Show annual first aid and mine rescue contest of utah fuel company BY C H GIBBS at castle gate on august of this year was held the annual first aid and mine rescue contest of utah fuel company a contest of unusual interest to all mining men whether engaged in or coal mining on account of the thorough training shown by contestants in aiding anen en injured in underground accidents and rescuing them in case of their being cut off by fire or from other causes geologist ut utah ali fuel co afe the contest is in the nature of an annual outing which is taken part in by all of the utah camps of the company special trains were run from clear creek winter quarters and sunnyside Sunny side to castle gate about abbout fifteen hundred people came calne from these camps to join in the festivities lending their moral as well as vocal support to their home teams the mine bands from sunny sunnyside side clear creek and castle gate were in attendance and displayed ni much lucli riv alry airy in furnishing entertainment for the crowd between good music close quick first aid and mine aline rescue work baseball game dancing etc there was something doing all the time visitors were a unit in A 4 no A A PW VIN tipple at the castle gate mine utah fuel company with delivery at both ends voicing their unqualified approval of the in et and in thanking the castle gate welfare association for the royal manner in which they had been entertained the meet was held at castle gate on account of its central and favorable location for handling the crowd the superior facilities are largely due to the fact that ca castle astle gates mines are the largest fuel mines manes of the company primarily due to the superior quality of castle gate coal the contests were of unusual interest in that in addition to the regular prizes offered the winning team gets a free trip to the panama pacific international exposition at san Yran francisco cisco the latter part of this month at the expense of the utah fuel company the prizes were as follows first prize possession of a handsome silver loving cup for one year to become ithe the permanent perin anent owner of same if won there years byear s in succession gold medal to each member of the team Is second prize silver medal to each member of the team in addition to winning the above first the winning team will compete for the interstate championship of the united states in first aid and mine aline R rescue escue wor work k to be held at san francisco this month to be assured of impartial judges in the contests parties not connected with the company were requested to and acted as i judges they were mr J C roberts mining engineer united states bureau of mines denver colorado mr air J E pettit state coal mine inspector and mr H PI sanderson representing the draeger oxygen helmet co all contests were worked out to comply cimpl y strictly with the rules which will govern the joint field meet at san francisco and with the exception of the problem in rescue work were selected from practice problems of alanes and american the bureau suggested d by can safety as association soc lation these problems were as follows ile ROV 7 I 1 V 1111 4 N 1 winning team bringing Br ingine rescued over rock fall first aid work one man alan event man alan has been overcome by gas it is impossible to carry him id iriye erect position carry him twenty fee feefe to place w where here bearer can assume erect erects pa position stion I 1 then carry for twenty feet b by y s shoulder houlder carry perform artificial respire spiral re sPira ra tion by schaeffer method tor for one minute time for performing event eight minutes two 11 man an event man alan found lying face facet up rp shoulders resting on electric wire un f conscious shoulders burned rescue and give treatment time for performing event eight mini minutes Ates three man alan event puncture wound of palm of right hand bright red blood small cut on calf of leg with slight bleeding left ankle sprained treat the case time for performing even event t eight minutes full team event compound fracture of left thigh wound three inches long calf of ofa right leg cut ut on outer surface of cf right fore 1 arm with profuse bleeding treal and carry p patient on an improvised stretcher yards time for performing event twelve minutes the following took part in the first aid contest castle gate no 2 mine aline team captain robert henderson leonard taylor albert wardell john ramage john hreinson john henderson clear creek no 1 mine aline team captain eli gourdin john erkila joe ward john Se rampa arthur walker elmer muff huff sunnyside Sunny side no 2 mine aline team captain AT 11 II detwiler zeph thomas T J Johns johnsen cn george dark clark J W littlejohn george usher pop 7 V A 7 IMIR A mal 17 4 az N A af J the winning team first aid met meet left to right rear ni H detweiler captain zeph thomas T TJ J jphnson johnson george usher george clark J W littlejohn y utah mine aline no 1 mine aline team captain j w haddow ray wilde ben ludwig dave wilde thomas williams joe kink winter quarters no 1 mine aline team cap 1 tain T C harvey john thorpe james hall horace simpson stanley harvey noah potter in mine rescue work john thorpe captain somerset colorado no 1 mine aline team captain henry richards ira sanburn albert 1 kirkpatrick 1 irk