que., Canada Program Committee--J. T. A ndrew (Chairman), Great Northern Railway, St. Paul, Minn. 55101; G. R. K night (Vice Chairman), St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Lines, Pine Bluff. Ark. 71601; R. W. Cassidy, Chesapeake & Ohio-Baltimore & Ohio, Baltimore, Md. 21201; D. F. Gin-oun, Chicago Great Western Railroad Co., Oelwein, Iowa 50662; R. P. Livri.n, Elgin, Joliet ft Eastern Ry. Co., Joliet, 111. 60434 Publications Committer--C. E. Gaucelon (Chairman), Bangor & Aroostook R. R. Co., Bangor, Maine 04401; R. P. L itti.e (Vice Chairman), Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Ry. Co.. Joliet, 111. 60134; M. M. E choes, Western Region, Norfolk & Western Ry. Co.. St. Louis, Mo. 63101 ; Geo. J. B arry, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co., Chicago, lilt 60606; J. L. R oh weder, Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Ry. Co.. Proctor, Minn. 5.'.810 '1ruining Committee--R. M. Downes (Chairman). Duluth, Missabe Iron Range Ry (,<>., Proctor, .Minn. 55810; Ross V an N ess (Vice Chairman), Chicago, Burlington It Quincy U. R. Co., Ottumwa, Iowa 52501; E. H. R yf.r, The Chesapeake & Ohio Ry Co.. Huntington, W. Ya. 25718; J. W. T h om pson, Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co. Richmond, Va. 23213; I. E. Si.aven, Chicago, Burlington & Ouincy R. K. Co., Chicago. 111. 60606 Stuft Representative--L. W. D utton, National Safety Council, 425 N. Michigan Ave Chicago, 111. 60611 M'a-t General Chairman