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452 Tti'cntv-second Congress--National Safety Council the operation vf track motor cars by: (1) operating a car at excessive speed: (2) uiipropgly staring tools on the car; (3) permitting men to occupy nk positions oa the car: (4) iaiture to protect against trains end other track motor cars: and (3) lailnre to observe switches and crossings, especially with respect to speed and obstructions. The naintcnaiKe of way supervisor must laxnr the standard operating rules, and fhoold at all times have in his possession current time tables and be familiar with instructions- There are few duties of a maintenance of way supervisor that we can well delegate to someone else, or avoid responsibility for. From the maintenance of equipment standpoint it is particularly the duty and responsibility of the supervisor to note hazardous conditions about the shop plant He should be quick to hear any report of unsafe conditions of the premises, ma chines and tools, and his quick eye should personally observe these eondhtan*. He should be of as great value as others working under him in foreseeing possible and injury as the result of these hazardous conditions. Aftw a poffjMy injury, the supervisor also has an important duty toward the injured anplojce. He should see that immediate first aid care is given the injured ptTMO and make sure that he gets into the hands of a competent physician as rapidly as To call m a physician and a claim agent every time a man stubs his toe or skins a knuckle is, of course, a mistake.' It is possible to make loo much fuss over small injuries. But there should be at band some simple means of pre venting infection for minor injuries, and if an injury is serious, the perstmal atten tion of a physician is the only recourse. The Green Book The final feature of this session vas a presentation of the current "Green Book** by L R. Palmer. Conservation Engineer. Equitable Life Assurance Society. New Yortt City. Mr. Palmer very briefly called attention to the fact that he had prepond a tabulation covering employee castmhy rates for the six months' period of 1933. Class 1 railroads, in accordance vrith the standard Green Book ciuuping and trill fornaxd copies to Class I railroads. WEDNESDAY MORNING SESSION ~ October 4. 1933 Hie Goggle Rule and How Enforced By J. C. YOCUM Manager, Safety Department. Chicago, St. Paid. Minneapolie and Omaha Railway The speaker said in part: It has always been a puzzle to me why it is necessary to repeat over and over again to employees that one of the greatest things which has been gimi us is sight and bow necessary it is that they nse the means so freely afforded them to protect and preserve tins blessed gilt. To ray mind, bring blind is about the worst disaster that can happen to anybody. Experience has shown that we cannot take h for granted that men will of tfarir own accord think for themselves in this respect, and for this reason it has been Safety Section ARA--Steam Railroad Section NSC 453 found necessary lo adopt rules requiring men to wear goggles in performing opera tions that are hazardous to the eye. The record of one of the largest railroads shows that there was a total of 124 eyes destroyed over a period of five years, as follows: 1928, 34 eyes lost; 1929, 32 eyes lost; 1930. 29 eyes lost: 1931, 21 eyes lost; and in 1932, 8 eyes lost. The principal causes of these losses were as follows: struck by flying materials, 18; using tamping picks. 11: using trade chisel*. 6: cinders m eyes. 6; driving spikes, 5: driving nails, 4: struck dar bar with spike maul, 3; cutting colter keys with hammers and chisels, 3; cutting nails with hammers and chisels, 3: striking steam hose coupler with hammers, 3; and struck by stones thrown by boys, 2. There were also reported 31 other causes, each producing loss of one eye. A total of 26 eyes also were lost due to dust* scale and other foreign particles entering the eyes. In checking goggle rules issued by several of the tines, it is found that some are very brief and merely recite that goggles are furnished by the company and must be worn by all employees in performing operations hazardous to the eyes, while another road will use the above quoted rule and then follow with specific hems covering operations in which goggles must be worn. To my mind, tlte rule should be as specific as a rule can be made, as it is more easily understood and violasions more easily detected. In my study as to the means of mforctng the goggle rule, my conclusions arc that it b a matter of cooperation between the management and the employees, and that cadi has a duty to perform. To further emphasize the enforcement of the goggle rule, I vrooM gather together the foremen or supervisors under my direction who have direct charge of gang* and speak to them in the following language: "The management expects me and my department to enforce the guggle rule 100 per cent, and I expect the same from yott I also expect you to know that each man working under you is furnished with the proper type of goggle for Ms work, and you must take especial care to have proper goggles for your.men who wear glasses with corrective lenses. You are to see that these goggles fit properly, arc m adjustment, are comfortable, and that they arc afterward kept in proewr repair. You wOl remember that the safety department has given you some valuable butts as to the wearing of goggles and the care of them. The most important of these hints are as follows: *1. To prevent fogging, keep rentDating screens clean, and lightly'rub glycerine soap over the lenses, then wipe off. "2. A gauze band worn over a man's forehead above hu goggles will prevent perspiration from naming into and over the guggles and prevent fogging, "3. There is a proper way to remove goggles. Rend head forward with hoth ryes dosed, take off the goggles and with the eye* stid shut wipe off the forehead. "All of the above are duties m connection with the saving of eyes which you owe to the men who work under you and will do much to assist you m enforcing the rules. When you carry out the above ideas completely, you have done all you can for their comfort, but you have a further duty and it u up to you to educate yuur mm to have their goggles with them at all times daring working hours. The feet that some of your men may think it a burden to carry the gnggW on their caps or around their necks in the extremely hot weather is no for you allowing them to do without their goggles when they need them--also, yon are to that it is just as Hkflliil that guggles be worn in doing work dangerous to the eyes