patrick herman nies robt will cliame alyf jr jl joe stanley method of rating first aid contest each crew was credited before entering with points the total of all discounts charged was deducted from points to ascertain the percentage of each crew deductions duct ions were made on the following schedule 9 not doing the most important thing first 6 failure of captain to command properly I 1 slowness in work and lack of attention 2 scores by teams total EVENTS average name of team 1st ast 2nd and 3rd ard ath score winter quarters 98 91 97 25 castle gate 93 95 1 97 sunnyside Sunny side 96 98 96 clear creek 95 96 91 I 1 somerset 96 98 98 93 utah mine aline 89 98 93 r problem mine rescue contest smoke discovered coming from mouth of 1 31 mine line crew enter encounter bad cave and discover fire in mouth of room men alen behind barricade overcome rescue work on fire one minute canary overcome tinie time for performing event twelve minutes the following took part in the contest winter quarters no 1 mine team castle gate no 2 mine team clear creek no 1 mine team sunnyside Sunny side no 2 mine team 9 failure to test for presence of gas 4 10 failure of captain to give command 4 13 failure to protect live men against command 5 12 for breathing external air intentionally 12 13 failure to protect live men against mine gases 8 14 failure to use life line in smoke 8 15 failure to complete event in time specified G T MR n 15 9 i V ci n I 1 va ar al W 44 1 lei 46 J V af K beginning of the montest first main event failure to entirely cover wound or being unable to give location of injury 4 ineffective artificial respiration 11 splint improperly padded or applied 6 tight loose or improperly applied bandages 5 insecure or granny knot 4 unclean first aid material 3 failure to have on hand sufficient and proper material to complete a dressing 3 lack of neatness 2 awkward handling of patient 4 assistance ss stance lent by patient 3 tourniquet improperly applied 7 failure to stop bleeding 8 not treating shock 5 15 failure to lie be 7 Ira improper Proper treatment 12 F failure to temporarily control hemorrhage previous to application of tourniquet f j vy method of rating each crew was credited before entering with points the total of all discounts was deducted from points to ascertain the percentage of each crew the following discounts were made A preliminary points 1 high pulse for each member 1 3 2 failure to remain in smoke r room bom each member 4 3 0 9 failure to name tests for apparatus each test 5 4 apparatus not properly adjusted to 7 wearer 5 loose joint or connection each 10 6 breathing bags flat encia apparatus 8 B while performing event 7 fail failure ure to maintain 2 yard interval 4 while advancing 2 S failure to tes test t condition of roof 3 16 losing time for doing unnecessary things 4 17 failure of captain to examine gauges apparatus etc 2 18 failure to mark course of travel 3 19 failure of crew to rest at intervals 2 the teams team s competing and the scores received by each in mine aline rescue work were as follows name and number deduc of team eions score winter quarters no I 1 41 59 castle gate no 2 17 83 0 clear creek no 1 33 67 sunnyside Sunny side no 2 15 85 sunnyside Sunny side no 2 mine team made the highest average combined score in first aid and mine aline rescue work thus winning possession of the hanas handsome oilie sil silver ver loving cup for foi one year gold medal for each member of the team and a trip to the panama pacific international exposition at the expense of utah fuel company castle gate no 2 m mine ine team was second while winter quarters no 1 mine team was second in first aid work and all members of the team received silver medals as prizes the sunnyside Sunny side no 2 mine team is now gency are to be suitably rewarded by the utah fuel company of the company to it is a fixed policy have men who are trained 1 in n first aid work scattered throughout the mine and about the urfa plant so that at least two of reached quickly in case these me men n can be of accident at any point AVERAGE SCORES FIRST AID AND MINE RESCUE WORK T team ea m FIRST AID MINE RESCUE no total score total score FINAL SCORE camp and team number winter quarters no 1 1 59 castle gate no 2 2 83 3 v 67 81 1 clear creek no 1 4 85 sunnyside Sunny side no 2 5 somerset no 1 utah mine no 1 6 para participated in first aid contest only undergoing a strenuous month of training for the panama pacific meet and the members confidently expect to carry off high honors for the state of utah the scores in first aid work are high and show almost perfect training the scores in mine rescue work would have hav e been higher if the men had been allowed a proper amount of time in which to complete the work a time limit of twelve minutes on the event not permitting the men to handle all features as should have been done in a real accident however the contests very clearly demonstrated the great value of such work in furthering the safety first movement in protecting lives and property in a and nd about coal mines the utah F fuel uel company officials should feel highly gratified over the manner in which company employees have volunteered ered to take this training and th the e excellent results which are being obtained in case 0 of f accidents in the mine an instance of the extreme