Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-31 | Page 4 | Promoting Safety First

1 Promoting Safety First U UTAH UT TAIl industrial concerns arc to be he commended for forthe the new interest they have taken in the safety safely first movement mo The Utah chapter which has just been organized here hero should result in a not noticeable reduction Lof of r prevent preventable able accidents Car Carelessness is tho the J contributor to accidents and it is to be lc remove removed only ns as the individual is educated to the tile dangers of his actions Preventable accidents are not to the industrial world and an intelligent safety campaign is bound to make itself felt in the home Industrial plants have ha made rapid progress in reducing re- re rt the number of acc accidents through safety first devices ices the last few It is during years is impossible however howe for them to m make ke a R perfect record because individual who is indifferent to his fate own cannot cannot can can- annot not always bo be reached b by mechanical devices He must be shown the hazards of or his daily existence and they rol must st be so impressed upon his mind that he lie will be anxious to hunt buIlt a protective remedy The success of the safety first campaign is dependent upon the inT in- in T 7 7 If It every individual can he be aw awakened to his own re- re ty he will not only show a greater g consideration tion tion for his own future but hut he be will automatically throw a wall of protection around his associate When Then every er individual protects himself from his own careless careless- ness he lie cannot help but protect those of his associates vho L who vho might be he endangered by his careless acts Tile The list listo o preventable pre accidents in the United States Stales is amazing amazing ing notwithstanding the fact that hat it has been mat materially in the last few fc years K Th There re is still much t to be bc done and anti the tile major portion is to come ome through education of the thc individual and the individual himself must take a leading lending part in the tile I t work Whether i it is in the mine on the street or in thc tue home the individual will find personal insurance 4 Jin jn a due Inc regard for for Safety First The Tile local organization organization organ organ- will succeed and reduce accidents in the Incas mens- ture ure that it makes make its message heard by every cery individual I