value of this work occurred on august in the utah fuel companas Comp anys sunnyside Sunny side mine nick chimaras Chi makas a greek miner when leaving the mine and traveling along an electric motor road contrary to company orders came in contact with a live trolley wire when found by other workmen he was lying on the ithe motor road badly burned about the face and head and apparently dead notification of his death was telephoned to the mine office who in turn notified the state coal mine inspects inspect bu by telegraph in the meantime john patterson S mcclure and M bialson Bj Bi arson men who were near by and highly trained in first aid work went to the aid of chimaras Chi makas after performing artificial respiration for twenty minutes chi makas revived little worse for the accident other than more or less serious burns if there had been no one available who understood der stood reviving a man from an electric shock it would have taken probably an hour to an hour and a half to have obtained a doctor in which time the man would unquestionably have been dead the men who performed the first aid work in this emer in this connection another feature has been added to the facilities for first aid work that is hospitals at various points ing safeguards tor for its men and the veryll hearty operation cooperation co to this end always egiy div en by the U S bureau of mines and the state coal mine inspector and his able staff sunnyside Sunny side wins in san francisco there was great rejoicing in salt lake i on the dinst when it was learned that the sunnyside Sunny side team of the utah fuel company j had had made the highest score in the national first aid and mine rescue competition held in san francisco on the thus winning the championship of the united states in a special to the salt lake tribune a detailed account of the contest and victory is given as follows utah has the champion mine rescue team of the united states the sunnyside Sunny side team of the utah fuel company finished first today in the third national joint field meet with a score of 96 out of a possible points the roslyn fuel company team of seattle was second 1071 ja al W Z t wi three men event first aid meet underground where patients can be taken and properly and comfortably comfor y cared carea for until ready to be removed from the mine it is expected in the near future to have these hospitals hospi atals so equipped that if necessary major operations can be performed underground with every facility of a first class hospital roberts of the U S bureau of mines J E pettit state coal mine inspector and H H sanderson of tile the draeger helmet company are to be highly complimented for the thorough and careful work done in judging the contests utah may well be proud of her coal mines not only for their up to date methods in mining but also for their low accident rates this is especially so as utah coal dust is reported by the T united states bureau of mines to be the masot inflammable in the united states the meet demonstrated the watchfulness of the utah fuel company in provid and the goldfield consolidated mines team of goldfield was third the utah boys also won first prize in the three man team first aid contest and sixth prize in the five man team first aid contest victory in the mine rescue c con on y test was conceded immediately after the contest closed this afternoon hours before the official announcement at festival ila ball tonight the days success is regarded as a great personal triumph for H H sanderson of ofa 1 salt lake trainer of the team as well as for the participants forty one teams containing the crack crac organizations of the country coming from as far away as west virginia and alaska A laska completed in th the 0 events which were thebie feature of mining week j in addition to the coveted colliery en gincer silver challenge cup which will have f to be defended annually the in members embers 0 i the sunnyside Sunny side team each won a gold medal offered by the american mine aline safety association cia tion a gold medal offered by the california metal producers association a silver medal offered by the california metal producers association for the state championship and a watch fob and cash prizes offered by the draeger oxygen apparatus company all for the mine rescue victories in the first aid competition captain M AT detwiler J J johnson and J W littlejohn members of the three man team each won cash prizes and the te team in won a stretcher and equipment and a silver medal each the members of the hiawatha team of the consolidated fuel company were awarded bronze medals for their excellent showings in the state competitions yesterday van vail H manning director of the united states bureau of mines awarded the prizes and was assisted by charles E van barneveld chief of the department of mines at the exposition and herbert al wilson of pittsburg and L R palmer formerly of salt lake the utah men have been busy preparing for and competing in the events which ended so satisfactorily today ever since they arrived here the sunnyside Sunny side and hiawatha teams will be guests of general superintendent J S thompson of the utah fuel company at a banquet to be given tomorrow evening at the old faithful inn and 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